Union High School - Gleam Yearbook (Union, SC)

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Parade Gives Preview Easter parade 1961 transported the assembly audience to a land of exotic flowers, soothing music, grass skirts, and gentle breezes-the land of Hawaii. Presented Fri- day, March 30, it was a salute to this, the fiftieth state of the union. The curtain opened to reveal a midnight luau. The Hawaiians, were entertaining their American friends with songs of the islands, with interesting facts about their paradise state, and with Hawaiian food such as poi, limu, lara leaves, and hula-burgers. To demonstrate to the Hawaiians the manner in which the Mainlanders commemorate Easter, the Ameri- cans,', dressed in their new spring outfits brought the program to a close with a traditional Easter parade. Of Senior pring Frocks Couples, chosen from the senior class after tryouts, pa- raded around the flower-bedecked stage to the strains of the popular song, Easter Parade. Preceding this demonstration of the secular side of the Easter season, there was a sacred program in assembly the day before. This one consisted of the singing of hymns by a group from the glee club, an Easter prayer, led by a member of the faculty, and the reading of the Resurrection story from the Bible. Impressed by the sacredness of the program and the true significance of the season, students and teachers left the auditorium with the feeling that they had attended a worship service at church. With the help of Mrs. Kirby and Miss Robinson, two of the senior Nancy, Caroline, Eugene, Janet, Annette, Cary, Mary- Carol, teachers, these seniors are planning the script and discussing the Sammie, and Elaine. Nothing during the school year 1S more decoration for their annual Easter Parade. They are Kenneth, thrilling to seniors than the Easter parade and its memorable color.

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The Easter Beverly Elaine Moore Route 5 Beta club 4, 3, National Honor Society 4, 3, Young Stenogs club 4, Psychology club 4, Sunday school class president, Teacher of Vacation Bible school. Gary Moore Route 5 Psychology club 4, Math club 4, Bus Drivers club 4, 3, Football 2, Homeroom officer 2. Mary Carole Murphy 206 Walker Heights GLEAM staff 4, Psychology club 4: English Book club 4, Intermediate Girls' Auxiliary treasurer, Young Women's Auxiliary treasurer, lntermediate Training Union treasurer. Illa Ianet Palmer 49, Park Street National Honor Society 4, 3, Quill and Scroll 4, 3: GLEAM staff 4, 3, Young Stenogs club 4, Beta club 4, S, Homeroom officer 4, 3, 2, 1, Student council 4, 1, Psychology club 4, president 4, Student secre- tary 4, Senior play pianist 4, Girl Stater 8, Iunior play usher 3, Miss Union Hi contest 3, Senior Prom entertainment 3, Church pianist, assistant organist, Church music librarian, Sunday school and Training Union pianist, Secretary of Training Union, Semi-finalist for homecoming queen 4, Young Womerfs Auxiliary officer, Girls' Auxiliary president and princess, 4-H club 1, Monarch soft- ball and basketball teams 3, 2. Barbara Elaine Parks 104 Cabin Street National Honor Society 4, 8, Beta club 4, 3, officer 4, Cheerleader 4, 3, Homecoming queen 4, Math club 4, Homeroom officer 4, 1, Basketball 4, 3, 2, 1, GLEAM staff 3, Methodist Youth Fellowship sub- district officer. Clayton Eugene Patterson 406 West Main Street Senior and pep bands 4, 3, 2, 1, officer 4, Math club 4, English Book club 4, Senior play 4, Speech club 4, 3, Iunior play, stage manager 3, Methodist gotlgth Fellowship officer, Hi-winders Hot Rod Safety c u . Kenneth Cordan Pegram Carlisle Band 4, 3, 2, 1, officer 4, Math club 4, English Book club 4, Bus Drivers club 4. Annette Marjorie Pettit Route 1 Honors received in Tryon, North Carolina: Glee club 3, FHA club 2, 1, 4-H club 2, 1, Training Union, secretary, Sunday school treasurer. Nancy Olivia Pitts Circle Drive Sans Souci 4, Senior play 4, Speech club 4, Psy- chology club 4, Basketball team 4, 3, 2, 1, Block U club 4, 3, Homecoming sponsor 3, Homeroom oliicer 3, Senior Prom entertainment 3, 2, Chorus 3, 2, sextet 3, junior play advertising committee 3. Honors received in Hartsville: Christian Youth 2, 1, Block H club 2. Caroline Gordon Richardson 114 Cherokee Avenue National Honor Society 4, 3, president 4, Beta. club 4, 3, Sans Souci 4, Futurians club 4, 3, Math club 4, Quill and Scroll 4, 3, Homeroom officer 4, 3, 2, Latin club 4, 3, 2, 1, Future Teachers club 4. S, vice-president 4, Student council 4, GLEAM staff 3, 2, 1, Student director of Junior play 3, National French exam award 3, Homecoming sponsor 2, Pianist for Episcopal Church school. Sammie Chrystal Ridgeway 106 Hillcrest Drive English Book club 4, vice-president 4, Young Stenogs club 4, Student secretary 4, Math club 4, GLEAM staff 4, Beta club 4, 3, Future Teachers club 4, 3, Latin club 1. Dana Kay Rogers Buffalo Young Stenogs club 4, Textile fashion show 4, 2, Slenior play prompter 4, President of Sunday school c ass. J .1 1

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Topic Of Senior Prom Becomes Special alute The High School gymnasium was a scene of splendor as the seniors, their dates, and members of the faculty assembled there that April evening to enjoy the long- awaited prom. All were bedecked in their Hnest. The girls wore fonnal gowns of rufHed net or of bouffant chiffon and lace. Their skirts were hooped: their bodices, often sleeveless, were sometimes strapless, too. Corsages of orchids, carnations, or roses, the gift of escorts, made a veritable flower garden of the dance floor. For the most part, the boys wore white dinner jackets and colorful cummerbunds. Some, however, were in dark tuxedos, and a few wore their newest day-time suits. At the door, upon arrival, each received a favor sug- gestive of Hawaii. Decorations of gay-colored paper and As the crowning touch of their social life, the Prom provides the seniors with entertainment and adds to their book of precious memories. These seniors, entering the decorated gym of Union tropic-looking flowers brought forth the exclamation, Hawaiian paradise! Ham biscuits and southern fried chicken were favorites from a bounteous buffet supper served around 9:30. Other items on the long, flower-centered table, were sandwiches, sliced cakes, olives, pickles, cheese dainties, cookies, and candy. Punch was served from a decorated side table. A program of entertainment, in addition to dancing to the tunes of an out-of-town orchestra, followed the Hawaiian theme. Members of the junior class partici- pated in this. At midnight the festivities at the park came to an end, but instead of going straight home, cer- tain small groups went by invitation to the homes of friends for a short, personal get-together before final good nightsf, High School are Vera, Walker, Ann, Boyd, Johnny, Brenda, Ferol, Richard, and Hubert. They know that they are in for an even- ing of entertainment that will be remembered all their lives.