Meigs County High School - Tiger Yearbook (Decatur, TN)

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OurC1assOff1cersare Char1esHe1fner Presxdent SamuelArmour Vrce Presrdent Secretary Martha Hunter June Kyle Treasurer Ruth Moore Reporter Sponsors Mrs T H Jewell Mrs Harry Kroll Mr J R Heifner As the Class of 52 says adreu to our ftrends and teachers we hope that the hrstory of our School w1ll become xllustrrous to all the graduates of the school and that all wtll follow the hlgh C205 5 C2050 ldeals and prrncrples taught here Hrstonan Poet G1ftor1an Prophet Lawyer Most lrkely to succeed Most Frrendly Most Popular Cutest Grrl Class Sweetheart Most Dependable Meekest Most Courteous Most Athlet1c S1ss1est Boy Sungrest Most Talented Tomboy Best all around Most Studrous Most Dependable loudest Lazrest Most Concerted Best Sports Most Independent Most Handsome Martha Hunter Dewey Ledford June Kyle Bettye Norton Roy Woody Mary Sue Cordell 8s John Inman Bettye Norton 8s Samuel Armour Ruth Moore Xa Samuel Armour Bettye Mason Bettye Mason Carol Hutsell 8a Ralph Jarvrs Bettye J Henley 85 Dewey Ledford Bettye J Henley 85 Conley Dake Bettye Norton 8s Roy Woody V1ctor Davrs Pearl Wattenbarger Murrel Ford 8a Charles Herfner Iva Jean Lankford Bettye Norton 8a Roy Woody Pearl Wattenbarger 8: Dewey Ledford -Carol Hutsell 81 Ralph Jarvrs Iva Jean Lankford 8: Wayne Calbough Vrrgmra Curtrs 85 Roy Jones Mrldred Scroggrns 8a Conley Dake Bettye Norton 8a Roy Woody Susre Gurnn 8: Ralph Jarvrs Edgar Newman 15 5667 The other day I was called upon to predxct the future of th1s GREAT Semor Class of 1952 I promptly sent my Wheaues box tops for a new Crystal Gazer's Fnend Thrs rs a marvelous future predrcung machrne Irmmedlately set the time twenty years hence and peered rnto the future and thrs IS what I saw Vtrgmra Curus had the honor of berng the crty s f1ISI and only woman Mayor of the Crty of Ch1C3g0 J T Adcock and Edgar Newman have nsen to great herghts as Prestdent and V1ce Presrdent of the A and N Ptnball and Slot Machrne Company Carol Hutsell 15 now happtly marrxed to V1ctor Davrs, and there are four lrttle Davrs cluldren runnrng around the house. 9 Wittiest ---------------------- -- ---------------- Bettye Mason 8a Wayne Calbough

