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7' Aff' MATTIE CURTIS Mattie is sweet, with winning waysg She's been a loyal pal to Pearl always. gs: , ,galil :se A we. ' A YK Kgs JAMES LA NE James is uuiet and dignified, With a neart that beats i . . ., .1 ff .e so true inside. fa..,QS5iY'3' PEARL MARTIN One has to admire her modesty, dark complexion, and S-M-I-L-E. LETHA ROBERTS Going to tollege! hot me! Iwant a cottage for two in the coun-try. VELMA JEAN RUSSELL Many charms are hers Thatgalwith determination And few cares. JEANETTE REED A small blonde industrious and bold with a dis position more xalued than gold CARLISLE MILLS Zealous Carlisle, with a wicked smile, He keeps the girls guessing and that's no jive. GLORIA SMITH G1oria is j011y and gay, Yet, dependable, toog A friend highly valued, Sincere and true. Homeroom Teacher and sponsor MRS. COLLETTIE JAMES 5 N v x , z., if 'fy-i tg .mg T E' 4 L1 5' ' x N ji? 1, -SQA sa X QP' l fl' - uf?
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IAXE TOO?-.rBb Plvl. r., r .r. rnalaain. eLr,Q-R, put things offq she puts them over. Bkze.,-MD Br--.SDL chap 115 ss e The, sa. he'5 ver. rnueh rn loveg Iw nder Lfrt' trdef IM OGENE FERIPELL A face NVllhgI.id!1USS oxer-spreudg mofl srnrles hy hum an kindness hrtd, JOYCE MCMULLIN HI, 1rize. Its 1AULINE DUNCAN nrce he natural Wher oure nalura X DICE IVA MAE LEACH me ventle she 15 shy But there s mrschref rnhtr e L JOE SMILEY J0e's a true friend, upright, straightforward, and honorable. What more could we say? VIVIAN HAFLEY Her care was never to offcndg Therefore, she never lacked a friend. 7 retryhair, shrnrng eyes, Merry laughter, she's a
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E IOR CLASS HISTDRY As lustortans of the 1951 Graduat1ngClass of Hustonvtlle Htgh School fone from Moreland and one from Hustonv1lle3 tt ts a pleas ure to present to you a revtew of our twelve years of schoolrng One hot day tn September 1939 forty four shy yet htgh sptrtted youngsters entered the frrst grade at Hustonvtlle We were confused at ftrst but soon adJusted ourselves wtth the help of our very efftcrent ftrst grade teacher Mtss Eltzabeth Routt fThose startrng and complenng I2 years rn HustonvtlleSchool are Paulrne Duncan Btlly Rtgney James Land Jrmmy Reed Carlrsle Mrlls and Nellre Morgerson 3 Other teachers who greeted us and helped to pack our grade tools ofknowledge mcludedM1ssFrancesSand1age fGrade 23 Mrs Mary Murphy QGrade 3 and 43 Mrs Joe Gann CGrade 53 and Mrs Earl Butcher fGrade 63 We garned Joe Smtley tn Grade 2 Mattre Curtrs Letha Roberts and Iva Leach tn Grade 5 LeRoy Ttllet and Pearl Martrn tn Grade 6 Johnny Cootz James Lane and Lucy Statom tn Grade 7 all of whom are strll wtth the class The fall of 45 took 38 of us rnto Juntor l-Irgh School wrth strange expertences and Pr1nc1palJason Roberts rergmng We found a warm welcome from our home room teacher Mrs L D Race Lrberty Strll lostng graduallywe were 31 strong when we ventured tnto 8th grade wtth Mrs Myrtle Combest Moreland as home room teacher Altce Davts Jotned us tn thts grade Here we pause fora Vrew of Schooldays1nMoreland That ftrstMonday of September 1939 aday whrch seems so long ago yet tn realrty so short twenty ntne bashful yet talented boys and grrls were herded rnto Mrs Lots Wrlcher s frrst grade room fThoseendur1ng the storms of twelve years ofschooltng and are on the brrnk of graduatton rnclude Imogene Ferrell Joyce McMul ltns Pearl Marttn Nancy Jane Toombs and Martha Frances Chelf 3Mrs Wtlcher s same famrltar smrle greeted us rn grade stones from the path Decreasrng rn number we were welcomed tnto the room of M1ssJosephtne Hanson who patrently helped us reap both the 5th and 6th grade crops of knowledge Here Amta Rousey added a new face to our group Our 8th year brought a new prmcrpal Mr Cecrl Purdom under whom we worked hard Mtss Udelllackson and Mrs Carolyn Barley were our teachers Yes ten proud boys and grrls recetved thetr 8th grade dtplomas from Moreland graded School and we were totally unaware of what lay tn store for us rngrade 9 the merger of Moreland and Hustonvrlle Htgh Schools Yes agatnst thewrlls ofboth the nval hrgh schools Huston v1lle and Moreland were merged Nme Moreland freshman student were brought to Hustonvtlle tojorn the 22 natrve 9th grade Hus tonvtllers Others Jorntng the class were Jeanette reed Glorta Smlth Velma Jean Russell Vrvtan Hafley Roy Cutter Eddte Rothwell Jack Terry Narcrssus Hamrlton Margte Huston and Bernard Bandy Our teachers were Mr Jason Roberts Prrnctpal Mrs Myrtle Combest qCrt1zensh1p3 Mrs Jason Roberts fSc1ence3 Mrs Logan West CEngltsh3 Coach Cecrl Purdom fAlgebra3 and Mrss Ruth Payne fhome room teacher3 The followrng