Humes High School - Senior Herald Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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Section 5l. Ioy Wilson and Iean Tanner bequeath their pointless arguments and jokes to any other dopes that can amuse themselves- - Section 52. Melita Grace leaves her nickname "Sissy" to Miss Iennie to do anything she wants to with it. Section 53. 'Ruby Lee Couch, Frances Butler, and Frances Barauchman leaves their silliness to Seymour Petrovsky. Section 54. Billy Bennett and Sidney Waller leave their charming "I like you" line to Roy Crook. Section 55. Dorothy Bussell and Reba Brown leave school as soon as possible tperiodl. Section 56. Kathryn Dozier and Bobbie Nell Sulli- van don't want to leave anything and want to take all they can with them. Section 57. Peggy Gassaway, Margaret Helmke, and Betty Louise Iones leave their very odd last names to Betty Iones, Robert Iones, and Iohn Smith, respec- tively. Section 58. Patsy Reasons leaves her lack of rea- soning to Mary Frances True. Section 59. Wilma Hurley, Wilma Hines and Evelyn Noe leave the clocks to run three minutes taster dur- ing class and three minutes slower between periods. Section 60. Archie Epstein and Iames Russell leave their psychology to Bailey Thompson and Franklin Bruch. Section 61. Katherine and Iean Poulos leave their likeness and names to Ray and Ralph Riddle only to confuse people more and more. Section 62. Teddy Petrovsky leaves his voice to Roy Horrocks, thank goodness! Section 63. Billy Oswald lost everything and hasn't a thing to leave. Section 64. Iuanita Patterson leaves that "Ah, fella!" voice to Rubye Clark to use to her advantage. Section 65. Iewel Reynolds, Shirley Ferguson, and Martha McCullar want to take all the men with them and leave anything else worth leaving. I Page Twenty-Four Section 66. Adele Mendelson and Alice Miller leave their understanding of English literature to Tommy Gost. Section 67. Mary Lewis leaves her drawing ability to Goldie Brown. Section 68. Dot Morrison, Billie lane High and Mabel Kurts, leave their ability to be congenial to Beverly Shivers. Section 69. Betty Kirkman leaves her smile to Ruth Katz. Section 70. Lindy Wilder leaves his fondness for the theater to Dorothy Boyington. Section 7l. Iames Willis leaves the senior class for the Army and advises all other boys to stay at home. Section 72. George Hutchinson leaves his baseball ability to Robert Bilger. Section 73. Charles Edman leaves his array of girls to Wallace Cowan. . 1 Section 74. Frankie Wilder leaves his 'sweetness' to Betty Ann Gresham. Section 75. Thomas Grimes leaves the picture ma- chine to the next person who has two study periods. Section 76. Ioyce Scruggs leaves her wonderful hir:- tory grades to Louis Booth. Section 77. Audrey Brown and Mary Louise Car- penter leave their happiness to Anita Cummings. Section 78. Carl Dacus leaves Land to the future seniors. Section 79. Robert Schaedle just leaves. ln witness thereof, we the Senior Class of '45 place our highly respected seal on this. The above is respectfully submitted May, 1945, after having been duly witness by the following: Herman von Krushenshack, Esquire Hot Shot Charlie Hot Dog Ioe Lil' Abner and Gravel Gertie fwrit bi handll

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Section 14. Carolyn Massey, Leslie Iones, Forrest 1-lettinger, Thomas Keeton, and Sylvia Wolfe,.leave their places in the Honor Society to anyone smart enough to hold 'em. Section 15. Vernon Forgione leaves his ability to love only one at a time but make all believe he loves 'cm, to George Billingsley. Section 16. Bob Williams leaves his last name to Fred Williams. 