Grove High School - Futurist Yearbook (Paris, TN)

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La WH ee Jester Having testified in the presence of our keepers that we are of worn mind and weak body, the Senior Class of Grove High School hereby and finally declares this to be its Last Will and Testament on this, the 11th day of May, in the year 1949, A. D. ARTICLE | 1. |, Gene Abernathy, leave my position as drum majorette to any girl with a baton and sticky fingers. |, Frances Arnett, leave my daintiness to all who weigh under 25 pounds. |, Dorothy Atkins, bequeath my job of taking up slips 4th period to my sister, Joy. |, Ras Bilbrey, will my braces and tape to the spiders, and let them weave a never-broken web over them. |, John Black, leave my name in hopes that. someday, another Ste- phen Foster will use it in a song ‘’Old Black John’. |, Rebecca Blanton, bequeath my position as editor of ‘’The Tower’’ and all my headache remedies to Rebekah Fagenbaum. |, Elizabeth Brooks, leave my soft voice to anyone wishing to talk to mosquitoes. |, Bobbie Jean Burton, leave the name ‘‘Queenie’’ which was giv- en to me by Jerry Ridgeway, which was given to her by Jane Black, which was given to her by Pat Brisendine, etc. 9. |, Ann Caldwell, leave old Grove, once again proving, ‘‘Beauty and Brains don’t mix’. 10. |, Earline Capps, bequeath my system of saying memory work to the juniors, who should learn how. 11. 1, Shirley Carter, will my bright crimson blushes to Gail Barton. 12. |, Homer Carter, leave my shop work with Mr. Hutson, still try- ing to figure out what it’s for. 13. 1, James Chandler, bequeath my self-confidence, manly (?) phys- ique, and appreciation of feminine beauty to Jimmy Brandon. 14. I, Allen Clark, will my high-powered ‘‘Jalopy’’ to anyone whose ambition is to be a sound effects man, specializing in ‘‘wrecks”’. 15. We, Katrina Clark and Peggy Dancy, leave our noiseless and tran- quill ways to Babs Gaskins and Wilma Brisendine. 16. |, Frank Clement, give my ‘’go-buggy”’ to my brother, Harold— may be he can get to school on time. 17. 1, Jane Fite, bequeath my ability to play basketball and be sweet at the same time to Thelma Manning. 2 NO WR wD 18. I, Ann Fitzsimmons, leave my place at Grove to the next gal with black hair and a petite manner. 19. 1, J. D. Foster, finally surrender my seat in physics class to those termites that have been there all year. 20. |, Curtis Freeland, will my rank in the National Guard to Charles Walker. 21. |, Doris Freeman, leave my basketball suit and my books to my sister, Margaret. 22. |, Bonnie Gardner, will my stylish ways to Pat Cronin. 23. |, Mary Ann Gaylor, bequeath my ‘‘never-say-die” spirit to Pat Owens. 24. 1, Glenn Gentry, bequeath my ability to explain Math IV problems four different ways to Tom Mayo. 25. |, Ed Frank Gorman, will my nightly trip to McKenzie to J. P. Johnson. 26. |, Bobbie Jean Hedges, will my cute giggle to Carol Fish. 27. |, Mary Louise Hert, give my place as head cheer-leader and my throat gargles to Cynthia Hancock. 28. |, Jackie Hill, leave the fun on the basketball trips to next year’s teams. 29. 1, Jimmy Higgs, leave Harry Truman in the White House—know- ing | helped put him there. 30. |, Elroy Hill, will my ability to get away with anything in history class to Chick King. 31. |, Virginia Hobby, leave my love of country life to Wilma Moody. an i Anna Mae Howard, bequeath my rowdy (?) manners to Diana iggs. 33. 1, Norma Humphreys, bequeath my flirtatious winks and smiles to Mary Lou Snow. 34. |, Doan Jackson, give my efforts and schemes to raise money to the senior class——here’s hoping -we enjoy the trip. 35. |, Daniel Jeffrey, leave my nickname ‘’Corky’’ to anyone need- ing a thermos bottle cap. 36. |, Mary Nell Johnson, will my ability to sing hillbilly songs to Rosemary Parkhill. 37. |, Lou Jane Kemp, will my good times at Old Grove to Mary Vaughan. 