Hustonville High School - Annual Yearbook (Hustonville, KY)

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CLASS PROPHECY Thts 'vlagtc Carpet strange and mystertous has the power of revealtng to us the deep secrets of the future of each member of thts dtsttngutshed l952 HUSTONVILLE SENIOR CLASS After stepptng upon the beauttful rug we see thtngs asthey wtll be tn l962 Swtftly we travel through crowded streets on on and the ftrst stop ts a hugebustness ftrm tn Chtcago Ill where we ftnd DELORIS WILCHER employed as a bookkeeper and PAULINE TARTER as an efftctcnt secretary Flytng through space we are next taken down the atsle of a large Bapttst Church tn Lextngton Ky where we are able to vtew the famtltar face of handsome ERNEST MARTIN ably ftlltng the pulptt as pastor By hts stde asststtng htm tn the mustcal ltne ts none other than tall and graceful FERNE CARTER whom we ftnd got her MRS DEGREE soon after graduattng from Campbellsvtlle College Gee what s thtsP7? Now we see through tlte hazel The place ts The Ctn ctnnatt Conservatory of Mustc where we ftnd our Swedtsh Ntghttngale he second Jenny Ltnd MISS NANCY JOYCE FOX dtrecttnga large group tn votce tratntng Up pops the strange case of MARGARET CONATSER domesttc and capable and thc happy wtfe of a promtnent bustness man, wtth one of the best homes tn Harrotlsburg In addttton to that she ts a lecturer on home maktng and a very successful song wrtter Wlttspers Among the Reeds tn the Moonltght ts her latest song Int Along we speed on the Magtc Carpet unttl we behold ourselves tn the large and beauttful Untvcrstty of Yentuc ky Coltseum Lextngton The Wtldcats are opentng the season wtth St Louts Our guess ts that they wtll wtn stnce we now spy JUNE DOWINEY ts thetr cfftctent coach You gues ed tt Betty ts sttll fol lowtng htm but now as both wtfe and rootcr Watt a mtnutel Downey s asstst ant coach looks fanttltar Now hc s Illllllllg our way and tf tt Isnt an old llustonvtlle I tgcr tc am matc manncrly and tall CLYDE DOYLE The sccneslnfts andwe ftnd Lt JAMES BROWlsINGbtddtnghtswtfe Martha Frames Good Bye before hc takes off from Chanute Fteld III for Berltn Oh yes James ls ttow one of Uncle Sam s chtef war btrds and loves flytng Gce but hts lady prcscnts an tntercsttng casc that of our smartest gtrl tvlto does and should belong to a body of people possesstng a supettortty com plex She deltghrs tn the sktll of getttng others to work whtle she watches and possesses the abtltty to answer all questtons Naturally the way she orders people around potnts to but one calltng that of a school teacher Thts lady turns out to be thc former JEAN CAROL BOWLES who bosses not only her puptls but her husband Sonny Bangl a bell ts sounded artd the huge crowd tn lvladtson Square Garden New York goes wtld as the ltghtwetght cltampton of the world steps forward to defend hts tttle Well as surc as wc ltve and breathe tt s our agreeable class mate DONALD SHEENE On wc crtcd to thc ntystertous carpet Soon we dtscover JOAN PATTERSON who after graduattng from the Utttvcrstty of Kentucky worked as a tcry successful welfare agent tn Pay IIC Couttty where shc became a great soctal Icader artd wtfe of a tvcalthy stockbrokcr She ts noted for hcr lavtsh and charmutg hospttaltty hat tng rccently ctttertatned the Untted States Pres tdent and ylrs F D Roosevelt To ytew come acres and acrcs of bluc grass land Whom do we ftttd the proud owner to bc but JIMMY and JULIA HOITLCLAW