Washington High School - Packromak Yearbook (Washington, NC)

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Mr. Larkin: In the five years that you have been a member of the Washington High School faculty you have worked diligently to set high standards for our Band Department. Not only as Director and faculty member but also as friend you have merited the respect, admiration and gratitude of your students and school associates. We are proud to have on our faculty a man with such qualities of capacity and leadership as yours. Under your direction our Band participat¬ ed in the Inaugural Parade for President Kennedy. It has placed first in three Sun Fun Parades and become National Champion in the Strawberry Festival. Your work with the Band has brought not only pleasure and benefit to your students but also recognition to our school and community. We admire you not only for your earnestness of mind and willingness of heart but most of all for your unceasing efforts for quality in the character of your students as well as in your music. So to you. Mr. James Vann Larkin, we dedicate this 1962 PACKROMAK. 6

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INTO NOTHINGNESS. YEARS HAVE DRIFTED PAST EVEN AS CLOUDS IN THE SKY. IN PACKROMAK ’62 WILL BE CULMINATED EVENTS OF PAST YEARS FORMirlfe A THUNDERBOLT OF REMINISCENCE REKINDLING MEMORIES OF W.H.S. RECALLING THE HAPPINESS AND THE SADNESS THE GAINS AND THE LOSSES THE ACTIVITY AND THE LEISURE WHICH HAVE ENVELOPED US IN A CLOUD OF OUR OWN. 5

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We (jive Mrs. Larkin: The students of Washington High School are deeply appreciative of the time and effort which you devote to us and our activities. Your cheerfulness, your good humor, and your efficiency set a fine example for all of us. We particularly admire your willingness to help above and beyond your duty as a teacher, adviser, and friend. Your service as Junior Class adviser and teacher was invaluable in making the Junior Senior Banquet and Dance a success. Under your promotion the Spanish Club has become one of the liveliest and most active organiza¬ tions in the school. Amiability, kindness, broadmindedness, and above all your attractive personality, nake us all love and admire you. Thank you or the spirit you encourage in all phases of mr school activity. It is a pleasure to pass you in the halls, to speak to you and see your twinkling eyes and merry smile. So to you, Mrs. Mary Anne Larkin, we dedicate this 1962 PACKROMAK. Zkis Dedication. 7