Flomaton High School - Hurricane Yearbook (Flomaton, AL)

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CL- SS W LL VE, THE CLASS OF 1940 OF THE ‘ LOMATCM H t OH SCHoOL, CcjNT-. T '.'■■if- -13! A AND STATE OF ALABAMA, BEING OF SOUND AND DierDOING ''!Ml AND M-'iC v. t -i.j I i 1 REALIZING i'HAT WE MUST PART V.'iTH SUNDRY HONORS. TALENTS, LOC. s, A f: t - :-Y . TIONS, DO HEREBY PRONOUNCE THIS uUR uASf WiLL AND YES’-AM nI '■ WE HEREBY BEQUEATH TO OUR BELOVED FACULTY OUR AFFEC' 1 ON AND RESPECT FOR THEIR CAREFUL GUIDANCE OVER THE STORM-TOSSED SEA WE GIVE, DEVISE AND BEQUEATH TO OUR SUCCESSORS. HE JUNIORS, OUR SENIOR CLASS-ROOM PLUG THE DESKS ON CONDITION THAT THEY KELP AL' MORE ORDERLY THAN WE HAVE. The Seniors do heresy bequeath to the Juniors the following: Louise Carmichael wills her good times at f. h, S,'; to Mazie Golden, Otis higdon bequeaths a certain Jeanne to c. w. Williams, Lucile Taylor leaves her bowed knees and shortness to Doris M, 3rown. Douglas Ray3on, Bob Odom. Wofford and Forney Horton will to Orman Apkinson, Milliard killam, c.w. Williams, and Marion Locklier their p-e-a-c-e- FUL DISPOSITIONS, Zell Barnes bequeaths to Clara Bell Nolen her studious nature, t 0, w, F0REf Marvin Knowles, and Louis Bell will their partnership to Dot Graves, Frances, and Faye Jackson, Marvin bequeaths a few of his many pounds to none other than Clarence rown. Drury White, Thomas Bethea, and Junior Vickery will their neatness, good looks and best dressed titles to Conway Justice, Calvin weaver, and Robert ”ac-sey, Mildred Ramsey and marilyn Stewart leave their chair to lib Ash and Lola White. This article will be found in the office, Ira Holt wills Raymond Mize his swiftness, that is, his ability to get AROUND EVERYWHERE FAST NOWHERE. W Lillian bequeathes her atheletic ability to acoueline gray. Grady “rothers leaves william Brantley all of■ his ex-flames. Huston Adams and Johnnie Davidson will their shy but cunning despositions to Marion Locklier and Jim Kennedy. matt e, Kent wills her red pocket book to Odessa green to carry love notes AND SHORT PENCILS IN, Eloise Blackmon will to any Junior who is able to make it her technique OF CLASS-SHIPPING. aNN-C|LE HALL AND REBECCA WATSON BEQUEATHS THEIR CHEMISTRY INITIATIVE TO Maurreen Gorammand Porcia L. Godwin. J. D. Page wills Allen Brown his mathematical ability. Forney Horton wills to °onalo heatham all information he is able to give on Points to argue Etheridge wills his school-girt complexion to rvin Husky. k Wilman Brantley- Mary and MelbaEthridge will their loving dispositions to atherine 3rown, llva Hutto, and hester , «ranklin. leon Gates leaves his barefoot football kicking to Burson rphy. Hugh Barker wills his curly locks to Mathew Russel. T. W. Stokes leaves his boxing ability to melvin Bagwell,

