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

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MILITARY SECTICN DEDICATICN To Captain Eber L. Daughtry and to Corporal Toe T. Anderson, the cadets oi the Hurnes High R. O. T. C. Battalion, as a token of appreciation and adrniration, dedicate this, the Military Section of the Hurnes Herald of 1944. ' I T jf,f,f-1-X427 L fffiiiffi If ,Kg friggin it 'X X ff f X 3 ,, .h Jw M lllls! Page Thirty

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We found Martha Reitz, world's tennis champion, and watched excitingly as she won game after game. Next was the world's heavy-weight boxing champion, Eu- gene Anton, and we talked over old times with his little wife, jean Temple. Then came the skiing and skating sports. The famous skier, Marguerite Sum- mers, agreed to help us learn, and we finally master- ed the basic training of the art of skiing. We saw many friends among the skiers-the famous comed- ienne, Nona Minor, and her friend, Helen jennings, Lucille Mather and Annette Feldman, well-known acrobats, Frances Nixon, pin-up girl of World War ll, the two lrnogenes, Ramseger, and May, dancing part- ners, and Margie Tate, hair stylist, all vacationing in Switzerland. The famous skating team, Vivian Shoffner and Ruth Russom, were two of the most popular girls in the country. Bidding farewell to Switzerland, we journeyed to Italy, home of wine and spaghetti. We noticed the brand of a favorite wine there, and discovered that Ted York had become a connoisseur of ltalian grape juice. At an ltalian restaurant, owned by jesse Zellner, we found as head cooks, Leah Rosenberg and Matilda Sapenstein, and as waitresses, Nancy Freedman and LaVerne Evensky. We came across Marilyn Davis, author of the two best-sellers, 'iCall of the Open Fire- place, and The Mystery of the Clubbed Cop. From Italy, Russia was next. There we were met by a welcoming party from the Soviet Newspaper, the Blue Sun, headed by its publisher, Irving Cooperman. On its staff were Dorothy Brown, commentator, juan- elle Davis, world affairs editor, and Mary Louise Rob- ertson, woman's editor. We were taken to a brilliant Russian cafe operated by Buford Pinner. There we were entertained by the Ouaint Cossacks of Color, a group of Russian chorus cuties. Outstanding in the chorus line were Willie Mae Thomas, Mary Thornley, and Virginia Pyle. Frances Maynard crooned several Russian lullabies to us and after that we left, rejoicing over the many former school friends we had run into. We were interviewed the next day by Russia's only woman foreign correspondent, joyce Williams, who told us about several of our school-mates of IQ44. George Bagwell had become a great nurse and was still practicing in Sweden, Christine Dozier had be- come manager of a large chain of Walgreens drug stores all over the world, Sunshine Stowers had spread her name all over the universe selling comic books, Louise Taylor was now a school teacher, and jolida Alsup was head of a famous school of poise and personality. From Russia we visited briefly the old empire of japan, and met Robert Williams, our popular boy of l944, now heading the new government there. Under him, Cecil Riggin and Thomas Goodwin, kept order. j. D. Brooks acted as interpreter and solved many difficulties. From japan we continued to the last stop on our tour before we got back to the good old U. S. A. ln Hawaii we came across several more of our former friends. We were surprised to find dressed in those grass skirts four of them-Shirley Walker, Elizabeth Hudson, ,Virginia Lanier, and Mildred Blake. Earl Pardon and Frank Talbot, when not indulging in the age-old game of craps, owned a pineapple company. Several girls worked in this company-among them, Betty jean Smith, Vivian Mills, Katherine Edwards, june Frederickson, Shirley Bacialupo, and Gladys Belch. A few boys from the old wolf-pack, james Price, Eddie Rogers, and Orville Mitchell, had a grass skirt manufacturing business, but we expected that it was who wore the grass skirts that interested them. We also found Walter Patzch, commander of our Marine forces there. We finally left the isle of pinapple and palm trees, to journey homeward. Weighed down with leis and fruit, we tossed pennies from the boat into the water for the little boys to dive after. We laughed to see Russell Brooks among the divers, getting rich quick. Back in the states, we decided to take in Holly- wood, little realizing we would find more of our former class mates. Since Clark Gable had retired from the screen, that beautiful hunk of man, Oscar Buchanan had moved in to No. I spot as the Great Lover. Playing opposite him in many of his films was glomor- ous Dorothy Allnut. Taking Mae West's place, we found Dot Baxley, wowing cinema fans all over America. Replacing johnny Weissmeller in the Tarzan series was Nathan Blockman. Other screen stars were Marcella Carmon, Lois Barcus, Estelle Clapp, Margaret Allan, and Martha Watts. Favorite commedienne was Cornelia Alexander. The ballet team of Eppinette and Alexander four own Hazel and Bessiej was a popular one, In the famous Trocadero now owned by j. T. Barnes, was the regular billing of Nancy Williams and Betty jane May, while Shirley Hiskey and Mary Louise Durbin had just left for New York and a career on the stage. The biggest motion picture studio was owned by jimmie Mae Overton, who started out as a mere ticket girl in an up-town theater in our home town. Upon visiting this studio we found Margaret Miller directing Doris Reeds latest picture, Single Girl. We soon left Hollywood, and finally arrived in New York City. There we learned of many new haa- penings while we were away. jimmy Young was ap- pointed a General in the United States Army and Mary Lou Hudgins was head of the W'oman's Army. The charitable Tenenbaum sisters, Helen and Sylvia, now had Tenenbaum's Home for Homeless Renasf' There too, we learned that janie Ferguson and jean- ette Wagerman had been given permission to be the only two women students at Harvard. Dorothy White and Mary jane Campbell were given a high degree of honor by john Robert Gregg, for their excellence in shorthand. Thomas Davis was awarded first prize for his collection of fine dogs, and Margaret Sterling was given a position in the world Symphony Orchestra, Ann Carleton was voted Miss America of l950, and Ollie Mae Billings and Dorothy Shook contributed to science by their work at the University, while jacueline jett had become a brilliant criminal lawyer. Russell Dawson, replacing Frank Sinatra, was still knocking the poor girls in the aisles with just one look. We found another old friend, heading Harry CContinued on page 575 Page Twenty-Nine

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