Etowah High School - Etowahian Yearbook (Attalla, AL)

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BETTY RUTH WHISNANT ROBERT EUGENE WESSON Hi-Y; Ushers Club; E Club; Football; Treasurer of Sophomore Class; Who's Who. DAVID KEITH WHISNANT Ushers Club; Hi-Y; Library Club. MOLLIE RUTH WILLETT Hostess Club; Driving Club; E Club; Cheerleader; Eto- wahian Staff; Who's Who; Stunt Night. VERLIN WOOD, JR. MARY FRANCES YANCEY Band Club; Driving Club; Stunt Night. LILLIAN LORETTA WHITE Glee Club; Stunt Night. JOSEPH WILMER WOMACK EARL WYNN FRANCES MARIE YATES Treasurer of F. T. A.; Beta Club; Tri-Hi-Y; Band Club; Senate; Majorette; Office Staff; Who's Who; Stunt Night.

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MAX STIMPSON DORIS JEANNE SUMMERS Beta Club; F. T. A.; Tri-Hi- Y; Latin Club; Glee Club; Etowahian Staff. JAMES TALLEY MATTIE LEE TAYLOR MARTHA ANN THOMPSON President of Tri-Hi-Y; Sec- retary of Beta Club; Treas- urer of Hostess Club; F. T. A.; Secretary of Junior Class; Band Club; Who's Who,- Stunt Night. MAVIS RUTH TUCKER Hostess Club. . MATTIE JO STOVALL Tri-Hi-Y; Transfer from Gadsden High School. BILL TALBOT President of Senior Class; F. T. A.; Ushers Club; Senate,- E Club; Football; Basket- ball; Baseball; Who's Who; King. FRANCES BURNS TALTON Driving Club; 4-H Club; A Honor Roll. JAMES WILBURN THOMAS Stunt Night. JOHN KENNETH TIDWELL Ushers Club; 4-H Club; Art Club. SYBIL WASHBURN President of Library Club; Hostess Club; Tri-Hi-Y; Sen- ate; 4-H Club; Driving Club; Glee Club; Advisory Council; Stunt Night.

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THE SENIOR CLASS HISTORY In the fall of 1944 a tribe of trembling seventh graders trouped into the vast tepee of Eto- wah High School. We were terrified at the thought of getting lost while changing classes. How could we ever do it? Our minds tortured us at the thought of being separated from our other classmates and meeting face to face with Heap Big Mr. McCulley. We finally found our homeroom and started looking for our classrooms. Why wasn't room 7 next to room 8? We soon settled down to life at Etowah. We made many friends and soon got to know our teachers. We elected Mary Sue Patton as president of our class. Life went on at a pretty good pace and not many of us stayed lost very long. The next year we knew where everything was and didn't have any trouble at all. Heap Big Mr. McCulley still frightened us out of our skins, but we were getting used to it now. Yellow Moon Pat Pharr was elected president of our class and led us on to our Freshman Class where we were join- ed by many friends from Attalia City School. We practically passed through that year like an arrow. Jump and Holler James Ray Johnson was elected president and during that year we participated in some of the activities of the school. This was the year of '47 and looking back we had a perfectly wonderful time. Of couse, we had our exams to worry over but nevertheless we had three more years to make up for what we failed. Next came our Sophomore year and Jump and Holler Johnson was elected again as Big Chief of our class. That year we were undefeated in football, but we tied Gadsden in the Charity Bowl Game. We lost only two road games in basketball, also we went on to win the state championship. Heap plenty good year. Our school was presented many beautiful trophies that now stand in the trophy cabinet at school. We will never forget Excel Hester, the Brave Warrior of sports during that year. After our Silly Sophomore escapade, school was out and the squaws and braves were free for the summer. After the summer we came back as Jolly Juniors to our dearly beloved reservation. This year seems more clear to us because it was just a year ago. We chose Buffalo G. B. Beasley as our president and settled down for another year of work and fun. We were a pretty important class; even the Seniors were nice to us. They were very dignified and we longed for the day when we would be the head braves of the school. Our success in sports was not to end this year. We lost only one game — to Gadsden — but came back to tie Gadsden in the Charity Bowl Game again. M. L. Walker and Richard Driskell were our football warriors. This year Mrs. Gilliland, Miss Trammell, and Miss Hazelrig were our sponsors. We had the job of entertaining the Seniors and we did exceptionally well in doing it. We decorated the gym very beautifully and everyone had a wonderful time at the dance. Finally school was out and everybody was happy or everyone that passed. Summer vacation came and left like a breeze and we came back to dear 'ole Etowah as Seniors to begin our last glorious year at the aging old building and the more modern flagstone building, which have become so dear to our hearts. King Fish Bill Talbot was chosen to guide us through our last year. We started school with a bang but it wasn't such a bang-up affair as we expected. We had to buckle down to work or we would be back at Etowah again in 1951. Our warriors tomahawked and massacred everyone of our opponents and beat Gadsden in the Charity Bowl Game, the score at the last being 6-0. This was the first year since 1913 an Etowah team had won all of its games. In 1947 the only blot was a tie with Gadsden in the post season game. Our success was due to the untiring efforts of boys and coaches, under the tutelage of Coach Jim Glover we have lost only one game in three years. Coach Clyde Childers was back to help in every way as he has done so wonderfully all through the years. This year much credit goes to our likeable assistant Coach Mark Colburn. He did a magnificent job, as the record of our line shows. These three men are a great team. As time went on Macbeth became our last year's worry. The responsibility of the Etowahian and The Blue and White now rested on our shoulders. We went to the football games and cheered as we had never cheered before. Our school showed the finest display of school spirit that it had shown in years. Our last weeks at Etowah were filled with excitement; first, our Stunt Night and the Corona- tion of the Queen of Etowah, then our Class Day program, and last, our graduation. These last days were filled with joy and a tinge of sadness for we wouldn't see some of our classmates ever again. Never-