Curry High School - Yellow Jacket Yearbook (Jasper, AL)

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C L A S S H I S T O R Y of 1950 This class of 1950 has no unusual history. Most of us started to school about twelve years ago, and by constant prodding on the part of patient teachers have finally emerged on the threshold of graduation. Our accomplishments have been average and we lay claim to nothing unusual scholastically, but we leave this brief record as a formality, hoping be more accomplished. that those'students who come after us, may The graduating Seniors who started in the first grade twelve years ago are Betty Ryan, Emaline Forrester, Charles Miller, Carolyn Cooper, Louise Elmore, Alta Berry, June Rowe, and Bobby Wilson. Through the first six years of school we had several teachers. Our grammar school teachers included M s. Farris, Mrs. Hudson, Miss Brakefield, Mrs. Ryan, When we graduated Durham was our teacher. school diplomas at the M s. Sherer, and Mrs. Durham. from elementary school in 1944, Mrs. Zora We felt proud indeed to receive grammar end of the school year. we could hardly wait to enter high school in the fall of 1945. When we entered our first year in high school, Mrs. Burkett was our home room teacher. Ina Gibson and James Aaron were added to the class at this point. Then came our Jr. II year with M s. Mildred Myers as Class Sponsor. We had two new comers to our class, J. C. Farley and Charles Wilson. we plugged away with the usual number of ups and downs through this year, and our freshmen year found us with Mr. Hawkins and M s. Martin as our sponsors. We caused them many head- aches but they survived the year. We felt proud to have graduated from Junior High School. As we became sophomores several new faces were added to our class, these included: DeWayne McCauley, Herman King, Bobbie Ramey, Buford Williams, Braxton Harbinson, Lacy Redmill, and J. L. Gay. Mr. Turner was our sponsor and we This was a large class could get tough in the We entered our Jr of our students failed the class room routine for the freedom of the had the Science Basement for our home room. and we realized at this point, that things class room. year with Mrs. Salmon as our Sponsor. Many to complete the school year. The grind of became monotonous to some and they thirsted Nopen roadn. Matrimony called many of the girls and several of the boys decided to see the world through services afforded by Uncle Sam. In August, 1949, we became Seniors. This year we had Mrs. Burkett as our Sponsor. We have thoroughly enjoyed our Senior year. We had Sara Lee, Juanita Lee, and Ovalene White added to our class. We have been a fair class, engaging in various activities. we know not what the future holds, but we hope our years in school have prepared us to become worth while citizens of tomorrow. Bobby Wilson CLASS HISTORIAN 42

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Jimmy Smith..... A Hilarious Farce in Three Minnie Peterson..... Hosanna Bugg.... Dexter Dorner....... M s. Florabelle Wendy Hill.......... Cissie Trent.... Fizby. . .. Miss Oma Ormsby..... .... Tucker Trent.... Miss Tompkins... M s. James Smith.... .... N I O R P L A Y 1950 UThe HTHE BARGAIN BRIDEU Acts BY JAY TOBIAS The Players A Radio Contest Fiend .... The Apartment House Maid.. The Negro Cook, Afraid of Jimmy's Roommate and Pal.. The Landladyf-A Gay Widow. Jimmy's Heart Interest... Dex's Heart Interest ..... Dex's Aunt Oma From Omaha. Cissie's Widower Father... From Silky Suds, Inc .... The New Tenant .......... C.L A S S H O N O R S ...J. C. Farley ..........Juanita Lee Spooks ..... Sylvia Gay .. .... James Aaron .. ..... June Rowe ....Louise Elmore ....Betty Ryan .. ....... Ina Gibson .....DeWayne McCauley .....Bobbie Ramey .....Carolyn Cooper up-9 Iifiev-nr . 1 K VALEDICTORIAN SALUTATORIAN ALL COUNTY SELECTION FOOTBALL Dewayne McCauley Juanita B. Lee Herman King 41

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C L A S S P R O P H E C Y O F 1950 I recently stepped from a Pan American Clipper in Birmingham, Alabama and was greeted by a lusty voice of a cab driver. Taxi! Taxi! Lady! he exclaimed, I thought the voice had a familiar ring and looking closely, I recognized DeWayne McCauley. I dashed over to say hello and since I was going up town decided that this was the cab for me, We talked over old times, and naturally the conversation drifted back to our days at Curry High. I learned that Herman King was an all American football player. Bobby Ramey was manager of the lunch room at Curry High School. J. C. Farley was still waiting for Ruby Short to give him an answer. Betty Ryan finally got hitched and was living in Hueytown, Alabama. That J. L. Gay had acquired a wife and inherited a fortune in doing so. Sylvia Gay was a telephone opera- tor in Jasper, Alabama. June Rowe was teaching Science at Walker College. Bobby Wilson was a famed radio announcer. Murvel Drummond and Alfred Webb were studying law at the University of Alabama. Emaline Forrester had joined the Piney Woods Trio, which had reached the top in entertainment. I was getting a little hungry so I went into a drug store to get a soda. When the waitress came I recognized her to be Vaudie Robinson. We were both glad to see each other and after I had told her of my days adventures she gave me some more dope on the 1950 Seniprs. She said that Ovalene White had become the Head Nurse at the Peoples Hospital in Jasper, Alabama. Arley Brid- ges was the leading farmer in Piney Woods. Frank Woodley and Charles Wilson were in partnership and were operating the South's Largest Dairy. Ina Gibson was happily married to J. C. Kelly and was a leading lady at Curry. Sarah Lee was the most highly celebrated woman in New York. Clyde Johnsey was driv- ing a Greyhound Bus from Jasper to Birmingham. Braxton Harbinson was head of the City Commission in Jasper, Alabama, which had grown to be a city of fifty thousand. The day was almost gone so I decided to see a movie, I stepped up to get my ticket and found the ticket agent to be Juanita Lee. Since I was alone I invited her to attend the show with me and she was very glad to do so. As we sat in the show I told her of the seniors I had come in contact with that day, and she told me that Daurice Daniel was secretary for the Governor of Alabama, in Montgomery. Alta Berry was studying at the University of Alabama hoping to succeed Mr. Turner as Math teacher at Curry High. At this time the news reel came on and who would appear on the screen, but Lacy Redmill, a Navy Officer, returning from over seas duty. Then came James Aaron announcing his candidacy for the President of the United States, on a live and let live platform, Next came my big surprise, Harold Dailey and Earnest Lindley dig- ging gold in Alaska. It seems that they had struck it rich. The main show had started and I was surprised when Louise Elmore appeared doing the Blondie's Boogie. This climaxed the performance. When the show was over, and I was on my way home to San Francisco, I was truly grateful for the friendships which had endured for twenty years. I plan to visit Alabama again and hope to contact my class mates again. Carolyn Cooper Class Prophet 43