McKenzie High School - Rebel Yearbook (McKenzie, TN)

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Item--To the dear old building itself we leave the peaceful quiet caused by our absence and any 1- nitials, names, finger prints, etc. of ours that it may bear. Mr. Kelley, we give at last been gradu- and honor that may re- of our future a- Item--To our principal, a sense of relief that we have ated, and any feeling of pride vert to the school as a result chievements. , Item--To the faculty of we do give, free from any tax of any kind, our entire store of knowledge. From them it came and to them knowledge we the request use it McKenzie High School, it shall be returned. Along with our leave our valuable sense of humor with that they appreciate it fully enough to Item To the history of McKenzie we leave the record of all our glorious with our originality in writing poems, High School deeds,' along histories, songs, etc Their sentiments and phrases have 1 boon in use for at least a century and Fate forbid, that they should pass our of existence with this class wnuqqpuqwwmmg 1 fa FEP . P 'X , x Q f H? 2 5 , w fy 1 :ff L Ya lqiy liei A 1 if r f

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mass fmclnubmffcmr nwhat a wonderful inventionu, that was what everybody was saying about Dr. Holmes invention. Yes, it was miraculous, wonderful and almost unbe- lievable. To think that anything so exciting could happen in our quiet little town. But my! I sup- pose you are wondering what I am speaking of, it never entered my mind that you haven't heard of this. Well hold to your seat and open your ears and I'll tell you. Dr. Holmes has invented a machine that will carry a person 10 years into the future! He has worked diligently for five years on it and has at long last completed it. The main question is who will fly the Future Ray Machine? Well, Doc soon settled this. He decided to place the name of every member of the graduating class of '42 into a hat and select one. I was the lucky one. Having taken all instructions seriously I took off one sunny day in late July. I headed my little ship for New York as I had always heard this was the city of fun and excite- ment and that was exactly what I was looking for. I parked my machine in the parking lot and started out. I was practically half across the street when a voice cried out at me. nYou wait un- til I tell you to cross that street, that's a red light you're walking against . I promptly replied that I did not see a red light. I looked up to ask the cop's forgiveness and saw that it was my class mate ---- Richard Ferguson ---- better known as Fergie. I was somewhat surprised at this. I knew he liked to direct the athletic equipment but I had never pictured him as a traffic director. with much per- - . .