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PANORAMA In the fall of ’52 the curtain rose on the first act of our play which was about to be presented in the theater known as Central High. A huge cast of one hundred and thirty-six characters participated. Our principal actors John Tucker served as president and Harry Tucker as vice-president. The principal actresses were Jamie Stone as treasurer and Cynthia Corlew as sec- retary. Our directors were Mrs. Gladys Jackson, Mr. Howard Trotter, and Mr. Vernon Westmoreland. Some of the star parts were assigned to two boys and two girls in the basketball scene and five boys in the foot- ball scene. As Freshmen we were beginning to memorize our lines and were well launched in our production. Our list of characters differed in number in the second act for now the cast included one hundred and sixteen. The leading roles this year were enacted by Anne Allen as president, Charles Boyte as vice-president, Jamie Stone as secretary and treasurer, and Mrs. Gladys Jack- son and Coach Spangler as directors. Suspense and interest ran high with the crowning of our Harvest King and Queen, Charles Boyte and Gwen Williams. A star was placed on the door of our football attendant Jewel Sanders, while in athletics we “discovered” eleven football players, six basketball girls and three basketball boys. The curtain closed in 1954 with the promise of more activity and excitement to come. Applause greeted the opening of the third act when our leading characters, President Harry Tucker, Vice-Presi- dent Cynthia Corlew, Secretary Kenneth Mayo, and Treasurer Melvin Oliver, were presented. Directors Miss Fannie Lou Barfield, Miss Frances Fults, and Coach Spangler prompted us well. Even though the cast was now one hundred and eight the tremendous amount of $2502.85 was collected on the magazine sale. A beautiful scene of this act was the Junior-Senior Ban- quet with a backdrop of the Montgomery Bell Inn and “The Gay 90’s” as its theme. “Father Knows Best” was a big hit and kept the audience laughing and chuckling. By the sports critics we were commended for our ten football players and for a repeat performance by Jewel Sanders as Homecoming Queen. Ann Hunter outdid herself as attendant. From our six boys and six girls on the basketball teams Ann Felts made headlines by being placed on the All-Tournament Team and being awarded a trophy for the most valuable player. The cur- tain fell with but one act—the final one—to go. The footlights were brighter than ever as our fourth and last act began. The audience found one hundred and five names listed in the program with Cynthia Corlew, Hester Gibbs, Jamie Stone, and Jean Frances Harris play- ing the leads. Lines and action were ably conducted by Miss Fannie Lou Barfield, Mrs. Frances Yusk and Mr. James W. Maxey. Our performance began with the selec- tion of Helan Justice as the editor of The Echo and the selection of superlatives. Outstanding scenes included the excitement caused by the arrival of the pictures and rings, the choice of Ann Hunter as FFA Sweetheart and Hester Gibbs as most valuable football player. With measurement for caps and gowns, we reached the climax of our play. All that remained were the trip, play, the banquet, and the thrilling finish—graduation. The curtain goes down with fond memories of our four acts, where we laughed and sometimes cried and where we learned how best to handle the new lines on an un- familiar stage in the theater of the world. Myra J. Batts Historian Page 48
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One evening, after being delayed in Nashville, Tennessee, i my weekly flight to New York City, 1 decided to go to town r a play being presented at The Community Playhouse. Tile play. “The Echo,” was to be given by some of the actors id actresses who were outstanding performers back in 1956. As I sat in my comfortable scat among the whispering udicnce, I glanced down at the program and the cast of char- ters. One name—Peggy Gupton—seemed familiar. The play began, and the exciting action kept me on the edge f my chair. After the | crtormancc I decided to go backstage nd perhaps renew an old acquaintance. As I looked around liss Gupton’s cluttered dressing room, I spotted an old, fading, igh school class picture, dated “1956. I realized that this ctress was one of my old classmates. After Peggy and I greeted one another cordially, we went ut and dined at “The Reeder Restaurant where Zulcne was most gracious hostess. She sat down to drink a cup of coffee rith us. Peggy had