Young High School - Record Yearbook (Knoxville, TN)

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N The RECORD gs 1943 CLASS WILL ELIZABETH EICH We, the class of 1943 of Young High School, hav- ing come to our last hours in our right mind, and in peace with all the world, do hereby give and devise all our worthy goods and possessions to the following bene- ficiaries. To the entire school we leave the example we have set as worthy scholars and blameless students. Our record has been spotless. We have done no deed, as a class, that we need blush for. To the junior class we bestow our senior dignity, our excelling wit, our superlative brillance, our good looks, and our charming manners. To the sophomore class we leave our ability to enter into school activities and make for ourselves names in drama, music, and in the literary activities of our school. To the freshman class we leave our tenacious will, the ability to hang on through four, long, arduous years. We now come to the following personal bestowals which have been awarded to the individuals with com- plete consideration of their needs. To Mr. Duff, a copy of Amateur Detective Sug- gestions which we feel will be of great assistance to him next year. To Miss Crippen, who seems too much wedded to her work as a school teacher, we leave the book, belong- ing to the girls of the class called, How to Win a Husband. To Mr. Browning we bestow all cough drops, peanuts, and chewing gum hidden in and under the various desks. Twenty-.tix To Hazel Sands, who is an expert at robbing cradles, Marna French wills Elrod. john Moore bestows his over affectionate naturen to Gerald Cooper. To Patsy Burleson, we bequeath Willimena Moore's ability to put on a fine complexion. Save the surface and you save all! To Lorine McConkey, we will Peggy Seaton's sunny smile and giggles-they wonit wear off! To Martha Dew we bestow Nora Catlett's fondness for boys. To Paul Kennedy, we give Jack Rohrer's chance to become President of the United States. To Dolores Burleson is given Jean Spitzer's trick of looking innocent when caught in mischief. To Rose Mary Barber we present a worm. She already has the booksg so not the royal title of book- worm is hers. Everette Sharp wills his tendency to make a little knowledge go a long way in the classroom to Billy Irwin. Any beneficiary attempting to subvert, overturn, nullify, or in any way interfere with the provisions of this document shall not only be deprived of all rights and privileges therein granted for him or her, but shall be sentenced to hard labor from one to five years, ac- cording to the discretion of the court, in Mr. Bean's algebra class. Hereunto have we set the hand and seal of the class of 1943, this 14th day of May, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty-three.

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ll! 1943 'Kg TlaeRECORD CLASS HISTORY-1943 SHIRLEY HOLLISTER, HISTORIAN You may not find the events I am to recall here in the pages of American History. Nevertheless, I defy any one to prove that they are not as worthy of mention as any of the deeds per- formed by the heroes whose names are printed in flaming letters in those same national eulogies. Would you have me prove my words? Then listen my children and you shall hear. In the year 1939 a group of silly, giggling, coy-looking girls and gangling, awkward-footed boys trailed into this ancient institu- tion in search of greater education. Without the calm and dignity that had always characterized their actions, the freshmen elected the following officers: John Moore, president-little did they realize that four years later he would become the wolf of the senior class . . . William Qliillj Tarver, Vice-presidentg W. M. flledj Oliver, secretary and treasurer. Why we chose Miss Keller as freshman sponsor I don't know. Maybe it was because of her smile, but we liked her from the start. Despite our ignorance on many subjects there are a few things we knew at sight, and one of these was that Louise Webb was pretty, and we elected her Miss Freshman Class. There was 1 freshman party that year, and Mr. Bean directed the games. That was our first big get-together, and what a time we had. 1940, we are now snooty little sophomores, we know it all. We chew our chewing gum, giggle in class and yell in the halls. That is allrightg we have been here a year. Mr. Duff is too in- terested in organizing the freshmen, seeing that the juniors have their credits, and that the seniors are eligible for graduation, to be bothered with the sophomores. We are free to do as we please- we think. This second year we have a few changes in our teaching force. One of these is the sweetest, cutest gigglingist teacher we have seen in many a day. That teacher is Miss Crippen. She won all our hearts immediately and became our sophomore sponsor. Class officers this year were Petie Barber, president, Bill Tarver, Vice-president. These two are now serving in the United States Armed Forces. For secretary and treasurer we elected prtty Jane Pennybacker. We also have new members this year. One of these, Minnie Lee Kouser, came to us from Central and was elected as Maid