Hustonville High School - Annual Yearbook (Hustonville, KY)

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l950 51 CLASS WILL W THE 195 51 GRADUATIING CLASS OF HUSTONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL havrrrg come to our last school hours wrth alertmrnds and at peace wrth the wlrolevvrde world do herebv grve bequeath and devrse all our worldly goods and possessrons to the followrng benefrcrarres to wr To the FACULTY we leave out everlastrng frrendshrp plus a srncere THANK YOU for the many many thrngs you drd for us To the1UN1oRs we leave our vacant seats knowledge and our beloved homeroom teacher Mrs James To the SOPHOMORES we bequeath a portron of our drgnrtv To the FRESHMEN goes our abrlrty to use common sense and sound Judgment Starprvot man JIMMY REED andPepperette LUCY STATOM bequeath therr DIAMOIND valued frrendshrp to Tommy Yowell and Carolyn Bandy JIMMY S unsurpassed basketball abrlrty goes to June Downey Cwho salready a good plav ery and LUCY sexactness as apeppererte rs dealt toClrarlotte Lawless LETHA ROBERTS wrlls her small warst lrne to a lrkeable hrrsronvrlle teacher of whom she rs very fond Mrs Annre West JAMES LAND leaves hrs blond harr to darkheaded Rodney Jeter and hrs place as a Trger Basketball Manager to Glynn Krrkpatrrck ANITA ROUSEH our best grrl sport wrllrngly consents for tall Ferne Carter to have lrer short stature and Joan Patterson rs to have her place as Hustonvrlle Annual Co Edrtor JOYCE MCMULLIN wrlls the attentrotr of all the good lookrng boys that she has luckrly been able to charm to all who care to share rn thrs lme Her sweetness goes to Elrzabeth Russell VELMA JEAN RUSSELL passes her good grades rn Math to Joan Hafley Her congenraldrspostron rs to be equally dtvrded among the Freshman Class Serrous JAMES LANE rs not selfrsh for he wants to share hrs good chemrstry grades between Bobby Lawhorn and Melvrn Grubbs Quret LEROY TILLETT bequeaths hrs curly harr and the power to keep srlent when srlence rs best to Norman Roberts JOE SMILEY a good natured dependable fellow would lrke to see Elwood Brown get hrs job rn the offrce Modest JEANETTE REED consents for Nancy Russell tohave herplace rn the HUSTONVILLE GRILL Her power of speakrng only when called upon goes to Glen Hovrous Unsurpassed MARTHA FRANCES CHELF grves her strarght A average to Gearlrne Coffman and Popular IMOGENE FERRELL very wrllrngly consents for her srster Lourse to enjoy all the attentron from the Lancaster Boys that she has been accustomed to recervrng Lrkeable CARLISLE MILLS does not hesrtate to pass on to June Downey hrs rntellrgence and love for Casey County grrls Dependable GLORIA SMITH bequeaths her unsurpassed abrlrty for play performance to Lucrlle Harr ThoughtfulPAULINE DUNCAN fwhenshe can get her mrnd offthe Au' Forcel wrlls her abrlrty to be come an OLD MAID to Mrss Kathrrne Cordrer BILLY RIGNEY our happy go lucky boy passes hrs abrlrty for knockrng htmself out whrle on ska tes to Buster Carey and Sonny Bodner Hrs skrll for always comrng to school late and gettrng by wrth rt goes to Eugene Martrn PEARL MARTIN our most contented gal wrlls her fondness for the nursrng professron to Anna Jean Gooch Her envrable dark complexron goes to the competent Sophomore Cheerleader farr Betty Baud Our most marrnerly MATTIE CURTIS wrth pleasure grves her abrlrty for makrng good grades rn typrng to Lela Srngleton That nrce pre eatrng frrend she retarns to enjoy herself Popular BERNARD BANDY wants hrs black harr to be equally drvrded oetweenGlynn Krrkpatrrck and Glen Hovrous The care of joan he leaves to Jrm Farrrs Mcliechnre VIVIAN HAFLEY our