Foley High School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Foley, AL)

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GRANDMOTHIR Yes, that is he And this little boy is Eugene Lewis PEGGY Oh, that is the old man who runs the corner drug store Who is this fat boy? GRANDMOTHER That is Harvey Holk We expected something brilliant of him, but he ran away and became a tin peddler I bought some pans from him several years ago PEGGY Who 18 this tall girl, grandmother? GRANDMOTHER That is Donnavie Burrus You know the old lady who built the home for cats, down on Catnep Street She and I were such good friends, but I liked all my class mates PEGGY Did you really like all these boys and glrls in your class, grandmother? GRANDMOTHER Nearly all of them, my dear Each one had something good about him, and I always tried to find out the good traits and close my eyes to the bad It makes life much happier, if you do that PEGGY Who are these two girls, grandmother? GRANDMOTHER They are Dot Jewell and Dot Waters They : g A , were always such good friends. Went through high school and college together and have been in business together all 'iz A 2 I o these years You know that big milllnery store on Hain Street? They have made a wonderful succe s of it ANN I want to look at the book, grandmother I am so interested GRANDIOTHER Pere, right behind me, is Vera runer She founded that splendld school for glrls in China, and here is Betty Ann, the most famous woman surgeon in the United States This funny looking little boy is Donald Hlrz, vice presldent of this great country You cannot always tell by a fellow's looks what he will be in after years This is Billy Sunda Who would ever have thought he would have made a famous preacher? I heard him last summer while I was in Boston Here's Annie Ruth She went as a foreign missionary Here is Leona Parker She was Latin teacher in our old school until she was pensioned She never mar ried, though Jimmy Suarez was crazy about her She could not stand his bad English. Even College never cured that

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C ass Prop ecy ANN Grandmother, what is this book? GRANDHOTHER Where did you f nd 1t, my dear? Bring lt to ANN In the packing trunk ln the attic You told Peggy and me we might hunt up there for some old dresses for that old fashlon party Mary is giving next week GRANDNOTHER It is my old memory book, Ann, the one I had at Foley High School It was quite the fad then for the girls to have memory books, in which we kept pictures programs, authographs, all kinds of things See, here on the first page, it says Foley Hlgh School, 1945, dear me, that was 20 years ago' How time does fly' ANN What funny looking building is that, grandmother? GRANDMOTHER That was our high school We thought it a very fine school in those days Where are you Grandmother? GR 'DIOTHER Look and see if you can mother, my dear I think I am in the ANI flocking closelyl Oh, here you Short hair, no sleeves to your dress, mother, was that the style then? find your old grand front row are! Look, Peggy' and socks Grand GRANDMOTHER Yes, dear All the girls wore sleeveless dresses, socks and bobbed thelr hair, and we liked it then ANN Who is that tall boy standing beside you, grand mother? GRfNDMOTHIR That is Sonny Bryant He was the brightest boy in the class The teachers were very proud of him PEGGY You surely do not mean Mortln Bryanto Why, he is our dear old county judge . ' : ' 1 ' . ' me. 9 Ann: And look at these queer-looking boys and girls, Peggy AL JI : ' I: ' .

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And here is Carlos Leutner. Went abroad, ambassador tp It- aly Who would have thought ito And these two boys, Wilbur and George, ooth became famous lawyers, and Vera Nolten Sm8l6P, a Red Cross Nurse to Turkey Julla Donaldson and llldred Lassitter married wealthy men and made splendid SOCl6tJ leaders and Elsde Swartz, Clara and Fsther all made splendid school teachers Thls girl 18 LOl6, prlvate secretary to the Governor of New York, and Clarles Rhodes, Chlel ustlce of U S Who would have thought our llttle class would have become so famous? Now who is this? iBends over to see J Oh' Yes that is Howard Bretz He went to South America as a clvil engineer Bullt the most wonder ful brld es He certainly did come out How Nell I remember helplng him day after day, with his mathematics Thls group of girls, Emma Glenn, Mildred Underwood, Lottie Harding and Elsie Orth all marrled and made happy homes After all, home making 18 the best career any woman can have Theodore Cecl, here, lnvented that wonderful automoblle that runs wltnout gas It made him a fnrtune Herman Baumann, became presldent of Jerkwater college, and Blll iverrit, turned out to be a second Ldison Dhis basket b ll tlcket' Oh, the fun we used to have at Foley hlfh School games Adrian became coach at Yale The other members of the team forsook athletlcs and went into into ent rely dlfferent fields of work Jack Holman went to Parls and beca e d6SlQU8P for women's dresses Yenneth Klug had a chain of beauty parlors Sam and Luge e S peddlen real sdlk underwear Wasn't that gust l ke them A plece of Carlos Lee s necktle le was some Shlek, and, in after years, w en he be ame leader oi that famous orches tra, he was so splendld loxklng that we could not listen to t e mzsic for 1OOklH7 at him A note wrltten by VlP?lHl8 to me tellirg me hov crazy she wls about a sailor Dear Virg1n1a She was crazy about many, but she could never settle on any vartlcular person, and ended her days tour iwg the country, lecturirg on nThe Supremacy of the Female Race Over the Male Here 18 the program of our class day at dear old Foley Hlgh School, Aprll 20, l945 How well I remember t at day O s 3 A ' - . 1 0 -' T K. n . T7 .L J . C D. , . . 1 . A 1- . T u , , Y . ' I I . . , - .. W ' - fo ' ' I . 'v l . A Q . 4 L CJ ' . A o . A - A I . . . - 1 o Y 0 . 1 A 1 J . , '. - ' 0 r . ' 3 7 0 , -- ' ' C' 5, 3 u 1 o . . . V L .L 0 , . Y, . ffl 3 . x . . X o - ' o 1 f . , , 1 .L ' . , .L Q ' V ' J f ' , - . 5 gl - . ' ' , . . A 4. 4- H , - ' , 1 l Q . . . ' 'Y .J ' '7 ' n - . . A l Q - I W . 4 L . ' ' I 1. 1 , 1 F ' 5 Y! I C Y V O .. . . ,N , x . J 0