38. |, Alan Lasater, leave my flying knowledge to our fine friends, the wasps. 39. |, Billy Joe Marr, bequeath my bright smile to the Pepsodent Tooth Paste Company to use in its magazine advertisements. 40. |, Martha Marshall, leave all my sweaters with Sue Neal Burnette —and | have hers. 41. |, Maxine Mathis, will my good conduct grade to Jane Baker. 42. |, Leona Medlock, bequeath my first-to-say-and-quickest-to-get- through style of memory work to the juniors, sophomores and freshmen. 43. |, R. T. Miller, leave my radical ideas in history class to anyone wishing to start a third party at Grove. 44, |, Maunone Mitchell, leave—very reluctantly—my name of “Shorty’’ to Ruthie Alexander. 45. |, Harold Nairon, bequeath my adept ability of penmanship and writing to Miss Morris as a future example of ‘How not to write a paper to be handed in”. 46. |, Susan Nelson, will my pleasing personality and charming eti- quette to my sister, Ann. 47. |, Robert Odom, leave Grove, hoping that if | eat my spinach, will some day grow up to be as big a man as Ray Adams will be. 48. We, Ruth Odom and Earline Smith, leave with deep appreciation of our teachers for letting us stick our gum to the seats. 49. |, Katherine Phelps, being the last in the family line, bequeath our sweetness and beauty to the next family with four girls. 50. |, Ann Powers will my position as piano player for chapel programs to Ann McGehee. 51. 1, Roland Parkhill, leave my guitar to all the quick-tempered people at Grove so the next time they ‘‘sound off’’, they'll be in tune. 52. |, Doris Ray, bequeath my gym shorts to the Carlisle Indians. 53. |, Charles Rye, leave my studious attitude to anyone in the under- classes who likes the grade he’s in now. 54. |, Billie Sager, bequeath my puzzling questions in English class to Dr: 12.0; 55. |, Jane Springer, leave the captaincy of the girls’ basketball team fOr 522 eo See (fill in when answered). 56. |, Charles Trotter, leave my ‘wonderment’ of logarithms to next year’s trig class. i 57. |, J. D. Underwood, leave Grove with the dream that |, too, may come into the typewriter manufacturing industry. 58. |, Dan ‘’Trigger’’ Veazey, leave for Hollywood immediately after graduation to star in Roy Roger’s latest picture, ‘Foam on the Range”’ 59. |, Viann Vincent, bequeath my four years at Grove as an example of how to have fun and be an angel. 60. We, Jane and Jean Williams, ‘’The Jailhouse Twins’’, leave Grove with people still wondering ‘’who’s who’’. 61. |, Horace Whitehead, bequeath my hair oil to the new building for use as fuel. 62. |, Ernest Williams, bequeath my “‘chic’’ maroon trousers to Jim- my Evans. 63. |, Joyce Willoughby, leave my grades in shorthand class as a mem- orial of ‘Par Excellence’’. 64. |, Pat Yarbrough, will my good-natureness to Shirley Paschall. 65. |, Bo Brice leave Grove with a feeling that, because of the ever- patient faculty, | have learned something. ARTICLE Il To the juniors, who will be the first class to graduate in the new build- ing, we leave the grand feeling of being SENIORS, and the realizaton that you’re near the end of your high school career. ARTICLE III We leave to the sophomores the assurance that they, too, will soon be seniors and should ‘’get down and dig”’. ARTICLE IV To the freshmen, we leave three more years of fun at Grove High— three years of books, ball games and the thrill of climbing this hill every morning. ARTICLE V To our teachers—the persons making it possible for us to LEAVE and now to face life with a smattering of what goes on—to them we leave only the memories of our four short years in which they did so much for us. Having witnessed the writing here of the will of the Class of ‘49, we do now affix our signatures as a cymbal of legalability. Witnesses: 1. Buttons and Bo 2. Check Ed Trousers 3. A Little Bird 4. Hye Weeks Executioner: Bo Brice

