Trousdale County High School - Stepping Stone Yearbook (Hartsville, TN)

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S te pzng S' tone lfl'L8l LCdlfLl15l'l'L 6Ll'I1 l'l'LQl LCG1l'L 8417158 Ar th1s IIIDL of world LFISIS, more than ey er before we should be thanl1ful for our 'XIUCTIC Ill goy ernment We are threatened wlth dlsaster, and must hght lf we would l1eep al1ye the sacred pr1nc1ples of freedo1n llberty, and equallty for w hleh so m my m I1 h IX e fo11ght before I say we must fight for them not as '1 pred1ct1on that 'XIULFILI w1ll enter the w 1r bllt IH the sense that we must struggle to l1eep ever before us the pr1ne1ples ol democracy, and the trad1t1ons of honor IHTIX ery and unselhshness whleh 1re o11r herltage Prom o11r plon er forefathers we h1ye 1nher1ted 1 land of OPPUTIUIIIIX, for whleh thev s 1er1heed the1r 1ll It IS our duty, IS well I9 Ollf pr1v1lege, to glve the best of ourselyes to the preserv1t1on of those thmgs for whxch they l1ved and d1ed Ihe one most 11nportant flllllg that we can do tow 1rd protectmg Amer1e1 IS to dey elop Wlflllll oursely es 111 lIlSplI'2lIl0l1 of p1tr1ot1sm a feel1ng of natlonal umty Ihls seems 1 r1ther st iftllllg statement tal1en hterally, but we can proye that thls IS tr11e Ill 1 pr1ct1cal sense IS well as ldeallstlcally 1f we but COIISICILI' what 1 dev astatnng effect thns lacl1 of n 1t1onal umty has had on the many natlons, whlch have so recently fallen prey to the tyranny of those aggressor natlons Whose 1deal1s total government Our land has been called Ihe Meltmg Pot of the world and mdeed If IS As a natlon we 1re composed of everv race of people under the sun We can be justly proud of thls faet for these people haye come to Amerlca III the search for free dom and they belleye 1n 1nd deslre a share IU the prlnclples of llberty, JLISIICL, But beneath th1s Nleltmg Pot we m11st leeep hot the hres of patrlotlsm th It all these bloods and creeds 111 IV be thoroughly melted and fused IINIO the whole w1th no retent1on of the 1de 18 of other dns and other lands In 11 l1nd of f e speech thought 1nd 1et1o11 mueh 1nore than 111 the so c1lled IOI'lllt 1r1 111 gov ernments IS 1 l1el1 of lIllll1Lll purpose dangerous But there IS mother 1nd perhaps 1 gre 1ter danger that of the dlCI11I0l'Sl1lp We IHUSI t 1l1e e 1re that too much power does not fall 1nto the h mds of 1 sm 1ll group and yet must have 1 goyernmg p 1rty lhe only w ay th It yye can do th1s CHICICHIIE and LIILCIIVCIY I5 by sharmg our IHILTCSIS and worklng together toyvlrd a common goal And thls mutual mterest m11st be born of the healthy condltlons of the free repubhc We must work together toward a goal whxeh lb the carrylng on to betterment of o11r government a democraey ln the true sense of the word Then 1f fX1ner1ca means so much to us, shall we not strlye to preserve It Let LIS remember th 1t we llye 1n the greatest land ln all the world, the I and of Opportunlty Let us be thankful for the blessmgs w hlch are ours 1n our government Let us be fully aw 1re th II th1s IS a tlme of tr1al a metamorphosxs out of whlch we must IFISL not crushed 1nd helpless b11t w1th a greater glory 1 fuller her1t nge of all that IS honorable and to be deslred Let us then leeep 1l1ye ID our breasts thls lde 1, expressed so w ell Ill the 1mmort1l words of I lllCOlIl lh1t we here hlghly resolye that these de ill shall not h 1ve died 111 vam that th1s gre 1t ll H1011 under God shall have 1 new birth of freedom, and th If gov ernment of the people, by the people, and for the people sh 1ll not perlsh from the earth JAMES PERKINS 4 I T-fa I . 0 -1 I 1 - 1'1'1 ,,, 1 1 . 1 .1 , 1 ,-11 1. 1 , I 11 I 1 -, 1 1 wx, 11 1 x 1 ' 1 . 'I 1' I 1 v 1 1 I' 1 1 v1 v Q I 1 1' 1 1 v1 r V1 D 1. I ' I I Y Q -1 1 -f1 .1 1' 1 ' I1 11 1 1 ' ' 1 1 ' 1 1 ' '1 V11 1 111 ' I '1 . ' ' I 17 A 1 ' .1 1, -I I 1 1h11 I 1 A I 1 ' .1 ,Il 1 ' I 1 1 1 1 , . ' ,, 11 1 1 11 ' .1 11 ' 1 1 1 1 '1 2 2 , N. L. is 1 , , . 1 1 K 1, 1 - 17 1 ' W . I I ,i ev- - 13 v ' ' ' 1 1 , - 1 . 1 1 , v 14 9 . and eq1111l1tyfor Whlch Amenca IS renowned. 1 1 I 6. 1 . I' v 1 111 11 ' .1 1 1'l 11 ' I Y 1 'I - A ' 1 ' -- - 1 ' ' 1 re- , ,1 1 , 1 1 1 1 , , . .11 , 1, , 1,11 1 . , ,'11 1 , 1 ,1 1 1 , ' 1 1 ' .1 ,1 1 1 , , 1 1 . 1 1, 1 11 A 1 1 1 , 1 1 11 '. , V 1 1 . 1 . I yr 1 3 . I1 w I U 3 1 v I 2 1 1 1 111' . 1 , . 1 . ' ' ' Ak 1 1 .1 ' ,ya 1 1 r . v . r 1 ' v s . . 1 .Z , 2 , 1, -1 5. I 51, 1 , . . 1 ,Z 1 1,. , 1 1 .,, 1 '1,' 1 ' ' 1 1 1, ' ,' 1 ' 1' 1 : 45 1 1, , ' 1 ,1 1 ,1, ,1 . 1 , ' ' ' 1 '. 11 1 ' , . 1 1 , ' , 1 1 - - 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 l ' ' 1 1 , 1 ' .1 1. -17-

