Huntsville High School - Pierian Yearbook (Huntsville, AL)

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N O MARY ELIZABETH THOMPSON Transfer from Ruverton Hugh Schocl Typxst Red and Blue ,. N O 1 GERRY WALKER Band 43 Spamsh Club ,V 46 Red and Blue Staff 45 46 Clrculatlon Staff Prerlan BRUCE TONEY Dramatncs Club 44 45 Spanish Club 44 46 46 Junior Editor Puenan 46 CAROLYN WHITE President Sophomore Horne room 44 Red and Blue Staff 44 Assistant Exchange Ed Ito 45 Exchange Edrtor ae Edrtor 46 Press Club 44 45 46 Latnn Club 45 Spannsh Club 45 46 Dramatrcs Club 46 Glee Club 46 NATIONAL HONOR SO DORIS VANN Spanish Club 43 44 Red Cross Councnl 43 45 Home Economics Club 45 46 Vlc tory Prayer Band 45 Press Club 45 46 Red and Blue Staff 45 Co Editor Exchange Staff 46 Circulation Staff Pxerran 46 NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY 46 CIETY 46 Plerran Staff 46 JEAN WOOSLEY Red Cross Councnl 43 Spanish Club 43 44 Glee Club 43 44 Home Economlcs Club 45 Secretary 46 NA TIONAL HONOR SOCIETY 45 Parlnamentarlan 46 Vlc tory Prayer Band Secretary 45 Presldent 46 Whos Who 46 Salutatoruan 46 CAMERA SHY THOMAS BROOKS THURSTON DRYER JAMES HIGGINS FRANCIS JACKS FRANK WOOD Poge 20 JOHN LARKIN LLOYD LONG JAMES MCKENZIE BRYSON SIMMS CHARLES WALKER

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N O ROSA CLAY SCHILD Red Crcss Council 44 War Council 45 Home Economics Club 45 46 Vice Pres dent Circulation Staff Pierian 46 Circulation Staff Red and Blue KATHRYN SIBLEY Spanish Club 43 Glee Club 43 44 Home Econom ics Club 44 45 46 Faculty Editor Pierian 46 Dietitians i WILMA SIMMONS Transfer I r o rn Nicholas Blackwell High School 44 Glee Club 45 46 BOBBY SIMS Treasurer Freshman Home- room 43-WhosWho 43-44- 45- 46- Tennis Team 44-45- - Club 44- 45- - President Junior Homeroom 45- Camera Club 45-46- Hi-Y Club 45 Chaplain 46- NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY 45 President 46- Science Clu 45- Boys State 45- Editor-in-Chiet Pierian 46. MILLARD SMITH President Freshman Home- room '43, Football '43-'44, Alternate Captain '45, Basket- ball '43-'44, Captain '45-'46, Who's Who '44-'45-'46, Span- ish Club '44-'45, H Club '44-'45-'46, Hi-Y Club '44- '45, Vice-President '46g NA- TIONAL HONOR SOCIETY '46. wi N O MAE ALICE STEPHENSON Red Cross Council 44 Home Econom cs Club 45 46 DOT STONE Band 43 Malorette Whos Who 43 45 46 Spanish Club 43 44 Glee Club 43 44 45 Red and Blue Staff 43 44 45 46 Press Club 45 46 Dramatics Club 45 46 Business Staff Pierian 46 Cheerleader 46 H Club NANCY JANE SWINDLER Dramatics Club 43 44 46 Vice President 45 Olee Club 43 44 45 Red and ue S 43 44 45 46 Latin Club 45 Spanish Club 45 Press Club 45 46 Senior ior Pierian 46- Figt Nurse Pre-Flight Club 46. JOSEPH TALLEY Boys Glee Club 44-45- 46- Circulation Staff Pierian 46- Pre-Flight Club 45. MARY ELEANOR TAYLOR Secretary Freshman Home- room '43, Red Cross Council '43-'44, Latin Club '44-'45, Science Club '44-'45, Dra- matics Club '45-'46g NA- TIONAL HONOR SOCIETY '46g Pierian Advertising Staff '46.

