Central High School - Signal Yearbook (Columbia, TN)

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THE SIGNAL IS about three tlmes as large as the fmal ISSUE of 1938 for two reasons flrst that the Semor class IS twlce as large as ours and then that there has been added an alumm sectlon that tells what has happened to each person graduatmg ln the class of ten years before Then thxs IS our alumnl lssue and I begin turnmg the pages qulckly but a page Wlth some famlllar faces as It dropped catches my eye and I turn back to see better It IS the faculty of C H S Among those dxgmfled professors of learnmg I fmd that Dabney Anderson IS the Home Economxcs teacher that Clmton Gardner has become hxs father s asslstant m Hlstory but IS head of the Engllsh department that Cornella Floyd has succeeded Mr Seagraves 1n the Commerclal department and that Joe Whlteslde 1s now football coach How I plty the DUDIIS 1n thelr classes yet I wlsh that I were back there wlth them I fmally reach that part of the book dedlcated to us There IS .1 recent plcture of each graduate of 38 wlth hxs present posltxon beslde It At the top of the page IS our class presldent Wally Beasley who IS now asslstant football coach at Vanderbxlt There I f1nd that Marle Hackney and Ann Thomas are models ln Marshall Fleld s ln Chlcago Marle Jacobs has added a weddmg band to go wlth that dlamond and IS now l1v1ng ln Franklm Horace Waldrop and Ezel Morel are 1o1nt supervlsors of the Ex perxment Statlon Farm wlth Edward Black and James Morton as asslstants Ruby Lee Wortham and LOUISE Morgan the mseparables have open ed a very successful dress shop wlth Allce Fox and Frances James as salesglrls Dorls Cannon IS our asslstant postmlstress she should be ex cellent because she recelved so much experlence w1th mall ln her school days Anna Ruth Barnes and Rachel Amlck won a traller ln a contest recently and are now tourmg the country Beside Buster Orman s plcture lt tells me to turn to page 221 There I f1nd a full page ad for Esqulre wlth Buster as Edltor ln chxef and M1ck1e Lambert as head of the art department Ellanor Galther Frlerson became a natlonally known lava yer recently when she defended Mary Church Wagner for runnlng through the court house whlle speeding down Seventh Street Can you lmagme 1t'7 Chrlstme Young is managing the M K M glrls basketball and baseball teams The next plcture needed nothmg beslde It because just last nlght I heard Jlmmy Lynn s orchestra for an hour over a natlonal hook up They were on the No Smeer Llpstlck Company program owned by Eleanor Sweeney and Evelyn Edwards Hlram Barr also needed no explanatlon because last week I bought a new Barroblle and lt rldes magmflcently Luclle Klng and Eleanor Hayes are managxng the largest beauty shop ln Memphls among thexr operators are Evelvn Mltchell Margaret Galbreath and Helen Hardlson W1ll1am Dobblns IS wr1t1ng for Scr1bner's whose chlef photographers are Tut F rakes and James Taylor J A Lynn has become Judge of the County Court and frequent Jurors are Carlton Duke Wllllam Howell and Ray mond Trousdale tPage Twenty nmel . . . . y 1 u n 1 Y . . , . . . v 7 0 , X - 1 . . . , . . .. . . y 1 . . , . . . L . . v 7 ' . . I . c , - .. . ,i . . . H . ,, . . . . . V . . . . . . . f . . . . . , . x - g ' 1 . . . , .. V . . . . . ' 7 u I . . . . . . . . N 9 - 9 . . . . . Y v 9 -

