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

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?fza When the class asked me to predtct the future of the graduating class of 1954 I qurckly sent my WHEATIE box top and 10 cents to the Wheaues Company and very soon I recerved my Crystal Globe I peered 1nto the globe and set it to the year of 1974 This rs what I saw I Jo Anne Edgemon was on a Rocket Plane to Mars As I was Sllllllg there I heard the Atomic Newscast This was the cast I heard Tommre Hope a leadmg chemist of today wxth laboratorres rn an obscure rsland rn the Pactfrc reports Ln an off1ci.al news release that an rmportant new flurd has been drscovered near the rsland whrch screnusts have stated closely resembles water and has the class letters 2 6 H O At the rocket shrp races today H C Howard won the thousand mrle dash by defeaung hrs nearest competltor Tom Goodner 190 000 people taxed the capacrty of M J Rocket Stadrum San Francrsco Calrfornra to see the run off One of the biggest real estate deals of international Importance has 1ust been closed Charles Skelton capitalrst of New York purchased a ranch 111 the Amazon Rlver Valley rn South Amenca Consrderatton 15 reported to be nrne mrllton dollars N C Cartwright Mayor of Rock City Mars wrll run agam for offtce He rs closrng hrs second term whrch has been marked by petty brckering among his offrcral famlly the city treasurer accusrng the crty clerk of stealrng f1VC postage stamps from htm Willrs Carter IS the presrdent of Haskm Unrversrty and has announced that the school w1ll no longer requue students to attend classes Recent surveys have shown that rf students attend classes the teachers must also attend classes Thrs overworks the teachers Most rmportant person of the year accordrng to the Natronal News poll whrch has just been completed 1sJ1rnmy Kyle Basrs of the award rs the wonderful servrce that Jrmmy has rendered to fteld mrce rn seerng that farmers rarsed plenty of crops to feed them 1 Q . 1 1 0 Q . 1 1 1 1 1 o 1 o a 1 u 1 0 U I 1 1 u I 1 1 . a 1 e o 1 1 . 1 n 1 a 1 . . 1 u 1 .

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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

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PROPHECY CONTINUED Oh there rs a new heavy weight champion Tommy Fmnell knocked out the heavy weight champ rn a one half round last night Arrplanes are getting cheap Here s a sale on them Sl 69 each That new invention of Julran Judd s certainly gave everyone an au plane They re thrcker than H195 now Thrnk what they used to cost, Jrmmy Lane and Wayne Cartwright famous engrneers have been employed to bu11d the new auport on Venus The unlque airport was designed by the well known archltect Donald Thompson and lus assrstant Raymond Buchanan Several persons have just announced they are charterrng a specral space shrp to explore the canals of Mars next summer They are Crndy Matlock Harold Layman and B1ll1e F Ford Blackre Colbaugh and Jack Gregory are rn the government Servrce as Patrol A troupe of entertainers has left for a tour of the work camps on the secret government projects on Mars The group included Smger Dean McKenz1e Comedrans Jack Srnk and J C Swafford and Musicran Randall Curtis I L Perkmson rs one of the world s most famous basketball players for the Spacenotters of Mars and America Sarah Carter Buchanan Jacquelme Grubb and Dals Ann Dennis are working rn the STARLITE Nlght Club on the planet where Mattie Sue Harmon and Muriel DeBusk are responsible for the magrufrcent music Claudrne Drxon rs a famous play wrrter and has become very famous Betty Carolyn Ward rs sull workrng on some famous lnvenuon to slow the world down untrl she can catch up wtth lt. Dorothy Wrlson and Betty Melton are models m the Mars Star Fashlon Store Lourse Ledford rs a dretician and sull llvmg as a happy old mard. trainers of Space Ship Cadets, They have been on the Milky Way