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

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CMLLIIZEL ahlifjg gsrzioz flfifion 27 SIENHCR GLASS PRCIPIHIIECY June 30, 1958 Dear Diary: I am sorry to have neglected you the past few weeks, but some of the greatest events in my life have taken place. On June 13, as I busily proceeded in compiling material for the monthly publication Movie Capital, Sidney Tardy, one of my fellow editors, informed me that I was wanted on the phone. In a few minutes Noma French had connec- tions through and I found myself in conversation with Doyle Murphy of the World Wide Pictures, Inc. Doyle asked me to come to Hollywood as soon as possible. Naturally I was so excited over this assignment I could hardly finish business in New York and pack fast enough. At 11:30 A. M. on June 14, I left New York by rocket ship for the West coast. As the huge ship kept going higher and higher, I looked out the window. The earth looked like a molding of green and brown clay down below the ship. This being my first rocket ship trip, I thought it would get cold, but the stewardess, I recalled, had laid a con- ductable blanket over each of us when strapping us to our seats before taking off. I examined the blank- et and found it was manufactured by The North Star Company owned by Billy North. The steward- ess, who was walking down the aisle handing out newspapers, was supported bv special metal devices hanging from the ceiling of the ship to prevent her floating around in mid-air since we were out of the earth's gravity, I recognized her to be Venita Trot- ter. She told me that Marvin Edwards and Eugene Keith were also with the Rocket Line. At 9 A. M. we prepared to land at the Hollywood Airport, the time systems ran our watches back three hours and the trip had taken only 30 minutes, so we were land- ing two and a half hours before we took off. The wings folded out as we came down out of the atmo- sphere. The jet motors were turned off. and the diesel engines were turned on for the landing. As I stepped from the 160 passenger giant ship, Hays Mitchell was on hand to greet me. We boarded his all plastic helicopter for the studio, as Havs said the helicopter was much ouicker than bucking the street traffic. We landed on top of the studio roof and took the special elevator down to Dovle's office. The elevator operator was none other than Robert Bishop. We alighted on the fourth floor and Beau- tone Thornburg directed us to Doyle's private of- fice. We got down to business at once and he told me his studio wanted to make a super movie but I-Iollvwood did not have the talent thev wanted. so it would be mv iob to comb the country for new talent. Elsie Miller, his private secretarv was on hand to give me a complete account of details. The next day, which was the 15th. I left the Coast in my Duckmobile . which travels in water as well as on land, and arrived in Denver about 3 P. M. I registered at the Post Hotel and then went to tele- graph the studio, and who should be the beaming 4 clerk but Herbert Greenberg. Later in the evening I meet Ruth Ray and Jo Ann Smith in the hotel lobby. They told me that they worked at the Gov- ernment Mint in Denver. On the 16th I traveled to Kansas City where I saw Emma Lee Smith, who operates The Smith Steak House, and Jimmy Craig, who is a cattle buyer. On the 17th I arrived in Chicago. The first thing I saw made my heart leap, for there in five foot neon letters was the name ROBERT BILGER. Yes, he finally had his name in lights-there it was- Robert Bilger's Liquor Store. I checked my luggage at the Drake Hotel and began my search for undiscovered talent. My first stop was the Marshall Field Department Store. I found Emma Laura Sturdivant and Louise Rule Trenthem selling a device that defuzzes peaches. In the furniture department, Harold Good- win and Edgar Hoye were displaying the latest model television sets, while Kenneth Graham and Allen Goodwin were showing the modern living room furniture. The novel thing about this new lightweight furniture is that a child of five can pick up a couch. because it weighs only about fifteen pounds. William Davis and Frank Sexton were dis- playing a five room house with tile bath, which is delivered in one truck. Mildred Solomito was com- bining shopping with trying to keep her twelve children from wrecking the store. Sonia Rosenberg, Ruby Beaty, Levern Arnold, and Ethelda Koelz were picking over the nvlon stockings, and fussing at the clerk about the high price of 20 cents a pair. In the food department I found Carline Blanken- ship buying a packaged dinner, a complete meal from appetizer to dessert, all in one package. -G. B. Dorman, Charles Bacigalupo, Elmer D. Moore, and gllaience Dillingham were floor walkers and house ic s. On leaving the store I noticed a fimiliar figure being handled rather roughly by one of the floor walkers, and on Questioning him, I found it to be Bernard Cole being taken to the office for shop lifting. On the street I met Wava Jean Brown who is now a reporter for the Chicago Sun: she started talking at once, telling me about our old friends liv- ing in Chicago. She said that Tommie Gost now owns a chain of shoe stores: that David Garihan was manager of the Stevens Hotel and that Valeria Huff had announced her engagement to the Duke of Wellington. About this time I tried to get a word in, but before I could, Wava began telling me about her operation and after half an hour attempting to say a word, I left her standing on the sidewalk talking and taking notes. Back at the hotel, after a fruitless dav's search I left for Detroit where I registered at the Brook Cadilac. At the desk were Regina McDaniel and Hazel Trenthem. On the way to the elevator I met Nancy McArthur who said she lived with a rich uncle in Windsor. After freshening up, I left the

