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

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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

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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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the page was a large picture of Bobby Hughes, who had recently won the National Golf Championship. He was hotly contested- throughout the contest by Paul Nelius, who pulled a poor second. Current basketball news showed that Manker's Maulers, hte hotest cage team in the country, had suf- fered its first defeat after 79 victories. Manker's three stars, Ralph Riddle, George Walters and Curon Wil- kerson shone ever bright in defeat. The comic section was dominated by Paul Fe-rdy Brown, the world's greatest cartoonist, who had taken the pjlace of i'Tik Tok. Oone of the highlights of the paper was the Love- lorn column, written by Rile Reyle, who was one of the greatest authorities to date of Love. The next thing we remembered was our being being awakened by the shrieking brakes, as we pulled into the Michigan Central Station in Chicago. We were welcomed by a host of sweater girls headed by Ruth Cunningham and Betty Io May, a few of the others were Joy Rush, Betty Mullins, lanie Smith and Marie McNatt. We left the station and went immediately to Sol- dier Field, where the Chicago Bears were to fight the Washington Redskins. We were greeted by the joint owners of the Bears, Hugh Saller, lack Ruleman, and Charles Taylor, who guided us to our box seats. Glar- ing about us, our aattention was attracted by the number of celebrities present. On our right, surround- ed by autograph hounds was lrving Gregory, who was now the idol of the bobby-soxers. ln that party was Pete Bruno, the Swoon Crooner, and Bobby Rhodes, the heart throb of Hollywood. Other stars present were Alberta Burnett, Shirley Freeman Betty Ann Gresham, Charles Iones, Bobby McKenzie, Bobby Butler and Earl Clowevr. On our left, M. L. Auston, owner of the world re- nowned Watkins Products, was taking his bows. Some of his routemen were Donald Berryhill, George Cox, Dan Currie and Martin Edwards. ' From the back of the Grandstand we heard a shrill and familiar voice of Billie Marie Briggs who was sharing a bag of popcorn with all her little ones. Following the game weboarded a special plane to San Francisco, piloted by Lowell Holbrook and Ev- eret Hill. The Stewardess who served us coffee was Dorothy Iones, assisted by Helen Levinson. We landed at Overton Airport, named for Betty Lynn Overton, Frisco's first woman mayor. She had wiped out nine- tenths of the gambling and vice and was up for gov- eronr. Being in a town of famous wines, we set out for the Famous Bar, owned by lack Dudy. We noticed that the music was furnished by Adrian Hayes and his Mountain Boys. They were Iohn Forsythe, Sol Colsky and Earl Kitterman, who was' still playing the slide horn. . The master of ceremonies, Howard Boskers, intro- duced a multimillionaire, Bill Smith, who was owner of the world's largest brewery. He also announced that A. C. Riley, world's heavyweight wrestling cham- poin, was setting up the house. Among his many ad- mirers were lean Atkins, Iennie Baker, Betty Blancett, Charlotte Baugh, and Betty Nell Boyce. Perched atop the bar singing, The Beer Barrel Polka, was Shirley Terry, who was keen competition for the floor show. Perceiving a crowd gathering in the corner, we recognized the head which stood above the rest as be- longing to Reverend Charles Dawson, who was deliv- ering a fiery sermon on the evils of alcohol. We rec- ognized in the awe-struck crowd Georgia Durling, Barbara English, Elizabeth Gilber, Anne Hawkins, and Edna Sanidas, who meekly disposed of her bottle. Instead of hailing a cab, we boardd a tourisct bus driven by Gene Thomas. Calling out the Spots of ln- terest was Billie Frances lrving. Taking our seats, we saw David Watson and his wife, lris Minor, who had come to the big city on their honeymoon. Billie Fran- ces pointed out that the largest building in Frisco was owned by Iames West and Robert Threlkeld, who had struck gold five years before. Deciding to take our wives home some beautiful clothes, we went into a large department store owned by Ruth Phillips and Betty Gaetano, where we found Dorris Kennedy, Myrvin Lassiter, Claudean Magness, lmalea Malamas, and Dorothy Matlock modeling bath- ing suits and beachwear. ln the group of shoppers was the famous woman commentator, Peggy Potts, who was chatting with Lo- rine Thomas and Mary Frances Todd. ln a booth to one side was Sara Seibs, who was demonstrating Shoemakers famous four-way corsets, invented by Neda Nelms, Nell Murphy, Cecelia Trot- ter and loy Smith. T Havin taken enough punishment, we shoved our way into an elevator operated by Martha Ouinley. On the street again, we were stopped by two rav- ing reporters of the Frisco Times, Mary Varnavas and Dorothy Towery, who asked us many questions about our tour. Breaking away at last, we called our secre- taries, Margaret Parker and Hilda Pitt, and had them maake plane reservations for our return trip. We had a cup of coffee in Lois William's Swank Tea Shop, and were then driven to the airport by Ev- elyn Poole, the last of that city's women cabbies. ln time we were comfortably seated in the plane and headed home to New York. We realized that in our short trip we had either seen or been informed of every member of our old graduation class of l947 at Humes. We were contented to know that everyone was well off, regardless of position in life, and that Humes had again turned out America's leaders. GEORGE BILLTNGSLEY. By - GRANKLTN BRUCH. Page Twe n ty-Ni n e