Central High School - Megaphone Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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QA! ,,,,f'- A THE MEGAPHONE . 'AriL,g,1Q5ggg,.g y 'THIRTY-SEVEN ' 5'4 WL, ..--- - , ' with A. G. Kennedy and Maye Fowlkes singing. Ada Belle Ray and Allene Riddle were also on the program as a dancing team. Bertie Lou Alread was a cigarette girl. The next day we went out to Malibu Beach where Robert Denning and Paul Taylor were life guards, and Kathryn Lee and Jane Temple were bathing beauties. We then boarded the train for home. The conductor who took up our tickets was M. J. Huggins. When we went to the diner to eat supper we saw that the chef was Duncan Gay. When we stopped to change trains at Kansas City we had about three hours to wait, so we took a drive through the city. There we saw a billboard advertisement for Badger and Hill Dairy Company. We found out that our taxi driver was William Ellis. When we saw that Clarence Mucklow's circus was in town we decided to stay over and see it. The first side show we saw was the tall man, who was Vernon Wells. In the next one we saw Fatie Nooner, who was a celebrated snake charmer. In the main show was a thrilling exhibition put on by a lion tamer-Charles Eanes. But one of the most exciting things on the program was a trapeze act put on by Charles Ferguson and Billy Drye. When we looked in the newspaper the next day we found that the House of David baseball team was playing there and we discovered the most unusual thing-they were all former Central High students. They were Kenneth Foster, J. L. Shutt, James Hazard, John McClendon, Floyd McPherson, Davis Ridge, Kenneth Sledge, Bob Waters, and Kenneth Woodroof. On the front page we saw that Mary Frances Pope had just made a record trans- Pacific hop and that Dorothy Bizzell and Mildred Briley were on the Communistic ticket for president and vice president. Then we saw that Mary Ruth Coleman, Juanita Fuqua, Inez McFarland, Annie Marion McKee, Madge McMahon, and Evelyn Mills were sailing in two weeks on the Queen Mary as an investigation committee to report on the culture of white mice in Monte Carlo, also that Janie Hamer, fortuneteller, had just come to town and was giving lectures on Your Future. Mildred Griffin, manufacturer of the famous Lady Mildred cosmetics, was going to speak over the radio at 8:00. Turning to the inside of the paper, we saw an Advice to the Lovelorn column written by Annette Wilson. Celia Bennett, president of a well-known women's college, was speaking at the Altrusa Club. When we looked in the city directory of Kansas City, we found that Mabel Hamblen was married to an insurance salesman and had ten children. Angie Gambill was then Mrs. Elizah Hemplewaite. Anna Mary Hammond was owner of Anna Mary Cookie Company, Billy Trabue was district attorney, Herman Allen was sheriff, Marshall Womack was mayor of Kansas City. At last our job was finished. Although it was hard work, we enjoyed knowing what had happened to all our classmates. , .

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yw.ff1+,x. w.-, . . 'M' 7 1121.3 . -, ,. W.,-L+. M...-.VA---. X,,.,:f . ...elif ,, H THE MEGAPHONE 1f,Ll,X ,?,Tl1lRTY-SEVEN i that a new chain of drugstores were being opened under the ownership of Herbert Giddens. Upon looking in our own Who's Who, we found that Kenneth Russell was owner of a shop that sold The Smart Things for Young Men to Wear. J. C. Pruett was football coach at Vanderbilt and Oscar Wright, a lawyer, who specialized on wills. Charles Harmon owned a chain of grocery stores, Woodrow Williams, George Strasser, Harris Williams, and Jack Reeves were leaders in a farmers' union, Margaret Alexander was a dramatic art teacher. The next item stated that Robert Rawding was chief taster at the Hermitage Hotel, John Kingcaid was a traveling salesman. The next thing that gave us help was the evening paper which stated that a new addition had been added to Nashville's best dress shop owned and operated by Bo Maury. Rebecca Moss, Girl Reserve secretary, gave her report to the paperg Buddy Freeland and his one-man band were at the Princess Theater, Louise Jackson, famous chemist, was returning home for a va- cation, Henrietta and Ellen Sadler, law partners, were prominent in a law case, a meeting of the Woman's Club was reported, the program being under the direction of Sophrona Tatum, Jewell Waggoner, Mary Buckingham, and Gladys Frost. The advertisements also helped us. We saw an advertisement of Vance Thomson's Printing Company, also one of Rachel Pruitt's Hair Beautifier. The next day we saw in the paper that Jeanne Ferrell, a dancer, was coming to town to appear at the new civic auditorium. We also saw that Billy Evans had just been made fire chief. Louise Buchanan had just been appointed the new head