Sansom High School - Talisman Yearbook (Alabama City, AL)

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IHONIAS XVHI I l I R Spealtes an ll'ldtfll'llIt d 11 of nothnng IRANCI S X ANCI Y One xusl suhstmtul smile CAI VIIN YO I HER Fame IS the spur thxt the clear mrnd doth rant The 1943 Talzsman SENIOR CLASS SENIOR Cl ASS SONG by Howard Carroll Grave are semors of a great school Whose enswns hlgh we wear Well strlve to 1mpart drgmty And preserxe 1ts glorrous fame Knowledge gleaned vxrthrn thmc halls I rngtrs vuth those who ll ne er forget Thy tradltlons rich and rare I mma Sansom how wt lovs. thee Shrne forth thy SCHOOL OF SCHOOLS Shed thme mfluence as a beacon 'I hat leads to eternal goals I . 1L,: . ' ' Q. . . , . , . , ,. . , . .. V D . V V V 1 V . V i 1 Y x V 51 V 1 - V . V 1 s ss - L . . s 1 s 1 s

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SENIOR CL SS l-IELLN STARI ING Her kmd words find thelr was to the heart IIIVIIR STIWART He who srngs puts to flight hrs cans DORIS SUI I INS Happy and from care Im frm XVhy arent they all lnkr me? LD THOMAS I do know hum by hrs gmt he IS .1 frxend IRI Nl THOMAS Th soul vms lllu 1 star and dvlcll apart VIRCINIA TUCCI I: lashroned so slcndcrlx xoung, md so falr JAIVII S TURNER Common sense m an uncommon dggrce IS what e world calls vusdom IDWIIIS 'Io do good to manlund us thg chnalrous plan and IS ulwxys as noblx rnqullgd The 1913 Tulrsmun . I T ' T V ' .. . h V , 1 1 J- ' .. . K v . th 5 E. , L K r. 1 v x 4 x I'-

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20 CLASS PROPHECY They told me I must prophesy but I knew not what to do for I was not born a prophet any more than one of you I had spent the day rn study and ln thrnklng hard and deep so I now vtorn and weary lay me down to fall asleep I had lam there but a moment ln that slumber calm and sweet when I rose refreshed and strengthened and stepped out upon the street Cureat sky scrapers all about me aeroplanes through all the a1r wonders far beyond concep tlon here and there and everywhere I could scarce belleve my senses when I savs the a1rsh1p llne bore the well known name of Sansom whxle the same gleamed from each slgn My eyes were opened w1der than they d ever been before when I saw a sllp of paper dated 1954 Soon I flltted past a corner that looked lxke old tlmes to me for lf was the well known hang out where Clty Drug used to be L E wasnt nn the phone booth he and Margaret had txed the knot Jmny and Danny too were together but Bessie and Johnny were not The vshole day brought surprrses Thomas Wheeler was tall and th1n M1ldred Ferguson was a concert planxst and DOYIS Sulltns had a double chrn The Reb el Revlew put me wise Jeanne and Dot were socral butterflxes and Genevreve Coker H111 had become a name to rrval Mrs Astors soclal fame A photo from H Johnson s studro brought me news that I wanted to know the former Mildred Collms as sweet as could be wrth her beaut1ful quads tvso on each knee On the porch of a cottage as sweet as a dove Mr and Mrs Bob Logan were st1ll maklng love I heard that once when they started to part Dowlrng Croft lawyer rekmdled each heart Mrldred Mabrey was st1ll a lxttle bxt wavey smce late ln 43 she had jorned the Navy A convert1ble wh177ed past whrch really was a berry and I saw at the wheel playboy Paul Perry Jeff Neal vsas successful wlth a servlce station lln these days you see there was no gas ratlon J Lelras Jackson head ofa huge corporatlon was now rn Hawan on his annual vacation Howard Carroll was trumpeteer wlth a Naval musnc crew vs hlle an M P of promlnence was our frlend Harold Pugh I saw Homer Car roll our erstwhlle kxng proudly showmg off his latest offsprmg In box car letters that couldnt be mlssed I saw CITY EDITOR BASIL C1II CHRIST Peepxng rn I saw on the Brg Shot s knee Secretary Yvonne Ford as cute as could be Hearmg a norse I judged at once that someone must be I t Nope my mlstake lf was only Qullla Evelyn and Dmt Elmer Stew art was st1ll the man around town hrs rlval for Hrst honors was Robert Lee Brown I lnqurred of Sansom s football team and was very thr1lled to learn that the boys had la1d Gadsen IH the shade under Coaches Adcock and Hearn Ed Wells whose head was st1ll rn the stars was trsxng to teach the world about Mars Roy Cox followmg h1s talent of old vsas lay1ng them under the sod so cold Wxth a reckless regard for matrlmony James Turner was now paymg alnmony Charles Bentley s xnsurance was sellmg fme as he slgned them up on the dotted l1ne Helen Starlxng was at work nn a great church mxssxon Cather Y . . . . V V V , I 3 . 5 D3 s . v v - . Y . 7 - - . I. H . 1 i 7 . . , . - . V . . U . . ,, . . . . 1 1 s , , . I , , ' I X , , . . . . .. H I V , . . , , V . . . 1 - V V - - - ,, . . . , .. - H, , . . - .. . .. 1 . . 1- . , . ' l . . , . . , . s . . V. , , . . V . . , - , . , . . . y .... . h 5 - The 1943 Tallsrnan