Daviess County High School - Echoes Yearbook (Owensboro, KY)

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1940 SENIOR LLASS GRUMBLLR S COMPLAINT By IITELVIN Rllouss LAN T lsee why I have to be botheled Wltll Wlltlllg' a sllly pa pel llke tl IS It seems to me I have been plcked on fiom the tlflle I enteled this PIISOH and even now as gladuatloll dlaws lleal a goal I nexel expected to leach because of the dumbness of celtaln teachers they do not let up on me as b en said FOI into the llfe of all some ram must fall It has poured ln tolrents lnto the llfe of this 48 class We sigh 111 lellef as we look back ovel the long, tedious, tiresome years It has bee'l our mlsfoltune to spend ln this gloomy place It IS a shame that veal aftel yeal, class after class must sub Mellm Rhodes mlt to uhatevel toltuous methods of ellmlnatlon the faculty mav pelsonally decide upon uch as final tests, etc, befole they may grladuate The melnbels of the school boald should consldel It a great pelsonal favor that we even accept tllell document they call a diploma and glve It space among oul walu able papels so vse ulge them not to g1V8 It so gl udglngly I thlnk that unless some method IS found bv whlch a fellow Cdll gladuate without being a lfleshn an this school IS doomed How I ever sulvlved the lnsults and lncon VEIIIQHCGS heaped upon me by the uppelclassmen IS beyond me As bophomoles ue falled llttle bettel VVe wcle folced to assoclate with a lot of ullclvlllzed Freshmen VVhen we became Juniors I thought we had about everything' onlv to find we stlll had to put up wlth yellow excuses and the llfflllellt sg stenl VVe 50111015 ale on the xelge of phvslcal collapse lesultlng flom the faculty tly COIlSld6latl0I1 ' No we 'ue forced to stand ln a lJ163il llne and watch all the cholcest foods gobbled up by tlle llttle ones xx ho bv then undlgnlfied speed get thele fllst A eafetel la IS all lnelegant thing' anvvs ay The cooking classes could at least 1716113.16 and selve oul flvorlte dlslles ln a pllvate dlnlng, loom AQIJOIIIIYISZ' thls we should have a soda fountaln alld pool 100111 xx hele vue could stloll lll alld 611105 lefleshments and lec leatlon VSltl10llt costing us anytlllng Beauty shops should be added fol the g'lllS who need to ' pI'll'llp up ' By all means an elevatol should be lnstalled Imaglne asklng us bemors to walk fl om one floor to anothel We hate to glumble at oul deal pllnclpal but lt does seem he could stay Ill one place 01 anothel and not be hele there and exelyxxhele all at once He should miss a few things and 2'lV6 us a break once ln a wlllle It lb lumored that at one tlme he was a ll10lTlbC1 of the Sey 1110111 Detective A5.,encN Novi that we have had oul chance to mumble oul tempels have somewhat cooled and oul blulsc d healts healed It IQ with deep leg,let ue say good bye and wlsh evelv one the success md happiness llfe can hold VVe leave oul successols to Llumblb on and OU! bklllful faculty to be glumbled at and loved 0 Y Y ' If as sw 9 I , ' J w . 1' ' 1 -I - Q ' 1' ' ' n -. , . . It h e ' A' ' ' ' ,l ' . l , sl if ' ' ' A ' ' ' -S F . ' V I . I B . , . . ' - - ' A ' ' ' . . ,- . . ' I be u 4 ' . i i . E ' . , ' . ' , .I - . . ' ' , l x I ' ' I ' 7 . I ' - u , nv , . . .' , I' ' Q 1 u v - ' - ' 1 a 1 w- k ' I A ing to cram into Olll' heads all the information at their fingertips and do we get any . u ' 1 y I 1 - . I v . ' 1 ' . , .V y . ' , ' , . . 1 , 1 . y. ' n ' . 1 Y 1 n . v 4 ' 9 , , , . ' . ' ' . , . . . . .' ' ' , - ' ' . - . . , . V . . ' - - x v . ' 1- vi l . . - l . 3 1 I I ' 7' x 1 , r u x v x 14 - 1 1 . 1 l ' - . , , , . . , 1 i - - v 3 i - ' ,- ' . . , ,. , . , . , . ,. . , . - - ' 1 - , ,.. . . l ' ---Thirty juul

