Phillips High School - Mirror Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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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.

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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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T II K M I K K O R 25 Mary Rowell. Betty Sue Smith. Jimmy Ault. Scott Ripley. Thomas Balance. Lottie Cagle. Odessa Flowers and Harold Walker leave their red hair to that fair-haired freshman. Charles Boyd. Duke Bradford. Jimmy Hill, W. L. Coker. Cecil Smith and Bill Barton will their military minds to sponsors Mary Helen House and Jane Stopinski. Mona Allison. Betty Bass. Margie Perkinson. Jimmy Cox. Olive Bailey, Sam Bennett. Pat Haislip and Lewis Staunton leave the memory of their dark beauty to the Sophs. Helen Disney. Mary Elizabeth Johnson and Doris Whit ton consign their happy faculty of getting in Mirror copy on time to Miss Ragan and the next staff. Charles Wilson, Margaret Harrell, Virginia Farr, and Betty Williams pass on their places in the Art Hall of Fame to Jane Pearce. Robert Johnson gives to Tommy Sisson his title Most Modest and Shy. Dolly Chapman donates her love for the Army to Joyce Jennings. Betty Hawkins and Dot Saunders tearfully leave their double seat in Miss Lynch’s room with its daydreams and blond talk to Lucy Grey Simms and Susan Baarcke. Margaret Faust. Thomas Ensey. Mary Elizabeth Byars. Ann Anderson, Roy Edwards. and Charles Sadler will their precious sense of humor to Miss Pcnruddocke. Evelyn Fitzgerald. Sue Williams. Myrtle Shelton. Cle Summers. Dorothy 'rucker. Ruby Pennington and Louise Thompson gladly leave their commercial ingenuity and type vocabulary to any prospective victims. Camille Pharo, Kathryn Locascio. Virginia Plaia. and Lillie Mazzara graciously leave their dark eyes to anyone who needs some effective beauty Hids. Phyllis Diamantakos, Mary Jo De Roncey. Betty Mae Griffin, and Grace Heilig generously scatter the sunbeams of their dispositions along the way for future seniors to take up and dispell the gloom. Harold Stallings. Kenneth Crumpton. Betty Gamble. Helen Boutwell, Jane Harding and Hazel Slaughter will and bequeath to the noisy demerit-collectors their quiet, precocious ways. John Connell. Albert Cooper. John McLaney, and Eldred McWhorter leave their curly hair to all those who wish to make an impression on the fairer sex. (curling irons included in gift.) Zac Manning. John McGraw. Charles Nummy. and Harry White wish to persuade somebody to take over their instinctive gift for always being in trouble. Thus, since this Flight Crew will return no more to this Base, these belongings may now Ik transferred from their foot lockers to those of the remaining crews. BETTY HAWKINS. Quartermaster. To you the ones who are left behind As you tread these hallowed halls Be kind to the ghosts who linger here Drawn back by the old school’s call And if in the twilight they wander back With a sad and lonely look Don’t be surprised if they whisper, “Alack! I forgot my history book.