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JEAN WILLIAMS “She excels as an artist and in ev- erything else it’s the same, Jean is a success in every game.” F.H.A., ‘46; Pep Club, ‘46, ‘47, ‘48, ’49; Perfect Attendance, ‘46, ‘47, ‘48; Thespians, ‘48, ‘49; President of Quill and Scroll, ‘49; Glee Club, ‘48; Memphis Practice Speech Tournament ‘48; ‘Come Over to Our House”, ‘48; Tower Staff, ‘48, ‘49. enwors CHARLES ERNEST WILLIAMS ‘Why should | go through life in a hurry I’m a fellow without a worry.” “Come over to our House’, ‘48. HALLIE PATRICIA YARBROUGH “Our Countess of Wisdom, our prized ideal Pat is one of the sweetest on the hill.” F.H.A., ‘47, Treasurer of F.H.A. ‘47; Pep Club, ‘46, ‘47, ‘48, ‘49: Glee Club, ‘48, ‘49; Perfect At tendance, ‘47, ‘48; Merit Roll, ‘46 ‘47, ‘48; Comet Staff, ‘49; Tow er Staff, ‘49; National Honor Soc iety, ‘49; Who’s Who, ‘49 (Most Scholarly). JOYCE EVELYN WILLOUGHBY “Whatever she did was done with so much ease In her ‘twas natural to please.” F.H.A., ‘46, ‘47; Pep Club, ‘46, 47, ‘48, ‘49; Merit Roll, ‘47, ‘48; Perfect Attendance ‘46, ‘47, ‘48; Glee Club, ‘48, ‘49; Speech Choir, ‘48; Comet Staff, ‘49; Honor Roll! ‘46; National Honor Society, ‘49. JANE WILLIAMS “For Jane, our ‘’Editor’’ twin, Everyone's friendship is easy to win, And to her so honest and sincere Comes from her class—a great big cheer.” Pep Club, ’46, ‘47, ‘48, ‘49; Per- fect Attendance, ‘46; F.H.A., ‘46, ‘49; Inter-Class Contest, ‘47; “Come Over to Our House’’, ‘48; ' Memphis Practice Speech Tourna- ment, ‘47; Thespians, ‘47, ‘48, ‘49; Associate Editor of Tower, ‘48; Merit Roll, ‘48; Quill and m Scroll, ‘48, ‘49; Co-Editor of Tow- er, ‘49; Glee Club, ‘49; Vice-Presi- © dent of Quill and Scroll, ‘49; Na- © tional Honor Society, ‘49.

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History of wh, CLs, of 1949. On September 2, 1945, a group of one hundred twenty-nine boys and girls turned their eyes toward the big, old school on the hill with eager anticipation. We were the freshrnen of ‘45. After much confusion and many mistakes we settled down to four long years on the hill. For our leaders that year we chose Bo Brice, president; Maunone Mitchell, vice-president; Martha Marshall, secretary; and Richard Holder, treasurer. The new members of the faculty were Mrs. McCullar and Misses Bryant and Edenton. We were very proud of our football team which lost only two games, winning the annual Turkey-Day tilt with Murray 6-0, and gaining the Williams Trophy that year. Two members of our class, Bo Brice and Ras Bilbrey, lettered in football their first year. The freshman attendants to the football queen were Mary Louise Hert and Carolyn Scott. Our representatives in the Inter-Class Contest were Richard Holder and Frances Arnett, who each won a third place, and Bo Brice, who won a second place. School was out May 17 and we shouted for joy that our freshman year was over. In September, ‘46, we again returned to Grove for another year of work and fun. Our number had dropped from the original 129 to 105. Again new members had been added to the faculty. They were Miss Owen, Mr. Miller, and Coach Brewer. The class officers for our soph- omore year were Ras Bilbrey, president; J. W. Emmons, vice-president; Mary Louise Hert, secretary; and Viann Vencent, treasurer. Our cheer leaders were Mary Louise Hert and Ras Bilbrey. We were especially proud of our wonderful football team that year, which won the Big Ten Championship by defeating Somerville 7-6. Again we won the Grove-Murray game, retaining the Williams Trophy. The sophomore lettermen were Dan Veazey, Bo Brice, Ras Bilbrey, and Robert ‘’Burly’” Odom. The sophomore attendants to the football queen were Jane Fite and Mary Louise Hert. Rebecca Blanton and Bobbie Jean Hedges were the football sponsor and associate sponsor, respect- ively. We were ably represented in the Inter-Class Con- test by Frances Arnett, Mary Louise Hert and Jane Wil- liams. Everyone at Grove