Rhea Central High School - Yellowjacket Yearbook (Dayton, TN)

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.lair IXWKMJJ Zafamenf .file enior Cfcm off 9 0 We, the Seniors of l950, being of sound mind and body, feeling that our schooldays are drawing to a close, do therefore make, ordain and publish this our last will and testament. We, Jack Boyd, Charles Bishop, and Carl Barger, will our love for Mrs, Thomison to Dean Thomas and Wayne Woodlee. I, Roy Lee Maynor, will my love for arguing to Frank Welch. We, Stevie Gallagher and Johnny Johnson, will our ability to catch fish and kill ducks to Coach Draper. I, Clyde Masengale, will my place as treasurer of the F.F.A. to anyone who needs some extra cash. We, Kathleen Morgan and Maxine Robinson, will our ability to go steady with boys to Chloe Baker and Virginia Roddy. I, Jamie Perkinson, will my long fingernails to Corine Colbough. I, Doris Sharp, will my natural curly hair to Patricia Davis. I, Orah Fay Shaver, will My Aching Back! to Al West. I, Vallas Sanders, will my ability to kick extra points to Mrs. Earhart. I, Cynthia Riggs, will my position as Basketball Mana- ger to anyone who wants to work. We, Katherine Potter, Evelyn Porter, and Ruth Har- wood, will our giggles to Vera Gibson and Katherine Clark. I, Gloria Givens, will my shortness to Jessie Fay Mac- Noots Newell. I, Martha Jean Newell, will my quietness in Mr. Lit- ton's class to Anna McPheeters. I, Nina Kelley, will my witty remarks to Charles Matthews. I, Agnew Travis, will my basketball jersey No. 33 to W. E. Robinson. I, Alice Roddy, will my weight to Barbara Wagner. We, Imogene Cranfill and Doris Pickett, will our abil- ity to fail Physics to anyone who takes it. We, Sue Bean, Gladys Best, and Fannie Riggs, will our constant companionship to Bobbie Gothard, Mona Wilkey, and Katie Kelley. l, Dottie Beene, will my popularity to Sydney Givens. We, Lavon Riley, Harold Riley, and Thomas Hender- son, will our ability to pull the wool over Mr. Gab- bert's eyes to C. Y. Thurman and Thomas Raines. I, Helen Leffew, will my giggles in Home Ec. to Barbara Douglas. We, Betty Hicks and Orpha Bandy, will our ability to sing to Naomi Winsett. We, Shirley Welch and Gene Housley, will our nick- names, Myrtle and Sampson, to Barbara Giles and Bierne Kerr. We, Clayton Morris, Billy Cartee, and Billy Hart, will our ability to lead cheers to the future cheerleaders. I, Norene Harris, will my musical knowledge to Mary Kate Roddy. I, Mary Ann Riley, will my dark eyebrows to Eva Mae Stanfield. I, Martha Harris, will my lov-e for Spring City boys to Ruth Aslinger. I, Allene Elsea, will my habit of grumbling to Gay- nelle Cobble. We, Mary Lee Hall and Mary Helen Swafford, will all of our boyfriends to Sandra Wilson. Joan Scrimpsher, and Betty Jo Potter. I, Fisher Thomas, will my softball pitching to Raymond Massengale. l, Maurice Jordan, will my bashfulness to Doris Mc- Clure. I, Anna B. Kincannon, will my shy ways to Sidney Barnes. We, Nelda Kelley and Charma Burdette, will our knowledge of the Spanish language to Billy Joe Kelley. I, Joyce Wilson, will my love to play basketball to Maxine Kincannon. I, Greer Matthews, will my good conduct to Maurice Arnold. We, Fred Gibson and Ray Fisher, will our good looks to Harold Hawkins and Franklin Baber. I, Sara Rose Hall, will all my boyfriends to Iona Mas- sengale. I, Mike Barger, will the whole left side of the bench to Mackie Ballard and Gordon Miller. I, Dorothy McDowell, will my love for the Hills to no one. I, Patsy McClure, will my love for a certain blonde to no one. I, Ruby Sedman, will my gum chewing in Biology to my sis, Juanita. I, Rita Green, will my love for band music to W. E. Robinson. I, Jane Daniel, will my abilty to be on the honor roll to Margaret Brooks. I, Iva Jean Arnold, will my love for a certain boy who drives a black Frazer to no one. l, Margaret Abel, will my English grades to Mildred Colbaugh, provided she makes good use of them.

