West Jefferson High School - Jeffersonian Yearbook (Quinton, AL)

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Ga pfwfrlt. I1 Fuve years had passed sunce the class of 52 had graduated from West Jefferson All through hugh school ut had been my dream to make a tour of Europe and now my dreams had funally come through Here I was walkung down one of the famous streets of Parus France I had been so busy vuewung the sughts that I had hardly notuced how tured my feet were The next park bench I came to I sat down I began to thunk about all the thungs Europe was noted for One thung I partucularly remem bered from hustory was that Europe was well known for wutchcraft An udea struck me why not go to a fortuneteller and fund out what each member of the class of 52 was doung ' I wondered whom I could ask for unformatuon sunce ut was gettung rather late I decuded to questuon the cute Iuttle person suttung besude me She Iokoed at me and smuled as though she recognuzed me but I knew that ut would be lust luck to meet an acquauntance here un France I asked her uf she knew of a fortune teller as I wanted to fund out what the other members of my hugh school class were doung To my amazement she asked whuch members I would luke to hear about The furst one I thought of was Doyce Jean Aycock because her name was always furst on the roll book She saud Doyce had been pro moted from the post offuce un Bessue and had become presudent of the postal system un At Ianta Georgua Doyces best fruend Thelma Davus was not far away she was head nurse of Lawson and General Hosputal Bobby Vaughn had become one of Chucagos leadung lawyers Hus furst case was that of hus wufe who had sued hum on the grounds that he spent too much tume at home and not enough on hus 'ob Fannue Marquus had won the Muss Alabama Contest of 1957 and was un Atlantuc Cuty com petung for the tutle of Muss Ameruca Lullue Mae Vanderver and Margaret Cucero had funushed Florence State Teachers College and were at West Jefferson teachung a full schedule of eught three classes each of durected study Charles Tumlun and Kenneth Eady were stull close fruends and now owned and operated a chaun of skatung runks and swummunug pools un New York Washungton and Chucago Jean Vanderver was a pruvate secretary to the Secre tary of State and was tenth un Iune for the secretarual posutuon to the Presudent Mary Swundle was a leadung duetutuan at the Mayo Clunuc un Rochester Munnesota where only three had recently dued from food pouson ung and where ten more were beung treated for the ullness Elmer Aycock had graduated from Buble college and was pastor of one of the largest churches un Floruda Sara Gruffuns and Peggy McCulIoughs graceful fugures had se cured for them modelung posutuons at New York s , . , . 1 I ' I f I I 1 1 I . , . . , . u I ' , I t . . . . I . . . H . ,, . . . . . ,, . . ,, .. I . periods-five classes each on love affairs and . ' . I . I . Q I I . . . . I . I , . . . . . , . I - I - ' ' ' . . . ,

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famous modelnng agency The Good and Hood owned by Hugh Hagood and Luther Hood Hazel Justnce was nn New York taknng Gracne Allens place on televnsnon She was to appear on Red Skeltons and Arthur Godfreys programs next She had become a knockout nn televnsnon Beth Nncholas and Ruth Kemeys were stnll happnly marrned Beth had fnnally learned to cook wnth salt and sugar and Ruth was teach nng Englnsh and math to Sandra Raymond Shackelford was edntor of the Crnmson Whnte at the Unnversnty of Alabama Betty Morrns hns assnstant secured the nokes and gossnp for the paper I kept wondernng how my compannon knew so much about my classmates I thought she must surely be a fortuneteller l was eager to hear more She told me that John Hncks was gonng to medncal school to study the heart so that he could become an expert on solvnng love affanrs Albert Myers owned a plane that he flew from New York Anrfneld to Europe and hns anrlnne hostess was Betty Bates Clarance Nnchols was runnnng for the governorshnp of Alabama and Dan Latham was hns campangn manager Clarances competntor was Charles Dyer whose campangn manager was Bnlly Mor row Bobble Nell Holcomb was secretary to the Blackston Hogge Publnshnng Company The owners Dolores Blackston and Bobby Joyce Hogge were thnnknng of promotnng Bobbne Nell to the vnce presndency Wanda Kuykendall and Margaret Reagan operated a radno statnon WHJS nn Hollywood Calnfornna My talkatnve lnttle frnend had about gnven out of breath she suggested we go to a restaurant and talk over a cup of coffee lt was very dark now and we hardly saw the taxncab that rolled up On the snde of the cab were the words Yneldnngs Ynelds Fast Serv nce As we stepped nnto the cab I recognnzed Bnlly Yneldnng He sand he owned the largest taxncab servnce nn Parns He was certamly yneld nng fast servnce when we heard a whnstle blow A cop stepped up to the snde of the cab and sand Now see here lm Badge Burns l knew from the phrase that our offncer was Tommy Hann He told us that he was head of the let us off wnthout a tncket We arrnved at the restaurant and Bnlly bade us farewell My compannon sand that she was to meet some frnends here When we stepped nnto the lnghted nnternor of the restaurant I recognnzed for the fnrst tnme Mnss Caunette McDonald Now I understood why she knew so much about the members of the class She sand that she too was maknng a tour of Europe and wanted me to meet the frnends wnth whom she was travelnng As we approached the table l was stunned to see Mrs Marlorne Mc Clendon and Mr and Mrs J G Manuel Mr Manuel had retnred as prnncnpal of West Jeffer son and sand that he was lust begnnnnng to lnve now We talked untnl the wee hours of the mornnng and then sand farewell Barbara Satterfneld - H ' ' ' ' 1 I I ' ll ' ' ' . I I . , . . I I ' I I . c I . . I . I . t H . I U I I ' I . police force but, for old time's sake, would I I s I I 1 . , ' I S I , . I . - I u . . n I . I o u . I I .