Phillips High School - Mirror Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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T HE 31 I If If O If 26 Happy Landings After four long years of basic and advanced training here at the P. H. S. Air Base, the members of this Flight Command have at last received their wings. With the backing of twenty-two hundred do-do’s and the urging-on of the superior officers, one hundred twenty persons have soloed out into the world, some to crack up perhaps, some to be forced down because of mishaps, others to fly high into the sky and on to greater victories. I have had the opportunity of looking into the flight records of many members of this crow. and. after many aptitude. I. Q., R Q. and other tests, I grab a parachute and prepare to bail out as 1 predict these “Happy Landings for them. Through my bombsight I see in Mary Nell Rowe’s daily column in the New York 1'imes that Billy “Frankie” Cole has made five hundred and twelve girls pass out in a dead faint, and has had his clothes torn completely off thirty-one times just from singing that hit song, written by that hit song writer Walton Garrett. A Plastic Doll.’ In another paper, the Chicago News, edited by Nora Ippolito, glancing at Arthur Rice’s column on the s| orts page we see that Robert Johnson has broken all existing records by carrying the pigskin over an average of ten times a game for the Green Bay Packers. In the educational world Mary Elizabeth Johnson has received a Ph.D. from Yale, while Betty Hawkins has just completed another novel. A Tree Grows in Norwood. General Jim Smith and his aid. Private Cecil Smith, have just finished bombing Tokio again in a new plane B-14.5 designed by Charles Wilson. Jack Gore has just received a bundle of joy!! His new “ham license tfor radio operation) has just arrived and he's tickled pink. We see that there is a beauty contest in Atlantic City with many former Phil-lipians participating; namely. Evelyn Campbell. Helen Disney. Doris Hayne. and many, many others. Jack Young and Eldrcd McWhorter have succeeded at last. They have established a beauty shoppe where all the latest hair styles can be had. made by the proprietors’ own fingers. They have some styles similar to their own. Other successful people are: Sam Bennett, the Charles Boyer of the day. has succeeded in Hollywood. His nonchalant sway has attracted attention all over the world. Bill Barton is making millions drawing cartoons, similar to Mickey Mouse, but naturally much, much more animal-like. Scott Ripley has finally put away his bashfulness. He now has a modeling firm that sells nothing but ladies' bathing suits. Betty Williams is teaching speech in the nn st widely known school in the States. She has developed the marvel of the century. A group of boys and girls blending their voices together as one. is her miracle. She calls this a Sqeech Choir. Joe Boyd, and his Ragtime Rhythm, is playing this week in the Hollywood Bowl. Many former Phillipians play in Joe’s keen swing band. Jimmy Ault boats a wicked drum. Billy Dailey slides a mean trombone, and Hugh Morrow also plays in the band. The instrument is not mentioned. Knowing Hugh, he's probably a triple-threat man.

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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.

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T ii i«; M i k k o r 31 CURRY LITERARY SOC IETY Robert Adams, James Adamson. Anthony Ardovino, Ralph Blue. Charles Boyd. Joe Boyd, Billy Cole. Alfred Frazer. Charles Fulham. Burt Gurley. Mark Hanna. Joe Horsley. Sam Jones, Dick Matheny. John McCollister, Ralph McMeekin, Jimmie McMillan, Jimmy Nelson. A. G. Phillips. Hilary Phillips. Arthur Rice. Jack Strong, Melvin Thorpe. Alto Townsend. Lewis White. l)AMKOSC II LITERARY SOCIETY Kathryn Austin. Diana Bathurst. Fan Bearden, Jeanne Beard. Marion Joanne Bingaman. Jeanne Bonhart. Vivian Boyle. Estelle Brake, Billie Brewer. Lottie Cagle. Mildred Carpenter, Merle Cash. Jean Coker. Jerry Cole. Nancy Day. Peggy Ann Fair. Margaret Faust, Cleo Fuller. Josephine Grass, Frances Gray. Muncy Harris. Fannie Harrison. Mary Frances Higginbothom, Lois Hopper, Carlyenn Hurd. Frances Hurd. Betty Jacob, Johnnie Mildred Johnson, Lillian Jones. Jeanne Kern. Betty McGiboney. Mary McIntosh. Carolyn MeKibbon, Betty Mathews, Doris Newsome, Pat Roundtree. Mary Elizabeth Slagle. Mary Helen Sparks. Mary Lelia Strickland. Mildred Thomas. HILLIARD Jimmy Adams. Bobby Barth. Sam Boykin. Duke Bradford. Walter Byars, Sam Chesnut, Z. N. Clinard, Dick Deas. Clyde Dowdle, Bill Forman. Hoyt Harris. Gene Hunter, Sam Johnson. Roy Martin. Billy McCollough. Don McCormick. Bo Miller. Otis Price. Bobby Shaw, Bobby Shill. Joe Shoel. Luther Smith. Sam Stephenson. Frank Trechsel, Arthur Walker, Jack Wall. Guy Wood!iff, Albert Wynn.