West Rowan High School - West Wind Yearbook (Mount Ulla, NC)

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Jo ar4 @ VPLE TES i— A wi b J I turned on our portable radio, and whom should we haar but Ivy Overcash, Margaret Anderson, and Celeste Bro-= therton, with master of ceremonies none other than . Lat Peeler, the star of the great Broadway show, They Died with Their Shirts Off. : After their musical program, we resumed our con- versation, Katie Sue Craven and Edna Moore were two who had slipped his mind. ‘They were successful beauticians in Mooresville .and were doing a tremendous amount of business in the large city. Margaret McLaughlin had become more interested in sports. Her name appeared on the staff of coaches at the University of North Carolina, Jane Edmiston and Susie Lee Brown were now running a home for gassed soldiers. Jimmie finished his story by saying that Viola Davis had made her home in the White House where she re- - cently accepted a position as private secretary to the President-of the United States. As the train rolled along, night fell and the stars began to twinkle and shine. The moon was beginning to appear above the majestic mountains, flooding the land- scape with its golden beams. In several nights I should behold the same moon--but a Carolina moon. Hurrah for Old North Carolina --a grand old state she is}- Tom Erwin, Prophet I'm a Tar Heel born i'm a Tar Heel bred And when I die Itll be a Tar Heel dead.

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PROPHECY Ho! For Carolina! ‘That's the land Por met” Can I really be returning to the Old North State? ‘hese were my thoughts as I boarded the train at Camp Roberts, Cal- ifornia, j.where I had been in service sinec Junge oi, 1945. ‘ My’ train stopped in Kansas City, Missouri -where more soldiers came aboard, Among them was one of my old School pals, Jimmie Miller, who had been in the Air Corps for three years, Immediately we began to discuss our high school days, Jimmie, who six months ago had been at home, be- - gan telling me what each member of our class was doing. it seems that J. C. Little and Frank Thompson did not like the idea of being drafted so they joined the Navy. Leap Year had finally overtaken Bennett. Corriher who marrisd a socialite from New York where Mr, Corriher owns several large cotton mills. Associated with him are Henry Wilson, Manager, and Bill Hali, Vice-Presi- dente I then called Jimmie's attention to Sarah Bradshaw of Hollywood who is now appearing inher first pic- ture, Why Men Go West.” ; . Mt. Ullats Aneels of Mercy, Blizepeths boa vae., Rachel Safrit, Willie Belle Odom, and Elizabeth Fesper- man had become Red Cross nurses, It wasn't difficult for me to believe that Leonard Upright “had become editor of the New York = Vimes, and that on his staff were Phil Sloop, his ece photographer, Frances White, his sécretary, and Alta Clary, comic— strip artist and writer, : if yous were to ¢o to dohn’ Hopkins Hosrival Jim- mie said, “you would Meet Superincendent oF Nurses, Kathryn Lowrance, When we finished discussing Kathryn's success, I asked that Leonard’Hoffner and Marvin Kerr were doing, Believe it or not, he Ssaides™ Leonsro oOWies noe ercraues a bus linc between Amity Hili and Haymore, and Marvin,is a dress d¢signer in Paris, France, where he-ras bpeon Since leaving Hollywood, As the conversation progressed, Jimmie said, To my surprise Miss Surratt has retired as a school teacher and Geraldine Bodie has taken her place, as teacher .of English and French in our dear Alma Mater, This did surprise me, but not nearly as -tnch as Betty Rose McConnell and Evelyn .Corriher's double wed- ding. The lucky men were a young preacher whose ‘name Jimmie did not recall and James Holt of the e¢lasgs of 1940. Hellon Fisher who was always vWwery patriotic had gone to the Martin Aircraft Company where she had be- come an electric welder, | While waiting for Jimmie to collect his thoughts, I

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VALEDICTORY The burden of my message is farewell. The word farewell has taken on a new Significance in this cay. There are farewells being spoken each hour with untold depth of feeling, It is with nto small anount of teeling that we say farewell to-day, Many a schooi day has come to an end with a jolly good-bye. We have varted for a four months’ vacation glipiy saying, “bye, see you again next fall. But to-day our farewell is of a different nature, When we part this’ time. it 2s.) Pitlel.. 2 toe oe We shall meet as individuals from time to time, but we Shall never again meet as a class in Mount Uila school. And so our farewell is fraught with sadness, “Shouid a tear slip from an eye now and then, please bear wits us, for no like experience has come our way to prepare us for this one, . Farewells always bring to mind memories, As we say farewell to you, Mr. Byers, and the members of the board of trustees we are mindful that you have laid the very foundations for this hour, You have planned and labored for us and to you we owe our most hearty thanks for the privileges we have enjoyed here. Many outstanding improvements have been made during your leadership. At times we have accepted them thoughtiess- ly, but as we look back ‘on the Mount Ulla that’has been and. compare: ‘it with the MountsUila thet is8, we ere grateful to be the graduates’of 19h2, Members of the faculty, you have indeed been our best fricnds in the years that are past. ‘Through (our years of training you have guided our thoughts and act- ions. We know at times we have done those things which we should not have done and said things we shouid not have said. Novw we leave with only kind thoughts toward you and deep appreciation for what you have done for us, Particularly do we ieave with fond memories of you, Miss Surratt, for you have been very patient with us as you have guided us in all of sur special activities during the year, Friends of the undergraduate classes, your day of graduation is -yet to be, We can appreciate your thoughts and feelings, for we have experienced what each of you..iS experiencing 9 Loday oe Vor wscerno ue wily appreciate ours. You do not know how difficult 1t is for us to say farewell, However, in leaving you we have ho misgivings for your remaining years in Mount Ulla for we know that we are leaving you in capable hands, Not only must we part from our principal, our teachers, and our underclassmen but we must part from each other. Most vivid among our memories are those which pertain to our relationships as classmates, We have lived together’in a closer relationship than one might casually think, From four to eleven years we have g22