Central High School - Red and Black Yearbook (Phenix City, AL)

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ITEM 79. Madison Parker leaves his old rusty roller skates to Pete Parker, and his corny wit to Edward Claridy. ITEM BO. Sara Lee Hoy leaves her cute personality to Olga Gates. ITEM BI. Harold Smith leaves his love for Margaret Caraway to Harold iSlick Waites. ITEM 82. Mildred East wills to Gloria Floyd her love for the basketball players. ITEM 83. Robert Baker leaves his un-used razor to Reginald Glarnory, ITEM 84. Charles Howell passes his acid wit and sarcastic manner to his brother, Thomas ITEM 85. Tommy Cain leaves his Barrymore profile to Mark Brown. ITEM 86. Albert Calhoun leaves his Errol Flynn personality to Charles Lambert Smith ITEM 87. John Dudley leaves his A average and scholastic zeal to Ben Frederick. ITEM 88, Lillian Ramsey leaves her good humor to Helen Childs. ITEM 89. Bryan Forlines leaves his bombastic personality to Cleveland Fuller. ITEM 90. Eula Hudson leaves her dancing feet to Betty Henderson. ITEM 9l. Ernest Horne leaves his police badge to Minuard Gay and his paper route to Rex Adams. ITEM 92. Ann Ward wills to Ethel Edwards her seat on the school bus. ITEM 93. Harry Hunt leaves his green-tweed suit and smoothing iron to Gerald Hammock. ITEM 94. Dora Faye Mullin beaueaths her school day romances to Helen Craig. ITEM 95. Clyde Ldyfield leaves his lazy manner and good nature to Muris Smith. ITEM 96. Elsie Tillery wills and beaueaths her favorite chair in the library to Frances Rollings. ITEM 97. Thomas McCluskey leaves his position as poet laureate of Central to James Gunter. ITEM 98. Madelyn Slocumb does will and bequeath her enormous supply of cosmetics to Jane Wall ITEM 99. Remanyi Parker leaves his job at the Annex to Alford Harden. ITEM IOO. Myron Horne leaves her beloved green shoes to Marianna Evans. ITEM IOI John Pharris leaves his everybody a friend manner to Jesse Covington. ITEM IO2. Betty Gunter wills her serious moods to Juanita Scott and her position as a maiorette to Betty Jean Garrett. ITEM IO3. James Armour leaves his high average in English to Jack Haines. ITEM IO4. Artie Blalock wills her love for National Government to Helen Barbee. ITEM IO5. Milford Gunnels leaves his love of Shakespeare to Scott Duncan, and his bass horn to Ralph Griffin. He wishes to retain his name of ScarIoft. . ITEM IO6 Carole Evans beaueaths to Lois Conner her love for Second Lieutenants. ITEM IO7 Jimmie James wishes to leave his manly physique to Aubrey Hicks and his position as drum-maior to James Costello. ITEM lO8 Joyce Smith leaves her Victory Bike to Earline and Katherine Kinney. ITEM IO9 Clarence Huckaby leaves his name as Baby to Billy Boss. . ITEM IIO Betty Jane Harris wills her business-like manner to Dorothy Grimes and her part in the operetta to Merylon Hand. ITEM III. Juanita Koon leaves her ambition to make the honor roll to Verlie Jones. ITEM IIQ. Eula Mae Brantley wills and beaueaths her blonde hair and blue eyes to Ruby Nell Shores. ITEM II3 Joe Benefield leaves his pool stick to Richard Nason. ITEM II4 Lester Newsome leaves his place on the basketball team to Billy Green. ITEM II5 To James Bush, Gerald Davis leaves his one-way ticket to the office. ITEM II6. Doris Perkins wills her special permit to English class to Martha Porter. ITEM II7, Mildred McWhorter leaves her part as The Old Maid in the minstrel to Betty Greene. ITEM IIB. Dorothy Hicks leaves her position as Class Treasurer to Nellie Sapp. , ITEM II9. I, Lamar Buck Weaver, do will and bequeath to some unfortunate Senior II the sleepless nights and headaches, but the pleasure of writing the Last Will and Testament for the Class of I944 . SECTION VI Lastly: I hereby nominate and appoint Mrs. Coulter and Miss Gibbs to be the executors of this my will and testament. In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal this 3'lst day of June, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty-three. Witnesses: 'Signed LAMAR BUCK WEAVER, Testator. ,srgnedi KATHRYN L. srviirri isingedi w.o.LANoLEY

