Austinville High School - Memories Yearbook (Austinville, AL)

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Prophecy Whxle vxsltmg 1n Dog Patcn 1n 1961 I found that I had come at one of thnr annual celebratxons The occasmon was a v1s1t from the famed Duchess of Wxndsor Pushxng the crowd to get a better vnew of thls great lady l found that she was my old classmate Judy Blackwell who was attending Sadme I-Iawkms Day In the after noon the feature attraction was a hot rod race and rnquzrmg I found the racer to be Don Harms On my return I stopped by a grocery store to prck up some Cream of Wheat When I heard a loud mouthed housewife argmng about the prlces wlth the grocery man I turned and saw that the housewxfe was none other than Mavis Johnson and the grocery man Bally Jack Smith After leavmg the store I vxsmted the Dog Patch Gymnaszum where athletmcs was a mann attraction There I saw a professxonal basketball player and with a closer look I recognized another class mate Carolyn Isley On the other sxde of the gymnasium was a champaon tenms player whom I recogmzed as Boyd Johnson who had been our class President in 1951 Leaving the gymnasium I went to the drugstore :or a sundae and whom do yon. th1nk I found at the post card counter? A sailor Kenneth I-Iarpe buymg cards to write to his g1rls ln every port Leaving the drugstore I passed a huge bmldlng with the tltle Ratlxff Avratmon I saw two men talklng to a lady Observing closer I found it was Ilmmy Ray Ratllff the owner of the plant and Brlly Hughes the test pilot The lady was Vernelle Haley a stewardess on the plane A big freight truck pulled out at the back of the bunldmng In the drxver s seat there sat Carlton guess who I found 1n the offxce? It was Rheta Faye Summerford a most effecnent and well pard secretary I was so surprlsed to see that she was not chewmg gum Gomg on down the street I saw a large crowd of women gathered around a platform and upon that platform was no one else but June Sam a professxonal cook demonstratrng her new recxpes I attended the new school at Dog Patch and found Lenme Ruth R.1vers teachlng school Seems as though the students like her While at tne school I rnqulred about Billy Don Looney When last heard of he had wanted to graduate ln 1951 I vmsxted the glant department store The Dog Patch Emporxum to fmd that they were havmg a fashmon show One of the onlookers happened to be Bess Wallace who IS now a successful housewnfe Say who IS the model? Oh I see It IS Clara Cothern doing the modeling The years haven t harmed her She stxll the vzvacrous blonde I remembered from my h1gh school days ten years ago Leavmg Dog Patch and on down the road I approached a huge bmldmg and knew I was near home because I found nt to be Wolverme Tube D1v1s1on I notxc ed Dwxght Rathff at a bus stop and plcked ham up I told hun about seemg the classmates nn Dog Patch and he and I had a good tame remxmscxng about those carefree days when we were Semors at A H S I let Dwnght out at his home and quxckly drove the few remaxmng mxles out to my farm As I turned mto the lane whzch cut through my beautzful green f1elds I saw my wxfe come to the door of our cottage and I was glad to be home Bobby Smith Prophet l 3 Key, who was hauling A-bombs and I-I-bombs. I thought I would look around and ' ' ' ' . ' . is

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The lunlors FIRST ROW SECOND ROW THIRD ROW 5- Estelle MCC3lg Adelle Lmderman Sylvia Kxtchens Frances Johnson Margxe Maner Margle Isley Wynell Hall Percy Mxles Denms Allred Bxlly Schrader Wallace Daniel Dawson Sparkman Bxll Stover Sue Busbey Mary Blagburn Dora Hx!! Herman Rigel Malcolm Hogland L A Walden Melvxn Wxmberly Enms Roper Roland Nix Fred Barber lra George Carolyn Roberts Blllxe Jo Evans Carolyn Cartee Jerry Jones Raymond Riggs Bobby Messer Frank Sparkman Bxlly Free O Harrell Jones I B Austin Dovell Haley Willard Hamxlton Bobby Herbert Pkg 15