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

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HISTORY CONTINUED Many became mfected wrth btg head tus ln many cases the drsease proved fatal and many never fully recovered It was at thts stage of our c1vil1.zat1on that one of the common people rose to herghts of rulershrp and Charles Skelton became the wlse ruler of F1118 hlSl10IiC group of people The senrors welcomed Cindy Matlock from McM1nn and Enzena Lewrs from Buchwood to then class These swelled the class to forty four We are very fortunate to have some of the faculty wlth us durrng the enure four years of our struggle for the highest goal Mis Hannah Norton Mr D B Powell and Mr and Mrs T H Jewell Our hrgh school documents yxeld up names that are famllrar to those who have become acquainted wrth the members of the Class of 54 Among those names we flnd such as Sarah Carter Buchanan Raymond Buchanan Carl Carter N C Cartwright Wayne Cartwrrght Wmnre Chllds Randall Curus Raymond Colbaugn Muuel DeBusk Dons Ann Dennis Claudme Dtxon Jo Anne Edgemon Tommy Ftnnell Brllre Frances Ford Wlllle T Goodner Jack Gregory Jacquelrne Grubb Matue Sue Harmon Tommy Hope H C Howard Julran Judd Jrmmle Kyle Jrmmy Lane Harold Layman Lourse Ledford Enzena Lewrs Cynth1a Matlock Betty Jean Melton Dean McKenz1e Emma Sue Nance J L Perlunson Wanda Petut Greta Prurett Betty Jo Redmon Frankre Reed Eleanor Rose Roberts Jo Ann Scott Kay Shackelford Jackson Srnk Charles Skelton I C Swafford Donald Thompson Betty Carolyn Ward and Dorothy Wrlson, The tribal leaders of our Senror Class are Presldent CHARLES SKELTON V1ce Presldent DEAN MCKENZIE Secretary MATTLE SUE HARMON Treasurer TOMMIE HOPE Reporter BETTY CAROLYN WARD Sponsors MRS T H JEWELL MRS HARRY KROLL and MR, J R, HEIFNER The Seruors spent ther: days 1n rntellectual purstuts sometrmes gorng to classes rn the halls of learnlng someumes meetlng our opponents on the athletic freld and sometimes passmg the trme dotng mostly nothlng Our chref sport seemed to be maklng' other classes bow to our superlouty, Our chref arm rn lrfe seemed to be to capture a dlploma - - . 1 a Q 1 1 , 0 nu 9 a 1 s 1 1 . . , 1 1 1 1 1 1 Q - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Q 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1- 1 1 1 - ..-------- . . I 1 9 o 1 I 1 1

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Wdalafzq It was a sweltenng day rn August 1950 that a hardy group of people mrgrated from the plalns of elementary school to enter M819 County Hrgh School It ts beheved that they came Ln search of the mtellectual food that myths had sald mlght be growmg there When we entered thrs house of knowledge the class numbered mnety three The government of the Freshman seemed to be a modrfled form of mbal orgamzauon Wllh a brg clnef called the presrdent presiding over us The cluef was Dean McKenz1e Before our Freshman year was over much to our sorrow twenty seven had departed from us for various reasons leavmg only frfty sxx to clxmb the mountamslde to accomplrsh our goals In August 1951 the class moved up the mountamsrde presumably to frnd forage for our mmds and set up a government on the Sophomore Range Here the Freshman chief was supplanted by Donald Thompson who led the mbe to new herghts of conquest Thxs trrbe numbered frfty snr In the thud stage of our civ111.zat1on we took up nver navrgation and spent most of out tlme m houseboats plymg up and down Junxor River The most brrlllant navrgator of them all was Donald Thompson and the tube elevated h1m to the posrtlon of most hrgh rlver rat. Under hrs leadership the group flourlshed and replemshed our larders enough to stage the Junror Senior Banquet Th1s banquet rt IS sald was the most lavlsh of all feasts ever grven It was at the beglnnmg of our Iumor year that Mrs J D Culvahouse Jomed the faculty as the Commerclal teacher and Mr Owen Roberts as Englxsh teacher We heartrly welcomed B1l11e Sanders to our tnbe to rncrease our number to forty two that were brave enough to push onward Durmg these three dynasties we were strrvmg to reach the pleateau of Senlor land The setuors of past eras had become a hxghly crvll tzed tube but our group were stnvrng to excel others and rn thrs we have accomplrshed our task Our orators were second only to those whose vorces floated out to the people at the Roman Forums It was rn the early stage of our c1v1l1zat1on that a great plague swept over the lI1bE n s 1 - - r v - . 1 U - ' - a v 1 s . . ' . . - - 1 v . 1 . o . v u r n Q . .

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HISTORY CONTINUED Through all thrs we have had the protectrve gurdance of our teachers Words can never be composed to express our gratltude for therr faith ful and unurlng servlce We want to especlally acknowledge our prrnctpal Mr J R Herfner for the wonderful work he has done for us and our school He has stnved to help us accomplish our goals and make our school somethmg we can be proud of l-hgh School days w11l be but a memory and as we think of the days we spent tn school rn our dreams and wrth our memorres we ll keep a date a date wrth yesterday We shall always keep our motto as our rdeal Not Fmrshed Just Begun Jacquelme Grubb Historian VX I Q- x In our Freshman year we looked for gifts of know ,A NP ledge rather than to have to work for it f X In our Sophomore year we learned that we must fr t for everythlng we recelved 'f 1 ff' N m ay E -,X FRO ,i x l x lt t dl it I. , N F ,If . . . 'X an Hxyxxjj . ',1