Winfield High School - Pirate Yearbook (Winfield, AL)

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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-

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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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The class got 1ts start as Semors wrth frve new members, Freddre Langston, Sue Ellrot, Jane Km t Frances Webster and Joyce Grlbert There were also four new teachers Mrs Alexander teacher of Screuce Mr Alexander new prrncrpal Mrs Cobb teacher of Scrence and Mr Cobb teacher of Democracy To these people the Seniors would lrke to extend a hearty welcome On our schedule too was one of the most antrcrpated events of the year Orderrng our class nngs Since the class had not prevrously drscussed the matter we were a l1ttle hesrtant to choose but we frnally declded to get the stand ard nng Now they are the prrze possessron of the class Then on December thud we were more than happy to leam that our fnghtful weeks last March were not spent rn valn Mr Bozeman made the an nouncement that we had been accepted rnto the Southem Assocratxon of Secondary Schools and Colleges We are now workrng hard on our class trrp whrch has been backed to the fullest by our class sponsors Mr Bostrck and Mr Cobb The sellrng of cushions at the home football games was one of our brggest money making proJects Other projects were selling chances on cakes dances the Wally Fowler Show and etc We are now reachrng our last round of the ladder If we fall to catch the next hand hold we are at fault, for our teachers and parents will be nght behrnd us, always ready to push us on up By Rebekah Dodson LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We the class of 1958 of Wrnfield High School m 67 indrvxdual and dxsunct parts, berng of sound mind and chantable mood, do make and publish thrs last wrll and testament ITEM 1 we gxve and bequeath to our school our undying loyalty The school has held before us that an whole our cleverness whlch has made therr pathway easy rn teaching us We hope they can pass it on to the next years ITEM 3 We grve and bequeath to our prrncrpal Mr Alexander our srncere and humble appreciatron for h1s frne leadership and thoughtfulness ITEM 4 We grve and bequeath the followxng whrch may seem tnfling, but we trust they may be accepted as valuable assets JUNIOR BOSTICK and JAMES WYERS leave therr popularrty to BENNY LITTLE and WARREN HUBBERT TOMMY ELLIOT leaves her love for shorthand to JOAN MILLS JUDY WARD and BETTY WRIGHT leave the1r ablllty to get out of class to SONJA HARRIS and SANDRA RAINES MARY A HARROD and KATH ERINE GANN leave their sure ways to catch a man to BETTY BULL and DOROTHY WILSON TED HAR BIN leaves to JOHN MOORE and BILL MARSHALL hrs abllrty to plan football ROMONA DOSS and SUE BURKS leave their solemnity and srncerity to BETTY GOODSON and DORIS JEAN SMITH HOWARD JOHNSON leaves those wise cracks and tall tales tc IERYL BOWLING and RICHARD FOWLER FREDDIE LANGSTON and JANE KNIGHT leave their ablllty to make fnends easlly to JANET MORRIS and ELIZA BETH PENNINGTON JIMMY LUNDY leaves his Wll to MAX HOWELL and BILLY WAYNE HARBIN CAROLE' BURGESS and BETTY BEASLEY leave therr damtlness to GLENDS TILLEY and DOROTHY SIZE MORE CHARLES MEHERG leaves no BOBBY MOORE hrs Job as professor of the Managers LINDA STONE and EULA MAE LANGLEY leave their abrhty to brown nose the teachers to LITA TRIM ROB ERT MAY and BILL FRANKS leave then' intelligence to ALVIN BEASLEY and FRANK SMITH ANNICE ROBERTS and BARBARA WHEELER leave their love for English U0 PATTY MAY and GLENDA WEBSTER GRACE WEBB and LORETTA BUTLER leave to SMITHIE HOLLIS and BETTY MARSHALL their ability to get along with the teachers JAMES SIZEMORE and JERRY MITCHU M leave their abrlrty to make good grades to HEX MAY BETTY PERRY and JOYCE GILBERT leave their nursing career to RUTH CLAXTON . g . . . . . .gh . ' ' . ' . s. ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness --- ITEM 2: We give and bequeath to the faculty as a