Winfield High School - Pirate Yearbook (Winfield, AL)

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CLASS COLORS Plnk and Blue CLASS FLOWER Carnatlon CLASS MOTTO Better to know a few thrngs well than half know many thrngs CLASS STATISTICS Concernrng the Semor Class of 65 members 32 boys and 33 grrls I have recorded a few vttal statls trcs I frnd that the average gul s age IS seventeen twelve of these glrls have chosen to become sec retar1es fxne plan to become housewrves rf they ever frnd an eltgrble man one plans to Joxn the Waff and see the World two plan to become socxal workers one wrll be happy just to recelve her drplo ma from W H S one plans to study dental hygrene one plans to become the World s top lab technr cran, one plans to follow rn Florence N1ght1ngale's footsteps one wants to be creatrve and become an 1nter1or decorator and one wrshes to become an a1rl1ne hostess and meet an elrgrble rtch man whrch she plans to marry The features are nme wrth brown eyes ten wxth hazel eyes erght have blue eyes and f1ve have green eyes There are twenty frne who have brown harr seven blondes and two redheads The average boy IS etghteen one boy s great ambmon rs to be a chorus grrl rn the Zlegfreld F01 hes one wants to be Elvrs bass f1ddle player four would be just happy m1l11ona1res one Just wants to play basketball one wants to become a bone specralrst, and three want to be bootleggers they agree tt IS one of the hrghesl payrng jobs they know of two would be rn the armed servlces, one tlunks he wrll get a few PHD's and be Dean at Harvard one has the xdea that he may beat the Russrans to the moon one thmks he may be a movre star one wants to rule South Amerlca one wants to be Jack Webb No 2 one can t wart to get to College one can t make up hrs mmd he mentroned somethxng about becomlng a Crazy Man Twenty two boys have brown halr three have black three have blonde and one has hatr that rs red when wet and blonde when dry The shortest glrl IS f1ve feet tall while the tallest rs flve feet erght rnches The lrghtest glrl we1ghs 85 pounds the heavrest 150 The smallest shoe xs 6 whrle the largest IS 85 The youngest grrl rs 16 whrle the oldest IS 19 The shortest boy xs flve feet four and the tallest rs 6 feet 3 The lrghtest werghs 106 whrle the heavtest we1ghs 235 The youngest boy rs 16 and the oldest rs 19 and Q The shoes range from 'lf through 11 Consrdenng the love lrfe there are three that are marrred f1ve are gorng steady one almost golng steady and one fatrly steady The rest are elther searchm glvmg up or Just playmg the f1e1d By Judy Ward CLASS HISTORY The year of 1946 was a memorable one for 38 lrttle frgures Why? Because thrs year marked the begxnmng of a long clrmb up the ladder of educauon for the Seniors of '58 Around each corner peeped many new and strange faces Our teachers trred hard to teach these befuddled creatures the alphabet along wrth readrng, wrmng, and arithmetrc As the year progressed we leamed more and more and were soon ready for promotion and that long awarted summer vacanon After our ftrst excmng year rn school the years passed quxckly There were always new students hu- n 'Iv -II . ' ' II ' I . I I ' .In . .' . . I -I . I I ' . ' , as-I - I I I ..- I I I I -.. . I I I - .. , .. . .. . . - .- . ,, . . .. . . I , I , .Q .. I. I I I ' . ' . . . . O! I I ' u II ' an - I I I - , I g 9 I I I ' I . , I . . , -.- . . . I I . . . .' .. . , , I 9 f f l n . I 0 .

