Fort Meade High School - Fomehiso Yearbook (Fort Meade, FL)

Text from Pages 1 - 138 of the 1951 volume:

STAFF MARGE BARNETT- - AUDREY MOODY- - ZONDRA GRANT- - ■ BILLY AYCOCK---- NELSON LUNN----- CLOIS CANNON- - - FRANKLIN BURNSED- MISS NELLE MASSEY MR. DAVID BLACK- ----------------- Editor --------Assistant Editor ------Business Manager --------------Art Editor . _ --------Sports Editor ------Snapshot Editor Assistant Snapshot Editor ■-----------------Advisor ------------------Advisor Published by THE SENIOR CLASS FT. MEADE HIGH SCHOOL Volume VII V y We the Class of 1951 of Fort Meade High School wish to take this opportunity to show our appreciation to one of our mothers who has given unselfishly of her time and effort toward making our school life more profitable and more enjoyable. She has served as home-room mother for two years and has always been a capable and willing worker when our class sponsored such activities as class picnics, chicken suppers during our junior and senior years, Junior-Senior Banquet, and senior dances. She not only assisted our class but has been most successful in helping the new school band to secure their uniforms. For these and many other reasons, we wish to dedicate this the seventh edition of the FOMEHISO to our beloved friend Mrs. J. B. Grant. A R. D. MITCHELL Supervising Principal DAVID M. BLACK Senior Sponsor Physical Education Director MISS NELLE MASSEY Senior Sponsor Commercial Mrs. Mary Comegys Miss Martha Smith School Nurse Librarian Mrs. Katherine M. Bell Rupert Carlton School Secretary Band Director Mrs. Winifred Evans Registrar Mathematics Harry S Gordon Athletic Director Social Studies Robert M. Jenkins Assistant Coach Industrial Arts Charles S. Harrison Assistant Coach Biology Miss Betty Noland Girls' Coach Physical Education Miss Etoile Reid Mrs. Edith Mitchell Mrs. Louise Rushing English English English Spanish Forrest N. McCullars Miss Barbara Hunter Mrs. Nellie May White Agriculture Home Economics English Mrs. Orrilla W. Smith Miss Helen Godwin Mrs. Marion Hart Science Social Studies Seventh Grade NELSON LUNN Class 1,2,3,4; Vice-Pres. 4; M Club 2,3,4; Track 1,2, 3,4; Basketball 2,3,4; Foot- ball 3,4; Baseball 4; Track 1,2, 3,4; Annual Staff; In- tramural Athletics. MARY ALICE HOWARD (Johnie) Class 1,2,3,4; Sec. 3,4; Glee Club 1; FHA 1,2,4: Black and Gold Staff 4; Correspondence Club 2; Class Historian; Senior Notable; Intramural A hletics. DAVE BEST PATSY SMITH (Slewfoot) Class 1,2,3,4; Pres. 1; Vice- Pres. 2; Treas. 4; Football 2, 3,4; Basketball 1,2,3,4; Track 4; Baseball 1,2,3,4; ”M Club 2,3,4; Senior No- table; Junior Play Cast. (Patsy Mae) Class 1,2,3,4; Sec. 1; Treas. 3; Rep. 4; FHA 1,2; Glee Club 1; M Club 1,2,3,4; Basket- ball 1,2,3,4; Black and Gold Staff 2,3,4; Junior Play Cast; Senior Notable; Class Lawyer. Intramural Athletics; Cheerleader 1 CARL ERRETT STOREY (Storeyboat) Class 1,2,3,4; Pres. 3,4; Baseball 1,2,3,4; Basketball 3,4; Junior Play Cast; Band 2,3,4; M Club 1, 2,3,4; Black and Gold Staff 1, 2,3,4; Senior Notable; Intramural Athletics. 3,4. BILLY RAY AYCOCK (Bill) Class 2,3,4; Art Club 2,3; Hobby Club 3; Annual Staff. MARGUERITE BARNETT (Marge) Class 1, 2,3,4; Glee Club 1, 2; Band 2,3,4; M Club 3, 4; Basketball Manager 3,4; Junior Play Cast; Service Club 3; Black and Gold Staff 2,3, 4; Senior Notable; Annual Staff. LOUISE BASS (Louisa) Class 1,2,3,4; Art Club; Black and Gold Staff 4; Library Assistant 4; Glee Club 2, 3; Hobby Club 2; Intramural Athletics. RUSSELL ALLEN BRINSON (Rusty) Class 1,2,3,4; FFA 1,2,4; Basketball 4; Hobby Club 2; Intramural Athletics. ALLEN BURNSED (Little Sid) Class 1,2,3,4; Baseball 2,3, 4; Football 2,3,4; M” Club 2,3,4; Intramural Athletics. SOLOMON FRANKLIN BURNSED (Big Sid) Class 1,2,3,4; Football Manager 2; Basketball 2; Junior Play Cast; ”M” Club 2,3,4; Photo Club 2; Annual Staff. I CLOIS CANNON (Fishhook) RALPH CORBITT HUBERT COULTER Class 1,2,3,4; Football 3,4; Class 1,2,3,4; Intramural Class 1,2,3,4; FFA 1,2; Foot- Basketball 2,3,4; FFA 1,2; Baseball 2,3,4; Senior Notable; M Club 2,3,4; Reporter 4; Annual Staff; Junior Play Cast; Intramural Athletics. Athletics. ball 3,4; Track 1,2,3,4; Baseball 3,4; MM” Club 4. VALERIA COULTER (Cherry) ROY FULTON DeVANE AVIS CAROLE DURRANCE Class 1,2,3,4; FHA 2,3,4; Class 1,2, 3,4; Football 1,2,4; Class 4; FHA President 4; Band President 3; Vice-President 4; Baseball 1,3,4; M Club 2, 4; Majorette 4; Black and Gold Senior Notable; Intramural Athletics; Sponsor 4. 