regretted to hear of the death of Mr. Weston, who will be remembered for a long time by his students and associates. Thus on May 16, 1947, we ended another chapter in our high school history. Well! There it was September, ‘47, and we were climbing that flight of numerous steps to the door of dearly beloved Grove again. We chose Ras Bilbrey for the president of our class and Bo Brice, vice-president; James Chandler, secretary; and Dan Veazey, treasurer. Our cheer leaders were Mary Louise Hert and Eddie Ber- ry. Miss Nell Diggs was the only new faculty member. We had a very good football team and lost only two games out of a tough nine-game schedule. The junior football royalty was Mary Louise Hert and Jane Fite. The members of the G-Club were Allen Clark, Dan Veazey, Billy Joe Adams, Ras Bilbrey, John Black, ‘“Burly’’ Odom, Bo Brice, Eddie Berry and Glenn Gentry. The members of the Girls’ Letter Club were Maunone Mitchell, Jane Fite, Katherine Phelps, and Mary Louise Hert. The juni- ors were again ably represented in the Inter-Class Con- test by Susan Nelson and Bobbie Jean Burton, who each won a second place, and Bo Brice, who won a first place. Four of our members—Mary Ann Gaylor, Glenn Gentry, Alan Lasater, and Maunone Mitchell—were elected to the National Honor Society. The hearts of Grove’s stu- dents and fans were gladdened by the revival of the Paris School Band. We knew what it would mean to have a band at our football games again. Also, to highlight Grove, the work was begun on the American Legion Memorial Stad- ium to be located on Barton Field. School was dismissed May 13, and we had only one more year of schooling at Grove. Seniors! Many had been the times we dreamed of that title. Of our original 129 only 70 members remained. For president we chose Bo Brice; vice-president, John Black; secretary-treasurer, Dan Veazey. The cheer lead- ers were Mary Louise Hert and Ras Bilbrey. The football team won seven games out of an extra hard eleven-game schedule and tied one. The senior G-Club members were James Chandler, Dan Veazey, Captain Ras Bilbrey, Co- Captain Bo Brice, John Black, Robert ‘’Burly’’ Odom, Glenn Gentry, Joe Marr, Harold Nairon, Elroy Hill, J. D. Underwood, and Allen Clark. We were proud of Bo Brice who received the Fisk Award as the outstanding player. The football queen was Bobbie Jean Burton, and Jane Fite was the senior attendant. The sponsors were Mary Ann Gaylor and Mary Louise Hert. The senior members of the Girls’ Letter Club were Maunone Mitchell, Kath- erine Phelps, Jane Springer, Mary Louise Hert, Jacque- line Hill, Jane Fite, Ann Caldwell, and Mary Ann Gaylor. Everyone in Paris enjoyed the smart, new football stadium that had been used for the first time that year. The senior class rings were late coming, but everyone received his just in time for Christmas. Work was begun on the new building for Grove, and the end of the year saw it near- ing completion. We ordered our invitations February 4, hoping to be able to use them. More seniors—Frances Arnett, Rebecca Blanton, Bo Brice, James Chandler, Jac- queline Hill, Susan Nelson, Billie Sager, Jane Williams, Joyce Willoughby, and Patricia Yarbrough—became members of the National Honor Society. Rebecca Blan- ton and Jane Williams and Bo Brice were the editors of the ‘Tower’ and ‘’Comet’’, respectively. We worked hard all year to raise money for our senior trip, and the sum grew rapidly all year. Thus we planned to end our years together. This brings us almost to the close of our last school term together at Grove. ‘Thinking back over these years, we realize that these were some of the happiest years of our lives. We are very grateful to our wonderful teachers for the kindness and consideration that they have shown and appreciate the loyalty of our classmates. | am sure that these fond mem- ories will remain with us and guide us in our journey through life. Alan Lasater.