Parrish High School - Sel Ala Yearbook (Selma, AL)

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CLAS I'lillI'llIllil ILER PAYNE, CLASS PROPHET Alas! l am the prophet of the class of '49. For each of us I am to find a future. My best l've done to create fun and yet to still b Remember that l only tried to suit you. Isabell Grayson has won the title of a famous Power's model. And Neva Nabors, lab technician, has invented a new baby bottle. Edna Payne is in Hawaii married to her Navy man. Joe Lovoy beats the snare drum in the Million Dollar Band. The Texas ranch of Frances Stewart covers many miles. And Billy Buchanan's comic strips make money by the piles, Ullina Heinz has taken her horses to the blue grass of Kentucky. She was followed by Joe Hackman, better known now as Lucky, Mayor Jack King has built us a new city iail. 'Tis here that Billy Travis receives his week-end rnail. Mary Helen Lloyd traveled around the world on a motorcycle, While Jerry Piper was blessed with twins, Mitchell and Michael. Ringling Brothers Circus features Nell White as star of acrobats. Johnny Jones made his fortune manufacturing Welcome mats. Claire Rives is owner of her own little beauty shop. ln the field of engineering, Ronald Martin has hit the top. Page T22

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The next step was iunior high school. The huge building Cas it appeared to usl and the startling number of teachers held a new charm for us and a new fear. lt was the first time all the people our age had come together, and we found our classmates not such bad fellows as we had thought when we had engaged one another in a grammar school baseball game. y And then we entered Parrish High as little iunior threesf' fln fact we were the class that raised so much fuss at this name that it was used very sparingly by the end of our first yearl. The boys looked very peculiar minus all their hair, and, because the girls had not mastered the art of applying make- up, they looked almost as bad. The seniors were the characters whom we most admired. lf one spoke to us, we were very much flattered. How fast the years-nine, ten, and eleven-passed and with them passed World War ll. We were again at peace, and all our school war activities of finding scrap iron and tin cans changed to provid- ing food and clothing for the thousands of homeless people in Europe. Then in l948, we became the seniors. lt wasn't the entirely new thing that we had anticipated. ln fact, it wasn't different at all except that we received our beautiful class rings, we talked about our senior dances, the annual, the senior picnic lpioneer activity started by our classl, and for the first time we became a real united group, making the most successful class organization we had yet had. We were quite proud of our magazine sales. We reached our extremely high quota of 54,500 In fact we exceeded it to make our final sales amount to S4,643, and this made us Southeastern champions. For weeks later we teasted on those two pound boxes of candy awarded us for our good work. Perhaps the greatest achievement we have made this year has been the promotion of the honesty program. We reached another goal in our lives when we placed honesty as a paramount obiective in our school work. And now as the school year of 1949 draws to a close, we, the seniors, think over all that these 'I2 precious years have meant to us. And, when in later years we glance at our diplomas, so small and yet so significant, the thoughts of classmates, teachers, and twelve years of cherished experience shall fill our minds with happiness and yet with a little nostalgia. if Q' 7 15 ll Page l2l

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Clarence Jackson has left us to sail the seven seas. Ellen Harrison to the country has gone to raise black-eyed peas. The bakery of Sadie Worrell is noted for its cakes. And Milton Thompson's snazzy cafe has the very best steaks. As a missionary, Dorothy Longcrier, has sailed to far-off China Her pleasant trip was made aboard Al Veach's ocean liner. There's also Francis Johnson, the pilot of a B-29, With Edna Monk as hostess, everything goes fine. The pretty face of Lois Brady shines from the Coca-Cola board. Ralph Esco is the man to sell you a Mercury or Ford. Katherine Johnson is still knitting, only now it's baby booties. She recommends- Dr. Jarman Baxley for his enormous fees. When it comes to stenographers, Joy Perry is the best. She takes dictations from James Turner, big man behind the desk. In New York City, Nadine Kelly models the latest in sweaters, While Star Allen Collins answers his millions of letters. That friendly smile of Doris Pigg's can be seen on Glamour cover, And Warner Brothers features Jim Carden as their No. l lover. For every day in the week, Jeanette Cooper has a car. You'll find Jerry Parker working, but behind his own bar. Ann Galt, now Mrs. Pilcher, cooks her biscuits too hard. Eleanor Kelley, our home demonstrator, says they need more lard. Marlene Elam has settled down and become a farmer's wife. The figure of Barbara Barnes can be seen of the pages of Life. Lydia Putman married Crawford and is heard onthe breakfast shows. Claire Metzger is an accountant, and she's giving it all she knows. Katherine Radford helps her husband direct all the tennis classes. Nettie Mayo is the only politician to come from the Sassy Lassies. The voice of Dorothy Warren has been recorded many many times, And the music of Hermine Cohen is heard on the organ's chimes. Jean Friday has a nursery for all the little kids in town. She's invi-ted Doris Brady to bring her young'uns down. Jean McKenzie is doing fine as editor of the magazine Charm. Her well-known designer, Larry Mertens, wears diamonds on her arm. Mary Claire Taylor is a housewife now, and her husband has his own store She's pestered by salesman Thomas Beasley who wants to vacuum her floor. Architect Gene Parsons has designed the latest modern home. Farmer Wallace Long is working to get his grain sown. Nora Lumpkin owns a florist shop that's the talk of the town. June Burdin owns a bookstore, where books are rebound. The stiff white uniform of Virginia Buster shows us her choice. Radio commentator, Carrol Ward, is noted for his pleasant voice. The fashion shop of Alice Collins is famous throughout the states, While dentist, Donnie Rowell, upon his first patient still waits. Lawyer Alfred Leipold iust won his first case in court. And Jimmie Tapscott is known as the national all-round sport. Our history teacher, Mary Pearl Sample, is both good and kind. Our policeman, Richard Matthews, is doing his iob iust fine. A millionaire's wife is Jane Smith, with many iewels and furs. Mortician Leland Gipson takes pride in the work he does. Mary Frances Lake went to Hollywood to play the part of Cookie. Lawson Miller became truant officer to help the kids play hookey. The leading part in a broadway hit won Celia Shuptrine a name, But Speedy Ernest Norton on the race track got his fame. Sara Morgan's Gone with the Breeze has won her the Noble Prize. Sue Smith's hat shop will fill all the girls with sighs. Mary Esther Snead has swapped her Ford for a brand new helicopter. She's seen quite often with Elray Woodard, our only woman doctor. Frank Asquith is a professor of math, and history and English, too. Charles Williams ioined the army, because there was nothing to do. Joyce Sykes is doing great as teacher of physical ed. Page 123