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I AM PERSONNEL WHEN I LEFT THE SCHOOL HOUSE I WENT TO MY OFFICE. • IRECTOR OF A DEPARTMENT STORE AND MY SECRETARY TOLD ME THERE were lwu LAB IES TO SEE ME. • THOUGHT NOJHING OF IT UNTIL I WALBED INTO THE OFFICE AND THE SAT HAZEL AVIS AND LUCILLE TAYLBR. HAZEL WA8 SECRETARY for Louis B. Mayer, but she practically ran the stubio and she and R. Mayer had come East to see a premiere that was to be here that night and on the plane she had met Lucille wo was the hostess. ®f course they HAD TEA with ME AND THEN THEY LEFT AS AZEL HAD SO MUCH TO 00. »HE IS THE SAME SWEET HAZEL THOUGH. When » was left„alone in the office with my thoughts was taken BACK TO THE DAYS IN H. 8. AND SAT DREAMING. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE TEL- EPHONE RANG AND IT WAS ThOMAS BETHEA AND HE TOLO ME THAT THE PREMIERE of Marilyn Stewart's.(Mrs. Conway justice), and S°nnie's new picture WAS SHOWING HERE that NIQHT AND MILDRED RAMSEY, MRS. ED WEAVER AND ED rRC DOING TO BE MERE WITH THEM AS THE FOUR WERE TAKING A TRIP TOGETHER. THANKED HIM VERY MUCH AND HUNG UP. THOMAS SENT TO THE UNIVERSITY of Alabama ano maoe a very fink Lawyer. Tt is rumored th t mc will be OUR HEX GOVERNOR. 1 RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE AGRICULTURAL SUPERVISOR OF THE SCHOOL ANO FOWMr HIM TO BE GRADY BROTHERS. AFTER TALKING TO HIM FOR A WHILE I FOUND OUT THAT THELMA JACKSON WAS THE HOME EC. TEACHER 'N THE SSME SCHOOL. IN THE GRAMMER SCHOOL CONNECTED WITH THIS SCHOOL NELL JORDAN WAS THe TEACHER OF THE FIFTH GRACE. AND IRA HOLT WAS CoaCH OF THE Junior football Team. I HAD TO 00 HOME TO DRESS FOR THE MOV IE PREMEIRE THAT NIGHT SO • HURRIED HOME. WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE THEATRE » SAW ALL THE 8TAR8 SN TneiR dresses. When I turned around I saw the goverror's party and IN IT WA8 HIS WIFE LOUISE CARMICHAEL THE MAYOR OF BOSTON. MARVIN KNOWLES, THE MAYOR•S„WIFE , MELVA EtHCRIDQE, AND JOHNIE OAVISON THE ATTORNEY fENERAL OF vIROINIA. AS I WALKED IN THE THEATRE I MET JUNEOR VlCKERY. TMt F VMOLJS Broadway producer. With him was Etheridge Barnej. the most famous WILD ANIMAL IF.AINER IN THE V ORLD. THEN AS i SAT DOWN IN MY SEAT, SONSONr SAID HELLO AND WHO SHOULD IT BE 8JT .w RY ETHERIDGE. SHE TOLO ME SHE WAS A GRADUATED NURSE AND VERY PROUD OF I . I THINK THIS HAS BEEN A VERY DUST DAY FOR MS AND I THINK IT HAS BEEN THE MOST WONDERFUL ONE I:VS EVER SPENT. SEEING THE WHOLE CLAS3 AS IT WAS IN 1940 IS THE DEST LUCK ANYONE CNN HAVE, -ZELL BARNES- CLASS PROPHET

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kn i JnROTN WllLl THE IR PARTNERSHIP TO INEZ KNOWLES Thelma Jackson anp ell Jordan wjli. and AVI NELL MORRIS. Earline Norwood and Grace Powell will their outside boypreinds to to ELLA Mae Gray anp Vermell Digmon. V I V I AN FiTZGERALO W.ELS TO MARIE DAW-EEL HER ABILITY TO KEEP guessing and we do mean the boys. qu£qt that 9h|R ,mproveTthem°a8 much as poss?3le » m tellTnq youTthey OVER i;,?RAr“I SlV Til SUGGESTION' THAT THEY USE HEADACHE POWDERS AS A CURE. „ liiMinn QIRL—FRIENDS TO HENRY WILLIAMSON THE SENIOR 30YS WILL ALL THEIR JUNIOR QIRL-FRI and C. C. Jackson. - . THE SENIOR GIRLS WILL ALL THEIR HIGH SCHOOL BOY-FRIENDS TO Jackson and Ola B. MilleR. WE APPOINT OUR DEAR °LD. A M?nEwITN STTHEREOF u„ I AND REVOKE ALL FORMER WILLS, IN WITNESS) intnc-v , SCREED oSr NAME THIS 26TH DAY OF APRIL 1940 CLASS or 1940 DOT WEAVER