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Wilson Memorial High School Calendar September 7-8 September 17 September 24 October 8 October 15 October 20 October 27 October 28 October 29 November 3-4 November 5 November 11-12-13 November 18 November 19 November 25-26 December 1 December 3 December 11 December 14 December 20 December 22 January 3 January 19-20-21 January 28 February 25 March 5 April 5 April 21 April 22 April 29 May 6 May June 1948-1949 Registration and enrollment. Back at the same old grind. First football game. We beat Madison 6-2. Well, we can’t always win. Handley beat us. We almost beat Warren County on a muddy field. Score 6-0. Buddy Furr made first Wilson TD. against Waynesboro. Wilson lost 32-7. The first edition of The Wilson Echo came from the press. Goblins visited the Seniors at their party in the Social Center. First Pep Rally—What a wonderful time. The Pep Rally really helped. We beat Strasburg 20-0. THE Hornet's NEst staff solicited for ads. MORE FUN (Even if we did get wet and didn’t look pretty). Wilson bows to Harrisonburg 46-0. HORRORS HOW AWFUL. PICTURES—PICTURES—PICTURES. Pictures were taken for the annual. The camera was broken several times. Another grand Pep Rally. Last 1948 football game. We played Lee Hi on a MUDDY field and lost 6-2. Thanksgiving Holidays. Among other things, we’re thankful for the vacation. Junior Class Party. What fun. Sophomore Class Party. The old Social Center really shook. The annual P. T. A. Party at the Gym. Even if the music did get lost everyone had a grand time. First Basketball game with Lexington. The Girls are still tops. Christmas assembly in the Gym. Everybody got the Christmas spirit listening to the lovely music. The a cappella choir sang over stations WTON and WAYB. Homeroom Christmas parties. Christmas vacation began at 12. Back to school. Oh, well, it was fun while it lasted. Looking forward and being haunted by the thought of exams. BLACK GLOOMY DAYS—EXAMS, HEADACHES AND HEARTBREAKS. March of Dimes Dance. Wilson and Lee Hi played the last scheduled basketball game. It was a glorious season with its thrills and chills. Basketball Playday. Shenandoah Chorus. They sounded like angel voices. The Wilson Echo and Hornet’s Nest staffs have a party to cele- brate a hard years work. Sophomore Picnic. SENIOR PLAY. Hollywood here we come. JUNIOR-SENIOR PROM. No words in the dictionary could describe the beauty of the occasion and the fun everybody had. THE HORNETS NEST DELIVERED: COMMENCEMENT.
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NR AMC. GILKESON He is not too wise to talk with us— He is not too great to walk with us— He will never be too old to be our friend. These words describe the gray-haired man who greets you in the corridor or on the street with a warm, friendly smile. Mr. Gilkeson received his education at William and Mary and V. P. I. Since 1919 he has been in educational work in Augusta County. In that time, he has served as Clerk of the County Board of Supervisors, Superintendent of Augusta County School, and now is the Director of Transportation of the County Schools. This transportation system is the second largest in the nation. During the fourteen years he served as Superintendent in Augusta County, he achieved many things, but what we students consider his greatest is the ac- quiring and establishing of the Wilson Memorial High School. It was only through his foresight and untiring efforts that the State of Virginia acquired Woodrow Wilson General Hospital, making room for the consolidation of four County High Schools. Therefore, to Mr. A. C. Gilkeson, who was so vitally a part of the past, and is sO definitely a part of the present, we the yearbook staff dedicate this 1949 edition of “The Hornet’s Nest”
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