Donelson High School - Crest Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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E l 3 ml al 555, lBEB 'll If SENIOR C ASS HISTORY SPRING IFRESHMENI As the seasons roll on III cndles succes'-lon Sprlng wlth her changeable skles sends forth her flrst shoots The soft l7K'1gl'lI grass lnd thc buds expand under the gentle lnfluence of the sun s ray s So we ln 1940 entered Donelson Hlgh School fresh lnexperlenced dlscloslng but the merest SllggCStlOl'1 of our latent talents we entered upon the hrst year s work w lth the bllss born of lgnorance Between wanderlng ll1fO the wrong classes pesterlng the teachers and haylng eraser hghts we kept the school Ill qulte an uprolr Our homc room teachers Mr Wllson and Mlss Caldwell took us III hand alld trled to reform us lf you look at us today the ama lng results of thelr efforts can be seen DLlflUg the year 97 puplls enllsted ln our class and 79 of these haxe remalned for the four years One of the outstandlllg achleyements of our freshman year was the wlnnlng of the class tournament hy our glrls About ChI1SCm8S of thls year we lost Mr Wllson to the army and acqulred Mr Charles Llggett Our class presldent was Earl Whlte and our cheerleaders were Marlon Shelton and Ruth Dabbs Thus we Went on through our freshman year and by the help of the Sophomores JUDIOTS and SCDIOIS ltS ylyld hues became more subdued and acqulred the fuller bloom of summer SUMMER CSOPHOMORESW When the llrst warm breezes blow the grow lng plants of nature take on the warmer hues of summer The flowers bloom and the skles are bluer Our work thls year was harder and the pleasures fewer alld farther between but we found greater pleasure ln the companlonshlp of our classmates Durlng the year a yery dark cloud lndeed appeared On December 8 1941 we all gathered IU the audl torlum to hear the Presldent s speech to Congress ln thls we asked that war be declared because of the unwarranted attack whlch had been made on Pearl Harbor the day before We all felt SCYIOUS but we dldn t reallze the full lmpllcatlon of that speech lc lders were Marlon Shelton and Bowllng B Boyd jr B B was also on the cast of Plnk and Patches whlch won nrst place ln the contest at Clarksxllle At Knoxyllle the play won thlrd place and he was on the all state cast The glrls agaln won the class tournament and so an example to underclassmen the eason passes on to the gorgeous autumn AUTUMN JJUNIORSJ Autumn wlth all lts hflllldlll follage and frult ushers IU the harvest So we as junlors began to reap the result of our flrst labors As autumn s yellow glow tlnges all thlngs wlth warmth so our genlal comrade shlp shed a glow oxer the toll of the year even sendlng lts rays lnto the other three classes Earl Whlte was chosen presldent of our class and Ruth Dabbs and Marlon Shelton were our cheerleaders Mr J B Thomp son and MISS Luclle Mason were our home room teachers for the year Near the end of the year howeyer we lost Mr Thompson who IS ln clylllan aylatlon We glxe the SCHIOYS a kld party and Mlss Mason and Earl Whlte were chosen the best dressed glrl and boy The glrls ushered at the baccalaureate sermon and the graduatlon thus gettlng a PYBXICW of what woul ' be expected of us as senlors The leayes scatter and fall the snows descend and all gather around the crackllng flames and so we enter mto the senlor year WINTER KSENIORSD As wlnter s cold and snow wlthout drlves all to the shelter of home and hearth so we SEUIOIS looklng ahead and dreadlng the cold and lonellness of the outslde unsheltered by our Alma Mater haye drawn close together to enjoy our last day Tom Denson Eleanor Sheld Howard Moore and Earleen MCKEUZIE haye been wlth us just thls one year but they are so essentlal to the class we often wonder how we ever managed to do wlthout them Thls year our class presldent w as Ralph Flemlng At Chrlstmas Ralph left school and entered the Army Alr Corps and Earl Whlte our ylce presldent took charge Our treasurer was BCSSIC Baldwln and our secretary Ruth Dabbs Marlon Shelton and Ruth Dabbs were agam our cheerleaders and Marlon was presldent of the Dayldson County Sportsmanshlp League Our Senlors are actlxe and athletlc Hoss Foster MHIIOH Shelton Oleta Kelley Marvene judklns and Frances Hagar were leaders on the basketball team The most athletlc boys were Bllly Martln Ralph Flem lng Charles Malone Clyde Dunlap and Earl Whlte Sterllng Pugh was golng strong on the football team when hls ankle was broken Bllly Martln was on the Tennessean s all clty football team and Ralph Flemlng was on the Banners all clty football team Our semor year has been a hard one lllkleell but now our alms and asplratlons have ln a manner been reached Today wlth stout hearts and upllfted heads we turn oar fa es toward the future ready to meet whatever It may hold for us MARFARI r LIDDLI' Class HISIOTIHH Y -,. 