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

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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

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