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MEMOIRS OF THE CLASS OF 1946 Let us turn back the pages of our school hustory to September of 1933 when our mothers led us by the hand to our daytume homes We thought we were somethung goung to school un our plaud dresses pug tauls struped shurts and hort pants As the years rolled by and we learned to read wrute add and duvude we began to realuze that we were growung up Our pug tauls became curls short pant changed to trousers and the meanung of school became dufferent Those furst sux years vanushed rapudly and we hated to leave Eat and West Clunton Street Schools but the thought of beung un .lunuor Hugh seemed wonderful Durung our years of school many students left many new ones uouned us and a great many of us stayed together Makung new acquauntances was wonderful but we mussed the ones who left Our Junuor Hugh days marchung through the halls lunung up un front of school and knowung that we would soon be goung to Hugh Sclnool were days that we wull never forget On December 7 1941 when the .laps attacked Pearl Harbor ana the Unuted States declared war on Japan we then realuzed that we were chuldren of a war and that some of our classmates mught have to go before the dark cloud of war pas ed over our head ln 1942 we entered Hugh School aware of the fact that we must begun to act acccrdung to our own munds and thoughts Muss Mason Coach McClendon and Mrs OReully helped us wuth problems Mr Hunes made ut clear to us about whuch steps to go up and whuch to go down He always aud Ruse un the East and set un the West as the sun does We trued to do as he told us but some of the upperclassmen made us feel as though we dudnt know East from West We went to our lockers and spent almost all of the day tryung to open them We learned the verse prayer and repeated ut almost every Monday Wedne day and Fruday un chapel Thats about all we learned that year except we loved Muss Annue and dudnt fear her The war sutuatuon was growung steaduly worse all over the world and our Sophomore year un Hugh School was a year of work sacrufuce and above all hard study Casolune and sugar were ratuoned but we dudnt mund the scarcuty uf ut helped That year a few of our classmates went to do theur share un wunnung the war and we who were left behund dud our share too under the guudance of Mrs Balch Mrs Harrod and Muss Harrell We saved tun cans toothpaste tubes collected scrap metal and were 100 per cent un the purchase of stamps and bonds to help end the war quucker and brung our boys home That same year Mr Mulford left for the Army and we really hated to see hum go We had a dependable presudent of our Junuor Cla s and really enuoyecl beung under the super vusuon of Muss Mason Mu s Evans and Mrs Harrod We wcrked our funaers to the bone at the football lust one more nuckel to feed the beloved Senuors Wuth lots of food and a nuce day we ventured to the mountaun and the pucnuc proved to be a huge success Our dance was also a gay affaur The war was stull ragung and boys and men w re stull guvung theur luves that we mught luve un peace and securuty The year 1945 proved to be one of the mot unnportant years un the hustory of the Unuted States as well as un the hustory of the gradJatuon class cf 1946 We bought war stamps had paper druves and most onythung we could to brung about peace On the afternoon of Aprul 12 we were workung hard un preparatuon for a Spanush Fuesta when the news came over the raduo that our Presudent had pa sed away un Warm Sprungs Georgua It seemed to knock the excutement and uoy out of everyone but we carrued on as he would have wushed us to do Then on May 7 everyone was happy to hear of the surrender of the Cermans bct we couldnt be too happy because boys were stull clyung un Japan Leavung school un June we knevs that upon our return we would be dugnufued Senuors Our 'enuor year started wuth a bang' The war wuth Japan had ended September 2 and we returned to school happy and wuth a feelung of peace un our hearts Our furt uob was to elect our cla s offucers who served a fauthful year Then our second great decusuon was an edutor for our annual and we really chose the rught one lt was the furst peaceful year of our hugh school career Many boys returned from the war and started where they left off We were glad to have them back Muss Roberts had a hard uob answerung all th questuons of 104 enuors when they contunually asked Whos ahead un the subscruptuon druve'f' When are the rungs ccmung7 When do we have sneak day? How do we measure fcr caps and gowns? She certaunly was wortderful to us and we shall never forget her Then came sneak day wuth fun and laughter for everyone On bow dav all the Senuor gurls had bug bows un theur haur and the boys wore bow tues Class Day found us all tured but excuted to death over the thoughts of our day Wuth tears un our hearts we all dressed un caps and gowns and w nt to church together lt was really omethung to walk down the ausle wuth the whole class Commencement was a nught whuch we hall never forget for that was the last tume we were all together Funushung Hugh School was undeed somethung to be proud of but one could not help but feel the sadness of the occasuon As we funush the last page of our hugh school hustory and begun a new chapter un our luves we go out unto the world wuth a furm resolve that we wull do our part un makung thus a better world . . . . . Q , , s s. . . , .1 . ll ' ' . ll ' . , , S , ' ' . 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