Jefferson City High School - Elk Echo Yearbook (Jefferson City, TN)

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PROPHECY OF SENIOR CLASS The clock struck elght and l turned over and opened one sleepy eye What I saw made me sat stranght up nn bed and cast an nndngnant glance at my sxster It was twenty below and she had left the wundow wnde open and a snow drnft had blown nn the corner I had gone to bed before her and had gnven her strnct orders not to open the wnndows very wnde I sat up and looked at the snow As I dnd I began to thnnk about my past nn hngh school Whnle I lay there looknng at the drnfted snow nt suddenly seemed to sway back and forth gently at fnrst then faster and faster Wnth each movement nt grew hngher and hngher untnl at last nt stood a slender graceful fngure I was uncertann whether to scream or duck under the covers but I dnd nenther for lust then the mysternous one began to speak Or was nt speaknng? It seemed more lnke th lnqund murmur of clear water over pebbles I am the spnrnt of Jefferson Cnty Hngh School every year I must tell part of my story to some mortal and thns year I have chosen you I am gonng to tell you about the future of the Class of l947 For once I could not say anythnng but the spnrnt dnd not want for my answer In a moment everythnng changed There was a couple standnnq nn the background washnna cars Yes you guessed nt Thelma Farrow has fnnally cap tured her Morrnstown boyfrnend and they are happnly mar rned and managnng a servnce statnon The the spnrnt dropped the venl and when nt was lnfted agann nt showed Bnll McDannel who fnnally tore hnmself a way from dear old J C Hugh after acqunrnng 36 crednts and then retired to spend hns tnme smoknng hns pnpes But want who ns that ns nt Bnll Johnston? Yes and he ns a pnlot on a tans Atlantnc aurplan between New York and Berlnn He has lust completed a book on How to Fnnnsh College nn Enght Years Nok I see a famnlnar face nt ns Frances Ranknn who ns desngnnng clothes for the Esqunre Models but who ns that besnde her? Yes nt ns Dot McGnlI who has fnnally secured the posntnon of model for that famous maga znne Now I see a young handsome fellow comnng nnto the scene It ns Bnll Neal and he ns chnef artnst for Esqunre Would you have thought nt? The venl ns lnfted agann and I see Harold Woods and Ruth Bnshop they are settled down to a happy lnfe on the farm wnth thenr chnldren I hear someone gngglnng Could nt be y t ns L Henry Cates She ns now presndent of The Gnggle Gnrls School Who ns that nnce Iooknng blonde? Well nf nt :sn t Marlon Couch who ns now dnetntnan at Carson Newman College What a funny looknng contraptnon And who ns that standnng besode nt? It ns none other than James Ellns who has lust fnnnshed a Concert tour of Mars And that contrap tnon besnde hnm ns an nnventnon of hns own He made hns to r nn nt There ns a fellow that I remember well Charles Frazner who ns athletnc dnrector at Tusculum College He ns Inv ng there wnth hns wnfe and famnly Who ns that over there wnth the huge bow tne on? Well nf nt nsnt Hood Nnchols and he has fnnally achneved hns hnghest ambntuon the trtle of Frankne ll I thnnk nt was more the bow tnes that earned hnm the honor than 1 was hns vonce The venl ns lnftnng agann and I see Ruby Lowery and Helen Burchfneld at a desk pournng ove a pnle of papers Surely they are not studynnq No they are now co edntors of the Jefferson County Standard What are t ose famnlnor faces? Bobby McLean and Glenn Whaley and they have opened a Lonely Hearts Club nn the metropolns of the South New Market Tennessee There ns the cute black headed gnrl that I remembe so well Bnllne Murph Yes you guessed nt she and Paul .lr fnnally took the fateful step and are luvnng a happy mar ner-I n e Clnfford Myers ns now m th professor at Carson New man College Drama Sulver ns head lbr rnan at the Congres snonal Lnbrary nn Washnngton D C Would you have belneved It Mary Ednth Jo don ns now Secretary of Labor They say she marrned a forengn am bassador John Robert Conknn ns a famous enanneer nn New Yok Cnty He wrntes poetry for the New York Tnmes cs a hobby Allan Bettis ns now Edntor nn Chnef of the New York Tnmes W H Northern has at last aotten hns degree nn dems try He ns practncnng nn Hollywood Why dnd he pnck Cal: forma to practnce nn? It could be because Betty Jean Heck has become the young I dnes athletnc dnrecto at UCLA But then on the other hand It could be because of that blonde I see nn the dnstance Bettve Rnchardson ns a stand nn for Betty Grable at the Studnos In Baltnmore Beware folks' June Smnth ns busy wrntnng a column nn The New York Sun It seems she got thns posntnon through the nn fluence of her husband the offnce boy Betty Jane Cox of all people has become matron at the Indnana State