Walnut High School - Echoes Yearbook (Walnut, NC)

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LITERARY CHAPEL PROGRAMS The Chapel programs at Walnut High have been different this year than before. The library has been the assembling place each Monday and Friday mornings with the principal, F. W. Anderson taking charge of Devotionals each Monday and the classes taking a turn of Friday. We were honored by having Reverand Oscar Edmonds to speak to us Monday, February 14. On Monday February 21, 1949 we were highly honored by having Dr. Davies, serving as a chaplain in the Marshall Islands during the war and now the president of Tusculum College, to talk to us. Dr. Davis gave us some interesting facts on the life and customs of the natives in the Mar shall Islands and showed us some of their handicraft. Monday, March 21, we began a series of talks on good citizenship. Those speaking to us were Reverand Scott, Reverand B. E. Gutherie and F. W. Anderson. P. T. A. We extend our appreciation to the parents for taking more interest in the school More have been attending P. T. A. and other activities of the school. Their meetings are held on a Wednesday in every month. A program is presented and then business is taken up. At the February meeting, February 23, 1949, the P. T. A. observed Founders day. The past presidents were recognized and presented gifts. A playground for the children has been a part of the P. T. A. During the ballgames and other enter- tainments the ladies worked very hard in selling food to please the people as well as helping the school. The officers of the Walnut P. T. A. are: President. . .Mrs. Gilbert Stackhouse, Vice-President. . .Mrs. R. H. McClure, Secretary. . .Miss Louise McClure Treasurer. . .Mr. B. E. Gutherie. 4-H CLUB The club has met once each month throughout theyear. Several a-gricultural movies were shown and interesting talks concerning improvements in 4-H work. Our club was well represented in the County Fair. The girls entered needlework of all kinds, canned goods, and pastries. The boys entered corn, tobacco, and other - farm supplies. Our club won more prizes than any other club in the county. In the parade, Christene I-Iaynie was queen. Bobby McClure, Sophomore, and Eugene Wild, Junior, were joint-king. The court was Ella Capps, Irene Thomas, Juanita Parton, Bernice Thomas, Ted Buckner, Bobby Chandler, Hoyle Duncan, and Wallace Hollifield. The other 4-H members were in formation behind the float and wore the emblem on green and white caps and streamers, representing the colors. The float won second place in the parade. 23

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BETA CLUB President ....................WesleyDockery Vice-President . . . . . . . . . . . . .Program Chairman . . . . . . . . . . . Christene Haynie Secretary .. .........,.....Mary V. Gutherie Reporter ...................Bi11y JohnReeves OTHER MEMB ERS Marvin Laws, Geraldine Harris, Earl Davis, Patsy Ann Reeves, Bobby McClure, and Pansy Allen. Supervisor . . . . . .Mrs. Epps McClure Scene from The Goof From Gopher Gulch , presented by the Drarnatics class. Director Miss Louise McClure. 4-H OFFICERS President .... . .. . Wesley Dockery Vice-President . . . . Irene Thomas Secretary ..... .Mary E. THOMAS Treasurer ......, . . . Arthur Raxnsey Reporter .......... . . . Lillian I-Iollifield GROUP LEADERS: I-Iead.............. Heart . . . Hands . . . Health . . . . . . . . Hazel Thomas , . . , Floyd Lewin ..,...Hoyle Duncan Mary V. Gutherie

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F.F.A. The Walnut F. F. A. Chapter was organized in the fall of 1947, and since that time has grown from a member ship of nineteen to twenty-six at present. The first group of officers were as follows: President . . . Wallace Hollifield Vice-President . . . Herbert Allen Secretary . . . Jimmie Webb Reporter . . . Arthur Ramsey Treasurer . . . Eugene Wild Sentinel . . . Wade Anderson Officers for the current term are: President . . . Herbert Allen Vice-President . . . Wallace Hollifield Secretary . . . Eugene Wild Reporter . . . Bobby McClure Treasurer . . . Bobby Chandler Sentinel . . . Arthur Ramsey Included among the various activities in which we have participated are: l. Livestock Judging Contests Z. Crop Judging Contests 3. Field Day Contest 4. County Fair , 5. State F. F. A. convention in Raleigh. At this convention Wallace Hollifield and Eugene Wild represented the chapter. We are planning to use a part of the woodland on the Clark farm as a forestry project. The Agriculture classes will burn an area and set our forest seedlings as a forestry demonstration in co-operation with the U. S. Forest Service. Several boys are looking forward to a week's vacation this summer at White Lake F. F. A. Camp, near Fayetteville, N. C. 24