Bearden High School - Echo Yearbook (Knoxville, TN)

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Thoughts On Qraduating For poetic words and fancy thoughts My brain I'm madly racking A grateful heart for friends and school Should give the inspiration lacking. In autumn, spring, and winter-time We worked and played together A pleasant life to stay like this In carefree joy forever. But though we love each book and friend It's only preparation For the life ive face with joy and strength Which follows graduation. For school is but a passage-way To things well worth achieving. To help us build a better world For others we’ll be leading. —Harriet Luebke

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SUE R. GEORGE “.4 rare compound of oddity, frolic and fun. Central High. I. II; Y-Tcens, I. II. IV; President, F.H.A., IV; F.H.A., I, IV; President, F.T.A., IV; Monitor. IV; Social Chairman, Monitors. IV; Secretary, Junior Class, III; Junior Favorite, III; Basketball, III; B-Club, III. IV; Candidate for Valentine Qneen. Ill; Students’ Voice Staff, III. IV; Echo Staff, IV; Junior Play. Ill; Senior Play. IV; Senior Favorite, IV; Usher, Operetta, III: Usher, Commencement. Ill, Usher, Variety Show, IV; C.S.U., IV. CHARLES MELVIN WHITEHEAD No man can lose what he never had. Freshman Favorite, I; Mav Dav Festival, I; President. Junior Class, III; Operetta. Ill; Echo Staff. IV: Hi-Y, II. III. IV; Glee Club. Ill, IV; B-Club. II. III. JIMMY CARROLL TOWLE “The way to do nothing is to do nothing. Tyson Jr., I; Knoxville High, II, III; Football, IV; Basketball, IV; Baseball, IV; Hiking Club, IV; Treasurer, Glee Club, IV. JOYCE IRENE KING “Women wish to be loved without a why or wherefore. Echo Staff, IV; Y-Tcen Basketball Manager, IV; Glee Club, IV; Camera Club, IV; Hiking Club, IV; F.H.A., Program Chairman, IV. GEORGE WASHINGTON WAGGONER “Absent in Spirit but present in body. Tvson Jr. High, I; Knoxville High, II; Rule High, III; Football, IV; Baseball, IV; Hiking Club. IV; F.H.A., IV. BOBBY JOE COLEMAN “He wll succeed, for he believes all he says. Central, I, II. Ill; Safety Patrol. I, II; Basketball Manager. I, II; Spanish Club, I, II; Hi-Y, I, II. III. IV; Chorus, III. IV; Football, III, IV; Football Co-captain. IV; Echo Staff. IV; Senior Play. IV; Hiking Club. IV. HELEN MARIE UNDERWOOD Her reasoning is full of tricks and butterfly suggestions. ALFRED ESTAR SMALLEY. JR. “A drentner lives forever; a toiler dies in a day. BOBBY JEAN LOWE “What sweet delight a quiet life affords. HELEN MAGDALENE VANCE “Beauty seen is never lost. Bearden, I; Central, II; Central and Bearden. III. IV; Student Council, I; Y-Teens, I. II. Ill; F.H.A.. I; May Day Festival. I; Chorus, III. IV; President, Junior Class. Ill: Operetta, III; Glee Club, III, IV; Senior Play. IV: Camera Club. IV; Hiking Club, IV.

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CLASS HISTORY Early in September in 1938 a group of little first-graders began their school career at Bearden. Here in the newly-erected school building, the class of 1950 had its beginning. Eight of the group are graduating this year: Mary Hu Medlin, Alma Letterman, Frank Bean. Jimmy Ruth. Linnis Thomas, Melvin Whitehead, Sue George, and Pat Kirby. As the years passed swifty by we grew from small children to teen-agers. During this time many changes came about. Some of the students dropped out or went to other schools, while others joined us. Our new class mates were: Barbara Faulkner, Wilma Githens, Doris Helton. Anna Grace Jones, Lawrence Revell, Larrv Tapp, and Alfred Smalley. Our graduation from the eighth grade was an important event for us. Now we were in high school. We could join clubs, play ball, and enter other activities. In September, thirty-three freshmen entered high school, feeling very important. But soon the freshness was taken out of us. Some joined clubs or went out for basketball, while others took more interest in their grades and got down to work. The class officers were: Frank Bean. President; Wilma Githens, Vice-President; Pat Kirby, Secretary; Doris Helton, Treasurer; Dorothy Beck, Social Chairman. Our favorites were Melvin Whitehead and Wilma Githens. Helen Vance and Dorothy Beck joined us that year. Mr. L. R. Watson was our sponsor. As Sophomores, our number dropped to twenty-seven. We now had experience and we progressed rapidly. One member of our class, Mary Hu Medlin, won an award for Good Citizenship. The officers chosen that year were: Wilma Githens, President; Myris Jo Smith, Vice-President; Fred Ogle, Secretary; Jimmy Ruth. Treasurer; Melvin Whitehead. Program Chairman; and Mrs. Elizabeth Cates, Sponsor. Our class favorites were Frank Bean and Wilma Githens. Those who joined us that year were: Martha W haley, Helen Day, and Wanda Fricks. Next year we had only twenty-five members in our Junior Class. Our officers were: Melvin Whitehead, President; Doris Helton, Vice-President; Sue George, Secretary; Evelyn Stooksbury, Program Chairman; Pat Kirby, Treasurer; and Dot Beck, Social Chairman. Mrs. Carmen Savoy was our sponsor. Jean Ford, Thomas Phillips, Jackson Abbott, Harriet Lueb-ke, Evelyn Stooksbury, and Ted Chambers joined our class. Sue George rejoined us after two years at Central. Junior favorites were Frank Bean and Sue George. Our Junior plav, The Funny Brats” went over well. We began our Senior year in the new Bearden High School. Our class now had thirty-eight members. We were joined by: John Franklin, Joyce King, Jimmy Towle, Ralph Davenport, Lloyd Davenport, and George Waggoner. We had a football team, the first in Bearden history, which did well for its first year. We also had more clubs to join and more subjects to choose from. As Seniors, we had a greater responsibility. We published the school paper, and the annual. “The Echo. We produced our Senior play, “Girl-Shy.” The Senior favorites were Frank Bean and Sue George. Frank Bean and Wilma Githens were chosen as school favorites. Mrs. Charles Clark and Mrs. Marie Lowry were our sponsors. This brings to a close our class history. May these years be remembered as years of happiness and friendliness.