serrous grrl wrlls her formula for makrng A s rn Shorthand to Effre Grlmer Frrendly and rndustrrous NELLIE MORGESON bequeatlrs her abrlrty To love and be loved to the en trre Junror Class or the whole school for that matter IVA LEACH our bestdressed cloesn t mrnd wrllrng her quretness toJa mes WyattCombest who always prpcs up whether called upon or not Lrkeable NANCY JANE TOOMBS has an abrlrty of puttrng thrngs over thrs very desrrable trart she dares not pass on to only one person butto every bodv rn generalwhors connected wrth the HUSTONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL Her strong vorce goes to the weakvorced students who have to be asked the second trme by therr teachers what they have sard Yet savs NANCY there rs thrs warnrng Better guard t and use rt sparrngly for rt has been known to brrng reproof Her hrgh school troubles she leaves to the Man rn the Moon In testrmony whereof we have passed on to others our last wrll and testament SIGNED l95l GRADUATES OF HUSTONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL WITNESSED BY Lucy Statom and Nancy Jane Toombs 10 .I y v vt .' e, o- A , , v 1 I , I I 1 .' - V ' V rv ' ' ' Ut. ' Y Y . . . . ,, . . V I D 1 ' . , , 1 . . , . . . '- t 0 . , . , , . . . . . ' - . . . Y . . . . . 1 ' n . Lourse Ellrs. ' I I . . V . . . . ' - - . . . . , . . . - ' v ' ' ' ' v f - ' I , . . . . U . V I , . - , ' ' ' V r ' v 1 ' f V ' ' ' ,tt 5 . , 1 , . . ' Y ' 4 v ' . . . z

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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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CLASS PIWPHECY Thrs mystertous Crystal Ball reveals a great future for each Hustonvrlle sentor rn the class of 1,31 The ftrst scene from tts sprral vastness rn Iwi shows a large red brrck nrgh school surrounded bt beautrful evergreens and whose stern vorce rs that retgmng over tts halls of learnrng? Yes the face la none other than that ofPr1ncrpal NAlxCY JANE TOOMBS lwext upon the curtarncomesa summer scene the Jolly sun laughs oxerhead folrage rs green flowers are rn bloom and we frnd a large group of bots and grrls down by a svsrftly runnrng stream mth therr wow derful Church Youth Duector MARTHA FRAINCES CHELF Lrsten to that roarrng tn the sky the sound grows louder and louderl A B ,O crrcles then lrght on Chanute Freld rn Illrnors As the prlot and the co prlot emerge from the plane we drscoter them to be JOHNNEY COONTZ and BERNARD BANDY two of Uncle Sam s chref war btrds The mlst rs cleanng and we travel downa road thatleads past abeautrful and modernly equrpped farm home rn the heart of the blue grass We are greeted at the door by ANITA ROUSEY BAIRD our senror Halloween Queen presrdent of Moreland Homemakers Club Well what do you know? We realrzed our ready 'l'1gerCaptarn JIMMEY REED wass well versed rn basketball but we never dreamed he d scale college herghts to become head coach at the Unrversrty of Chrcago Oh! yes youguessed 1tI By hrs s1de and a brg factor rn hrs success IS that lrttle blonde headed wrfe our classes pepperette LUCY STATOM Down rn Casey County on Hrghway 35 we fmd LETHA ROBERTS now Mrs Icre Lee Vaught lrvrng happrly rn her bungalow of dreams wrth Icte Lee and the lrttle daughter Icye Dearl Dearl If thrs scene doesn t take us to a large theater rn downtown New York where Thrs World Can t Stand Long rs showrng and the leadtng role tsplayed byBILLY RIGNEY now a Hollywood Actor The scene shrfts there s a huge church bells are rrngtng a revrval rs rn progress Who rs the stngrng duector? GLORIA SMITH fnow the mtmster s wtfej We should have knownl Next we enter