Cottonwood High School - White Timber Yearbook (Cottonwood, AL)

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RAYMOND MEADOWS F,F.A,: 4-H Club. DON ASKEW C-Club: F.F,A,: 4-H Club: Football Manager: Cheerleader: Basketball Team: Class Play: Who's Who. 'VJ ' GLENDA SKIPPER 4-H Club: F,H.A.: Band. CABIRA SMITH 4-H Club: Usher of Play '51, '52, '53, '54. TALMADGE HOLLAND Football Team: C-Club: F, F,A,: 4-H Club: Who's Who. .TUANITA HENDERSON 4-H Club: F,H.A, Library Club: Assistant Teacher. on YQ as I s. 1 MRS . WINDSOR Sponsor SUE MEADOWS Beta Club: 4-H Club: Whos Who: Librarian. ,gf aN,'x ANN JOHNSON 4-H Club: Who's Who: May Queen '53, '54: Sr. II Play. Sponsored by RODENBOUGH OFFICE SUPPLY CO.

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6Zcz44.7 wtofzq VIRGINIA SELLERS On a br1ght September mormng 1n the year of n1neteen hundred forty three a br1ll1ant group of chlldren some w1th tearful eyes some w1th smlles some sllent and remorse ful some br1ght eyed w1th ant1c1pat1on entered the classrooms of Cottonwood School for thelr f1rst tlme to beg1n twelve years of hard '7 study The f1rst year of our stud1es w1ll forever be a memorable one Many of us recall how we were 1ntroduced to a stxll fam1l1ar but unwanted fr1end the dear ole board of ed ucatlon The second grade was much less cornphcated than the f1rst Th1s year passed qulckly as we grew more contented w1th our studles and added to the knowledge gaxned the f1rst year The thlrd grade seemed very pleasant at f1rst but we soon struck a hard stumblmg block the multxphcatlon tables Some of us are stlll stumbl1ng some made the grade 1n f1ne form and some found lt d1ff1cult The fourth and f1fth grades were less dlfflcult but had many occurrences whlch w1ll be remembered for l1fe To name one the famous Cake Walks' performed by almost all members of the class and d1rected by Mr Jones as a pumshment for d1sobed1ence The slxth grade was a happy one w1th all students lookmg forward to a day regarded as one of the most 1mportant to us then It seemed slow 1n comlng but soon the tlme had ghded by and on a br1ght day 1n May n1nety s1x starry eyed students were found dressed very neatly wa1t1ng w1th anxlety to rece1ve the slxth grade dlplomas for whlch they had worked so earnestly Junlor H1gh School was entered the next year w1th enthuslasm Everythlng seemed strange and confused but the most confus1ng of all was the chang1ng of classes None of us w1ll deny the embarrassment we felt when we someumes entered the wrong room But fmally adJust1ng ourselves to new customs and new surround1ngs we settled down to the routlne of Jun1or H1gh School Qu1ckly we found ourselves act1vely 1nvolved 1n choosxng a sponsor May Queen and enterlng 1nto many act1v1t1es Wh1Ch we had long antlclpated The fun and exc1tement couldn't last forever and lt ended w1th a b1g bang our f1rst m1d term exam1nat1ons 1n .Tumor H1gh School Some of us emerged v1ctor1ous others we regret to state d1dn t Part of our h1s tory th1s year F T A was organlzed V '-N V.. Pres. . Ruth Franklm JudY W1nd50f Was Ch0SCl'1 V Pres Judy Wlndsor Good C1t1zensh1p G1rl of Cotton Sponsor 'MI-S' Wmdsor wood School and was also Hous Sec -... Ann Tmdeu ton County's representat1ve Here Mrs. Cooper, of the D.A. STANDING V1rg1n1a Seller, Juan1ta Henderson, R , presents the good c1t1zen Nell Smlth, Lonnell McCall shlp p1n to Judy, I -- , , - 1 r . . . . . --H - 1 ' II . I -- u 5 S . 1 . . . . . 1 ' -- ll I . . - s v r ' J . g . - x - r ! Y I n , -- ' - 9 I - I , . . Q a ' t Q V fn.