Colbert County High School - Chief Yearbook (Leighton, AL)

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ass Hcsfoitl Vve entered Colbert County fflgll ID July of V94-1 for a surnrner sesmon N r terrod, our pr1nr1oal helped to xeorganlfe the I 1te ary SOFICIICS 'll e Fayette won the trophy that 1 ear We reenterfr school 1n the fall X ltr our same homeroom tearhers Ixhss Berry ann Nh s lc rwuson au ID IO-lv we entexnd school for 1 511 errn 'tar s ear as torne room teacher lvlrs Ashmore rllllb year tl e ltterary rro ahx x as won by Crange Sometx n 9-16 we began our te1n1 IF beptentbef xxttl Iyl 1 C 1 Carnpbell was our horneroont tearher l C C1165 Ned lor t lo At the begmntnw ofthe sunurner s SSIOI1 1n lf!-lf we x e flee st men on kept b Ixflrs Hurnphrtes and Iwfr Hal1 By now we were ll tcres ed tn s-no thts season m football xx is not one of our best We won 3 1 Sf H d los 6 Q 1 tes Wlth MISS Berry and Ivlrs I-lumphrtes as teachers and Mr hall ds pr1nc1Jal we began our lun1or year 1n the sumnder of l9-18 Th1s year the l1te1 ary soc 161195 were do11r1ant Our football quad suffered four defeats v 1th sul x tcto 1es Some of the students reused money and toured Vvashmgton D C durlng A F A yaca tlon Th15 year we feted the Sen1or Class vuth a banquet 1949 was a year of f1TbtS and reorgan1zat1ons The L1te1ary soc1et1es were reorganwed under the able leaderslup of Mr Sherrod xx 1th a 5en1or as lJX'CC1dC1'lf of both SOC1Ct1l s Mr Per kms began h1S fzrst year as pr1nc1pal, and we began our year vnxth horneroorn teacher MY s R1ley f1rst 1 the hearts of allstudents The football v1ctor1es th1s wear stood at sm x1ctor1es vuth four losses agam Anothel fust th1s year was llOIl1f.C'OHWlI'lg lollowlng our last footoall garne We hope that s1nce we eouldn t that the Sen1ors next year xx1ll be f1rst t graduate from the New Colbert County Iitph behool el ' ' ' V' ' 4' ' . B 1' . ill . Sl ' A: . ' .4 r ' ' ' . '1 La fy, X Va' y, . .:i. ' ' C f , q -1 . 1 ff g , Ag '14 f C ' ' r . ' 1 1 ,gl't t . We I ' I thi., jr 'i - '. .' ' . ' 4' I' 1 ' y' ,. 1 1' V Q ' 1' the La I 1 , u ' ' '. ' , . - ' 1 'r. 't .'ann as pr'n iyal. Mr. ' Q ' , . l.e so if ' Q ' :ie tr ply. 1. h Q N ' SC 4' ' C ' H vf'Cjl'1l.l,.l, is ft' 1 La Gran le, S rinw Vallev, Fowler and Hovuell-Cvraves to enter into horrte 'oorns C3 1 y' . ' ' . '. ' ' ' ' 1 f at 4 or Cris but ' ' 1 1, . ' ' ,, 1 2 l, tn l st ,aw . V u ' fl ' C ,Y 1 V 1 ' ' . s C r'-'. , , H . 'V ' ', ' . ' .. . ' ' . , . - , - , - ..- ,.. . - V , .- - ,,..- V:,.n V U . . . V C .4 7. . V. Q V. . V .. .. .V r VV V X . . . VV , V ,V v . , t - , .- .. - V ,. O , , V ' '- 1 3 '

