Central High School - Centralite Yearbook (Fountain City, TN)

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S , xr ,x As lowly, humble freshmen, V , we rneekly entered the portals of fk' Central High School. The first X' '-- 1' week was spent stumbling through z the maze of strange hallways, but with the patience and the sincere understanding of the faculty, we bf were soon organized into an orderly digg, 'i freshman class. J' l .Q 5 :saints al f::::!'i 1 f ,it riff L 4-4,9 As the year got under way, we :ZX elected four students to represent f our class: Alvin Jenkins, president, 1 Q J, James West, vice president, Ann -,Q ,.c' Story, secretary, and Bobby Collier, -13' '--4---1 treasurer. Our sponsors were Miss 1 Kate Gibson and Mr. H.E. McGinnis. ' ' ' ' I At the end of the first term, fifty- Q two of us were taken into the Junior ' Honor Society. The band received an A-1 rotin at the State Festival and was chosen to represent Qfennessee at the International Lions Club Convention in New York City where they rated fourth in the nation. it senior history E l ATS' 'il We entered our sopho- f X x A f ,BW , more year with high spirits QQ-.lfi2,,' ,5, lgfW ' anda know-it-all attitude X hi , M f 6 at N U I fl ll f , X :ij , A-mt L but this was stifled by - sophomore algebra and ' Latin, and we immediately started to work Election time rolled around and with much ap le-polishing and politica campaigning, X .X the following officers were - elected, Alvin Jenkins, president, Winston Hedgepeth, vice president, Ann Story, secretary, and Bobby Collier treasurer. Mr. Jerome Cruze and Mr. Frank Nelson were our sponsors We were proud to have Carolyn Brown to help support our team in leading the cheers. Belles on Their Toes , the sequence to last year's play, Cheaper by the Dozen , was presented by the dramatics depart- ment, Fred Forbes, Larry Trivette, Keith Mynatt, and John Block repre- sented our class by taking leading parts. I 'xr ' Cheaper By the Dozen was a qu 'ff big dramatics attraction ofthe year. Keith Mynqtt and John Black were members of our class taking parts in the play. With Earl Crosland re- presenting us on the varsity football team, and Audrey Zink as the only freshman girl onthe girls' basketball team, we were well represented in - the athletics department. .LQ W in .2 ACQX i Before we realized it, the close of our first year at Central was upon us, and the awards were given out. One award was presented to amember of our class: Pat Lakin took the English Cup for making the highest freshman English average. All ot our class pitched in to help establish a good record in this, our freshman year. The band won an A-l rating at the East Tennessee Festival in Jefferson City, while the chorus, under the direction of Mr. Charles P. Sanders, took part in the E.T.E.A. pagent and won an A-l rating in the East Tennessee Festival in Knoxville. Come trophy day, several of the students were recognized for their out- standing scholarships. Pat Lakin receivedthe English Cup again this year, and Pim Stephenson received both the Latin and Algebra Cups. The bell rang and the third round A beganl We were now fulfledged 1 iuniors and had two classes to look down on. We elected the following S officers to lead us our iunior year: Jerry Milstead, president, Alvin Jenkins, vice resident, Ann Story, secretary, Charlie Montgomery, treas- urer. Mrs. Mary Harrison and Mrs. Grace lrwln were our sponsors.

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.VX- , 7 , X 5 .V N N El ' I For the second year, the band had an assistant drum maior. This year he was Nelson Farmer. Betty Beeler was the maiorette from the iunior class. ln the spring the band went to Daytona Beach, Florida, for four days to provide music in the bandstand on the Board Walk. The choir made an excellent showing at their Winter Concert, Minstrel Show, and also at the festival. This year Carolyn McClain ioined Carolyn Brown to represent the iunior class as cheerleaders. Early in March, twenty-four iuniors proved them- selves elegible for the Senior Honor Society. The speech arts department presented an excellent play A Man Called Peter ,with Jerry Milstead and Evelyn Lewis giving the leading roles. Also in March, Jane Alexander and Sarah Shelley were chosen to represent Central at Girls' State, while Jerry Milstead and Charlie Hughes were to attend Boys' State. ln April, Richard Trythall attended All Nation Band in St. Louis. Pim Stephenson made us proud to have him as our editor of the regular CENTRALITE. For the first time, Central was chosen to send students to Europe through the foreign exchange rogram. After many letters, talks, and interviews, Bobby Collier and Fred Forbes both went to Germany to live with typical German families for the summer. On Honors Day, Beverly Lock won the schoolwide competition for the English Cup, while Jerry Milstead received the Dramatics Cup. Just one more year to go . . C f1Q Q-E33 1 5 :QS .: ,Q , Ling. .-7-Ell4E:531 1- .'- E ?5i'?7El'.'f:ia I -E-s'a 'f'TL'L'4 42-3 Ee: TSE. J XPQ .:-5 When summer gave way to autumn, we again climbed the hill to Central--Seniors , at last. The dreams and hopes of three years had finally become a reality. We had quite different reactions from that which we had expected--we entered our last year with a deep reverence and love for our school. As we determined to make our senior year our best, this was Our most important election. We chose our leaders to be Jonny Wolfenbarger as president, Charlie Mont- gomery as vice president, Jane Alexander as secretary, and Bobby Collier as treasurer. Miss Nannie Lee Hicks and Colonel Nathen Eubank guided us through our last year at Central. Chosen as our football leaders were Jack Roberts, captain and Earl Crosland, co-captain. Three boys of our class made All County, they were Charlle Severence, .lack Roberts, and Jim Lockwood, Our basketball team has as their captain Don Medley and and as alternate captain Ronnie Pollard. The team showed excellent sportsmanship and were stiff competition for our opponents. The Bobkittens had a successful seasonwith Audrey Zink and Margie Rogers as captain and co-captain, respectively. Most of all, the spirit of the teams and spectators fallback on the cheerleaders. Two of them were from our class-- Carolyn Brown and Carolyn McClain. Our class was honored to have an ex- change student, Gill Smithfrom New Zealand. During the year she made many American friends. Everyone who knew Gill will always bubbling spirit. A number of small plays were given throughout the year, the biggest of these was CINDERELLA in which Peggy Flowers played the leading role. One of the hardest working Centralites was Charlie fu 51 remember her vivacious personality and mg l il' ' x 5 Hughes--the editor of our annual. TO'-In Fi , 121 'NA 4:1 Ac- Q 7 , J lp og! As usual, the band had a successful year. They took a concert tour of East Tennessee, Virginia, and Kentucky in A ril. Four members were chosen to re- present Centralain the All State Band Clinic. Leading this great band was drum maior Nelson Farmer. Three of the pretty maiorettes were from the senior class: they were Sandra Lovell, Margie Rogers, and Betty Beeler. Mr. Sanders' main proiect was a Hi-Fi set-- the first one in the countr ! After an excellent con- cert and unusual minstrel show, the choir was well on its way to be the best in the history of Central. The traditional Baccalaureate Sermon took place at Central Baptist Church on Sunday, May 26, 1957. We received our diplomas at the graduation cermonies at the University of Tennessee on Friday night, May 31, l957. The end of this year drew the curtain upon the high school careers ofour friends and classmates, and we are indeed thankful for the opportunities which have been offered to us here at Central. We wish to thank our wonderful faculty for their work in making our high school days so worthwhile. We sincerely hope that as our experiences will continue to be as profit- and enioyable through the rest of our lives as the last four years have been.