Hillsboro High School - Hillsburro Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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HISTORY Hillsboro Hrgh School Dear friends 1944 45 It 15 vxrth a yox ous s1gh and a tear 1n the exe that xxe record our H1llsboro Daxs tn th1s our last letter to all of xou as the class of 45 We ran neck n neck xxrth Presldent Roosexelt for four stratght xears but he xxe gratefullx acknoxxledge IS among the fexx of us that xolunteered for an extra term Being chrldren of great dest1nx xxe haxe xxltnessed the greatest ex ents of all hlstorx ln our four x ears D1Ck Tracx has not onlx caught B B Ex es but alas' Prune Face and Graxel Gcrtxe xx hlle on thc Burro Boule xard haxe paraded the Dramatlc Hrghllghts of four excmng happx and adxenturous xears Please excuse out reminiscing xxe are told that lt mexxtablx appears xx1th our recentlx attained old age and bratnx maturxtx What mere lads and lassles vxe xx ere xx earmg ruffled prnafores and sh1n1ng ha1r oil as xxe first beat out H1t The L1ne xx1th our knockmg knees XXe had to restra1n ourselxes for almost a month xxhrle the bu1ld1ng xx as be1ng 1ncreased to suflic1ent s1ze to hold all of us ancl Rox Slay maker s brg feet XX hen the last pane of glass had been cemented 1n xxe managed to settle doxxn long enough to select 'lohn H Coles as class pres1dent Mr XX h1te accepted the pos1t1on of sponsor Our football team xxent undefeated that xear due chleflx to ack Thompson xxho serx ed is manager and on the g1rls basketball team Nancy Pearre and Dorothx Turner xxere txxo of Mr Hessex s gals Both Martha Tr1bble and Grace S1ms recerxed degrees of ment for forensic xxork an honor rarelx accorded freshmen XXe had noxx acqulred that htgh school characterlstrc spring fexer and If xx as a sprrlted gang that slammed the1r lockers for the last t1me as freshmen and opened the doors to the relief of summer and 1ts lack of vxork Wrth sun tans and eager hearts xxc paraded for the first t1me as Sophomores Out of our group Albert Schroeder xxas elected class pres1dent vxhrle Mrs Stroh and MISS Pogue serx ed as class sponsors Our Sophomore xear xx as one of achrex ement and acttx 1tx oe Austtn Earl Dunn and Albert Schroeder donned the1r broad shoulders and shone on the football team xxhxle Charles Embrx bhstered the hope for our class on the basketball team We all remember the school electron near the close of the xear xxhen ud Randolph xx as chosen Student Bodx Marshall He xxas the first Sophomore elected to serxe durlng his umor xear IU that office h1therto held bx a Senior On the mus1cal s1de Carolxn Schubert strutted to a superior ratxng as mayorette and jxmmx Enoch responded to the rhy th'n ln h1s bones 1nd gaxe out vxxth the pxe to our ears Martha Tr1bble hung our honor xx1th the highest bx xxmmng hrst place 1n the dramatic readmg section of the tr1 state forensic meet held at Peabody College And xx tsn t that slmplx super prom the best xx ax to make xou forget those exam grades and start xacatlon' GlX1Ug one last look at the sxxrmmmg pool xxe d1x ed right IH the mtddle of Hillsboro onlx to come up xellmg WE BEAT XX EST' XX E BEAT WEST' and patt1ng jamle Wade Earl Dunn oe Austin jtmmx Enoch and xmmx Martm on the backs for their sxxell games Then there xxere those basketball games brought to such rous1ng finals bx Charles Embrv Rox Slax maker and am1e Wade With Embrx al1as Broom drxhhlmg doxxn the floor to shoot himself onto the All Tournament teams and along xx1th lamxe and Rox p1ck1ng up enough pornts to gather IH four trophies nobody exer ex er xx1ll forget