now Mr and Mrs tsthc name Jtntmy ts also llustonvtlle sphystcal cducatton dtrector and coach To sea we go where wc behold warcr water everywhere ye salt and bracktsh water whcre we ftnd BOBBY LAWHORN growtng huge oyster beds and he s tery rtch now See hts Pearl ts very valuable Swtsh' Off we go and wc ftnd ourselves In the Ltnggln County Courrlflougc revtewtngold scenes Whom do we bump tntobut GLYNIN KIRKPATRICK Sltllllg laatly back pufftng on a btg ctgar tn thc Shtrrff s Offtcc Yes to bl. sure he s a shrcwd poltttctan now and occuptcs thc scat hrs father used to htgh Sltertff of Ltncoln County We gctoff to a svttft start and ftnd oursclvcswttnesstng thc number one show I The Blues Star tn New Orlcans llold on ltere havcn t we seen that actress somewheretrn You bet tt s WANDA BROWN our Cotton Blossom 'vltnstrel Star who now holds all spell bound lwow we ftnd ourselves tn New York s largtst art gallery Why here we wondert? OOOOOOh see that lovely patnttug tn tlte corner? One cuuldn t overlook that beauty' Closer observarton rcyeals the name of our classmate El-FIE GIINIER who started by dotng skctchcs tn Hustonvtllc Htgh The value ofthe patnttng? Just to thousand bucks ts all' llott exctttngl We nots arc cye wttncsses to the thrtlltng last mtnute of acrton between the Dodgers artd the Ctnctnnatt Reds wrrh a score of 4 4 Our goodnaturcd classmate BILLY RICE comes forward to bat for the Ctnctnnatt Redswtth a strtk I strtkc 2 thcn a hrtl The crowd goes wtld the ball tnto the stands Btlly completes a Hon r artd the Reds tvtn 5 to 4 To new come cattle svttnc sneep and acrcs and acres of rolltttg farm land Who ts the proud owner? To be exact tt ts GENIE MARTIN who studted Ag HI U of K Books books what sort of place ts thtsitr Here comes a blonde lady weattngglasses who perhaps can tell us Oh tftttsn tdependable ELILABETII RUSSELL whom we ftnd to be chtef ltbrartan at Eastern State College Rtch mond Next we enter the Governor s Manston tn Frankfort Kentucky where tse ftnd our tntelltgent Sentor Class Prestdent governor of the blue grass start. He owes hts success to hts motto All for one and that one me Yes JIM FARRIS ts keeptng poltttcs tn tlte MCKECHNIE farmly on a large scale Now we rub shoulders wtth a prosperous looktng man wltom we ftnd to be a Broadway song wrtter and tlte author of many song htts It ts MAURICE THOMAS and he plays and stngs for us hts last gcompostttons Dectded htts wtth any audtence we d sayl Here s a btg surprtse to some perhaps butnot ltcr class MtssGlortanna De Lorme the most famous movte actress of all ttrnes turrts out to be our classes beauty queen BONINIE JEAN MULLINS not much changed golden hatr and more beauttful than everl The spotltght ts now shtfted to a huge audttortum tn Clcvcland and the organtst ts tntroduced How beauttfully she plays and looks not a day older than when a sentor at ll H S It proves to be CATHERINE TIIOVIAS who teaches tn Cleveland s large Ptpe Organ Insttture In a twtnkle the magtc carpet takes us back to Hustonvtlle tn front of a cozy stone modernly equtppcd ltome Upon further tnvcsttgatton we ftnd the proud owners to be none other than the formcr CAROLYN BANIDY artd Tommy Yowell Carolyn we ftnd rs Husronvtlle Htgh s Engltsh tnstrucror artd sponsors the cheerleaders too Now we are tn the bustncss dtstrtct of Detrott We gaze at a large factory wtth a huge electrtc stgn readtng Combest Cleans The World Thousands of men are leavtng for the stx