Wentworth High School - Golden Leaves Yearbook (Wentworth, NC)

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time e atom ,. , '-..' I As we,the.Soniors of '39,oome to the end of our school career,we stop a moment to ponder over these last few.short years which we have spent at Went-- worth High School. In l955,we entered the eighth grade with Mr.Joe Meador as home room teacher,as a group of forty- three young and ignorant boys and girls, Let us con- sider this period as the spring of our career, wh: is the time of all green and growing things. We did not realize then any morethan do the Freshmen of ta- day just how very green we weree We might sum it all up by saying of oursleves at that time: Cnee came forty and three babies Through OUT magic gates to pass, Scattering Ulf you pleased and Hmaybes - Werenlt they as green as grass? According to our calendar of school days,we be- gin our sophomore year with thirty-five pupils. So delightfully did the one season blend into the other that the Summertime of our high school career came upon us before we realized itn Things were easier for us this ycar,the skies seemed bluer and the sun seemed to shine brighterq We found that there were still a few things left for us to learn. Miss Melba Gaskins was our home room teachers Some of us regret ted leaving,since we had established ourselves in this graderwhile others looked ahead,longing for the new domain where the juniors ruled so royally. But alas,in achool life,as in nature,W Leaves have their time to fall,and flowers to wither N ,and the autumn of nur school days approached. This was the harvest of all our early planting- the reaping of the results of our dreams and efforts. This sea- son,we had the annual Junior-Senior Reception. This was a joyful occasion honoring the Seniors of '38.We chose WAunt Tillie Goes To Townu for the junior play But all was not glory and splendor.Thern were tests and examinations and hardships to endure. The number of travelers was reduced from last years to twenty- two. These were happy to think that at last , under the guidance of Mrs. Clarke,that they had become sen iors,

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When the winter season eame upon us,thera were only sixteen seniors who had reached their goal. Gf course the winter season had its gloomy days,especi ally when the time came for eXaminations,and oounty tests, To Mrs. Field,our home room teaeher,we pay tribute for what she has done for us. Even as sen- iors we were sometimes melaneholy,but there were bright times to look forward to. We recall some of them now.The visit to Raleigh and the State Fair the Mothere-Daughter,Father-Son Banquet,and Senior lay at the University of North Oarolina,where we witnessed the football game between UnN.C. and V.P. The Junior-Senior Banquet given at the Belvedere Hotel,A,,.ril 1-iwas another gala affair Senior Day at Bethany High School,whieh the seniors Qoeking--- ham County attended,we enjoyed also. Besides these occasions are the elass meetings,haynrides and par- ties to be remembered. Rugged in young manhood and womanhood,we stand at the end ef our eourse. It isa sadder time than we Qxpeeted,but as seniors of '59, we must never forget that soon we will all enter into a renewal of life in a glad,bright,glorious , new Springtime -- Freshman in lifeis sohool. -Frances Cole -v VJ it B X 'B'f-l':..15L if 'lg A B rr X .-' ,fi Q? , - in-'. A . -f 'f?Hajeljf.