of the social service organization, Clara Morris was just made head of the Home Economics Department of Central, Melvin Graham was holding a tent meeting in East Nashville. In the afternoon we visited several business concerns and found that Arlie Maude Huggins, Mildred Lovell, Lorene Albright, and Evelyn Simpkins worked at the National Life and Accident Insurance Company. We also found out that Kurt Glaus was a salesman in the little boys' department of Castner-Knott. Doyle Jarman and Lawrence Grimes were law partners. Elizabeth Cortner was a dress designer. Frances Milliron, Betty Leaver, and Helen Slate were managers of the Better Figure Institute. Anita Allen was physical education teacher of Hume- Fogg. Virginia Buchanan was head of the cosmetic department at Lovemans. The next day we flew to Los Angeles, then out to Hollywood where we met Bertram Ferrell who was a movie star, featured with Hayden Tharp. Jeanne Tanner and Pauline Kidd were stand-ins for two of the most popular stars. Erleen Clopton was a professional model and Wade Reeves was an advertising model for Colgate's toothpaste. Joe Young was a famous radio comedian. Harry Gibson was training in his usual way for the Olympic races. Dixie Hodge was a secretary who brightened the corner where she was with a bunch of flowers fresh every day. Evelyn Holt and Imogene Wyatt ran a secretarial school for home- town girls who changed their minds about being movie stars. That night we went to the Coconut Grove, where C. T. Chumley was the leader of the orchestra, .4 1 .1 -.-inf. l sl,

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.ri '-v an Q Wink ' fl fig' 'f-'3--'ffmf..f,- .. Tun MEGAPHONE Ej..-Iliff ,-, QQ 'TIIIRTY-SEV lf . -eff' 15538. By MABEL HAMBLEN It is with joy and expectancy that one thumbs the pages of an old picture album in an effort to recapture some of the gay spirit and to relive the scenes stored among its pages. One could sit and look for hours as if drawn by some magic charm. just so let us turn the pages of the album of our class and see just what we may discover. Yes, here we are back in 1933 on a very important day in our young lives. It is the time when we three hundred scared, green grammar-school graduates have come to Central to be enrolled as freshmen. There was never a prouder bunch than we as we wander aimlessly about the halls and corridors, some chattering gaily, and others staring speechlessly about, taking in the new surroundings. In the corner we find this interesting snapshot taken a few months later. We have made new friends, and having become acquainted with the school, the courses, the other students, and the teachers,we turn our attention to the election of the class officers. A nomination here, another there, and a few stammered speeches are given in favor of each nominee. Edward Mason, who later left us, is elected to the presidency, and with Mr. Ransom as sponsor we now battle desperately to overcome the trials and hardships usually the lot of freshmen struggling to pass the first milestone on the journey of high school life. Another leaf is turned. We see ourselves overjoyed at the thought of no longer being freshmen but very important sophomores in all our glory of sophistication, now demanding the respect and recognition of the upperclassmen. This year is one of very few mishaps under the leadership of Robert Macon. Miss Smith is our sponsor this year. Shall we turn the page? Classes drag on. Sophomores become juniors. Having drifted along for two years we now awaken to become very alert in all of the school activities and to contribute many leaders in student government, clubs, and societies. The num- ber of members elected to the National Honor Society this year is greater than that of any previous year. Again Robert Macon has been elected president, and Miss Iris White has been chosen sponsor. It is from this class the major officers of the student government are to be chosen for next year. An interesting picture to see is the making of campaign speeches and the slinging of good-natured slander among the opposing managers. Robert Macon is elected president, Beverly Pickup, vice president, Elizabeth Orr, secre- tary-treasurer, and Walter Russell, fire marshal. Last, we are pictured as seniors enjoying the rights and privileges endowed only to seniors. It is the opinion of all that this year has been a most happy and suc- cessful one with Billy Northern as president and Miss Billie Cooke as sponsor. But unrelenting time steps in to intercept these happy school days of the class and soon we must leave the school we have learned to love so dearly to take our places in the world. Though for many of us our paths shall never cross again, we shall always be bound together by the common ties of our loyalty and devotion to our alma mater. , 7 EN