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

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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

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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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The 1943 Iulrsmun CLASS PROPHECY rne Carlton had a nurse s commrssron Frances Yancey s name was rn New York lrghts the author of the play A Woman s Rzghts Sybrl Johns strll beautrful and quret was famous as the Photographer s Delrght CI he son of the Rev erend I-Iovxard Marks was a member of the Apollo Boys chorr for lrke hrs father rn hrs heart to srng was a burnrng desrre Drxre O Barr had shocked the populatron by becomrng a yrtterbug sensatron I ee Orren Moon had ceased to be a pest he owned a dude ranch way out west Irene 'I homas was a weld er krlled to Mark Smrth a fashronable resort had been wrlled Chester Fletcher was up to hrs same old trrcks but holdrng the spotlrght was Jrmmy Hrcks H was noted for hrs spectacular progress and was now the youngest senator rn Congress It was danger that Brlly Payton craved and he had become a dare devrl brave Dan Archer was presrdent of the college at Snead Rachel Smrth was takrng the Macbeth lead James Marks to hrs son who could hardly be lreve was relatmg how he used to pass and recerve Everett Scruggs was for governor a candrdate Marjorre Edwards for the rrght one drd wart Verbon Bynum was the modern Ernstern and Rrchard Carter strll the wolf of olden trmes As the Grants prtcher Calvrn Yother earned fame Nrlmarg Benefield fes or Robert Irmbaugh was Valentrnes successor Lors Rhodes queen n her senror year rn a trrm nurse s unrform drd appear Horace I-Iale walked through storm and harl you see he was carrrer of the marl Mrllrons had come to realrze that Rrchard Ellrott could cleverly advertrse Dorothy Penland was a Physrcal Ed rnstructor Ed I homas was a skyscraper constructor Jacob Clayton an S Club letterman was now a retrred war veteran Mrs Glenn Goodson lnee Ruby Jo Casonj was head of the Parent Teacher Assocratron Juanrta Conner modeled latest creatrons Imogene Ellrs was head clerk at Macy s Margre I-Ircks lrved north of the Drxon lrne she had a Yankee husband fine Thelma Butler head of a large corporatron consulted Dr W C Brown for nervous prostratron Joe Nears was a burly Boaz cop James Leftwrch had lard by hrs annual crop Bobby Garrett owned a grocery store Annre Proffrt drdnt lrve here any more she marrred a handsome travelrng man and traveled wrth hrm over the land After completrng the rounds of thrs celestral town your prophet was awak ened by a famrlrar sound Twas a frrend whom I lrked so very well sayrng Come on Dearre that was the bell So you see dear frrends and classmates all thrs was nothrng but a dream Ive been tellrng howe er natural and real to you rt seemed But rn thrs old world of wonders dreams often come true so who knovxs but what my yrsron may be realrzed by some of you by Marry lo Fults ' 'I' I I ' 1 ' 1 I D H H y H H I ' . I 3 Q s Q- ' u - I ' my ' - w 1 . , 7 . . D A- . J- - D ' I I . v I Z I 3 'I D was a well-known poetess' name. Charles Cargal was an absent-minded pro- , S 1 . 4' , ' .' , 3 ' , y , i A l I 75 I I iv I l I 3 I 4 3 . ' I V 3 1 , v 1 v v' ' v ' v v 9 . . 21