Springville High School - Tiger Yearbook (Springville, AL)

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In the fall of ’24 the little town of Springville were praising the hon- orable students who had passed the county examination, who were now coming down the hill into lovely lowlands of their dreams. The class this year boasted of the lucky number of thirteen. They were very fortunate in having Miss Carrie Burttram, one of Springville’s citizens, as teacher. When the year had passed and the time had come for the class to be- come Sophomores the number had decreased to eight. The class believed themselves fortunate in having again as their principal Mr. Sellars. They made his life if not more interesting, at least more lively by their “Silly Soph. Ways.” One event to be remembered particularly in the minds of the school as well as the class would be the picnic on April 1, 1925, altho not planned was thoroughly enjoyed. The summer of ’25 passed by too quickly for the class, yet as there were others to be added to their number they were interested in starting to work again. This was the year of consolidation and the year when the little town of Margaret decided to honor the school with their students. Two others joined their number from Pleasant Hill, making the class again thirteen in number. One outstanding social feature of this year was the Junior-Senior banquet given in honor of the Seniors of ’27 at the High School building. The class this year contributed players to both first teams as Ben Burttram lead the boys to victory and Tressa Maud Pearson did her share in helping the girls complete a most successful season. When time came in the fall of ’27 to start back to S. H. S. only ten of the old class were ready to carry on to the end. Although it is a tradi- tional fact that there is dignity among seniors, it has been conspicious by its absence among the seniors of '28. The class feels that it has been indeed fortunate in having the privi- lege of working under his teachers. Twenty-six years of experience proves a great aid in the instruction of the young. If the hopes of the class are realized, ten, two girls and eight boys will be awarded diplomas from S. H. S. on May 11, 1828. —Olean Wright.

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R. B. PEACE Ug. Basketball ’28; Dixie Rainbow Society ’28; Sport Editor of The Rocket. “His ambitions will lead him onward.” JOHN EMORY STEPHENS “Joshiah Dixie Literary. Society ’28; Joke Editor rf The Rocket. “Be with him and smile.” ROY WOOD “G randma Basketball ’28; Dixie Rainbow Literary Society, President ’28; Class President’ 28; Editor-in-Chief of The Rocket. “If he gets all his questions answered he will be well educated.” OLEAN WRIGHT “I ean” Basketball ’27-, ’28; Moore Literary So- ciety Secretary and Treasurer; Class His- torian; Assistant Circulation Manager of The Rocket. “Sweet and pretty and attractive too A friend to all she ever knew.” RONALD WRIGHT Gout” Basketball ’27, ’28; Dixie Rainbow Liter- ary Society; Vice-President ’28; Art Editor of The Rocket. “Well mannered, modest, and a good sport with all.”

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The Rocket Class Prophecy Since this age does not marvel at our wonderful inventions, it is not only fitting, but proper, that I foretell the future of the class of ’28 as I listened in to it over the great marvel of the age, Radio. As the night class bell was sounding for the close of classes in dear old Springville, I descended the stairs to the quiet room and began turning the dials of my Atwater Kent. Soon there came in distinct loud tones “Radio broadcasting Station RMW, Memphis, Tennesse, stand aside for three minutes.” Immediately I recognized the clear, high tone voice to be that of Roy Wood, one of our dearly beloved class mates. Several seconds passed which seemed to me like minutes. Then came the announcers voice, “We are very fortunate to have with us tonight the famous opera star, Miss Olean Wright, who will now sing for us her lovers favorite selection, “Blue Heaven.” After listening to this won- derful selection my thoughts wandered back to S. H. S. days. Very sud- denly I was brought back to realization by the announcer’s voice, “Mr. John E. Stephens, America’s wittiest man, will entertain our invisible au- dience with a few of his snappy jokes and stories. Suddenly there came a buzz and I was no longer at station R. M. W., so I tuned in on Sacremento, California. Here the announcer announced a lecture on “Care of the teeth” given by Dr. Wood Bradford. This lecture was immensely inter- esting as I recall that one of our classmates had serious trouble with her teeth, and I wondered if she too could be listening in. The next number was a vocal treat with Mr. Ben G. Burttram, banjo accompanist. Many times in school did he entertain us with his music. This program had been very interesting but a slight movement of the dial brought me in connection with Tampa, Fla., and I heard the announcer say, “We will now have a lecture on ‘The Recent Development of Basket ball’ by Mr. R. B. Peace, head coach of major sports at the University of Michigan. He had always longed to be an athletic director so I was glad for him that his goal in life had been reached. After this came soft, low music, which I learned was being played by Homer Gill. The last station for the night was New Orleans. From here came the announcement that Ronald Wright had been chosen center on R. B. Peace’s all-southern mythical team. Turning my dial back to Memphis, I was just in time to hear a few complimentary telegrams: Mr. and Mrs. Ancel Pearson of Springville were enjoying the program, sitting contentedly by their fire side. So ends my Prophecy of the class of ’28. Let us all hope that each thing mentioned will happen, for these are the goals of the members of our class. —Grace Johnsey.