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

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HUGH MALLORY, CLASS LAWYER UL1-ISS WILL We, the Senior Class of Nineteen Hundred Fifty, not wishing to leave intestate, do, on this the Fifth day of May, make known the following as our final wishes concerning the disposition of our property. ARTICLE I ITEM I. The Senior Class, as a whole, leaves its best wishes to the graduating classes of the future. ITEM II. The Senior Class, as a whole, leaves its thanks to Mr. Snuggs, Mr. Guilford, the faculty, the parents and all others who have been instrumental in making our last year in high school as success- ful as it has been. ITEM III, The Senior Class, as a whole, leaves with a deep and abiding affection for Parrish High School, and it also leaves its fine record in all things as an incentive for future classes. ARTICLT II ITEM I. Alice Spivey leaves the Student Council in the capable hands of Billy Middlebrooks. ITEM Il. Billy Parr leaves his height to Ida Susan Moore. ITEM III. Bobby Gordon leaves his stale iokes to Jake Rains. ITEM IV. Robbie Lewis leaves her hair to Ann Rush. ITEM V. Roland Grindle leaves the school without a man who carries a lot of weight around Selma. ITEM VI. Margaret Davison leaves her ability to tell about her travels to the good citizens who are awarded a trip to Washington in the future. ITEM VII. Don Small leaves his musical ability to anyone who wants to work hard. ITEM Vlll. Lambro Katsarakis leaves for Greece. ITEM IX. Marion Crowder, Minnie Jewel Evans, and Leuvenia Lambert leave their diminutive size to Faye Lawrence. ITEM X. Alfred Longcrier leaves his graceful walk to Pat I-ooney. Page II4

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Our older brothers and sisters, having been told wild, hair-raising tales by their upperclassmen concerning Junior High, took a fiendish delight in filling our gullible little minds with such stories also. However, overlooking those first few days, during which time we were unknown, unhappy, un- adapted, unattached, uncertain, and uncomfortable, not mentioning the fact that the hair on the boys' heads was unseen, Junior High School was not so bad after all. The seventh grade dragged by quickly, and then came another minor peak in our school career - the eighth grade. By this time we had been convinced thoroughly that school was no picnic and had experienced our share, or more than what we thought was our share, of overtime work with teacher, if you know what l mean. Our idols, those simply magnificent works of nature called seniors, who had battled their ways to the highest achieve- ment of achievements, namely the twelfth grade, began to occupy a larger and larger space in our day- dreams. When we enrolled for our ninth year in school, the thought of being in the Senior High School Building under the same roof with our idols simply thrilled us to the core. Of course we had the some outstanding characteristic that is attributed to any Freshman Class - that of terrible timidity and backwardness. However, with encouraging smiles from the upperclassmen and the teachers, we man- aged somehow to be our normal boisterous selves every now and then - result, more overtime work after three o'clock. The tenth and eleventh grades seemed to pass more quickly during which time we took part in more and more activities and became more and more important lin our own estimation, anywayl. Some of us even put in enough time to get to attend those Letter Club Banquets at the end of our Sophomore and Junior years and to receive those long-cherished gold P's to sew on our sweaters. Then, while walking down the halls at the beginning of our '49-'50 term, it suddenly dawned upon us that this was what we had been waiting for, that we were no longer idolizing but were on the pin- nacle ourselves. The funny thing was, that think as long as we might, we could think of absolutely no one in our class that we would put up against the reputation of an idol. In tact, we had known long before this that we were not ito put it mildly? the smartest class in school, and if some of us didn't know it, it didn't take the teachers long to convince us. Even with this great handicap, we have managed to do our share in the extra-curricular activities, namely, football, basketball, b a se b a I I, dramatic club, Tatler staff, glee club, annual staff, and others. We have glorified the name of good old P. H. S. in many ways. Among these are: our coveted honors in local, district, and state oratorical contests, pro- grams that talented members of our class have given before local civic clubs and in other towns, our high magazine sales, and ugh - well, I can't think of any more on the spur of the moment, but l'm sure there are many others. In the next few years when we look back upon our last few weeks in the senior class, I believe that our memories can be summed up in the following words - a cream cheese sandwich and a bowl of punch! After spending twelve full years in such a fashion, the miracle is the fact that we on the stage have found the time to study enough to get seventeen credits for graduation. Pagel I3