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CLASS POEM We have come to the end of our hrgh school days Soon we w1ll be going our separate ways Our joy we all shared and the battles we ve won Now let us admrt rt has all been fun Through the years together new friends we have made As we tned hard to make the grades Poor teachers! We know 1t's all been hard on you And you ll breathe a srgh of relref to see us through We bxd you good bye but never for get The Class of 1958 has been the best class yet By CAROLE BURGE SS PROPHECY As the old fortune teller gazes rnto her crystal ball she sees the jolly members of the C lass of 58 ten years from now Lookrng lnto the future she sees JAMES SIZEMORE as head engrneer rn Huntsvrlle Alabama w1th BUDDY NORRIS on hrs staff MURRAY HOLLIS IS makrng speeches on How to catch a grrl around a funeral home TONY COUCH has swept the country as a new smglng sensatlon the greatest Since EIVIS' ' EDSIL FRANKS IS HOW 8 member Of the Yampertown Weight lrftlng Club CAROL BURGESS IS desrgmng clothes for LYNDA STONE who rs a famous model KENNETH SULLIVAN IS runnlng for presrdent w1th REBEKAH DODSON as cam paxgn manager JUNIOR BOSTICK IS sawmg lumber for the Hams Lumber Company and playrng foot ball for the Beavertown Braves BOB HANKINS and GEORGE MCLAUGHLIN are grvxng concerts rn Car negte Hall JIMMY LUNDY and ERNEST WEBSTER are now rn the asylum effect of the '58 Prrate TOMMY ELLIOTT and EULA LANGLEY have Jomed the Au Force We wonder why MARY RUTH DODSON and MARY ANN HARROD are slngmg at the Bazemore Nrght Club Wllh JOYCE GILBERT as then musrc arranger FRANKIE WATKINS head professor of Pulltrght Umversrty has MERLE INGLE as her assrstant TED the man HARBIN and JIM puddrn head TRULL are coaches of Bryce s Pea prckers an undefeated team w1th CHARLES MEHARG as therr head manager FREDDIE LANG STON and BARBARA WHEELER are turnrp farmers rn Shucktown MISSISSIPPI JERRY TRIMM rs enter rn the 500 mile truck race THOMAS TUCKER has recently entered the Robm Hood senes as Frrar Tuck HOWARD JOHNSON has become a sport car racer with DONALD VICKERY as hrs Mechanrc FRANCES WEBSTER is head nurse at Wrnfreld Hospltal JOE JOHNSON has recently bred the three legged chrcken for the Red Hat Feeds MARY GANN IS a Champ swrmmer w1th BETTY BEASLEY as her manager WILMA ALDRIDGE has taken over Mrs Ph11l1p s Job at Wrnfreld Hrgh SHIRLEY BATES and MUREL BENTON raise and sell pedrgree dogs THOMAS PUGH owns a funeral home Dr BILL FRANKS supplres h1m w1th customers ROBERT REED, proud owner of a charm school has DAV ID WEBSTER as hrs pnze pupil ROSE RICHARDS rs now tn a world famous band w1th JANE KNIGHT as her Instructor JAMES WEEKS 15 now a professor who lectures on Grrls whrle V O RASBURY and LARRY ALDRIDGE write hrs speeches JUDY WARD IS a cheerleader on the campus of the dxstrngursh ed Possum Trot College RAMONA DOSS rs a noted artrst, and SUE BURKS sells her parnungs GAINES STOCKS has Jorned the Harlem Globe Trotters as then manager BETTYE WRIGHT Joe and thexr twenty tune krds are livmg happrly in Gum ROBERT MAY and KENNETH WESTBROOKS run a lemonade stand rn Bummgham whtle TOMMY LANGSTON grows lemons for them JERRY MITCHUM and BILLY CAROTHERS have made their frrst successful xnvenuon a how to catch women detector theu' fust customer JAMES WYERS NINA STONE and MARILYN HOCUTT are lady lawyers ANNICE ROBERTS rs now lrvmg rn Fayette marrred to her one and only BARBARA WESTMORELAND and PATSY MOORE whrle prospectrng ID the West found Uramum CLARA SUE ELLIOTT IS workrng for a magicran havlng acquued some experience herself ANNA GRACE WEBB and LORETTA BUTLER have been to Hawan and are now teachrng the hula KATHERINE GANN and BETTY PERRY have Jorned a space expedmon headed for Mars By FREDDIE LANGSTON - 1 , .. - - 9 I ' . . . - - I v 1 , . . . , 9 ' ' --- . I 9 ' - - u - n . .. - . ... . ' ... , ... ' ... , - . ..- .. . -- ..- 9 ... y , ' n u I - n n I , ..- . ,, . . I ... ' 1 ... ... ... ..- ... ' ous ..'. .. . can . eo. ' . can l . . . . - ao. D .ou , 'I . . u.. ' au. s.. ... , . -. . . . . ... I ..- ' ' ' N Iv , -s -u ' --. ... en- : , ... I ... ..o 9 . .

