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

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Bernice Saperstein falls heir to the Student Gov- rntent desk in front of the auditorium from Myrvin Las- si er. lack Rudy, Benny Salky, Billy Strong, Curon Wil- kerson leave their seats in En lish to next ear s en . , , Q Y ' S - hors and hope they will enloy them as much as they ave. Dorothy Iones leaves her attendance record, as good as it is, to Ianet Stout. Masy Patterson falls heir to the readin abilit of Q Y Sara Seibs and her card at Lowenstein's Lending Li- brary. ludy Saul falls heir to the ability of Helen Leven- son to carry on a conversation with several people at the same time. Edna Sanidas wills her place in the Honor Society to Betty McFarland who has already taken it. Maurice Owen leaves his position on the bastgnall team to Clifford Nolen who will use it in continuing his playing. Betty lo Gaetano leaves her place in the Senior Class to anybody that gets in at the eleventh hour. Annie Hankins, Robert Threlkeld, Iohn Forsythe, and lames West will their textbooks to their principal, Miss Vay McElrath, to be used for next year's seniors. Cecelia Trotter wills her vivacious personality to Betty Pennington so as to aid in her popularity. Elizabeth Gilbert leaves her out-of-town transcript to someone else who comes from a distant, Barbara Bruner is bestowed upon by Dorothy Mat- lock her sweet smile and ways. David Watson and Gene Thomas will their auburn hair to Durell Suber, Norma lean Tutor falls heir to Frances Todd's ability to jitterbug. loy Smith bestows upon her little sister her way with the opposite sex. George Vegos leaves his brother, Nick, to carry the Vegos name another year. Dorothy Towery wills her attractiveness to Patsy Wilson who also has quite a bit of it now. Leonida Nelms, Evangeline Makris, Mary Varna- vas, and Hilda Pitt hands down their shy ways to Virginia Sammons. lris Miner and Ruth Phillips leave their accents to Pearl Cetner. Dorothy Burress falls heir to Betty Mullins' tech- nique. Donald Berryhill leaves his fare-free ways to any- one that can adopt them as well as he has. Billie Marie Briggs leaves her place on the cheer- leaders' squad to Martha Goodwin hoping that she can yell as loud as Billie did. Morris Parker wills his strength and muscles to Earl Cunningham, ln witness whereof, we place our seal on this the fouth day of lune, l947, A. D. The above is respectfully submitted by Charlotte Patterson and Mary Frances Davis, after being duly witnessed and vouched for by the following: KILROY AND SMO. RICHARD. RASTUS AND SASSAFRAS. PETER SLIPGAP. Senior Cla A leli tory S we go sliding down the banisters of life we slide into the year l94l, when this year's graduating class has just entered Humes. To most of us this big building which we gaze upon is something strange and mysterious, but as we enter the building we discover it is not really as strange as it looks, that the principal and all the faculty are very understanding and helpful, and we begin to feel at home and to take part in everyday school activities. Before we could quite realize it, we were already in the ninth grade and graduating from lunior High. All of us felt so proud of ourselves for having one of the largest junior high graduating classes in the his- tory of-Humes-with over 300 in the class. The next year found our graduating class greatly reduced because of various reasons, but those who came back were more inspired and had a greater pride in Humes than ever. The year of '43-'44 .passed by so quickly that before we knew it, we were Juniors, and yet it seemed like only a short time before We would be seniors, but there was still a long milestone to pass in order to get to the top. During this year many among our class were studying very hard, and in the spring were inducted into the National Honor Society, one of the highest honors that could be be- stowed upon any of us. This induction had a marked influence on many of us and some determined that they would study hard, so they would be inducted in the senior year. This year of '46-'47 has been a well-rounded year for most of the seniors. Many scholarships have been offered to us and our class is quick to acknowledge these with thanks and appreciation. The Navy test was also given to our boys and five from our class passed with high marks. We are also proud to report that two of our senior class boys were in the service for Uncle Sam during World War ll, but came back to graduate this year. The senior class of this year is very proud of their achievements at Humes and hope the next year's graduating class will live up to the high standard which this year's graduating class has tried to main- tain. P1106 T14'eizt,z1-Remy:

