Lexington High School - Bearer Yearbook (Lexington, AL)

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CLASS PROPHECY Today is December 5, 1951. Twenty years ago, I finished High School at Lexing- ton, Alabama. Good old Lexington! How we all would like to go back there now and let all the folks know how we’re doing! Why, just this evening as I was coming home from work, I met an old school chum. A dark figure darted from an alley and I was faced with a hold-up man. Before me stood Tuffy Hill with a well-filled squirt gun demanding my watch. I reluctantly handed it over. To my surprise, he handed it back with the re- mark, “If it don’t alarm I don’t want it.” After that my knees were shaking. I entered the bar downtown marked, “The Golden Bear, I glanced at a sign that said “Proprietors Bobby Mitchel and Landon Owens.” As I sat down, I noticed all the wine bottles were marked, “Lowell Hammond Brewing Company, Grassy, Alabama.’’Why who was that waitress? I ought to have rec- oenized her. Why sure, it was Margie Ritter. I'd forgotten about her and Landon being married a few years back. Well, looks like he’s doing a pretty good business. What’s all the commotion over in the corn- er? It seems they are having trouble with an old sot. It’s Glen Cottrell. That floor bouncer did his job perfectly. He’s just about the right size. Heaven’s! That’s Coy Isabel. He’s a Hadacol man. Now as I sit home in my arm chair, I recall many reunions with my old class- mates. Just last month when I visited my wife in the state insane asylum (been there since ’48), I was greeted by some old class friends. There is Waylon Mitchell, poor fel- low. The doctor says he calls all nurses ’’Miss Stone”. Well it always has been a hopeless case. Joe Kizer, head nurse here, tells me that there are two more such cases in cell number 3. Some say the cause of this heartbreaking situation was caused by brok- en love affairs back in school. Their names are Luthine Shelton and Onita McGee. While I was waiting to see my wife, I noticed the evening paper headlines were, “Greatest inventor of all times, Gaylon Andrew Jones, invents the new scientific home brew that slew the flu.” Here's something interesting- “Big fight to night, Royce King, king of the ring, will sponsor Donald White, who will fight at Madison Square Garden. Pete Pettus is selling lettuce ten cents cheaper than any- one else atLoyce Springer’s “SpringHouse.” It is located just out of town beside Faye Cox’s boarding house. “Call does your laundry the right way. Call at Call’s for your laundry.” Seems that Sara Ann Call sure is doing good business. Ha! here’s a good one ! Orvil Collier is retired from selling dog collars all over the U. S. A. Sure was a good business. This paper sure does put out good ad- vertisements. “Fleers of gum for your cheerful chums”, That’s the s 1 o g a n of Betty Ann Greer’s business. She now owns all of Fleer’s factories. The state Univer- sity has a new dean, Doris Dean. I always knew that she would go up the ladder of suc- cess. This picture looks familar. Why, that’s Dell Joiner--Says here he has joined the Navy. Porters of Empire State Build- ing are meeting now. Jane Porter is now chairman. I always thought she was good for something. When you buy your taylor-made clothes, be sure to buy at Dorothy Alexander Tay- 18