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THE SIGNAL Here lt would pl obably be flttlng to glxe a careful physlcal descrlp t1on of th1s umque class of 38 Its component parts are mnety young men and women ranglng from axerage bo super Thelr 1nterests range from the subllme to the rldlculous Its members have traveled nolth south east and west The combmed mlleage of thls class would equal many trlps to the moon There are lmqulsts among thls xersatlle group some versed m Latln some Ill French and a few ln F ngllsh Some speak slang and others occaslonally use almost perfect dlctlon From thcs facts It may be lnferred that the class IS not handlcapped by a pI'OV1IlCldl vxewpomt but IS mdeed even cosmopohtan ln 1f,S sympathles Thlrty elght of lts component parts are handsome and vallant Fxft, two are charmlng and demure From its oombmed helght of nearly 500 ft lt can look mto the wlndows of the thlrtxeth i30thJ story of the Empne' State Buxldlng on Broadway From such an elevatlon how far can thl-. class not see' The comblned vselght IS 11,251 lbs somethlng over flve and one half tons welght enough surely to anchor its feet to prosalc work even though 1tS head IS 1n the clouds Its combmed girth IS well n1gh 2 672 lnches Imagme the sensatlon lt vsould create 1f lt were togo mto Plgg class when lt goes out lnto the world' Apprommately 1ts would f1ll 341 tumblers Its combmed years number 1 584 no mean age compared to the pyramlds of anclent Egypt. Durlng such a span of tlme emplres haxe rlsen and fallen c1v1l1zat1ons have llourlshed and decayed all of our modern convemences have been lnvented and lndeed some very anclent ones wars have been waged mortals have rlsen to fame dled and Oassed lnto obl1v1on Let us hope that at the end of our alloted 4 400 years whlch remam to us more can be wrltten of our deeds than of Methuselah lor the record says he llved 969 years and d1ed But we must resume our story Educatlon had entrenched herself behlnd book bmdmgs teachers and work For four years we have pecked beaten and pounded at the almost lmpregnable fortress The flrst year we advanced slowly and uncertalnly the result could not be known Agam as Sophomores we attacked the walls stlll the outcome was vague Last year the bulwarks almost fell Th1s year we have chalged w1th all ou1 strength and tomorrow the walls vull tall a unxque and marvelous class IS th1s that only 1ts Prophetess can dlp 1nto the future and reveal 1ts achlevements. Cllnton Gardner 0 0 O Class Prophecy N PAST years our school paper the S gnal has grown we know that lr future years It w1ll contmue to grow Let s look forward ten years and see the progress that oul pubhcat on nas made I have Just rece1ved the fmal xssue of the year 1948 Thls signal QPage Twenty elgnt I . . . , ' A , . I . . . . 7 . v k , , I n A A . I . . we 7 7 ' . n . . . 1, - Y 1 Brothers and ask for a belt size 2,672! What a furor is to follow this ' 5 ! n K . 1 o - 1 v B 4 I Y K ' 7 ' K v s 9 ' 2 I ' - . Q I , . . 1 , ' .c 4 r L ' tt ' ' 3? 4 . . . . . 4. Y' ! ' 7 , . 1 L I - ' 1 v 1 v' 9 -1-r ' ' w , l ' , I ' 'I 4 V . . . V , V

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THE SIGNAL Horace Roberts Glenn Sargent and bill Robmette have set up a cigarette factory, and their motto is Its smoke is Smell less Mary Jane DOTTIS and Rebecca Sheddan are working on a plan to make more time in one day for dates Lo1a1ne Short and Allene Mcball are running an information Bureau Their stenographers are Louise Lunn and Lorene Davis Jessie Warf IS novs lixlng in Spring Hill aftei having, xovsed the xovws of holy wedlock Dr Kenneth Anderson has iust hung up his shingle and IS still won derlng whether you can put a broken neck in a sling or not Mary Pogue and Mary Kathryn Minters are edltlng a Paris fashion magazine with Edith Dale a lllustrator The McEwen twins as models and Ruth Talbot and Audry Sanders as typists Phil Loxell and J T Luster have opened a riding academy with Leroy Hight and Leonard Scribner head instruc tors Please w1ll someone send Emma D Shelton a large size bottle of peroxide? She has forsaken blondes and married a brunette Dr J C Johnson finished hlS medical course 1n record time and ls novs on the staff of Vanderbilt Hospital Two of his lnternes are Robert Sheegog and Thomas Shaw three of his nurses are Thelma Roblnette Al as manager of the New York Yankees One of his players is Edward Wood Elizabeth Fite is a most ardent baseball fan because her husband is first baseman Harriet Ayres IS teachlng voice at Ward Belmont and fladys Galloway IS d1et1c1an there Porter Frierson has a large service station vuth Cranville Voss and Joe Luck as mechanics and Helen West as bookkeeper Beatrice Dodson Peggy Goad and Nina Giddens have opened a klndergarten in the old Institute where they believe 1n letting the chlldren express themselves Vern Powers is traveling over the coun try as an evangelistic preacher thrilling everv one with his marvelous voice Logan Baker mth his wife Frances Haston has become a very sue cessful farmer Bernice Brooks and Doris Mullins and Oscar Campbell have taken Mary Livmgston s Gracie Allen s and Ifred Allen s places on the radio Bedford Lockrldge and Henry Pooky Jones are leaders of Ted Shawn s male dancers The last picture I find IS that of Dorinda Derry berry and all that the 48 Signal Editor could say for her IS that she should have died before she wrote thls prophecy. Dorinda De1ryberry OOO The Last Will and Testament of the Class of 1938 A DULY authorized attorney of the regular bar of Maury county have- hereby upon behalf of my clients the Class of 1938 of the School of Columbia State of Tennessee assembled you together on this solemn occasion to listen to the last vsill and testament of said Llass duly made, lPage Thirtyl Q ,. . 1 ! Y , Y . . ,, . - ,, . . . 1 v. 1 . . V .7. . . . , . r 7 ' 7 vs . o . . u 1 k .n L n . V n 1 ' A. L , K . L Y . . . . l rg ' K ' y - berta Wooten, and Thelma Smith. C. T. Moore has attained his ambition .K . . . . . . w , . Y. I . . K LA ' 9 ' 7 9 9 1 j' . 1 u , u , 1 , 7 7 ' ' 7 cs rv 'I 7 s u Q n , . . . 7 , O Y ' , . If 7 I ! 7 A y . ' v