McClenaghan High School - Florentine Yearbook (Florence, SC)

Text from Pages 1 - 90 of the 1944 volume:

M'lll I WHlrtl ' lOTI ww Es PEGGY ELMORE, SALLY ANN HITE, W«, uAineSA ALMA MATER To Florence High, our Florence High, We lift a song of praise Thai echoes clear from year to year Through all succeeding days. In thee we find our guiding star To service in the world: As soldiers we seek victory With banners all unfurled. To us the Gold and Purple mark A symbol tried and true; To it pledge we fidelity And loyalty anew. When'er that banner waves on high O'er field or track or hall, To that bright bond our hearts respond We heed its stirring call. Oh sun, that shines in southern skies, Oh moon, that guilds the night! Oh, stars, that gleam on field and stream, Oh God of life and light! Send forth thy blessings from above, Send hope that conquers fear, To Florence s sons that love Our Alma Mater dear. ID N To COLONEL JOHN W. MOORE Who has been a loyal and steadfast friend to us through all our years of school; who has endeavored, in his kindly way, to convey to us a truthful interpretation of righteous living as a guiding star for our own future lives, we gratefully dedicate this volume of JL He '■ %-0v$k , • ■' , - ■■ i 1 ■1 ’ i ? i ° yn- , ,? ' 1 yv .■ Wr‘ f . Vi.-i. Officers of the Junior icers of the Senip ss §|.); ;5 the Junior Class iAN-'-; ’: J'fy PRESlbENT............LOUIS PALUSy- v Vice-president . . . Rebecca lake, .full; awi............................... .................■ r ■■ ■ VICE-PRESIDENT SECRETARY • . . George weeks IDENT .■; ..V.vyr-'ilpiuy WALL :”rtVc;- ' ■ Y . i; I ii BtftV HARRELt' ” TREASURER,;’1-' . -V TOWNES, THOMAS • ‘ SPONSOR ft'-1 it-I rifrPZ FICKUNG . ;• !;� ? .• ...4 : ■ v -®W:: ; ■•'■ ; - V. • CLASSES •y .v- • i ’• CA-1' y� at •V • •'r.' .; ; r • '•Vi • •. •• - ' 7 '. i’rt ‘ • . • . . V .. r .• v ■r A dm. •• j-1 i - V .A IfV ‘j� V ■ K 1: .� ft V • 7 $ v' c i' p«i • t • - « V’ • � • r I .� • • I s . •;•• • r.fl •y - ‘ v'o-. V. • ; VV-- • ' “ V «- ;•� v • • y • 1 . . . w. ; iW rj •,� •� • • • • • • ., • ••• • t. -1 y .V •• •?•- r-- .• • • . % : . • • ■ frI .-. :•••••■ ;rs -. •' si; « ! ' ☆ ☆ HISTORY OF THE | In the seemingly unimportant year of 1933, we, the Senior Class of Florence High School, entered Circle and Park Schools. We had made the first venture into this world of ours. The years rolled by; and before we realized it, we had finished grammar school and were entering Junior High. Oh, how grown-up we felt with a variety of teachers and subjects! ; Finally, in the year of 1941, we entered Senior High. We were rather notorious for our unconscious violation of all the traffic regulations and other rules of the school. After much embarrassment and confusion, we settled down to work. Between rounds with Caesar, the square roots of x and y, the principal parts of to be, we found time to elect Miss Sally Watkins, Sponsor, and Gene Kaufman, President. i The months passed quickly and happily, and then we became Juniors. To start the year off right, we elected Miss Flora Coker, Sponsor, and Peggy Smith, President. The I class's first display of talent was in Dear Brutus, a fantasy by James Barrie. After much hard work and acute cases of stage-fright, we blossomed out, under the capable direction of Mr. Abbott Lake, to produce a worthwhile dramatic offering. Meanwhile, our athletes were developing themselves for the coming Senior year. Our scholars were also developing their minds. In the spring our class placed winners in every field of the state scholastic contests. Finally came examinations; and, then, at the year's end, the more studious members of our class were rewarded for their efforts by being selected as marshals, and by being presented medals for outstanding work in different studies. I The summer passed quickly, and before we realized it we had entered that eventful year of years—the Senior year. Our first activity as a class was the election of officers, , and we elected Gene Kaufman, President; Sally Hite, Vice-President; Peggy Elmore, Secretary; Peggy Smith, Treasurer, and Miss Alice Brunson, Sponsor. To finance our annual, which we were determined to have, we conducted a magazine campaign, which ☆ CLASS OF 1944 was highly successful. We covered ourselves with glory by selling over two thousand dollars’ worth of magazines, beating Sumter by over a hundred dollars in the annual friendly contest between the Senior Classes. The excitement of the year came in December when the first snow in two years caused school to be closed a week early for Christmas holidays. We were forced to postpone our play, but on January 14, Salad Days,” a three-act comedy, was splendidly presented under the direction of Mrs. Marshall Ligon. January was eventful, also, for the arrival of the long-looked-for rings. We shall never forget the day when we first proudly displayed our class rings to the envious Juniors and Sophomores. In February the annual went to press, and after the strain of mid-year examinations, we settled down to wait patiently for spring and commencement. The monotony was broken by May Day exercises, when Sarah Corley, our statuesque queen, was crowned in colorful exercises attended by a bevy of lovely attendants. And now, as the school year draws to a close, we look back upon three years filled with happy memories of classes, teachers, ball games, parties, and all the work and play which make school days the happiest days of all. With a successful career behind us, we look forward with hope and confidence to our commencement night and the future. John Collins, Historian. ADAMS. A. ADAMS. F. ALLEN ATKINSON AVANT AVIS BACOT BAILEY. A. BAILEY. C. BAILEY. C. Audrey Anne Adams Gladys Marie Avin “Lil-Audrey attractive “turnip-nose a way with the men. True to the Army unusual brogue oriental eyes. Tat Frances Murray Adams constant chatterer flirt shapely. Eula Blanche Bacot Girl Scout “Petesy . . sings cute pug- nose. Small Jeanne Allen plays basketball blond and wiggles. giggles Red Hair Audrey Mae Bailey Margaret F.’s friend bowl life is fun. likes to Oris Defee Atkinson Athletic sincere soul rosy cheeks happy-go-lucky. Catherine Susie Bailey “Catsy . . mugazine fiend tiny vidual walk. indi- Pretty Doris Evelyn Avant “ivory tickler . . . friendly those soft, brown eyes. oh. Charles Bailey Small in stature but big in heart understanding. “Charlie’ Ten SENIORS SENIORS Margaret Elizabeth Bailey Jack Littlefield Barrett Changeable coiffure sweet neat Pat.” Tall and blonde won’t somebody laugh, please?” courteous. Theressa Juanita Baker Thad Jones Barringer Songstress pleasing looks . stately and A ladies’ man . . I smile on that!” Take tall another Girl Scout. a card, any card” . . . amusing. Edna Lenore Barefoot Joseph Flowers Bass Jet-black hair artistic Cleinsou and Navy fan. Ticket, please” Joe very precise and also nice. William Pearce Barefoot John Ray Bateman Billy” zoot-suiter sports a cute car Robert Taylor type. Shy and gentlemanly . placid disposition even-tempered. Joyce E. Barnes Daisy Irene Bazen Reticent sociable smile a coal-chute” blonde. Amiable Deep Purple good personality cute name. BAILEY. M. BAKER BAREFOOT. L. BAREFOOT. W. BARNES BARRETT BARRINGER BASS BATEMAN BAZEN Eleven ? BLACKMON- BONNOITT BOWEN BRABHAM BRADLEY BROWN, C. BROWN. F. BROWN. W. BRUNSON BURDELI. Wylie Hamilton Blackmon Claude W. Brown, Jr. Reach enthusiast hep to the jive well-liked by all. ••Billy-Boy” . soft eyes . moronish laujrli confused with William H. Alice Catherine Bonnoitt Evelyn Fay Brown Baby-doll . . . “T-villc” coy . good-nnlured. Scatterbrain tlippaut vivacious talks with her eyebrows. Sarah Agnes Bowen William H. Brown Conscientious worker . . likable . quality instead of quantity sincere. ••Billy” (again) . confused with •‘Billy-Boy tall and brunette. Marilyn Brabham Nancy Olin Brunson Sweet platinum blond industrious plenty of sense. Individual soft brown eyes indifferent fashion plate. Anna Lois Bradley Margaret Perrit Burdell Gad-about allegro talker peaches and cream complexion. Petite . musical ability flower-fresh incessant giggler. Twelve SENIORS SENIORS Mary Elizabeth Busbf.e John Robert Carpenter Smart strawberry blond reliable reserved. Athletic (and how!) earnest very oblig- ing . distinctive handwriting. Nancy Ione Byrd Quick tempered likes to read Merchant Marine rooter! Geneva Camlin Distinctly ladylike carelessly neat madcap spirit. casual Mary Louise Campbell Thoughtful willing worker sedate unruffled. Helene Hickson Carpenter Peppy smartly dressed continual giggler tidy. Millie Uldine Carr Small in stature . one of the sweetest always cheerful. Peggy Carter Very good seamstress Spanish type Independent neat. James P. Caston, Jr. •Jimmy'’ ,ehampecn cook” obliging jet-hair. Irma Jean Christian Friendly smart gift of gab radiant. BUSBEE BYKI) CAMLIN CAMPBELL CARPENTER. H. CARPENTER. J. CARR CARTER CASTON CHRISTIAN Thirteen CLEMMONS CORLEY COLLINS. A. COUNCIL COLLINS. J. COX COLLINS. M. CROSBY COOK CULBERSON John James Clemmons, Jr. Sarah Elizabeth Corley “Clem.” “Jimmy,” “Qucenie makes his own Queen-like beauty good disposition athletic vocabulary fun to be with. . curly chestnut hair. Alma Jo Collins Thurman Francis Council Soft voice . . Blondic. with bangs likes danc- Expedient “Truman” . typical high school ing hut. two, three. boy. John Howell Collins Margaret Elizabeth Cox Another Webster popular . Brains. reliable. Inc. “Peggy” understanding amicable strives to please. Marion Edward Collins James F. Crosby, Jr. Inquisitive eyes . . anything suits nic!” words arc few and far between. his “Jack” good natured never ways clowns. frowns. Wilbur Edward Cook J. W. Culberson A sport in a Studebuker undecided . hair. black A true farm boy black hair they come. pleasing Fourteen SENIORS SENIORS Jean Ruth Davis A Jean of all trades hurried speech titian hair. William Wood Davis ••Tubby' . sport coats golfer exag- gerated speech. Frank W. Ellis Butch’’ . cute Yankee brogue acrobat. outstandin; Vivian Louise Ellis Indifferent likes to do things well curly black hair. Elizabeth Patricia Doolan Peggy Elmori: “Patsy ’ magnetic big. brown eyes vim. vigor, and vitality. “Star Eyes' . dim-wit . personality that all like “pin-up girl.” Robert Earl Edens Charles Brunson Flowers “Bobby” quiet type industrious dreamy eyes. Constant dreamer a smile that wins strives to please. Evelyn Dolores Elliott Margaret Elizabeth Foxworth On the road to Evergreen . helpful keen sense of humor. Audrey Mae's friend giggles her heart belongs to Wilson dislikes school. DAVIS. J. DAVIS. W. ELLIS. F. ELLIS. V. DOOLAN ELMORE EDENS FLOWERS ELLIOTT FOXWORTH Fifteen FULP FULTON GARRISON GL1SSON GODFREY GODWIN GERALD GIBSON GRAHAM GRAINGER. E. Frances Celia Fulp Nellie Pearl Glisson Serene individual walk fairy-like blonde hair. Accommodating humorous that red hair! eare-frec. Nellie Dudley Fulton Carl Henry Godfrey Silken tresses ladylike . immaculately neat. Duna Casanova enjoys jitterbugging long eyelashes. Dorothy Dix Garrison Dolores Godwin Quietly conscientious shy obliging. Charleston brogue attractive features frolicsome. Elizabeth Marian Gerald Cornelia Ann Graham Tranquil reunite there's no one sweeter. Kind-hearted modest cheerful . . crinkly curly hair. Clarence Alton Gibson Ethel Katherine Grainger Slow but sure cooperative dislikes to study likable. Soothing voice . Industrious worker honest first. Sixteen SENIORS SENIORS Jennings Bryan Grainger Charlotte Gregg Let’s go to B.T.U.” ambitious drawl. drnggy Bo Bo s girl endless wardrobe . . . lively. Lottie Ovelene H. Grainger James Lee Gregory, Jr. Hair like a silken coronet fair tender, and tali. slender. Out door type . . likes to hunt and trustworthy. fish Mary Olive Gray Dottie Lou Hatchell Jolly talkative sympathetic smile. winning Good posture . . . attractive name tempered . pleasing. even Edna Earl Greene Edward Harrell Unperturbed air . . . good listener . . quiet . . neat. Ed enjoys other people’s wit his favorite pastime. eating is Peggy Greene Jack Edwin Hawley Wilmington product faithful . a voice so sweet. Harry James successor cute blonde drapes witty. GRAINGER. J. GRAINGER. O. GRAY GREENE. K. GREENE. 