3,4; FFA 1,2,4; Intramural Athletics. Staff 4; Senior Notable. WESLEY FORDHAM (Wess) UHLAN FRALIC RUBY PAULINE GILLISPIE (Ruby Mae) Class 1,2,3,4; Art Club 2,3; Hobby Club 3; Intramural Athletics. Class 3,4; Baseball 3; FFA 3. Class 1,2,3.4; Treas. 2; FHA 1,2; Glee Club 1; Cheerleader 3,4; Basketball 2,3,4; Black and Gold Staff 4; Junior Play Cast; M Club 2,3,4; Senior Notable; Intramural Athletics. ZONDRA GRANT (Grandma) BETTY JANE HOWZE (Little Bit) LAVATA MAE HUNTER (Mazie) Class 1,2,3,4; Vice-Pres. 3; Glee Club 1,2; Black and Gold Staff 4; Annual Staff; Junior Play Cast; Senior Notable; M Club 3,4; Basketball 3; FHA 1,2; Class Prophet; Usher 2. Class 2,3,4; Glee Club 2,3; M Club 4; Cheerleader 4; FHA 2,3; Junior Play Cast. Class 1,2,3.4; FHA 1,2,3,4; Glee Club 2; Correspondence Club 2; Usher 3; Intramural Athletics. JOE LUNSFORD, JR. Class 1,2,3,4; Track 3,4; Football 1,2,3.4; M Club 2, 3,4; Baseball 2,3,4; Basket- ball 1,2,3; Intramural Athletics. HOUSTON McPHERSON (Mac) Class 1,2,3,4; Baseball 1,2, 3,4; M Club 2,3,4; In- tramural Athletics. NEIGEL MILLING (Nig) Class 1,2,3,4; M” Club 1,2,3,4; Basketball 2,3,4; FFA 1; Junior Play Cast; Senior Notable. AUDREY REID MOODY (Tweekie) DAN LEE MOODY (Flannel) HELEN LAVONDA MORGAN (Shorty) Class 1,2,3,4; Rep. 3; Basket- Class 1,2,3,4; FFA 1, 2,3; Class 1. 2,4; Black and Gold ball 2,3,4; Glee Club 1; FHA Football 1.2, 3, 4; Baseball 2,3,4; Staff 4; FHA 2,4; Hobby Club 2. 1,2; Annual Staff; Black and Junior Play Cast; M Club 2, Gold Staff; Junior Play Cast; 3,4; Intramural Athletics. M Club 4; Intramural Athletics. WILLIAMS OWENS (Winkie) Class 1,2,3,4; Football 2,3,4; Basketball 3; Base ball 3; Track 3,4; M Club 2,3,4; FFA 2,3,4; Treas. 4. FRANK TONEY Class 1,2,3,4; Treas. 1; Basketball 3,4; Baseball 4; FFA 2,3,4; Glee Club 1,2; Intramural Athletics. BETTY FRANCES RICE (Grits) Class 1,2,3,4; FHA 1,2, 3,4; Correspondence Club 2; Black and Gold Staff 2, 3,4; Usher 3. JEAN TURNER (Jeannie) Class 4. ZOAH SWARTSEL (Candy) Class 2,3,4; FHA 2,4; Correspondence Club 2. ROYCE TWISS (Runt) Class 1, 2,3,4; Baseball 1,2,3,4; Basketball 2,3,4; ”M” Club 2,3,4; Photo Club 2; Intramural Athletics. DORIS UPTHEGROVE (Dot) Class 1,2,3,4; Glee Club 1, 2. 3; FHA 1, 2, 3, 4; Home Ec. Assistant. EDWARD WILLIAMS (Burr) Class 1,2,3,4; Football 1,2, 3,4; All Ridge Conference Guard 4; Track 1,2,3; M Club 1,2,3,4; FFA 1; In- tramural Athletics. 1 EDWARD WALKER (Moe) Class 1,2,3,4; Football 3,4; Basketball 2,3,4; Baseball 2, 3,4; M Club 2,3,4; Senior Notable; Track 3,4; Intramural Athletics. JAMES WETHERINGTON (J. Spoon) Class 1,2,3,4; Football 2,3,4; Baseball 2,3,4; M Club 2,3, 4; Track 2,3,4; Intramural Athletics ALVIE WINDHAM OTHIN WOODS (Sweetie) Class 1,2,3,4; Football 3,4; Class 1,2,3,4; Football 3,4; Track 2,3,4; M Club 2,3,4; Manager 2; Captain 4; M Senior Notable; Intramural Club 2,3,4; Track 2,3,4. Athletics. CLASS HISTORY CLASS COLORS -Green and White CLASS FLOWER- -Gardenia We are the Seniors of 1951. Through the many long years of school, we have struggled in order to become dignified seniors. Let us take off our hats and shed a few tears; we have FINALLY made it! In our first year at school we numbered about fifty students. Mrs. lone Keene and Mrs. Dorothy Gabriel were doomed to the task of reforming us into little ladies and gentlemen. With their aid, we soon budded out and became sweet little things. As the years rolled onward, we were all looking forward eagerly to our first year of high school. At last it came! We were jolly Freshmen or should I say rats. Yes, that was the most outstanding day in our freshman year. Dave Best was our president that year. After a year's experience, we felt at home in high school. We were Sophomores and had to set a good example for our younger schoolmates. During this year, we had our famous Amateur Hour. All the classes in high school were given the chance to contribute their talents; but, of course, the talent from the sophomore class took first prize. During our junior year we were busy trying out different schemes for making money. Our first project was a play, Home Came Hattie. This very comical play brought the entire audience down with laughter. Dan Moody, in his riduculous role of Aunt Hattie's Impersonator received much applause from the audience. Another outstand- ing event of our junior year was our Chicken Supper, which proved a very successful project. We worked hard on these projects because we wanted our banquet to be some- thing we could remember. And indeed we shall