Central High School - Cavalier Yearbook (Cookeville, TN)

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ZWE -.4911 Their star patron was Lucille Hawkins. Billie Mott is secretary to New York's 'Racket Busting' District Attorney. Wonder if she get her experience at Central? But wait, I'm telling about every place except the Old Home lfown. After all, some of us must have stayed here. Howard Tinsley was in the Hardware business, with Doris Sparks, a silent partner. Lemon D. Cuebal1 Williams was operating a Billard Parlor, The Bloody Bucket. J. D. McCormick was his general handy man. Ruth Dannerwas running a Cafe, with a dance hall in the basement, known as the Ce1lar. Nell DeBerry and Dorothy Foster were taxi dancers. Lucille Lawhorn was the hat check girl. The waitresses were Christine Carmack and Juanita Rogers. Emogene Johnson was sharing in the management of a Service Station out on the Monterey Road. Mildred Thompscn and Pauline Wilhite had a millinery shop on West Broad Street. Willene Mitchell was coaching basketball at Pilot Knob. Jewell Jones was making Campaign speeches in behalf of Donald Mitchell, candidate for governor. Ethel McClain and Mildred Poston are modeling clothes at Dorothy Peck's Vogue Shop. Gladys Moore was teaching school at Dry Valley, Aline Jones was selling bakery spe- cializing in doughnuts Without Holesl she believes that people don't want to pay for something they don't get. Iva Sue Gentry was teachiag Home Ec. at Central. Vivian Grimes. the Librarian at Central was having a hard time keeping everyone quiet. Duane Draper had just received his Ph. D. degnree at Barber College and begun teaching chemis try at Tenn. Tech. Then to the Nati.on's Capitol, here Alden Rockwell was Secretary of Agriculture, General Paul Kirby had just been made the Army's Chief of Staff. As I was the Com- mander-In-Chief of the Army and Navy, I had the pleasure of bestowing this honor on General Kirby. 25

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ZH6 CQUHLIEB - AM! CLASS PROPHECY James Douglass As I sit alone in my study on the night of March 3, 1941, which incidently was a very foul and stormy night. I arose from my easy chair and opened the cabinet where I keep my Crystal Ball. During leisure moments I derive much pleasure look- ing into the future, as is revealed in the Crystal. As I set the Crystal on the table before me I wonder what period in the future would be revealed to me. Imagine my surprise when gazing intently into the glass Crystal I saw the date plainly -- 1955. I shall try to give you a brief description of the various scenes which I es- pecially observed., The first scene which came to me was in a small Ozark village, Hopscotch, Ark- ansas. Here there was being operated a small taxi establishment by Bob and Jim Byrne, 'The Byrne B other Bus Business.' Written on all their jalopies was their slogan--'We get you there in a flash, with a smash.' Next door there was the Black Bakery,' operated by Thomas Eckles. Leo Wilmoth and Howard Lewis were his star salesmen. A bun's throw down the street was a ricketly old motion picture house run by James Grogan. The double feature included 'The Great Lover,' star- ring Willmer Lollar and Emogene Dyer. It was written, produced, and directed by the leading nan. The other picture was 'The Lone Stranger Walks Again' or 'Man Without a Horse.' It starred Willie 'Buck' Wilson and his Mad Maniacs of Rhythm, Carrel Warren, Maxwell Smith, Armon Hitchcock, and Ralph Mahler. There was play- ing on the stage the Major Bowes Unit f13278i-which included the 'Torrid Trio' composed of Georgia Jackson, Bricie Lou Brooks, and Nona E. Daniel. Virginia Par- sons and Mona Johnson were featured in a song and dance act. Jeanne Foster and Virginia Anne Rucker played an accordian duet. Outside the city limits was the Caveman Club of which the proprietor and boun- cer were all one man, Charles Gentry. The floor show, called the 'Dance of the Ducks,' included Dorothy Montgomery, Marie Turner Christine Spivey, Grace Robinson, Clara Jane Stanton, and Lou Vada Whittaker. All the slot machines here were operated by the Slug Muggs Syndicate, owned by Eldon Presley and Doyle Rodgers. In a little shop almost hidden by a 'spreading chestnut tree' was the village black- smith, L. D. Sparks. The one teacher school in the community was taught by Mary Ethel Riddle. The grapevine, which they proudly called a telephone, was managed by Carson Stanton with Lorell Rodgers as the Bookkeeper, Stenographer, Rate Clerk, and the Cashier. The weekly newspaper, 'Mocnshlne County Screwdriver,' was published by Harry Brown. His star sports writer Cwhen there was any sports to write aboutj was Odell Newman. Mary Frances Ferrell and Bettye Hargis were running a restaurant cal1ed,'The Greasy Spoon,' specializing in soups. The town's only expression and dranmtic teacher was Elise Millsap. In Nashville there was, The Wonder Aircraft Factory. Who was here? Cooper Loftis and Thomas Passons were the owners aJd managers assisted in the office by Margaret Fender and Virginia Gentry. Their motto was 'If It Flies It's a Wender.' Ola Luke appeared to be making good in a candy shop. At Madison Square Garden in New York, K. C. Smith has just defeated 'Bullneck Mooseface' MacGregger for the World's Heavyweight title. His manager Jasper Bailey said, 'That was a great fight, I couldn't have done better myself, Ruth Goodpasture and 'Sam' McMurry were starring on Broadway in Charles 'Wahoo' Billings latest suc- eess, 'Thirtee th Night.' Sam Burris owns 'The Green Hornet Brewery.' His slogan is 'Get Out of the Mud and Guzzle a Sud.' Zhan Duclos was a com ercial artist for the Kress Stores of which Charles Chaffin was president. Gaskill Swallows had be n award- ed a medal for saving the life ef a young lady, who fell from the George Washington Bridge. Swallows said, 'I only did what anyone else would have done under like cir- cumstances.' Mildred Murphy was writing a column for the 'New York Times,' called 'America Yesterday.' The winners in the National Proffessional Basketball Tourna- ment were the Cookeville Red Shirts, a team composed of Louise Hensley, Lucille Mor- ris, Mabel Hutcheson, Waldean Moore, s d Opal Phillips, Margaret Reeves, Sara Frances Williams were run ing a beauty shop. 22

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