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Emogene and lmogene Ioyner, Claudean Mag- ness, Martha Quinley, and lack Maroon leave the North-East corner seats of Miss Ienn.ie's room, includ- ing all the gum chewing and notes, to any other sen- iors who are lucky enough to obtain them. Betty joe Green, Shirley Saller, hand down their dancing shoes to Sis Bargiacchi who might need some new ones. Richard Curle bestows his parking place on Ma- nassas to anyone who can own a convertible like his. Bruce Nicholson is given Sunday afternoon at Rainbow Rollerdom by Dan Currie. Charles Dawson bequeaths his magical voice to Paul Yarbrough so that he can make the girls swoon, too. Bobby Rhodes and A. C. Riley leave their broth- erly love to Oliver Conders and Gene Murphy. Bernard Preiden wills his telephone in his car to anyone that can foot the expense. Ed Pepper gives his last name to Blanche Saltz so there will be a combination. Lawrence Manker wills his delightful personality to David Maynard. Howard Boshers hands down his position in the color guards to anyone who can get up that early. Earl Clower leaves to Bud Ball anything that's worth leaving and ain't worth taking with him. Bobby Hughes wills his ability to let off steam to Sidney Loskovitz. Sol Colsky and George Walter leave their person- ality smiles to Bernard Hirsch and Eli Weil. Betty Blancett bestows upon Dorothy Cox her beautiful blond hair. Betty Nell Boyce transmits her sweet disposition to Vivian Russell. jean Winter is bestowed upon the attractiveness of Alberta Burnett. Dorothy Draffin leaves her secret of how to go with two boys at the same time who are the best of friends to Betty jo Moore. George Cox, Bailey Thompson, and Billy Mullins will their good looks to Paul Mathis who doesn't need them at the present. George Stanley falls heir to the ping pong table at Dave Wells Community Center from Bobby Harris. Charles jones leaves his office as President of the Key Club to Roy Durell hoping he will fill the shoes as well. loyce Perkins begueaths her charms to Carolyn Reitz to add to the ones she already has. jim Mack falls heir to Charles Taylor's, Charles Atlas physique. jack Ruleman wills his dreamy look to Lois Turri to wow the girls with. Hugh Saller leaves his cute sayings to anyone who can get by with them without having his face slapped, The three musketeers, Leon Hart, Marvin Moss, Wayne Hurley, bequeath their title to Billy Miller, Kenneth Benderman, and Melton Bertrand. Bobby Butler hands down his mustache and hair style to anyone gorgeous enough to adopt it. Ruth Cunningham, Bettye lo May leave their school girl figures to Roselyn Strong and jackie Bilger. janet Martin and Lucille Blaydes fall heir to the Pnyr' Tirrlnfliz-Sir height of jennie Baker and Peggy Potts and let's hope they grow a little more. Shirley Terry and Willie Nell Rutland will their shy and bashful ways to Mary Elizabeth Cromwell. Shirley Freeman wills Sunrise Bakery to Corky Newton to carry on the baking. Betty jane Allen falls heir to the quiet and sweet ways of Betty Ann Gresham. Pete Bruno bestows upon anyone his piano who is capable of picking up where he left off. Charles Brogden, Marven Prescott leave their jobs at Standard Parts to the next Distributive Ed. Students. Adrian Hayes, Iohnnie Pittman hand down their secret on skipping school to Gene Burt hoping that he ca.n get by with it, too. Bob Kinkle is bestowed upon the art of wrestling by Bobby Torti who really used it. Lowell Webb, Harold West will their position at the Claridge Hotel to anyone who needs some extra money. Bobby Wildes leaves Kilroy his Physics book, so Kilroy can't run around at night. Bettye joe Tucker falls heir to Sonny Astin's Cs in Physics, as he just can't seem to get rid of them any other way. Christine Mills and Rose Goins are given the close and non-broken friendship of Betty Lynn Overton and Wandalynn Shoemate. Rose Washer wills her Amparo to Irene Martin whom l am sure will enjoy it. Loretta Lyles falls heir to Ianie Smith's beautiful eyes to add to Loretta's come hither look. M. L. Austin leaves all his admirers to gaze upon joe Bell, a good substitute, for awhile. Barbara English, lmalea Malamas transmit their seats in bookkeeping to anyone who doesn't want a salary over S40 a week. Bobby McKenzie and Bob Tilman leave the right to argue and confuse Mr. Winfield to some unlucky person who will take Physics next year. joy Rush wills her cosmetology knowledge to her sis, Anita, and hopes that she will continue it with taking the course. t lack Tennison and Raymond Wenzler leave their ability to Harvey White who already seems to have a sufficient amount of this talent. The last of the Curtises, Shirley Curtis, leaves her well-know personality to anyone that can fill her slip- pers. Ann Alnutt falls heir to loyce McCool's ability to catch on to things on the spur of a moment. Everyone has left something but Bill Smith says he just leaves as he doesn't have anything to leave. Everett Hill wills his reservation at East End Skat- ijng Rink to anyone that likes to skate as much as he oes. Walter Tomlinson and Hugh Powers are given free lessons OU Dflper throwing by Howard Lewis and Adolph Rosentrater. . Lowell Holbrook and Fred Quarin bestow upon George KUSS Grid loyce Morrow their seats, books, and knowledge of Trigonometry. t Martin Edwards leaves his waiting until the last minute to do anything to Gerald Proctor. . Donald Iacobus just leaves his little sis, Gloria, and hopes she does as well as he has.