o clock whtstlc has lust blown Last rf all comes the owner from hts offtcc JAMES ly YATT ltas grown portly and ts as tmmac ulate as a rotlet soap manufacturerwould be Upon talktng wtth some Of the laborers we ftnd he ts rolled and wrapped tn dough On we go toa bcauttful college town Thcre ts a vast crowd tn thc chapel A new college prestdcnt ts betng tnstalled Here he comes Iooktng most tm PICSSIVC tn hts cap and gown He ts recetved wtth marked enthustasm and appears to be enjoytng htntself tmmensely lt ts our smartest classmate EDWIN NIORIORD Well wc rather expected Ed to scale educattonal hetghts and Iatn fame Dtarnond valued frtendshtp ts prtceless rltat we know Now we arc on the outsktrts of Danvtlle Kentucky adnttrtng two beauttful whtte ltouses wtth blue shutters closer closer we go unttl wt can peck and recognme the happy owners Thcy are none othcr than our former classmates LELA SINGLETOIN artd LOUISE ELLIS wlto were sporttttg dtarnondsthetr sentor yeartn Hustonvtlle we recall Here we are antong beauttfulflowers oodles of them' We glancc up at a stgn whtch reads Say It Wtth Cummtns Flowers Closer tnvesttgatton reveals the leadtng flortst tn town to be cheerful LAURA BELL YORK now Mrs Cummtns Yes thts ts New York where wc ftrtd ourselves startng at a beauttful lady so styltshly and becomtngly dressed that she arouses our curtostty It turns Olll to bc our yourtgest classmate LOUISE FERRELL wlto not only was thc glass of fashton and the mold of form tn Hustonvtlle Htgh but sttll ts and qutte con tented at pulltngdown a handsome salary as Ncw York s chtefrnodel We aren t surprtsed Betng hungry we were spcd by the Magtc Rug to a large Southern Ctty We stop tn front of a brtght electrtc stgn whtch reads Eat Tlte Best Wtth Gerrye We enter artd are served a sumptuous tncal then hand our ttckets to thc pretty cashter who turns out to be mtschtevous GEARLINE COFFNIAN Whtle con verstng wtth her wc ftnd that she ts the proud owner of thts swanky Jotnt and handles the money end herself Gec thanks 'vlagtc Carpet for satrsfytng our anxtettes as to our futures and we promtse to strtve to ntake your predtcttons become realtttes MAGIC RUG IRTERPRETERS MARGARET CONATSER AND CAROLYN BANDY THE LOUISVILLE STORE We Clothe The Enttre Famtly Qualtty merchandtse Reasonable Prtces Buy Your Graduatton Outftt At Our Store 218 W Maln Danvtlle fPhone Ill Kentucky I I I , . , , . . s I I ' I I I I I I I I I ,. 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THE 1951 52 CLASS Wlll We the Class of 1952 rn the town of HUSTONVILLE the County of LINCOLN and the state of KENTUCKY berng m gooc mental condrtron do hereby make thrs our last wrll and testa ment We the 32 members of thrs drstrngurshed class leave the entrre HUSTONVILLE FACULTY our love and the peaceful quret caused by our absence and a feelrng of prrde rn any great deeds or noteworthy achrevements that our future may contarn To the JUNIORS we bequeath our understandrng homeroom teacher and sponsor Mrs Collettre James and our valuable sense of humor The SOPHOMORES are herrs to our grganrc store of rnformatron whrch should make rt easy for them to pass any test rn any sub ject at any trme To the FRESHMEN we leave our rndolence whrch should rnsure them agarnst nervous breakdowns resultrng from overstudy and work Most serrous JAMES BROWNING leaves the care of Martha Frances Gaddrs to anyone who promrses not to shower too much attentron upon her The chewrng