brought the picture along, and we had a wonderful time as we talked about each member of the class. Zulenc had seen many of our classmates during her twelve ears of business. Just yesterday Myra Evans and her husband, immy. had come in for breakfast. They were returning to their ome on Sunset Boulevard in California from “The Grand Ole )pry and had seen Christine Davidson and Lila Sue Jenkins, wo of the leading singers. They discovered, too, that Garvis larris and Eldon arc two of a quartet that appear on a na- ional hookup every Saturday night. Peggy had read in the “New York Times” that Ruby Gower ■as a leading soprano with the Metropolitan Opera. Zulenc ad just received a letter from Nell Hanley who is editing the Ashland City Times and she mentioned the new radio station i Ashland City operated by Anne Allen. Anne has an ultra- lodcrn building next to the William’s Dairy Dip, owned and perated by Gwen. Aubrey Burgess is operating a beautiful oat dock and lake resort on the Cumberland River. Freeman ordan is head of the Extension Service in Cheatham County, nd he has two hundred boys doing excellent 4-H Club wrork. .ouis Evans is operating a parking lot and is also head of a cw Children’s Museum. Cynthia Corlcw has achieved suc- ess as a missionary on the Sahara Desert but she suffered a cvere sunstroke and has returned to Cheatham County. She s now teaching trigonometry in the high school. Janies Paul ianders is the game warden on the Cheatham County Wild -ife Reservation. While we were chatting speedily, we noticed a well-dressed, cdheaded gentleman in the corner and upon close observation vc recognized Larry Jones. We invited him over to our table md, after seeing the picture, Larry told us about the success f many of our classmates. Larry owns one of the largest notels in the South, and he said Margaret Anne Beasley stayed here overnight last week while driving to Florida for her ummer vacation. She had taught dramatics in Ashland City luring the school term. She had told Larry that Gayle Batts md Bonnie Balthrop arc in charge of the Physical Education department in the high school. Bonnie coaches girls’ basket- ball. and her team won the championship regional tournament, jaylc’s Physical Education girls had organized a baseball team, vhich was attracting much attention. Mr. Edgar Burgess, the rustodian of Cheatham County Central High School, resigned n 1957 and Melvin Oliver succeeded in obtaining his position, drval Winters is the president of the Cheatham County Bar ssociation and is noted throughout the world for his criminal •ascs. Jewel Sanders is married to the judge of Cheatham bounty and is very prominent in civic and social affairs. Bonnie •ferron, now Mrs. Malcolm Braccy, is the commercial teacher md Jerry Street visits the high school regularly each week to epair the typewriters. He is the head repairman for the Royal Typewriter Company. Bruce Williams, one of the largest poultry raisers in Tennessee, sells about two hundred dozen ;ggs each week to the prosperous Hunter-Turner Bakery, man- aged by Betty Lou and Bonnie. Janice Pegram, now Mrs. Dink Ellis, has a baby girl and is a leader in community and church work. Charles Ray Crocker is one of the most prosperous farm- ers in Cheatham County. He majored in agriculture at the University of Tennessee and, by applying his knowledge, has been very successful. Glenn Shivers was Ray’s agriculture teacher at the University. Helan Justice and Beverly Russell are lieutenants in the Army Nurses’ Corps. Geraldine Phillips and Bernice Bess have a television show' that is rivaling “Howdy-Doody.” Thomas Pack and Verner Knight head an insurance company in Ashland City patterned after “Lloyds of London. Shelby Pentecost is their very efficient secretary. Billie Sue Herndon is the Society Editor of “The Nashville Tennessean” while Frances Krantz’s antique shop in Mt. Zion has an enormous collection of Victorian furniture and bric-a- brac. Bobby Williams and W. A. Talley have developed and ------------FUTURE PLOTS patented a mechanical device for skimming milk that has made them wealthy. Peggy had learned from Sue Carolyn Nicholson, who is a model for Macy’s Department Store in New York, that Ann Hunter was designing ladies’ apparel for the store. Barbara Chocklcy, the director of NBC soap operas in New York, in- terviewed Martha Harris last week on one of her weekly pro- grams. Martha has moved from the title of “Miss Cheatham County to Miss Universe” and has had many offers from Hollywood. Jewel Baker, Jimmy Doughten and Billy Smith are