Masonic High School - Light Yearbook (Louisville, KY)

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POEM CLASS WILL Superintendent, Principal, Teachers. and Friends-Upon behalf of the senior class of 1954 of Masonic High School of the City of Louisville, I have called you together upon this solemn and serious occasion, to listen to our last will and testament, and to receive from us the few gifts we have to bestow in our last moments as students of Masonic High. To the juniors we leave our wads of chewing gum that once did animate our own enjoying jawsg our old seats with tacks that tore our clothesg our old books with and all the knowledge we failed to learn. To the sophomores we leave our quick wits, rapid out having to make up double for the lost time. To the high school infants lfreshmenl we leave science, math, and all those studies which are beyond To our beloved principal, Aunt Laura , we leave caps, belts, knives, fountain pens, pencils, lipsticks, and past months. most of the leaves loose or gone: all the mistakes we made: education, and best of all, our ability to play hooky with- our utmost sympathy and our ability to absorb English. the comprehension of their undeveloped mental capacities, our undying love and affection. We also leave all the old ragged books that she has so jealously guarded for the To the teachers we would give the seats we've left, that they may gaze upon them with regret. Robert Barker leaves his title of Beak to Bennie Lee King in hopes that he will live up to the good name. Bett Jean Blanton leaves her shorthand book and her ability to write shorthand to any one in next year's Y class who will use it. William Clay leaves his good looks, his brain, and his secret business to his brothers, Hudson and Jordan. saying, Now watch it, you guys, and don't get caught with the goods. Peggy Hall leaves in hopes that her little brothers and sisters will grow up to get along with every one just as she did, and leaves her dreams of Jim to Allene Wade and her ability to think to any one who needs it. Randall Harper leaves . . . Oh, no! He's taking Janice with him-poor kid. Janice Jackson leaves her vitamin pills to Kay Jarvis because they didn't do her any good. Take one a day, Kay. Phyllis Jarvis leaves Edward Campbell to Dottie, as Phyllis did. What is all the shouting about? Bennie Rogers is Jean Barker. her sister. hoping that she will take good care of him finally leaving, but he is still keeping close range on Shirley Southard leaves her ability to sing to Jackie Hall and Goldie Peters and hopes that they will be on TV some day. Jean Stepp leaves Jackie Shelton to Frances Shepherd. After all. that is where she got him. BETTY BLANTON RANDALL HARPER CHRISTMAS PARTY -- DECEMBER 16 Our high school days are over. lt's time to heave a sigh, To raise a cheer, conceal a tear. And bid the gang good-bye. Our high school days behind, Now each of us departs, With memories of you, Dear Schoolmates, in our hearts. Good-bye, dear friends, a fond farewell We bid each one of you, But you will be within our hearts Forever. Now adieu. The time has come when we must part: Our senior year has passed. We bid this fond farewell to you- Our year has gone too fast. We leave our school with sorrow, We wish each one success. And pray to God in heaven above To give you happiness. -Shirley Southard XL

