Mellon High School - Mellon Patch Yearbook (Palatka, FL)

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PROPHECY OF CLASS OF 49 Marjorre Adams marr1ed eannette Bell the g1rl has f1nally managed to master her shorthand mach1ne Betty Bruce IS st1ll attend1ng Duke shes try 1ng to get a better educatron than Bessre Cole IS star srnger at the Stork Club and IS makrng a BIG hrt Patsy Defreese and A B Grooms have settled down 1n San Mateo and are ra1s1ng lrttle grooms they have SIX up to date LOUISE Drrggers IS now secretary for all Put nam county schools and huntmg men IS st1ll her hobby Glorra Ell1s has frnally f1n1shed school but st1ll comes back to drag Lemon w1th her hus band at noon Joyce Frankl1n she st1ll hasnt chosen between Buddy or Dean I hear theres a red head now I wonder who77? Bobbre jean Greer we never d1d f1gure her out but last t1me we saw her she was w1th Tommy Polh1ll acquelrne Ha1nes IS teach1ng Home Ec Putnam Hrgh School ever srnce Mable got hrtched Sherlee Holmes we thmk she has a pretty b1g rnterest 1n the Orange State O11 Companyll for lfS employeesj Rose Lee Knotts IS frnally marr1ed to her dream man Ken Masters and now has 4 dream 1 s enny Knox has f1nally run Dorothy Drx out of busmess and lS now trymg to solve problems of her own Patsy Merwrn IS now the new Masseuse t Madam Vrolas 1n New Orleans good luck to you Pat' LOIS Moon fmally got her man from Hastmgs now she doesnt have to worry about h1s comrng ox er tonrght or not Shrrley Ph1l1ps IS marrred but st1ll lrkes to play poker Wrth guests at her penthouse rn downtown New York Garl Ramsey st1ll gets flustered when she sees a man fwho 1snt already hookedj Faye Ray has atta1ned the t1tle of Best Woman Basketball Player of 59 Clara Roberts happ1ly marr1ed for a number of years she st1ll does a lot of church work oyce Samford IS st1ll wartrng for Clyde r to get out of the Navy Norma Sanford the former M1ss Amer1ca of 1952 has grven up the beauty busmess to become a forexgn news correspondent Her present assrgn ment IS 1n Ind1a where she Wlll also v1s1t numerous relat1ves Dolores Schwertzer has fooled everybody 1n stead of be1ng a great orator she has become a Hollywood starlet LOIS Squ1res w1th so many men on the strrng she s st1ll s1ng1ng I want a man' Dorothy Kye Starbrrd has recently won the t1tle world s greatest debator and her favor1te f0PlC IS boys 1n general V1rg1n1a SWHIH IS follow1ng closely 1n the tracks of her successor Rose Mary What IS lt these Motes boys l1ke about the P1 Ep pres1dents9 Pat Thompson has just been named MISS Amenca of 1956 She has rece1ved appl1cat1ons from model1ng agencres all over the U S Cather1ne W1ll1ams settled down 1n Hast mgs wonder who w1th77 Rosal1e Gale has an exclusxve dress shop IH Palatka and IS do1ng a brg busmess' certa1n sarlor and they are l1v1ng near h1s present statlon Shlrley St1lwell has frnally atta1ned her h1ghest amb1t1on Woman Wrestl1ng Champron of the World W1ll1e Rose Lawrence has glVCH up her Sunday School teach1ng job to go to Georg1a Pur pose Matr1mony Anna Gornto-1s st1ll capta1n of P H S band' Shell probably be leader soon Ray Conway has yust returned home after a long absence to become Palatka s only woman doctor Donna Gray has establ1shed on Old Ma1ds Home 1n Federal Pornt Why so slow Earl? Alc1a Gell1s and W P Saucerman are st1ll debahng whether they re ID love or not True love never runs smooth or so they say Norma Sweet now owns the 24 Hour Cafe and has a floor show Wlth a h1ll b1lly band Thelma Gornto has become manager of Mc Crorys D1me Store She gets all the gxrls out at Chr1stmas t1me to work Charlre Alford now All Amer1can 15 trymg to get nerve enough to ask a certa1n San Mateo grrl to marry h1m B111 Baker has replaced Mr Thomas po s1t1on 1n Ag room 1ts a known fact that h1s paddlrngs are as severe as those of Wrld B1ll ' ' jim. . . - , - - , l , - I I - . . , , . , . a u 1 u n Q , ' I ' - u n ' - ' ' ' ' . I , . . Y , . - . . J , - , , ' m Mary Beth Waters-has been married to a W Cl 17 . k'd . v I - I . -. a 0 7 1 1 7 ' ' a 7 . . . , l .. r ' . J -' ' 1 I -1 .. . ,, , ' Il ' ' I7