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ITEM ITEM ITEM ITEM 28. 29. Mae Stanley leaves her beautiful black hair to Margaret Sims. 30. Joyce Brooks leaves to Betty Dawson her ability to be a good soloist. 3i. Willie Pearl Hart leaves her indifferent ways to Frances Singleton and her charming Rosa Williams leaves her iob as librarian to Hattie Ellen Perry. smile to Martha Davis. ITEM ability to 32. Jimmie Ruth Sloppey wills and bequeaths her knowledge of Alabama History and her make the honor roll to Helen Lucille Davis. ITEM 33. Vera Johnson leaves her reading glasses to Mary Perkins. ITEM 34. Barbara Tucker leaves her ability to recite poetry to Vivian Aderhold. ITEM 35. Betty White wills and bequeaths her box of vitamin pills to Ann Hibler. ITEM 36. Carl Copeland leaves his technique with the girls to Roy Browning and his name as Sinkwich to George Hamer. ITEM 37. Johnny Brewer leaves his Britton and Dobbs physique to Walter Rice. ITEM 38. Edward Coffield leaves his front seat in classes to Charles Fields. ITEM 39. Billy Norris leaves his lpana Smile and corny gags to Harry Koon. ITEM 40. Millard King leaves his patent-leather hair to Jack Gray. ITEM 4l. Floyd Ray leaves his unassuming manner to Robert Wages. , ITEM 42. Miriam Allen leaves her ability to make all A's to Martha Charles Clayton. ITEM 43. Jack Sanders leaves his vitamin pills and plowlines to Lamar Devlin. ITEM 44. Dorothy Edwards wills her neatness to Sara Byrd. ITEM 45. Carl Smith leaves his very talkative manner to Pete Devlin. ITEM 46. Betty Kearney wills her beautiful golden voice to Brenda Downing. ITEM 47. James Scott leaves his collection of Superman comic books to Earl Williford. ITEM 48. Dorothy Poole wills her position in the office to Hazel McCain. ITEM 49. - Calvin Siddall leaves his pink complexion and his gallon bottle of brilliantine to Lindsay Evans. ITEM 50. Joyce Griffin wills her position as editor of the Red and Black to Alice Jenkins. ITEM 5l. Betty Hilyer wills her wedding rings to Laura Jean Sweeney. ITEM 52. E. C. Smith leaves his dramatic ability to Cooper Legget. ITEM 53. Daphine Flynn wills her quiet disposition to Barbara Thomxpson. ITEM 54. Jack Veasey bequeaths his olive drab sport coat to Douglas Putnam. ITEM 55. Myra Nell Vann leaves her love for paratroopers to Susie Griggs. ITEM 56. Joseph Waldrop leaves his excess height to Cecil Franklin. ITEM 57. Betty Moore wills her costume iewelry to Pat Waglter. ITEM 58. Beb Waelelail leaves TOO paiinds af his excess weight to Rupert Fuller and his football suit to Derwood Sims. U ITEM 59. Betty Osborne leaves her baby face to Lillian Hearne. ITEM 60. Rex Williams leaves his Home at the IDLE HOUR to Clarence Johnson. ITEM 6l. Jeanette Qgletree leaves her ability to type to Jewel Anthony. ITEM 62. George Barbee leaves his love for parties to James Baxter. ITEM 63, Cecil Curtis leaves his Charles Atlas books to Fred Skinner, and his iron lung to Prather Corcoran. ITEM 64. Ashby Hughley leaves his talkative wayS to Eugene Hardy. ITEM 65, Maqlq Lake leaves ta Ralph Griffin his Rhett Butler ways, and his spare automobile tire to Mack Rosso. ITEM 66. Hugh Mullin leaves his intelligent looks to Charles Roberts. ITEM 67. Billy East leaves his unlimited knowledge IO Emmit Tice. ITEM 68. Ester Howell wills her ability to wifi IViefiClS to Belly BIOIOCI4. ITEM 69. Frances Jernigan leaves her lave lar night clubs to Helen Carden and her excess height to Betsy Andrews. ITEM 70. Nancy Caldwell wills her talkative ways to Betty Smith and her curly hair to Ed- Wina Arrant. ITEM 7l. Randolph Johnson leaves his bath sGlTS to EKJWOVCI Kent. ITEM 72. Clarence Cummings leaves his dimples to Walter Massey. ITEM 73. Jeanette Clark leaves her love for the boys lin generall to Betty Baker. ITEM 74. Gerald Davis leaves his resemblance to Tyrone Power to Carlton Hall-he needs it. ITEM 75. Woodrow Wilson leaves his love for Amy Williams to Earl Hilyer. ITEM 76. Margie Smith leaves to Amy Williams her love for horseback riding, and her wishful looks to Mary Louise West. ITEM 77. Roy Watford leaves his Charles Boyer technique to Billy Culpepper. ITEM 78. Laura Walker wills to Essie Mae Britton her high ideals.

