White Plains High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Choccolocco, AL)

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CLASS HISTORY This document, fished up yesterday, is the record of a band of young people whose achievements are greater than all others known at White Plains High. We stand at the threshold of life. Various doors are opening for us, but as we, the class of 53, go for- ward with the anticipation of work in a new field of life, our hearts are sad as we close the door of our— life and work at dear old hite Plains High. Memory will carry us back to these happy days, then we will be interested in our record. Our six years of high school life have been happy years of work together. Although we have faced some difficulties, we were always able to overcome them. In August, 1947, we entered the seventh grade. Mr. C.R. Allen was at that time principal. There were 55 students in our class. Mrs. Hollingsworth was our home- room teacher. In August,194S, when we again entered school our new homeroom teacher was Mr. S.T. Gardner. We were thrilled over our new teacher. Mr. Gardner is still one of our most loved teachers. All of our class must remember the school year of 49-50. We were now in the ninth grade with. Mrs. McClinton as our homeroom teacher. On March IS, 1950, our school burned to the ground. The Home Economics and Agricult- ure Building were all that was left standing. We fin- ished the rest of the school term by using the Agricul- ture building , canning plant, and the churches. We entered school in August, 1950, with Mr. Fried- man as our new principal. Work had begun on the new building but it was not nearly finished. This year we had Coach Williamon as our guiding hand. By now we had lost several members of our class. In August, 1951, we were a happy group of students when we entered our new building. It was the first time since the school burned that we could have a room called our own. Miss Helen Holmes was our homeroom teacher. We will always remember our Junior Play, Thats My Boy . It was certainly a great success. This year we lost only one member of our class, Billy Joe Murray. He was trans- ferred to Ranburn.

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On August 25, 1952, we entered White Plains High once more. We were now dignified seniors. We had several new teachers to guide our steps; They v;ere Mr. L.E. Youngblood, principal.; Jfir, Campbell, our homeroom teacher; and Mrs. Gilman our English teacher. Many things had taken place during the summer. Three of our girls had cast their anchors and plunged off into the sea of matrimony. Much to our surprise, Sarah Angel and Olene Penny came back to complete their last year in school. Emma Allsup dropped out to go to Alaska, where her husband was stationed. Nathalie Holley again joined our class. She had transferred to Oxford, but came back to complete her senior year at White Plains. Dorothy Walker, a transfer from Alexandra, also joined our class. We elected the following class officers, Ronald Upshaw, President; Sybil Story, Vice President; Gaye Cheatwood, Secretary; and Betty Reid, Treasurer. We wish to express our many thanks and appreciations to all our teachers both past and present. They have all labored to help us through the rugged places, which were many. As we depart, we want to take our places in the world and make our marks high realizing that except for pain and separation, we could not have the ;pleasure of meeting again . We, the class of 53 Promise never to forget our school, forever will there reside in our hearts the dear old White Plains spirit . So, with tears in our eyes ,we bid farewell to dear old White Flains High. Historian; Betty Reid