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ITEM ITEM ITEM ITEM ITEM ITEM ITEM ITEM ITEM ITEM Xl. Mary Ann Pibil leaves her good nature to Nelda Ryan. XII. Betty Hicks leaves her cute looks to Beverly Wire. XIII. Louise Donaldson leaves her stenographic ability to Mrs. Hill. XIV. Graham Howarth leaves his well-groomed appearance to Freeman Suttle. XV. Dan Lott leaves his Ivory complexion to Felon Cole. XVI. Faye McCarty and Sybil Maddox bequeath their pleasing personalities to Bessie Smith. XVII. Archie Reeves leaves his physique to Joe Vinson. XVIII. Pat Giddens leaves to continue her study of shorthand elsewhere. XIX. Edith Stone leaves to look for a husband - where she will look is not known. XX. Mary Billingsley, Helen Kenan, Ann Malcomb, and Mary Burke Moreland leave their quiet ways to Phyllis Brown. ITEM XXI. Virginia Suttle leaves her charming manner to Sarah Petty. ITEM XXII. Elizabeth Langer and Bobby Jean Odom leave their good manners to Charlotte Carlton. ITEM XXIII. Rupert Long and Johnny Rhodes leave their baseball ability to the Cloverleafs, who are having a little trouble at the present time. ITEM XXIV. Jack Gay leaves his knowledge of cars to General Motors. ITEM XXV. Norman Bearden leaves his aversion to school to Alvin Harris. ITEM XXVI. Boots Moon and Ann Ralston and Ruth Colee and Betty Coon leave their close friend- ship ITEM ITEM years. ITEM ITEM ITEM XXXI. to Martha Hardy and Ann Peeke. XXVII. Lucy Grist leaves her neatness to Margaret Childers. XXVIII. Dorothy Friday leaves P. H. S. with fewer Fridays, but still enough to last a few more XXIX. Paul French, Frank Johnson, and Carl Kelly leave - at last. XXX. Lewis Ham and Robert Hughes leave the faculty in tears. Ernestine Pollack leaves to loin her brother, who is still visiting his Uncle Joe in Russia. ITEM XXXII. Mary Jane Cooper, Mary Northington, Fredna Tucker, Louise Smitherman, and Billy Day leave Mr. Spike Hoit minus five very able musicians. ITEM XXXIII. Joe Knight leaves his basketball talent to Billy Crews. ITEM XXXIV. Adele Harper leaves for Europe by way of Montgomery. ITEM XXXV. Karl Sadler leaves to help out down at Bob's Junk Yard. ITEM XXXVI. Aurelia Morgan bequeaths her demure smile to Erin Vaughan. ITEM XXXVII. Betty Jo Huckaby, Paulina Isaacs, and Nancy Shanahan leave the junior class won- dering who will park a convertible in front of P. H. S. next year. ITEM XXXVIII. Jeanne Mahan bequeaths her nickname Irma to Sylvia Sims. ITEM XXXIX. Billy Brown and John Thompson leave their tall tales about Craig Field to Scott Hardy ITEM XL. Jane Blagg and Ken Luckie leave their popularity to Eleanor Harris. ITEM ITEM ITEM XLI. Patricia Ann McBryde leaves her silliness to Peggy Hodges. XLII. David Wright leaves his motor cycle to Sonny Smith. XLIII. Jeanine Wilkinson and Othel Riddle leave the Wilby to Jim Ikerman. ITEM XLIV. Carolyn Blaylock Esco, Eloise Davis Trammell, Betty Davis Romage, Pauline Nichols Hughes, and Martha Nichols Vogler leave, having proved that they will never be like Oliver Wendell Holmes' Aunt. ITEM XLV. Jeanette Godwin and Faye Skinner leave their love for Physical Education to Miss Roark. ITEM XLVI. Mary Britt leaves her Southern accent to the so-called Dixiecrats. ITEM XLVII. Bob Phillips leaves motorcycles alone. ITEM XLVIII. Frank Robinson and C. S. Robinson leave their ability to avoid work to Charles Moseley. ' ITEM XLIX. James Shedd leaves his wavy hair to Ed Comer. ITEM L. Max Malone leaves his fine character to Glenn Cooper. ITEM Ll. Joyce Guthrie leaves her peroxide bottle to Betty Ford. ITEM LII. James Lide leaves his love for pitching horseshoes to Marshall Thrash. ITEM Llll. Cooper Mackin and Reg Hudson leave their size ten and one-half shoes to Mr. Brown, even though they are three sizes too small. ITEM LIV. Betty Bassett, Joyce Dance, Mary Claire Rountree, and Jane Speed bequeath their lik- able ways to Alice Corr. ITEM LV. Eugene Johnston leaves his love for Room Thirteen to Albert Barton. ITEM LVI. Clifford Thrash leaves on the first rocket ship to the moon. ITEM LVII. Eugene Sample leaves his ability on the basketball court to Stewart Erskine. ITEM LVIII. Dorothy Ramsey and Elizabeth Langer leave their sweet dispositions to Carolyn Heinz ITEM LIX. Wesley Scott leaves his pleasant disposition to Mr. Guilford. IContinued in Ad Sectionl Page Il5