remember it! Another paramount occasion of our junior year was the ordering of our class rings (wonder how many are still wearing them)? Senior! That word sounded good to us. Now we were the kings and queens of the campus with special privileges (so we thoughti We elected Carl Storey for presi- dent, which proved a wise choice. A Chicken Supper started us rolling in money. Our football dances were a lot of fun, especially the Home Coming Dance when Ruth Dishong was chosen as sweetheart of our football team. In April of this year, we presented another smash-hit play, which everyone will remember through years to come. Though we started out with a roster of fifty, we now have an enrollment of forty- one. During the years, some of our girls and boys left us to join the married rank, but fortunately they were replaced by newcomers. At last graduation has come with all its regrets and joys. The Senior Class is no more, but the pleasant years we have spent together will remain with us always as our most cherished memories. Mary Alice Howard Class Historian LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the Senior Class of 1951, in the city of Fort Meade, the county of Polk, and the State of Florida, being of sound body, disposing mind, doubtful memory, and of a firm hope of a successful life hereafter, do make and publish this our last Will and Testament, hereby destroying all former wills made by us at any time thus far. Section I: To the faculty we will our sincere appreciation for their patience and guidance, and we also leave our sympathy for the gray hairs caused by under-classmen. Section II: To our families, who have stood by us through out our school years and who have willingly backed us in all our activities, we will our sincere thanks and appreciation. Section III: To our sponsors we will our gratitude for their undying efforts in making our Senior year a great success. Section IV: To the undignified, inexperienced Juniors, we leave with deepest regrets our most valued properties which are: our undoubted importance, our highly developed sophistication, our intelligence, and ingenuity and above all the front seats in the auditorium. Section V: To the Sophomore Class, we will our soundness of body and durability of mind which they will find useful in over-coming the obstacles that bar the ladder they must climb to success. Section VI: To the Scatterbrained and green Freshmen, we bequeath our sympathy because of our knowledge of the hardships that will so often beset them during their struggle to reach the goal. Section VII: To our beloved F. M. H. S. we leave peanut hulls, candy wrappers, broken desks and typewriters, unpaid book dues, and the calm atmosphere caused by our departure. Section VIII: The individuals of the Senior Class do bequeath fhe following legacies, not as generous gestures left behind because we can no longer use them, but as our most valuable and prized possessions to be accepted and appreciated as legacies which cannot easily be replaced. ROY DEVANE leaves his ability to get to class on time to GENE MANN. PATSY SMITH, RUBY GILLISPIE and AUDREY MOODY will their ability to be at school and up town at the same time to RUTH DISHONG, MYRA COX, and ANNIE LAURA ADKINS. LOUISE BASS leaves her school girl figure to RUTH MILLER. HUBERT COULTER Leaves his Charles Atlas Physique to HAROLD POWELL. UHLAN FRALIC wills his ability to be seen and not heard to ROZENNE CANNON. MARGE BARNETT leaves all her untold jokes to CAROLYN DOUGLAS. DAVE BEST leaves his no. 11 1 2 football shoes to DUANE PEACOCK in hopes that they won't pinch his toes. DORIS UPTHEGROVE wills her dark black hair to VIVIAN ARD. CLOIS CANNON And EDWARD WALKER leave their studious abilities and also their ability to go through school without ever having an unprepared lesson to HOYETT PAGE and TOMMY MARTIN. EDWARD WILLIAMS leaves his literary skill and love of Senior English to JACK HENDERSON with the understanding that he develope it to the utmost. NEIGEL MILLING leaves his creditable reputation as Best Behaved Senior to HOWELL DEAN. (His freckles are included at no extra charge.) ♦ HELEN MORGAN leaves to RUTH DOTSON and JOAN ALBRITTON all her extra height and also any uncaptured boy friends she might have. BETTY JANE HOWZE leaves to JOLAINE HUDSON all her extra scholastic ambitions. VALERIA COULTER leaves her Super-Sonic Sable figure to MARY JO SMITH. ZONDRA GRANT leaves her book on How to Catch a Man in Ten Easy Lessons to RUTH BELCHER and