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

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-ae- Tirne passed swiftly now, and we soon became accustomed to the regular schedule- tests and all. Then one night the class met with one dream in mind and only one desire in their hearts. We silently watched the procession of girls and boys enter the school auditorium dressed in caps and gowns and thought with hopeful hearts of the time when we would be doing the same as they. Mr. Baxter brought us quickly back to the present by giving us our Junior High School diplomas. The following September we entered Senior High School with high spirits. Most of us will recall many of the nights of the first year in senior high spent writing themes for talking and for chewing gum. In some ways our class didn't grow up fast. The next year was spent with one constant reminder facing us--we were understudies go the seniors. The year saw many joyous events, as well as monotonous ones. Among the latter were nights spent burning mid-night oil to acheive a passing grade in book- keeping and English. Just ask the teachers! However, one really delightful event took place the night we assembled in the school lunchroom. Soft lights and glittering stars cast many reflections of color on a gay scene of girls in lovely evening dresses and handsome boys equally well-dressed. This, as you may have guessed already, was the Junior-Senior Banquet. At last we found the long sought, sometimes desparingly sought, title of Senior bes- towed upon us A number of students gained unusual distinction during the year. Cotton- wood's Good Citizenship Girl who was also Houstor County's representative was Judy Windsor Virginia Sellers and Judy Windsor gained distinction by tying for valedictorian while Ruth Franklin and Lonell McCall tied for salutatorian Robert Strickland won the football trophy and onnell McCall won second place in the county American Legion oratorical contest Now graduation brings to an end one of the important chapters that shall ever be written in our lives so we close the book of our happy High School years sing Senior typing class takes a speed test 14 . , - 1 ' Y . , . . . , A-J Q . I . .,, , . c -' 7' 5 I ,, . i K 1 X . , Mg 'N ff VM .tw fx-,F N ' ' My ' , vt fra ' ,mf W- K W , ,. ,,,,- mn- W, . .n Q AW

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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.

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MZ,-4ad7 When 1n the course of human events It becomes necessary for a class to w1thdraw 1tself from the whole know1ng that 1ts members w1ll soon be conslgned to an uncertam worldly exper1ence It 1S customary to make a last w1ll and testament Therefore we the d1gn1f1ed and 1ntell1gent members of the Semor Class of Cottonwood Hlgh School l though exhausted by long years of tlrlng study and cramm1ng nevertheless do declare our selves to be of sound rnlnds fthough some would d1sagree and do declare th1s to be our last W1ll and testament To the class of '56 we leave our homeroom w1th 1ts worn and txrne honored furn1sh1ngs Also we gladly bequeath our exam1nat1on quest1ons to the sa1d class We would bequeath the answers too but they have long been m1splaced by us therefore they cannot be mcluded 1n th1s legacy Ind1v1dual bequests are as follows Ann S1des W1SheS to bequeath her blond ha1r to Jean Bush hopmg that the latter w1ll not use perox1de aga1n Juan1ta Henderson leaves her love for Coach Sellers to Amerlys Godw1n Charles Varnum leaves h1s ab1l1ty to Sklp study hall to J1mmy Hardy James Earl Wells bequeaths h1s t1tle as All W1reglass' football player to any future football player who 1S good enough to w1n It Evelyn Guy w1lls her beloved geometry book to Just any sucker Frankl1n Brooks bequeaths h1S hab1t of leavmg school at d1nner to W1ll Roney Bess1e Howell and Cab1ra Smlth w1ll the1r shy ways to Peggy Snell and Martha Jackson Jam1e Math1s leaves h1s ab1l1ty to call plays on the football team to Robert Love Bett1e Goff w1shes to bequeath her Cal1forn1a accent to Grace Ca1n Robert Str1ckland leaves h1s ab1l1ty to make all A's 1n algebra and geometry to Harold Burnham Edward Hmson and Robert Earl Nowell leave the1r sk1ll ln playmg basketball to Robert Love and Buford Love We are sure that the two w1ll make a f1ne comb1nat1on V1rg1n1a Sellers and Ruth Franklm w1ll the1r ab1l1ty to get along w1th all the teachers to Charles Earl Exum and Mary Lou Maddox Betty Sue Womack leaves her glasses to the person who took them Gene Guy bequeaths h1S pos1t1on on the football team to Robert Ray hopmg that he w1ll be heavy enough to carry on Glenda Sk1pper w1lls her ab1l1ty to pass algebra w1thout tak1ng tests to Dorothy Bl1ssett Charles Morrls Whlte and Talmadge Holland leave all the1r necessary '7 tr1ps to Dothan to Jerry Watford and J1mmy Hardy Loulse Bruner w1shes to leave her t1ght sk1rts and old boyfrlends to Nell1e Sellers hop 1ng that she w1ll make good use of them E1Ou1S6 Hardy w1lls her ab1l1ty to learn shorthand to anyone who 13 crazy enough to take lt Frank Deese bequeaths h1s talent for pass1ng bookkeepmg W1thOut studymg to Harhe Halstead Don Holl1s leaves h1s 1n1t1at1ve for studymg Engllsh to Johnny Johnson Lonnell McCall w1lls her pubhc speak1ng talent to Joyce Lamb Baxter and Earl Holl1s with the assurance that there 15 not enough to f1ght over Sue Meadows leaves her blessed qu1etness to JoAnn Thomas Ray S1zernore and Allen Fowler bequeath to Jack Meadows and Dormle Bruner all the rn1sch1ef they got 1nto 1n Mr Sellers' classes Annette Love and Ann Johnson pass on the1r places 1n the typlng room to Sammy McCall and Rex Granger, who Just love to type Raymond Meadows leaves h1s ab1l1ty to gOSS1p m class to James Edward Odorn Don Askew cons1dered leavmg h1s knowledge of bookkeepmg to James Edward Odarn also but, on second thought he dec1ded that he had better keep lt Ann T1nde11 bequeaths to Robert Robmson her ab1l1ty to be absent from school two days every week and st1ll make good grades 15 I I 1 o 1 n v a ' , - 9 Ds 0 0 - 1 9 . . . . I - . . . . . . . . , . n Q . - , - . YV- . 0 0 u u a Q J n Q I . . . u . . Q . . . . I , 1 .