Greensburg High School - Green and Gold Yearbook (Greensburg, KY)

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PROPHEQ X Th1s proprecy was taken from the dlary of a fortune telling member of the Senlor class of 1942 Th1s member had 1n h1s early youth vxslted the Emerald Isle and had the good fortune of klssmg the Blarney Stone whlch had mysteriously endowed hlm wnth the power to read the future March 16 Recelved my new fortune telllng equipment a crystal ball turkxsh towel and Instruction book March 17 Am very sleepy today Sat up all mght readmg mstructlon book 'md practlcmg Wlll record results of my crystal gazmg Imagme my surprlse when I saw Wxlham Pxckett and Herbert Marcum wavmg shmy top hats from a balcony Yes they hate Just been elected Goxernor and I leutenant Gox ernor of Kentucky I readjusted my crystal accordlng to d1rect1ons and agam there appeared a fam1l1ar group It was Professor Ausbon Judd conductlng a faculty meetlng at the study hall of G H S His able faculty was Gene Blakeman Margaret Penlck Juanita Warren Lola Mae Wise Frances Crenshaw Elxa Dorls G1lp1n Odell Warren Spxllman Shxrrell and Joe Vaughn I agam changed the posltlon of my crystal Th1s tlme I was transferred to the bright llghts of New York where FTHHCIS Ingram and Con Lewis were co operators of a famous mght club Featured at th1S famous place were Lewls Frank Cantrell and h1s orchestra Another feature at the club was Allene Henderson and her famous typewrlter she plays My Old Kentucky Home on the typewrxter at 150 words a mlnute Agaln I gaze mto the future I see rolllng hxlls green pastures Yes these are the farms of Walter and Vernon Berry 'lhey raise tobacco to sell at Raymond Mc Klnneys Tobacco Warehouse Just over the hill I can see a large truck farm owned by Edmond Lowe Leo Warren Russell Lowe and Rupert Pierce I am carrled through space agam thls ttme back to dear old Greensburg There is Bllly Brldgewater' Is he ln Ja1l No' I see hes only courting Martha Buckner over her picket fence Why not get a gllmpse of l1fe ln Greensburg on Saturday afternoon Who 'tra those prosperous lookmg gents They of course are Gordon Kcllx Dlnhnn und 1 H118 lngest stou nn Glu ns wt f ll I II ll llf 6 'I lltly M nkc wly' Who 'ne those two bciutncs comlng down the street Why lt s those moxle stars Dorothy Penn Shlvely and Hortense Sulllvan Oh' Who are those gentlemen getting mto thls b1g car Yes they are James Montgomery Lewls Hlggason Tommle Adkxns and Glenn Bale blg bank dlrectors of Greensburg Trust Company Look' here come thelr four pretty secretarles Fay Nell Mllby Mary Evelyn Slmpson Delpha Ann Mays and Floyce Tucker See those two Sllllllflg ladles They are happxly married you can plainly su When I knew them thelr names were Leola Keltner and Lols Lowe Here we are at the Greensburg C1ty Hospltal whlch xs tn charge of Doctors Bud Ptckett and Elam Perkms On the staff we also Fund nurses Beulah Curry LOUISE DHWIS Hazel Judd Thelma Johnson Peggy Durham and Hazel Walls As we stroll le1surely around the square we come to Carters Barber Shop were we End lawyer Bobble Blakeman getting shaved by barber Oxal Carter Who IS this man standlng on the corner recltlng romantlc poetry Why lt s Doyle Crenshaw our class poet This town surely IS growlng They even have a college now Th1s noble mstltu tlon of hngher learning lS headed by Dean Houston Rodgers and the faculty IS com posed of Dorothy Perkms Vlfglhla Pr1ce Marte Shlrrell Leomxa fJuddJ Mxlby Susxe Tucker and Joyce Young Oops' I dropped the crystal Now how am I gomg to find out about my own fortune Oh well I guess I can go to a real fortune teller 1 7 A , , u- I . . , i . C ' r r 4 V . Q t 'Q V U 4 I V ' , . ' . ' . . L , - I X Y' h 1 ' v g , . V 4 A ' . 4 T . , 1 : ' . ', , ' K j ' I 2 H55 'nltl l'ie'1':'e-, ow' - ol' the 1 'f .' ' 'H .'l lI'f,, I.ot,l:. u new lnnltinng has gone- up on the corn:-r. Lets :see what the sign say-:-4 Rat I-'Ulhtlll Fzwl IW'-Y--lIlI'Ill'31 Pe- 'ki -1 and G: ' 'I ll -rzrilcr ov.'nvrfs. Ah. th, t 1 just l.l's- Ilitnlt' ffl. . V D - h l ' xt v V v v V K s x K- I v B- ' ' ' . ' ' . ' , . , , 1 A I If v YA ' ' 7 1 . ' 4 v I '- - . , ..