also her old saying If at First You Don't Succeed Try, Try Again. JEAN TURNER leaves her ability to put off until tomorrow what she could have done today to ANNIE MARIE JONES. ALVIE WINDHAM leaves his friendly disposition and all his uncracked wisecracks to JIMMY SPIETH. LAVATA HUNTER leaves her Lana Turner complexion to BERNICE PRINE. BILLY AYCOCK leaves his quiet disposition and well-behaved manner in class to JACKIE LIGHTSEY. CARL STOREY leaves his ability to go with three girls at one time to W. C. FLOWERS. MARY ALICE HOWARD wills her friendly and courteous ways to AUDREY CARTER. CAROLE DURRANCE leaves her Come Hither Look to EDITH MOSELY. ZOAH SWARTSEL leaves her bookkeeping abilities to the Junior with the smartest parents. ROYCE TWISS leaves all his used Toni Home Permanent Wave Kits to CHARLES KOfSSEL. JOE LUNSFORD leaves all his good-looking girl friends to WILFRED MANLEY. WILLIAM OWENS leaves his latest novel Ways With Women to EMORY LAMB. JAMES WETHERINGTON leaves his title as Senior Heavyweight to BILL MILEY. HOUSTON McPHERSON leaves all his nice jokebooks to ALAN GRAFF and HENRY YATES. BETTY RICE leaves her ability to giggle at the right time to MARIE DAVIS. WESLEY FORDHAM and RALPH CORBITT leave their talkative disposition to EVELYN GRIMES and DAISY BRONSON. FRANK TONEY leaves all his agricultural achievements to OLAN COOLEY. DAN MOODY leaves Dan’s Darling Dillies his latest book on how to catch a woman to VELPEAU THOMAS and JACK REEVES. OTHIN WOODS leaves MARY ETHEL to Fort Meade High for just two more years. NELSON LUNN leaves his athletic abilities to DOROTHY MEACHAM. FRANKLIN BURNSED leaves his curly blond hair to WANDA BEACHAM. ALLEN BURNSED leaves his Baby Face to YVONNE PARKER. RUSSELL BRINSON leaves his dashing smile and sparkling eyes to BETTY KELLY. The foregoing instrument, consisting of three pages, including this one, was on the date below given, and in our presence, signed, sealed, published, and declared by the said Senior Class, the testators named therein, as and for their last will and testament, whereupon we, the undersigned, at their request and in their presence and the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses thereto! WITNESSES (SEAL) Class of 1951 June 8, 1951 Patsy Smith Attorney At Law PROPHECY Here it is the spring of 1961 and as I was elected by the class of '51 to remind them of our class reunion I'd better get busy. My line of work, lecturing on How to Reduce by Starvation”, requires quite a bit of traveling, therefore, it will be easy for me to get in touch with my classmates. While on a lecture tour through Georgia I passed several signs bearing the adver- tisement - MARGE'S MUSICAL MORONS. When I stopped to investigate, who should be there but Marge Barnett. Upon finishing high school Marge couldn't decide whether to be a school teacher, musician or psychiatrist, so she combined her talents and opened a music school for feeble-minded children. Say, I just read in the evening paper that Carole Durrance and Hubert Coulter, famous movie stars, have just started their new picture, Oh, You Handsome Brute. Here's another article about the world's new Woman Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. That name certainly does sound familar. Sure it does. That’s my old classmate, Betty Rice. All of you have seen the new bathing suits that are being advertised as Woods' Skimpies. ” Well, you won't be surprised to learn that Othin Woods is the designer of these sensational new suits and Valeria Coulter is his star model. Looking through the book review section, I see that Mary Alice Howard has com- pleted her new book, Living Alone and Liking It , one of the best sellers at this time. Saving the sports page until last, I find that my classmates have made the head- lines. Patsy Smith is now playing professional basketball and is famous as a guard and a forward. Also, Joe Lunsford has at last realized his life-long ambition to take Johnny Lujack's place on the Chicago Bears team. Houston McPherson is now Mr. Shortstop in the baseball world, playing with the New York Yankees. Naturally as I am a lecturer myself, I am interested in all lecturers aiding humanity. The other night upon dropping in at the local Lecture Hall who should I find but Helen Morgan, just back from Reno after getting her fourth divorce, giving lectures on How To Keep Your Man. I went to the Metropolitan Opera the other night to hear Madame Butterfly, and guess who was singing the lead - Zoah Swartzel, After graduation, she started study- ing opera. 