7, Y E 7 T ll R' 1 4 ,,,,E.qm -. ,,. . . . . , . 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Bm Bmw FII! 555 Em H Mm fx'-1 SENIOR C ASS PROPHIECY As I retire to my bed the nxght xfter our Semor play I tcellng of sadness creeps mer my mlnd I thxnk of all my fnends and cl mssmltes of the class of 1944 and wonder what they will be domg ten years from now Falling lnto the arms of Morpheus the god of Sleep I see a uslon of the future As the pxcture becomes clearer I see our presxdent Ralph Flemxng who seems to be I successful pro Iessxonal football player xn New York I see a gxrl yes It xs Earleen MLKCIIZIC She xs still Ralph s msmra t1on and most ardent supporter Drmly now cle arly I see Nltl Browning happlly smgxnv as she moves around III her ICIILIICII prep nrmg dlnner for her husban I she was mxrrxed H1 l948 although many thought It would be soon after her gl'ALIlI1fl0I1 And who rs her husbandl Why' It IN none other than th ut xery successful electrlcal englneer B B Boyd Betty lean Beavers seems to haue become I world famous artist I see her now puntmg 1 moonlrght scene lust outslde the clty of Vrchy A doctor s office comes mto vxew jack Hendnx s name ID large letters becomes v1s1ble on the front Busmess 15 good but ack IS still SU'lXlIIg to become a rxch playboy Ah' What x belutxful nurse' lt s Mlldred Newman holdmg the patlent s hand She seems to have reallzed her ambltlon I can hardly recognize the hgures now they are closer there IS Arthur Nelson and that beautxful wllc of hls And there IS that playboy Howard Moore who IS llso mxrrxed They are on 1 huntmg expedmon In the Afrxcan Jungles A hospltal appears It ns the Mayo Cllmc There as head doctor IS Bxlly Martln gxvxng orders to two young nurses Valle Gleaves and Vxrgmxa Emberton There 1S a dromng sound an alrplane lands at Honolulu It xs pxloted by Clyde Dunlap and the co pilot I How ard Judd Who could forget Clyde and How ard7 Yet for a moment I dxd not recognlze them The last passenger IS off the two attractlve stewardesses descend They come xnto the foreground Now I see they are Betty june Morgan and Margaret Lxddle I see Sterlmg Pugh taklng the oath of office as governor of Tennessee He s the youngest IH hlstory to hold such an lmportant ofhce Hrs rapid success xs largely due to the xnsplratlon of hls devoted w1fe formerly jane Evelyn Judd The Governor wlll be closely assocxated wxth the congressman W1ll1am Rldlev In M G M s studxo a new star Marvene judkms has r1sen to fame because of her excellent work In We Hate Men Jean Brumlt the co star xs also a well known personage ln Hollywood The play was wrxtten and directed hy Louxse Davxs Thomas Denson now In Metropolxtan Opera has sung hls way to national fume He has made thou sxnds of dollars sxngmg his baritone solos Of course his wlfe the former Mxss Betty Ann Harmon IS his nnsprratxon A new beauty salon has been opened In Donelson by Oleta Kelley Frances Sanders 15 her very able assistant Manager Charles Bulllnvton ns nerx ousls walkmg the floor as h1s fwhter Marthl jean Foster rs about to enter the r1ng for the Women s Wrestllng Ch xmplonshrp of the World jean Harrls seems very busy as she trles hard to hll the xacanty left by Mlss Lucxle Mason math te xcher It Donelson Hlgh School Marlon Shelton the Umted States most famous fashlon creator lb seen as she IS leavxng on the Ile de France wlth her most beautxful model Ruth Dabbs Ruth and MBYIOD are also world famous ptterbugs BCSSIE Baldwln s ambxtlon was to become a nurse It seems that she became lmpatlent and gave up her career to marry a xery handsome cadet Onexda Boner 15 worklng as secretary to the manager of a large nrcraft factory Now I see Gertrude Fuqua happrly srngmg as she goes about her work She owns 1 beautiful calc In the heart of New York Clty Charles Malone IS a popular orchestra leader IH a Chxcago mght club He has blown hrs was to fame wxth his trumpet Ah who IS thls dolng the beautlful sxnglng for thls orchestrav Why lt 15 none other than Eleanor Sheld Bxll Hooper ls now an Instructor xn physlcal educatxon Il Duke UDIVCFSIIV Last but by no means least I see one happy famlly return to Donelson for home coming 1954 It IS Fr mces Hagar and her husband whxle I Earl Whlte your prophet make a me xger hung as 1 news correspond ent for the Chltago Txmes Thus readers IS gxven you a vlsxon by YISIOD prophecy of the Semor Class of Donelson Hlgh School ten years hence EARL Wmrr Class Prophet Page Sezerztem . - C Q ..-, I 9 ' ' aa ' , mv 'im , 2 Sl 'J ' , ' . 2.52 : ' ' '2 ' 'I 2 c . 2 , . . . I ' , ' 2 , . 2 E, ' 525' :. ' 2 tg' 2 .2 2 ' 2 ' 2 . ' ' 2 ' f 2 '. 2 2 J . . -I. . ' r . . ' 2 2 . 1: I 1 I . I K 1 , . . L ,. l . - ,I I a q I , . Q ' s ' . ' ' . , ' . V 4 ' 4 v , . . C . . , 6 . . . , I. . . . , 1 . 1 V ' 5 . A rw v ' - , , 2 . 2 . . I , 2 ' . J . I . k. , . ' L. , ,, , 2 , , 2 ' ' . .. 2 ,' .2 . . ' 2 ' 2. 1 Y 1 F ' . 2 -., .