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

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i9 KEEPSAKE 42 CLASS POEM We lift our hearts in joy and praise In remembrance of our dear school days. When happiness with us did e’er abide, With our principal and dear teachers as our guide. In leaving our dear school behind, Pleasant thoughts shall always linger in our mind. These thoughts of joy and love shall never grow old Regardless of the wonders the future shall unfold. And now we say farewell to those so dear, Whose companionship we have enjoyed from year to year. With song and spirits raised so high, We do not say farewell but goodbye. Class Poet, MILLIE TROUTMAN CLASS SONG Tune—Anchors Aweigh Farewell, Mount Ulla High! Farewell to thee! We leave your banners waving As we set out to sea, sea. We hate to part from you, but we must go. We'll think of you although we may be near Or far from our dear school. Fare ye well, classmates! Everybody drink a toast before we go. Fare ye well, classmates! Everybody drink a toast before we go. Drink away—drink away to our classmates and our school. Farewell, dear teachers, the best of all We're off to met our trials With courage and with faith, faith. Farewell to 743! We’re on our way! Until we meet again, . Here’s wishing you a happy, happy life! WYvVONNE POWERS Sam ERWIN AUDREY TURNER Naomi Horton Song Committee

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iS KEER-SAKE 42 HISTORY Four years ago in August, 1939, the bus arrived at Fort Mount Ulla with seventy-five Buck Privates. We were divided into two divisions with Mr. William Norris and Miss Charlotte Shaw as our commanding officers. By the end of the first semester most of our brave Buck Privates became Privates First Class. Our first year passed and we were finally able to adjust ourselves to Fort Mount Ulla having had only a few K. P.’s Our next year brought us to Fort Mount Ulla as sixty-five Corporals. Miss Pauline Everhardt (now Mrs. David Graham, Jr.) and Mr. Emmett Cruse were our commanding officers. Seven of our division were accepted into National Beta Club and became Staff Sergeants. These happy Sergeants were Sarah Barringer, Gladys Goodman, Louise Cress, Audrey Turner, Betty Lippard, Mildred Graham, and Robert Foster. We had a play with an all-soldier cast, “The Ghostly Passenger” in compe- tition with plays presented by other divisions. Quite a few parties were given for us during that year, some in the mess hall and one in the basement of a local citizen’s home. Even though we were Corporals we were still inexperienced and our hearts were young and gay. We began our third year of military life as Technical Sergeants. There were forty-eight of us with Miss Jean Lyerly in command. Several of our number were promoted to the rank of First Sergeants, Sarah Barringer being president; Robert Foster, vice president; Mary Ida Steele, secretary and treasurer. Our Staff Sergeants (Beta Members) were promoted to Master Sergeants and two others received that honor—Edith Graham and Martha Lefler. Several of the Master Sergeants were given positions with the Fort newspaper, “The Cub.” Our Junior Year wasn’t all work, however. In the fall we sponsored a contest at the local Hallowe’en Carnival for funds for a dance to be given in honor of our commissioned officers. We also had a dance in the mess hall during Christmas leave. Spring came to Fort Mount Ulla, and with it the long anticipated dance, which was known as the Junior-Senior. The mess hall was bedecked with patriotic decorations. We imported an orchestra from a near-by city. During the evening delicious refreshments were served at the canteen. Then came the final promotions for most of us. In the fall of 1943 we were Second Lieutenants, fifty-five strong, with Miss Helen Surratt as our commander. Those advanced to the rank of First Lieutenant were: Edith Graham, president; John Umberger, vice-president; Doris Graham, secretary; and Turner Hall, treasurer. During the first semester of our term, our commander, Miss Surratt, was married to Brown Fink of a distant camp. While we were celebrating our Christ- mas furloughs, we enjoyed a party in the mess hall with most of our division present. Due to the war most of our senior activities were limited, but we bore this bravely as good soldiers should. In March the soldiers were called to a near-by city to receive insignias, their rings, which distinguished them from the non-commissioned officers. Now, we are come to the end of our four years at Fort Mount Ulla. We go forth to win the larger battles at home and abroad. Historian, Mary IpA STEELE.