1 . GREGG GREGORY HATCHELL HARRELL HAWLEY Seventeen HAYXKS HOWARD HICKS. J. HOWERTON HICKS. W. 1IOWLK HITE I1UDSTER HOFFMEVER HUGGIXS Juanita Haynes Tall. dark, and pretty slow and easy gracious. Jean Howard “Just got back from Sumter!” Oriental look baby talk. J. W. Hicks Dorothy Eunice Howerton Enjoys life baseball is bis sport likable lad! “Dot” prompt neat enjoys tennis. William Leon Hicks Thomas Laverne Howle “Billy” tall. dark, and handsome nonchalant. “Pee-Wee” gregarious interested listener . . cute blonde. Sally Ann Hite Dorothy Ann Hubster One of our most popular persevering athletic eyes that talk. “Hubby” individual walk for an individual walker . . reticent. Mary Louise Hoffmeyer Ravenel Huggins Pleasing reliable . . ’tis a pleasure to know her. Evergreen and Evelyn—’nuff said. Eighteen SENIORS SENIORS Francos Myrtle Hunsucker Happy go lucky charming blonde trust- worthy. Margaret Brock Johnson Flirtatious pudgy smartly dressed raven locks. Frances Anne Hyman Cute clothes “It’s so peaceful in the country . . talkative. Frank Sterling Johnston Mischievous a fluent vocabulary light hearted. Mary Catherine James Mary Elizabeth Jones Efficient quiet sweet well-groomed. Lib unassuming Gastonia's gift sincere. James Gardner Johnson Jim six footer plus four bloomer boy likable. Cyril Jordan Filled with the joy of living patient a ready smile. Janniu Lnc Johnson Jkan MARIi; jOSEY striking blonde basketball fan Domestic type a trim miss unpretentious, baby blue eyes. lll’NStTKER JOHNSON. M. HYMAN JOHNSTON JAMES JONES JOHNSON. J.G. JORDAN JOHNSON. .1.1 JOSEY Nineteen WSmk KIR VEX LEWIS. E. KEELS. E. LANIER KEELS. A. LANGSTON KAUFMAN KNOWLES Julian Eugene Kaufman Mary Holland Knowles • Gene •‘Nothin worries him—nothin hurries Chatterbox bubbles over with life jokester. him . . . Sheik. Ann Rebecca Keels Stanley Langston Flashy car . . brains dislikes sewing petite. ’•Spider dead pan Stan the dancing man some drawl! Elinor Grace Keels Shirley Anne Lanier ••She’s a bird! . clarinet footer . delightful Unconscious indefinable nature willowy, dimples. Hannah Pauline Kendall Patricia Carolyn Lee One of our prettiest . merry “sweet per- sonality. full of rascality. “Patsy conscientious angelic admirable. Rogers Kirven Gladys Edith Lewis “Still water runs deep lie’s even' man’s friend lop-sided grin. “Kdie . . cordial . . pleasing personality unassuming. T went y SENIORS MOORE. I. MORRISON’ MOORE. R. MOSEI.EY MOORE. S. Ml I.DHOW MOORE. W. MI NX. D. MORRIS MI NX. F. Isla Lee Moore Baby Snooks chatterer graceful sweetest of smiles. Ralph Moore [•’air complexion with blond lmir enjoys rhythmic music cute. ‘Y'oguc” Sybil Moore likes to go to Charleston usual looking. William Gregg Moori: -Billy . dark and handsome likes air- planes. Mamie Lee Morris Fair in her decisions blissful neighborly Annie Lillian Morrison Winning those jewel eyes a willlnj worker. Margaret Leigh Moseley Gay ambitious little girl type. Jean Hamilton Muldrow Likes jive sapphirelike eyes Sumter’s loss—our gain. Dorothy Muriel Munn Frankie’s” cousin short as a dream genuine gentle. Frances Virginia Munn ‘Frankie” contagious laughter aflame with life. Twenty-tuo SENIORS NEWSOME POl’LAS NICHOLS RAGSDALE O’DOWD RICHARDSON PETTIGREW ROGERS POSTON RCMPH Fletcher Parks Newsome Marie Poulas Thoughtful dark eyes nice to be around. Victory bob petite miss pert elusive. George Samuel Nichols, Jr. Tommy Smith Ragsdale 'Ray for the captain a Nidiot for your thoughts good physique. Never meets a stranger loads of fun thoughtful. John Howard O’Dowd Mary Alice Richardson “Jack” handy man . . witty Shake- spearean expert. Naive . . very attractive . soft, brown hair . dainty. John Lake Pettigrew Virginia Mable Rogers Irregular attendance drive that strip-down enjoys other people. Just can't make up my mind!” always in a hurry friendly. John Burt Poston Richard Harmon Rumph •J. B. serene . timid . . wavy hair Artistic quiet tall . strives to please, content. Tuenty-four SENIORS SENIORS Catherine Deborah Sandifer Gentle transparent eyes likes the country. Martha Elizabeth Spears •Lib” brownette . fun to be with talented. Charles Milton Shaw Stalwart football player everybody’s buddy” . muscle man. Thomas Franklin Stackhouse, Jr. Tommy” . tells tall tales . likable daredevil. Hugh Montgomery Smith Elsie Stanton Mummy dry wit Aw. Miss Elkins!” good actor. Quiet . . most dependable nice to know deep melodious voice. Marguerite Marshall Smith Dalton Stokes Peggy” capable I’ve an beau-'night that tooth paste smile. They call him dapper” immaculate quiet, but friendly. Sylvia Ann Smoak Major Summerford, Jr. Takes everything easy . . . slow speech good-looking clothes long fingernails. Regular fellow football co-captain uncontrollable curly hair dislikes crowds. SANDIFER . SHAW SMITH. H. SMITH. M. SMOAK SPEARS STACKHOUSE STANTON STOKES SUMMERFORD I � T uenty-five TAYLOR. S, TOLSOX THOMAS Tl’RBEVILLE THORNTON TYLER TIMMONS WALKER Dorothy Margaret Taylor Martha Ann Tinsley Demure . her smile shows her happiness you can count on her. ••Push- short and energetic jitterbug personality plus. Sammie Taylor Eva Jean Tolson Very obliging diplomat grocery store boy. Friendly willing Yellow Jacket worker tall and blonde. Null Carol Thomas Robert William Turbeville Coy golden curls . undecided gets around. ••Turk” indispensable beautiful blue eyes spontaneous wit. Hugh Bernard Thornton, Jr. Daniel Wesley Tyler Witty as they come . . lazy he managed the footballers. A lady's man individual laugh wavy, blond hair oil, them Buicks! Betty Barbara Timmons Hugh Grady Walker Loose tongue flabbergasted keeps Georgia on her mind friendly greetings to everybody. K. 0. Trombone player quiet but determined steady head. T wtnty-six SENIORS SENIORS Kf.llie Mae Ward James Daniel Williams Not large . . light-hearted and contented minds his own bud ness. Lena Mae Williams Heart of gold . always willing to help dark. Donald Hybert Williamson “Things are going to happen, why worry? Everything comes to him who waits, why hurry?” James Worth Williamson, Jr. “Worthless” spontaneous personality takes life as it is blushing honors. Frank Willis Small in stature only . loves to talk never misses any excitement. Thomas Earl Wilson Never troubles trouble 'till trouble troubles him slow and easy gentlemanly. WARD WARREN WATSON WHISENHUXT WHITE WILLKFORD WILLIAMS. J. WILLIAMS. L. WILLIAMSON. D. WILLIAMSON. W. WILLIS WILSON “Dinky” likes “C.ee-Gee faithful Jac- quette soulful eyes. Betty Gene Warre.n “Smile, and the world smiles with you” constantly worries about passing ambitious. Lawton Neil Watson •Not too serious, not too gay: but altogether a jolly good fellow” athletic build. Frederick Sylvester Whisenhunt “Better late than never” dark hair, olive complexion a twisted smile. George Hughes White Niver braggs looks on the cheerful side of everything courtly. Catherine Elizabeth Willeford Flirt well-liked fun to Ik with. T wenty-seven HDNORS AND OFFICES KEPT THE SENIORS BOSY Audrey Adams Member of Student Council (2, 3, 4); Editor of Yel-low Jacket (4): Member of Yellow Jacket Staff (2, 3) : Hi-Y Sisters Club (2. 3. I): Quill and Scroll (3. I); Chief Marshal (I): National Honor Society (4): Junior Class Play (3) : President of Home Room (3. 4) : Vice-President of Home Room (2): Winner in Junior English Contest (2); Patrol (2): Secretary of Sub-Del) Club (2): D.A.R. Representative (I). Pat Adams Junior Class Play (3): Senior Class Play (4): Secretary of Home Room (3): Gym Exhibition. Mixed Chorus (3) ; Newspaper Staff (2. 3); Cafeteria Helper (3): Lost and Found (3). Jeanne Alli-n Glee Club (2): Sub-Deb Club (2): Basketball (2. 3): Yellow Jacket (3): Library Aid (2. 3. 4): Criterion Society (4). Doris Evelyn Avant Basketball (2. 3): Library Aid (2. 3. 4): Mixed Chorus (2. 3. 0: Glee Club (2. 3. 4): Senior Class Play (4): National Friendship Club (2): Criterion Literary Society (4); Tennis (8): Yellow Jacket (2); Vocal Music (2, 3); Housekeeping Committee (2). Eula Blanche Bacot Mixed Chorus (3. 4): Secretary Glee Club (3. 4): Home Room Representative (3): Student Patrol (3). Jack Barrett President Home Room (3): Advertising Solicitor (2) : Patrol (2. 4): Hi-Y Club (3. 4): Gym Class Officer (8): Mixed Chorus (4); Boys’ Glee Club (4): Secretary Forum Club (2); Senior Class Play (4). Thad J. Barringer President of Home Room (2): Tennis Team (2): Library Helper (2); Camera Club (2); Singing Club (2); Band (2): Patrol (2. 3), Captain (3): Junior Class Play (3): Hi-Y Club (2. 3. 4), Vice-President (4): Officer of Physical Fitness Class (3. t) : Block “F” Club (2. 3, 4); Football (4); Mixed Chorus (4): Boys' Chorus (4): Assembly Programs (3, 4); Radio Programs (4); National Honor Society (3. 4); President Student Body (4); Vice-President Home Room (4): Class Lawyer (4): Vice-President of Junior Class (2). Daisy Bazf.n Library Assistant (3): Cafeteria Helper (3. 4): Newspaper Representative (2): Mixed Chorus (3): Gym Exhibition (3): Basketball (2. 3. 4): Softball (2. 3): Housekeeping Committee (2): International Friendship Club (2). Alice Catherine Bonnoitt Sub-Deb Club (2): Library Helper (2. 3): May Court (2. 3): Junior Class Play (3): Criterion Literary Society (3. 4): House of Representatives (i). Marilyn Brabham Secretary of Sub-Deb Club (2): Patrol (2): Member of House of Representatives (2): Winner District Spelling Contest (2): Office Assistant (3. 4): Home Room Reporter (3): Secretary of Hi-Y (4); Assistant Chief Marshal (4 : Utopian Literary Society 4): President Home Room (4): Yellow Jacket Staff (4): Red Cross Knitter (4). Anna Lois Bradley Office Helper (3. 