three of a quartet who have a two-hour TV show sponsored by the Bow-Wow'-Dog Food, Inc. Larry told us that Faye Craig, now Mrs. Jessie Wayne Head, has two sets of triplets and is the owner of The Blanket Store in Pleasant View, Ten- nessee. Louise Evans is the owner of The Plainview Cafe, which has become a well-known eating place for people traveling from Chicago to Miami. Ray Winters and James Johnson are the managers of the Johnson-Winters Skating Rink in Pleasant View. Donnie McCool and Ronnie Boyd arc the owners of a chain of stores, spreading from coast to coast, known as the Boyd-McCool Super Markets. Betty Joyce Rose is doing acrobatic work for Ringling Brothers Circus and Mary Anne Lovell—at seven hundred pounds—is “The Fat Lady.” Anne Felts is coaching a girls’ professional basketball team and is scheduled to play in Madison Square Garden in March. Paul Wayne Hudgens, Travis Knox and Royce Chambliss are three of the best known stock car drivers in the United States. They arc experts at “souping up” hot rods. Zulcne remarked that Jean Frances Harris ate in her restaurant quite often. Jean Frances is the president of the Third National Bank in Nashville. Jane Walker and Peggy Lovell arc teaching twirling at the University of California. They have appeared twice on Harry Tucker’s Amateur Hour, a weekly two hour show. Larry, who was on vacation in Florida last week, saw Charles Boyte who offers rifle lessons on a two hundred acre rifle range in Miami. He is one of the greatest hunters of coons and pheasants in the U. S. Jo Anne Stack, now Mrs. Ronnie Hawkins, has three young sons and is a well-known hat de- signer in Clarksville. Charles Carney is the pastor of the Church of Christ there and is doing wonderful work with the young people. Peggy Newman and Frankie Perry are co- owners of the leading beauty shop in Nashville. Peggy has been to New York to learn some of the latest hair styles. Buddy Harris is riding the range out in Texas, where he owns a four hundred and twenty acre dude ranch and about five thousand head of cattle. Hester Gibbs is head coach at Notre Dame and his football team has never been defeated. John Tucker is pro- fessor of economics in Vanderbilt University, and James Ray Ford received his degree in medicine from that university. Barbara Weakley and Peggy Winfrey are hostesses of a tea room, which is one of a national chain. Ernest Ross operates a fleet of transportation trucks which is doing a huge amount of business. During his absence on a trip John Blair, with the help of Marvis Krantz, is managing the business. Robert Wil- liams has been lecturing on ophiology to high school students all over the South. Harold Eley is driving a road grader for the state, while his wife runs a worm hatchery. Roy Mosicr has received his M.A. degree from Peabody and is doing ex- cellent work as Superintendent of Schools in Cheatham County. Norma June Pardue is managing “The Sit-and-Knit Shop on the square. It is a very popular place for the young matrons of the town, since they sit and knit until noon and then go over to Marjorie Day’s floating cafe, which features Cumberland River catfish. Douglas True is with the state department and is a diplomat in Brazil. Eugene Scott, a carpenter, specializes in hubcaps for wornout wagons. Stella Hooper, a famous Christmas card designer, employs Lois McCarver, who is her highest sales lady and travels from Maine to California in an ’87 Packard. Sue Sanders and her romantic husband are running a home for the lovelorn in Bordeaux. Clifton Gupton and Terry Nicholson arc selling Snow-Cold Air Conditioners over Middle Tennessee. Paul Binkley is a leading salesman for an ex- terminating company, specializing in exterminating gophers. Barbara Hooper is an interpreter for the United Nations. Faye Hewitt is the dietician at Glover’s Clinic. Shelby Vann operates a riding academy and stays very busy over the week ends. Ervin Farley runs the “Swishey-Swashey Laundry in Ashland City and next to his twenty story building is “The Dozier School of Dance.” Max’s specialties are rumba and ballet. Kenneth Mayo is a meat packer for Rudy’s Sausage Company. When I glanced at my watch and saw that it was almost three o’clock in the morning, I was terribly shocked. I didn’t remember seeing all of the customers leave the restaurant; neither did it help to realize how sleepy I would be for my ap- pointment the following afternoon but nothing could take away the pleasure I had enjoyed on this night in Nashville.
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