Central High School - Cavalier Yearbook (Cookeville, TN)

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me Erbs, W-C-Moore 'Q gg ' - --5 . fa,-,.....i -- It was in the month of July, l950 I had been reading my annual and had dozed off It seemed as if I were back at Central High, where I had spent so many pleasant hours I was startled in my sleep by the ringing of the fifth period bell But as the eobwebs cleared from my mind I realized that it was the ringing of the telephone It was the bus station informing me that the bus which was to carry me through the lest was due to leave in an hour As the 1950 model streamlined bus began to gather speed, even around the dan gerous curves, it reminded me of an old student at Central who drove like that glanced at the driver It couldn't be But yes, who else in the world had ears like that? It was Joe Adams Ie began discussing the old classmates Clifford Mitchell had married Hilda Breeding, and they had settled down on a farm in Dry Valley Cl1fford's oldest boy was driving the school bus Zeb Rich was the Prin cipal at Baker's Cross Roads I was looking through a magazine and saw an ad that said WI was formerly a 97 lbs weakling Let Earl Tarzan Price make a new man out of you in ten days At Memphis, Tennessee, we took on a lanky passenger with a large suitcase It was Lecil Boatman, and he was selling light bulbs throughout the country H informed me that William Anderson was teaching toe dancing, expression, and hem stitching at Algood High School Margaret Carlen was the teacher of English and History at Central High succeeding Miss Hudgens who had married and settled down Dimple Gill had become Mrs Glenn Gentry and was residing at Calfk1ller,Tennessee Ijgaamsd mg gjm gghgsed. tg leave Egan s Reeves, and,thgy olggg as artners or While we were stopped in L1 e Rock, who shoufdsggsie but M 48' Slagle been hailed from coast to coast as the greatest hitch hiker of all time He informed me that Mildred Maloney had become so attached to Junior Military Academy that she and Millard DeBerry had united and she was a teacher there I went up to the hotel and the clerk was Billy Nilliams Billy told me that Arda Lee, Vernal LaFevers, and Leon Luke were bellhops at the hotel Hurshal Riddle was athletic director and volley ball coach at Possum Trot Edith Breeding and Nillene Shipley were attending the cigar and candy count ers at the hotel I went to the picture show and as the curtain rose a chorus of girls came dancing out I rubbed my eyes for among them in scanty costumes were Bussell The vaudeville was finally over and the main show was on It was a west- ern two gun thriller called nBurn 'Em Up Burgess, featuring Cecil Burgess of gui tar picking fame As I got on the bus I saw a gigantic fat,man It was Gene Davis He was the fattest man on earth and was with the Haag Shows he told me that Jack Painter was a wrestler with a street carnival and Robert Bradley was his part ner He also told me that Nrather Johnson was conducting a corresno lence school for love making and hypnotism Keith Ball had just received his diploma and be come a partner of lr Johnson James Thompson was lover in Heffner k Vinson shows James Plaxco and Brother George were running 'lling station and George and Glenice Tinch were engaged to be married Bill Terry and his small son were the Asher and Little Jimmie broadcasting over 4 S L on Saturday nights Halbert Phillips was raising fine bird dogs Hobert Linder was teaching and coaching bas ketball at Helena, Tennessee Eula Pearl ullivan was teaching at Sycamore, Tenn essee As we stopped in a little country town I noticed a medicine show going on It was Cecil Gentry selling salves that would cure snakebites, falling arches,bow- legs, and pink tooth brush Bill Crawford and Millie Livesay were his black faced entertainers Cow told me that Charles Reeves and Burch Wade were dealers in sec ond hand junk and radios at Crawford, Tennessee Lena Bockman was teaching Geome try at Kalamazoo, Michigan Bliss Stewart, Opal Smith, Kcontinued on page 58 D 27 V1 Q 5- 1 is-. . I , . ll . A ' . .A .T e a Mary Jo Harding, Mary Allen Billingsley, Julia McClain, Ruby Breeding and Bessie 1 w ' -

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Uhr 1935 Qlaumlwr H I QJII C601 l al Lee, loe Out of the mi t arlse the class of 'Q Descendlng lnto one valley all e ith knowledge, chance, nope, and OG p lf ltl coura e to conquer all xno d re e Have labored four years not in valn Gulded by wi er he ds, teachers twaln e have fought for our colors t rou h thlcl and thln Dear old Central, we know you wlll always wln e have met alon tie pathway, Iany hardshlps, many c res, e have strlven to help our classmates, o66ylDg always thevr burden to share e have reached our destinatlon, Other Llfe we wlll now explore, heel the good work oin onward, Dear old Central ever more CLAQQ SO G Opal Smith Our colors stand for C n s , And these they'1l always be, The scarlet and Blde, wlll always do, To serve humanlty Chf Je do love thee, dear Central Hepefs hearts and hand to you And to your gleaming colors Je promise to be true We do love thee, dear Central, And our hats re off to you, We love each hue and shade so brlght Of old Central' Scarlet and Blue The bc rlet's for the loyalty, Jhich shows ideals high. The other, Blue, which means be true To dear old Central High. 26 OJ . LI l w ., ...- ,E vf ,- TD I LJ Cl Ami' It . ,-4 s s 5, . . J., . vw . V J ' 1 . 1 1 fi fa ' -a .gl cu , 5 ' , , , 1 au 1 I 3 u 'y ' q 1 V . - I C L I ' s a ' A ' 3 TJ . - , ' H - f L.. ll 21 f U . . 9 - . A. .. ' ' ' V - H. wr LJ L , ' r Q ' Q ' -L - Q, ,T . . - . . 0 . . 1 L ' ' .L ... J. l 'wr ' .u . . - V . r 'J Lf' G' ' ' ' u.J u.: - - I ' C' CW 77 x il ll I I u 0 so 5' o '1 , 0 . 3 U -JQ. .1 . is . ff 0 .1 Tl - i A g I l EE. YK C , ff 0 a Q 9. II ' .. V' V' 1 3 1

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W Ze Uhr 1535 Qlanalier Mildred Allen V C Allison Cecil Anderson Jewell Barlow Edith Berry Avo Boyd Hartford Boyd Monette Brown Valter Buck Hola Bullington Edith Bullock Terry Bullock JUNIORS R L Burch Bernice Bus ell Alberta Cameron Cecil Chaffln Flavil Clouse Anna Bell Cooke Audrey Cronk Lucinda Cummins Kathleen Davis J T DeBerry nillard DeBerry Gladys Dyer 28 Henry Dyer rrances Ensor Melverdla Farley Mary Jon rerguson Lula Jai Gentry Charllne Gracey Beryl Hd.le Ned Herron Bennett Huddleston Eugene Huddleston Wilene Huddleston Wlllie Clyde Hyder H. S. Barnes Lucy Chote Glenn Gentry