Dalton High School - Freeman Yearbook (Dalton, KY)

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Senior Cla££ Mi tory Four years ago, the present Senior Class entered school with an enrollment of twenty-six. They were namely: Valada Barton, Martha Bone, Jo Etta Brinkley, Guyman Bridgeman, Robert Blanchard, Eunice Croft, Nancy Brown, Ruby Hancock, Gene Prow, Generia Robards, Randle Riley, J. T. Wyatt, Edgar Jones, Tommy Zentmire, Ola Mae Johnston, Jo Nell Kirkwood, Anita Hollis, Helen Prow, J. D. Franklin, E, L. Ramsey, Clyde Ratliff, Jerry Herron, Junior Utley, Edith Hale, Katherine Weir, and myself, Reed Peyton. We selected the following class officers: President-------------------------------- Reed Peyton Vice-President---------------------------------------Jerry Herron Secretary-Treasurer-----------------------Ola Mae Johnston Our sponsor was the principal, Mr. Arnold Hicks. In our sophomore year the following quit school: Valada Barton, Ruby Hancock, Guyman Bridgeman, Tommy Zentmire, and Eunice Croft. J. T. Wyatt remained a freshman. Genera Robards moved to Madisonville. Edgar Jones went to Nortonsville. Betty Day entered our class from Charleston. This left an enroll- ment of nineteen. During this year Betty Day was chosen as a cheerleader. She also ran for the beauty contest and won second place. Our officers were: President--------------------------------------Betty Day Vice-President-------------------------------J unior Utley Secretary-Treasurer----------------- ---Ola Mae Johnston Our sponsor was the principal, Mr. A. O. Richards. In our third year we lost three of our members. Jo Etta Brinkley moved to Providence. Betty Day returned to Charleston. Gene Prow moved to Madisonville. Roena Good entered from Charleston. This left an enrollment of seventeen. This year our officers were: President------------------------------------Junior Utley Vice - President----------------------------- Randle Riley Secretary-Treasurer------------------ --Ola Mae Johnston Our sponsor was the principal, Mr. A. O. Richards. One of our members, J. D. Franklin, won a trip to Richmond, Virginia, by writing a theme on What I Have Done In The 4-H Club . Buddie Hale and Helen Prow were chosen as cheerleaders. We took our trip to Nashville to see the Grand Ole1 Opery. 13

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HELEN PROW E. L. RAMSEY Ambition Half interest in Ambition - -- --- a '49 Ford Fault Fault Basketball - Tennis Cheerleader - ----- Quotation - ----- Quotation ..... Well. Well Nickname Nickname -----. JUNIOR UTLEY Ambition .................. Coach Fault------- .......... Slowness Basketball - Tennis Quotation........... I don't know Nickname-----........--- Turtle KATHERINE WEIR Ambition---------------Be a wife Fault-----------......... Fussing Glee Club - Tennis - Pep Club Quotation............ Oh. Godie Nickname ------------------ Kat 12

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At last we are seniors. Though the struggle was hard, we pulled through with an enrollment of sixteen. Roena Good went back to Charleston. The following members of the Senior Class have won honors: Buddie Wilson won second place in the County Essay Contest. Helen Prow was chosen by the basketball boys as one of the cheerleaders. Ola Mae Johnston was chosen by the seniors and faculty as the Good Citizen for 1949-'50. The student body and teachers chose Martha Bone and Randle Riley as the outstanding students in the Senior Class to receive the alumni awards. Martha Bone was chosen Basketball Queen. Two of our boys, Jerry Herron and Junior Utley, were out- standing first team players. The members of our class are as follows: President-------------------------------------Randle Riley Vice-President---------------------------------Jerry Herron Secretary-Treasurer---------------------------Martha Bone Sergeant-at-Arms--------------------------Robert Blanchard Ola Mae Johnston, Jo Nell Kirkwood, Anita Hollis, Katherine Weir (now Mrs. Osborne), Nancy Brown, Buddie Hale (now Mrs. Wilson), Helen Prow, Junior Utley, J. D. Franklin, Clyde Ratliff, E. L. Ramsey, and myself, Reed Peyton. Our sponsor is Mrs. Esmer Wyatt. - Reed Peyton The following is our class poem: 3n Tjlie Uorld J J3road 3ield °t J3attle The shade of time is falling fast, Yes, time is drawing nigh, The time has come, so we must face it And bid our friends good-bye. In the world's broad field of battle, Let us be heroes in the strife. Be not like dumb driven cattle In the blossoming of life. Greatly begin! Though we have time, Learning to labor and to wait. Not failure, but low aim is crime So let's not wait for the hand of fate. -Helen Prow 14