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CALM Adfory ln the fall of the year l946, the Freshmen entering Rhea High numbered one hundred and twenty-three. Our aim was to study hard and achieve many honors, the highest honor being that of receiving our diplomas at the end of our Senior year. Our Sophomore year, only ninety-eight of our classmates returned to attain a higer ed- ucation. This year we elected Orpha Bandy as President to lead us. Several members of our class made the varsity football team, two boys Agnew Travis and Bill Hart, made the boy's basketball team and Orpha Bandy made the girl's basketball team. Our third year we were proud to have Dottie Beene elected Most Beautiful Girl. This year we had several girls and boys on the basketball team. This year Carl Barger was President of our class which had de- creased in number to eighty-six. Returning to school for our Senior year we found only sixty-six members of our class still sticking with us, however, we were proud of this number since it was the largest graduating class in our school history. We elected Jack Boyd President to lead us through our final year of high school edu- cation. Those who were elected Superlatives were: Most Handsome Boy, Brantley Griffin, Most Beautiful Girl, Dottie Beene, Most Likely to Succeed, Margaret Abel, Most Popular Girl, Dottie Beene, Most Versatile Girl, Orpha Bandy, Most Versatile Boy, Clay- ton Morris, Best Boy Athlete, Vallas Frog- gy Sanders, and Wittiest, Harold Riley. Mary Ann Riley was elected Football Queen this year, and the F.F.A. boys elected Kath- leen Morgan F.F.A. Queen. Vallas Sanders made first team of the T.V.C., while Bill Hart made all East Ten- nessee, and an honorable mention on the T.V.C. and also the Tri-State Team. Carl Barger also made an honorable mention on the T.V.C. Long will we cherish in our hearts the joys and sorrows we have had during our four years of high school. As we approach the end of Our Senior year, we shall accept our diplomas with pride that we have at last attained our goal, and we regret only the fact that we shall be leaving schoolmates and teachers whom we have learned to love.

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Halo ec? Since graduation, time has flown, in fact, ten years have passed. lt is now a beautiful day in June, 1960, and the Senior Class of 1950 are gathering for a reunion in the Ball Room of Dayton's finest hotel. Maurice Jordon, Johnny Johnson, and Brantley Griffin were just three lucky guys to be able to secure a short leave from their stations in the Army. Gloria Givens, Orpha Bandy, and Dottie Beene, who recently re- placed the Andrew Sisters, came in by plane from Hollywood. The pilot of the plane was Billy Norris, with Mike Barger as co-pilot. Dr. Bill Hart succeeded in getting an as- sistant to stay in his hospital in Nashville while he came in for a few days. He brought with him nurses Sara Rose Hall, Jane Dani- els, Katherine Potter, and Joyce Wilson. Coach Sanders and his wife, Patsy Mc- Clure, had no trouble getting to the reunion since the football season was over. Their chauffeur, Fisher Thomas, drove them up from Graysville. Rita Green, who now lives in Chatta- nooga, took time off from writing poetry to drive up in her new Ford. On the way, she picked up Sue Bean, Martha Jean Newell, and Mary Lee Hall, who were hitch-hiking. They had left their husbands at a stag party in Red Bank. Billy Cartee cancelled his Radio Quiz Show for -one night in order to attend. His quiz students are Charles Bishop, Jack Boyd, Thomas Henderson, and Alice Roddy. The radio announcer is Agnew Travis. Shirley Welch, still employed at Robin- son's Drug Company is busy rounding up special numbers from those students who remained in Dayton. A quintet consisting of Norene Harris, Charma Burdette, Nelda Kelley, Nina Kel- ley, and Anna B. Kincannon, who had been studying under the direction of Charles Key, sang the popular song of the day, l Didn't Mean To Hurt Ya , composed by Clvde Massengale. Also a quartet made up of Carl Barger, James Blackburn, Clayton Morris, and Gene Housley planned to sing. Stevie Gallagher rode up to Pennine in his 'new streamlined motor boat after Ar- chie Hoback, who lives there on his million dollar estate, acquired by raising rabbits. Keeper of the rabbits is Ray Fisher, his but- ler is Roy Lee Maynor. Freddie Gibson, owner of Dayton's larg- est hotel, reserved rooms for the out-of-town guests who wished to stay there. Co-owner is Greer Matthew. Only the best of food is served by chief cook, Harold Riley. Wait- resses at the hotel are Gladys Best, Dorothy McDowell, Evelyn Porter, and Ruth Har- wood. lnterior decorators, Doris Sharp, Kath- leen Morgan, and Maxine Robinson decor- ated the Ball Room for the event. Cynthia and Fannie Riggs brought from their shop beautiful arrangements of violets to be used in decorating. Oral Fay Shaver, Margaret Abel, and lva Jean Arnold took time off from their prosperous business career in New York to get there. Imogene Cranfill just returned from her honeymoon in California. Mary Ann Riley and her sailor husband, who now reside in Ohio, returned by airliner owned and op- erated exclusiveiy by Ruby Sedman. Everyone renewed old acquaintances at the reunion, and Allene Elsea, who told of her tour around the world, was main speaker. Betty Jo Hicks, news reporter, was on hand with Lavon Riley as photographer. Before leaving Dayton, the girls all went by Helen's Beauty Shop for a nice hair-do. Owners are Helen Swafford, Helen Leffew, and Helen Kyle. Their assistants are Jamie Lee Perkinson, Doris Pickett, and Martha Harris. Thus ended a wonderful event in the fu- tures of the members of the graduating class of 1950. Rita Green