4): Red Cross Knitter (3. I): Home Room Representative (3): Mixed Chorus (3. ft): Girls' Glee Club (4). Evelyn Fay Brown Glee Club (2. 3. 4); Mixed Chorus (2. 3. I): Patrol (2): Utopian Literary Society (4): Library Aid (3. I); Secretary of Home Room (2): Basketball (2. 3) : Yellow Jacket (2): Office (2); Housekeeping Committee (2): Sul -Deb (2); Home Room Representative (2). Nancy Olin Brunson Canteen Worker (4): Office Worker (2); Basketball (2): Treasurer Home Room (2); Senior Class Play (4): Placed State Geometry (3); Marshal (4): Hi-Y Club (3. 4). Margaret Burdell Mixed Chorus (2. 3. 4): Glee Club (2. 3. 4): Vice President of Home Room (2); Utopian Literary Society (4); Radio Pianist (4): Library Aid (2. 3. 4) : Basketball (2): Sub-Deb Club (2); Housekeeping Committee (2); Hi-Y (4). Mary Elizabeth Busbee Marshal (4): Library Aid (4): Hall Duty (4); Criterion Literary Society (4); Announcer for School Radio Program (4). T wenty-eight Virginia Rogers Home Room Committee (2): Palmetto Research Club (2): Dramatic Club f3): Patrol (2); Girls Glee Club (4); Utopian Literary Society (4): Yellow Jacket Staff (4): Canteen ft); Office Assistant: Library Assistant (2); Assistant Squad Leader (2). Richard H. Rumph Secretary of Garden Club: Art Editor of Yellow Jacket. Catherine Sandifer Safety Patrol (2): Bible Club (2): Housekeeping Committee (2). Charles Milton Shaw Football (2. 3, 4); Baseball Manager (3): Sports Club (2): Block “F” Club (3. 1): Band (2): Squad Leader (3. 4). Peggy Marshall Smith Treasurer of Senior Class (4): President of Junior Class (8): Hi-Y Member (2. 3. 4). President (4): Student Council (2. 3): President of Home Room (8). Vice-President (2. 4): Vice-President of Sub-Deb (2) : Red Cross Knitter (4): Office Helper (2) : Commencement Marshal (3). Elizabeth Spears House of Representatives (2): President S� |b-l)ob Club (2); Newspaper Representative (2): Mixed Chorus (3. I): Criterion Literary Society (I); HI-Y. Elsie Stanton Home Room Committee (2. 3): House of Representatives (4): Red Cross Knitter (4); Criterion Literary Society (4); Hi-Y (4); Sub-Deb (2). Major Summerford Football (2. 3), Co-Captain (3): Baseball (2. 3): Block “F” Club (2. 3). President (3): Sports Club (1): Boxing Team; Secretary and Treasurer of Home Room (2). President (3). • Nell Thomas Annual StafT (l): Secretary Home Room (2): Sub-Deb Club (2). Chairman of Committee (2); Hi-Y (3. 4): Glee Club (2): Library Assistant (3). Hugh Thornton Manager Football Team 43; Assistant Manager Baseball Team ’42. Betty Barbara Timmons Managing Editor Yellow Jacket I); Home Room Newspaper Representative (2. 3. 4): Library Aid (3): Hi-Y Club (4); Home Room Committee (4): Sub-Deb Club (2). Martha Tinsley Patrol (4): Office Helper (2, 3. 4): Hall Duty (2. 3): Officer of Home Room (3). Secretary and Treasurer (4): Sub-Deb Club (2): Hi-Y Club (3. 4): Knitter for Red Cross (3. 4): Home Room Committee (2). Eva Jean Tolson Advertising Soiieitor Yellow Jacket (1). Assistant Advertising Manager (2), Advertising Manager (2;. Business Manager (3); Quill and Scroll (2. 3): Patrol (1): Sub-Deb Club (1); Home Room Committee (1. 2. 3): Library Assistant (2. 3): Winner of Ping Pong Tournament (1); National Honor Society “Pledge (3); Criterion Literary Society (3). Dan Tyler Junior Class Play 13; Senior Class Play 44: Senior Hi-Y Club 44: Senior High Band 41. 12. 43: Utopian Society 13: Corporal Physical Fitness 43: Sergeant Physical Fitness 44; Home Room Committee 44; Bank Assistant 44: Camera Club 42: Golf Club 13. 44. Kellie Mae (Dinky) Ward Basketball (2. 3): President of Girls Block “F” Club (3); Glee Club (2. 3); Squad Leader (2. 3); Vocal Music (2. 3); Knitters (3); Basketball Sponsor (2). Betty G. Warren Marshal (3); Sub-Deb Club (1): Home Room Committee (1): Library Aid (3); Junior Red Cross (2. 3). L. Neil Watson President of Home Room (2): Member of Hi-Y (2. 3. 4): Sergeant-at-Arms (4): Assistant Boxing Manager (2); Home Room Representative (4): Palmetto Research (2). Catherine Willeford Newspaper Staff (2. 3, 4): Secretary and Treasurer of Home Room (2, 4), Representative (2); Camera Club (2); Patrol (2): Vice-President of Home Room (3); Utopian Literary Society (8); Glee Club (2): Housekeeping Committee (2. 3); Assistant in Office (2. 3); Basketball (3); Gym Exhibit (3); Library Aid (2). Worth Williamson Home Room President (4). Representative (3): Hi-Y Club (2. 3. 4); Palmetto Research Club (2): Cheerleader (4). Thirty two Peggy Greene Vice-President of Student Council (3): President Glee Club (2. 3); Vocal Music (2. 3): Glee Club (2. 3): Vice-President of Home Room (2, 3): Hl-Y (3): Squad Leader (2. 3). Charlotte Grf.gg Junior Class Play (2. 3); Senior Class Play (I): National Honor Society (4); President of Home Room (2. 4). Vice-President (3): Commencement Marshal (3): Newspaper Staff (2, 3, 4), Society Kditor (l): Student Council (4): Hi-Y Club (2, 3. 4). Committee Woman (3): Cheerleader (3. 4). Chief Cheerleader (4): Utopian Literary Society (4); Mixed Chorus (2): Patrol (2. 3); Sub-Deb Club (2): Office Helper (3, 4); Squad Leader in Gym (3); Senior Ring Committee (4); Quill and Scroll (4). Sally Ann Hite Hi-Y Sisters Club (8. l). Treasurer (I): Cheerleader (1): Vice-President Senior Class; Student Council (3); Secretary-Treasurer Student Body (3); Yellow Jacket (2. 3. 4). Circulation Manager (4); Junior Class Play (3); Quill and Scroll (4): National Honor Society (4): Basketball (2. 4); Basketball Team (t): Mixed Chorus (2); Glee Club (2): Sub-D.b Club (2). Officer (2); Utopian Literary Society (3. I); Vice-President Home Room (3): Latin District Contest (2); Patrol (2); Secretary-Treasurer Home Room (4); Tennis (3); Marshal (4); Assistant Business Manager of Florentine. Mary Louise Hoffmeyer Palmetto Research Club (2); Secretary and Treasurer Home Room (3); Helper in Cafeteria (2, 4): Helper in Library (4). Jean Howard Secretary Home Room (2); Home Room Representative (4); President Sub-Deb Club (2); Home Room Committee (2). Dorothy Eunice Howerton House of Representatives (2); Library Aid (2); Patrol (2): Sub-Deb Club (2); Squad Leader (3); Hi-Y Sisters (4); Criterion Literary Society (4). Frances Myrle Hunsucker Contestant in State Arithmetic Contest (2): Patrol (2); Girls’ Sports Club (2); Cafeteria Bookkeeper (4). Mary Elizabeth Jones Secretary and Treasurer Criterion Literary Society (4); Hi-Y Sisters Club (4); Vocal Music (3). James G. Johnson Jannie Lee Johnson Basketball Team (2. 3. 4); Captain of Sophomore and Junior Basketball Teams: Block F’’ Club (3, 4). Vice-President of Block F” (4); Softball Team (2): Girls' Sports Club (2); Football Sponsor (4). Squad Leader (2. 3); Home Room President (2, 3. 4): Vocal Music (2. 3); Glee Club (2. 3); Hi-Y (4); Office Assistant (2, 3); Cafeteria Worker (4): Hall Duty (2. 3); Business Manager of ’44 Florentine. Margaret Brock Johnson Utopian Literary Society (4); Criterion Literary Society (3); Vice-President Sub-Deb Club (2); Yellow Jacket Staff (3. 4); Chairman Junior Class Play Scenery (2) ; Art Class President (2); Glee Club (3, 4); Hall Reception Committee (2): Home Room Committee (4); Secretary Mixed Chorus (3); Tennis (2. 3). Jean Marie Josey Utopian Society (4). Gene Kaufman President of Sophomore Class (2); President of Home Room (2); Camera Club (2): Winner in State Biology Contest (2); Student Council (3): Victory Corps Officer (3): Placed in State American History Conte«t (3); Commencement Marshal (3 ; President of Senior Class (4): Hi-Y Club (2. 3. 4). President (4): Squad Leader (4). Ann Rebecca Keels Vice-President of Home Room (2); Criterion Liter ary Society (3. 4); Commencement Marshal (3): Yellow Jacket Staff (2); Stamp Club (2); Office Helper (3). Hannah Kendall Glee Club (2. 3); Mixed Chorus (2): President of Book Club (2); State Algebra Contest (2); Hall Duty (3); Vice-President of Home Room (2. 4). President 3): Basketball (2. 4); Girls' Hi-Y (2. 3. 4). Vice-President (4); Student Council (4): Associate Editor of Annual (4); Yellow Jacket Staff (4): Football Sponsor (4); Property Manager of Senior Class Play (4); May Day Attendant (2. 3). Mary Holland Knowles Art Club (2); Home Room Committee (2). Patricia Lee Marshal (4); National Honor Society (3. 4). Secretary (4); Criterion Literary Society (3. 4); State Spelling Contest (2); District English Contest (2): State English Contest (3); State History Contest (3): Yellow Jacket Reporter (2. 3. 4): Library Assistant (3. 4); Tennis (2, 3, 4); Patrol (2. 3. 4); Home Room Committee (2, 3. 4); Stamp Club (2); Patrol Chairman (4). HI-Y Club (2. 3. 4). Treasurer (3): President House GLADYS EDITH LEWIS of Representatives (4); Boys’ Chorus (2. 3. 4); Mixed Chorus (2. 3. 4 : Student Council (2): Dra- Library Aid (4): Home Room Secretary and Trea - matte Club (2. 3): Poster Club (3); Printing Club urer (3); Sub-Deb Club (2); Girls' Hi-Y Club (4): (2. 3). President (3): Basketball (4). Home Room Committees. Thirty Norma C. Lewis Criterion Literary Society (3. I): Sub-Deli Club (2. 3); Band (I, 2. 3. ). Florence Lide Secretary and Treasurer of Home Room (2): Secretary and Treasurer of Book Hub (2): (ilee Club (2): Mixed Chorus (2): Property Manager of Junior Play (2): Secretary and Treasurer of Sophomore (lass (2): Swing: Out (2): Secretary and Treasurer of Home Room (3): Prompter and Manager of Junior Play (3); Property Manager Senior Play (3): Office Helper (3): State Biology Contest (3) : Marshal (I): Prompter Senior Class Play (4); Office Helper (I): Radio Technician (I): Y cl hue Jacket (4). Nancy Jeanette Linton Library Helper (2. 3): Sub-Del) Club (2): Home Room Secretary (3): Marshal (I): Hi-Y Club (l). Martha Ashby Lucas Book Club (2): Library Helper (3). Donald Marchette President of Home Room (2). Treasurer (2). Committee (3): Assistant Manager Baseball Team (3): Office Helper (� ): National Defense Club (2). Martha Mabry Home Room President (2). Vice-President (3); House of Representatives (4): Hi-Y (4): Utopian (4): Canteen Helper (1): President Garden Club (2): Vice-President of Garden Club: Red Cross Representative (2): Patrol (I); Newspaper Representative: Housekeeping Committee (2). Grace Lee Mason Vice-President of Home Room (2): Bible Club (2): Library Aid (2. 3): Housekeeping Committee (2): Yellow Jacket StafT (2, 3): Home Room Representative (3); Inspection Committee (3): Squad Leader (3): Patrol (I); HI-Y Club (4). Jesslyn McBride Home Room Committee (2): Library Aid (2. 3. I): Vice-President and Secretary of Book Club (2); Glee Club (2. 3): Mixed Chorus (2. 3); Newspaper Staff (2): Commencement Marshal (3): Marshal (� ): Activities Editor Florentine (l). Bill McCaskill Band (1. 2. 3): Baseball (1. 2. 3); Basketball (2. 3): Safety Patrol (l. 2). Captain (1. 