Donelson High School - Crest Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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MW As a freslnnan class sixty-nine of us marched on the campus of Donelson High School in September, 1941. M'e gazed about with a feeling of gratitude, for we realized that we were treading the grounds of the best school of its kind. ive were an unu- sually bright group: so there were not many re- marks about green freshmen. Being a large class, we were divided, Miss Hamhlen sponsoring one group and Miss Stroud the other. That year we elected Mary Katherine Hooberry as our president. Bettye Sue Cloyd and Tommy Ward were cheer- leaders. One thing saddened us during our first year. WVe gathered in the auditorium on December 8, 1941, to hear that our nation had entered Xvorld YVar lI. Since then our class has lost many of its members to the Armed Forces. Summer flew by, and we again gathered at D. H. S. to he classified as sophomores, a little older per- haps, but the seniors said just a brighter shade of green. This year only forty-four came back to grace the halls of learning. Dickie Fifield was elected president, while Bettye Sue Cloyd and Ben Krise were our cheerleaders. Miss Hamblen, who was our sponsor for the Hrst half of the year, left us to get her MRS degree, and Mrs. Swift kindly took over to see us through the rest of the year. The fall of 1943 found thirty-seven students launching into their junior year at the school on the hill. By this time many of our number were taking their places in the ranks of those serving our country. They have delayed their own educa- tion so that we, who are still here at Donelson, may have the opportunities that they are denying themselves. The junior class elected Miles Ezell, lr.. president. Our cheerleaders were Geraldine Rader and Bettye Sue Cloyd. Outstanding events of the year were the junior-senior party and the play, A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court, in which many of both the junior and senior classes took part. The juniors were also called upon to assist in the graduation exercises, which gave us a slight forecast of what to expect the following year. Thirty-six brave. industrious, loyal seniors struga gled to the final stages of secondary education. Of this group, only nine of our boys remain, and the girls, who far outnumber them, are holding their breath these last five weeks in the hope that we will not be the Hrst all-girl class ever to graduate from D. H. S. WVe again elected Miles Ezell, jr.. as our president. Florene Ward, Eva Robertson, Geraldine Rader, Margaret Ann Adsmond, and Bettye Sue Cloyd are the senior cheerleaders. We felt honored to have two of our girls, Bettye Cloytl and Geraldine Rader, elected All-City in basketball this season. As we near the close of the final chapter, we can- not begin to tell you the love we have for Donelson High and for each other. Remembering some of the best days of our life here, we leave with high ideals and much ambition, prepared for whatever the future may hold. Though we may be scat- tered to the four winds of the earth, we shall ever be a beloved group in memory and hope in our hearts to meet again. LESLIE ANNE DABBS, Class Historian

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llllllili new Name Nirlrllume Fuuurim Saying lfuvurilv Paslime Ambilinn Margaret Ann Aflsmond.. Dorothy Jean Bradley ,... Elmer Brewer . ,. Bettye Sue Cloy d .,...... Billy Charlton .... Frances Coville.. . . ,. Jo Ann Criswell. . Arinva Cross, ... Leon Creech ...,. Jane Anne Cullum ..,.. . Leslie Anne Dablls. ..,. .. May Bell Davis. . . .. , Miles Ezell ...... Joy Flowers ......,...... Mary Katherine Gragg. .. Margaret Hawkins ...... Aaron Hood . .. Olelia Henley. , . . Jewell Hust.., ... Jean Martin.. . Herbert Miller. . . Ruth Peek... Sain llellorn .... . .. Geraldine Rader. .. . .. Eva Roberts rnii . .. . .. Hollie Sharpe. . . . .. Kent Stockell. . . . .. Mattie Jo Stout, .. .. .. Ulyne Waddell. . . .. .. Florene Ward. . . .. Tommy Ward ,... . .. Lyle Watson. .. . ,. John Wright. .. ... Harold Wright. . . . ,. Squeak ........ Dot. . . . , .. Colonel ....... Bet... Dismal ...... Fran... Jo .... Wren . . . Sweetie-lace. Janie .... ,,.. Doc ........,. Minnie Bell Junior... HHPI-TY'-.. .. Kay... Hawk... Chesty... Hen... Levoy '.... .. Martini .....,. Herby. . , Peekle... Geeky. . . . Al!.cny ...,. Rslilm . .,,. .. slwllae Harpe. . Legals. . . June Bug. .... . Chleken ....... Flotie. . . . . . Chester ....... Red Root ..... Blimp. . . . .. 1.I.W .,.. Bring your money for wi. Reallyl,...... .. .. You square the hypotenune Well. Cob! ..... . Whut'd you saw. . Y ninn ain't kiddirfl. . I don't think sn. . This one will kill you. . . . Come out of there horse ily. Goonl ..... . lu.. educating ...,self. . , . Oh. boy! ....,.,. Mr. Esell to youl. .. lloney. let nie tell you. . . B. B. says ....., . .. What's the name, please'?. .. Aw- .... . . . I don't know '.,, My lloy friend . ... ... Solnellody lnalal for Beulalil Still love me?. . One never knows. . Aw, shoutl. . ... .0ll. liddlef. . ls that so? ..,. And cr-r-r. . . Gee! .. Gosh! ..,,. Aw -Harold! .. Lawdish . . B-wangl. . Dnn't ask mc. .. lt dnn't phase me.. Luke .... and Making signs, ., ... Galllring with .Iu. . . +fDreanling about the Air Corps ......... Playing basketball .... Being friendly ..,, Gossiping. . Singing ..., Telling jokes.. . Loafing. .. .,. Writing ............,. . .. Drllmming tip patients ...... Being a lady ....... Talking with Rader ahout Radar ..., . ,. tvrning td Howard. .. .. . Dreaming about B. B ..... .. Acting dumb ......... . ..Football ,.,. .. . Sewing ............,.... . . Reading letters from Levoy.. Jittei-hugging. . . Hunting Coons . , Sna pping pictures . .....,... Sitting and watching llle world go by ........ . . Losing sleep. . . Laughing ..... . Talking to the girls .. Being brilliant. . . Being a secretary... .. . Taking shorthand. . Growing up ..,. Blind dying .... Cutting classes ..,. Dancing ..,. Eating .... To have a big poeketbnok To go to college and get at Mrs. degree Tovbe a Hot pilot and lneet my Dream Girl To be a great basketball coach To be admired hy women To be swimming instructor at West Point Tn reach the Metropolitan To take Arlene Harris' place To make Jane Anne mad To be society editor on New York Times To be a great doctor To lind an ideal man Ask Gerry To play boogie-woogie like Mrs. Swift To get in a hurry just once To graduate THIS YEAR ,Tn get outa the army To do nothing To teach social science 'rd l-e elissed hy males fmails?J Not to march when he gets into the army To be as No. 1 pharmacist .To learn to be a good little boy 'l'o be calm, eool, and eollected Tn be a private secretary To be Mrs. Roosevelt's secretary To he a heavyweight ehampion 'rd get through American lsismfy 'rn he a golfs wife Tn be the tall lady in the eircus To take Van Johnson's plaee To demonstrate sleeping for a living To find something that phases me To he able to afford as many hamburgers as he can eat

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