of Honor from the sophomore class to attend the May Queen, elected that year. I wonder if you ever heard of little-in-statute but big-vocal- cord QBudj Dunlap or middle-sized, big-Mouthed John Moore. No, you couldn't have missed themg they were the cheer leaders from the sophomore class. Oh! yes, I nearly forgot to mention the fact that there was a skating party, class party, and a square dance that year. Then junior year rolled around, and Mrs. Garrett was elected class sponsor. What student doesn't know and love Mamma Garrett, as she is known to all of us. Bill Stuart, known for his basketball and football playing, was our newly elected president. I suspect nobility runs in the family for Albert Stuart was elected vice-president. And speaking of nobility, not only was Joyce Wade our secretary and treasurer, but also the Queen of the Junior Class. To sports we contributed John Moore, and Minnie Lee Rouser to help pep up the spirit of the cheerleaders. Bill Tarver was captain of the basketball team, and we boasted some star players on the football team. ln band we elected our first student director, a nice, red-haired boy, who knows his music, and has written some marches. He is ames Kin , and we are roud of him. 8 P Of course the junior year would not be complete without the junior play. A blood-curdling scream, a bloody body is lying on the floor-dead. Oh! don't get excited, seniors, it's only the junior play, Dark House. That body is N. E. Burleson, who played Bates the butler. Some other characters were Willimena Moore, Everette Sharp, Jean Spitzer, Ed Berry, Lloyd Cruze, Edith Williams, Daniel Kyker, Patsy Harr, Bill Huff, Joyce Talley, Carl Turner and John Moore. Oh, here at last is the top of that mountain of knowledge that we have been climbing these past four years. But what is the mist on its peak? A cloud of war hovers over it! Yes, many of our boys have left us in the past year. Many more will be leaving. We will miss them. Nevertheless it is time again for a class president. More than ever before we will need a dependable person, a person with initiative, leadership and personality. What better person could we have chosen than Daniel Kyker? As vice-president we elected Jack Rohrer. Jack is topsg we all like him. For secretary and treasurer and assistant secretary and treasurer we have two very pretty and sweet girls, Patsy Harr and Elizabeth Eich. These girls were not only our class officers but were our band sponsors as well. There are many pretty girls in our class. Among these are: Joyce Wade, Miss Young High and Football Queeng' Minnie Lee Rouser, Miss Senior Class, and Willimena Moore, Square Dance Queen. A band always wants pretty girls to lead it and our Class supported two-Gertrude Human and Marna French the majorettes of the band. incidentally I might also mention that the drum major was also of the senior class-Bud Moseley, and could he strut. Seniors excelling in sports were Roy Ogle, football Captain, Bill Stuart alternate captain and such players as Spence Penny Mc- Gill, Jolly A. J. Tipton. These boys later left Young to enter the armed forces. Bud Cheatham was captain of the basketball team. Star players of the team were Skeet Doyle, Albert Stuart, Shirley Townsend, and Charles Hembree. Perhaps you remember seeing girls walking around during special programs in evening gowns and boys dressed in suits with a press that the crease would cut you. Those were the Ushers. They were Betsy Hendrix, Jo Ann Ginn, Juanita Larew, Shirley Hollister, Paul Kennedy, Fred Human, Leon Galyon and Daniel Kyker, head Usher. Our senior play was the best one yet. I don't know why. Probably because of the effort, interest and hard work the whole cast put into it. The cast of Young April was as they appeared: Ed Berry, Shirley Hollister, Jack Rohrer, Joyce Talley, Helen Prater, Betty Neubert, Jo Ann Ginn, David Deaderick, Willimena Moore, John Moore, Richard Sexton, N. E. Burleson, Fred Human, Peggy Seaton, Juanita Larew and Jo Frazier. Commencement night and who wouldn't like to be a com- mencement speaker? We should have thought of that four years ago, and started studying then. The five students who did think about this and who are our commencement speakers are: Joyce Wade, Louise Smith, Edith Williams, Marna French and Daniel Kyker. In viewing again these past four years, we cannot fail to mention our happiness in the friends we have made and our grati- tude to the teachers who have worked so patiently and faithfully with us. In retrospect, too, we pause to pay special tribute to our sponsor and principal. Mrs. Garrett, you have helped us in many ways. You have given us motherly advice, understood our thoughts and actions, inspired us to noble aims and high endeavors. Mr. Duff, you have been patient and kind. You have advised and helped us in many ways. At times we have thought we knew more than you. But we were wrong. We love you, Mr. Duff and Mrs. Garrett, and if ever there is a time, please think of us-the senior class of '43. Twenty-ji W

