Jackson High School - Tatler Yearbook (Jackson, TN)

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CILASS IPROIPIHIIECY Betty: Have you heard that Dorothy Amison now works for a great big parachute factory? She is now making 10 jumps a day. I guess she still has her head in the clouds. Joyce: Did you read about the man who had been asleep in a San Francisco theater for two days? Well, it was none other than Tommy Geyer. Won't he ever get enough sleep! Laura: We all knew that Nellie Recker would do well, and she certainly has. Just think president of the University of Michigan! She always did have a good brain behind that gorgeous red hair. Betty: Did you know that Doris Sumler, who was always a very quiet character, is now chief librarian in the Library of Congress? Joyce: Have you seen Paula Ross lately? Well, I have, and does she look stun- ning! She is head of the whole designing department of Marshall Field's in Chicago. Laura: And Marion Harwell lives in New York and designs those famous dresses labeled Harwell's Original. Betty: The other day I passed a big business firm and I stopped and read the unusual slogan which said: Let us manufacture your excuses. We aim to please, for we give personal attention to each and insure against detection, signed Norwood Jones. Joyce: And sure you remember Princella Weaver! Well, she owns the famous hat manufacturing company named Weaver's Weaveriesf' Laura: Did you know Phillip Cheatham is owner of the Cheatham Scale Manu- facturing Co.? Their slogan is, Grocers' weigh your meat with Cheatham scales. Betty: Can you possibly remember those two quiet girls in our English class, Ger- aldine Edwards and Betty Patton? Well, they have gone together as a team, one as a fan dancer and the other a bubble dancer in the 1958 World's Fair! Joyce: Jane Gleeson is really in the big time now. She owns four bowling alleys of her very own in New York. Laura: Did you hear that Henry Pipkin is in charge of the Experimental Station in Jackson? Joyce: John Malloy has grown quite tall since our high school days and now stands eight feet five inches. I-Ie is so tall that he is one of the world's outstanding basketball players. Laura: Billy Williams is president of the V. L. 84 W. Railroad and has a wife with the same initials. Betty: Oh, well! We are going to be late to our next broadcast. Laura: Let's go!

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CLASS IPIROIPIIHIIECY LAURA JOBE - JOYCE ETHERIDGE - BETTY TAYLOR Betty: Thank goodness! Another broadcast over! Joyce: Who would have ever thought that we would be great singing stars! Laura: I'll bet our classmates are surprised that we turned out so well. Betty: Well, they didn't do so badly themselves. Do you remember The John L. Bond ? Well, he is now on the beautiful island of Alcatraz receiving a sentence for cold-blooded murder, and you know all of the victims have been killed as a result of broken hearts. Joyce: And just the other day I saw that Jeannette Shirley McDonald has been singing at the Metropolitan again. You remember Shirley Bridges? Well, Shirley Mc- Donald is just her stage name. She's really a great star now. Laura: Did you know that Mary Gene Coleraine is now Mrs. Joe Wallace and has a football team of her own? Betty: Well, Maxine Lawrence has finally settled down to washing dishes with a smile, darning socks and even watering the flower boxes. I wonder who the lucky man really is? Joyce: Just the other day I was reading about a Navy captain who had rescued some people and was quite a hero now, and when I read the name, guess who it was? None other than Bill Brown! Laura: Have you ever eaten a Murphy Candy Bar? Well, the Murphy Candy Co. is owned by none other than our own Peggy Murphy. Just think, we knew her when she was selling candy at the J. H. S. candy stand! Betty: Did you read in the paper the other day the astonishing news about Reggie Smith? He has gone from the Thin Man of the air to the Fat Man in the circus. Joyce: Have you noticed all these new machines in which you drop a penny and one hundred vitamin pills come rolling out? Well, if you will read closely right under the directions about how to use the machine, you'll see these words, Jimmy Howell- Owner, Manager, and President. Laura: You remember Billy Clemmons, don't you? Well, he's now operating a real Chinese Laundry in Chunking, China. Betty: I was in Marshall Field's the other day and of all the people for me to run into was Morris Crocker, who is head salesman in the glove department. I guess he has gotten his fill holding girls' hands by now! Joyce: Do you remember a real cute blonde in our class of '48 named Nancy Rob- erts? She used to take D. E. and work up town. Well, she has taken Mr. Bird's place in good old Jackson High. Laura: Did you know that Jill Wilson is now Mrs. Ed Coyne and they are raising a bunch of musical athletes?

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GIIIFTORIIAN VIERSIES KATHERENE COLLINS - ETHELEENE COLLINS - BETTYE ANN MQKENZIE ANN RUTH MATTHEWS IEgg beater, This egg beater is quite the thing to help you mix your bread, But if Harvey doesn't mind, just use it on his head. VIRGINIA WOOTEN IGIasses, Here's a pair of glasses, they're rose colored too, And if you see the world through these, it never will look blue. JACK WEBBER fSIeeping pills, We know you like to sleep in class, but the teachers are too severe, So take these sleeping pills from us, then you can sleep all next year. EVANS WILSON fbidllidlld ring, Here, Evans, is a diamond ring, we couldn't get one better, But if the right girl you should find, this will be sure to get her. .IOANNE BERGEL IDuTe book, To you I give this little book in which to keep your dates, And it will soon be full, I'm sure, for you've got what it takes. Domus STEGALL qsmng, .To all your girl friends you hand out quite a line, So take this string, and on it hang each one you find. LEROY PEARCE IBook of rules, Leroy, here's a book of rules not recognized by public schools. 'Twill teach you clever things to say and keep designing girls away. FRED HENRY IVunishing cream, Here's a box of vanishing cream, to beautify is not its intention, Apply it to your vast conceit, growing 'most too large to mention. JOHN POWERS IPIIIS, They tell me life isn't treating you just like it should, So take my famous love pills and remember-I did the best I could. DWIGHT rAms IGIue, I U ' Cutting corners in your jeep proves your weakness, hon, For you this glue I got to correct all the damage you've done. CURTISS GRAVES Ikeberfs' Rules of Order, l You argue with the teachers, you argue with your pals, You argue with the preachers, you argue with the gals. This Robertr' Ruler of Order we think your case will fit. It tells you when to argue-and also when 10 quil. DONALD CLUTTER IA file of excuses, For goodness' sake, what have we here? A very well-filled file. They seem to be excuses all signed in the proper style. I'm sure you know who rates this file before his name I utter- That champion of excuse-makers, our classmate, Donald Clutter. MARTHA JANE BUMPUS qrengey u Oh! Martha jane, it IS a shame you have so many boy friends. With our advice we now give you-a fence to keep them in.