Humes High School - Senior Herald Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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ginia Wright, Lela Mae Ashton, and Virginia Schnei- der. Their motto is, Our best is none too good. The Majors twins, june and jane, were now Powers models. The Reverend 'also told us that Michael DeLuca was now a happily married man, with a houseful of little yankees, that Bonnie Mae Baker owned an exclusive school for young ladies where Latin was taught by Gloria Rutland, history by Voula Skouteris, and commercial subjects by Margaret Evensky. Esther Ross, Marjorie Williams, and Glenda Moore were working at the new Postal-Union Tele- graph Company. Annemarie Brauer, Elizabeth Brog- don, LaVerne Lazarov, jean Surratt, Celia Freiden, and Libbie Rosen held stenographic positions. Thank- ing the Reverend for this information, we journeyed onward. We started back toward the better section of town, but just as we were crossing the railroad tracks, we practically stumbled down a dingy stairway into the dark dreary halls of an establishment over which hung a sign which proclaimed in weatherbeaten let-- ters that this was Flaniken's Flophouse. The old guy snoozing at the desk looked familiar, and on closer scrutiny turned out to be Forrest himself. l noticed a jumbled heap in the corner, and after l dusted the cobwebs off, I found them to be the bell hops, David Engleman, Paul Webb, Tommy Tanner. and Dick Pearson. In answer to my questions, For- rest told me that james Thomas was a professional gigolo, and that jean Redden, Ethel Young, Elizabeth Williams, Margaret Tomlinson, Nellie Barton, and Dor- othy Grimes were saleswomen in downtown depart- ment stores. Evelyn Kidd and Betty jo Leathers were bareback riders with the Van Sickel Circus, owned and operated by james R. We took our leave, and meandered on until we passed Charlie's Place , and there stood the pro- prietor, Charles Vergos, in the doorway. He invited us in for a footlong on the house. l noticed behind the counter were Wava Clark, Dorothy Keith, Shirley Walters, Commelite Ryan, Sarah jane Schaedle, and Hazel Gipson, busily dishing them up. Back in the kitchen was Roland Tomlinson, chief cook and you- know-what. Reluctantly, we tore ourselves away from this part of town. We had reservations at the Hilliard Hotel for dinner. As we entered, janie Hilliard, manager, rush- ed forward to welcome us. She escorted us to the Rhea Room Cnamed for Senator Elvin Rheaj where Keith Massey's dance orchestra was playing. l had 1 A l Page Tiueizty-nine hardly been seated when I heard a voice calling, Cigars, cigarettes, chewing gum, and mints , and looked around just in time to see Rose Marie Gentry, the cigarette girl. She told us that she was not the only member of our class working at that hotel. Ellen Bishop and Robbie Wilkes were also tray totersf' Besides these cigarette girls, Margeline Sutton, Paul- ine Lawson, Vernice Batsel, and Nellane Davidson were chambermaids. Elevator operators were Mar- guerite Parrott, Margie McDaniel, Evelyn Franklin, and Dorothy Willis. l turned my head just in time to see two burly bouncers, David Franklin and Wil- liam Ferguson, forcibly ejecting playboy Sammie Crone, who, it seemed, had just downed his third Zombie, and was trying to start a free-for-all. The doorman, Conway Moore, hustled him into a taxi, driven by Bill l itcl1patric.:. l heard a by-slander say that the cab started off with a big jerk, and l won- dered if he meant it the way l thought he meant it. On our way out of the hotel we met Elaine La'Croix and Evelyn Curtis, the two foremost lawyers in the country. l was very proud to learn that Virginia Sherman, Freda Harrison, Alma Bogard, Margaret Latham, and Frances Keith were in the XIAAC, and that Pauline Hendren, Nevagene Shoemate, and Mary Simonds were WAVES. Sophie Durling, Sarah Frances Ellis, Harry jordan, Harold Kaufman, Bennie Olswing, Lillian Kauerz, Christine Gost, Dorothy Crickman, and jennie Siegel were working at Sears fthe thirteenth grade of Humesl. Oliver jerkins and Tommie Vin- son were test pilots. We discussed the sudden rise to fame of scientist Cleighton Gannon, who was responsible for the discovery of the new vitamin PDQ. Yes, we were proud to have had all these celebrities as our schoolday friends. As it was growing late, we started back toward the White House. We passed the Lockheed Defense Plant just as the swing shift was coming on. Among the riveters we singled out Donna Conant, Esther jenne, and Laura Lee Corzine. They told me that Bobby Thompson was now pitching for the Byhalia Baseball Team, also, that Earl Goldstein was the man- ager of a gymnasium whose slogan is Come to Gold- stein's Gym lf You Want a Physique Like Gold- stein's or lt Shouldn't Happen to a Dog. His as- sistants were Richard Person and james McDaniel. As my bodyguards and l wended our weary way home, l heard a shrill squeaky voice say, Sister, can you spare a dime? For a moment l thought my eyes had deceived me, but no, it was really he, Al- bert Nelius-a panhandlerl l smilingly produced a quarter, collected my fifteen cents change, and went on my way. The smile on my face was not caused by my amusing experiences of the clay, but by the fact that l now knew what had become of every single member of the Humes High graduating class of l943. Tumi I'Il'1lt.Xl,ll-'YSICYIUR Emrii x

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