Huntsville High School - Pierian Yearbook (Huntsville, AL)

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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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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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VISIONS IN THE SMOKE RINGS OF A PIPE J6666fy I6 1966 The meal had been good and I settled back un my chaur wuth a sugh at satusfactuon and lut my pupe I was at a weekly meeting ot The Archutects and Buulders of Peace League an organuzatuon to promote a Iastung peace whuch had been founded when I was a Senuor un Hugh School Many ot the orugunal members are Tull wuth us and as The smoke rungs ascended from my pupe They brought back many pleasant memorues ot Hunt vulle Hugh I began to thunk ot how much we had changed sunce l946 Thurty Tuve of our classmates Though stull actuv members are scattered throughout The world Sam Yarbrough has lust succeeded Earl Stover as president of The Unuted States He has as hus pruvate secretarues Vuvuan Hughes Aluce Prunce and Frances Parvun Commander and Mrs Bledsoe Addue Elluott are luvung un New York Statuoned wth hum are Commanders Clunton Porter Bryson Sums and Loyd Lang who were classmates at hus aT Annapolis Bobby Sums us now The head professor of mathernatucs aT The Unuversuty of lllunous He us assusted by Charles Berry who has been married tuve Tumes and us now engaged To Dot Stone Bull Lane whose passung arm has carrued hum Through ten su cesstul years ot prote sional football has lust suc ceeded Sleepy Harper as head coach of Georgia Dorus Vann Wulodene Manning Mary Jones a d Helen Davus are now sungung un a nught club un Chicago Nancy Rcss Carolyn Whute Edith Chan y Emuly Betch and Joan Monroe are reporters for the Atlanta Jcurrtal Due tothe returenrent of Crosoy and Sunatra Corbert Corneluson and Roy Hunes have taken over as The natuon s leadung crooners Servung as mu suonarues un Chuu a are Jean Wo sley Mary Louuse Duckson Gene Duffy and Vera Harrison Mae Aluce Stephenson Wulma Summon Mary Eluzabeth Thorrpscn and Mary Eleanor Taylor are musuc Teachers at The Unuversuty of Alabama Bruce Toney us the announcer tor LeRoy Harts and Mary Jane Graces program The Home Hour over a Natuonal Network Nelson Farush and Grady Crunk are rranagers of the New York Zoo Those who are stull actuve un our local group un Iude Monteen Lucas Charlsue Jenkuns Louuse Roll ungs and Sarah Johnston who are employed as nJr es at the hcsputal Ruchard McCullough has become the leadung doctor of Huntsvulle Jummy Lee a famous lawyer un Alabama ha uut won a lawsuit Tor James Roberts and hus Huntsvulle Joe us Tull un the army It us rumored Tnat Joe Talley Bert Brught and Francus Jacks wull reture from the Pcst Oftuce un tuve years Mr and Mrs Bull Jchn cn Joyce Daye have uust celebrated Theur twentueth wedduna annuversary Bull us the pre ent manager ot Belk Hudson Ann Hawkuns and Mary Kate Lynch are tunushung Theur twenty second year wuth Cole Motor Company Sa ah Crawtord Nancy Jones Ruta Henley Mable Prunce and Catherune Honey are te chung chool at Huntsvulle Hugh Adalene Kelly and Martha Gates are state phsucal educatucn aurectors Marvun Martin Ed Moore and Hal Payne partners un The Payne Camera Company have gust drawn to ee who woJld marry Betty Orgaun Hal was the lucky man Gerry Walker Louuse Dam ky Mary Anne Cummungs Betty June Nelson Maruon and Rosa Clay Schueld have uust opened up a new club known a The Servuce Mens Lounge John Carter and Frank Wood have become stockholders un the Russel Erskune Hotel Mr and Mrs Thomas Fannung theformer Judy Lawler have a large daury busune s lust out at Town Dorothy Atkunson Evelyn Funely Joan McCullough Emuly Nuchols and Natalue Jacoby are stenog raphers tor the Archutects and Builders of Peace League Barnue Danuel Bobby Atkunson Maruon Gubson and Mervun Sanders are cashuers at the Ruson Bank where Uduth Jones Sue Davus Imogene Sanderson Jean Baker and Emogene Ray are employed as bookkeepers Dot McClure Mary Eluzabeth Mason Louue Bruce Betty Jo Neely Kathryn Subley Mary Jane Harle s and Katherine Cambron are now happuly marrued and are makung good housewuves Catherune Kelly Gulluam and Sue Coons Porter are luvung un the Terry Apartments wautung for Theur hu bands to receive their du charges Mr and Mrs Bull Jones farmer Nancy Jane Swundler are luvung on Echols Hull Bull us employed as sportswruter Tor the Hunt vulle Tumes As The smoke dued away from my pupe my eye came to rest on the clock and I realuzed that I must get back to my otfuce As I cros ed the ro m to leave I heard Bull Rosser Ed Dupree Robert Cramer all clothung tore managers duscu sung th mcst recent decusuon oItheU N O and I realuzed wuth a sen e of pride that our generatuon was real y succeeding un mauntaunung peace throughout the world MILLARD SMITH Class Prophet Page 22 , . . . 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