Walnut High School - Echoes Yearbook (Walnut, NC)

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CHAPTER FOUR Twelve long year sl Entering into the twelfth year since being in the blossom of childhood, where we began our long tread under the patient character of Mrs. Minnie Davis . Our school was now being taken over by Mr. Fred W. Ander son, successor to Mr. Hill. But now all this is rapidly coming to an end. Very soon we shall be only a mem ory of our schoolmates. We hope that the memory will be fond, for we feel that never a place be more appreciated or more fondly remembered than old Walnut High School. I Class Historian Peggy Thomas SENIOR SUPERLATIVES Most Popular . . . Zettie Roberts and Plumer Cody Most Studious . . . Lola Bullman and Plumer Cody Ugllest . . . Christene Haynie and Floyd Lewis Dumbest . . . Myrtle Caldwell and Bernard Farmer Class Monkey . . . Meredith Barnett Class Babies . . . Dorothy Lee Reeves and Herbert Allen Teachers Pet. . . Hazel Thomas Most Likely To Succeed . . . Louise Allen and Plumer Cody Most Enjoyable . . . Meredith Barnett and Bernard Farmer Most Likely To Marry . . . Louise Allen and Floyd Lewis Cutest . . . Dixie Freeman and Arthur Ramsey Neatest . . . Zettie Roberts and Plumer Cody Most Conceited . . . Peggy Thomas and Herbert Allen Stingiest . . . Myrtle Caldwell and Herbert Allen ' Woman Hater . . . Plumer Cody Man Hater . . . Lola Bullman Laziest . . . Meredith Barnett and Herbert,Al1en Heart Breakers . . . Hazel Thomas and Arthur Ramsey Trouble Makers . . . Peggy Thomas and Ray Smith Teachers Pest . . . Peggy Thomas and Herbert Allen Morons . . . Christene Haynie and Bernard Farmer Most Athletic . . . Peggy Thomas and Plumer Cody 9 +

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CLASS HISTORY CHAPTER ONE The history of the class of '49 of Walnut High School, county of Madison, state of North Carolina, had its beginning like most classes. It was in the year 1945, August 17, that twenty and eight meek and humble Fresh- men started their tread down the long rocky road of High School to gain the last four milestones cf learning. Although weakened from hard toiling, indifference, ill health, and laziness, those who were left strove harder to toil on and not give up. Many had fallen by the wayside because of mental inabilities to cope with the hard work assigned them. Such problems as marriage, war, and weakness of mind, caused the class to dwindle at an unbelievably rapid rate. Mr. A. V. Nolan, principal, and Mrs. C. M. Blankenship had the task of leading us into the world of learning as Freshmen. Our class had dissolved until there was only twenty-one members to enter as sophomores. Those who had fallen out were: Robert Buckner who is employed in farming on Big Pine: McKay Farmer who is now serving in the Army: Buddy Hanes who is married and living in Knoxville, Tennessee. Ray Ramsey who is staying at his home in Marshall, Route 3, Gladys Farmer married Junior Lunsford: Beaulah Wildsg married to Frank Shelton and has one child: and Clark Harris, who is also serving in the Army. CHAPTER TWO Our second year at good old Walnut High was reigned over by Mr. William W. Peek, successor to Mr. A. V. Nolan, It'was in this year that Mr. Peek won the friend- ship of the boys by his great interest in sports. Our class was led by a very fine lady, Miss Anna M. Hyde, who did take leave of us to journey to Ohio to live. The class by this time had gained one new member, Verlene Rathbone from Leceister, and had lost three members, Queenie Rice who married Marvin Rice, and has one child, Ollie Roberts who moved to Mar shall, and Dorthy Doan who married a boy from Knoxville and has a child. CHAPTER THREE Our third year at good old Walnut High was taken over by Mr. Eldridge Hill, successor to Mr. William Peek. Our class was led by Mrs. Epps McClure, who did much to encourage us. It was in this year, that we, the Juniors, did bid the Seniors farewell at the annual Junior-Senior banquet. The class by this time had gained one more member, Arthur Ramsey and lost two more, Rita Henderson and Mor gan Davis, who saw the error of their ways and are both back in school. We regret to have lost them. 8

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THE CLASS WILL Ladies and Gentlemen, Board of Education, Superintendent,,Principal, teachers and friends: Upon behalf of the Class of 1949 of Walnut High School, of the City of Walnut, State of North Carolina, I have called you together upon this solemn and serious o- ccasion to listen to her last will and testament, and to receive from her dying hand the few gifts she has to bestow in her last moment. , The following may seem but trifling bequests but we hope they may be accepted, not as worthless things to be thrown away because we can no longer keep them, but as a value to those who may receive them, may these be remembered by the classes left behind the good old class of 1949. We bequeath to the dear faculty who have been our instructors in all the years we have been in school, a sweet and unbroken succession of restful nights and peace- ful dreams. They have all done their duty and verily now shall they have their well- earned reward. Fir st: To our classroom teachers, Mrs. McClure, Mrs. Blankenship, Miss L. McClure, Mr. Williams, and Mr. Anderson, our principal, we leave our ever enduring friendship of the Class of 1949. Second: Dorothy Lee Reeves wills her position as pianist to Rosa Lee Cantrell, and her red hair to Pansy Allen. Third: Zettie Roberts wills her boyfriends to Rita Henderson. Fourth: Meredith Barnett wills her smiles to Morgan Davis, her boy friends to Christene Dockery, and her nick-name Bob Cat to Alrna Lee Beck. Fifth: Myrtle Caldwell wills her interest in the Reeves family to Pansy Allen, fmeaning Mack, and to Freeda Payne her seat as a Senior on the Bip Pine bus. Sixth: To Lillian Hollifield, Christene Haynie wills her French and to Ella Capps her black hair. Seventh: Hazel Thomas wills her ability to learn to anyone desiring it. Eighth: Lola Billman leaves her quietness to Eileen Thomas. Ninth: Peggy .To Thomas wills her athletic ability to Eileen Thomas and her nickname Boom Boom to Hester Chandler. Tenth: Louise Allen wills to Lillian Snelson her athletic ability, her nickname as Scooter goes to Mary Elsie Thomas and her fatness to anyone desiring it. 10