The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-29

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stance" was chosen for the proce;
The girls in the Glee club sang
10, A Voice to Heaven Sound
ing, and the entire Glee club
gave their rendition of Beethoven's
"Hallelujah Chorus. The Rev.
Walter B. Freed delivered a very
enlightning sermon On our part
in the world of tomorrow as grad
yates of today. Sitting up in the
choir loft, I could see the entire
senior class seated before me,
and they sho' we're a scared look
ing bunch Of people. But during
the last hymn, many of the stu
dents exchanged smiles with those
next to them, and the whole at
mosphere became a mighty hap
py one.
All too soon Mauney struck the
first chord of "Postlude in D Mi
nor, and the class rose and left
the church, in a very dignified
manner. Our first commencement
exercise was over, but the thrill
was one we can relive in many
memories Of this graduation
year.
If you go to Wrightsville Beach
in search Of any Of your pals,
and you can't find them, just 60
to the bowling alley at Station
One and you'll see them either
listening to the juke box, trying
their luck with the target guns,
or bowling. Or maybe they're just
standing around talking to every
body who's within hearing dis
lance. This past Sunday night you
would have thought an old home
town reunion was going on. I saw
Willie Hewlett, Burrel Byers, Joe
Gray, Piggy Dyches, Virginia
Franks, Perry James. Truatt Kes-
ter, Chubby Paul, Bobby Sanders,
Clarence Council. Bob Bell. John
Codington, and a mighty lot of 9th
ers. Yesterday afternoon l saw
Luby Lynch, Jack Bissett, Dur
wood Orrell, Pop Thomas, and
a Mig Snow. So you see, just any
day, any time, the bowling alley
is crowded with all of the gang,
When you can get the car, or have
the money to ride the bus, just
come on down, and be with the
best people you can find anywhere
at the best place you can find,
Although the weather wasn't toe
good on the beach Sunday aft
ernoon, the old regulars were
down, trying their best to get a
tan. But Durwood Orrell told me
that a cloudy day was the best
kind Of a day to get sunburn cause
the ultraviolet rays were what
really did the burning and the
clouds didn't stop them. But in
spite of Durwood's scientific ex-
PLANTATION of the sun-burn theory,
I didn't get much burn, and have
decided that sunny days will dc
me more good, regardless of the
ultraviolet rays!
Little things that we usually
think 60 unnoticed by others are
usually the things that count, anc
that really make a difference as
far as the opinions Of others NAV
be concerned. The other night a
lady from Southern Pines was
having dinner with some friends
at one of the popular night clubs
OF the city, and She noticed q
very striking couple on the dance
floor. The boy and the lady, his
dancing partner, were both excel
lent dancers. In fact So much Sc
that the visiting lady inquired
as to their Identification. One Of
the crowd knew the boy, and also
knew that the person with whom
he was dancing was his mother. A
tall blonde lady, she was dressed
in a black eyelet suit, and made
| an outstanding dancing partner for
anyone because of her obviously
complete mastery Of the art OF
dancing. And the young man, also
tall and blonde, looked as if he
were dancing with his very best
girl. And, after all, wasn't he?
For who can ever mean more to
us than our parents? This young
man was Macon Rice, and the
very special date was his mother
Even though many people NAV
think we of the younger ner
ton are carefree and thoueht1ass
as far as our feelings for orr
parents are concerned, little things
, like this show that beneath The
surface of having a good time"
, we realize all our families have
: done for US, and that no one else
in all the world can ever take
the very special place each one
r OF them has in our hearts.
/ Just two more events left in the
! senool lives of the seniors, but
10y are very important ones.
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people to think we'll be mish+u
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