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Q . Q HI TORY 1. , Now the history of the Class of Fifty-four. of the Masonic High School of Kentucky. is in this wise: ln the beginning, in the nineteen hundred and fiftieth year of our Lord and on the fourth day of the ninth month, there entered into this Land of Learning. twenty-one seekers of knowledge. Some came up through our own grade school. for Bennie and Audrey Jean had started in Miss Juliet Holton's kindergar- ten back in the year nineteen hundred forty. Betty Jean Blanton. Glenn Earl Blanton. and Phyllis Ann Jarvis came from other institu- tions of instruction. and all were fresh and green. One oi the outstanding events of the year was a Christmas party. Miss Freda Whitfield. our sponsor. helped make it an event which we will never forget. After many months of hard work and much suffering, our eyes were turned to gradu- ation and advancement. but several were lost by the wayside. Glenn Earl was a member of our class only a short time. He returned to live with his grandfather. Cupid came along during the year and touched the heart of Ruby Sowder. Besides the loss of these two. Ver- onica Greene did not return after our summer vacation. So. thus did our class decrease until the number of real stickers was only eighteen. Sad. but true! II. During our sophomore year. the people ot Brownsville invited the boys basketball team to visit them and tour the Mammoth Cave, The boys were thrilled with this trip during the basketball season. Later in the year. the entire group of girls in Cottage l went to the cave. We will always recall this as a pleasant memory of our sophomore days. Miss Louis MeHatton was not only our sponsor. but also our English teacher. She tried to inspire us with the stories of King Arthur and his Knights. In the fall of the year. we lost George Shelton and Franklin Samuels. Burnice Neeley stayed with his mother after Christmas. Georgia Branscum did not return to enter our school the next fall, Thus. as the class did journey through the land. four did drop by the wayside and were lost, leaving the unlucky number of thirteen. III. Having successfully completed two years of work. the Class of Fifty-four did enter upon their third year with a spirit of joy and enthusiasm. The junior class furnished much valuable material for the athletic department. For the first time in the history of our school, the basketball team just missed the State Tournament by one game. All members of our class enjoyed the annual hockey and basketball banquet in April. Our class did their part in supporting the dramatic art programs during the year. Shirley Southard was Martha Washington in the Grand Lodge Program. All of us joined the mixed chorus. too. At Christmas time we joined the seniors for our party. Oh. what a wonderful time we had! Mrs. Lillias Ashbury, our class sponsor, had the party at her home. We ate dinner. played games. watched television. and en joyed the association together. After the Christmas holidays, Rose Sowder did not return. Bobby McGuire completed his first term here, then entered Ashland High School. Now our class number had diminished to the count of eleven. IV. Now the fourth year of the history of this class has been one of much hard labor. with little resting by the waysideg preparing us to take our final departure from the land. One other student fell by the wayside. Noble Hawkins joined the Air Force. And it came to pass that Miss Laura Johnson. who had so diligently pulled and tugged at the rope on which the Class of Fifty-four had securely been swinging for three years. was now our sponsor and was still urging us onward. Because of the guidance of our faculty. the school as a whole during the year of fifty-four has been a decided success. First came Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter programsg then, the Christmas program: and after that. the basketball season. In all these events. the ten remaining members of the Class of Fifty-four did carry their part of the burden and assist in any way that they could. So it has come to pass that of the twenty-one that entered the great search for knowledge. only ten will go out the gate that leadeth to graduation on May 28 and hold as their motto: Our Aim, Success: Our Hope, To Win: So-Push. Pull. or Get out of the Way ,-Jean Stepp.

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PRUPHECY Masonic Home, Ky.. May 28. 1964. Dear William. We were very glad to hear from you and wc are sorry that you couldn't be here for the dedication of our new swimming pool. We feel very proud to have a classmate in Paris studying art. and we are sorry that we cannot be there with you. Betty Blanton, who is the private secretary of Billy R. Fortner tthe successor of J. Edgar Hooverl. came down for the dedication. She is still as pretty as ever and we were all glad to see her. The plans for the new swimming pool were drawn by none other than Robert Barker. who has become the chief architect of the Barker Construction Company. He is very successful and we are proud to claim him as a former classmate. We were glad Shirley Southard could take time out from her television rehearsals and pro- grams long enough to come down for the dedication. As you know, she has become a very success- ful comedienne and we are justly proud of her. We didn't expect Bennie Rogers. the head basketball coach of U. of K.. to come because of his full schedule. But he took time out and came down anyway. Jean Barker. his attractive wife. came with him. We were very glad to see both of them. Phyllis Jarvis is now a home economics teacher in her home town. Olive Hill. Kentucky. She is married now and has two children. We were glad that she and her family could come. Jean Stepp also came. As you know, she is now married to a football player. Her wish has been three-fifths fulfiled. She has three boys and wants two more. Randall Harper is now chief electric en- f' Q gineer at General Electric and his time is limited. I guess you know he is married to I Janice Jackson. They are very happy to- gether. Janice completed nurses' training and was head nurse at Johns Hopkin's Hos- pital in Baltimore, but gave up her job after she married. Now her favorite and only patient is Randall. Peggy Hall is now a photographer for Life Magazine. She was very busy but found time to come to the dedication. She took some very good pictures that day. Oh! By the way, we saw some of your pictures in an Esquire Magazine. Thcy were very good. Your former classmates, PEGGY HALL. JANICE JACKSON.