Wendell High School - Yearbook (Wendell, NC)

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In behalf of the graduating class of 1943 I wish -to exiena no you a hearty welcome and to say to you that we are glad von have come to help us celebrate our entrv into « new and unknown phase of our life. For the past eleven vears we have been climbing a ladder. We started our climb the day we entered the first o-rade. You have sem us climb, sometimes rather fast and sometimes, I’m afraid, very slovjly, but always working- toward one goal: to finish high school i nd start life anew in the world. Today as we start this new adventure we enter a world torn and shaken bv the horrors of a global war. The hr.it d States in taking a ma ion pert in this conflict, and that means that we of this mnior class have a share in it. Some of us will g o into the armed forces; some will work on the home front; but we, alone ' 1 with vou , are going to see it through to final and complete victory 50 that we can enter into a normal and peaceful life. Tonight we will lay all that aside, however, and from the depths of our hearts thank God that we can celebrate this gr nd occ sion which comes onlv once in a lifetime, We wish to express our gratitude to our parents, teachers, and friends who have helped make this night of celebration possible. We sincerely hope that you enjoy our program and that the memories of this night may live long in your hearts, as thev will surely live in Parents, teachers and friends; To me has been granted the rather painful privilege of saving to you farewell. For eleven happy and busv years we have gathered here as a class and now we are to come back no more forever as students of Wendell High School. Much as we have looked forw rd to this moment, we now find that the parting-s fill our hearts with real ’•egret. However we look for- ward with hone and purpose to the opoortunities that tomorrow will b irc and we know that our happy vears here have not only been • ' ■ears of growth and mentally, but they have equipped us better to bear a worthv part ’ n the future. As we leave we do so with a full consciousness thet it is a war- torn world into which we go. Some of us, indeed, may soon take our places in the armed forces that will enter the conflict to make thio wo-ld again a fit plsce in which to live. All of us must and will do our share in the remaking of the world as we have known it. Like old Omar the tentmaker, we have indeed, seen this sorrv scheme of things entire” shattered to oits almost, 1,r e h r ve come daily to our prosaic tasks here while the world and all civilization seemed on the verge of total destruction. Now, indeed ve must aid in ours 2 13

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ers ■» Mrs. R.R. Thompson Mrs. W.L. Wootton THE TT VELTH GRADE Beverly Brantley Ray Strickland 12

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the effort to remould if nearer to th ' hearts desire. For such a time hive we come to the end of our training and for such serious work have wb studied and been taught. So we come to say farewell. To our teachers we brine - no high- soundine - phrases. 7 e fear they know us too well. But we ask them to believe thy o we are truly grateful for meir patience and labor with us. We have lived with them rather closely and with that living has come a res ect, an a ' mi r tion, and a sincere likinp - that goes deeper and is rmre lastin ' - than any love at first sirht could be. To you parents and friends, who have come out to be with us in our p-rert hour h ' 3 ' , whit can we say that does not sound to bookish to bo real? Like vou we find it hard to express our deeper feelings. Our gratitude and love for our parents and for you friends foes too deep for us to be ' h 1 3 to dress it uo with plib hr; - o, . We ask vou to believe that to feeling is there, that it is real and sincere, and that it will go with us through life. And now, classmate . wh t shall I say to you? Wh t shall we say to eacn other as the hutr comes and now is when we must part from each other, no less than from teachers anu school? Our hearts are full tonight, M.nd oven now we see that the years we had here have been good ye rs , and that as time passes and memory mellows and hal- lows them, they will become more precious. So to these old halls we have loved so well, to Wendell Hiph School and to our happy high school davs we sav, indeed, farewell. To our teachers and friends that we haw 5 learned to 1 ov q , we sev not farewell, but au revoir mnv we meet again soon and often. AUTOGRAPHS 14