gum under hrs seat goes to El wood Brown GLYNN KIRKPATRICK AND MAURICE THOMAS krndly con sent for Tommy Yowell and Sonny Bodner to hold therr trtle of Best Boy Sports rn 53 Jackre Whrte rs herr to Maurrce s bar rtone vorce Most mannerly CLYDE DOYLE bequeaths hrs wavy harr tall stature and basketball abrlrty to Gerald Wrlcher Happy go luckyBILLY RICEwrlls hrs wrnnmgways and radrant smrle to Jrmmy Krrkpatrrck Agreeable DONALD SHEENE passes on to Brlly Maxey hrs Our mostserrous grrl DELORIS WILCHER wrthpleasure grves her posrtron as Hustonvrlle Log Edrtor to Julra Wrlkrnson JIMMY HOLTZCLAW our most lrkeable boy consents for Mr Bryant to keep hrs old physrcs book Donnre Rothwell herrs hrs basketball fakrng and sly shots Sentrmental LOUISE FERRELL our youngest leaves her peppy ways to Shrrley Barrd To Glynn Hovrous she so happrly passes the Hustonvrlle Annual colors Green and Whrte rn order that old Moreland s colors be kept alrve Quret EUGENE MARTIN bequeaths hrs formula for keeprng srlent when srlence rs best to Marvrn Davenport ERNEST MARTIN our most handsome hereby passes hrs out standrng qualrtres very dark harr olrve complexron and stout physrque to Sonny Bodner Good natured JAMES WYATT COMBEST devrses hrs trtle of Most Cheerful Boy and rce cream eatrng capacrty to Gerald Toombs MARGARET CONATSER our sweetest leaves her posrtron as Senror Vrce Presrdent to capable Elrzabeth Rrgney Her love for tall Reeds goes to all who love nature Frrendly CATHERINE THOMAS consents for Sybrl Grubbs to be the herr to her posrtron as Crrculatron Manager of the Hustonvrlle Log Her strong love for the Green and Whrte she grants to her srster Ruth Indrvrdualrstrc BOBBY LAWHORN bequeaths hrs love for the farr Casey County grrls to Elwood Brown wrth thrs warnrng there must be no deep sea drvrng rn Green Rrver for Pearls Treasurer and our smartest boy EDWIN MORFORD bequeath hrs posrtron as Edrtor of the Annual CHERISHED MOMENTS OF SI 52 to rntellrgent Betty Barrd His unruly harr goes to Charles Brown Our blues srngmg star WANDA BROWN leaves her dramatrc abrlrty to Dorrs Land Affable LOUISE ELLIS krndly consents for her good bookkeeprng grades to be drvrded between June Russell and Joan Hafley Class reporter and our best grrl sport NANCY JOYCE FOX wants Patrrcra Norrrs to be the possessor of her love for musrc and her unsurpassed abrlrty rn the vorce freld Lrve wrre pepperette JOAN PATTERSON our most popular grrl happrly hands to Betty Barrd her rank as HustonvrlleTrger Cheerrng Squad Captarn Spreadrng cheer everywhere rs LAURA BELL YORK who grants to Anna Jean Gooch her recrpe for parntrng each day wrth sunshrne Quret cooperatrve LELA SINGLETON bequeaths her abrlrty to be quret and orderly to two Junror frrends Vrrgrnra Cummrns and Patsy Jefferres Trny BONNIE MULLINS our most lovely leaves her trtle as Senror Beauty Queen to Brllye Ann Vaught Dependable ELIZABETH RUSSELL leaves record of 12 years of perfect attendance to anyone who can meet the requrrements She passes on to Vrva Jones her A s rn Englrsh Mrschrevous brown eyed GERALINE COFFMAN who flashes a wrcked smrle grves her secret hrdrng place from Mr Purdom to Shrrley McMullrn who wouldnt dare use rt Her good senror grades go to anyone capable of matchrng them Our effrcrent class secretary JEAN CAROL BOWLES leaves her rank as salutatorran to brrllrant Elrzabeth Rrgney Her cheer leadrng place goes to deep vorced Jean Ann Whrtrs CAROLYN BANDY our best lrked