1 Section 17. Harold Osburn, Billy Bartield, Ronald Taylor, leave their places in the bands to Bobby Buckalew and Sarah Nell Wright, to see if their suc- cessors can make as much noise as they did. Section 18. Rosa Paller beaueaths her ability to do nothing, say a lot, and get in good with everyone to Iohn Stathis. Section l9. Ierry Crook, Thomas McDonald, Charles Gaglio, and Leslie lnman leave their glamorous looks and manner to Aubrey Gaskins. Section 20. Charles Lowry, Earl Choate, and Ed- ward White leave their reserved seats on the bench to Pat Kee and Fred Smith. Section 21. Lorraine Achord, Gwindlo Parrnenter, Lloyd Adams, loe Tanner, and Eugene Collie, leave their bashfulness to Ralph Nichols, Catherine Rutland, and Mary Frances Allen. Section 22. Carolyn Brenner leaves her writing ability to Mary Anne Hadley. Section 23. Miriam Leevine leaves the Heyer twins, Fred and Floyd, to anyone who has a strong constitution. Section 24. Bettye Burson leaves her place on the Herald Staff and her diminutive size to Ioan Rooney. Section 25. Sue Rollins leaves Don Kaurez to any- one else with a crush on him for years to come. Section 26. Dorothy Shankman, Angeline Robilio and Louise Young leave their sweetness to Stanley Levitch. Section 27. Dick lones and Betty Sue Wildes leave their "on again, off again" romance to Bettye Peques and Richard Barton. Section 28. lean Stubblefield leaves her certain touch with the boys to Pill Moore. Section.29. Curtis Hall leaves his baton with his sister Dimple in anticipation that she can throw it higher than he does. Section 30. Vivian Potts leaves her dream of acquiring a football sweater to Charlotte Patterson. Section 31. leanette Pine, Betty Sue Forwalter, Mary Louise Nelson leave their martial ties to Martha Younger Hatcher. Section 32. lane Ferber, Marie lenkins, Sylvia Shiff- man, lrene Stergios leave their A's to loe Goldstein, to make use of as he sees fit. Section 33. Sarah Rook leaves her musical ability to Marvin Lassiter. ' Section 34. Betty Hughes and Dorothy Schneider, leave their priorities on locker lounging to Ferdy Brown and Carolyn Reitz. ' Section 35. Nevis Quarrin leaves her unsual name to Theone Agnos. , Section 36. Hildred Mims just leaves her twin, Mildred. Section. 37. Lila Lee Phillips leaves Billy Davis with the hope that he will graduate next year "Safe, sound, and single." Section 38. Roy Wilmoth leaves his friendly and engaging smile to Fred Bargiacchi. Section 39. Harvey Carter leaves his ability to be well-liked by all to Shirley Terry. Section 40. Red Williams leaves his All-State stripe to Louis Bargiacchi. I Section 41. Rosemary Hines leaves her zest for enjoying life to Thomas Shanks. ' Section 42. Mary ludith Sherrod leaves her spon- sor's uniform to Naomi Moore and Doris Brown, who are in search of one. Section 43. Iames Wright and Ierry Tillman leave their interest in the game of chess to anybody stupid enough to accept it. Section 44. Doris Lambirth, Virginia Lineberger, Edith Lowe, Evelyn Nelius, and Velma Van Wickel leave their beautiful hair to any bald headed girls who advertise for same. Section 45, Doris Steed leaves her alert attitude in history class to anyone who will call for it per- sonally in room 328 between 8:00 and 8:02 a.m. Section 46. Doris Stewart and Mary Rose Brown each leave one inch of their height to Peanut Smith. Section 47.. Robert Iohnson, Dewitt lohnson, Wil- liam Seymour, leave their places in the shops to Iimmy Craig, M. L. Winchester and lrvin McGroom. Section 48. Thelma Weeks, loyce Rose, Nettie Thompson, Martha Davis, Ieanette Currie, Theresa Chism, leave their ability to walk down the hall from one class to the other to any other suffers of laryn- gitis. Section 49. Rob Reid Smith, Anna Marie Spinosa, Dorothy Weinman, Carlene Shumaker keep their ambition tto get a manl. Section 50. Lola Mae Thomas leaves her way with Mr .Winfield to Geneva Crone and Virginia Mead. Page Twenty-Three

