Springville High School - Tiger Yearbook (Springville, AL)

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We the members of the Senior III class of Springville High School, being rated high as to being intelligent, and being at this time wholly sane and in our right mind, do here and now make and declare this our last Will and Testament. All former wills and testametns made by us are hereby and now de- clared null and void and of no earthly use. We make the following bequests willingly to, and in the name of the persons given below: Roy Wood, as president of the Senior class, bequeaths the honor of the position to any one chosen by the coming Senior class, the date of the election to be set by said class. Ben Burttram, wills his beautiful and broad grin, which has been the source of so much happiness to the girls of S. H. S., to James Watson. Homer Gill, wills, to take effect immediately, his growth of hair to Odrie Jones. Grace Johnsey most reluctantly leaves her executive ability and her Talent of working the faculty to Ruth Akridge. Ancel Pearson gladly leaves the small bits of paper on the floor for his successor the janitor of ’29. R. B. Peace wills his ability to play baseball to Marvin Woodall, the bequest not to be turned over until the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of May. John Emory Stephens wills his place as comedian in the school plays to Harold Jones. Ronald Wright wills his sportsmanship and his position as basket ball captain to Wiley Taylor. Wood Bradford leaves reluctantly, his childish days and winning ways to Thurman Richardson. Olean Wright wills her position as substitute grammar school teacher to the nearest her size and age, Alma Stine. The class as a whole, still in its right mind, does hereby will to the Senior Two Class the right and privilege to publish the second volume of the Rocket. We wish to will our many and limitless privileges to the senior three class of ’29. As a last word of advice, we urge that the forthcoming student body climb the “HILL” with a never failing zeal. We wish to express here and now our appreciation to the faculty for their forbearance and in part payment do here and now appoint them trustees of the fund remaining after the publication of The Rocket. In witness hereby, we senior class of ’27 and ’28 do this day, twenty- eighth of February Nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, set our seal. Senior Class of ’28.

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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.

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Nellie Mae Shepherd Alma Stine Charles Dyer President Vice-President Secretary