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CLASS WILL We the class of 1942 of Greensburg Hrgh School realrzrng we are settrng out on a long and dangerous Journey from whrch many of us may newer return deem rt wrse to make our wrll and drspose of all personal and collectrxe property vshrch we have accumulated rn the last four years We the senror class berng of sound and drsposrng mmd and memory do hereby make and publrsh thrs last wrll and testament Our rnherrtance tax rs to be pard out of the overflowrng funds of the last four years whrch were swelled due to our good looks sportsmanshrp rn athletrcs hrgh scholastrc average best of conduct and versatrlrty and dramatrc abrlrty rn present rng carnrval shows and plays to large crowds One half of all personal accounts rs to be pard on our debts of gratrtude to our teachers for therr unfarlrng rnterest rn us and for therr endeavors to gurde us rn the rrght paths of thrnkrng and lrvrng To Alma Mater we leave the Junror class to till our vacant places rn G H S Gene Blakeman wrlls her abrlrty to always know her lessons wrthout ever openrng a book to Peggy Rogers who studres contrnuously Raymond McKrnney 1 aves hrs romantrc courtshrp recrpe to be drvrded among the freshmen boys Hortense Sullrvan wrlls her Goldrlocks to Beth Hood proxrded she wrll take the same amount of care of them as Tensre has rn the past tour years Ausbon Judd leaves the large Websters Drctronary rn the lrbrary to Olson Gumm rf he wrll consult rt as Ausbon has done rn the past four years Dorothy Penn Shrvely and Lors Lowe bequeath therr babyrsh and metrculous speech to Estelle Vaughn s man nrsh and slouchy vernancular Vernon Berry leaves hrs prrceless Agrrcultural record to be an rnsprratron to Woodsre Lew rs Dorrs Grlprn leaves her abrlrty to always manage to get rrdes to Lebanon to Dorothy Lemons James Perkrns and Lewrs Hrggason leave therr scholastrc ratrngs to Chester Davrs and Edward Reeves Peggy Durham leaves her ever present smrle to be fought over by the Junror boys frf they can first defeat Melvrnb Rupert Prerce and Bobby Blakeman leave therr perfect attendance record to Ray Graham and Henry W Mays so that rt may lrve on after they have departed Floyce Tucker and Edmund Lowe bequeath therr meek as a mouse attrtude to Jean Marshall Hodges and Smrth Perry Joe Vaughn leaves hrs famous basketball achrevements to Archre Perkrns to do as much for G H S as our Joe has done Martha B Durham and Brlly Brrdgewater re gretfully leave therr hall rendezvous to Ruth Sartrn and Lane Ennrs James Mont gomery leaves hrs ab1l1ty to get along wrth the teachers at all trmes to Otto Young Joyce Young and Dorothy Perkrns leave therr contrnuous hall walkrng to Lorena Judd and Margre Wrlkerson Allene Henderson leaves her place rn the G H S actrvrty world to Margre Barley Stanley Hrckerson wrlls hrs perfect gentleman lrke qualrtres and retrrrng manner to Olson Gumm Tommre Adkrns bequeaths hrs sylph lrke physrque to Brlly Dean Moss Margaret Penrck wrlls her ever present courage and endurance to anyone who thrnks they can take rt away from her Odell Warren leaves hrs abrlrty to always have a long wrndy tale ready for any one who wrll lrsten and belreve rt to be the truth to Ivan Taylor Wrllrams Fay Nell Mrlby and Vrrgrnm Prrce lerve therr old southern custom of blushrng to Charlotte Shuffett and Mary Frank Patrum Wrllmm Allen Prckett wrlls hs tanerty to any one who ur hes to acqurre ch 'r thr g Lourse Dams and France Cren hart Xkrll therr cheerful and sweet dr po rtron ta Fxelyn M lby and Wrnme Mudd Walter Berry bcquerths hrs prrde rn 'lllSW0lllllE, I dont lnou all qucstrons asked by the teachers to Vernon Shulfett Susre Pucker leaves her brology book and home economrc notes to anyone who falls vrctrm to such subjects Houston Rogers and Glen Bale wrll therr shy and bashful manner to Hobart Judd and Merrrll Thompson Elam Perkrns wrlls hrs smart sly manner of askrng questrons that cant be answered to Chrgger Prckett Lola Mae Wrse leaves her rntellrgencc combrned wrth her srlly grggles to Shrvel Scroggy Marre Shrrrell wrlls her place at Coffeys to Louella so that lrttle Don Russell wont go undernourrshed Con Lewrs leaves her place as cheer leader and also her last package of chewrng gum to one of the rncomrng freshman grrls Juanrta Warren wrlls her abrlrty to always have a brg trme on the weekends to Theresa Marshall Delpha Ann Mays wrlls her lanky lengthrness to lrttle Thelma Buchanon rf Thelma can figure out a way to obtarn rt Gordon Kelly Durham and Lewrs Franklrn Cantrell leave therr musrcal careers to Leslie Cox and Wrllram Floyd Herbert A Marcum and Russell Lowe leave therr baseball careers to Wrllram Loyall and Thomas Goff Thelma Johnson and Leola Keltner wrll therr grft of gab to Vrrgrnra Colvrn Garnet Kessler leax es hrs abrlrty to make a hrt wrth all the grrls to James Lewrs Hazel Judd wrlls her quret sense of humor to Myrla Larrmore Leomra Judd Mrlby leaves her marrrage career and the rest of the soldrers at Camp Shelby to all the freshmen grrls Bud Prckett leaves hrs technrque of courtrng freshmen grrls to Buster Vaughn Oval Carter leaxes hrs regular weekend vrsrts to Exre to Frnrs Scott Hazel Walls leaves her studrousness to Mae Adkms Frances Ingram wrlls her smrle for all the boys to the boys left at G H S Last but not least we senrors regretfully leave our be loved sponsor Mrss Grace Harlow Weller to the puprls of G H S SENIORS OF GREENSBURG HIGH SCHOOL Mary E Srmpson Testator v ' V ' ' ' . 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