1 suppose all of you have heard Russell Brinson's radio program, Have You Had Your Hadacol”, starring Ralph Corbitt and Uhlan Fralic as the Dopey Dudes Duet. And have you heard the National Debating Team and their captain Jean Turner? Say, isn't that something! Having learned this much 1 decided to go back to Fort Meade and look up the rest of the class. Going down to see the Atlantic Coast Line President about reserving a private car, I found Allen Burnsed occupying the position. Recovering from this shock, I started home. When I stopped at Silver Springs, who should greet me but Alvie Windham, He is now snake trainer in Ross Allen’s place. Well, you know Alvie was always a little off. Arriving in Fort Meade, I stopped in what used to be Varn's Pharmacy, but is now the Slurp Slurp Soda Shop under the proprietorship of Franklin Burnsed. Franklin told me that William Owens is the owner of the New Public Super Market which is Fort Meade's leading enterprise. He also told me that Jimmy Wetherington is Mayor of Fort Meade and Royce Twiss is the City Manager. While I was sitting there, Wesley Fordham and Frank Toney came in. Wesley is manager of the Fox Theater and Frank owns a ranch east of town. Frank asked me to ride out and see his prize Herefords. On the way out, we stopped at Betty Jane and A. C. Pierce's house. While we were there, the Fuller Brush Man came. He looked strangely familiar and when I saw tnat Mohawk haircut I was quite sure it was none other than Carl Storey. Our next stop was the Standard Station at Leesville. Of course, I should have known that it was owned by Dan Moody. He and Ruby Gillispie are married and have three little flannels. We left the station and went to the Bowlegs Creek Fishing Camp, owned and operated by Dave Best. Dave told me that our new Florida Governor, Nelson Lunn, is a regular customer of his. He told me that Fort Meade's best tourist drawing feature is a Dog Racing Track owned and operated by Roy DeVane and Clois Cannon. After such a full day I decided to spend the night at Dave's camp and go up to the school house with him the next day. As I entered the old portals it brought back a rush of fond memories which can't be related here. Needing a visitor's permit, I stopped in at the office and found that Lavata Hunter was the school secretary. She told me to see the principal about my permit. Seated in the principal's office looking very dignified was Neigel Milling who offered to take me over the school himself. As we were walking down the hall, Neigel told me that Billy Aycock is cartoonist on the Fort Meade Leader and that Ed Williams is now coach at Fort Meade. First we stopped in Miss Reid's old English room and there stood Audrey Moody teaching English Literature. Recovering from that blow, we went to the commercial room and found Ed Walker right in the middle of explaining the bookkeeping cycle. I couldn't have taken much more cf that. I was relieved to find that Louise Bass is now school librarian and that Doris Upthegrove is Girls' Physical Education Instructor. Yes, some of us have done great things and some of us only ordinary ones, but you must admit, we are still a most unpredictable class. Zondra Grant, Class Prophet ZONDRA GRANT - CARL STOREY CAROLE DURRANCE - ALVIE WINDHAM EMORY LAMB, President; DUANE PEACOCK, Vice-President; JO LAINE HUDSON,. Secretary; BERNICE PRINE, Treasurer; DAISY BRONSON, Re- porter, ANNIE LAURA ADKINS JOAN ALBRITTON VIVIAN ARD WANDA BEACHAM RUTH BELCHER ROZENE CANNON AUDREY CARTER OLAN COOLEY MYRA COX MARIE DAVIS HOWELL DEAN RUTH DISHONG RUTH DOTSON CAROLYN DOUGLAS W. C. FLOWERS ALAN GRAFF EVELYN GRIMES JACK HENDERSON ANNIE MARIE JONES CHARLES KIMBREL _ BETTY KELLEY JACK LIGHTSEY WILFORD MANLEY GENE MANN TOMMIE MARTIN DOROTHY MEACHAM BILL MILEY RUTH MILLER EDITH MOSLEY HOYT PAGE YVONNE PARKER HAROLD POWELL JACK REEVES MARY JO SMITH JIMMIE SPIETH VELPEAU THOMAS HENRY YATES Morris Lunn, President; Dorothy Walker, Vice-President; LaVonne Waldee, Secretary; Lucian Hendrick, Treasurer; John Gordon, Reporter. Roy Barbee Alice Bass Barney Bass Nora Campbell Betty Lou Cannon Earl Collins Veldon Cox Virginia Cox Joyce Davis Julius Dean Bobby DeVane Peggy Dotson Leo Durrance Winifred Gillispie Lyall Graff LaVerne Guest Marjorie Hancock Vernon Hancock Alice Hedden Shirley Howze Wyn Ingle Lucille Ivey Shelton Jackson Bill Jerkins June Kurish Charles Lee Byron Mabry Nellie Meacham Mary Ethel McMillan Martha Milling