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Hsfely One hot day rn August 1948 seventy one freshmen entered Meigs High School to further their studies Durrng our freshman year we lost fifteen students for various reasons When we entered school rn August 1949 the wise owl class numbered frfry six Many happy and lastrng experiences were ours We were happy to welcome Carol Hutsell into the sophomore class She came to Mergs County High School from Lexington Before the year ended we had lost srx more from the group which enrolled rn the freshman class When we reentered school as Junrors our number had decreased and we had only fifty students rn the Junior class We had many trrals and many happy experrences rn our Junior year When the year had closed we found that our ranks had again decreased and we found that we had lost eight students from our class In the later part of our Junior year we welcomed Peggy Campbell and Wrlbur Franklin into our class We were also glad to welcome Ralph Jarvis back after 10 weeks of servrce rn the Arr Force There were thrrty five students rn our class at the close of our yunror year We were happy to have Charles Herfner enter our class as we began our senior year l-le boosted our number to thrrty six seniors Thrrty four of these have been together through the four years of our lugh school days We were fortunate to have some of the faculty with us during all four years of our study Miss Hannah Norton Mr D B Powell and Mrs T H Jewell Mrs T H Jewell came to the Mr J E Cochrum and Mrs Harry Kroll Jr came during our Junior year Mr Cockrum assumed the positron of prrncrpal after Mr A B Culvahouse resigned as prrnclpal of the school Mr J R Heifner came to our school as principal of the school as the beginning of the 1951 52 term Mrs J R. Herfner Miss Dorothea Mrss Pauline Norton and Mr Herman Woody assumed their dunes as hrgh school teachers rn Mergs County High School for the first time at the begrnning of our senior year We wish to thank all our teachers for their untlring service and interest in us They have taught us and wrsely led us to our graduating day Especially are we grateful to our principal Mr J R Herfner for hrs leadership and hrs ard to the seniors and the school He has worked to restore the school to lts high rating among other schools We are proud of our school and want to see it listed lugh on the rating sheet of our state The senior class of 1951 52 rs composed of thirty srx students who are to receive their diplomas the eleventh day of April 1952 The names of the graduating class are given below I T Adcock Samuel Armour Wayne Colbough Victor Davis, Conley Dake Charles Herfner Ross Henley John lnman Ralph Jarvis Roy Jones Dewey ledford Fred Maddox Dean Melton Edgar Newman Roy Woody Mary Sue Cordell lva Lou Crisp Vrrglnla Jo Curtis Alice Fitch Muriel Ford Susre Gulnn Betty Henley Barbara Howard Martha Hunter Carol Hutsell June Kyle Iva Jean Lankford Mildred Lewis Betty Mason Ruth Moore Dorthea Nelson Betty Jo Norton Tommy Redmon Mildred Scroggrns Grace Wattenbarger and Pearl Wattenbarger I . , - . .. ,. . - I n I . 1 l 1 Q q l n n l 1 u school as coach and teacher of physical education and social studies when we were sophomores . . . . . . . . . ' . . . . . a n I I I I . I I I I I I I I I I I I ' I I I ' I I I I I I I I I U I I I I

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Wayne Calbough rs now the new Custodtan of old M C H S The students are callrng ham Studebaker because he s so slow they can t tell whether he s comrng or go1ng Iva Lou Crrsp has a Job that rs a credrt to her great vorce She rs on the Scheduled Radro Broadcasttng Company as the great Solo Arust Ruth Moore Dot Nelson and Betty Mason are rn Hollywood as under studres for the Three Stooges Roy Jones and John Inman have become Pro football players They were seen weaung unlforms of the Oak Rrdge Trger football Club Roy Woody and Charles Herfner are trylng to frnd a use for the hole rn a doughnut They are experts 1n The Maglc Bakrng Company Tommye Redmon and Barbra Howard are back rn the deepest w1lds of Shrloh and are rnakrng plans to prpe sunshrne 1n to the people there They are happrly marrred to some former Mexgs students Pearl and Grace Wattenbarger are now full pledged nurses and are both on the staff of the John l-Iopkrns Hosprtal Mary Sue Cordell and Martha Hunter are Co Owners of a brg Clotlung Concern Company 1n Germany they specrahze rn chrldern s wear Samuel and Dewey Ledford have gotten IHIO Pro football Sam 1S manager of the Brurns whrle Dewey IS the manager of the refreshment un1t Mrldred Scroggms Susre Gutnn and Iva Lankford have had to turn to the Lonely Hearts Club They are old mard school teachers but want the comfort of a husband Conley Dake and Murrel Ford are managers of the U S Frve and Ten whrch proves you can start at the bottom and go up Ross and Betty Henley have lmportant posruons They parnt strrpes on donkeys for Fred Maddox zebra show June Kyle 1S sull one of the leaders as she was of her Mergs class of 1952 and do1ng f1ne as a consultant however she can't make up her rmnd about who will be the lucky person Mrldred Lew1s Alrce Frtch, and Ralph Iarvrs are sull rn the envrrons of Decatur Ralph ts a successful farmer wlule Mrldred and Alrce are farmer s wrves Even as the last answer appeared rn the future predrctxng maclune rt seems the years that he ahead for the Senlors of 1952 wrll be happy ones Berry Jo Norton - . u . as n I 1 I - . . - . ,, n 1 uv . . 0 a . . . , . . , n Q u . 1 1 . p - n - 1 . l I Q . , . . . . , . . ' 1 -