Weaverville High School Class Of 1937 Holds Reunion
By LOUISE WRIGHT
The 1?7 graduating class of the old
Weaverville High School took a trip
down memory lane as members
celebrated the 50th anniversary of
their graduation in the fellowship hail
of the First Presbyterian Church of
Weavervllle on June 6.
They came at 11 a.m. and stayed
until after 4 p.m. and had fun every
mintue of the time together.
They came from five states, from
as far away as Cheyenne, Wyo., Little
Rock, Ark., and Hershey, Penn. They
had 23 of the original 37 class
members. Nine sent regrets and five
are deceased.
Some had not seen each other in the
last SO years. Dr. Lawrence Sprinkle
of Weaverville had made small prints
of the pictures in the old school an
nual and had attached these pictures
to the name tags to help identify each
one.
They spent the first hour in a buzz
of conversation of, "Now what have
you been doing with yourself in the
past 50 years?," or "Do you
remember when we used to or,
"How good to see you! I would have
recognized you anywhere! "
Then came lunchtime with a spread
of food from one end of the table to the
other. The tables were decorated with
pink rosebuds, the class flowers, and
three large beautiful cakes had con
spicuous places among the roses.
Imogene Hampton Hazelrigg of
Asheville had made a large sheet
cake and with icing had drawn a pic
ture at the old high school building,
windows and all. Amelia Roberts of
Jupiter had made a large sheet cake
and drawn a beautiful spray of pink
rosebuds with the words, "Happy
50th Anniversary" underneath.
Ned Sams, who works for the Her
shey Company, had his firm make
one of its Hershey cakes from a prize
winning recipe. There were plenty of
salads, casseroles and all kinds of
goodies to fill up the rest of the space
on the tables.
After lunch, Hazelrigg presided
over an informal session. They sang
their old alma mater and again
repeated their class motto, "We build
the stairs by which we climb." And
they remembered their principal, the
late Prof. Francis A. Penland, whom
they all loved.
Martha Penland Hudson read a
humorous essay entitled, "The Class
of 1937 B.C. (Before Computers)."
She said in part: "We were before
the television, nylon, dacron, Xerox.
We were before the radar, fluores
cent lighting, credit cards and ball
point pens. For us a chip meant a
piece of wood, hardware meant hard
ware and software wasn't even a
word ... In those days bunnies were
small rabbits and rabbits were not
Volkswagens."
Wanda Peeke Teague of Weaver
ville presented a memorial of the five
deceased class members.
They had as their special guest
their former teacher. Irene
Hoi com be Clark of Weaverville, who
music teacher in the high school .
Many had brought pictures of the
1937 days and they laughed over the
long skirts on the women and the
straw hats on the men. There was
such an atmosphere of fun among the
graduates that they almost forgot
their spouses who seemingly were
having as much fun as they.
The group decided that they had en
joyed being together so much that
they would make it an annual affair
"as long as we are able," they siad.
They also said that Marsha Penland
Hudson and Betty Gwaltney of
Weaverville had done such a good Job
of organizing this year's reunion that
they unanimously elected them for
next year. They voted to again have a
covered dish luncheon in Weaverville
in a place where they could stay as
long as they wanted to visit with each
other.
Those attending from out of state
included Howard Blackwelder of Lit
tle Rock, Ruby Hensley Leach of
Cheyenne, Troy Riddle of Carrolton,
Ga , and Ned Sams from Hershey.
Those from other parts of North
Carolina were Robbie Gaye Mock
Martin of Brevard, Lucy Ballard Cor
nweil of Waynesville, Mary Dicker
son Roberts of Skyland and Mary
Ward Wright of Candler. Those from
Asheville were Barbara Herron Car
son, Imogene Hampton Hazelrigg,
40th Reunion
Twenty-two members of the Marshall High Class of 1947 at
tended a reunion on Blannahassett Island on May 30. This was
the first reunion for the class of '47 which was the first group
the North Carolina public school system required to attend
school for 12 years. The group includes: first row: Jimmy
Davis, mascot: second row: Margie Rye Saye, Clarence
Robinson, Ernie Plynn Edmonds, Helen Cody Wallin, Ellen
Landreth Edmonds; third row: Faye Ferguson Banks; fourth
row: Jane Rice Talley, King Banks, Lorraine Proffitt Peace,
Edna Landreth Edwards, Mable Fisher, Helen Coates Worley,
fifth row: Betty Ward Bradley, Erma Norton Proffitt, Elieen
Fisher Griffin, Lewis Griffin; sixth row: Irene Reese Ball,
Dallas Ball, Pearl Ball Sexton, John L. Fortner, and Florence
Griffin Ammons.
In Service
Marsha D. Buckner
Spec. 4 Marsha D. Buckner placed
first in the sugar centerpieces
category while participating In the
12th Annual U.S. Armv Cullnarv
Competition heid at fort Lee, Va
with presentation displays foUowec
by < !<' onstrations o# cooking to din
NC State
Dean's List
Announced
Chancellor Bruce R. Poulton has
announced that 2,336 undergraduate
students earned dean's list honors
during the spring semester just com
pleted at North Carolina State
University..
To make the dean's list, students
must earn an academic average or
3.25 or higher if they are carrying IS
or more hours of coursework, or a 3.5
or better if they are carrying 12 to 14
The following are the dean's list
students from Madison County, their
fields of study, parents and ad
en B. Halula, computer
Mr. and Mrs J.N. Hulula,
L Hodge,
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RANDY COX PHOTO
Members of the Weaverville High School's
graduating class from 1937 posed for a group
fiicture at their recent 50th reunion. First row,
rom left to right: Myrtle McCurry Hill, Hilda
Ray Fisher Ramsey, Ruth Edwards Tweed,
Martha Penland Hudson, Mary Ward Wright,
Lucy Ballard Corn well, Lucille Buckner
Keys, Imogene Hampton Hazelrigg and Betty
Gwatlney Redmond. Second row, Howard
Blackwelder, Troy Riddle, L.A. Weaver Jr.,
Juanita West Proffitt, Harry Lee Garrison
(mascot), Lawrence Sprinkle, Mary Dicker
son Roberts, James Sawyer, Robbie Gave
Mock Barton, Barbara Herron Carson, Ruby
Hensley Leach, Wanda Peeke Teague, Ned
Sams and Finley Coates.
Myrtle McCurry Hill, Lucille
Buckner Keys, Hilda Ray Fisher
Ramsey and Ruth Edwards Tweed.
From Weaverville were Finley
Coates, Martha Penland Hudson,
Kathleen Penland Kyles, Juanita
West Proffitt, Betty Gwaltney, James
C. Sawyer, Dr. Lawrence Sprinkle,
Wanda Peek Teague and L.A.
Weaver.
Weaver, who was a member of the
Weaverville Town Council for 20
years, summed up the day as he left,
saying, "We really enjoyed this day!
It was so g-o-o-d to see so many that I
had not seen in 50 years! We all had
such a wonderful time!"
Summer School Set
At UNC-Asheville
More than 30 courses in 18 subject
areas will be offered during a month
long summer school session beginn
ing Tuesday at the University of
North Carolina at Asheville.
Registration for UNCA's summer
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Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in
the registrar's office in Phillips Hall
Courses are offered in subject
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Spanish.
Special topic courses include
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"Communication for Management,"
"Children's Literature K-6," "En
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For application and registration in
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office at 251-6481. Early application is
encouraged.
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