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McCafferty Allen Ruter Hammond Luffman Dean Mitchell Garner isi vw Nix CLASS HISTORY Garner Cox Sponsored by JOINERS BUS LINE Lexington, Alabama McGee This page sponsored by SHOALS TRACTOR COMPANY Florence, Alabama Shelton Jones Isabel lii The Senior class of 1951 made history by completing 12 years of school at Lexington, Alabama. Twelve years ago we were dragged into the classroom with tearful and fearful eyes. Joe Kizer not only cried for the first three days, (like most of us), but she cried for the first three years. Jane Porter and Connie Porter Garner battled it out by making faces and fighting, but compromised with a peace treaty that called for being best friends for the next nine years. Those first few days were long and unhappy ones. But as we grew ac- customed to the terrific changes, we began to enjoy school. Caylon Jones remembers being told on his first day of school that when the bell rang, school would be out. He sat tight in his chair all day, afraid to leave for fear it would ring while he was out. Lowell Hammond astonished the whole class by beginning his sandwiches Harawayl in the middle and eating out. He also passed the first three years on condi- tion and the 7th grade in the same manner. Doris Newton remembers that stinky little J. D. McCafferty pulling her pigtails. Donald White remembers slipping a snake on the teacher’s desk at Grassy. “They aren’t very pleasant memories are they, Donald? ” Sara Ann Call and Betty Ann Greer never failed getting a big fat “U” on their report card at rest period for “giggling.” Collier Remarkable changes take place in people’s taste as they grow older. For instance, little girls like painted dolls, while most boys, as youngsters like soldiers. But as years go by, and they grow up, the girls like the soldiers and the boys go for the painted dolls. Yes sir, tastes do change, as they did with our class as we entered Junior High School. Our school days are now drawing to a close. We must part and go our separate ways, but we will recall every joy and sorrow we have shared to- gether in our school days. Class Historian Connie Garner kizur .Ui.'n’wt

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CLASS PROPHECY lor’s. “Best Taylor in Tennessee. It says that you must have orders in before the middle of each month. My, she must be doing good business to have advertisements all over the U. S. Tom Mix will be on over your radio at 6 30 P. M. 800 on your dial. Don Mix is now playing Tom Mix. Here’s a good one! If that project comes through, I’ll probably go back to old Lexington. The project is a highway from New York to Mobile, Ala- bama. Chief engineers are Kenneth Hara- way and Coy Haraway. They always would make a team,“if they got together. The law and equity court of New York, charges Leldon Newton with driving a tractor intoxicated. Connie Garner has sued her 5th husband for breach of promise. Ha! 1 sure would hate to be him. I thinkhis name is McKinley Luffman. The lawyer taking Connie’s case is Ray Davis. Some say that she lives off her financier’s bank roll or from the breach of promise cases. Marie Howard and Elois Garner are partners in a floral business. I guess you could really get your money’s worth there. “Dough-nuts for your family rolled in grease to make your teeth seek very well. Best cooked yet, by Doris Newton McCaf- ferty. Look for the big dough-nut sign. It seems that J. D. and Doris have settled downand are running a nice little business. Nothing else seems to be interesting about this paper. As I was leaving, I noticed, or rather I thought, the lawn of the hospital looked- well-kept. I asked who the caretaker was. The answer to my surprise was, Bobby (Schiltz) Burbank. I always did think he was good for something. You know I always drink milk, but this morning, I noticedt hat the milk man kind of looked familiar. It was James Allen. He said he was delivering milk for Charles Adomyetz. But just as James drove on, I had another visitor who asked to ex- amine the milk of the morning. I asked who she thought she was anyhow? Her answer was, “Why I’m Marcie Blach, health di- rectorof zone 5. I didn’t believe her, so I called the local F. B. I. agent. He arrived giving Marcie permission to examine my milk. When he showed me his credentials, it seemedas if Leonard Cole, who was stand- ing before me, was now special investigator of the F. B. I. After all the excitment was over, there came a knock at the door. When I opened it, I saw Janet Allen with a sugar bowl, ask- ing to borrow some sugar. Janet was al- ways good for a gossip. She told me that Dorothy Nell McGuire married a fellow named Cox, but now she’s down with the chicken Pox. All is quiet and I’m at home now. As I think of all the school chums that I have read of, heard of, talked about, and thought of, there is one still who is probably quiet- est of all. Virginia Burbank is playing in “Quiet as a Mouse” on Broadway. Well, it’s bedtime. I probably will go to bed, and dream of all my class-mates that have been with me thru the years. I’ll have pleasant dreams. Class Prophet Talmadge Balch ROBERT HAYES AND SON Lawrenceburg, Tennessee FARMERS SUPPLY COMPANY Lawrenceburg, Tennessee 19 DAVIDSON-LOVELACE Electrical specialist Florence, Alabama