a large modernly equtpped offtce rn Chrcago where we frnd a grrl maktng the typrng keys srnga song Wartl We ve seen that face before Pl Yes IIS JOYCE MCMULLIN secretary to a large manufacturrng company On and off the neon stgns go on one of the largest of Amerrcan Hat shops Look at those lovely h ts rn that wrndowl The srgns are plarner now Young s Hat Shop IVA MAE LEACH Owner What s thrsr No rt can t be surelyl Pl There s no doubt about rt JAMES LANE ts an outstandrng Chemrstry teacher at the Unrversrty of Kentucky He s now puttrng to work hrs Chemrstry knowledge garned under Prrncrpal Cecrl Purdom at Hustonvrlle Hey hold on here the scene shrfts raprdly from one large crty to another Now xt splarn We frnd a chatn of stores and the owners turn out to be our popular classmates LE ROY TI1.LET and JAMES LAND Yes they have plenty dough now Next we see shelves and shelves frlled wtth books clearly we see that we are rn the huge lrbrary at The Unrverstty of Kentucky Whom dowe frnd as chref lrbrarran? It s our frrendly classmate NELLIE MORGESON as sure as we lrve and breathe She s carrymg on as Mrs Anme taught her years ago rn Hustonvrlle What s thrs? Oh Yes a beauty salon The srgn reads Reeds Salon We steprnsrde and whom do you thrnk the owner turns out to be? If our eyes don t decerve us rt rs JEANETTE REED To vrew come sows horses prgs chrckens acres of gently rollmg farm land and a mrll down by the stream Hear that cry from the beautrful dwelling? Let s peer rnsrde and dtscover who s the proud owner of all of thrs Well to be exact we frnd hrm to be CARLISLE MILLS We ftnd h1m baby strung too a happy father What a beautrful scenel If ltrsn t cherry blossom trme tn Washmgton D C We stroll through the park Watt Who IS that famrlrar smrltng face? If rt rsn t VIVIAN HAFLEY and we frnd upon conversrng wrth her that she IS secretary to the Vrce Presrdent of the Umted States The ball now reveals a prcture of servrcemen gorng to and fro Yes we are on an Army Post Now we stroll rnto a burldtng wluch carrres the srgn Colonel Rrce s Headquarter Whom should we dlscover very busrly typrng but PAULINE DUNCAN now Mrs Rrce fwrfe of Colonel Rrce an Arr Force Offrcer 1 Look at those delrcrouspres and cakesl We drscover ourselves rn the state of Marnrnfront of Chandlers Bakery We venture rn and are warted on by MATTIE CURTIS Wlfe of the owner The ptcture rs now focused on a grrls school Margaret Hall Versarlles Kentucky where we frnd MISS VELMA JEAN RUSSELL drsplayrng her skrll asan Englrsh teacher and especrally stressrng the dragram Now the crystal ball tells us the two that are left, to peer deeper for our revelatrons Oh what s tlus? Yes Yes We enterL1ncoln County sMemor1al Hosprtal Stanford Kentucky and frnd MISS PEARL MARTIN chlef surgrcal nurse and supermtendent. Clouds move faster now and webehold on televrsron expert skater IMOGENE FERRELL as she 1S berng declared Umted States Champron Skater rn a Nauonal Roller Derby held rn New York The lrght now fades for the Chrysral Ball has told all May the future as revealed by rt or other worthy dreams come true PEARL MARTIN 85 IMOGENE FERRELL Class Prophets 11 - - 1. , .1 ,f ' ' , - 1 1 . , . . . . 1 . A V 1 , 3 1 1 I A -- I I 1. - 11 - , . ' ' ' 1- - - - ' ' ' Q , . . . . . . - . V . V . , , , ' , . . . , - . I , V . , . - 1. - - 11 4 , 1 r , . . . Y - , 1 1 - 1 I I ' . , Y . . . . I I ' I . . , . . . ,, ,, 1 . , . ,, . 1 11 - - 1 - .1 1. . . . . . , . 1 , . . . , . . , , , Z! . . . . , ,, , . , . . , , , . . I l ' 1 . . . . , , I I ' 11 11 . , . , g - - - ,, . . ,, . . . . , . 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