2): Military Club (1); Golf Team (1. 2): Civilian Aircraft Spotter (2): Gym Class Leader (2. 3). Jean McCaskill Secretary and Treasurer Home Room (2): (ilee Club (2): Patrol (2. 3): Secretary and Treasurer Junior Class (3): Hi-Y Club (3. I): Camera Club (2): Library Helper (2): Red Cross Home Room Representative (3): Squad Leader (2); Newspaper Representative (8). Susan Providence McFadden Art Club (2): Glee Club and Chorus (2. 3, f): Criterion Society (4). Mildred McInnes Patrol (l. 2): Sub-Deb Club (I): “Two Crooks and a Lady” (1); Yellow Jacket Staff (I. 3): House of Representatives (1. 2). Secretary (2): Inspection Committee (2): Junior Class Play (2); Glee Club nnd Mixed Chorus (l): President of Home Room (3): Senior Ring Committee (3): Hi-Y Club (2. 3): Sergeant-at-Arms (3): Office Helper (1. 2. 3): Honor Society (3). Anna Miller Hall Duty (3): Treasurer of Home Room (4): Sub-Deb Club (2): Girls HI-Y Club (3. I): Junior Red Cross Representative (3. f): Home Room Representative (3): Yellow Jacket StafT (l). I la Lee Moore Book Club (2): Patrol (2). Annie Lillian Morrison Member of House of Representatives: Criterion Literary Society. Shirley Virginia Nalley Band (2. 3. t): Cafeteria (I); Home Room Committee (2. 4); Utopian Society (3). Hilda Nelson Friendship Club (1): Patrol (i): Glee Club (Ik Housekeeping Committee (3); Mixed Chorus (2, 3. I): Sub-Deb Club (2). George Nichols Band (1. 2. 3. I): Football (2. 3. I). Co-Captain (� : National Defense Club (1); Airplane Spotter (3); Hi-Y Club (3. 4); Home Room Secretary (2 . President (3). Treasurer (4); Sports Editor of Annual (4). Jack O’Dowd Dance Club (2): Home Room Secretary and Treasurer (2); Home Room Newspaper Representative (3); Member Boys’ HI-Y (2. 3. � ); Safety Patrol (2): Newspaper Reporter (2); Assistant News Editor (3 : Promotion Manager (4): Junior Class Play (3); Senior Class Play (4); Debater for Utopian Literary Society (4): Photography Editor of Annual (4); Junior-Senior Waiter (2); Aircraft Observer (3). Thirty one Virginia Rogers Home Room Committee (2): Palmetto Research Club (2); Dramatic Club (3): Patrol (2): Girls Glee Club (4); Utopian Literary Society (l): Yellow Jacket Staff (4): Canteen (4 : Office Assistant: Library Assistant (2); Assistant Squad Leader (2). Richard H. Rumph Secretary of Garden Club: Art Editor of Yellow Jacket. Catherine Sandifer Safety Patrol (2): Bible Club (2); Housekeeping Committee (2). Charles Milton Shaw Football 2. 3. I); Baseball Manager (3): Sporls Club (2); Block “F” Club (3. 1): Baud (2): Squad Lender (3. I). Peggy Marshall Smith Treasurer of Senior Class (4): President of Junior Class (3): Hi-Y Member (2. 3. 4). President (4): Student Council (2. 3): President of Home Room (3). Vice-President (2. 4): Vice-President of Sub-Deb (2): Red Cross Knitter (4); Office Helper (2): Commencement Marshal (3). Elizabeth Spears House of Representatives (2): President Sqb-Dob Club (2); Newspaper Representative (2): Mixed Chorus (3. I): Criterion Literary Society (1): Hi-Y. Elsie Stanton Home Room Committee (2. 3): House of Representatives (4): Red Cross Knitter (4); Criterion Literary Society (4); Hi-Y (4) : Sub-Deb (2). Major Summerford Football (2. 3). Co-Captain (3): Baseball (2. 3): Block “F ‘ Club (2. 3). President (3) : Sports Club (1) : Boxing Team; Secretary and Treasurer of Home Room (2). President (3). • Nell Thomas Annual Staff (4): Secretary Home Room (2); Sub-Deb Club (2). Chairman of Committee (2); Hi-Y (3. 4): Glee Club (2); Library Assistant (3). Hugh Thornton Manager Football Team 43; Assistant Manager Baseball Team ’42. Betty Barbara Timmons Managing Editor Yellow Jacket (I): Home Room Newspaper Representative (2. 3. 4): Library Aid (3) : Hi-Y Club (I); Home Room Committee (4; ; Sub-Deb Club (2). Martha Tinsley Patrol (I): Office Helper (2. 3. 4): Hall Duty (2. 3); Officer of Home Room (3). Secretary and Treasurer (4): Sub-Deb Club (2): Hi-Y Club (3. I): Knitter for Red Cross (3. 4); Home Room Committee (2). Eva Jean Tolson Advertising Solicitor Yellow Jacket (1). Assistant Advertising Manager (2). Advertising Manager (2;. Business Manager (3); Quill and Scroll (2. 3): Patrol (1): Sub-Deb Club (1); Home Room Committee (l. 2. 3); Library Assistant (2. 3); Winner of Ping Pong Tournament (1); National Honor Society “Pledge (3); Criterion Literary Society (3). Dan Tyler Junior Class Play 13: Senior Class Play II: Senior Hi-Y Club 44: Senior High Band 41. 12. 43; Utopian Society 13: Corporal Physical Fitness 43: Sergeant Physical Fitness 44; Home Room Committee 'll; Bank Assistant 44: Camera Club 42: Golf Club 13. 11. Kellie Mae (Dinky) Ward Basketball (2. 3); President of Girls Block “F Club (3); Glee Club (2. 3): Squad Leader (2. 3); Vocal Music (2. 3); Knitters (3); Basketball Sponsor (2). Betty G. Warren Marshnl (3): Sub-Deb Club (I): Home Room Committee (1): Library Aid (3); Junior Red Cross (2. 3). L. Neil Watson President of Home Room (2): Member of Hi-Y (2. 3, 4); Scrgeant-at-Arms (4); Assistant Boxing Manager (2): Home Room Representative (4) ; Palmetto Research (2). Catherine Willeford Newspaper Staff (2, 3. 4); Secretary and Treasurer of Home Room (2. 4). Representative (2); Camera Club (2); Patrol (2); Vice-President of Home Room (3); Utopian Literary Society (3); Glee Club (2): Housekeeping Committee (2. 3); Assistant in Office (2. 3); Basketball (3); Gym Exhibit (3): Library Aid (2). Worth Williamson Home Room President (4), Representative (3); Hi-Y Club (2. 3. 4); Palmetto Research Club (2): Cheerleader (4). Thirty-two M ldked SIcImeJ 'J' o4£ C%L ci ueL ______ JPatsy iDooLAt |MK( yWo6-£r t!3z ert ec jy t jPSGGY UR0£t-L uriZ C ?z2$3 2 5 z -' cJTOH V COLL V5 PJe estr —0AA MM JffENPALjL £ £ fftOFMAtf j JP ArSY JlPooiAA WOKTP M' U Af50A LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE CLASS OF 1944 COUNTY OF FLORENCE, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. We, the Senior Class of Florence High School, being of meager minds and feeble bodies, do hereby declare, assert, and relate by due process of all law and order, et cetera, et cetera, that this parchment bears our last will and testaments as stated below. Thus said, we who are escaping make these, our last bequeaths and bequests: Article I. I, Patsy Doolan, leave my bland and melodious voice (plus bass) to that soft spoken sophomore, Wayne Brackett. (This is a plug for the ear muff industry.) Article II. I, John Collins, do bequeath my outstanding intellect, colossal vocabulary, marshal ribbons, assortment of medals, and portable library to Edward Coleman. (I leave my gym suit to Marshall Graham.) Article III. I, Bill McCaskill, will my reserved abode in study hall to Coke Dent and Dean Fowler. Article IV. We, Nellie Fulton and Martha Lucas, leave our vitamin pills to Sara Houck and Joan Patterson. Article V. To Mary Faye Haselden, I, Charlotte Gregg, leave my anything fair in love and war” (mostly love) spirit, along with my cunningly contrived tricks and stratagems. Article VI. We, Sarah Corley and Dinky” Ward, leave our flashy forms on the basketball court (and otherwise) to Betty Lou McGee and Nell Richardson. Article VII. I, Tommy Ragsdale, leave fifty' cents to Ira Schmidt to be used in getting a haircut. Article VIII. I, Audrey Adams, impart my flirtatious nature, my come hither” look, and distinctive twitch to Syd Suga Cain. Article IX. We, Jim Johnson and Don Marchette, leave our phenomenal growth (in both directions) to Jimmy Williams and Billy Roscoe. Article X. We, Joe Griffin and Major Summerford, leave our good natures and happy-go-lucky spirits” to Joe Waters and Bubber Godfrey. Article XI. To Ann Burney Johnson, I, Mildred Goon Mclnnis, leave my entire-collection of freckles with lotions of love. Article XII. I, Gene Kaufman, who am known for my technique with the women, do bequeath all my merry' jests, warm imaginations, and my technique, of course, to Benny Quarrels. Article XIII. I, Pat Adams, leave to all the up and coming” sophomore lassies my exceptional talent to make the opposite sex stop, oscillate, and stare—and gasp. Article XIV. I, Jack O’Dowd, leave to Elmore Gregg my contagious wit and outstanding ability to seize every opportunity for a crack, be it ever so naughty or nice. Article XV. I, Tommy Stackhouse, will my complete pile of weird and fantastic tall tales” to Walter Moorman. Article XVI. I, Peggy Elmore, bequeath my dim comprehension, my ability to appear blithe, innocent, and free, and my don’t give a d— (dern) attitude to Billie Cauthen. Article XVII. I, Buddy Shaw, leave my bone and sinew to Wiley Love. Article XVIII. We, Sally Ann Hite and Martha Ann Tinsley, will our faith, hope and love, and never say die” spirit to Betty Jean Stackhouse. T but y-four wife is a riveter in a factory. George is the perfect little homebody. He has developed a craving for gossip and gave me the following information: Billy Barefoot and Marion Collins are operating a plane service between Florence and Myrtle Beach. Margaret Moseley is the hostess on the plane. Peggy Greene is a music teacher. Evelyn Elliot, Jean Howard, and Dorothy Taylor, who studied under her, are planning to give a concert in the near future. Marilyn Brabham, Patsy Lee, Elizabeth Gerald, and Billy H. Brown are staff photographers for Tic magazine. Thad Barringer is a tax collector. He collects income tax, property tax, thumb tacks, carpet tacks, and 'most any kind of tax. Cyril Jordan runs a large cafeteria in Savannah, Georgia. His assistant is Frank Willis. Richard Rumph is the art editor of Esquire magazine. Ed Harrell is official city street sweeper. Jack Barrett and John Ray Bateman are the owners of Barrett and Bateman Six-Ring Circus. Helene Carpenter is the tight-rope walker; Jesslyn McBride, the bareback rider; Margaret Johnson, the trapeze artist; and Fred Whisenhunt and Dan Tyler, the clowns. Sammy Taylor is the tail-man in this wonderful circus. Elizabeth Jones runs a jewelry store in Miami, Florida, where Vivian Ellis is a clerk. Keels McKnight is a radio crooner and female fans all over the nation swoon when he sings. He has had fifty-seven proposals of marriage through the mail from over-zealous feminine fans! Jim Johnson is the new Ish K. Bibble of the radio. He is with Jack Hot-Lips” Hawley's orchestra. Hot-Lips' ” trumpet causes music fans to go into spells of ecstacy. Also high on the list of popular orchestra leaders is Hugh Walker, whose slogan, by the way, is Woo With Hugh.” Lillian Morrison is Jack's vocalist, while Ann Keels is the canary with Hugh’s band. Hughes White is a Broadway producer and is running Billy Rose out of business. Starring in his newest musical is Elizabeth Spears. In the chorus are Eva Jean Tolson, Edith Lewis, Peggy Smith, Sylvia Smoak, Isla Lee Moore, Peggy Carter, Dorothy Hub-ster, Eula Bacot, Sybil Moore, and Gladys Oates. Jimmy Clemmons does a comedy