Union High School - Gleam Yearbook (Union, SC)

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,,. Affords Excitement nd Pleasure To Seniors On Friday, October 28, there was great excitement around the school. Students were Huting crepe paper, buying cellophane tape, borrowing scissors, and gather- ing other items needed for decorating. Homecoming, was on every lip, and final preparations for the festivities of the afternoon and the evening were excitedly under- way. Plain autos became glamorous floats, the empty gym became a ballroom, and drab goal posts were trans- formed with the black and gold of Union High, and the gay colors of the opposing team. This was to be a last big fling for senior football players. They had selected their sponsors several weeks before. The senior class had nominated three candidates for homecoming queen, and from these, the student body had chosen a queen whose identity had not yet been disclosed. At 4:00 in the afternoon a parade led by the band proceeded down Main Street. Following were the spon- sors in convertibles, next came a convertible earring the three candidates for queen. Then followed homeroom cars, all decorated, all contesting for 'ifirst placev for originality, beauty, and appropriateness. Evening came. At long last the identity of the queen was to be revealed at the game to be played with Greer. Dramatically, before game time, candidates and sponsors alike were driven in convertibles to a sponsors, platform on the sidelines, and each senior player escorted his sponsor to her seat. From there at half time, to the music of The Sound of Musicf the three candidates were escorted to the football field and the chosen queen was named and crowned. The climax of Homecoming 1960 had been reached. The punch table, attractively and appropriately decorated, is a Wilson, Annette, Ianice, Billy, Gaye, Mickey, Ann, and Bruce popular place at the Homecoming dance. Here Johnny, Ann, wait eagerly for Patty to fill their cups. A gala time followed.

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I Homecoming Barbara Ann Colson 18 Wardlaw Street Young Stenogs club 4, Bus Drivers club 4, 8, Basketball 4, 3, Future Teachers club 4, Senior play 4, Hi-Life staff 4, 3, 2, Psychology club 4, secretary 4, Glee club 3, Junior play 3, Oral In- terpretation club 2, 1, YWA president, assistant pianist. Rebecca Ann Conley Route 2 Speech club 4, Psychology club 4, Library club 2, President of Intermediate Girls Auxiliary. Janice Hayes Corley 116 Arthur Boulevard National Honor Society 4, 3, vice-president 4, Beta club 4, 3, treasurer 4, Future Teachers club 4, 3, Futurian club 4, 3, Quill and Scroll 4, 3, Sans Souci 4, Math club 4, secretary 4, Latin club 4, 3, 2, 1, GLEAIKI staff 4, 3, 2, Block U club 4, 3, Basketball 4, 3, 2, 1, Hi-Life staff 2, 1, Latin Key award 2, Homeroom officer 1, Junior and Senior play committees, President of Sunday school class, Curved-bar Girl Scout. Annette Page Corn 216 Pine Street Beta club 4, 3, National Honor Society 4, Quill and Scroll 4, 3, GLEAM staff 4, 3, Blazer club 4, 3, 2, Band 4, 3, 2, 1, assistant band captain 4, oHicer 3, 2, Sans Souci 4, Spartanburg Symphony Orchestra 4, 3, 2, Clinic band 3, 1, Outstanding band medal 3, 2, 1, State Music contest 3, 2, 1, Homecoming sponsor 3, Class oft-icer 3, Homeroom oHicer 3, 2, Curved-Bar Girl Scout. Dallas Michael Cranford 312 Hart Street Psychology club 4, Speech club 4, Basketball 2, 1, Homeroom officer 2, T 8x I club 2, 1. William Howard Davis 209 Cottage Avenue Homeroom officer 4, Block U club 4, 3, Tennis 4, 3, Baseball 2, Basketball 2, T Sz I club 2, 1. Patty Kramer Dawkins Buffalo Senior play 4, Sans Souci 4, vice-president 4, Math club 4, vice-president 4, English Book club 4, vice- president 4, Psychology club 4, Future Teachers club 4, 3, treasurer 4, Quill and Scroll 4, 3, National Honor Society 4, 3, Futurians club 4, 3, Speech club 4, 3, GI.EAM staff 4, 3, 2, Beta club 4, 3, Latin club 4, 3, 2, 1, Homecoming attendant 4, Homeroom officer 3, 2, 1, Senior Prom enter- tainment 3, Junior play 3, Latin Key award 2, M. Y. F. district secretary, Sub-district president, Local president. Gaye Ann Dulln 106 Lakeview Heights Hi-Life staH: 4, 3, 2, Basketball 4, 3, 2, 1, English Book club 4, Psychology club 4, secretary 4, Future Teachers club 4, Speech club 4, 3, Senior play committee 4. Wilson M. Echols, Jr. 107 Oak Street Math club 4, Psychology club 4, Bus Drivers club 4, 3, Glee club 2, T 8: I club 1, Sunday school class president. John Lawrence Epps Route 2 Speech club 4, English Book club 4, Math club 4, Band 4, 3, 2, 1, Senior officer 4, Homeroom officer 1. Jerry Bruce Estes 119 College Street Psychology club 4. Juanita Faulks Buffalo A Psychology club 4, Young Stenogs club 4, Train- ing Union president, Sunday school class treasurer.

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Seniors Publicize Their Plays B Advance Sale Something new was tried in the way of ticket selling for the senior play this year. Instead of having faculty members sell them at the door only, at the time of the play, each senior was given a number of tickets to sell in advance of the performance. 'iWanna buy a ticket to the Senior Playf' became a familiar query around school. Something new was tried also, in the choice of a senior play and regarding the scheduled performance. Not one long play, but two short ones were given and on two consecutive days, October 12 and 13. First, there was a matinee for patrons who work on night shifts in the local mills. Then, the next evening, there was a repeat per- formance for those who preferred a night show. The auditorium was filled on each occasion. Tickets for the play cost 50 cents for students and 75 cents for adults. Profits from the plays went in a fund to help finance the forthcoming prom. The Senior plays were directed and staged by a faculty committee consisting of Mrs. Gregory and Miss Burdette, co-chairmen, Mrs. Merle Crocker, Mrs. Richbourg, Mrs. Warr, Mrs. Lyon and Mr. Bice. Committee members divided play duties among themselves and each one had a specific job to do. At recess these seniors are comparing notes on the number of line. They are Linda, Brenda, Jimmy, Alice, Raymond, Judith tickets to the senior play that they have just sold down the lunch Bobby joe, Eugene, Tommy, and Ronnie. They all sold some its 42