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enterrng our classes and occasronally we lost one of our members Naturally mother nature was takrng her course so we weren t left out In the puppy loves and heartbreaks Brll Rose became the Romeo of the class He was never wrthout a gxrlfnend who worshrpped the ground he walked on and every girl rn class envred the one he chose for his sweetheart In our frfth grade an excmng yet tragrc event took place What was rt? The grammar school burned For two uncertatn weeks we were out of school but were free to do as we pleased so naturally we enjoyed rt Finally that long awarted day arrrved our class was to graduate from Ole Wrnfreld Elementary School Mrs Ina Murl Moore was rn charge of the ceremony and Mr Gorden Crawford presented our drplomas to The year of 1952 saw us enterrng Wrnfreld H1 Thrs was almost lrke our fust day at school Every thrng was so strange bells rang to change classes there was a host of new students and a completely new staff of teachers But we put our hands to the grmd and frnrshed our frrst year rn hrgh school lrke a whrz In the erghth grade we had the pleasure of welcommg all the old class and two new members, Bar bara Westmoreland and Marrlyn Hocutt Srnce we had already expenenced one year rn high school we were ready for all the acnvrtres whxch took place Carol Burgess was chosen as our Homecomrng Mard and proved to be one of the most glamorous grrls rn the queen's court After we acquxred all the know ledge requrred of us we were told to go home for a vacation and come back rn three months Returmng to school rn the nrnth grade there were new rnterests and actrvmes for us Everyone look ed forward to the day when we chose the two grrls who would represent us as cheerleaders the next vear Among the grrls who particrpated tn the tryout, the lucky gtrls were Ann Jotner and Lolrta Mrlls Tlus year too the boys were elrgrble to go out for football Never the less there were strll the love affarrs heart, but we wanted to date them also We schemed cleverly to attract thelr attentron, hoprng all the whrle that they would ask us to the Football Band Banquet or other events of the year Our tenth year brought many changes Mr Brrndley was no longer our beloved prrncrpal Mr Bozeman a wrse and consxderate man took over the offrce and had soon won the trust and admrratron of the entrre class There were two new subjects offered to us, Diversrfxed Occupatrons whrch was taught by Mr Brindley and Journalrsrn whrch was taught by Mrs Bozeman Several of our number were rnvited to Join the Beta Club We frnrshed our tenth grade wrth a great deal of effort and were all waiting wrth anxiety for our Iunror year Our Iumor year got off to a good start wlth a new commercral teacher who won the admrratron of the class wrth the hrlarrous Jokes and easy-gomg personalrty Yes you guessed, rt was Mr Davrs He along w1th Mrs Bostrck and Mr Brxndley became our Jr Class sponsors Wrth their help our magazrne sales were a smashing success and we all had a grand trme at the Jr Sr Banquet The student Govem mg body was also organrzed this year wrth Mr Tapley as tts sponsor Then for two rrghtful weeks rn March the class was terrrfred What caused thrs panic? A vrsltlng committee composed of twenty flve teachers from schools all over Alabama occupied our school Then major purpose was to examme the school as a whole and report to us on our possrbrlmes of becomrng a member of the Southern Associatron of Secondary Schools and Colleges Thrs was the clxmax of our wonderful year as a jumor us. and broken hearts, but by now our attitude toward the boys had changed. No longer did we want a sweet-