September we had clrmbed one more step to ward the goal We took prrde rn our sophomore name Losses that lowered our sprrtrsrncluded RoyCutter B1llyLawerence Htllard Foster Jtmmy Reynolds Margaret Carter and Vrrgrnta Rothwell Sophomore rnstructors werePr1nc1pal Jason Roberts 0-lrstory Gov ernment3 Mrs Logan West fhome room and Englrsh teacher3 CoachPurdom fAlgebra3 Mrs F N McWhorterfdr1v1ng3and Mrs Jesse I-locker fB1ology3 We regretted the loss of mstructor Mrs Myrtle Combest the 2nd 6 weeks Vacatron went by lrke a whrz and we found ourselves Jolly Jumors wrth Mrs Jesse Hockeras home roomteacher who spon sored our successful play Her Emergency Husband New faces on tlus year s screen mcluded Mtss Kathenne Cordrer fCommerce3 Mrss Joanne Hurd fEnghsh3 Mr John Cheek fPhys1cs3 and Coach Doyle McGuffey Mr Cec1lPurdom had emerged to prrncrpal 9 a posrtton he ably and efftctently frlled to the sattsfactron of all Mrs Hocker and Coach Doy le McGuffy chaperoned the Jumor and semor trrp to Mammoth Cate whrch was taken on the proceeds from our play We bade farewell to Gearltne Adams Marne Von Lrnger and Margte Huston Our 4th and last ear ln Hustonvrllellrgh had tts golden begm mngrn Sept 50 Yes the 26soph1st1catedsen1ors were begrnmng to feelthe man responsrbrlmes ofthe sen1or class Whenwe gath ered rn our home room we founda newfaculty member Mrs Col letre G James as Englrsh Instructor and our home room teach er From the ftrst we saw she was a hard worker and would be tn here pttchtng for anvthtng and every thtng that would make fora better school Trme rushed on School Farr came and through a parr of hand made prllow cases presented by Mrs James the semors cleared S28 Then our gental fatthful and ever tnterested Prtnctpal Cec1lPurdom allowed the semors to have a stand and by hard work we dtd well wrth tt The day held untold thrrlls for all Hustonvllle for we led all Lmcoln County Schools tn potnts Before we knew tt our frrst chapelprogram was over and our entertatmng the P T A wasa past page rn our semor htstory W were grateful to Mrs Anna Short and the Glee Club for the mustc on our chapelprogram Annual duttes confronted us andwe all set to work After much deltberatton we dedrcated tt to our home room teacher and sponsor Mr James Cmuch agarnst her w1ll3 Our HalloweenCarmval reached tts peak wtth the crowntng of the semors Ktng Jrmmy Reed and Queen Amta Rousey Ttme marched on brrngtng the basketball season Yes the f1rst game wtth McK1n ney was vtctorrous and gave us courage and a wtll to wm upon each adventure The newly orgamzed Pep C ub ofwhtchwe are a part and our ltve wrre cheerleaders tended to butld up the morale and brace Thanksgrvlng came and our pte supper was a and we were suddenly aware ofthe fact thatour Hustonvtlle Hrgh School days would soon be a thrng of the pas t We regretted the loss of Altce Dav1s fwho took on the MRS Degree 3 and Johnny Coontz fwho paused to serve hrs countrywtth the U S Arr Force 3 Our semor mp was wonderful our play a roanng success Yes and we would not close wrthout saytng Thanks so much Juruors and Mrs Hocker for your kindness and the pleasure that rt brought We were proud of our semor Txgers espectally Captarn Jrmmy Reed who rated the 46thD1str1ct All Tournament Team Commencement dawns and we must now say farewell to dear Old Hustonvtlle Hlgh School We regret the separatton and we hope to emulate the hrgh tdeals we have had before us We are rndeed deeply grateful to all our teachers supertntendents and parents who have helped us through our I2 years of schoolrng Espectally do we owe a deep debt of gra trtude to our prrncrpal Cecrl Purdom who has dealt fatrly wtth us and so patrently has worked wrth us and helped to provrde channels for our frnanctng our semor year Wrthout Mr Purdom s contrnued cooperatron and helpful advlce our last years of hrgh school could not have been a success We realrze dunng h.1s servrce to Hustonvrlle School he has accomplrshed much towards rmprovrng our school standards From the entrre Graduatrng Class a fond farewell Mr Purdom and may your future years be equally successful We must say a brg stncere Thank You to Mrs Logan West who has done so MUCH for us all along and ably drrected our Class Nrght Program 'o our semor sponsor Mrs James who took the responsrbrlrty of sponsonng our annual and our project of rarsrng money for a scoreboard we say Thanks We re grate ful to Mrss Cordrer too our annual co sponsor for her helpful ness rn malung our annual a success Now we pass mto the sea of lrfe where we hope to always llve up to our motto Rowlng Not Drtftrng Martha Frances Chelf Nellre Mmgersou HISTORIANS , , - ' I y . 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