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28 G'j7llU7Z-Ei Chlijfi cgenioz fifition o- 4-W - -- 1. hotel to tour the city. Passing the United Artists' Theatre, I noticed a billboard that announced that Virginia Mead and Dr. Moris Shore were appearing in the International Music Troup. In Grand Circus Park I met Thomas Shanks and Fred Smith who are operating a fine fishing enterprise on Lake Erie. They told me they had installed the latest frozen food lockers on board their ship that would keep seafood for days, thus saving shipping cost, and making profits bigger. . On the way back to the hotel I bought some newspapers thinking I might get a lead on where I could find hidden talent. In the Boston Globe's theatre column I found an ad announcing that J ov Blaylock, radio and Met Star would appear there June 20. Another ad said that Mildred Mims. wo- man's world champion baseball player, eats Wheat- ies every morning. In the societv column, one of the highlight features was that Miss Mary Francis True would return to her Boston town house after spending a few weeks in Europe. The Washington Times front page featured what seemed at first to be a display card of army medals. but on closer ex- amination I found a patch of red hair sticking from the top, and I recognized my old friend Jack Houseal. The Washington paper states also that congressmen Jimmy Papageorge, M. L. Winchester, John Surber, Milton Weiss, Herbert Davis. Thomas Craigo, Frank Adcock, and Frank Mitchell were staging a fillibuster on the Draft Act, now 15 years old. The New York Herald had a full page color ad announcing the Harris Brothers' Circus in Madison Snuare Garden. owned by John and Bob Harris. The circus featured the renowned tight rope walker, Odell Dumas: side show barker, Marv Virginia John- son, the famous sword eater,Billy Clarkgthe world's greatest lion trainer, Richard Barton: popcorn ven- dor, Wilbur Rulemang and a special magic show con- ducted by none other than George Mabie. The Memphis Press-Scimitar stated that Gov- ernor John Sewell would be in Memphis June 19th and 20th for a meeting with Mavor Bill Weaklev. Also in the Memphis paper was a picture showing Dot Hubbard. Nelle Hubbard, and Francis Kelley being presented checks by Walgreen's for 15 years of service. The New York Herald magazine section ran an article on the ten best dressed women ip America during 1957. This list included Georgia Skouteris, Martha Simonds. Beverly Shivers. Congresswoman Mary Ruth Shelby. Fifth Avenue designer Marv Hardaway, worthy Lady Naomi Moore, Movie Star Sue Peeler, and Miss Alma Shears. On the 19th of June I arrived back in New York City. where I had planned to dig up something to show World Wide Pictures that I had at least tried, but before I could catch mv breath, Sidney Tardv. called and informed me that she had received a radio-gram from Goldie Brown, inviting us to attend the reunion ball she was having in her thirtv room mansion in Memphis. I certainly could not afford to miss this event, so we took off for Mem- phis. where we arrived on the morning of .Tune 20th. Goldie welcomed us with open arms. Frankly, I was ouite shocked at the home: I knew she had married one of the Petrovsky boys. and I never would have thought a pig skin manufacturer could afford a home like this However Goldie cleared this up for me. About five years after her departure from Humes she had had a brainstorm, and the result was a million dollar business. She had developed a replacement for the Dor- trait studio, by introducing the Personal Film Studios, a Goldie Brown Enterprise. These studios now spread from Coast to Coast. Back in 1946, when we had left Humes, the modern method of remembering a person was to have a picture made of him, but now they go to Goldie's and she makes a short film of them. Children can not only tell how their grandmother looked, but how she talked, walk- ed and acted. Goldie also sells home film projectors, which are common in every home. By this time the guests had begun to arrive. Bobby Crow flew in from Baker's Field, where he is a captain in the Army. Billie Jean Hardison, Betty Harrison, and Jane Hayes arrived on the crack Universal Limited from London where they are working for our Foreign Department. Ruth Harper, Anita Cummings, Viola Dodson, Martha Eastman, Hazel Edwards, Nancy Countess, Theresa Howard, Lillian Holt, Doris Brown, Thomasina Bray, Helen Belch, Elouise Wood, and Charlotte Walter arrived from New York, on an Army Transport, being wives of men who are serving in the Peacetime Army. Strolling around the golf course, I spied Kath- leen Nolen and hubbyg Catherine Rutland, who said she was not married but was working for the Park Commission, in charge of Dave Wells. Eugene Sex- ton, who was resting on the green, said he was tired after walking from Sears. Sunning and swimming in Goldie's Masterful Deluxe swimming pool was J. E. Shipman who had stopped in on his way to Moscow, where he is to address the Atomic Committee. June Gwaltney and Pete Vergos seemed to be right at home, because they are partners in an orange juice stand at Miami Beach, but the free refreshments seemed to curb their activities here. Bess Holt, Betty Jones, Marian Kaplan and Marene Smart, who are court reporters, were discussing their mutual interests on the beach. Carrie Keltner, Geraldine Knight and Mary Jo Nearn, all married to former Navy men, seemed to enjoy the water. Supreme Court Justice James War- rick and his wife were chatting with Congresswo- raen Ruth Katz. Betty Burke, Maryanne Hadley, Joanna Coscia, Bettye Pegues and Theone Agnos. Later in the evening the guests began to gather around the lake, and some took a row before din- ner. Among the rowmen were Frances Butler and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Van Nieuwen- huyze, and their eight children, lthey were using three boats, don't get worriedl, Virginia Grantham, Cornelia Fillon, and Beverly Blackman. About seven o'clock dinner was served. By this time Helen Chrisafis, Virginia Coughlan, and Rachel Carter had arrived from New Orleans where they are residing. Ray Riddle, Fred Williams, Judson Williams, Allan Pryor, and Edwin Poole were all seated and packing away dinner as fast as it could be served. ' After dinner was over, Goldie had a very de- lightful program planned for our late evening en- tertainment. She had engaged one of America's top bands. led by Aubrey Gaskins. who broadcast their