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Seward Glam DQUQAQGQ Dorn thot doorbell. Vifhy Ccinft l hove Ci little P39059 Gnd quiet ground my Qwn hgme? Qlqfjiy, okoy, l'm coming. Where ore those house shoes? Oh, never mind, I'm Cgmingl Vifell, whcit do you wont-Clorence, Clorence Cummings, you old sonovogun, come in ond sit downl l heord you ond your bosketbcill teom were in town. You've reolly got o teomu Whot with Hugh Mullin cit forwcird ond Elroy Hicks ot center, no wonder you hove the world's championship. Sciy, speoking of them reminds me of the foct thot we were oll in the some closs ot Centrol High School. l've been keeping ci scropbook ond con tell you whot eoch of our former closs is doing. Here it is, now you just sit down cind listen. Ernest Horne hos become owner of the Columbus Ledger ond employs Jornes Scott os monoging editor. Ashby Huguley mcikes o very copoble reporter. Joyce Griffin is society editor of Ernest's poper. She wcis suited for the iob becciuse she wos editor of the Red and Block. Joyce wos pleosed to publish the news of the morricige of Jeoinette Ogletree, locol debutonte, to on ormy officer. Horold Smith, noted iourncilist, is running o new column in the Columbus Ledger, the title of which is Advice to the Lovelorn . Jcimes Armour decided to remoin in the grocery business, ond it wos ci wise decision toot Jomes is now the owner of ci chciin of grocery stores rivoling thot of Wilson ond Coin. lt seems thot Tommy Coin ond Woodrow Wilson got tired of trying to undersell eoch other in the grocery business ond con- solidcited their stores. Roy Wofford is the president of the boord of directors of the compony ond is cissisted in his work by Clyde Loyfield ond Bryon Gloss, both of whom ore experienced grocerymen. Cecil Curtis hos gciinecl tome os ci nerve speciolist. His office is locoted in New York. Among his prominent potients, the most well known is Joseph Woldrup, well known Brocidwoy ployboy. Joe wonts o pill to substitute for sleeping. He soys thot by sleeping he loses time during which he could be hoving fun. Johnny Phorris, onother of Cecil's potients, is owner of New York's swonkiestlrestouront. Among his very competent woitresses ore Moe Stonley, Ann Word, ond Juonito Koon. Johnny's only competition comes from the Iotest croze in cofes, The Autoblotu. This new type of restciuront wos introduced by Johnny Brewer, The only difference between this cofe ond the old conventioncil Autoniot is thot the mochine flips you to see whether you get o sondwich or not. Albert Fortune, fomous philonthrcpist, hos estoblished ci very modern ond complete loborotory for reseorch. Robert Boker ond Rondolph Johnson, eminent chemists hove been ploced in chorgerl Their current project is to prepcire ci cigorette with invisible smoke. Mciriorie Smith ond Chick Stephens ore owners of the Poromount , Columbus' finest theoter. Marjorie ond Chick find grecit delight in viewing for hours the films of their former clcissmotes, Jimmie Jomes ond Arthur Singleton, Hollywood's lotest cove men. Jimmie ond Arthur ore employed by the Norris Film Compony, owned by Billy Norris. Billy's secretory ond odviser is Inez Scott. Looks like it's going to be thot some old story obout the boss morrying the secretory. I lecirned from E. C. Smith, who is, by the woy, one of Chicogo's most leorned ottorneys, thcit Dorothy Poole ond Edith Clciridy hove orgonized o porty to try to hove the prohibition lows repeciled, The group's most outstonding orotors ore Myron Horne ond Joyce Stockton. While l wos reoding the poper the other evening, on orticle cought my eye. lt seems thot our old school chum, Mock Lcike, now o Colonel in the Army Air Corps, flew over one of the Novy's ships commcinded by Lieutencint Commonder Billy Eost ond dropped o bog of woter upon Corndr. Ec1st's heod. Fortunotely, Secretory of Wor Albert Colhoun settled the motter without the Army ond Novy going to wcir, Hcirley Hcirolson hos chosen oi lively profession. He is mcinoger of Phenix City's new morgue. Lost week Hcirley olmost got some business from our closs. One of Millord King's hotels cought fire ond os Fire Chief Lester Newsome come teoring oround o corner, Tommy McCluskey, renowned poet, tried to flcig him down thinking his truck wos the street cor. Tommy wos, ot the moment, busily engogecl in the very unpoetic work of trying to hold up ct lomp post. Dorothy Edwords ond Eulo Moe Brcintley hove opened o new style shop in New York. Their shop hos the very lotest styles, which ore disployed by such fomous models os Miriom Allen, Morie Aoron, ond Willie Pecirl Hort, The foshion designer for this new shop is Betty Jone Horris. Betty Jone hos creoted onother exclusively mode dress-very exclusive, in foct-it excludes most of the weorer. Buck Weover hos ot lost reolized his life's ombition, thot of being o teocher. Buck hos the position of principol of the new school erected ot Smith Stotion. His stoff of excellent teochers includes Lillion Romsey, Elsie Tillery, ond Ester Howell. Dolly Zcigor ond Betty Moore hove continued their greot church work throughout the yeors. They ore now serving os missionciries in Africo.