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1946 SENIOR CLASS PRUPHFLY By J BANNLTTE Sl-l me HIS year I was selected to prophesy the future of my class mates Puzzled but happy I probed my mlnd for some hlnts on how to proceed wlth thls great task It came to me that a cel taln Madame Shelba had advertlsed 'to know all and tell all a most unusual fashlon In my search for lnformatlon I dldn t dare lea Je a stone unturned so I deC1ded to vlslt th1S lady Arrlvlng at Madame bhelba s, I was dlsappolnted to flnd no dark entrance l-all nothlng that would satlsfy my VlVld lmaglnatlon I remlnded my self agaln that every p0SSlblllty had to be exhausted so I allowed myself to be led down the hall by a very attractlve but deflnltely Amerlcan lady To add to my dlsappolntment Madame Shelba was very humanllke no alr of mystery about thls woman no crystal ball nor dlfl she look at my palm Just set me down ln a comfort able chalr and adjusted my foot rest She walked to the llght swltch and turned off the llght I set motlonless wonderlng what would happen next She walked ln front of me, but dld not offer to touch me After a moment she pulled back a curtaln Whlch revealed a movle screen It llghted up wlth D CH S Graduates of 48 I sat back knowlng that at thls moment very llkely my search had been short llved The openlng scene IS famlllar enough Yes you are rlght It IS the dear old Alma Mater The Prlnclpal however looked very dlfferent but vastly famlllar It IS Wll llam Carlton and accompanylng hlm IS hls secretary Hazel G00dWlH Looklng around at the other members of the faculty I see more famlllar faces Dorothy Prlndle Com merclal teacher Bettv Sue Roberts, Engllsh and J W Brumley, agrlculture As the scene leaves bounty Hlgh we see two flgures ln the dlstance on motor scooters They are Teddy Ray Cooper and Robert Bellew Don t tell me they Stlll have those motor scooters? ' Next the scene shlfts to a very fabulous Hollvwood studlo The faces are comlng nealel and nearer Why lts Jualllta DIOTTIS and her All Glrl Olchestla Bobble Thomas Poole wlth the clarlnet Mlldred Rascoe chlmlng ln occaslonallv Wlth the glockensplel and 'there l'Sl Yuba on the Tuba Oh no It s DOFIS Butcher Slttlng at a huge plano IS Beverly Jane Magan master of the keyboard Helen Weatherholt shlnes ln the drummer posltlon ln those swlng' numbers for Whlch J M s orchestra l's so famous VVho IS that Jolle petlte blonde maklng her way to the stand' It s BObble I ee Robertson a blues: slnger The scene changes much to my dlsappolntment but thls tlme lts New Yorks hlfth Avenue and I see agaln a famlllar flgure ltS Joanne Puckett From her ap Jeannette Sharp ed for Saks Flfth Avenue As she goes through the swlnglng doors the lnterlor of the beautlfully decorated bulldlng IS revealed to the passers by There are three desks near the door At these desks are three flgures Rosemary Holbrook head of the Art De partment and hel asslstants Eleanor Pflster and Ravnlond Hunt They are leavlng for MHCISOH Square Ga den for a professlonal basketball game As they approach the tlcket wlndow there ar two more famlllar flgures selllng tlCk8tS They are Blll Da vlsson and Wllllam Lee Harrls The faces of the malorlty of the team are famlllaf They are Mllton MlCkCV Best Bobby Tavlor and Llndy Mercer Thls IS thelr last game of the season and they are as yet undefeated Slttlng on the sldellnes are two faShl0nable ladles Mrs Llndy Mercer the former Abble Hawes Mrs Robert Taylor the former Barbara Wagner There IS the manager Arthur Truman Jr , accompanled by hls wlfe the former Helen Julla WlHSte3d Now the scene moves outslde A cab IS speedlng down a busy New York street The cab IS headed for La Guardla fleld There s a man gettlng out It s Harold Gordon who IS now a Texas oll man He IS boardlng a plane Ah there s the lnterlor' In the pllots seats are Robert Blvlns and James Case Who IS that cute llttle hostess? Well bless pat lf lt lsn t Eloulse Parton There are more faces I TSCOQTIIZC T C 'Ierry and hls wlfe the former Betty Mundav T C a comedlan on a blg radlo show IS headed for ChlC3g0 to make a personal appearance He has hls entlre company wlth hlm-James Leonard featured vocallst Rov Casebler and hlS qulntet lncludlng Roh ert Keugel Cralg McDanlel John Blunk and Llovd Walte There IS an lmportant look lng man ln the group whos smoklng a blg clgar WhlCh IS callslng a terrlflc smoke screen Just a mlnute It s clearlng whv It s Melvln Rhodes T C s sponsor Rav LEWIS Kennedy IS the one who says Your dollars buy more lf vou shop at Melvln s chaln stores The plane IS landlng lh Lhlcago As the scene moves lnto the termlnal I see Bettv Ashworth at the lnformatlon desk At the tlCk6f wlndow are Jean Blvlns Shlr ley Hughart and Ida Marle Havnes Now the scene changes to downtown Chlcago to the fashlonable Pump Room Thomas Toon IS the headwalter Ah the floor show IS lust startmg' There s a chorus llne and what llnesl There are Edlth Powell Wanda Brown Ella DHVIS Mary Jewell Gordon Anna Hagan and Opal Melhlser The scene fades out now It s gettlng clearer It's ln the control room of a broad fCOIltlhU6d on page 405 1 '1 '1 ' ' Y ' 1 J . 