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S te ping S tone Cfcwzf Adfory Hartsyrlle Tennessee May' 20 1941 'Xlr Iouls B 'ylaytr Xlttro holdyyyn lyl lyer llollyyyood c'lllIUI'IlIl Dear lVlr Mayer I am ytry happv to tomply yynth your request that I furmsh you yynth the necessarv mformatxon for your fortheommg pleturt deplttlnlf the nttlyltles of the lrousdnle County Hlgh School Senior Class of I9-ll M ty I ty th at I 'IIN yery proud of tht recogmtlon which thus pneture wlll glye to the home town 1nd sthool We appreciate your selectlon of our class 1s a typical Amerncan Hugh Qchool group, and 1re delighted th1t yye c1n gxye you some of the Interesting detuls of our four years together VI e rtgxstertd for our FI'tQlllTl'lI1 ye1r yynth hfty tyyo members 'I hat Xugust dav was a memorable one m our txperlentes We floelyed mto tht study hall feelmg yery uncertaln about places and just 1 httle untnsy about yylneh teaehtr to slgn up wxth The gurls yvere more Interested m knowmg yyho tht neyy boy eould be Istrroll 'Vluse had moved f1f'n Nashvllle and hrs black curly halr had set tht gurls hearts 'lllllftel' XX ell do yye remember Xlgtbra Agrleulture, and Home Economtcs but aboye all Algebra as nt seemetl to be so dlffrtult for us 1ll to le1rn We are stlll pondering on how G could equal 0 Almost eyerv bov Ill tht I reshm nn Class slgned up to take fx1.fI'lLlllIlll'C as they had a project all to themselyes that brought them In thelr own spending money lets not forget the mntlatlon of the boys mto tht l'uture l trmerOrg1n11at1on Altlmoueh the glrls are noyy Semors thev stxll enjov talklng about yyhat a tlme they had trymg to seyy yynth 1 thnmblt on yyhxlt lylxss Xl rnght snt yyatehlng oyer them to make certam that they dldnt accidentally sllp tht thnnblt off lhey stlll stem to remember how they used to stlclt needles ln then fingers yyfhllt trylng to styy and hoyy they h ld to talte out tyyo or three times every stitch they sewed on the lnatlnne I must not forget to tell you that ln our Freshman Year our ambmon got the upper hand of us, 1nd yvt yytre dtternnntd to glye a play Ihns hatl not been 1 tustom of the Freshmen before us lhe result yy1s after several arvuments a rousmg comedy' look Out I l77lC VVe haye not yet deeldetl yyhtther thus was a sueeess or not for the I'l'L9I1II1Ll'l haye not attempted thns taslt again These ey ents eyentually ltl us IIIIO our Sophomore year e1th bemg a llttle more capable of de pendlng upon himself Ile seemed to be 1 thanged group nn our zttltude toward school lVe had become more reserved, and were proul of two 1dd1t1ons to our l'reshman roll part as Gf1Ddm2 We yyere 'lsslsted m glylng thls play by the l'reshman class Cupxd appeared on the stent tlus yetr, and yynth hrs help lames Isleeman and Dorothy Reese eloped The ntyy member l llburn Day I9 seemed to have taught all the gnrls hearts VVhen yye became lumors yyt seemed suddtnly to be syyamped mth a great manv problems Bv some method or methods yye must ralse money for a umor Sensor Banquet We must be able to yyrlte forty yyords 1 nnnute on t typeyyrlter, and yye Illllst unrayel the mysternes of a dolen unltnowns nn chemistry Dearest m our memory ure our yyorlt together at the drmlc stand on ball game days the fun of nvmg avtay the turltey affeetlonately chrlstened Oscar umor the hllanous rehearsals of The Nlummy and the 'Nlumps and the bnggest oeeasnon of all the jumor Senior Banquet We yyere tired th1t mght but not too tired to be h1ppy Shortly alter thus school yetr elos tl, death clalmed one of our members Blllv Fuqua yyhose ac eompllshmtnts on tht footbtll htld yyert mlsstd so very' muth In the fall of V140 th1rty three of us entered upon our Semor year, the year vye had looked for yyard to most of tll ll e deterunned to malte If our most successful vear For the hrst tune IU the hlstory of our sthool a Boys uartet yvas organwed under the dlrectron of Mxss 'Xl trgtret