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I Ray fMabel Conway leave my abllrty to talk In class wlthout getting caught to Rlchard Cole poor thmg I Wnlllam Brlllranee Wells leave my ablllty to lool-. mtelllgent Cloolt that nsj to Frank fThe strong young youthj Trembley I Donna fThe Artlstj Gray leave my mtellectual abnltny to the hlghest bndder no crowdmg please I Rusty f8 ballj Wlllrams lease my 4th perlod reserxed pool table to Donald Cobb Take good care of xt Cobb I Norma Nora Sweet leave the Azaleas Baseball players that IS to Helen QI really loyed hxmj Rogero I Robert Don Wlnslow leaye the football team to Graham anythxng you say Mxss Boydj Owen I Alcla QDlLl someone mentlon 1 boy 'J Gelns leave my shoulders to George Z1egler because he wants to play football next year I I C O Wrlght lease my good grades to james Ah m from Mobile youall Kennard I Thelma East Palatlxa Gornto lease my boxstrous ways to Sylyn QMousej Pendergrass I MTLIFILL flnpsyj Wright leave my lbxlxty to set Mrs Comptons alarm clock to Bobby smack Wethermgton is I Elmer CLoxe em and leaye emj Slrmons leave eycrythnng except my gurl whom I thunk Ill keep awhzle yet' I Tommy CI want my mommy Rogers leave San Mateo CHome Sweet Homej to go to college Ixe st1ll got lots to learn We the Sennor Class of Mellon Hlgh School of 1949 of the Cnty of Palatlca of the County of Put nam of the State of Ilorxda of the Nation of the Unlted States of the contlnent of North Amerlca of the I-Iemnsphere of the West of the Planet of the World bemg of unsound mmd and very unstable memory do hereby declare thus our last wxll and testament In the manner and form that precedes we haye bequeathed our all to you qulet and lovely underclassmen P S Since we haye always done everythlng mtroduttxon was left tll the lastll Sherlee Holmes Patsy DeFrcese Bessle Cole Vernon Creene Tuclxy Mrrtm Pat Ihompson B I Greer Loxs Squires WITNESSES I ' ' l l A Y 'A 7 l . 1 D r v f . 7 p. U . . . y H V . Y hrhx V . M . 7 1 - 77 I Y I . ' Y 9 ' ' Y - s I V 1 X A 5 Q ll K 4 ' ' 7 . A Q ' ' ' , , , -v rv y Y , , ' ' c ' , ' 5 f - D I Y A 7 Y . c v . 7 Y , yy ' N , . . ' x ' - 1, Q. . . v. ,Q else backwards, we hated to break the spell, thus the v V I I , 7 v 4 , . . - l , V Cv. V- Nj A I A . ' 1 M . ' 'Y . ' ' 1 ' ' ' rl A .sf bf' V A ll'J 'CN1',

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Leonard Ballard has frnally gotten up enough courage to ask Dot Spencer to marry hrm Shes havrng an awful trme gettrng hrs face back to nor mal prnk Earl Brubaker has establrshed a sophrstrcated old bachelors home rn the old hotel rn Federal Pornt Wallace Busbee strll doesnt know who he does love has moved to Daytona wrth rumors that he s marrred Don Cameron rs revolutronrzrng vaudevrlle wrth hrs ready cut wrt and sense of humor George Canady has devoted hrs trme to try rng to tame June Harrret rt looks lrke a hopeless 0 r Addrson Chastarn the speed demon rn typrng managed to get 50 words a mrnute after 10 years of the same course Mrlton Chesser an accomplrshed dancer rs de votrng hrs trme and abrlrtres to the betterment of hrllbrlly dances rn and around Hollrster Drcky Duttenhaver has replaced Wally Butts rn hrs job of coachmg Georgra Elr Feldman had hrs best year as shortstop wrth the New York Yankees Bennre Glrsson strll gets to use the 48 Burck some nrghts It really helps huh Bennre7 Vernon Greene berng a woman hater rs strll a bachelor Nelson Harden the boy wrth brrd legs rs now srngrng rn the nrght clubs of New York Russell Harrrson strll courts Lourse rn hrs free trme at Bostwrck Bert Harvey rs now the worlds greatest lron tamer and we thought he was so shyl' W L Hrnes he and Joanne have settled down rn a srx room bungalow on the outskrrts of town I B Hull rs engrneer on the A C L Cham pron from New York to Mramr He manages to get trme off rn the Northern part oe Mac Hull has made All Amerrcan and has the former Mrss Sylxra Pendergrass helprng hrm along wrth the pep squad Harold jones always srlent rn school he rs now runnrng for State Goxernor He broke hlS srlence Turky Martrn rs now rn Indra wrth hrs harem of grrls Its worth rt not to hear those so called jokes any more jrm Mast a retrred bachelor and professronal boxer rs grxrng lessons to hrs many Palatka fans Charles McCorkel rs now runnrng a happy Irrsh Home for Debators who cant get along wrth the women ames Mrddleton has frnrshed college and has frnally achreved hrs hrghest ambrtron to make more money than hrs dad Kendall Mrller rs now assrstant prrncrpal of PHS ames Mroczkowskr has become a specralrst on teachrng people to pronounce peoples names Mutt Patrrck rs now mayor of St Augus trne Rudolph Patrrck skrnny rs strll makrng hrs regular Saturday trrp to Palatka from Bostwrck vra logtruck Tommy Polhrll wrth hrs brrllrant brarn has just rnverrted the atomrc car Gynn Reynolds has just won the worlds champron dance contest john E Rrghtmrre berng trre of ye ole swrmmrng hole has become a rat extermrnator Elmer Srrmons has become an engrneer rn Pennsylvanra and has taken hrs wrfe Margaret to combat the brg mosqurtoes just entered a lrfelong partnershrp rn used clothrng busrness Dalton Varnadoe wrth good luck and hrgh ambrtron hopes to graduate thrs year Mrller Wall rs the proud owner of a photo shop rn East Palatka Wrllram Wells has gone to Hollywood to take Charlre Chaplrn s place Rusty Wrllrams now a brg ball player wrth Notre Dame Good luck boy' Robert Wrnslow rs also at Georgra-on the staff We knew you could do rt Wrnslow' C O Wrrght has taken hrs dads place as lawyer and specralrzes rn forceful speeches thanks to Mrss Boyd The Annual of 1956 was dedrcated to Maurrce Wrrght berng the oldest puprl rn school Seems he drdnt make rt wrth us Thomas Rogero-after a world wrde tour has settled down as P H S Spanrsh professor , J .- . . T ' . - . ,, . ,, . . . . j b. r - 9 a , . , , , Richard Simmons-and Worth Knowles have ' x y ' ' - . , . . D Q , . . , . W 7 . Y. lr . 4