Central High School - Warrior Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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CLASS HISTORY It was way back in 1940 that some 450 wide-eyed freshmen first walked through Central's portals. That year we were all rather awed by the mighty sen- iors, but when some of our class members went out and made themselves famous, we began to get over our complex. just to mention a few of our nptables- Lynn Maness and Louis Napier both began to shine in football, Mickey Cain had one of the leads in the Photoplay Club's movie, The Lady Killer , Marjorie Radford was elected Secretary of the Student Gov- ernment at the close of the year, to hold office for the fall term, and several freshmen were named on' S. A. S. G. committees. The year 1941 rolled around and we found our- selves a step higher-juniors-not quite so scared by the seniors and treating the new crop of freshmen just as We'd been treated and just as We'd promised ourselves We'd never do. October 16 came and some- thing like 300 S.A.S.G. delegates flowed into Central's halls, homes, and cars. The next week-end some of us boarded a special train for Little Rock to watch the Warriors trample the Tigers, Mid-term elections came 'round and four juniors, Margie Radford, Mary White, johnny Hobson and Frank Turnbull, took over student government offices. On February 16, the war hit home at Central-- school was dismissed for draft registration. During February the class of '43 organized, the first junior Class in the history of Central. Felder More- head was elected president, and the chief project of the class was a highly successful clean-up campaign. Near the end of school johnny Hobson was elected president of the Student body for the fall term with a cabinet of several other seniors. Finally the day came-September 6, 1942-and we were officially dubbed seniors . Oh what fun to look down our noses at the juniors and send the little fresh- men up four long flights of stairs to the famous swim- ming pool ! Scott Brantley was chosen Lieutenant Colonel of the ll.O.T.C., but because of the new Re- tail Selling course, which Scott took, he was forced to resign, and Thomas Cxawford succeeded him. Stu-- dents went all out for the war drives, making the tin can, scrap metal, magazine, key, and war bond and stamp drives more than successful. On Novem- ber 24, the seniors all met for the first class meeting. A few weeks later Felder Morehead was elected president of the class with Peggy Boyce, Lloyd Graves, jake Blumenfeld and Clarence Cotten hold- ing the otl.er offices. Cotten was unable to serve, and Gene 'l'horne took over the duties of sergeant-at-arms. 'Thanksgiving proved very di zappointing, especially to the seniors, for Central was defeated by the Yellow jackets for the third consecutive year. We were still mighty proud of our boys, though, especially Lloyd Graves, Louis Napier and jimmy Williams, who made All-Memphis. Time came for student government elec- tion again and a healed campaign followed, with Marjorie Radford becoming the third girl president in Central's twenty years of' student government. Other seniors elected to offices were june Love over Prud- Puge Twenty-nine ence Todd, fwho later was appointed Commissioner of Defense Activities succeeding David Babinj, A. G. Wellons, joyce Spalding, Fred Willis, David Vance, Dorothy Park and David Babin. The new term began and senior girls found them- selves members of the gym class, because of a state ruling, while the eighteen-year-old boys began to feel Uncle Sam's breath hot on their necks. The senior class immediately got down to work with committees being named and graduation plans getting under way. In the election for Editor of the Senior War- rior, Dalton lvins came out on top over john Broderick, Ann Turner and Dorothy Harris. On April 2, most of the senior boys took the Army and Navy tests for specialized training. Many, however, were already classified in the Navy's V-5. The class gathered at St. Mary's Cathedral on Sun-- day, May 23, for the Baccalaureate services. This brought to our minds the sadness of graduation, and we all began to feel a little depression, instead of our customary hilarity. The following week we were kept busy practicing our songs, marching and doing all the necessary rehearsing for commencement exer- cises. Our last luncheon together was at the Peabody on Wednesday afternoon, May 26. We all found the sur- roundings quite different from the school cafeteria. lnstead of the loud hum of voices and crashing dishes, we heard the soft music of orchestra. THE night finally came, .May 27, and the class as- sembled behind the stage at the Ellis Auditorium. There was much laughter at the way some of us looked in our caps and gowns, but we were all pleased with ourselves. About 7:45 we all became nervous as to whether we would stumble in march-- ing on the stage or whether we'd drop our diplomas, but at the stroke of 8:00 we marched on stage and cteiytliing went off letter-perfect. Rev. Victor Brugge gave the invocation, and Lucius Burch, jr. gave the Commencement address. We all felt quite proud of Marilyn Martyn, Ruth Howlett and Felder Morehead who made the class speeches, also jolpn Richards who sang the Lord's Prayer, and lvlarjorie Wurzburg who was the organ accompanist for the class songs, the first student in the history of Central to play for the graduation exercises. There were five of our fellow classmates missing in the group, Leslie Doyle, David Hoke, Wallace lteid, jack Bobbitt and Ted jentsch. They were called to Keesler Field, Mississippi, on April 26 to report to the Army Air Corps. As we stood to sing the Farewell Song, written by Bobby Webb, tears came to our eyes as we realized that the long, and sometimes hard, journey that had begun some twelve years before, when we had been led quite fearfully to some grammar school door, had come to an end. We still do not know what lies ahead of us in this uncertain world, but we do know that our days at Central will always remain in our hearts and the things we learned will help us through our trying times.

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Mrs. Wheeler, played by Iuanita Gossett, is very SEINIICR PLAY Clarence , a comedy in four parts, by Booth Tar- kington, was presented by the senior class to a large audience in the school auditorium on the night of May Zl. lt was directed by Miss Rebekah Cohen. The plot develops around Clarence, a seeming nobody, who is forced upon the Wheeler family be- cause he knows all of their troubles, and they real-A ize it would be disastrous to let him go around spread- ing gossip about them. Clarence was played by Ed Cook. jealous of her daughters governess, Miss Pinney, who she thinks is playing up to her husband. The daugh- ter, Cora, is having an affair with a grass widower, Hubert Stem, who really is in love with Miss Pinney, as are Clarence and the wheeler's son, Bobby. Bobby however, is threatened with a law suit because he kissed the maid, and her fiancee saw it. They all confide their troubles to Clarence, who is handy- man around the house. Up until the last he remains 1 a mystery, for no one even knows his last name. ln the last act it turns out that he is Clarence Smith, a noted scientist with several college degrees and a listing in Who's Who. He and Miss Pinney marry and all 'the family troubles are settled. The characters were as follows: THE CAST: Mrs, Martyn, a secretary ,...... ..... Lona Mitchell Mr, Wheeler ...,............. Bobby Wheeler ...,.... Cora Wheeler ,...... Violet Pinney ....,.,.,, Della, the Maid ,,......... Dinwiddie, the fiancee Hubert Stem .......i,..,...... Iohn Pate .. A. G. Wellons Leone Flaniken ., ....... Mary Frances Haney Naida Thomas Cliff Cowherd Gene Andrews SEATED ON FLOOR-A-Leone Flaniken, A. G. Wel- Gossett, Gene Andrews, Ruth Young, Kitty Hargrove, H Naida Thomas, Mary Frances Haney. STANDING IOUS- OTHERS fleff 10 f1Qhll-l0hU Pflfei TOTTHTIY -Ed Cook, Lona Mitchell, lake Blumenfeld. l'ug1v Tlzirlu