Walker County High School - Black and Gold Yearbook (Jasper, AL)

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Curry and Maxme Wall were warblxng sweetly Suddenly the musxc stopped and a one act play began wnth Marne Sherer Glor1a Knlght Marjorxe Holland Ralph Townsend and Mark Chandler the horrow man of 1959 It was very mterestmg OWJ but I couldn t stay for the fmlsh I actually made If to the offnce where a host of stenographers were busy usmg the H 8: P system on the tncker clackers I recogn17ed any number of my former classmates but couldn t brmg myself to dxsturb them not ever havmg seen them busy before There were Frances Bar ton Shnrley Jean Brown Emma Brooks Annella Bry son Kathryn Davndson Jetty Ruth Ellnott Charlsey Evans Wnlma Ruth Gaston Sarah Guthrie Ann Hardy Dorothy Hxcks Gllarae Kal gore Dorls Jean Knttrell Audrey Marlowe Dorls Meadows Eudora Rushmg Melba Rnchard son Mldred Sherer and Juamta Thompson In fact xt looked as lf lf were Walker Hugh class of 44 Bookkeepnng on the sxde were Gaynell Posey and Grace and Mmam Rnchardson I slxpped mto the executnve offnce and there I found Rudolph Balley and Marlon Denson arguxng vehemently about the annual ramfall nn Snberna I trxed to make myself heard but nn vam Later xn the corrndor I ran mto Jovce Freder1ck We started talkmg and she suggested that we make a trlp to the anrport to see the chrnstemng of the new super duper Z BSVI Clnp per desxgned by Mathew Cooner We hurrned out and wlth a ferocnous whxstle procured a tax: and were soon on our way Where to please? drawled a deep vonce whxch I nmmedxately recogmzed as Leo Guth nes The reunlon was hnlarlous oyce Leo and I jabbered mcessantly on the way out and thus IS what I learned J G Abbott George Deavours T D Norrns and Kenneth Streetman had gone m for pro fessnonal football Davld Musgrowe and Douglas Chlsm were blg financiers up North some where Marjorle Black and P L Dodd were colffure fnxers for all the Hollywood stars lWow' What a lnfe' Margaret Bell Perme Mae Avery Rachel Blackwell Blanche Studdard and Chrxstnne Barden were teachmg under H C Sparks who was prmcnpal of Carbunckle Hxgh Dorothy Nell Banrd was pm up gnrl of 1959 for The Gas Company Mary Frances Carter and Barbara Kxker marrned bug w1g polxtncnans and both were servxng tea every afternoon at four Deacon Charles Nelson was conductmg camp meetmgs throughout the country Mnldred O Rear was a famous newspaper woman workmg for a New York paper and had recently been pro clanmed the Woman of the Mxnute We arrxved at the anrport and on entering the wantmg room we saw a calendar hangmg on the wall with Strong man Carroll Redmnll s pncture on It advertxsmg that wonderful Her culetuc medxcme Kazongn Then oyce nudged me Followmg her gaze I saw on the door nn bold gold lettermg C W Sherer Pres Suddenly an announcer boomed forth that the plane was arrnvnng I was amazed to recognize the brogue as that of rubber lunged Bob McAll1ster The plane made a stupendous sux pomt landmg It was beaut1ful' The triumphant crew stepped off pxlots Jxmmy Harkxns and Theodore Craug Navlgator Jack F1les Radloman Andrew Taylor and the two hostesses Glorxa Edwards and Jean Wilson Whxle the mcchannc Raymond Inman was checkxng the motors the ceremony began wnth a number of long wxnd ed speeches made bv Governor Sanford O Rear and Charles McGahey and J D Starnes the competntxve candxdates for mayor On the snde lmes were thexr campangn managers ames Hall and B B Ferguson In conclusion Ernestlne Mntchell christened the plane with a bottle of Pepsn Cola It was really a gala affaxr After Joyce had bndden me adxeu I was meandering away when I heard a famnhar vonc shoutmg Peanuts popcorn Cracker Jacks 1 prxze m every sack' To my consternatnon I found lf was Curtns Vnck' Wonders never cease' At thls pomt I found a httle bench on the terrace of the axrport so I sat down to rest An old dxscarded newspaper caught my eye so I pxcked If up to read There was a clever comxc strnp drawn by Kenneth Brasfneld entxtled Stupor Man Well thus was xt The Class of 44 all accounted for Anyway Ican always say I knew them when Now seniors lf thxs prophecy doesn t run true to form just remember that ll s all m fun and can be undone QP S Im a poet and don t know nt but my feet show nt they re Long fellows-corn cornj JOHN JR RUSKIN falxasj BILLIE JEAN SHORT 1 1 1 1 . . , , . . . . , . . 1 Y ' - 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 - 1 ' 1 , . . . . . y Y U Y . 1 . , L . , , 4 U ,, .... 5 . 1 ' 1 ' . , . . . . . r ' ' ,I 1 1 1 . . , , . . , ' 1 1 1 1 . . , . . .... . . . H ,, . . . . , t . . , . 5 . . . , . . J . - u 11 , , . . , . .5 . - . . . . f . . 1 G 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 ' ' 1 . . , . , J . . . 0 , - ' fl ' ' ,I i ' 1 1 1 ' - 1 , . , . ' - - ' u 11 , . ' ' F QY 1 f 1 1 ,I . . . , . . , . 1 1 - Y j ' ' Y . 1 . , , 1 - , . ' 1 .

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