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

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Later durtng the day we vtstted our favortte hangout we had when we were tn Htgh School the lunchroom The ftrst person Inottced was a man sttttng at a table looktng over the books I forgot for a mtnute that I was through school and started to run out because I knew tt was the tnspector' But when I got a closer look I felt better because tt was another one of my classmates I saw A ntce looktng man came tn wtth suppltes for the lunchroom and not havtng to thtnk a second ttme I knew that tt must be DOUGLAS ALLEN I also found out that CHRISTINE DAKE was Supervtsor of the lunchroom now After resttng overntght we started out to flntsh our vtstt the next day As we were walktng down the street my eyes caught a stgn whtch read Proffttts Snuff When I asked about who owned tt the answer was JOE PROFFITT Naturally I had to go tn and talk to htm and I found he was sttll havtng trouble keeptng up wtth the women Our next stop was the denttst offtce When we ftrst went tn we were greeted by my old frtend SHIRLEY JACKSON the recepttontst Ftnally after the Denttst was through wtth all hrs pattents we went tn to see htm Yes you ve probably guessed tt CARL STURGILL After talktng wtth htm for awhtle we went tn to see JOAN BRAMBLETT the Dental Hygtentst Later that day we vtstted one of the many factortes now tn Decatur We prcked thts parttcular one because DON BIDWELL was prestdent of the company wtth FRANK MATTSON as vtce prestdent We talked wtth them awhtle and I asked about BRUCE KEYLON Don told me he had been tn the army ever stnce he graduated and was gotng to be a 20 Year man When I asked about JOHNNY LANKPORD DEMPSY JUDD and JOHN A WARD they told me Johnny had a btg datry farm and was a rtch bachelor Dempsy Judd had tnhertted a fortune and was now ltvtng tn South Amertca and that JOHN A WARD was marrted to BOBBIE SUE BURDETTE and wasn t worktng anywhere They had 5 chtldren and 4 of them were suffertng from malnutrttton We both dectded to go to the opera house for the rest of the after noon MYRA NELL GRUBB and KATHYRN BENNETT took very acttve stngtng parts tn the opera Thetr manager ofthe two was the well known MACK CHAPMAN Ifound out from the two that WANDA FITCH was now tn Hollywood, playtng the ptano and havtng lots of success 1 - 1 1 - 1 - 1 11 ' 11 - 1 0 1 I 1 . 3 . , 1 1 - ' ' ' - - . , . 1 Q 1 . . u 11 - 1 . 1 . 1 n 1 , . ' 1 - 1

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PROPHECY Havrng just arrrved In 1970 In my home town of Decatur from my Texas cattle ranch I went to the hotel to rest from my long trrp Before I entered the hotel I saw the name of the hotel Guffee Hotel I thought the name sounded famrlrar and when I went rn I was more sure of rt because the Manager was none other than EDWARD GUFFEE I talked wtth hrm awhrle and learned that he was marrled and had four chrldren I was more surprrsed than ever when the Porter came to take my bags because lo II was WAYNE POWELL' The next mormng I awoke wrth a slrghr headache Thrnkrng 1 mtght be takrng a cold I went down to the nurse JOYCE MATTSON former JOYCE HIPPS asked whtch doctor Ipreferred Doctor PAT BUTTRAM or Doctor R H NELSON After havrng the check up I was leavrng the hosprtal ready to start lookrng up my classmates when rrght In front of me was a couple leavtng wrth twrns When I was close enough to see thcrr faces I nearly lost my balance because rt was another of my former classmates CAROLE FINNELL wtth her husband Tommy and chrldren Next I went to v1s1t BOBBIE WHITE the former BOBBIE NELSON whrch I had been keeprng In contact wrth durrng these 15 years we had been separated After she got a baby srtter for her two chrldren she was ready to go along wrth me on the rest of my vtsrts Frrst we vrslted Metgs Consoltdated Htgh School the school we had graduated from When the prrncrpal CLYDE HARMON welcom ed us to the school I could have falnted from shock because he was the last person I had expected to be a prrnclpal Upon vrsrttng the other rooms I found out some new teachers had been makrng progress throughout the years ELIZABETH HALE was teachrng Commercral subjects and dorng a fme job of II MAPJORIE ERECKSON was teach mg Phys Ed and seemed tnterestcd tn the enttre group LESTER DENTON was the boys coach and belreve me he was really makrng pregress with the team' And last but not least was BILLY HHJPS now teachlng Hrstory Next we set out for the Superrntendent s offrce because Bobble had just Informed me that BILLY MASON held the offrce now, wtth JANE LEWIS as hrs secretary 1 1 Q 11 , . 1 ,. , . 1 1 , 1 . f 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 - 1 . 1 . . , . . ' 1 . , , . 1

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