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29110715 BOBBY SHARPSTON LaF1xette SOCl8ly MARTHA LEE SMITH Laf ange SOClCty Llbrarlan Beta Club HARLES SOCKWELL F F A LaGrangeSOc1ety AnnualStaff Student Counc 11 CE IASTEWART LaFayetteSoc1ety F H A IWILTON THOMAS LaGrange Soc1ety Olee Club C Club Foot ball Basketball JACK THOMPSON F F A C Club LaGrange SOC1CtN Foot ball Annual Staff Clee Club C1t17ensh1pClub L1brar1an ROY ALLEN UNDERW OOD LaGrange SOC16ty Football C Club MARY EUNICE WIMBERLEY F I-I A LaGrangeSoc1ety BETTY VN INTERS Clee Club, Annual Staff, Lal-'ay ette Soclety , F H A PAULINE WRIGHT LaGrange SOC1Bly, Student Councll, Clee Club 0-13 'f fi. Q 1 1. Sur 'Vt tu, I? T

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WP v As we are nearxng the end of our hlgh school days the future of all my class mates IS revealed before me ln my crystal ball I see Betty Allen as a Math teacher at old Colbert County Hlgh School Cella Stewart and Mary Ellen Holt haye also chosen teachlng as a professlon I see Bllly Joe Berry happlly marrxed w1th fue chlldren I-Ie and TomCoburn are runntng an apartment house 1n Sprtng Valley Chrlstme Coburn and Martha Lee Smlth are employed as cooks I see Dorls Jewn Meadows and Reyford Fmney nurses at Colbert County I-Iospltal B1lly and Chrlstlne Osborn are happ11y marr1ed runnmg a chxcken farm ln Mldway Austm Davenport IS a beauty operator g1x1ng Ton1s 1n hls own beauty shop m Tuscumbla I see Florence Counts modelmg bathmg sults for J W Fletcher who IS now rnanager of Rogers Dept Store I see Roy Underwood runmng an Lnforma txon bureau U1 Muscle Shoals C1ty Raymond Isbell Floyd Patterson and Mxlton Thomas are playmg professlonal football m Jefferson County Betty Wmters IS runnmg a second hand car lot U1 Florence whlle seekmg the return of her c1t1fen shlp Paulme W rlght and her husband are selhng pencxls on the corner IH Lexghton There IS Sara Carter Kmg on her way to Reno Seeklng 1 dnorce from her fourth husband Joseph Branscome IS pxlot for Pan Amerxcan Alr Llnes Jack Thompson IS Sports announcer at stat1onX A R ln Ford Clty Shlrley Palmer IS also workmg at X A R slnglng commercxals for Du? Looklng further I see Ann Strelt now the feature attractlon at Barnum and Bally C1rcus as the Fat Lady W 1th her IS Carolyn Preult an acrobatlc performer Robert Garr1rr111lha-2, made a success as an electrxclan Wxlma Jean Odom and Mar1lyn Isbellareworlung for Clyde I-Iarrlson and Lee Roy McDan1el who are rnanufacturmg hehcopters I see Bobby Sharpton and Charles Sockwell runnmg a prosperous glue factory 1n Muscle Shoals C1ty Sue Grlssom and Frances Campbell are runnmg a bakery IH La Grange W1llxam Cotcher Colbert County I-hgh s coach IS fast becommg bald because of hls los1ng teams Ray Isbell who chose an army career after ten years has been promoted to Pr1vate Fxrst Class Jamce Deloney IS helpmg her husband sell elevated shoes Mary W1mberly and B1lly Kldd are mn Chlna as mlsslonarxes I see Jewell Carmack a successful wrestler Clara Davenport IS tourxng the country selhng Hadacol Frances McCreary IS runnlng a nursery school m La Grange And oh yes IHoll1s Isbell after ten years and m my Seruor year 1n college All these thlngs w1ll come to pass I I-Iollls Isbell prophet of the future haye spoken I. . I c ' I ' . ' - 1 1 Y V. . . V . . .. C V c . . . '. ' , . , c . . v . , . . . , , . , ' , I . U Y. . y - I - V . v . ' 1 1 , 1 - 1 1 1 '