Phillips High School - Mirror Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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T II E M I R R ) R 23 Others occupied in similar work are: Fred Gamer. Betty Lou Bagby, Jennie Styles. Mildred Axledgc, Virginia Plaia. and Mary Tinsley who is. incidentally, praying fervently. Trying on a pair of high heeled spikes (for obvious reasons) is none other than Phyllis Diamantakos. Sue Pate has brought along a portable record-player to keep her morale up. Hugh Morrow and Virginia Farr are two of oui human morale builders. Kathryn Locascio is getting ready to bail out somewhere over Woodlawn. Buddy Lovell is engaged in a fast and furious game of tic tac toe with Billy Freeman. Mary Nell Rowe is soaking up poetic inspiration from the heavenly landscape as a background for Jim Bruce Smith’s profile. Walton Garrett is threatening the equilibrium of the plane by jitterbuggin’ to the enchanting strains of Pistol Packing Mama emitted from Joe Boyd's clarinet. Billy Dailey and Jimmy Ault supply the rest of the havoc. Alleen and Kathleen Perkins are deliberately confusing Harold Walker and Cecil Smith who Just can’t make them out.” Betty Mae Griffin and Betty Bass are going around asking how it feels to be in love. Ignorance is bliss. (It says here.) Doris Newsome. Lynn Finch are comparing interesting letters, while Jane Harding hums herself straight into dream-land. Alto Townsend and Harold Stallings are having a detailed discussion about politics. Mary E. Byars and Betty Sue Smith are having a detailed discussion also, but not about politics. While Bill Barton decorates the walls of the plane with Willie Willy . Ann Anderson is decorating Donna Mullican with the aid of cosmetics. Camille Pharo is ad libbing on a story being told by Lottie Cagle. Scott Ripley is blushing furiously. Just the mention of Jerry Coleman's name does that. • Trying desperately to keep Jimmie Ogle from exhausting the food supply is Mary Elizabeth Johnson, the stewardess. Mary Jo Orr. Betty Williams and Dorothy Agerton are reminiscing over their high school days, now in the dim past. Arthur Rice has his eyes Dawn-ward cast, and I do mean Dawn Shirah. Arthur also hates to leave his good ole sports page that took up so much of his time and constituted most of his joy—in fact, it makes him air sick to think of it. So the report goes. Our seniors are leaving to make room for the next flight that can also say Mission accomplished. Victory complete. NORA IPPOLITO.

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22 T 1! K M I H R O R Celestial Navigation As our giant bomber swiftly wings its way through the darkened sky. our navigator expertly shoots his stars and records our position. Gazing up through the dome turret between twin ,59’s, he focuses the sextant on Jupiter (Mr. Stough). Up ahead the pdot sights across the guide stars of Ursa Major (Mr. Mayer) towards Ursa Minor (Mr. Keller). Just to the right and high above gleams Leo Minor (Miss Chambliss); hard on the port quarter lies Virgo (Miss Senn). Far ahead the navigator prepares to shoot Aquarius (Miss Bush); nearby gleaming through the shreds of Cyrus above are Pegasus (Mr. Gerald), and Pisces, the fisherman (Coach Dawson). One waist gunner sweeps the starboard horizon: behind him are Lyncis (Miss Lynch) and Leo Minor (Miss Chambliss); before is Triangulum (Mr. Allen). On the larboard the eye sweeps from Lyra (Miss Dryer) and Sagittarius, the archer (Miss Dewberry) past Hercules • Coach Walker) to Mercury (Miss Penruddocke) and Virgo (Miss Senn). In the dim distance ahead beacons Mars (Captain Starkey), the call to arms and country. Behind is High School; ahead, the future- college or armed services. Set your course by a star. P. H. S. calling Flight Forty-four. P. H. S. calling Flight Forty-four. Come in. I-light Forty-four calling P. H. S. Ship running hunky-dory. Everything going fine. Detail on passenger list as follows: Kenneth Crumpton and W. L. Coker are dueting on Sunrise Serenade , but then, graduation should inspire us to higher levels. Odessa Flowers and Ruby Pennington are absorbed in watching the Pilot and the Navigator. Aviation is very significant in this day. particularly at this time. Jack Gore is deep in thoughts ot Virginia, while Doris Hayne is regretting having to leave Charles Flurry in the midst of the maleless females of Phillips. Betty Hawkins is shedding crocodile tears because she must now leave her position as co-editor-in-chief of the Mirror. Sidney Pilgreen (Mrs. James Mosely) is looking forward to joining her merchant marine husband. Polly Brown is dreaming. Over some flame as usual. Mary Jo DeRoncey is tossing her books out of the window. Another way of kissing her troubles good-bye. WALTON GARRETT. Navigator. Bombs

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T II E M I R R O R 24 Last Flight You can't take it with you, we know, so the personnel of Flight ’44, before taking off from the P. H. S. Air Base for their Last Flight, wish to dispose of their worldly possessions thusly: Mary Nell Rowe and Billy Freeman issue their golden tongues to Betty Underwood and Charles Fell. Mary Frances and Ruth Higginbotham leave their last name to anyone—that is, to anyone who writes small. Marion Berry is putting friend Ann Cowart into the safekeeping of Dot Haney. Mary Tinsley and Sue Pate wish their messy locker with its picture of Clark Gable and its three faulty locks to their favorite freshman. William Hawkins. Mary Nell Lasater wills her various and sundry service pins to her little sister Leona. Mildred Thompson leaves her desired and dirty saddle shoes to Margaret Cooper. James Meacham passes on to Doris Homan his place at the piano in 216. Nora Ippolito wishes off all her neglected homework on Camilla Schefano, Anthony Ardovino and Jimmie McMillian. Sidney Pilgreen tearfully bestows her cherished top locker on Billie Stewart. Billy Cole trusts Ed Hardin with his bevy of girl friends. Hugh Morrow wishes to make Tom Banks the recipient of his favorite Marshal Post by Room 1. Lynn Finch passes on her dear shorthand notebook to Mary Jo Orr. Doris Mae Newsome hands down her battered tennis racket, with the glory attached, to Peggy Lowery. Betty Lou Bagby wills her charms to Betty Jo McIntosh (the ones on her bracelet. of course!. Marjorie Cale, Valeria Carroll. Sue Pate. Roy Hollingsworth. Elmer Roe and Betty Seabury will their pale locks to Nuncy Amis, Gene Akin, Joanne Bingaman. Drayton Scott. John Estes, Stephen Moxley and Peter Bolvig. Carolyn McKibbon. Jennie Styles. Dan Riley. Melba Leamon. Dorothy Agerton and Billy Dailey leave their places in the National Honor Society to the one. the only. John Bryan. Don Jackson leaves his way with the women in the care of Joe Burnett. The twins. Aileen and Kathleen Perkins, leave their ability to confuse the teachers and the chance of using one picture twice in the Annual to another set of twins. Josephine and Pauline Troulias. Joe Boyd. Jim Bruce Smith, James Lovell. Evelyn Campbell. Frances Mills, Jane Roy and Alto Townsend leave their ability to win elections to Polly Gillespie. Joe School. Bobby Shaw. Bill Miller and Sonya Rosenthal. Doris Hayne. Eva Gordon Downey and Pauline Brown will sell their beauty secrets to the highest bidder. Bob Odom. Arthur Rice. Walton Garrett and Jimmie Ogle send along their capacity to scoop and be scooped to Loula Rogers. Elsa Allgood. Annie Jo Conner. Rodney Moffett. Mary Ruth Stevens and Jack Strong.