Jones Valley High School - Brownie Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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Last Will and Testament We, the members of the Senior Class of Jones Valley High School, being of sound bodies and sane minds, do here and now make and publish this our last will and testament. All former wills or testaments are this day declared null and void. ARTICLE I. Clause l. To Mr. Phillips-We leave a book written by the Senior Class entitled: A Senior's Face is a Passport. He may wish to lecture on this to the class of '27. Clause 2. To Mrs. Mallette-We give the privilege of making paper How- ers and singing They Say That Jones Valley She Ain't Got No Pep. Clause 3. To Mr. Breland--We suggest a trip to Cuba so when he is to entertain in Chapel he will not have to call on the Athletic boys to help. Clause 4. To Miss Moody-We leave all our old pencils, erasers, pens and note books to be used in her secretarial work for Mr. Phillips. Clause 5. To Miss .Carns-We leave the school megaphone so that she may talk with perfect safety to Billy Boy the alligator on her next trip to Florida. Clause 6. To Mr. Howard-We leave 26 gallons of pure sugar cane syrup CSouth Alabama Varietyj that he may be as sweet and kind to the next Senior Class as he has been to the class of '26. Clause 7. To Miss Tabor-We leave all the paint brushes, rags, soap and other cleaning materials that may be of use in keeping her room neat. Clause 8. To Miss Allen-We suggest that she learn the Charleston so she can show her geometry classes the latest forms of angles and circles. I Clause 9. To Miss Lindgren--We leave a fund to be contributed annually by the future Senior Classes which will enable her to make trips to Tuscaloosa so that she may keep her sociology classes informed as to what is happening in her home townf Clause 10. To Mrs. Brown-We give the privilege of teaching her home economics classes to obey traffic rules fwe suggest that she first learn them herself D. ARTICLE II. Clause l. To the jiiniors-We leave our dictionaries so they will be familiar with all words before they undertake to study Emerson's Essays in their Senior year. Clause 2. To the Sophomores-We leave our wonderful acting ability hop- ing they will use it in staging their Annual Junior Play. Clause 3. To the Freshmen-VVe leave our slyness of manner so that when they become wise Sophs they may pass notes to each other unseen by the ever watching eyes of the faculty. In witness hereof we, the Senior Class of '26, do hereby set our hands and seals this thirty-first day of May, Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-six. ALEX BUCKNER, Lawyer '26, VVITNESSES : The Quartet 9 Hardy Hollifield Hope Huff. Twenty

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Class History In giving you the History of the Class of '26, it is our intention Cand hope that there shall be no uunforgotten page concerning that which has happenedj, to make the history of these four years bigger and better than that of any other Class. just four short years ago, with a dim conception of what was before us, a band of sixty of the noblest and truest students of this land, started out on a pilgrimage to conquer and master those things which make us rich in the sphere of understanding. Though our journey was four miles long, and we should gain but one mile each year, we were not discouraged but looked forward with pride to the Mecca of all our efforts, Diploma ' Fortunately no serious sickness befell our ranks, only one or two maladies made their appearances before we had arrived at Sophomore milepost, These maladies were in form of a fever, the main symptoms being a constant ten- dency toward athletics, especially football, accompanied by a disinclination to study. Fortunately we recovered from these attacks although some of the effects lingered in our system for the remainder of the journey. The Jones Valley Road, this being the road on which we chose to make our journey, like other roads, was full of trials as well as joys. Like other bands of pilgrims, we met with resistance, but halting not, we marched on with a de- termi.nation to overcome all obstacles. But notwithstanding our well meant efforts and arduous toil, we should never have reached our goal had it not been for the assistance of our guide, Mr. Phillips, and his assistants, the faculty, who in an unselfish manner discharged their duty in our behalf and inspired us on to loftier and better things. After overcoming mountains of opposition, we arrived at the Junior and Senior milepost, but not with our whole band for a goodly number had fallen by the wayside in the By-paths and some into the Slough of Despondf' But for the rest of us, we have crossed the stream of success and our pilgrimage is ended. But as we start out on the Road of Life, may we ever have the same spirit of determination to overcome all obstacles as we did on the V. H. S. Roarl. MAE MERK '26. Nineteen

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rarrrrfrmiiawifiiiii A? Senior Play Title-Miss Somebody Else. Director-Miss Pearl Tabor. CAST Constance Darcy-The brilliant young daughter of a multi-millionaire JESSIE CRUM Celeste-A Vivacious lfrench Maid .......,...,,.,.,........,..,................... LAVALLE HAYNIE Anne Delevan-A Reduced Gentlewoman .................................... EULA MAE ACTON Mildred Delevan-A light-headed, sentimental girl ........ ......... C ORNELIA LACEY Mrs. Blainwood-A Society Leader .....l...........,.............................. DOROTHY OVERBY Fay Blainwood-Mrs. Blainwood's debutante daughter ........ ......... V IRGINIA HILL Alice Stanley-A graceful Society Girl .................... ............ ........,..... M A RY DARSEY Freda Mason-A typical Society Girl ............................... ........ L UCY HOLLIFIELD Mrs. Herrick-A young Society Matron ......................... ........ AR LINE SMITH Susan Ruggs-A maid servant of uncertain age .............................. MABEL FULLER Cruger Blainwood-A fine type of American manhood ................ EARL CLOTFELTER Ralph Hastings-A young crook .............................. . ........... .......... M ORGAN MARTZ john-A good-natured chauffeur ....................................... .......... R OBERT MAR1-iN jasper Delevan-An elderly Scientist ..................................... ....... A LEX BUCKNER Sylvester Crane-A diffident chap of good family ............................... MORRIS BRILL Bert Schaffer-Awkward Member of younger Society set ...... FRANK HOLLIEIELO THE PATH ACROSS THE HILL-JUNIOR PLAY Ruth Conrad ......... A Comedy in Three Acts. CAST ........EDDIE CAROL K1NsER Grandma Davis ............ , Lutie ...,.,...................,........ Flo fRuth's Cousinj .. Zuzu fthe cookj ......... ............LOUISE SMITH BEARDEN ..........SARA HAwK1Ns ..........,RUTH OZANNA R0bCI'i POS! .............. .......... H ERBERT FAULKNER Grandpa Crawford .,.... . .. .... ....,.. ....,.. ,.,.,,,..,,,.,,,,,.,,,,.,,. R 0 Y MINS Walter C0U1'Hd ....---.--i.....-...-...--.......i.............................................. HOMER HOLLIFIELD Dr- Jimmie Reed ....................................................................,......... DUNNAM HARKINS Salamander Alexander John Henry Jones-fZuzu's Choi Twenty-o e cel ........ CARL REEVEQ