Bobby Mitchell Paul Morgan Richard Mullens Richard Naylor Millie Nemec Nolan O'Hara Vera O'Hara June Peacock Betty Pierce LaReece Powell Mack Register Edna Mae Rivers Clyde Roberts Violet Rogers J. C. Rowell Imogene Simmons Jean Slessman Dorothy Smith Richard Smith Zona Starling Carol Ven Ditto Billy West Lillian Powell Oliver Reeves Dorothy Williams a. -tf ufl : ■ $ fit it M S. E. McDaniel, President; Jo Ann Woods, Secretary; Jimmie Pollard, Treasurer; Sue Shields, Reporter. Edward Adams Marie Ard Joan Barnett Adolph Belcher Robert Bell Jack Bronson Herman Brooks Wayne Cannon Sue Durrance George Evans Glenda Gillispie Carlton Gram ling Betty Graves Fred Grimes Agnes Griffis Robert Helms Kathryn Cochrane Jimmy Collier Johnny Collier Jody Collier Alvin Howard Jesse Howze Lloyd Ivey Dwayne Johnson Leon Dickerson Annette Donaldson Melvin Lamb Sharon Lastinger Kathyrn Lightsey Mary Lloyd W. F. Martin Winifred McMillan Imogene McPherson Joe Meek James Miller Hazel O'Berry Mary Ellen Olive James Pierce Lola Starling Ethadele Stokes Betty Strickland Rosemary Thomas Earl Thompson David Vaughn Jerry Rahme Davis Roberts Robert Walker Mary Wright • • • «a -- ■ :::� w 1 )!8M! si n 1« H§C sSf First Row: Mary Lou Walker, Kathryn Hancock, Carol Russ, Lillie Raulerson, Kathleen Swartsel, Joan Coleman, Ruth Hedden, Wylene Williams, Zoella Tuggle, Imogene Simmons, Roberts Sturgis, Elva Prine, Clairene Bowen. Second Row: Barbara Young, Imogene Holland, Alene Hendrick, Barbara Hendrick, Ruby O'Hara, Nell Green, Joan Burt, Alice Mails, Barbara Jean Williams. Fay Vaughn, LaVonne Pollard, Winifred Paige, Nancy Broyles, Delores Kilpatrick. Third Row: Sally Howell, Earlene Leach, Jackie McDougald, Betty Jo Richardson, Barbara Martin, Joe Rahme, Doyle Powell, Kenneth Hancock, Robert Walker, Bobby Cannon, Alton Flowers, Charles Frost. Fourth Row; Rheta Bloodsworth, Virginia Reeves, Marjorie Carter, Burt Cox, Charles Chapman, Wendell Collier, Reece Taylor, Jimmy Coulter, Ray Lamb, Edgar Dean, George Green, James Williams, James Newsome. Fifth Row: Coach Gordon, Charles McCue, Laverne Howze, Doyle Williams, Carlton Anderson, Howard Miller, Frank Kimbrel, James Beacham, Buddy Rogers, Lloyd Goodman, Bobby Cook, Ronald Bevis, Miss Godwin. Not Shown; Dennis Simmons, Shereda Douglas, Jimmy Scarborough, Clayton Rowland, Melvin Prine, Geneva Cooper, Ralph Childress. SEVENTH GRADE First Row; Josephine Howard, Janice Benton, Marilyn Cook, Barbara Arnold, Janice Morgan, Beth Ivey, Estelle Bronson, Evelyn Moore, Joan Owens, Louise Wade, Betty Lou Thomas, Sandra Hancock, Florence Lightsey, Jennie Rehbinder. Second Row: Audrey Grant, Marjorie Brown, Judy Allen, Shirley Devane, Barbara Guest, Leaine Watson, Elsie Jean Tillis, Julia Cone, Martha Burrows, Gloria Manley, Phillip Gillispie, Tarley Parrish, Timothy Shurtliff, Freeman Crews, J. W. Manley, Benny Bloodworth, Brantley Gabriel, Ronald Weeks. Third Row: Paula Sue Bowman, Carolyn Corbitt, Frances Brown, Shirlene Vaughn, Phylles Stephens, Jerry Bowman, Gordon Varner, Ray Cook, Kent Manley, Don McClellan, David Marsh, Elwin Matthews, Billy Ferris, Lanard Goodman, Donald Young, Morris Smith, Wade Scaffe. Fourth Row: Velma Carnley, Patricia Baker, Mary Childress, Alwilda Smith, Nellie Mosley. Joan Smith, Elizabeth Prine, Patsy Gordon, Mrs. Orilla Smith, Woody Fralic, Joe Parish. Mrs Marian Hart, W, G. O'Berry, Danny O’Shea, Don Mansfield, Kenneth, Joe Davis, Johnny Thomas, Jerry West. Not Shown: Dorothy Buoni, Nancy Jerkins, Kenneth Kelly, Kenneth Howze, Dolores Smith, Eugene Tucker, Faye Westbrook, Jack Whittington, Warren Woods, Betty Jean Woods. BLACK AND GOLD STAFF Seated: Carol Durrance, Allan Graff, Zondra Grant. JoLaine Hudson. June Peacock, Mary Alice Howard. Standing: Carl Storey, Jean Slessman, Lillian Powell, Bill Miley, Alice Hedden, Evelyn Grimes, June Kurish, Patsy Smith,Audrey Moody, Mrs. Edith Mitchell, Faculty Advisor, Millie Nemec, Ruby Gillispie, Louise Bass, Marge Barnett, Betty Rice, Miss Nelle Massey, Faculty Advisor, Helen Morgan. JUNIOR AND SENIOR FHA First Row; Marjorie Hancock. Martha Milling, Annie M. Jones. Vera O'Hara, Jean Slessman, Helen Morgan, Edna Mae Rivers, LaReace Powell, Imogene Simmons, Sharon Lastinger, Winifred McMillan. Katherine Llghtsey, Dorothy Walker. Second Row; Mary Wright, Joan Barnett, Hazel O'Berry, Nora Campbell, Mary Lloyd, Helen Simmons, Mary Olive, Glenda Gillispie, Betty Strickland. Betty Cannon, Betty Pierce, Lillian Powell, Joan Woods, Sue Durrance. JoLaine