act in which he is known as Queenie. You really ought to see it! Theressa Baker is choir director and a great worker in Reverend Thurman Council's church. Among the faithful church members are: Alton Gibson, Geneva Camlin, Thomas Earl Wilson, Jean Christian, John Carpenter, and Catherine Sandifer. Carolyn Meekins is a fortune teller. Neil Watson is a commercial artist and Kellie Mae Ward is his model. Also a model is Betty Timmons. She appears in advertisements of Wiggly's Chewing Gum. Peggy Cox is the world's Ping-Pong Champion, while Ernest McKissick is famous for winning a pie-eating contest! At this time I left George's cozy house because I knew that Catherine Willeford, Lois Bradley, Jannie Lee Johnson, Peggy Burdell, Nancy Brunson, Nell Thomas, and Nancy Linton would be watiting for me at the Old Maid’s Home where we stay. Patsy Doolan, Class Prophet. Thirty-nine (7a erz£k jj jPSGGY 13 U ?P£1-L JZcri£ rcAz££ snir- cjro y v Goll vj5 u£££eA . cM ld zed JtcjNUE {ed£' c Ja a ue. jfZlTSY £)oot crZjtScizCB%£ J TGGY £Lm ZE cJTOHA COLL yv l toAecrti ■ P-M xf -jj kMW JjfEA PALL G-e YE U ESfA Z 1 £je— , E ArSY JIPoolAA £ eec£ Wortv W U AfsaA J%T5y JPooya v TWO $A ? ? V(5E £ U-LY TE 77 AO OMR NGER SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY Here it is, a warm day in the spring of 1960. As I have been duly appointed as official census-taker, I must make a house-to-house canvass of Florence. One of the first houses 1 approach is a little white bungalow with green shutters. There I find Sarah Corley. She has retired from a modeling career in New York and is now happily married, with a house full of children. Sarah and I begin discussing our schoolmates in the class of 1944. From our conversation, I learn the whereabouts of many of our former classmates. Mildred Mclnnes runs an insane asylum, and Charlotte Gregg and Grace Lee Mason are her most regular inmates. Bill McCaskill is the present owner of the Pastime Pool Room. Ira Ford, Dan Williams, Jennings Grainger, Joe Bass, Thomas Grimsley, James Gregory, Eugene Rogers, and J. W. Culberson spend most of their time there. Many of our classmates are in Hollywood now. Ralph Moore is making a new movie, A Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing, with Doris Avant as his leading lady. Worth Williamson is the new glamour-boy” of the screen, while Alice Bonnoitt (now known as Baby Face”), is the Sweetheart of the Nation.” John Collins is a fight manager and spends most of his time arranging boxing matches for Stanley, The Spider,” Langston, who is the new World's Champion. Carl Godfrey went out to Oklahoma and married a rich Indian princess who owns several oil wells. He is a millionaire now and lights his cigars with hundred dollar bills. Florence Lide and Donald Williamson are co-authors of the new book, Punctuality —The Most Valuable of Assets. Continuing in the field of journalisms is Audrey Adams, who is now editor of the widely-read Dog patch Dirt. Some of her reporters are Claude Brown, Mary Gray, Rogers Kirven, Juanita Haynes, Edna Earle Green, Vivian Ellis, Parks Newsome, and Hugh Thornton. Also in movieland is Anna Miller. She is Martha Raye's successor. Lenore Barefoot is giving Dorothy Lamour some stiff competition for the Sarong Queen” title. The best authority on fine jive” is Robert Tuck” Turbeville. Also in the music world is Norma Lewis, who leads an all-girl orchestra. Some of the members of her orchestra are: Mary Busbee, Frances Hun-sucker, Nellie Pearl Glisson, Nancy Byrd, Elinor Keels, and Lena Mae Williams. Jack O’Dowd was called into the Army shortly after graduation, and was shipped to the South Sea Island known as Poola-Foola.” There, he fell in love with and married a beautiful native girl. He is still there, and latest reports say that he has been made king of the island and is waited on day and night by six of the village maidens. Frank Ellis runs a deluxe barber shop with Billy Moore, John Lake Pettigrew, Tommy Stackhouse, Frank Johnston, and Billy Gentry working for him. I hear they have been having a clipping good time.” Several members of the 1944 graduating class have returned to F. H. S. (as teachers, not pupils). Wilbur Cook has relieved Mr. Briggs as principal, while Mary Louise Hoff-meyer has taken Mrs. Gee’s place. Teaching English V and VI is Nellie Fulton, who is regularly senior class sponsor. Martha Tinsley, who majored in Latin in college, is back teaching this favorite subject to enthusiastic classes. For three years Oris Atkinson has been girls’ physical education instructor. Wylie Blackmon is the head coach of Florence’s triumphant Yellow Jackets, who, by the way, have beaten the Sumter Gamecocks every year since 1944! Thirty-seven Joe Griffin is the owner of the largest chain of filling stations in the country, and is now a multimillionaire. Sarah Agnes Bowen, the great mathematician, has recently been awarded the Nobel Prize for discovering the third dimension. Sally Hite is president of the Lonely Hearts Club. The charter members of the club are Daisy Dazen, Tommy Ragsdale, Jean Ruth Davis, J. B. Poston, Shirley Nal-ley, and Major Summerford. Daisy and Major have been asked to resign because they have been sneaking out and dating too much. They are considering forming a Heart-Breakers' Club, instead. Billy Hicks runs a private detective agency and has for the last five years been trying to locate the missing Pat Adams. Pat's quiet ways and conservative clothes make her trail hard for Billy to pick up. Jean McCaskill is the first woman Sheriff in the state. Margaret Bailey is her secretary, and Martha Lucas is her deputy. Louis Mims is a radio comedian and hires Audrey Mae Bailey and Margaret Foxworth to laugh at his jokes. The Munn girls— Frances, Muriel, and Martha Gean — although not sisters have formed a trio and are heard over N. B. C. every Friday night as the Munn Sisters. Suzan McFadden and Hilda Nelson conduct a Horror-Mystery show over station BOO on a ghost-to-ghost hook-up. Betty Warren has lost her mind trying to catch on to little moron jokes. Mary James is the first woman to be President of the United States, with Jack Crosby serving as Vice-President. Hannah Kendall is now in Hollywood playing leading roles in many Western movies. Known now as Kectus Kendall, she is currently appearing in the meller drama” Death Valley Lives Again. Jimmy Caston owns a large restaurant in New York City. Jeanne Allen, Virginia Rogers, Shirley Lanier, Elsie Stanton, and Alma Jo Collins are waitresses there. Millie Carr and Ravanel Huggins jointly own a fashionable night club. Peggy Elmore is the torch-singer there, and draws large crowds. Evelyn Fay Brown is the cigarette girl, while Cornelia Ann Graham is the hat-check girl. In the chorus there are: Gladys Avin, Mary Louise Campbell, Doro- thy Garrison, Jean Muldrow, Marie Poulas, and Catherine Willeford. Dorothy Howerton and Frances Hyman are both opera stars and are now making a joint personal appearance tour of Europe. Gene Kaufman is a chiropodist, and if you don't watch him closely while he is treating you, he will tickle your toes! J. W. Hicks is a flag pole painter, while Don Marchette is a window washer. They have started using ladies to drive buses around Florence, and the most popular route in town is the one which Martha Mabry drives. None of the women like for their husbands to ride on her bus, however, because the Henpecked Hemales seem to find Martha very attractive. Also driving buses are Catherine Bailey, Mary Holland Knowles, Mary Alice Richardson, Mamie Lee Morris, and Jean Josey. La Verne (Pee-Wee) Howie is a famous explorer and has, for the past two years, been searching vainly in a wooded section west of Florence for a liquor still Buddy Shaw is said to have hidden there! Frances Fulp writes a lovelorn column for the New York Times and gets more mail from Dottie Lou Hatchell than anyone else. Billy Davis is now in Alcatrez—he was convicted several years ago for killing time. Hugh Smith was the prosecuting attorney. Ovalene and Ethel Grainger own a fashionable beauty parlor. Dolores Godwin has become very beautiful by going there regularly. The kind-hearted soul of Bobby Edens prompted him to open a home for aged mice. Charles Bailey is the mayor of Florence, and Charles Flowers, Melvin Lucas, and Dalton Stokes are members of the city council. Joyce Barnes has invented a new kind of barn. The stables can be turned into guest rooms by merely pressing a button, Barne's Barns are the latest word in barns. At this point in my conversation with Sarah, I departed, having more homes to go to. My next stop was a little red brick house with a lovely, well-tended garden about it. When I knocked at the door, George Nichols answered it wearing a darling white ruffled organdy apron! George's Thirty-eight wife is a riveter in a factory. George is the perfect little homebody. He has developed a craving for gossip and gave me the following information: Billy Barefoot and Marion Collins are operating a plane service between Florence and Myrtle Beach. Margaret Moseley is the hostess on the plane. Peggy Greene is a music teacher. Evelyn Elliot, Jean Howard, and Dorothy Taylor, who studied under her, are planning to give a concert in the near future. Marilyn Brabham, Patsy Lee, Elizabeth Gerald, and Billy H. Brown are staff photographers for Tic magazine. Thad Barringer is a tax collector. He collects income tax, property tax, thumb tacks, carpet tacks, and 'most any kind of tax. Cyril Jordan runs a large cafeteria in Savannah, Georgia. His assistant is Frank Willis. Richard Rumph is the art editor of Esquire magazine. Ed Harrell is official city street sweeper. Jack Barrett and John Ray Bateman are the owners of Barrett and Bateman Six-Ring Circus. Helene Carpenter is the tight-rope walker; Jesslyn McBride, the bareback rider; Margaret Johnson, the trapeze artist; and Fred Whisenhunt and Dan Tyler, the clowns. Sammy Taylor is the tail-man in this wonderful circus. Elizabeth Jones runs a jewelry store in Miami, Florida, where Vivian Ellis is a clerk. Keels McKnight is a radio crooner” and female fans all over the nation swoon when he sings. He has had fifty-seven proposals of marriage through the mail from over-zealous feminine fans! Jim Johnson is the new Ish K. Bibble of the radio. He is with Jack Hot-Lips Hawley's orchestra. Hot-Lips' trumpet causes music fans to go into spells of ecstacy. Also high on the list of popular orchestra leaders is Hugh Walker, whose slogan, by the way, is Woo With Hugh. Lillian Morrison is Jack's vocalist, while Ann Keels is the canary with Hugh’s band. Hughes White is a Broadway producer and is running Billy Rose out of business. Starring in his newest musical is Elizabeth Spears. In the chorus are Eva Jean Tolson, Edith Lewis, Peggy Smith, Sylvia Smoak, Isla Lee Moore, Peggy