Bearden High School - Echo Yearbook (Knoxville, TN)

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Prophecy By Barbara George |, Madame Carmen, the fortune teller, am looking into my crystal ball. | will tell to you the future of the seniors as | see it. First, | see the independent basketball team of Bearden. The stars are Joe Chad- well, Ed Newell, Paul Helton, and Grover Cain. Kenneth Ford now owns a chain of grocery stores. His wife, the former Sylvia Roberts, is his cashier. His special truck drivers, E. L. Franklin, and James Moore, have helped to make him a success. Curtis Phyllips our local F. B. |. agent is now dictating the reports on his latest case to his secretary, Alma Lowe. If we would peep through the keyhole, as Curtis often does, we would see a pretty receptionist, Bar- bara Smith. We have two prominent doctors in our town, Lawrence Shelby and Tommy Mitchell. Their nursing staff is Nancye Hood, Jean Brewer, Margie Baldwin, and Jeanie Lowe. Hagen Lyle, present owner of the Dixie Land Drive-In, is having the Rebel Room redecorated by the interior decorator Anna Belle Underwood and her assistants Jo Ann Moore, Jo Ogg, and Bobby Hazelwood. Ah! Now | see a daily program on tele- vision. An announcer, Richard McMillan, is introducing the South’s famous Dixieland Band featuring Tony Marcum at the guitar; J. B. Mankin with the clarinet; and Eugene Hocutt with the trumpet. Next is James Moyers, announcer, intro- ducing opera star Lona Nelson. As | look in at the Southland, the floor show is going on. Helping out with the enter- tainment, we see Juanita Epps and Mary Walker in the chorus line and see that all the customers are satisfied, Connie Long acts as hostess. Since we have such good entertainment in Knoxville, you might need some help along the transportation line. To help you out with this is Mack Oglesby, a cab driver. Whoops! Hold your hats, here he comes. As the train pulls out of Knoxville for California, who should be hanging out the end of the caboose but conductor, D. W. Wise. In the engineer’s seat is Robert Cardwell. Also aboard are wealthy land owners Jim Dowell, Ralph Cloud, and Charles Scarbrough. It’s vacation time, again. Wow, Models! And can you think of a better profession for Juanita Maxey, Mary Ruth Conley, and Betty Monroe? Now watch the birdie! | see Pat Christo- pher, taking pictures of Robert Michael Bry- son, the sixth child of Mrs. Larry Bryson, the former Kathleen Oswald. Next 4 see a tray of food and be hind that tray is Wanda Anderson serving lunch to Barbara Green and Betty Harmon, owners of the Glamour Beauty Shop. There is a billboard in the distance. It reads: Mo’s Service Station, Owner, Elmo Anderson. Have you heard about the recent plane crash? Well you soon will for reporters Libby Green and Billie Jo Hansard are gathering facts about it from Stewardess, Donna Ray. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Waller, former Edna Strange, are now helping with the Bob Brown Science Circus. Ride ‘em cowboy! Becky Waggoner and Bobby Wright are acting in Western pictures. Seventeen

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(Le Gee tory In September of 1940 a group of boys and girls began their journey along the road of education at Bearden. This year, 1952, they have reached their first goal toward higher education. Nine of the group are graduating this year: Barbara George, Edna Strange, Alma Lowe, Anna Belle Underwood, Elmo Anderson, Richard McMillan, Charles Scarbrough, Hagen Lyle, and Curtis Phillips. The years between the first and ninth grades passed swiftly. Our dreams of being green Freshmen were now coming true. As we looked over this group, new faces had ap- peared during our first nine years of school. They were: Mary Ruth Conley, Libby Green, Juanita Epps, Wanda Anderson, Kathleen Oswald, Margie Baldwin, Pat Christopher, Betty Monroe, Merle Owens, Donna Ray, Juanita Maxey, John Dale, Jim Dowell, Tony Marcum, Paul Helton, Joe Chadwell, J. B. Mankin, and Lawrence Shelby. Election of officers brought a thrill to our hearts. They were: Pres.—Libby Green; Vice-Pres., Hagen Lyle; Sec., Carrol Richie; and Treas., Bobby Ware. Our class favorites were Juanita Epps and Carrol Richie. Mrs. Cates led us through this trying year. The following September, we entered the new and modern Bearden High as sopho- mores. We gained many scholars from other high schools. Jeanie Lowe had entered Bearden from Central; Joann Moore from Rule; James Moore from Stair Tech; Jean Brewer, John Rice, Mary Walker, James Moyers, and Ed Newell from Tyson; Lona Nelson from Farragut; Alma Lowe and Anna Belle Underwood rejoined us from Farragut; Nancye Hood and Doris Clayton from Youngs; and from Karns we received Dollie Gattis, Barbara Green, Nora Grubb, Jo Hansard, Sixteen Betty Harmon, Barbara Smith, Becky Wag- goner, Jimmy Bayless, Robert Cardwell, Jerry Waller, Tommy Mitchell, Bobby Wright, D. W. Wise, Kenneth Ford, and E. L. Franklin. Our class officers were: Pres., Ken Ford; Sec., Libby Green; Treas., Bill Webb. favorites were Libby Green and Ken Ford. Our Sponsors were Mrs. Cates and Mr. Sophomore Stephenson. New Juniors to join us were Grover Cain, Eugene Hocutt, and Sylvia Roberts from Knox- ville High; Ralph Cloud from Karns; Mel- vin Thompson from Stair; and Mack Oglesby from California. We presented a three-act play, ‘“Smartypants,’”” with Mary Ruth Conley and Mack Oglesby as the leading characters. Our officers were: Pres., Libby Green; Vice- Pres., Ed Newell; and Sec., Ted Johnson. Our favorites were Sylvia Roberts and Ken Ford. Mr. Stephenson, Mr. Bridges, and Mrs. Aslin- ger were our sponsors. Our Girls’ Basketball Team, consisting of six junior girls, were the sixth district champions. After a wonderful vacation we marched sixty-seven strong to meet our senior year after the addition of Bobbie Hazelwood from Elizabethton, Gordon Bennett and Bill Bur- nette from Karns. The loss of Melvin Thompson, who was called to the Armed Forces, was deeply felt by all. Our class of- ficers were: Pres., Ken Ford; Vice-Pres., Richard McMillan; Sec., Edna Lee Strange; Treas., Ed Newell; and Social Chairman, Joe Chadwell. Our sponsors were: Mrs. Reynolds, Mrs. Lowry, Mrs. Clark, and Mr. Bridges. This concludes our class history. May these years be remembered as happy and ad- venturous ones. — EDNA LEE STRANGE

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