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lf 1943 lf!!! TlaeRECORD CLASS PRGPHECY-1943 It's Alumni week at Young High in 1953, and all he old grads are back for a second look. The cub 'eporter who has been sent to cover the eminent person- lities present has an easy job. The campus is thickly populated with successes. One of the first men he meets is Press agent lverette Sharp, Fountain City's gift to the life in- urance business. Since it is Mr, Sharp's business to .now everybody's business, he kindly tells the timid cub vhat the Senior Class of '43 has done to itself. Shirley Townsend has a flourishing Wolf trap actory, which he shares with Willimena Moore. Their vroduct is tremendously popular. Dawson Doyle, Buddy Dunlap and Clarence Edmunds, graduated from the rmy with the rank of Private First Class, have gone o South Africa in search of new gold mines. Fanny Iackworth, Florence Ann Doyle, Elizabeth Eich, and ffargaret Seaton are happily engaged at a large army iospital, nursing retired top sergeants. Edith Williams, U. T. graduate is private secretary to the president of he Power and Light Company, who claims he can do iothing without her. Mr. John Moore is still follow- ig his favorite hobby-women. On the side, he works t Townsend's Wolf-trap Factory. Charles Ault and Herman Latham play pro-football 1 Chicago and therefore are still football heroes. Vera rene Key is Music critic for a New York daily. She pecializes in reviewing concerts given by James King, Verlin Beeler, Juanita Larew and Ruth Quigley. H. B. Ioseley, Jr. owns and operates the only drug store south f the river selling only drugs. Louise Smith and Iary Louise Smith have moved to opposite ends of the tate to avoid confusion, and are happily engaged in aising their families. Bobby Stephens and Jack Rohrer re in the show businessg Bobby sings and Jack portrays he Irishman in Ten Nights in a Barroomf' Lloyd Cruze has replaced Victor Mature in the inema and Ashley Johnson has made good as a radio :und-effects man. Minnie Lee Rouser is now thevery mcial Mrs. Wendell Ramsey. Carl Turner and Bruce Ireswell are well known veterinarians, with offices in evierville. Merl Houser and Paul Dodson announce he commercials on a local radio station. Jean Spitzer, .uthelda Sutton, Claudine Johnson, Helen Head and Iora Catlett spend their time caring for their respective icky husbands. Everyone buys groceries from Jr. urleson, who purveys food wholesale. Lincoln Mc- Zammon designs scooters for a living, aided by Glen lazier. Irma Sentell teaches oratory at public School Io. 12, and lo! and behold Helen Hawn is an English istructor. Pearl Faye Harwell is an interior decorator F Chicago. Louise Cogdill and Juanita Johnson run a piano school together in Decatur. Jewell Hill and Billie Ruth Goosie are Powers models with plenty on the ball. Joyce Talley is a Broadway success as a player of musical comedy roles. Melvin Blazier and Charles Hembree are a couple of railroad detectives at Baltimore. Joan Ginn and Helen Prater are the editors of a woman's magazine in New York. Marna French Cheatham has two lovely children, Marna and Elrod, Jr. Ruby Hicks is school librarian at a high school and enjoys her work very much. Joyce Wade, having turned down numerous offers from Hollywood, is very happily married to Tommy flucky dog.J Ruth Mc- Culley and Edna Owens run a successful juke joint on Kingston Pike. Isabella French writes a daytime soap serial, and Shirley Hollister lectures women's clubs on the advantages of etiquette. Ruth Gillespie has just discovered a revolutionary acid but is out of a chem- istry class because she spilled some on them. Minnie Perry, Lorene Lane, and Juanita Houser are star welders at Lockheed. Fred Human, ably assisted by Jack Stan- ton, runs the Goodwill Hour. Fred replaces Mr. Anthony. Leon Willis and Glenn Webber give in- structions in dancing at Ledgerwood's gymnasium. Patricia Harr and Louise Webb are cover girls for Life. Gene Ford and Miriam Franklin teach advanced Spanish at Young. Margaret Maxey, Lillian McCarrell and Betty Neubert are all airline hostesses. Lucille Blazier and Muriel Cheek are the New York buyers for a large department store. Gladys Williams and Mildred Webb design hats for the Stetson Company. L. W. Parks does rather well as a mortician, for John Turner and Hoyt Woliver are now practicing physicians. Wayne Byers is now a millionaire, having cleaned up in the gum reclaiming business. Mildred Finger, Katherine Ford, and Elnora Riggs have committed matrimony a long time ago. Katherine Reeser and Irene Watten- barger now teach shorthand at Knoxville Business Col- lege. Jo Frazier and Bonnie Hinchey are retired WAAC officers. Carter Johnson and David Deaderick investi- gate hamburgers for the FBI and Daniel Kyker is mayor of the fair city of Knoxville. Betty Newman has eloped with a cop and Betsy Hendrix reviews movies for the papers. Ed Berry is an inventor after the style of Rube Goldberg and Glen Blazier is a gentleman farmer. Charles Cheatham is floor manager in Madison Square Garden. J. L. Pressley and Richard Sexton form the law firm of Pressley and Sexton. Albert Childress and Minyard Compton specialize in all kinds of truck- ing anywhere in the United States. Such are the careers of 43's graduates of Young. Tweniy-xrifen