Hickman High School - Bluff Yearbook (Hickman, KY)

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Class History There is an old saying--“Your high school days are your happiest days. We feel that this is so because we have had fun at old Hickman High School. As class Historian, I am to tell you of the exciting and of the dull things of our four years in high school. We entered the freshman year with 43 very “Green Freshmen enrolled. Speaking of “Green Freshman, we had all the other classes, which had gone on before us, beat. I do not think we would have made it without Mr. Laurence Jones to keep us in line and to cheer us up. Ourofficers were : President, Richard Cartwright; Vice President, Boyce Ross; Secretary and Treasurer, Martha Sue Williams; Sar- gent-at-Arms, Charles Cooper. As you know, the sophomore class has the name of “Prissy Soph- omores. Believe me, every one of us girls was walking a very straight line. Our sponsor was Miss Vivian Caldwell. We had 38 en- rolled that year. Our officers were; President, Jo Ann McCllean; Vice President, Charles Davis; Secretary and Treasurer, Peggy Tipton; Sargeant-At-Arms, Charles Cooper. Our Junior Year consisted of much work. We made money for the Junior-Senior trip. On the trip, we took the Seniors to Kentucky Lake and stayed four days. To explain what happened, and how we liked the trip, would take too long. We had four days swimming, little eating and no sleeping. Our sponsor was Mr. Leslie Roehm. We had 34 enrolled as Juniors. Our officers were: President, Jo Ann McCllean; Vice President, Billy Joe Roberts; Secretary, Holt Jones; Treasurer, Richard Wilkerson. JULIE TERRET

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Last Will And Testament We, the Senior Class of 1952, being in our right mind, do bequeath and bequit, leave, give and get rid of the following members of the Senior Class. SAMMY ADAMS wills his basketball ability to J. W. Darnall. JAMES BLACK wills his typing ability to Hoot Hutchins. KENNETH BLINCOE leaves his curly hair to Maxine Logan. RICHARD CARTWRIGHT wills his senses to Bert Ross. ERNESTINE CHOAT wills her ability to get along with people to Row- land Wiseman. CHARLES HALTERMAN leaves his beloved friends Nancy James and Mitch to drive each other crazy. GERALD JACKSON isn't leaving anything, he's taking it with him. HOLT JONES wills his tumbling class part to Joe Ed Garrison. JAMES HOWARD KING wills his ability to pass English to Richard Hunter. JO ANN MCCLELLAN wills her ability to get her man to her sister. FAYDELL MORROW wills her How To Get A Sailor book to Dorothy Petty. BILLY JOE ROBERTS leaves his How To Drive book to Nancy Hollis. BOYCE ROSS leaves his right hook to Bert Ross. ROYCE RITCHIE wills his passing ability to Donald Rupert. GLEN SARGENT wills his ability to slip through school to Frank Allen. CLAUDY THOMAS wills his Editor's job to some unfortunate Junior. JULIA TERRETT wills her dishwashing ability to some unfortunate Junior that will mention a Chile Supper next year. HARRIET TOWNSEND leaves her nickname Slugg to next year's dignified Senior. SUE WILLIAMS wills her ability to stay at 110 lbs. to Pat Townsend. PATSY WILLIAMS wills her side of the dressing room bed to Katherine Bradley. RICHARD WILKERSON wills his tardiness ability to Jane Kearby BETTY JO WATSON leaves--------in a hurry. JOHN WRIGHT leaves his yellow shorts to Paul Mansfield, and last and least SARA DON HENRY leaves her gay experiences to Paula and Anna Horns- by and her red hair to Billy Garrison. SARA DON HENRY 19

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Class Poem Now gather around you Seniors, and lend me all your ears, We won't disgrace, the human race, by talking about these years. Sammy Adams is right, and pretty bright, and as he heads the list. He's pretty mean, at seventeen, and says he's never been kissed. We wouldn't avoid, for we enjoyed, the company of James Black, He's not at all sad, he seems too glad, he won't be coming back. We all know, Kenneth Blincoe, and no one will see him grieve, For 4 long years, he's been up here, and now he's ready to leave. Now I'd quote, about Ernestine Choate, and I'm sure she'd agree. To be a teacher, and marry a preacher, is her ambition you see. To hear his voice, Bud Halterman's choice, is to be our coach he raves, Neglecting the noise, I pity the boys, they'll all be nicotine slaves. Sara Henry it's said, they call her Red , would like a job at the show, From six until ten, patronizing a friend, when to the movies they go. Gerald Jackson's clever, he'll endeavor, to marry and live on a farm, And once his wife, gets out a knife, he'll find not all of her's charm. Politics, is what Holt Jones picks, and in it he puts every cent, Leave a year, then come back here, and you'll find he's President. Here's James King, truly The Thing , there's nothing he didn't achieve, He's been so bad, the teacher's are glad, he's up here and ready to leave. Where Jo Ann McClellan, makes her dwelling, to us is still unknown, Marrying Boyce Ross, she won't be boss, for he's the head of the home. Fay Morrow's hurrying, she may be marrying, when she crosses the bridge Who I don't know, but this much is so, it's a boy from down on the ridge. A good word, for Royce Ritchie I've heard, is he's a good boy although, Being out late, from eight 'til eight, isn't exactly an angel you know. Bill Roberts rule, was stay at school, and sometimes he'd be in the gym. But what a pity, if it wasn't Union City, Woodland was calling for him. Here's Boyce Ross, who said he'd be boss, because he's much of a man.. But I'm sure his wife, will hook him for life, and his boss will be Jo Ann. Glenn Sargent I fear, was mean up here, and would stay if he could, The teacher's appeal, it cannot be real, he's actually leaving for good. Julia Terrett's deed, was one to succeed, a feat that's never unknown, But will this strife, make her a good wife, and also head of the home? Julia Terrett's deed, was one to succeed, a feat that's never unknown, But will this strife, make her a good wife, and also head of the home? About Claudy Thomas, it's not a promise, on what he plans to be. But I believe, that he'll achieve, anyway, a bachelor's degree. For better or worse, to be a nurse, is Harriet Townsend's wishing, I'm sure that she, will get a degree, by working for her ambition. Betty Watson's carreer, is written here, and surely it won't harm her, For the rest of her life, to be the wife, of a prominent Hickman farmer. No one knows, what Sue Williams chose, but we are sure her knowledge, Will help her dear, throughout the year, if she chose to enter college. Richard Wilkerson will agree, this with me, he's pulled many a caper, And we both believe, what he has achieved, could not be put on paper. John Wright will live on Bond Hill, and never again will he grieve. For he will face, his life with Grace, and happiness he will achieve. Patsy Williams it seems, will end her dreams, as she's in a hurry. And after she, gets her degree, we believe, that she will marry. By doing the best I could, and still no good, the job is only half done, The poem will show it, that I'm the poet, or at least an excuse for one 21 Richard Cartwright