grrl wrlls to Charlotte Lawless her 3 years experrence as cheerleader The care of Tom my goesto the Lady Moon wrth awarnrng to keep her drstance Her unsurpassed abrlrty to dragram and analyze long sentences rn Englrsh rs to be drvrded equally among all 1952 Freshmen Graceful and artrstrc EFFIE GILMERpermrts Earl Sternhauer to herr her grft of combrnrng drfferent krnds of lrnes rnto beautrful Our most contented grrl PAULINE TARTER bequeaths her good grades rn shorthand to Brlly Mauprn and her excellent Englrsh marks are to go to Melvrrr Grubbs and Glenn Cambell Athletrc JUNE DOWNEY krndly consents for hrs superb basket ball skrll to be drvrded between Breen and Harvey Candler Betty rs to be watched over by hrs best Trger frrend Sonny Bodner Q60 easy Sonnylj Thoughtful brg hearted FERNE CARTER leaves her posrtron as Annual Co Edrtor to serrous dependable Almeda Duncan Her deep and leadrng yellrng vorce goes to Jeanette Davenport who rs already a good rooter Ourhandsome chrefexecutrve JIM FARRIS MCKECHNIE wrlls the Senror Presrdent s Seat to Rodney Jeter Hrs good grades go to the most needy rn Hustonvrlle Hrgh ln testamonywhereof we THE CLASS OF 1952 OF HUSTON VILLE HIGH SCHOOL have grven bequeathed and devrsed all of our worldly goods and hrgh school possessrons to the above mentroned benefrcrarres SIGNED 1952 GRADUATES OF HUSTONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL WITNESSED BY JOAN PATTERSON AND NANCY JOYCE FOX SPOONAMORE JEWELRY STORE Hamrlton Elgrn Bulova and Gruen Watches Internatronal and Whrtrng Srlver Danvrlle Kentucky I ROUTENBERG Outfrttrng The Entrre Famlly That's Our Busrness Trade wrth Us Save The Drfference Hustonvrlle Kentucky . . . , . . 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ACHIEVEME TS A D CHRO ICLE Beau W ELIZABETH RUSSELL Q12 Year Perfect Attendance Recordj JOAN PATTERSON D A R Medal 52 Huston v1lle Essay Wrnner Capt Cheerleader 51 52 Lmcoln 5, County 3rd Essay Wmner Cheerleader 1 2 3 4 JUNE DOWNEY 3rd on 46th All Drstnct Tournament Team 52 KJ Capt Hustonvrlle Trgers 52 Y Nur 11. NANCY JOYCE FOX Mustc Medal 49 50 51 JIM FARRIS MCKECHNIE Scholarshrp 51 Semor Ktng 52 JEAN CAROL BOWLES Semor Scholarshrp Medal 51 52 Salutatorran 52 Class Halloween Queen 51 Cheerleader 4 G. EDWIN MORFORD Scholarshrp 50 Cmzenshrp Sl Valedlctory 51 WANDA BROWN Dramattcs Medal 51 Firm CAROLYN BANDY -1 Cheerleader 2 3 4 Shyly rn 1940 thrs talented class entered clrfferent halls of learnlng here and elsewhere and for 8 years were subjected to splen dld teachers who Joyed 1n brrngrng us from the thrrllrng escapades of the Three Bears through As You Lrke It Dawnrng frnally were our Hustonvrlle Freshmen Days and other than havlng a krlled faculty conslsnng of Pr1n Jason Rob erts Mrs Anme West Mrs Jessre Hocker Mr Cectl Purdom and Mlss Lee Llttle fHome Room Teacherj we were extremely youth fuland our educated state of m1nd caused us to drsplay our most strrkrng characterrstlc a v1v1d shade of green Joan Patterson represented our class rn cheerleadtng When we took our proud Sophomore name we were not surprrsed to frnd Qsrnce Mr Roberts took a step upward on the educatronal professronal ladderj that our competent math teacher Mr Purdom had emerged to Prxncrpal of Hustonvrlle Hrgh School Mxss Joanne Hurd Mr John Cheek Mrss Katherme Cordrer and Mr Doyle McGuffey were new faces on our faculty the Sophomore year and Mrs Anme West became our home room teacher Carolyn Bandy Jolned Joan Patterson to make two from our class on the cheerrng squad , Q4 . , 9 1 f I ' 9 2 . .. , 3 ' K' Q' I I ' ' A . . . 