Dade County High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Trenton, GA)

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It is now the year of 1963, and as I look back over the years to the graduating class of 1953, I find, to my amazement, that Merrill Smyth has taken Bing Crosby's place as No. 1 crooner in Hollywood. Deloris Pennington is now a stewardesson the great rocket ship, Dade Countian , which flies from New Salem to Washington. Andy Newby is married nowand owns a fifty-acre farm on the outskirts of Trenton, Georgia. Benny Gaddis is the owner of seventy-five head of beef cattle and a meat market at New England, Georgia. Mrs. R. M. Morrison, the former Miss Kathryn Fricks, is now coaching basketball at the new Dade County High School. Bessie Steele is now a famous hair stylist at Loveman's, the new department store in Rising Fawn, Georgia. Lawrence Woodyard and Don Kenimer are now partners in an architectural firm in New York. Mrs. Ronald Steele, the former Miss Peggy Renfroe, is doing a fine job of keeping up with her husband, who is now playing baseball with the Cleveland Indians. Jeanette and Bernadine Moore are running an old maids' home up on Lookout Mountain. Loretta Davis is a telephone operator at the new telephone exchange in Rising Fawn, Georgia. I stopped by the new hospital in Trenton the other day and much to my surprise I found as head physician Ray Bobo, and Bettye Price as head of the nursery department. Fred Craig isdrivinga taxicab for the veterans of foreign wars in Chattanooga, Tennessee. 17

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Janie Bradford was elected editor and Kathryn Fricks, assistant editor of the annual. Kathryn Fricks was also elected president of the senior class. The senior class had the honor of having three debaters on Dade High's debating team this year. Those were Janie Bradford and Kathryn Fricks who debated for two years each and Ray Bobo who has debated four years. S We also had eight members of our class on the football team this year who were Benny Bradford; Benny Gaddis; Donald Gray; Lawrence Woodyard; Don Kenimer; Norris Sims; Ronald Steele, captain; and Merrill Smyth, alternate captain. Ronald Steele received a four-year scholarship to the University of Chattanooga for playing outstanding football during his high school days. Five of the senior girls who have served as football cheerleaders are Kathryn Fricks, who has served four years; Peggy Renfroe, three years; and De loris Pennington, Jo Ann Steele and Bernadine Moore, who have served two years each. The basketball cheerleaders from ourclass were Bessie Steele and Bernadine Moore who have served three years each; Deloris Pennington, two years; and Imagene Pennington, who served one year. We are happy to have three members of our class as captains of the girls' and boys' basketball teams this year. They are Faye Turner, Norris Sims, and Lawrence Woodyard. We are proud of our class history and proud of the things we have achieved. After look- ing into the history of our class, we feel that we are more capable of facing the future. PEGGY RENFROE and BETTYE PRICE 16

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I attended a football game at Dade County High School and I was amazed to find Donald Gray as coach and Benny Bradford as his assistant. Geneva Massey's dreams are now coming true as she is now an army nurse in Korea. Ross Riddle is head mechanic for Leighton Moore who owns a service station located near New Salem. Dewell Everett is working for the Johnson Tire Company, recapping old used tires. Juanita Holmes is personal seamstress for the great movie star Wanda Johnson . Agnes Forshee is now a commercial artist for M-G-M in Hollywood. I am glad to say that Norris Sims has fulfi I led hisdream of becoming the next Republican President of the United States. Jo Ann Steele is an operatic soloist for the Arthur Godfrey show on Radio-TV. Janie Bradford is coaching basketball out at the New Salem High School. Bettye Hixson and Carolyn Hartline are now fore-ladies at Davenport Hoisery Mill in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Mrs. Hornet Snook, the former Miss Imagene Pennington, is happily married and is living in Beverly Hills, a new section of Lookout Mountain. Faye Turner is an old maid school teacher at the new Morganville High School. Jean McKaig is secretary for the principal of Dade High School. I am glad to see that all are living and that each have reached their own height of success. 18 CAROLYN HARTLINE