that trlp to Murfreesboro' XX1ll thexe Martha Neese xxas hlgh scorer for the gurls team xx1th 156 poxnts 1nd Dorothx Turner and jerrx Ridge held forth at the opposrte end of the floor We recall the feel1ng of prlde that possessed us xx hen sexeral persons from our brarnx group xxere chosen for the Honor Socletx and others xxere rnltlated mto the u1ll and Scroll honorarx xournaltstmc group Martha Tr1bble leased us xxhen she xxon a personal success both as Mrs Bennett IH PRIDE AND PRE UDICE and as the candanaxlan mald IH the PFIZC xx1nn1ng play CLOSE COURTIN Jud Randolph Hexx our k1te a lxttle hlgher bx addmg the Outstand1ng Forensrc Honor of the Countx to our banner Albert johnson represented the school in the House of Representatxxes of the Student Congress and xx as greatlv honored bx txx 1ce be1ng elected speaker of that assemblx He also xx ore our tm can croxxn as kmg of the Scrap Drxxe at the celebrauon grx en for the JUNIOR FRESHMEN xx mners by the SENIOR SOPHO MORE losers Fmallx OLR Student Body electron xx as here and WE made It the hottest xet Ten scared JLIHIOFS rambled across the stage to p1tch the1r m1ts m the rmg ohn H Coles Grace S1ms xmmx 'vlartm and Dot Turner surx1x ed rn close bouts It xxas all xxe could do to assume a nonchalant galt and a superror gaze as xxe clxmbed our famrlxar steps for the hrst t1me to our enxrahle positron as Seniors Occaslonallx a fexx Scnlor boxs xxould haxe to be rennnded of the1r rank as elders those tnnes chleflx be1ng 1n the presence of xoung Freshmen gurls Some of our xoung ladies found lt dlfflcult to forget our yuxemle jaunts but on the xx hole xxe assumed our respons1b1l1tx xx1th all due res ect Startmg the xear off rlght xxe rode hlgh xx1th Rox Slax maker steppmg on the starter as President an Carolx n Bass IHIITIX Enoch oe XXomack and Anna Vantrease helping to push us up the h1lls and oxer the bumps ofSen1or1tx Mrs Max held and Miss XVe1s xxere our consrderate back seat drlxers Bexerlx XX allace and Dot Appleby prox1ded our class BEAUTX at our oxxn prom back to xxh1ch our memorles ex en noxx turn xx1th fond remembrance and xxxshful xx ants Martha Tr1bble and Albert ohnson lent lementlx xx1th the BRAINS rn dramatlc and forens1c trrals It IS fatal to start into our BRAXX N for H1llsboro Seniors xxere chleflx respons1ble for a blazing season on the gr1d1ron court and d1amond lndlxrdual honors looked xxell on such staunch shoulders as those of Roy Slax maker and Ilamle Wade 4tllC1tx football and Martha Neese All Cltx basketball But the greatest of them all mt xxent quxcklx from l1p to llp Hillsboro Hlgh School xxon xts first champlonshrp' And that ll dnl' XX1th four xears under the1r belts and rex enge IH the1r mmds those Burros took the floor and xx 1th II our hearts ts thex fought for our greatest graduatlon present The Sex enth D1str1ct Basketball Champ1onsh1p Amld the grateful applause xxe heard the names of XXeslex Hickman and Charles Embrx on the all tournament select1ons ies frlends If xx as a great year a great four xears and as xxe slip our hrstory ln beslde those dust coxered xolumes of xears before xxe hope that tt max be xxrthdraxxn frequentlx to recall to xou not onlx those rncrdents xx h1ch it cltes but those personal acqualntances xxh1ch shall remam forex er rn our mmds and so so long fellas It s been sxxell' And to xou H1llsboro Hlgh School xxe txp our hats and leaxe xxzthtn xour xx alls four xears of hopes noxx realized of xxork xxell spent of amb1t1on furthered and dexotron ex er lmgerrng Smcerely Your Class of 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