Smith Lomposxng the quartet yyert four of our most outstandlng Semor boys, Qleston Dayls ltrroll 'ylust lee Alle-1 Pendaryxs and Herman Massey VVe are proud of the fact that our el1ss possesses such talented boys The one thmg that seems to stand out nn our Qemor year IS the Social Club yylth our partnes, yyhlch were yery enjoyable and loolted forward to ey en by the teachers Butly l rye dttultd he had Hot seen all the yyorld that there was for hum to ste so he left us for a spell and yyent to ll ashmgton He deelded there was no place llke Dear Old Hartsvllle so he made a quxtlt return Our tonstmt yyorlt on the annual has been yery successful Our sweet and patlent sponsor Nlrs Gardner has been a gurdmg star of mspnratlon all through these years Our l'r1ne1pal Nlr I L lulhas has yyorlted yery hard ln strlymg for the goal we are novy rt1chmg ll t tppretnnte tht help 1nd msp1r1t1on he has glyen to us all lhe mils! unportant eyents of our bemor aear yyere our bemor play, umor benlor Banquet, and noyy our Graduation from T Q ll S to yy hlch yye h1yt looked foryyartl for so long If you yyrsh Iiellllllfilliil information yye shall be glad to cooperate mth you Wle are looltlng foryyard to the premler shoyymg lll our home town Yours very truly, JIM Majoas fr. . 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Stepping Stone ae -1 M no ec? It was one of those rare sprang naghts a calm and peaceful naght noaseless, as af all the e1rth yyere sleepang yyhale myraad stars kept watch from the sky There yyas no moon to dam thear brallaance and only a sangle ghost of a cloud 'lhas was the naght for yyhaeh I had been yyaatang f r I Xalen Belcher, had been entrusted yyath the task of readang tlae stars an order to see what the future maght hold for the Senaors of the Class of 41 I walked to the top of the hall and sat doyyn upon the trunk of a fallen tree Perhaps here I maght be able to succeed an fulfillang the duty that was mane Por a moment my thoughts ran yvald VVhat dad the future really hold? Now yve yyere 1 elass together, bound each to each by the bond of fraendshap lNoyy yye yyere young hopeful happy an beang ahve today, and eonfadent of tomorrow But what and where would each of us be ten years from now? As a chald I had fancaed that each star an the sky represented some person who had hved, yvas lavang or was to laye on the earth I recalled that fancy novy My star was there somewhere above me, and so was the star of each of my elassmates I maast concen trate untal my thoughts could transcend space Ah yes, and tame as yvell I must converse yyath each 1s he or she yyould be ten years from now As I gazed toward heaven my eyes became hxed upon four braght stars grouped closely together I would began wath these Surely they must be some of my classmates, or they could not attract me so Who are you' my thoughts called After a moments pause, a rach deep yoace replaed We are the Boys uartet Herma Massey, lerroll Muse, lee Allen Pendaryas, and Cleston Davas e are at the present tourang hurope, gavang concerts an prancapal cataes of the contanent It could be done' Hoyy glad I was' lNoyy to seek out others Who could the sangle star be yyho shone so braghtly not so far away I am Labba Garrett, I am the leadang star of Hollywood My yellow haar shoyys up naeely an technacolor televasaon broad Betty Labby I'arras and Gene' lhey 'are here, you yvall End them stall grouped around lalburn Dayas I alone haye broken away let Ialbaarn tell you about them Wath no other anvatataon Lalburn ansyyered I am a heart spe caalast Most of my pataents are femanane, and af medacal treat ment doesnt work you see sometames a smale yvall Labbv Davas as quate famous now you knoyy She has just yyon the Interna taonal Shorthand Contest held an Toronto Canada She says she enjoyed the trap Betty Key as marraed and keeps busy yyath her housekeepang ennae Shepphard as the yyrater of a daaly personal column an the New lurk Imam You remember ennaes oraganal adeas, don t you? VI ell her column as plenty good Farras Stalcup whom yye expected to be a teacher surprased us by becomang a renovyned coaeh of dramatacs She h1s her own studao an Hollywood now And Gene' I asked There as Gene, he saad She as the tany star oyer there yyho twankles so