Pemtentary She went to Indnana nn seach of her lost lover Doc Gass ns now head coach at the Unnversnty of Tennessee Rumors have nt that Tennessee may get a bnd to the Fnnger Bowl thns year ls that Harold Puckett? Yes and he ns head mechannc nn the huge Bus Termnnal at Jefferson Cnty Tennessee By the way the town now has a populatnon of around 30000 Is that Rnnglnng Brothers and Barnum Banley Cnrcus I see comnnq on the scene? What on earth could that have to do wnth any of the members of the class of 47? Well of all people Harold Quarles ns a clown wnth the bng cnrcus There ns hns young wnfe the Worlds Fattest Lady' Leona Rnnes ns head of the Enqlnsh Department at the Unnersnty of Tennessee Well of all thnngs Thns as a surornse Fredda Shoun and Hollns Quarles now have a danclna school for chnldren Or as that Fredda Shaun? The person looks famnlnar but thns person only wenqhs 98 lbs That nust aoes to show you what a matter of ten years can do to a person Just then a strona qush of wnnd blew a pnl of snow nnto my eyes When I opened them aaann the fnaure had dnsappeared But her task was over for now I knew the future of each member of the Class of 47 , I T ' ' V' V . . I ' ' I n ' I - 4 1 A I I . , . V I f - I . . ' . I l I . 1 I I . , , ' y r - l'f . I I I I I1 . . . . . .. . . ' ' ' ' 5 a' - , . . I . . , V . . l , , , r , . . . I . ' ' ' . I , ' . . . . 1 . . ? - . ' P1 I . D Y , . , , , A , , ' , Bill Hawkins is head surgeon at Walter Reed Hospital 1 1 r 1 ' ' . . r ' ' e I . . . - - 1 I D I , ' I D ' ' ' 1 , 1 ' ' I I - A . I , . . I r ' ' . ' , es, I ' ou f I 1 - . , , , . I - ' u -. - . , . - 1 . . . . ' . I v I D ' l I U . ' . . s . I 4 . . . . . i W T . , , Q - , . , I f '

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CLASS HISTORY FRANCES We thrs graduatrng class of l947 made our frrst appear ance rn J C Hugh as members the delrghted faculty wel com d us and the upper classmen moved over and made room tor us rn the study hall Muss Nelson and Muss Harrrng ton were our sponsors the class started off wrth a boom wuth Johnny Ellrs as presudent Adrran Blanc Vrce presudent Charles Frazier secretary and Carolyn Chavus treasurer One of the brggest events of the year' was when Fredda decoded that she was a bug gurl and cut off her long pugtarls Our frrst electron o Whos Who was very excrtung Jrmmy Flanagan was voted the most handsome and all the gurls made a mad dash lor hum but we lost hum to Mrssrs suppu rn our sophomore year At the end of that year we enroyed our frrst wuld party a pucnuc on the lawn o Muss Harrrngtons home We entered the second year wuth all the vrm and something was mrssrng ah yes' rt was Adrran Blanc who had entered Baylor Mulrtary School Our sponsors were Mrss Wagner and Mrs Lrntz B cause of the gurls overwhelming fondness for the opposite sex an all male gang was elected to lead the class Charles Frazuer was presudent Hood Nuchols vuce presr dent W H Northern secretary and Johnny Ellrs treasurer That good old year we found our way around as only sophomores can do enroyed an outung rn the gym soon found out thet we were runrors and When we returned as upperclassmen we fund Johnny Ellus had entered TMI and that Robert Colluns Nonda Evans had rorned the Navy ta an Srxteen of our forty frve memb rs were voted rn e RANKIN Beta Club and after a rudrcurcus rnrtuatron became full pledged members Our offucers were Jam s Goss presudent Lou Cates vrce presrdenr Frances Rankrn secretary and Harold Quarles treasurer Our first play The Adventures of Hucklberry Funn was presented rn the sprung those takrng part were Charles Frazuer Hood Nuchols Drama Srlver W H Northen Bull Neal Lamar Carter Clrfford Dorothy Campbell Betty Jean Heck Carolyn Chavus Brllre Murph Maruon Couch and Fredda Shoun Under the durectron of Muss Malcolm and M Krnnrck the play was a huge success Wuth the money as a resurt or the play plans were made for a socral event Arter ca erul plannung schemung pasting punnrng decoratrng typ ng cuttrng and pruntung we turned the gym unto a Hot Rock Cafe and enroyed our frrst formal event the Junior Receptron lt was rn the fall o T946 that we frrst became dugnufueo senuors My' rt was wonder ul and yet rt was sad w sometumes wished that we were freshmen once more It was not untul we received our beautrful class rrngs dud we fully realuze that we were senuors To gurde us through that last year we chose Muss Hull but later rn the year she resrgneal her posutuon as Englush teacher and Mr Watson was selected Foors Frazuer led our class as presudent W H Northern as vuce presudent Lou Cates as secretary Hood Nuchols as treasurer and Fredda Shoun reporter Our protect for the year was to sponsor the Elk Echo our annual We sponsored a pre supper Magrcran Act two magazune druves