Carter, Dorothy Hub-ster, Eula Bacot, Sybil Moore, and Gladys Oates. Jimmy Clemmons does a comedy act in which he is known as Queenie. You really ought to see it! Theressa Baker is choir director and a great worker in Reverend Thurman Council's church. Among the faithful church members are: Alton Gibson, Geneva Camlin, Thomas Earl Wilson, Jean Christian, John Carpenter, and Catherine Sandifer. Carolyn Meekins is a fortune teller. Neil Watson is a commercial artist and Kellie Mae Ward is his model. Also a model is Betty Timmons. She appears in advertisements of Wiggly's Chewing Gum. Peggy Cox is the world’s Ping-Pong Champion, while Ernest McKissick is famous for winning a pie-eating contest! At this time I left George’s cozy house because I knew that Catherine Willeford, Lois Bradley, Jannie Lee Johnson, Peggy Burdell, Nancy Brunson, Nell Thomas, and Nancy Linton would be watiting for me at the Old Maid's Home where we stay. Patsy Doolan, Class Prophet. Thirty-nine JUNIORS Ruin Bacot Mol lie Bailey Irene Baker Mary Booth Peggy Bradley Jenell Branham Jewell Bryant Kathryn Byrd Sydnor Cain Helen Campbell Eunice Capell Wilma Carmichael Billy Cauthen Zeta Coleman Virginia Collins Kitty Coward Ruby Lee David Ethel Mae Dawkins Audrey Mae Dozier Louise Early Vivian Ellis Margaret Finklea Dorothy Floyd Rebecca Lake Fuller Margaret Furse Doris Gandy Vermelle Gantt Katherine Gaskill Joan Gearhart Dolores Godwin Miriam Gore Edna E. Greene Edna Earl Gregg Mary Gregg Bernieee Griffin Enid Grimsley Betty Griste Jessie Bell Hanes Marjorie Harrell Mary Harrell Ann Haselden Mary Faye Haselden Jane Helms Helen Hicks Minnie Mae Hicks Inez Hinds Frances Howard Mary Lee Hyman Ann Burney Johnson Ann Jones Mary Frances Kendall Carolyn Langston Maxine Lester Katherine Linton Betty Lyles Harriet Mayes Susan McFadden Dona Mae McLeod Mary E. Miller Frances Moore Vera Munn Mary Nelson Mary Newsome Beverly Perkins Natalie Piner Annie R. Powers Phyllis Psirakos Catherine Rawlinson Betty Jean Robertson Ivn Ruth Sanders Jeanette Scott Modena Sessions Betty Sexton Dorothy Mae Smith Helen Smith Betty Jean Stackhouse Katherine Stevens Carol Still Elizabeth Stokes Ramona Stokes Eloise Summerford Barron Tallon Anne Taylor Mary Taylor Elise Thomas Elvira Turner Harriet Turner Jewel Turner Mary Turner Betty Welbourn Elizabeth Welch Jean Whisenhunt Susan Wilkinson Dorothy Wilson Millie Ann Woodard Fay Yarborough Forty Harold Allen Marshall Graham Joe Phillips Lenough Anderson Jimmie Greg: ? Jimmy Porter William Bailey Ernest Grimsley Russell Powers Bobby Bair Jack Grimsley James Pridgeon Billy Barnes Reuben Gunnells Glenn Putnam Joseph Bnroody Joe Harrell G. W. Revell Diek Barrett Leslie Harrell Ralph Rogers Albert Bateman Clifford Harvey Jack Scltniblicn Ivan Bauknight J. W. Hicks Hoyt Smith Alan Blankenship Robin Hicks Karl Smith William Bolt Rudolph Hicks Rudolph Smith Louis Bonnoitt Robert Hight Charlie Snyder Lewis Brunson Thomas Hill C. D. Spivey Bobby Cain Donald Hinds Roger Stacey John Carter Jack Hoadley J. F. Stackley Kenneth Charles Earl Hudson Paul Stegall Edward Coleman Tommy Jeffords Edwin Street Harvey Covington Bobby Jernigan Curtis Summerford Jimmy Coward Cyril Jordan Bobby Temple Howard Criteller l'at King: Harmon Turbevllle Billy Cousack Bobby Langston Tom Verenakis Howard Cutler Bob Laughlin Bobby Warner Billy DeWitt Frank Looper Joe Waters Barney Dusenbury Charles McCrary Clarence Williams Bobby Edens Herbert McFarland Dan Williams Jake Ervin Jack McGrath (iene Williams Sam Ervin Claude Nance Jimmy Williams Vance Gandy Earl Newsome Leon Williams J. R. Gause Eugene Nix Bobby Wolfe Harold Geddings Louis Pa lies Nick Pa lies Jimmy Wright JUNIORS Forty-one SOPHOMORES Wndnd Abu-Arab Janie Louise Bailey Joan Baker Mary Ellen Barfield Rebecca Barnes Peggy Bass Betty Jean Bennett Jac Adele Blackwell Betty Blag? Millie Bonnoitt Evelyn Braddock Betty Jean Brooks Betty Ann Brown Reba Ann Bryce Mildred Carr Betty Anne Carter Opal Chambless Margaret Clark Helen Creamer Katherine Crosby Elizabeth Dawkins Betty Dority Rutli Faye Eden Lois Edmonds Mary C. Edwards Jean Elliott Jacqueline Fore Bernice Gandy Willa X. Cause Jewel Godfrey Patricia Godwin Dorothy Green Anna Griffin Mary Roland Griffin Evelyn Grimsley Betty Harrell Betty Jean Harrell Bobby Jean Harrelson Evangeline Hatched Uldean Hatchell Maxine Hinds Betty Neal Hodge Irene Hook Sarah Houck Betty C. Howell Virginia Hutchinson Mary Alice Ingram Betty Jane Jackson Myrtle Jeffords Nancy Kendall Hazel Kennedy Addle Laurie King Margaret King Louise Kuker Aide Wells Lee Ann Lee Peggy Jean Marzc Joyce Maxwell Marion Ruth McCall Nancy McCubbins Betty Lou McGee Elizabeth McKenzie Mary Alice McLaughlin Flora McLeod Valeria McRae Mary E. Middleton Betty Miles Ima Faye Montrose Dean Oliver Frances Oliver Joan Patterson Norine Rawlinson Jessie Richardson Ramona Sanira Ethel Schuyler Katherine Shane Ann Shannon Betty Sharpe Mary Sigmon Jean Simpson Betty Snipes Mary Elisabeth Spivey Maebede Stokes Doris Taylor Dorothy Tolson Bertha Turner Frances Tuttle Elizabeth Wad Sara Weatherford Maree Westbury Betty Ruth Williams Shirley Wolfe Forty-two James Alderman Sammy Gainey Norman North Marion Anderson Norwood Gibson Charles Tack Harry Baker Karl Godfrey George Pnttlllo Koss Beard Elmore Gregg Richard Prldgeon Wayne Brackett Tom Griffin Benny Quarles Frank Cape 11 Glenn Grimes Jimmy Rainwater Jack Collins Lacy Harwell Judson Ray Dargan Coskrcy Alonzo Haselden Glean Rodrigue (Jus (’ottros Charles Hewitt Billy Koscoe Jack Courtwright Roland Hewitt George Sample George Cox James Hill Gerald Shiver Newell Cox Charles Hochres Harry Schuler I Tinian Creel Charles Holley St. Clair Smith la Van Crosswell Billy Houck Bobby Snipes Freddie Crowley Duncan Jeffords Russell Stokes William Culberson Jordan Johnson Tommy Summerford Jack Dawkins William Johnson Perry Taylor Aubrey Deas Harold Jordan Harry Temple Coke Dent Julian Lazar Lynwood Thomas Edward DeBerry Allen Lee Shelby Thomas James Dingle Charles Lee Waverly Thorne Henry Dixon Douglas Long James Touchberry Sam Dixon Wiley Love Billy Turner Jack Du Bose Clarence Matthews Bobby Wall Jack Knrly Robert McKinnell David Watson Billy H lens Teddy McKnight James Webb Marion Edmonds Loren Mend George Weeks Frank Floyd A. W. Miller Iler White Dean Fowler Walter Moorman Francis Willard Everett Fowler Charles Motte Luther Woodard Judd Freeman Teddy Young SOPHOMORES Forty-three THOSE WHO GUIDE US Standing: Colonel John W. Moore, Superintendent oj Schools. Mr. George Briggs, Principal. Sealed: Miss Husbands, Secretary to Colonel Moore. Mrs. Hazel Gee, Assistant Principal. Miss Deborah Johnson, Secretary to Mr. Briggs and Mrs. Gee. Our teachers are truly our friends, and we are deeply appreciative of all their efforts in our behalf. ☆ ☆ Jacultu Yl jemleri rid a tppeann Forty-jour Mrs. Poynor, Mr. Fielding, Mr. McElveen, Miss Richardson, Miss Cothran. Standing: Miss Brunson, Mrs. Robinson, Miss Brothers, Miss Griffith, Miss Scarborough. Seated: Miss Hanner, Miss Elkins, Mrs. Fickling, Mrs. Ligon. ☆ fa ☆ Standing: Miss Dusenbury, Miss Levin, Miss Gregory, Mrs. Gardner, Mrs. Howell, Mrs. Johnson. Seated: Miss Andrews, Miss Parrott, Miss Kirven, Miss Limehouse, Miss Purvis, Miss Tobin. Forty five THE STAFF OF THE FFDRENTINE These are the seniors who are responsible for our 1944 Florentine. Theirs has been the work of writing copy, soliciting advertisements, arranging for pictures, and typing endless pages of material. They have worked hard and deserve much credit. Editor-in-chief . Associate Editor . Associate Editor . Business Manager . Assistant Business Manager Activities Editor . Photographic Editor . Sports Editor . . ' . Historian................ Prophet.................. Lawyer................... Typist................... Typist................... Typist................... Typist................... . Peggy Elmore Hannah Kendall Mildred McInnes Sally Ann Hite . Tom Ragsdale . Jesslyn McBride . Jack O'Dowd . George Nichols . John Collins Patsy Doolan . Thad Barringer . Sarah Corley . Nell Thomas . James Gregory . Hughes White Forty-eight JLSt udent Cdouncii The Student Council is an important organization in our school. Its members formulate the rules of the school, and help with all campaigns to raise money and material for worth-while causes. Membership on the council is by election. President......................................................................Thad Barringer Vice-President..................................................................Peggy Green Secretary and Treasurer......................................................Jean Whisenhunt Faculty Advisers..................................................Miss Gregory, Miss Griffith Audrey Adams Billie Caultcn Charlotte Grew: Louis Palles Bobby Wall SydnorCain Pewy Elmore Hannah Kendall Nell Richardson Teddy Young Vke The Membership of the House of Representatives is composed of one representative from each home room. The members serve on patrol duty and help the Student Council in seeing that its rules are obeyed. Sponsors................................................Miss Andrews, Miss Hanner, Miss Kirvin Joan Baker Cornelia Ann Graham Jim Johnson Jack McGrath Alice Bonnoitt Klniore Gregg Martha Mabry Lillian Morrison l’eggy Bradley Alonzo Has Idem Harriet Mayes Katherine Shane Lewis Brunson Mary F. Haseldon Betty Lou McGee Klsie Stanton Jewel Godfrey Barron Tallon The Student Council The House of Representatives Forty-nine Marshals The Yellow Jacket The Marshals are the intellectual giants of the school. They are the twelve seniors who averaged highest in their high school career. They are present at all school functions to serve as ushers. Chirf—Audrey Adams Marilyn Brabham John Collins Sally Ann Hite Mary Busbee Patricia Lee Betty Warren Jesslyn McBride Cornelia Ann Graham Nancy Linton Nancy Brunson Florence Lide Wf. are justly proud of The Yellow Jacket, for it has always ranked among the best school papers in the country. The days on which it appears are red letter days, and we read each issue from cover to cover. Editor-in-Chief . Associate Editor Managing Editor News Editor . Feature Editor . Society Editor . Art Editor Exchange Editor . Audrey Adams Peggy Elmore . Betty Timmons Jean Ruth Davis . Patsy Doolan . Charlotte Grfgg Richard Rumph Ai.ma Jo Collins Faculty Adviser . Sports Editor . Copy Editor . Business Manager . Advertising Manager Circulation Manager Staff Photographers . Tom Promotion Manager Miss Emily Brothers . . Billy Davis . Jim Johnson . Eva Jean Tolson . Mary Gray . Sally Hite . Joe Baroody, Verenakis, Coke Dent Jack O’Dowd Fifty THE LITERARY SOCIETIES Our two literary societies are among the most treasured traditions of our school. Membership in one of these organizations enriches the life of a student and gives him many pleasant hours