Slocomb High School - Sigma Eta Yearbook (Slocomb, AL)

Page 21 text:

James Bass Patsy Peel Paul Gray Ann Brown Charles Ward Mary Lou Enfinger Raymond Register Marjorie Hughes Billy Wright Yvonne Kelley Larry Newton Virginia Kirkland Jerome Chaney Frances Jackson John Wright Martha Hidle Gene Keel Jonnie Maude Harris Harry Gene Harris Sue Thomas Jimmy Watson Martha Ann Sheffield Don Watson Jean Pelham JUHIUH CLHSS 17

Page 20 text:

IILHSS HISTUHU Our history began in September of 1941 when we were organized for the first time in the rooms of our first grade teachers, the former Miss Opal Garner and Miss Bernice Tomberlin, The beginners of our class were Marx Spivey, Sam Arnold, Howard Culbreth, Joann Tew, Helen Smith, Rufus Kill- ingsworth, Charles Carroll, Bernie Fred Mitchell, Naomi Adkinson, Nellie Metcalf, Jonnie M. Bolin, Edna Smith, Judy Spivey, Martha Watford, Jean- ette Arrington, Geraldine Culverhouse, Gerel Marsh, Lydianne Segrest, and Charles Watkins. The former Miss Lula Mae Newton and Miss Maude Hughes were our teachers in the second grade. That year Davis Watson came from Fadette to join our class. Our third year was a memorable one for all of us because we moved over to the high school building for classes. We felt superior to our fellow mates who were still over in the elementary building. I know Mrs. Flora Dalton and Miss Louise Justice, now Mrs. Moody Williford, had plenty of headaches try- ing to keep up with us. At that time Joseph Collins joined our class. We moved back to the elementary building in the fourth grade, to the rooms of the former Miss Mattie Davis and Miss Evelyn Gibson. One big event was the May Day Festival when we fourth graders danced the Virginia Reel. In the fifth grade Mrs. J. T. Boyette and Mrs. Pitt McArthur were our teachers. Betty McAllister came to us from Taylor and Elaine Sorrels from Kinsaul. The Sixth grade was a big year for us. Mrs. Burnell Rayburn and Mrs. Bernice Hornsby were the teachers who guided us and prepared us for the days ahead in high school. Some of us will never forget the chicken fry we had in May. Edward Hall was the only new member of our class this year. O course, we'll all remember those first days as Jr. I's. I doubt if some of us will ever forget Social Studies with Coach Richards. Mrs. Johnny Fred- rich and Miss Celeste Foster were our homeroom teachers and helped us to adjust ourselves to our new surroundings. Mar Ellen Brooks came to us from Hartford and Elizabeth Thorne from Blue Springs that term. In the eighth grade Byron Hixon came to us from Rockford, Waylon Strick- land and David Carroll from Fadette, and Wallace Watson and Bernie Earl Hughes joined our class. Mrs Flora Dalton and Miss Norma Foster were our homeroom teachers. Edna Newman, Ruby Nell Everette, Anna Raye Enfinger, and Jeanette Kent from Malvern, and Frank Sellers from Fadette enrolled here in the ninth grade. They were probably unfortunate enough to get in on the theme writing that Mr. Sellers made us do for talking. We old members were amazed when we saw all the stran e faces that ap- peared in our tenth grade rooms. Those to come to us from iflalvern were Carolyn Hughes, Barbara Webb, Myer Holloway, Rudolph Hughes, Max Upton, Patricia Simmons, Bobbie Jean Justice, Paul Justice, Charles Clark, and Burnice Fulford. From Fadette came Jimmy Hamm, Charles Griffin, Carlos Williams, Wallace Williams, Cleburne Tew, Flora Holloway, Betty Jean Smith, Joyce Register, Katie Whitaker, and Mamie Lou Bass. Ann Reeder and Evaline Halstead came from Tate. Shirley Messer from Marianna, Charles Underwood from Rehobeth and Betty McAllister joined us from Ashford. We were very proud when Shirley Messer won the title of Miss Slocomb in the tenth. Coach Richards and Mrs. Stutts led us through that ear as sponsors of our class. John Perry Keel joined us in the eleventh grade. We gave our Junior play Whoa Grandma under the direction of one homeroom sponsor, Mrs. Grace Whitten. Mrs. Mable Harris was our other homeroom teacher and led the preparations for the successful Western banquet that we gave the Seniors. Then came the greatest of all, our Senior year, with our sponsor, Mrs. Ida Bell Phinney. Instead of taking the usual trip to Florida we voted to go to Washington, D. C. Throughout the year we worked hard to make the trip. Among the many honors to come our way was the election of Nellie Metcalf as Homecoming Queen by popular vote. The only new member of our class was Edsel Hornsby. We'1l never forget these years here at Slocomb High.. We all feel a little sad to know we're leaving its halls for the last time as students. As we go our different paths of success, we'll look back on these days here and remem- ber them as our happiest. Edna Smith Historian 16

Page 22 text:

JUIIIUH IILHSS 18 Harold Hagler Eleanor Hinson Freddy Bush Kathryn Kelley Paul Hidle Sherryl Caraway Billy Joe Merritt Nancy Carroll Robert Smith Sara Boyette Luther Hall Ann Kirkland David Baxley Ann Singletary S. W. Kirkland Hilda Moss Bibb Graves Shirley Wicker Leonard Register Patricia Bailey Loyd Stone Pencie Thweatt Bobbie Miller Maylon Eldridge