Hudson, Miss Hunter. Third Row; Virginia Cox, Daisy Bronson, Winifred Gillispie. Carol Ven Ditto, Shirley Howze, LaVeme Guest. Joyce Davis, Dorothy Williams, Marie Davis, Betty Rice, Myra Cox, Carole Durrance, June Peacock, Millie Nemec, Alice Hedden, SueShields, Evelyn Grimes, Zoah Swartsel. Founh Row; Ruth Miller, Violet Rogers. Edith Mosley, Ruth Dotson. Yvonne Parker. Betty Kelly, Mary Alice Howard, Valeria Coulter, Lavata Hunter. Wanda Beacham, Zona Starling, Marie Ard, Lola Starling, Katherine Cochran. Rosemary Thomas, Ethadele Stokes, Peggy Dotson, Lucille Ivey, June Kurish, Lavonne Waldee, Mary Ethel McMillan. CHAPTER SWEETHEART V SUE DURRANCE First Row: Earl Thompson, George Evans, Morris Lunn, John Gordon, Lucian Hendricks, p Vernon Hancock, Jack Henderson, Jimmy Pollard, Jack Smith, Barney Bass, Robert Bell, Sue Durrance, Chapter Sweetheart. Second Row: Paul Morgan, Charles McCue, James Williams, Olan Cooley, Jack Bron- p son, Bobby DeVane, J. C. Rowell, George Green, James Miller, Bobby Cannon, Kenneth Hancock, Alton Flowers. Third Row; Henry Yates, Bert Cox, Lloyd Ivey, Wayne Johnson, Fred Grimes, Joe A Meek, Robert Helms, Ray Lamb, Jimmy Coulter, Doyle Powell, Mr. McCullars. Fourth Row: Dickie Naylor, William Owens, Russell Brinson, Frank Tony, Clyde Roberts, Roy DeVane, Carlton Anderson, Alvin Howard. Majorettes; LaVomie W a Idee, Mary Ethel McMillan. pint jipwi Jpan Barnett, LaReace Powell, Carl Storey, Carole Purrance, Sue Shields, Bobby Mitchell, Robert Bell. Betty Graves, Jean Cole, tiepond Row? June Kurt sit, Millie Nemec, Marge Barnett, Mary Ellen Olive, Charles Lee, George Green, Ruth Ann Hedden, Jean Sletttnan, Third Row; Elsie Jean Tillis, Alice Hedden, Winifred McMillan, LaVerne Guest, Earl ColUns. Lee Durtanee, Zondra Grant. SAFETY PATROL First Row; Tarley Parrish, Buddy Rogers, Jerry Bowman, Billy Farris, Joe Rahme, Don Mansfield, Freeman Crews, Ronald Weeks, Benny Bloodworth. Second Row; David Black, Laverne Howze, Doyle Williams, S. E. McDaniel, Joe Davis, Howard Miller, Kenneth Howze, Charles McCue, Danny O’Shay, Melvin Lamb. JUNIOR BAND First Row; Janice Morgan, Audrey Grant, Joanne Burt, Janice Benton, Florence Light - sey, Shirley DeVane, Julia Ann Cone, Gloria Jean Manley, Joanne Owens, Brantley Gabriel, Elwin Matthews, Judy Allen. Second Row: Mr. Carlton, Aldewilda Smith, Jerry Bowman, David Marsh, Josephine Howard, Kathleen Swartsel, Beth Ivey, Leaine Watson, Martha Burrows, Barbara Martin, Johnny Thomas, Barbara Guest. Third Row: Ray Cook, Kent Manley, Phillip Gillispie, Estelle Bronson, Shirlene Vaughn, Louise Wade, Joyce Davis, Katherine Lightsey, Alice Maits, Patsy Gordon, W. G. O’Berry, Tarley Parrish, Joe Parrish. OFFICERS OF THE STUDENT BODY Seated: Marge Barnett, President. Standing: Johnny Gordon, Secretary; S. E. McDaniel, Treasurer; Bill Miley, Vice-President. JUNIOR PLAY CAST - CALLING ALL CARRS Left to Right: Audrey Carter, Mary Jo Smith, Annie M. Jones, Evelyn Grimes, Myra Cox, Bill Miley, Rozene Cannon, Henry Yates, Jack Henderson, Harold Powell, Ruth Belcher, Wilford Manley, Duane Peacock, Ruth Miller, JoLaine Hudson. — - -i. V � r T- ■Bite • • f DOC HARRISON-Assistam Coach BOB JENKINS-Assisiant Coach H. S. GORDON-Athletic Director BETTY NOLAND-Physical Education DAVID BLACK-Physical Education Director Co-Captain DAVE BEST, Captain OTHIN WOODS FOOTBALL TEAM First Row; Edward Walker, Clois Cannon, Tommy Martin, William Owens, Jimmy Pollard, Edward Dickerson, Edward Williams, Byron Mabry, Othin Woods, Emory Lamb, Nelson Lunn, Alvie Windham, Jimmy Wetherington, Dan Moody, Uhlan Fralic, Hubert Coulter. Between Rows: Coaches Gordon, Harrison, Jenkins. Second Row: Veldon Cox, Jimmy Collier, Richard Naylor, Bobby Devane, Harold Powell, Bobby Mitchell, Houston McPherson, Duane Peacock, Roy Devane, Dave Best, Allen Burnsed, Joe Lunsford, S. E. McDaniel, Joe Meek, Noland O'Hara, Johnny Collier, Wilford Manley, Back Row; Managers Lloyd Ivey and Max Lunn. HOMECOMING SPONSORS Franklin Burnsed, Valeria Coulter, Roy Barbee, Ruth Dishon. MARCHING BAND EAST TEAM First Row; Charles Frost, Ralph Durrance, Billy Thompson, J. W. Manley, Horace Woods, Happy Fleming, Gene Collier, Bill Gillispie, Dickie Corhn. Second Row; Coach Joe Lunsford, Joe Rahme, Jimmy Barnett, Cecil Jacobs, Leonard Martin, Hugh Burnse, J. W. Burt, Freeman Crews, Kenneth Manley, Coach Alvie Windham. Third Row: Jimmy Coulter, Ray Lamb, Wendell Collier, Reece Taylor, Laverne Howze, Doyle Williams, Kenneth Howze. WEST TEAM First