and frnally got enough money to put rt over lt was hard and took time but rt was worth rtl CLASS SONG HIGH SCHOOL DAYS TUNE Memorues BY FREDDA SHOUN Round us at our graduatuon Dear J C H S we love thee Come Memo res that are dear Many good fruends have we here Memgrreg gf ll our School days Frrends who thru memorues garden Summing up through every year Always wrll Le v ry dear CHORUS High School Days now are gone Days we ve loved so well In our work and rn our play Our love for them well tell Sad well be to turn away But well look up toward Heaven Our prayers and our arms Hrgh goals to attarn Thus class of T947 ' ' r ' I . . , . . . . III . . . , ' C ' I - ' 1 1 1 I i ' i-1 r f , , r I I . . .. I . ,. , . . . I ' ' Y ' I I I ' ' ' I I . . I I I . , - , . . ' l I . , . I ' l V I . , I , . . I . II I II ' l I I I I V I I I 1 1 r l I I I I . .. ,r . I I . I , . I vigor of silly sophomores. Everyone noticed immediately that ' I ' ' ' ' .C ' ' i r A i ' i - 9 , I , I eI , . . I ' ' I I ' I , ' . . . I I D . . - ' I , , , . I I I , h t - I , , . , I . I . S . Ih . I I ur rr I, ll. is , . ' c , , , . . A S , ,

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT BETTY JEAN HECK Now that our class has come to the end O IIS lI'9l school career there are some thangs ery near and deaa to that we would lak to leave to the students at J Ha We the Senaor CI ss of naneteen hundred and torty seven beang of sound mand and body do hereby make publash and declare the tollowang cas tor our Last Wall and Testament Charle Frazaer leaves has yellow socks bow taes sus penders ncl coveralls to Eugene Beaver Dottae McGall lust leaves herselr to Edwan Bates Ball Neal walls has football helmet to Royce Quarles Fredda bhcun very generously walls aen pounds to Norma Lou Howard Claftord Myers leaves has abalaty to get and hold garl to Donald Chavas Carolyn Chavas refuses to Ieav her house tull ot col lege boys to anyone W l'l Northern walls has heaght to Bobby Young Betty Rachardson walls her cheerleadang abalaty Erankae Neal James Ellas leaves has tlartang abalaty to Albert May Ruth Bashop leaves her moonlaght rades to Marae Whaley John Robert Conkan wlls has tootball kackang to Lee Fanchum Helen Burchtaeld walls her copy o the eaght parts ot speech to Ball Holsclaw Dorothy Campbell walls her abalaty to get around to Kalroy an Bettas lls o e nd ravang h quate good at to Davad Denton Maraon Couch leaves her abalaty to wan Ca son New mans Icaar lads to her saster Claudaa Harold Woods walls has seat by Mass Bettas to John Jollatte June Smath leaves her tamadness to Nancy Myers Drama Salver le ves her hard work an the labrary to Jessre Anderson Frances R nkan walls her aokes and red haar to Mary Elazabeth Thompson Harold Quarles Ieav s has abalaty to whastle to Wallace Maller Hood Nchols l ves has vm vagor and vatalaty t Chacken Godvvan Ballae Murph aust wont leave Paul Jr to anyone Ball Johnston sadly leaves has Van Johnson appeal to Trudley Carr who as last acquarang t Hollas Quarles laves has neat ppearance to Peggy Danaels The ma E row walls ler outa town ar nds o any one who as wallang to work hard encugn to get them Bar bara M son as nn the lead Leona Ranes walls her salesmanshap abalaty to Bonnae Jean Young Harold Puckett would aust lake to leave Bobby McLean wall has queat ways to betty Shaplcy Ball McDanael leaves has pape Kaddaddlehopper to Jack Wadner Betty Jane Cox bequeaths her Englash and Ameracan I-lastory Books to anyone wantang them Lou Henry Cates leaves her gaggles to make late cne ry atter she s gone Glenn Whaley leaves has ante est tor th mag zanes an the readang room to Bobby Maller Betty Jean Heck leaves her lattle words to oetty Sue Salver to use whale typang the stencals tor the paper To the aunaor members ot the paper statt we leave our worraes good tames and hard work an the paoer room To the sophomores cnd aunaors we leave all ot our records an the Englash room especaally Whate Chrastmas and all chewang gum under the study hall seats To the Freshmen we eave our abalaty to learn and our master mands We do hereby appoant Mass Lula Nelson as our exe cutor to see that thas wall as carraed out In watness whereof we have set our hands an.l seal on thas the twentaeth day of May an the year ot our Lord one thousand nane hundred forty seven Presad nt Charles Erazaer Vace Presadent W H Northern Secretary Lou Henry Cates I . . S . , , . I A C I Us 9 . . S . ,, . gh - so M ' Q f I C ' - I 630 ' I , I I ' ' 0 ' . . , 3 ' V I I 1 ' I A I 3 . . a. . . . f A K A D - N . c a X 4 I . l ar ' a - f- ie I - I . 4 D ' . . ' , . . 7 x . H I , 1 . ., to ' , . l .3 ' ' ' a ' ' ' . . T , Q W . , . . C . I ' V9 ' - 1 l 1 I a - All ' wi his n ha d ' ' , that e ls I A 1 ' ' ' ' I . . I ' I , . I , 3 I . C . A I , . .