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SENIOR CLASS One bright morning of May, l952, found me, Bettye Burson, busily getting together my be- longings which I had accumu- lated coming over from Europe. My arrival had been generously announced in every paper throughout the country, and as l glanced over the rail l suddenly realized my importance by the vast crowds of people awaiting to see the first female Secretary of War return to America after seven years control over enemy territories. The moment had come -the flash of a camera blinded- Robert Schaedle, the world re- nouned photographer had taken my picture. The editor of the ' New York Times, Archie Epstein followed him. After battling the mob a few hours my personal adviser, Dorothy Shankman, and I were received by the newly elected President of the United States, and also our old classmate, ferry Tillman, and Senators Billie Iane High and Mary Louise Carpenter from Tennessee. The committee had made reservations at the Hotel Grace owned by the genteel girl of the class of '45 Melita met us at the door and lead us to a ring side tablein full view of the orchestra. Harold Osburn's orchestra was playing this week to pay for the room he used the year before. Other members in the band were Billy Barfield, Nick Speros, and Ioe Tanner. A shrill voice calling "Cigars, cigarettes, chewing gum, mints" caught my attention and l looked round to see Louise Young. Other cigarette girls em- ployed were Velma Van Wickel, Marie Ienkins, and Rosemary Hines. Chambermaids included Anna Marie Spinosa, Mabel Kurts, Betty Iones, and Betty Sue Forwalter who had become independently wealthy by their new profession. Presently our dinner was served by the head waiter, Ierry Crook. l-le told us the chef, Vernon Forgione had prepared the meal with special care and hoped we enjoyed it. The floor show was now in process and Peggy lean Yandell hadn't lost a thing she possessed in '45!! The only change was that she had thrown away the batons and picked up the fans. Betty Kirk- ham was next on the program giving a nerve racking 1 f f BETTYE BURSON ballet. After learning there would be no more of our acquaintances, Dorothy and l were ushered to our room by the bell boy, Gene Weaver. On learning that lack Dallas was piloting the plane over from Europe to America, we had considered our safety and ven- tured by boat. The next morning found us up early ready for the busy days ahead. We were awakened at lU a.m. by the Coca-Cola correct time operator, Io Ann Miller. The War Department had been kind enough to send us two chauffeurs to drive us around during our stay in New York. The boys turned out to be Billy Bennett and Thomas Keeton. We learned from them that Robert Finn and lean Beaton had said "l Do" and had started housekeeping. The first engagement of the day was to speak to the Presbyterian Church on the conditions in Europe. To my great surprise the minister turned out to be Louis "Red" Williams. His drawling Southern accent had at last been altered to a rasping Northern tone. Among the ladies at the Circle Meeting were Virginia Lineberger, lewel Reynolds, lean Tanner, Nettie Thompson, Peggy Gassaway, and Evelyn Noe, all of whom were active workers of the church. At twelve noon we stood waiting for the chauffeurs and when at last they arrived we learned they had lost their cash rolling the bones, so good natured Dorothy slipped the boys their spending money. We decided to get out at Twenty-five West Forty-third Street and take in all the sights. Walking down the Avenue we saw a sign that read HRichartz's Exclu- sive." On inquiry we heard the proprietor was Mary Richartz. We took the elevator up and entered her private office. We spoke for several hours about some of the queer creatures we went to school with. She told us that Bob Williams stuck to his dog shoe trade and owned a small bootery in Memphis. Those em- ployed there are lames Willis, whose wife, Lorraine, was a plain housewife, Carl Dacus, lames Russell, Lloyd Adams, Robert lohnson, and George Thomas. Working in Mary's l-lut were Geneva Ford, lane Eer- ber, Kathryn Poulos, l-lildred Mims and lohn Barton Cemployed as office boyl. Bidding the gang goodbye we walked a short distance when we noticed two extremely well-dressed women leading a beautiful set of English wolf hounds. On coming closer we could see a slight resemblance to Dot Morrison and lerry Glasgow. Yes, it was they!! They had married in a double ceremony to two wealthy bankers and were Page Twenty-Five