1 1 ' i ' 7 i ' A ' ' W , I YY Q . . . . , , . , . . . . . . , . 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l94r bENIOR CLASS WILL Iill Br'r'rr bu Rom-ms We the Senror Class of nmetten hundred and forty erght e rm, ot unusu rlly sound mrnd and memory do hereby publrsh our ast vxrll and tcstament To the Faculty xxe xxrll our srncere apprecratron for therr un trrrng effor ts rn preparrng us for the future to the Junrors all the prrvrleges and more too than we have enloyed and the trtle of benrors lo the bophomores and Freshmen encouragement to frszht I Bettx Ashworth xxrll my quret ways to Wanda Harper I Robert Bellexv wrll abrlrty to be tardy for school to Herman Handy I Mrckev Best xvrll my athletrc abrlrty to Wrllram Nave I Robert Brvens wrll my place rn Government class to Yewell Betty Sue Roberts Basham John Blunk wrll my sweet drsposrtron to Anna Lee Jarvrs J W Brumley wrll my State Farmer Degree to Rex Brvens Jean Brvens wrll my ladylrke ways to Elrzabeth Ann Pool Jane Blanford wrll my babyrsh ways to Barbara Wrmp Grace Boyd wrll my xx eakness rn keeprng a boy frrend to Dorrs Drake Wanda Broxxn vxrll mv chewrng gum to Jolrne Spencer Dorrs Butcher xxrll mv neat appearance to Joyce Hay Wrllram Carlton xxrll the honors that I haxe recerved the past 4 years to 4 lcnrr Jackson Hugh llruty ju I 1. James Case xx rll mv good posture to Franklm Taylor Roy Casebrer wrll my boxrng., abrlrty to Don Manley Teddy Cooper xxrll mv slxrll rn operatmg a motor vehrcle to krmb rll Morrrs Flla Davrs xvrll mv bashful xvays to Jeannette Basham WVrllard Davrsson wrll my snare drum to Alrce Westerfield Hazel Goo lwrn wrll my good grades rn exery subrect to Allre Roberts Harold Gordon wrll mx lrne to the grrls to Brlly Wrggrnton Anna Hagan wrll my lrke rble drsposrtron to Ann Case Wrllram Harrrs xxrll mx rntellrgence concernrng parlramentarv procedure to Hale Abbre Haxxes vxrll mx beauty to Margre Cook Mary Cordon wrll mx abrlrty to srng alto to Frerda Smrth Ida Marre Havnes xvrl mv place rn the Senror Class to anxone xxho deserves rt Shrrley Hughart wrll my accent to Mrldred Johnson Raymond Hunt wrll mv drgnrfled ways to Bobby Boswell Betty Johnson Ixvle xxrll my Calrfornra ways to Ruth Farrrs btella Iones Blevrns vxrll my rntellrgrent outlook on lrfe to Marx Small Brllre Ixellem xvrll my char mrng grggles to Marcella Hawes Ray kennedy wrll my grft of gab to Charles Alexander Helen Keown wrll my rnterest rn school to Vrrgrnra Powers Robert Keugel wrll my rnterest rn calves to my brother Jrnrmy James Leonard xxrll nrv musrcal talent to Barbara Magan Beverly Magan xvrll mx alnlrtx to plax the plano to Ann Chrssom Wallace Magan wrll my manly ways to Gary Norrrs Crarg McDanrel xxrll mv paper wad shootrng abrlrty to Albert Broxxn Opal Nlelhrser wrll mx place rn Mr Kelley s study hall to Alrce Mattrngly Lrndy Mercer wrll my place as the best lookrng senror boy to Oswald Ieatlsem Helen Moser wrll my good dr posrtron to MRIIOH Qurnn Juanrta Morrrs wrll my platrnum blond harr to Kathryn Holme Bettx Munday vxrll my fashronable skirt to lane Mclntxre Elourse Parton wrll my place on the office personnel to Barbara Atherton Eleanor Pfrster xvrll my rnterest rn a former graduate to no one Bobble Poole vxrll my place rn the Natronal Honor Socrety to Joyce Survant Edrth Powell wrll my pleasrng vorce to Arlene Young Dorothy Prrndle xx rll my outstandrng record at County Hrgh to mv srster Jane Joanne Puckett xxrll my cheer leadrng abrlrty to Brllre June Lrvely Mrldred Rascoe wrll my place rn the band to Anna Lors Unsel Melvrn Rhodes wrll my grumblrng' attrtude to anyone who can grumble more Bobble Lee Robertson wrll my popularrty to my srster Jo Ann Shrrley Sampley wrll my place rn geometry class to Mary Emma Parker Jeannette Sharp vxrll my energetrc ways to Jeanne Pfrster Marron bherrff wrll my future to any one foolrsh enough to want rt W anda Smrth xxrll my Hllllllllg' personalrty to Joann Rummage fC0lltlIlLl9d on page 409 Y .Ig w . 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