Row; Tarley Parrish, Don Mansfield, Lloyd Goodman, Billy Farris, Lanard Good- man, Charles McCue, Gerald Pollard. Coach Roy DeVane. Second Row: Joe Davie, Frank Kimbril, Howard Miller, Harley Anderson, Melvin Prine, Carlton Anderson, Clayton Rowland. SENIOR HIGH CHEERLEADERS Left to Right: Alice Hedden, Betty Jane Howze, SueDurrance, Patsy Smith, Ruby Gillispie, Peggy Dotson, June Peacock, Dorothy Walker. JUNIOR HIGH CHEERLEADERS First Row: Mary Elizabeth Williams, Joann Taylor, Gloria Jean Manley, Virginia Reeves, Ruth Ann Hedden, Jean Coleman, Martha Burrows. Second Row; Jeanette Bloodsworth, Jackie Burchett, Zoella Tuggle, Joan Burt, Wylene Williams, Jackie McDougald, Barbara Guest, Josephine Howard. TOUCH FOOTBALL CHAMPS Front Row: Russell Brinson, Frank Toney, Oliver Reeves Second Row: Howell Dean, Royce Twiss, Carl Storey LETTERMEN’S CLUB Front Row: Miss Betty Noland, Marge Barnett, Sue Durrance, Audrey Moody, Ruby Gillispie, Patsy Smith, Zondra Grant, Betty Lou Cannon, Alice Hedden, June Peacock, Peggy Dotson, Betty Howze, Dorothy Walker. Second Row; Gene Mann, Carl Storey, Byron Mabry, Nelson Lunn, William Owens, Jimmy Wetherington. Allen Burnsed, Edward Walker, Franklin Burnsed, Othin Woods, Cdach Gordon. Third Row: Roy Devane, Hubert Coulter, Emory Lamb, Dan Moody, Clois Cannon, Neigel Milling, Royce Twiss, Duane Peacock, Joe Lunsford, Tommy Martin. SENIOR HIGH VOLLEYBALL TEAM Left to Right: Rozene Cannon, Shirley Howze, Betty Lou Cannon, Ruth Belcher, Ruby Gillispie, Patsy Smith, Joyce Davis, Evelyn Grimes, Zona Starling, Audrey Moody, June Peacock, Alice Hedden. JUNIOR HIGH VOLLEYBALL TEAM Front Row; Zoella Tuggle, Roberta Sturgis, Joan Burt, Virginia Reeves, Kathryn Hancock, Earlene Leach, Ruby O’Hara, LaVonne Pollard, Wylene Williams, Jackie McDougald, Carol Russ, Nancy Broyles. Second Row: Glenda Gillispie, Mary Olive, Joan Woods, Sharon Lastinger, Helen Simmons, Betty Strickland, Katherine Lightsey, Rosemary Thomas. GIRLS' VARSITY BASKETBALL First Row: Marge Barnett, Manager; Alice Hedden, Betty Lou Cannon, Lucille Ivey, June Peacock, Sue Durrance, Betty Strickland, Winifred McMillan, Manager. Second Row; Dorothy Williams, Shirley Howze, Ruth Dishong, Patsy Smith, Audrey Moody, Ruby Gillispie, Martha Milling, LaVerne Guest. BOYS’ VARSITY BASKETFALL First Row: Johnny Collier, Jimmy Collier, W. F. Martin. Alvie Windham, Manager. Second Row; Coach Jenkins, Carl Storey, Royee Twiss, Clois Cannon, Russell Brinson, BOYS' B” STRING BASKETBALL First Row; W. F. Martin, Jimmy Collier, Jack Smith, Jimmy Pollard, S. E. McDaniel, Second Row; Johnny Collier, David Vaughn, Joe Meek, George Evans, Melvin Lamb, •' 1 GIRLS' JUNIOR HIGH BASKETBALL Left to Right: Joan Woods, Sue Shields, Imogene McPherson, Glenda Gillispie, Sharon Lastinger, Winifred McMillan, Mary Ellen Olive, Florence Lightsey, Katheryn Lightsey, Beth Ivey. BOYS' JUNIOR HIGH BASKETBALL First Row: Charles McCue, Joe Rahme, Edgar Dean, Lamar Goodman, Billy Farris, J. W. Manley, Kenneth Howze. Second Row; Ray Lamb, Reece Taylor, Laverne Howze, Howard Miller, Clayton Roland, Doyle Williams, Wendell Collier. 1950 TRACK TEAM First Row: Billy Sloan, Manager; Edward Williams, Othin Woods, Richard Allen, Edward Bevis, Veldon Cox, Homer Adkins, Duane Peacock, Second Row; Coach Black, Gordon Mott, Clayton Dean, Hubert Coulter, Jimmy Wetherington, Howell Dean, Nelson Lunn, Nolan O’Hara, Coach Jenkins. 1950 BASEBALL TEAM First Row; Royce Twiss, Clois Cannon, Allen Burnsed, Dan Moody, Houston McPherson, Edward Walker, Carl Storey, Earl Thomas, Oliver Slay. Second Row; Coach Jenkins, Dave Best. A. C. Pierce, Emory Lamb, Byron Mabryjoe Lunsford, William Owens, Roy DeVane, Uhlan Fralic, Herman Atwell, Coach Gordon. Third Row: Leroy Lunsford, Manager; Tommy Martin, Jack Reeves, Harlan Walker, Lucian Hendricks, Bobby Mitchell, Velpeau Thomas, Managers Earl and Max Lunn. Ira Sturgis receives Compton - McClellan Trophy at the 1950 Spring Sports Banquet. Billy Altman receives basketball award for boys; Joyce Dotson receives basketball award for girls; Oliver Slay receives baseball award at the 1950 Spring Sports Banquet. ■r Hundreds of thousonds of students throughout the notion will treasure their Yearbooks for mony years to come Thousands of teachers and school administra tors welcome their t -made Annuols os a necessary port of their Parent and Public relations progrom We ore proud to have hod a port in preserving the memories, traditions ond achievements of the schools of America