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The sands of time are standing still, and we are now drifting way-way back, 12 long-grueling years to
the first glorious days of school for the class of '58. We now see some well-behaved children, who were under the
expert hands of Mrs. Helen Hamilton. Of the original first grade class in '46, we can only recall Wanda Hazel-
wood, Julianne Baggett, Edwina Jones, Barbara Peeples, Martha Brown, Donna Clark, Bernice Arnold, Nancy
Douglas, Ruth King, Roy Lane, Janet Williamson, Ralph Massey, Murray Thomas, Brantley Smith, James
Witt, Carsie Kirkland, Roy Freeburg, Donald Geiger, and Wendell Hill. This was the beginning of the end; the
the girls began noticing the boys and the boys began chasing the girls. (Our first grade room was in the room
where the Chemistry Lab is now located.)
Next came the second grade. We proved too much for one teacher to hold, so the only thing to be done
was to put us in two rooms. Mrs. Lee and Mrs. Austin were selected for this job, and to make matters worse,
Mildred Smith, Tawana Campbell, Christine Lamb, Harold Hunt, and Larry Miller joined our merry band of
tormentors. It was in this happy year that we made play houses, ate green mulberries, got sick and otherwise
thought ourselves important. Our Class has always been a dramatic minded group, even as young as the second
grade and so it was, we put on the colossal production, "Spring Play", with Spring, herself, fairies, and flowers.
In our next year of schooling, the "higher ups" found we had to stay in two rooms. Mrs. Viana Gall,
and Mrs. Mable Campbell proved very efficient in handling us. Clara 'Mae Adams, John Hicks, Felton Howard,
and John Mihalakis could stand it no longer being away from our growling, crazy crowd, so they came along, too.
We proved our dramatic ability again this year,the fourth, by putting on a musical version of " Rumplestil-
skin", coached by Mrs. Ellmakerand Miss Bartlett. Roger Sibley, Frances Stanley, Darlene Wilson, Gloria
Lewis, and Richard Whitaker joined us. Our numbers were ever increasing.
In the fifth grade, they thought it would be wise to let a male teacher have part of our group, and let
us get use.to men teachers; Mr. Dooley was assisted by Mrs. Modest Hart. We also changed classes this year,
short lived though it was; made candle holders out of old bottles; and presented a Halloween program at the
PTA Carnival. (It was Hawianian,--hula skirts and all.) Margaret Nelson, George Trebour, and Bill McCallister,
arrived, swelling our number to 33.
In the sixth grade, under the guiding hands of Mrs. Hettie Jane Price and Mrs. Rosemary Trottman,
we made up plays, drew murels, made paper mache items, and voted in our first Student Council election.
Bonnie Freed and Edward Lewis joined us, Richard Whitaker had left and had returned again, just couldn't
stay away for long; the same thing happened with John Mihalakis.
The seventh grade, whow, getting there. Mrs. Kelly and Mrs. Trottman had us in their homerooms.
We got mixed up the first day, but took to Junior High life, like a duck to water. Mary Frances Turner, Bob
Lorenz, Larry Eskelund, Charles Bloom and Janet W, became a part of ZHS. Janet was finding it hard making
up her mind whether to stay at ZHS.
We progressed right along in the eighth, under the sponsorship of Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Brown. The
only eventful thing in this year besides learning all about the Navy, science and math, was the coming back
to the fold of John M. and Edward Lewis,; who had at last realized that ZHS was their one and only.
Freshmen!! ! Man were we ever the gift to something. Mrs. Brown again had charge of us and Mrs. Stevens
helped her out. We made lots of money, wrote stories, had a dilly of a party, otherwise disturbed the rest
of the student body, and decorated and ushered at class night. The big end of the year party was the "mostest.'
We were joined by Beverly Bond, Glenda Sutton, Frank Sekach and Edson Ward.
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