Memphis University School - Owl Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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JAMES EDWARD BLOUNT, III Born: December 15, 1942 Achievements: Baseball 1 , 2, 3, 4; 2nd team All-County 3; Football 1, 2, Honorable Men- tion All-County 4; Social Committee 1; Latin Club 1, 2; Library Staff 1, 2; U Club 1 2 3,4; Phys. Ed. 1, 2, 3. I ' m as rough as a cob. This is Jeb ' s favorite saying as he grabs people around their necks and chokes them half to death. It is chiefly due to Jeb ' s and Bell ' s little games that the furniture in the Common Room is so cracked and broken. Next to playing baseball, Jeb ' s favorite pastime is going to White Station during the school day in his white Pontiac convertible which definitely has savvy. Of course, Jeb will best be remembered for his baseball ex- ploits and his .001 batting average. CRANMER RIDLEY BOYCE Born.- July 1, 1943 Achievements: Library Staff 2; MUSCET 2- Phys. Ed. 2, 3, 4. Cran is the only senior who is related to one of our great faculty members. Some- how, Cran is kin to Mr. Campbell, or just Beau to Cran, but it doesn ' t do him any good— he still fails. Cran loves New Orleans for its cultural atmosphere— its art museums, its colleges, Rosie Tatoo, the Cat Girl, and Bourbon Street. Yes, says Cran, you can learn a lot in New Orleans. Cran is also a master of military strategy as is obvious from the planning and perfect execution of The Great Panty Raid at Lau- sanne — all under the direction of General Robert E. Boyce.

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JON ALAN BALLEW Born: Jan. 19, 1943 Achievements: Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Baseball 3, 4; Track 3; National Honor Society 4; Phys. Ed. 4. To hear Saliba tell it, his life would make a perfect soap opera. Working from dusk to dawn mounding manure, plowing, churning, slopping the hogs, and lifting those three-hundred pound feed sacks, Ballew still manages to make ' good grades, without ever, ever, ever opening a book. To hear his tales of football practices in Collierville, one would think that the Collier- ville team hit harder than the New York Giants. Ballew recently raked in the Collier- ville safe driving award because he ' s a good conscientious, safe driver, and also because his car won ' t go over thirty. JOHN BAUGH BELL Born: January 24, 1943 Achievements: Football 2, 3, 4; Track 3, 4; Latin Club 2; U Club 3, 4; Phys. Ed. 2, 3, 4. Jo Mason, Jo Mason; brave, coura- geous . . . With the lilting strains of this lyric melody, Ding-dong pours out his soul in tune. By his own acclaim, Bell is un- doubtedly the strongest man in the world; just look at his crushing defeat of John Bramlett at Clearpool. Bell is a great white hunter, when it comes to ducks, girls, or seventh graders. Everybody has a soft spot in his heart for good ole John, especially the faculty, the seventh graders, and Jim Rawls.

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JOEL WALL BROWN Born: July 2, 1943 Achievements: Football 1, 2, 3, Co-Captain Honorable Mention All-County 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3; Baseball 1, 2, 4; Latin Club 1, Presi- dent 2; U Club 2, 3, President 4, National Honor Society 3, 4; President of Class 1, 2, 3; President of Student Body 4. Our quarterback, Little Jody Brown, as the AAill ington radio announcer described him, was one of our best football players despite his fumblings, his incomplete passes, and his non-existent plays which he some- times called in the huddles. Besides his football career, Jody is the President of the Student Council and ex- hausts himself every morning in futile at- tempts to make the eighth graders stay seated until told to leave. Brown is always cheerful and pleasant except when leaving Math class bewilderedly or thinking about La Symphonie Pastoral. STEPHEN BULL Born: January 7, 1 943 Achievements: Paper Staff 4; Annual Staff 4; Phys. Ed. 1, 2, 3, 4; Senior Class Red Cross Representative 4. By his addiction to the manufacture and flying of model airplanes, Ruben shows that he thinks of himself as the third Wright brother. In fact, we predict that his end will come when he is carried into the air on the guidewire of a berserk model, al- though it would take a large model to lift his mighty bulk. Another of Ruben ' s crazy hobbies is the analysis of handwriting, through the use of which, he hopes someday to be able to prove that, subconsciously, Rawls hates England. 20