delaghtfully Sle ll tell yoaa about hers lf waated for a few seconds then 1 modest almost shy lattle yoace Saad, My hrst book vyall be off the press next yyeele Its tatle as Irash Eyes ' ' What of those four brallaant stars 'around you there I saad They must be TC H S companaons yvho haye made braght names for themselyes Why yes she saad yyath that same joy an other peoples good fortune One as Dee Frances Cothron one of the best known artasts of our day She specaalales an coyer des gns for magazanes Georgaa Gothard as paanast for the Metropolatan Opera Company You remember her flyang hngers Im sure Fleanor Stone has deyeloped that extraordanary busaness talent that she dasplayed as a member of our class and as now the prosperous oyyn r of 1 fashaonable radang academy Lallyan Halev holds quate a responsable posataon an VI ashangton now as Secretary to the sen or Senator from Tennessee What faan thas yy1s' I almost held my breath as another group of braght laghts attratted me Who could they be' Hello I c1lled 'and yyho should answer but Paul Cassettyl ts m he saad illeayensl h1s he forgotten all those lessons an gr mmarl Buck lsrye and I are makang an easy layang noyy lyou knoyy us? We are radao comedaans just beang ourselves You hay en t by any chance forgotten Brer Fox and Brer Rabbatf I could see them now FI hese three lesser laghts hangang around over here are my pals Roger l Cox, noyy 1 lawyer jam Majors who recently took Mr VI alburn s pl aee 'as Agraeulture teaeher at home, and jack lovelady jack has just been made Sheraff of Trousdale County I have vyarned ham agaanst arrestang the wrong man as he dad an The Mummy and the Mumps Goodbye now I see an anterestang meteor comang thas way She may be from Castalaan He was tlae same old Paul, all raght I ought to be able to locate a threesome representang Dorothy If raght l'dn1 Harper and lorene Holder They yvould surely be together lhey always were Ant yye stall are saad Edm I am 1 nurse at St 'Ihomas I am 1lyyays assagned to the pataents from Hartsvalle Dorothy IN raght as a model an New York And Lorene Holder as keepang books She tells me that she has actually learned to do at wathout erasang Do you ever meet julaa Majors? I anquared Oh often, you yyall find her not far ayyay to the West She naust be the one wath the slaghtly red hue, and those other three yyath her would be Frances Maynard Effae Oldham and Ada Dee Gregory 'Ihats raght ulaa tyyankled I am owner of a Hollywood Beautv Salon and Irances yyorks for me She alyyavs yvas an teresteel an the VI est you know I stall lake to arrange other peo pl s haar Iabba Garrett yvouldnt let anyone else arrange hers for a pactaare lhere yy1s prade and h1ppaness an her voace and I yyas so glad lf anyone desery ed h1ppaness, at was ulaa You yyall be antarasterl to know that Ada Dee has a swanle restaurant near my plaee and Ixffae and Ball own a fillang stataon just across the street hffae has become a very seraous person I dadn t thank Ball could do at , If I eoaald only keep contact for a few manutes longer, my at tempt yyoaald haye been entarely successful I must knoyy about ames lerkans Yes 'IINI Henry Sanath af I could fand them I ought to be able to loe ate Howard l avlor and good nataared Horas Oldham Vyeye been yyaatang for a chance to get an a yyord It yyas james lerkans speakang 'Xs I remember, he was always waatang for that yerv same ehanee You hay en t lost your anterest an scaence, I hope I replaed Oh, no Im a research chemast now an the laboratoraes of The eyy ard larau Cbemae al Company an Detroat Henrv as sta 'arguang aml noyy he as beang paad for at He as an the Senate Horas alyyays a loy er of lrouselales halls and yalleys as a farmer Hoyyaad 'laylor has lost has shy ness and has become a hagh pressure salesman for the olan Deere Ployy Company Feature that' I yyas completely knocked off my feet wath sur prase lhe shocle brought me back to earth, and I was just Aalene Beleher agaan The stars yyere a mallaon males away They were no longer yoaees, but tany tyyanklang laghts, andescrabably beautafaal -agea nst tlae dark blue yely et curtain of Heaven AILENE Bateman e s - I K. a Y 5 L Y a . . , , 4 . . . . r Q ,, . . , n 1 Ie- lx, . . 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