of worth-while entertainment. (Criterion cJ iterary S)oclet 7 President.............................................................................Nellie Fulton Vice-President..............................................................................Ann Jones Secretary and Treasurer...............................................................Elizabeth Jones Faculty Adviser............................................................................Mrs. Ligon Put Adams I Men Carpenter Marjorie Harrell Patricia Lee Klizabetli Spears Jeanne Allen Jean Christian Mary F. Haselden Maxine Lester Betty J. Stackhouse Doris Avant Alma Jo Collins Dorothy Howerton Norma Lewis Elsie Stanton Alice Bonnoitt John Collins Ann Keels Susan McFadden Barron Tallon Wayne Brackett Peggy Cox Rleanor Keels Lillian Morrison Kva J. ToLson Mary Busbec Jean Davis Mary F. Kendall Betty G. Robertson Bet tv Welborn Nancy Byrd Jennings Grainger Ann Lee Jeannette Scott Jean Whiscnhuut Utopian cyCiterary Society y President.................................................................Ann Burney Johnson Vice-President ... Sydnor Cain Secretary and Treasurer.....................................................Tommy Ragsdale Faculty Adviser..........................................................Mrs. Marshall Ligon Peggy Bass Helen Creamer Mary Alice Ingram Joyce Maxwell Nell Richardson Jhc Adele Blackwell Billy Davis Betty Jane Jackson Betty Lou McGee Virgin la Rogers Marilyn Brabham Patsy Doolan Margaret Johnson Mildred Mclnnes Betty Sexton Betty Jean Brooks Karl Godfrey Jean Josey Flora McLeod Katherine Shane Betty Anne Brown Jewel Godfrey Nancy Kendall A. W. Miller Ann Shannon Kay Brown Charlotte Gregg Rogers Kirven Walter Moorman MarySigman Ann Bryce Sally Ann Hite Louise Kuker Jack O’Dowd Frances Tuttle Peggy Burdell Sarah Houck Florence Lide Jean Patterson Fred Whisenhunt Kdward Coleman Betty Carolyn Howell Martha Mabry Jimmy Porter Teddy Young Criterion Literary Society Utopian Literary Society Fifty-one Band The Mixed Chorus Our fine band has always been an important part of our high school life. Its peppy music enlivens our assembly programs and adds spirit and color to our ball games. Lcnougli Anderson Ivan Bauknight Mary Chappell Jack Du Bose Wendell Gardner Karl Godfrey Clifford Harvey Jack Hawley Mr. A. L. Fickling Robert Hight Thomas Hill Donald Hinds Howard Jernfgan Elinor Keels Bob Laugldin Norma Lewis Melvin Lucas Billy McCaskill Jack McGrath Loren Mead Billy Moore Ralph Moore Walter Moorman Charles Mottc Shirley Xalley Claude Nance George Nichols Gene Nix George Patillo Joe Pldllipo St. Clair Smith Ann Taylor Waverly Thorne Harriet Turner Hugh Walker Bobby Wall Sara Weatherford George Weeks Crystal Wldsenhunt Teddy Young Uke WiJ orui Under the direction of Miss Cothran, these students have become a unified choral group, singing with ease and harmony. They appear at our assembly periods and on our radio programs. Wadad Abu-Arab Doris Avant Eula Bacot Bobby Baer Theresa Baker Lenore Barefoot Joseph Baroody Jack Barrett Thud Barringer Allen Blankenship Reba Ann Bryce Mary Louise Campbell Mildred Carr Peggy Carter Jean Christian Margaret Clark John Collins Thurman Council Helen Creamer Kathryn Crosby Billy Davis Ethel Mae Dawkins Ruth Eden Frances Fulp Peggy Green Betty Harrell Marjorie Harrell Lucy Harwell Robin Hicks Betty Howell Jim Johnson Mary Frances Kendall Margaret King Ann Lee Maxine Lester Susan McFadden Herbert McFarland Mary Alice McLaughlin Phyllis Psirakos Gene Rogers Ramona Samra Elizabeth Spears Curtis Summer ford Elsie Thomas Barbara Thornton Kellie Mae Ward Miss Augusta Cothran, Director Fifty-two THE HI - Y CLUBS The two Hi-Y Clubs have as their objectives Christian service and leadership in all community and civic enterprises. President . Vice-President . Secretary . Treasurer . Sergeant-at-Arms . Committee Woman Audrey Adams Peggy Bradley Nancy Brunson Peggy Burdell Sydnor Cain Helen Carpenter Peggy Carter Billie Cauthen Patsy Doolan Rebecca Fuller Nellie Fulton Peggy Greene Charlotte Gregg Mary Faye Haselden QrL’Jk.y Dorothy Howerton Ann B. Johnson Jannie Lee Johnson Ann Jones Elizabeth Jones Edith Lewis Florence Llde Nancy Linton . Peggy Smith Hannah Kendall Marilyn Brabham . Sally Hite Mildred McInnes Peggy Elmore Martha Mabry Grace L. Mason Jean McCaskill Anna Miller Betty Sexton Klizab th Spears Betty Jean Stackhouse Elsie Stanton Barron Tallon Nell Thomas Betty Timmons Martha Tinsley Jean Whisenhunt Susan Wilkinson- Eor’j4i.y President..............................................................................Gene Kaufman Vice-President........................................................................Thad Barringer Secretary..........................................................................Barney Dusenbury Treasurer............................................................................Billy Cusack Joe Baroody Thurman Council George Nichols Tommy Stackhouse Bobby Wall Jack Barrett Marshall Graham Jack O’Dowd Harry Temple Joe Waters Wayne Brackett Billy Houck Nick Palles Shelby Thomas Neal Watson Billy Brown Jim Johnson Benny Quarles Townes Thomas Fred Whisenhunt Louis Brunson Ralph Moore Jimmy Rainwater Dan Tyler Worth Williamson John Collins Walter Moorman Hugh Walker Teddy Young Girls’ Hi-Y Bays’ Hi-Y Fifty-three een y4lout cLool Tommy Ragsdale, assistant business manager of the Florentine, and Hughes White, typist. Tommy Stackhouse and Thurman Council, who helped us so much by selling ads. Miss Hanner and Mrs. Fickling, sponsors of the junior and sophomore classes. Those chemistry classes! Catherine, Bobo and the late lamented Skippy.” Sarah and Ed, our faithful maid and janitor. Fifty-fou i ()i i r CHEERLEADERS Our ball games would not have been complete without our spirited, enthusiastic cheerleaders. They worked hard, and we always responded to their plea of “Come on—let’s yell!” Chief—Charlotte Grcjrg l'atsy Doolnn Sally Hite Louis Palles Worth Williamson Bobby Wolfe Prfty-five LIEUTENANT HAROLD WHITE who lost his life in an airplane crash in Norfolk, Virginia, on August 15, 1943- Lieutenant White, as a Naval aviator, was in active combat in the Battle of Midway, the Battle of Santa Cruz, and the fierce fighting in the Coral Sea and the Solomon Islands. In the Battle of Midway he scored a direct hit on a heavy Jap cruiser, for which daring exploit he was awarded the Navy Cross. Affectionately known to the students of Florence High School as Nig,” he served as Assistant Football Coach during the seasons of 1938-39 and 1939-40 and developed some outstanding teams. Those boys who were associated with Nig White will never forget his ready smile, his friendliness, and above all, those qualities of loyalty and good sportsmanship which made him an outstanding athlete and an heroic aviator. Fifty-six The Football Squad THE YEAR IN tLll REVIEW Even though this was not the best season experienced by the Yelloy Jackets in recent years, it still had its thrills, such as the running, passing, and kicking of Gardner, and the plunging of Barringer and Brunson. Under the survey of Coaches McElveen and Shivers, the Yellow Jackets developed from a green, inexperienced group of boys to a team of football players with Major Summerford and George Nichols as their Co-Captains. The team got off to a bad start by losing the first two games, but it emerged from the season with six wins out of ten games. Playing bang-up ball in the line were Summerford, Griffin, Williamson, Barnes, Palles, Rogers, Allen, Shaw, and Nichols. The backfield chores were handled by Gardner, Brunson, Dusenbury, Barringer, Looper, and De Berry. The inspiring Sponsors were Hannah Kendall for Co-Captain Summerford and Jannie Lee Johnson for Co-Captain Nichols. The Manager of the team was Hugh Thorn- ton. FOOTBALL SCORES Florence . . . 0—Lake View .... 13 Florence . . . . 0—Darlington .... 13 Florence . . . . 13—Hartsville . . .... 6 Florence . . , 26—Lake City . . . . . 0 Florence . . . 13—Hartsville . . . . . 0 Florence 34—Darlington .... 6 Florence . . . . 27—Kingstree . .... 12 Florence 7—Camden .... 33 Florence . . . 20—Lake View .... 13 Florence . . . 12—Sumter .... 26 Hannah Kendall and Jannie Lee Johnson, football sponsors Fifty-seven Boys who went out for basketball BASKETBALL Perhaps the record of the Florence High basketball team is not very impressive, but the boys were in there fighting all of the time and that’s what really counts. Although Coach Shivers, for the first time, did not produce a winning team, he did produce some good basketball players. Key man and spark plug of the team was scrappy Glenn Putman. Robin Hicks also gave a good account of himself to his opponents. Other members of the team running a close race for the top honors were Grimsley, Langston, Bailey, McCaskill, and Godfrey. The team lost a valuable player when Big Jim” Johnson was put on the sidelines with a leg injury. BASKETBALL SCORES FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE SEASON Florence 19—Darlington .... . 32 Florence 21—Pinewood 20 Florence 13—Sumter . 50 Florence 19—Darlington .... . 29 Florence 24—Timmonsville . 28 Florence 29—Timmonsville . 30 Florence 36—Florence All-Stars 40 Florence 28—Pinewood . 24 The Jacquettes did better on the basketball court than the Yellow Jackets this year. The weaker sex of Florence High had not lost a game when the Annual went to press. Their coach. Miss Edith Tobin and Florence High both have a right to be proud of the Jacquettes. The offense was led by Co-Captain Bailey, Ward and Atkinson, while leading the defense were Captain Corley, Fulp, Finklea and Hite. The other girls who kept the games going at a rip-roaring pace were Taylor, Bazen, Lanier, Nelson, Richardson, Jackson, Doolan, Bonnoitt, and Griffin. The capable manager of the team was Kitty Coward. BASKETBALL SCORES AS WE GO TO PRESS Florence 24—Darlington . . 15 Florence 18—Darlington . . 14 Florence . . 28—Timmonsville . . 22 Florence . 36—Timmonsville . . 21 Fifty-eight The Jacquettes BASEBALL Coaches McElveen and Shivers molded together another good Yellow Jacket baseball team. With Gentry and Dusenbury hurling to backstop Allen, the Jackets won six ot’ the nine games which they played. The infield was led by Co-Captains Bailey and Jeffers, at second and third bases, respectively, with Lyles between them at shortstop, and Schmidt holding down first base. Hicks, Gregg, and Parrott patrolled the outfields competently. Bailey, Lyles, and Jeffers headed the batting department with Hicks and Parrott taking most of the fielding honors. The capable Manager of the team was Buddy Shaw. BASEBALL SCORES Florence 7—Latta 8 Florence 15—Latta 9 Florence 9—Hartsville . . 5 Florence 1—Kingstree 5 Florence 14—Whiteville . . 13 Florence . 7—Columbia 6 Florence 14—Hartsville . 4 Florence . 2—Kingstree . 