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Senior Clam Prophecy S we, George Billingsley, editor-in-chief of the New York Times, and Franklin Bruch, editor- in-chief of the New York Herald Tribune, sat in our private observation car, we watched the dear old U. S. roll by and waited for the Rocket to reach our first destination, Philadelphia. We had just begun a na- tion-wide tour of the principal cities of the U. S. for our long-awaited vacation. The conductor walked through the car, stuttering so that it was a minute before we understood that he said Philadelphia. When he asked for our tickets, we immediately saw he was Wallace Cowan. Right be- hind him was the hostess, loyce Perkins, selling pea- nuts and popcorn. Wallace told us that the engineer was Morris Parker, another of our classmates at Humes, who was assisted by his able firemen, Charles Brogden and jack Maroon. The train roared to a stop and we stepped off to be greeted by a large crowd headed by the mayor of that city of brotherly love, Frank Love Davis. After a few speeches, the band, led by Bobby Tilman, played Dixie. Bobby Buckalew was contentedly beating the brass drum. After purchasing a paper from Dewitt Cox we sauntered onto the main boulevard only to be stopped by three banana vendors, who practically fought to sell us their wares. They were the former Humes grid greats, Bargiacchi, Spinosa and Torti. Their ba- nanas were all rotten, but we flipped them a fin each just to see them grin. The mayor had provided us with a car and chauf- feur, who turned out to be Leverette Cole, and away we sped to the hotel. The manager of the Hotel, anticipating our large supply of baggage, had sent his entire crew of bell- hops to help carry them to our suite of rooms. The bellhop captain was Harold West, who had recently graduated from the Claridge. Working with him were Lowell Webb, his chief assistant, Charles Robbins and Ed Pepper. Finding ourselves in our spacious suite, we order- ed a drink and sat down to rest and wait for the night life to begin At nine we drove up to the largest night club in town, owned by George Vergos. The doorman, Ray- mond Wenzler, led us in and we checked our hats with Evangeline Makris. After placing our order with Leon Hart, we called the cigaret girl, Elaine White, who was dazzling all the partons with her scanty attire. The floor show began and who should be in the chorus line but Shir- ley Saller and Betty jo Green. After their number was over they sat at our table, and after talking with them awhile we found out that Ioyce McCool, Betty Cunningham, and Becky Haas were working in a bur- lesque house two blocks down the street. After a wonderful nite we went back to the hotel and retired. Page Twenty-Eight The next morning we wandered through the busi- ness district, window shopping and buying a few arti- cles. We stopped in Clarence Astin's ten-cent store and were sold a tube of toothpaste by Betty Blockman. Walking past the record counter, we recognized two of our former Staff members, Charlotte Patterson and Cissie Davis. They told us that Iohnnie Pittman was the dishwasher in the cafeteria and that Wayne Hur- ley and Donald Iacobus were bus boys. Out on the street once more, we walked toward the lower end of town. Suddenly, we were both col- lared and hauled into a pawn shop. I had noticed the sign, Salky's Swagger ln, Stagger Out Pawn Shop and Beer Parlor. It couldn't be true, we thought, but there was Bennie, yelling, Turn on the green light, Benard, the man wants a green pair of pants. lt was Bernard Friedman, who was hijacking customers. We fought our way from the shop and into the park to feed the squirrels. Seeing a large crowd gathered, we strolled over only to see a Salvation Army Band headed by Seymour Petrosky, with Wan- dalyan Shumate playing the trumpet, and Virginia Coscia beating the drum, and Margaret Ellis at the Piano. We returned to the hotel and packed our grips, for we were to leave within the hour. Shortly after- ward, after a wild drive through the town in a Safety First Cab, driven by Richard Curle, we safely landed at the railroad station. We had a little time, so we purchased a paper from Dibrell Brazzel, who said that he was manager of a group of paper boys, which in- cluded Bill Strong, Adolph Rosentrator, Howard Lewis and Marvin Prescott. - Before we could turn around, we were set upon viciously by a flower girl, who practically knocked us down, to sell us a gardenia. We recognized her by her beautifully combed locks to be Willie Nell Rutland. She informed us that Shirley Curtis, Dorothy Draffin, Gladys Dye and the joyner twins held down their respective sections of the station. We boarded the train and were ushered to our car by Lawrence Marcum, who was chief red cap. Fred Quarin, Marvin Moss, Maurice Owen, and Bobby Wildes carried our luggage and in ten minutes we were skimming over the country side. We settled down to read one of our papers but were startled by the headlines that the president of the United States, Iohnny Stathis, had announced that General Roy Crook would assume duties as Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, ably assisted by Adjutant General Bailey Thompson. We noticed that the story was written by Rose Washer, our Washington Corre- spondent. We turned to the sports page and were surprised to see that Billy Mullins had been selected the out- standing athlete in the country. He had been playing for the Bears for ten years. Three of his former run- FUUQ 1'HCffeS, lack Tennyson, Bobby Harris, and Calvin Allen, were to oppose him in the game against the Washington Redskins at Chicago. At the bottom of