4, . . f J sf ' , ' ' 41 Q V of -1 R 5 v 9 'Q I I , . 5 Q AI l .. 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' i Energettcally and ambxtlously we moved 1nto the Jolly Junror Bracket wrth Mrs Jessre l-locker as home room teacher and sponsor of our mtnstrel Cotton Blossoms Ably assrsung her rn thrs was our new and efflcrent musrc teacher Mrs Anna Short Another new face on the faculty was Mrs Collett1eG Jameswho not only rnstructed us 1n English but arded rn art composed and taught yells to the Pep Club and cheerleaders fboth of whrch she was sponsorj Our once Lrttle Txgers June Downey Jrmmy Holtzclaw Ernest and Gene Martm James Wyatt Combest and James Brownrng were now powerful Txgers whom we backed w1th steam Before tlus successful season was over we had managed to convert a Crab Orchard Cub rnto a frghnng Blue and Whrte '1'1ger We were proud to be host to L1ncoln Countarns wlth a falr 1n whlch Hustonvrlle was champron rn rrbbon pomts Our class was proud of the faculty s chorce of our blonde LOUISE Ferrell 35 Hustonvrlle s representatrve rn the L1ncoln County Beauty Contest We took the 1951 Semors to Mammoth Cave and were chaperoned by Coach Doyle McGuffey and Mrs Hocker On a golden autumnal day 51 our 32 senrors were rounded up tn the Semor Home Room w1th Mrs Collette G James our Englrsh rnstructor as class sponsor 1-lavmg been awakened to the many responsrblhtres of berng semors we frrst set to work on annual dunes as dtrected by our chosen yearbook sponsor Mrs James who so patxently labored by our srde leven holdrng on when the best of hs had gxven upj 111 ad selllng Chrxstmas card sales paper dnves food sales pre suppers popping corn proof readmg correcting mrs takes and other annual headaches Ttme rushed on and day by day we were busldmg on the fund we mst cleared 330 on selhng chances on aS5 b1ll Mrs James gave to the annual fund Then our ever backing and lnterested Prxncrpal Mr Purdom perrrutted our selling popcorn at the home games to lncrease the fund After school we lourneyed here and there gettlng flrms to sponsor pages Our smcere thanks go Mrs Dorothy Chelf Lunch Room Executrve who assrsted rn getting busmesses sellrng to the Lunch Room to sponsor pages Trme rushed on and we found ourselves entenng the 46th Drstnct Tournament amrd roarlng cheers from a hrgh spmted red hot pep club led by an addmonal face from our class, Jean Carol Bowles Bemg proud of all our Semor Trgers , especrally Captam June Downey who rated 3rd on the 46th All Dxstnct Team and after havmg lost only 5 season games we walked out wrth heads hrgh after bowrng to powerful Memonal Cas drd all other theams they met rn that tournamentj Our play, ably coached by Mrss Katherxne Cordrer was a success and our tnp was wonderful for whrch we say Thanks so much, Jumors and Mr Charles Bryant for the pleasure II brought and memorres fMr Bryant was the only new faculty member our semor year J We are truly grateful to Mrs Anme West who has labored wrth us all through hrgh school and ably directed our Class Nlght Program Commencement calls and we must say farewell to dear old Hustonvllle Hrgh teachers and Prmcrpal Purdom all of whom we love an owe a deep debt of gratitude We wrsh all who have been so lund to us success that wluch we must be luexng to Scratch for 15 Ellzabeth Russell Historian