7 Florence . 5—Tirnmonsvillc . 3 The Goif Team Fifty-nine Girls' Block F Boys' Block F BLOCK F CLUBS To Bn a member OF a Block F Club is to be an acknowledged athlete. Membership in these clubs is an honor greatly prized by those who have won the distinction of wearing a Block F. QrL ocL President...............................Kellie Maf. Ward Oris Atkinson Sarah Corley Margaret Flnklea Jannie Lee Johnson Boyi ’ Block J President...................................................... Vice-President................................................. S ec ret ary-T reasurer........................................ Thad Barringer Barney Dusenbury Joe Griffin Louis Fa I lea Lewis Brunson Don Gurdner Frank Looper Nick Palles Jimmy Clemmons Billy Gentry George Nichols Buddy Shaw Edward Deberry Major Summerford . Harold Allen . Allen Mead Hugh Thornton Don Williamson Worth Wiilinmson Bobby Wolfe Sixty ■ Sixty-one V ALICE BONNOITT HANNAH KENDALL MAID OF HONOR. PATSY DOOLAN OUR QUEEN THE MAY AND HER MflIPS JANN1E LEE JOHNSON ANNA MILLER JEAN WHISENHUNT ANN BURNEY JOHNSON SARAH HOUCK NELL RICHARDSON 1943 MAY COURT Left to kt%ht: Ann Burch, Patsy Doolan, Janet Hatchei.l, Jean Whisenhunt, Alice Bonnoitt, Joan Douberly, Maid of Honor: Marilyn Schnibben, May Queen: Betty Miles, Rosa Lee Atwij.l, Ann Burney Johnson, Hannah Kendall, Jean Haynie. Sixty-three On Oune with Our Ot imeS Our school is keeping abreast of the recent trends in education by offering courses which will fit pupils to take their places in the busy world of today. 1. The agriculture and gardening class at work. 2. These boys are taking a course in Pre-Flight Training. 3. Cosmetology students, in the new fully equipped laboratory of which we are so proud. 4. Many of our girls knit for the Red Cross. Sixty-four Compliments and Best Wishes To Graduates of '44 LEVENSON'S Exclusive But Not Expensive Meet Your Friends . . . at . . . The Sanborn Hotel Cafeteria For the Finest in Meats . . . Groceries . . . Vegetables TINY'S MARKET — GROCERY 503 W. Palmetto St. Telephone 345 Compliments of RHEM'S DRUG STORE HATCHELL'S GROCERY Sooner or Later Your Grocer — Why Not Now? — BOYD HATCHELL, Owner 227 East Evans Street FLORENCE SOUTH CAROLINA PALMETTO FLOWER SHOP Florence's Finest Flowers Telephone 1811 Compliments of 5ENSENEY'S AUTO REBUILDERS Telephone 715 Good Luck to the Boys and Girls of the Class of '44 THOMAS R. MILLER — All Kinds of Insurance — 208 W. Evans Street FLORENCE SOUTH CAROLINA Sixty-six HAWKINSON TIRE TREAD SERVICE Not a Retread — Not a Recap Hawkinson Puts New Life Into Your Good Smooth Tires Save 50% to 60% On Your Old Tires We Guarantee Your Mileage Over Again IT WHERE TO BUY IT RLLEfl TIRE SERVICE 132 South Church Street ☆ Pete Thornell Says Greetings and Best Wishes to the Class of '44 ☆ Dor Quality D)ruys and Soda las — See uS — 2eLq(er’6 jbru$ St ore Phones 260 - 261 llulovu Federal Tax Included 118 North Dargan Street Opposite Aiken Company FLORENCE SOUTH CAROLINA Sixty-seven Compfimenti op MASSEY-HITE GROCERY CO. INCORPORATED Wholosa ers of FAMOUS 128-134 WEST FRONT STREET ♦ FLORENCE, SOUTH CAROLINA Thv if if nils He Atukf Altikf Us FIXTURE COMPANY Compliments of ROBERT'S SHOE STORE Complete Line of Men's ond Women's Shoes FLORENCE SOUTH CAROLINA it Compliments of PALLES CAFE 150 West Evans Street it ☆ Compliments of LEWIS M. SYSTEM it WATSON'S FURNITURE EXCHANGE 165 and 167 East Evans Street FLORENCE SOUTH CAROLINA Compliments of KATHERINE COOK'S DRESS SHOP MRS. SKIPPER'S MILLINERY Compliments of COLONIAL STORES, INC. Compliments of FLORENCE PHARMACY ☆ BARRINGER HARDWARE CO. . . . Cut Rate Drugs . . . ISO West Evans Street Phone 500 — We Deliver FLORENCE SOUTH CAROLINA 127 South Dargan Street FLORENCE SOUTH CAROLINA Seventy Compliments of RILEY D R U G compflny FLORENCE SOUTH CAROLINA J. C. Penney Company 1 he Home of Veil lies 149 West Evans Street FLORENCE SOUTH CAROLINA Compliments of S. R. mflRVin ☆ Seventy-one ☆ (Compliments of T. S. RAGSDALE CD. INC. Leaf-Tobacco Dealers LAKE CITY. SOUTH CAROLINA ☆ JACK SELF, INC. . . . SUITS ME . . . ☆ TOBIN COMPANY Real Estate . . . Rentals Telephone 268 122 Court House Square FLORENCE SOUTH CAROLINA Compliments of CAROLINA SHOE REPAIR SHOP . . . Established 1919 . . . M. ANDREUCCI, Proprietor 147 E. Evans Street FLORENCE SOUTH CAROLINA Compliments of BAIN'S SHOE SHOP 130 North Dorgon Street ☆ Get a Fit from CLYBURN THE TAILOR Phone 1208 Opposite Western Union KAFER'S QUALITY BAKERY — Our Specialty — Filling Party and Birthday Orders ☆ Phone 569— 151 East Evans Street FLORENCE SOUTH CAROLINA Compliments of ROBINSON HARDWARE CO. General Hardware Phone 132— 104 E. Evans St. FLORENCE SOUTH CAROLINA ☆ Compliments of P M CAFE ☆ Setenty-three Belk’s Department Store FLORENCE, SOUTH CAROLINA tytiiiiity ui roitsoii(ibIr� priros ... � • « puff tnoro? . . . . 1 I troys ffltnl tit serve you . . . Complete Boys' Department FIRST BALCONY Junior Girls' Department SECOND FLOOR Phone 876 NEBI BOTTLING CO. PHONE 196 .. . FLORENCE, S. C. Seventy-four Rainwater Furniture Company it “Everything for the Home” it 138-140 North Dargan Street Phone 111 FLORENCE SOUTH CAROLINA Come to Merritt’s Lunch For Good Sandwiches ☆ We Specialize In Curb Service and Delivery Service Telephone 9118 525 S. Irby Street {Compliments of... . MAGIC CITY CLEANERS 501 West Palmetto Street Phone 108 Phone 109 J'ailiiotx (Center Where Quality is Higher Than Prices ☆ Phone 105 133 West Evans Street FLORENCE SOUTH CAROLINA Seventy-five May all your days be as happy as the ones (Compliments of spent during your Florence High Days. ☆ it urcLcjott d S. H. KRESS COMPANY ☆ Where you cun buy merchandise at prices you can afford to pay ☆ (Compliments of . . . dedicated . . . to the Harry Gall (Class of 1944 jeweler May they live and serve in such a worthwhile way that their lives may exemplify in beauty and fullness the training and leadership they have enjoyed at Florence it Where quality and price are always right High School. TRESCO JOHNSON ☆ 109 South Dargon Street Seventy-six COMPLIMENTS OF VAUGHAN’S GROCERY AND MARKET ☆ Fancy and Staple Groceries Meats Vegetables ☆ 017 East Cheeves Street Phones 1300-1300 FLORENCE. SOUTH CAROLINA Compliments of W O L S Barrineau's Cafe Extends Hearty Congratulations to the Graduates of '44. May all the good (Roney's Old Place) things in life be yours. • The future of the world will soon be in your hands. To keep you abreast of the changing ☆ events of the world, WOLS brings you over ninety newscasts each week. Listen Where You Meet Your Friends and learn. Tomorrow you will be making the news. for Good Meals ☆ ☆ . . . 1230 On Your Dial . . . W. R. BARRINEAU, Manager Seventy-seven P. W. McINNES and COMPANY Wholesale Grocers — DISTRIBUTORS — OBELISK FLOUR POCAHONTAS CANNED VEGETABLES DEVOE and RAYNOLDS PAINT LEE TIRES Seventy-eight Compliments of Service With A Smile . . . BEST WISHES, SENIORS . . . BURTS JEWELRY ☆ Opposite Post Office Williamson's Esso Service Station Cheeves and Dargan Streets FLORENCE SOUTH CAROLINA FLORENCE SOUTH CAROLINA Smart Styles . . . From Cradle to College Compliments of ☆ N. B. BAROODY MIRIAM-FRANCES SHOP 129 West Evans Street Compliments of FLORENCE NEWS COMPANY Compliments of MILLER'S M SYSTEM Congratulations to The Senior Closs of 1944 E FI R D'S Visit . . . U-NEEDA-LUNCH Where Hamburgers Are Our Specialty Corner Church ond Cheeves Streets Seventy-nine Shap at Sears ami Save Everything for the Family, Farm, and Home At Savings That Have Made Sears Famous Over a Period of Fifty-Seven Years. ☆ SEARS-ROEBUCK COITIPAnY THE FRIENDLY STORE FLORENCE SOUTH CAROLINA Compliments of FLORENCE Wemoriai COMPANY ttitiltlvrs of Fintt Mvmuriuls 123 North McQueen Street TELEPHONE 390 FLORENCE, S. C. Eighty St. Jok n d Studio Finest and Most Modern Equipment Assures Best Possible Work You May Always Expect Quality Portraits at We Never Sacrifice Quality for Low Prices ALL PORTRAITS IN THIS ANNUAL BY n i at Belk's Department Store FLORENCE SOUTH CAROLINA Financing ... ... Real Estate INSURANCE Automobile . . . Personal . . . Real Estate ☆ HOME IMPROVEMENT LOANS A COMPLETE SERVICE ADAPTABLE TO YOUR NEEDS ☆ National Finance Corporation 212 North Dargan Street PHONE 1506 FLORENCE, SOUTH CAROLINA Eighty-one d-on grata (a lions ! Satisfied Customers IN Blackmon’s Studio Laundry and Dry Cleaning ☆ . . . Since 1898 . . . Artistic Portraits of Quality ☆ ☆ Florence Steam Laundry Laundry — Dry Cleaning 116 East Evans Street Linen Supply — Storage FLORENCE SOUTH CAROLINA Phone 76 Phone 77 ...The... •fa Compliments of Southern Cotton Oil Company We carry a full stock of high grade fertilizers, cotton-seed meal, cottonseed hulls, soybean meal, peanut meal and coal. ☆ ■ . .. Buy War Bonds . .. ☆ FLORENCE SOUTH CAROLINA ☆ Eighty-tuo Compliments of Aiken Company 1 n s u r o r s Loans Realtors ☆ (Compliments of. . . . Swede i Cleaners .... Dyers Hatters fir FLORENCE'S FINEST CLEANERS A Former Yellow Jacket Jimmie's Windmill COASTAL GRILL Steaks . . . Fried Chicken . . . Spaghetti Home Cooked Meals Fried Chicken . . Steaks . . Pit Bar-B-Q — Curb Service — Italian Spaghetti . . Sandwiches A good place to meet, a better place to eat ☆ ☆ We cater to parties—Call 9193 for reservations J. L. MIMS, Proprietor Also cottages with private baths, steam heat, and private garages. Phone 1095-J — Curb Service U. S. Highway 301 Florence, S. C. Marion Highway Near Airport Eighty-three COMPLIMENTS OF FLORENCE Builderi Supply COMPANY INCORPORATED J. C. KENDALL, President and Treasurer MILLWORK LUMBER SHINGLES SASH DOORS PLASTER LIME CEMENT PAINTS P. O. BOX 5 8 9 + FLORENCE, SOUTH CAROLINA Eighly-jour A ytfiiCA Woks hits WITHOUT fear or favor, members of any sound religious faith worship openly in America. Because religion is important to so many of us, we and our forefathers fought and worked to keep our Government free. Government for the people, which permitted us to worship in our faith, gave us courage to build great churches, thriving businesses, dynamic industries, diversified agriculture ... a land of endless opportunities. So long as no one man nor one group of men attempt to tell us how we shall worship, America can remain free and her people may continue to provide the strength and initiative to keep her great. CHROLIHR POWER LIGHT COHlPflllT Eighty-five C O N G If AT U L AT IONS To the members of the graduating class of the Florence High School we extend sincere congratulations and best wishes for a most happy future. It seems only yesterday that you were just entering school—next thing that we know you've grown up—and are graduating! Clear-eyed and courageous, you are ready to face today's problems, ready to plan for the future. Whatever your plans are . . . business career or home life . . . may your futures be bright in every way. MORNING NEWS Eighty-six Eighty-seven AUTOGRAPHS AUTOGRAPHS