Union High School - Gleam Yearbook (Union, SC)

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Special Occasions During For the seniors, Wednesday, August 31, was a special occasion, for on that day their last year at Union High started. The following Monday was Labor Day and a holiday from school, thus starting a series of breaks in the yearis routine. The Union County fair in October brought a grin of delight to many. On F air dayv for the white schoolsf school was dismissed at 1:00 instead of at 2:35, and equipped with free gate passes, nearly everyone turned out for midway rides, candy apples, cotton candy, and the viewing of blue-ribbon exhibits by 4-H'ers. Thanksgiving holidays were November 24 and 25. Big football games and turkey dinners glamorized the brief period. The Year Furnish Fun A Christmas dinner in the cafeteria added to the festive nature of things between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Roast turkey, sage dressing, rice with giblet gravy, cran- berry sauce, and ambrosia were served to a larger-than- usual group who had heard that all this was on the menu, and for the regular price of 30 cents. With spring came Easter holidays, March 31 through April 3. New clothes made their appearance. Girls ap- peared in crisp cottons, with skirts slightly below their knees, boys wore sport shirts open at the collar, and light-weight slacks.,' Lavender was a popular color. Then, before anyone realized that the time was at hand, commencement arrived, with its series of rehearsals for closing events and the sad farewells of graduation night. Truly 1960-61 was starred with special occasions. These seniors are decorating their homeroom bulletin board for Valentineis day, as they do for other special occasions. They are Earl, Ray, Judy, Anna, Myra, Mary Anna, Patsy, Frances, and Benny. Each is ready to offer an creative idea of his own.

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Seniors Struggle At Mid-Term, Their Final Round Mid-term exams for most seniors were their last at Union High. All who were passing at the end of the year did not have to take finals. If they had passed at mid-term, and also at the end of the fourth six-weeks grade period in early March, they might expect to be graduated at the end of the second semester. For graduation and the receiving of a State diploma, each had fulfilled State-prescribed requirements as fol- lows: four years of English, two years of math, two of social studies, one of which must be United States his- tory, and one year of science. Besides these, there must be one amajori' of three units, other than English, and four units from electives, or subjects of their own choos- ing. A unit was acquired by making a passing grade of 70 on a yearis course scheduled for credit. After exams, seniors began to consider seriously various' colleges and what their choice might be. On each of the scheduled dates for a College Board Entrance examina- tion, a group from Union High traveled to Spartanburg to the Naval Reserve Center or to other testing centers around the state to take a scholastic aptitude test and various achievement tests required for entrance by most of the colleges. Around the last of january, the seniors began to receive letters from the college of their choice informing them as to whether or not their scores from the entrance exam were satisfactory and as to whether or not their appli- cation had been accepted. If accepted, thev began to make plans and to look forward to the day when they would be college freshmen instead of high school seniors. Encouraged by the thoughts that first semester exams could be better. This group includes Winston, Myra, Doris, Jane, Baylus, their last, seniors study diligently for that passing grade of 70 or Thomas, Mike, Tommy, Beth, Carolyn, and Charlie.

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For Seniors Frances Rebecca Lawson Buffalo Class officer 4, French club 4, Math club 4, Psy- chology club 4, National Honor Society 4, 3, Beta club 4, 3, Latin club 4, 3, 2, 1, English Book club 4, Future Teachers club 4, Homeroom oflicer 4, 2, Senior Prom entertainment 3, Student council 2, Band 2, 1, Music club, Church pianist, assistant organist, Youth choir leader. William Charles Lawson Buffalo Football 4, 3, 2, 1, Baseball 4, 3, 2, 1, Most Valuable player 3, Block U club 4, 3, 2 1, Basket- ball 4 3, 2, Psychology club 4, vice-president 4, Vice-President of student body 4, Bus Drivers club 4, 3, 2, T 8a I club 2, 1, JAL Baseball in Wood- ruff and Buffalo, captain in Woodruff. Patsy Elaine LeMaster 310 Lawson Avenue Psychology club 4, Young Stenogs club 4. Judi Fran Liner Buffalo Psychology club 4, Hi-Life staff 2. William Earl Liner Buffalo Psychology club 4, Senior play stage manager 4, llirgthirlfi Award S, Library club 1, Five years in - cu . Anna McWhirter Lybrand Buffalo National Honor Society 4, 8, Beta club 4, 3, Latin club 4, 3, 2, 1, Homeroom officer 4, 3, 2, Quill and Scroll 4, 3, English Book club 4, Math club 4, Senior Prom entertainment 3, Student council 3, Vice-President of Sunday school and M. Y. F, Music club. Sidney Ray Lybrand, Jr. 100 Moore Street Football 4, 3, 2, Speech club 4, Psychology club 4, Block U club 4, T 8: 1 club 1. Judy Faye Maness Route 4 Math club 4, Senior play 4, Future Teachers club 4, 3, Hi-Life staff 4, 2, 1, art editor 4, Junior play committee 3, Dressmaking contest 3, 2, 1, Library club 2. Janet Lorraine McGowan Route 3 Young Stenogs club 4, Psychology club 4, GLEAM staff 4, Junior play 3, Homeroom officer 1, Sunday school secretary, Vice-president of YWA. if Myra Joye Middlebrooks 170 John Street Psychology club 4. Mary Anna Miller Buffalo National Honor Society 4, Beta club 4, 3, Quill and Scroll 4, 3, H11-Life staff 4, 3, 2, English Book club 4, Psychology club 4, Dressmaking contest 4, 3, Math club 4, Band 1, Sunday school teacher. Benny Mitchell Route 1 Bus Drivers club 4, 8.