Milan High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Milan, TN)

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Glass Zfraplzecy Well, here I am, the most famous tale bearer alive, who knows and tells all. I'm going to report, straight from my nest, on that immortal class of 1952, that graduated ten years ago, ' l'1l start with Jimmy Laster. Jimmy, the second Paderewski, is a famous concert pianist with Cecil Crider as his manager. Our senior class president, Vinson Alexander, is now the head doctor of a large Hospital. He is a bachelor but makes eyes at his two right hand nurses, Bobbie Sue Cox and Martha Nell Wood. Bobby Gair is head of Atomic research in Washington. He and his assistant Arlis Richardson, sent unique Christmas presents last year--Miniature Atomic Bombs! Mary Anne Evans was so excited when she received hers, that she dropped the package and hasn't been heard from since, Frances Arrington, Thelma West and Helen Leeman have recently returned from their second hon- eymoon. Billy Ferguson and Joe David Piercey are big FBI men now, They always keep Bubba Fly handy as their lawyer to get them out of jams. Martha Ann Gross and Mary Lou Sampson are now working in Carnegie Hall! Yes, sir--they wield a wicked mop and keep the stage immaculate. Martha Lee Vernon, a missionary, has just returned from China. Also, the Goldsmith twins and Joe Doyle have just returned from visiting their good friends, the Mayor and Mrs. Ki Poong of Seoul. Merlene Carroll and Eva Nell Carroll are the owners of Carroll and Carroll's Miserable Meals, the ritziest joint in New York. In case you haven't recognized the voice of the stars of It Pays to be Funny, it's John Bell and Hope Grizzell. lncidentally, the script is written by Ruth Woods and Dorothy Rimmer and is sponsored by Glenda Cole's new vitamin packed product- -Sog--the cereal that doesn't crunch, crackle, or pop, but just lies, glares up, and defies you to eat it, Johnny Mayo and Joe Ray Crocker own a midget auto racing outfit. It is really hot stuff. Remember Hariett Drake? Well, she's still an editor, This time she is head of Blab a new na- tional newspaper, which features the comic strip Big Orphan Andy drawn by Peggy Williams. Kenneth Mayo, with his loud clear voice, has won unrenown fame for his Corner where he sells the Blab, Dean Cantrell, voted most likely to succeed, is Einstein's successor. She has just edited the Book of Knowledge and of course Dean needed help and so hired Ann Butler, Martha Hunt and Clara Ruth Oliver as her secretaries. Evelyn Tate and Joy Tackett were recently in a beauty contest for Miss America. Wanda Tackett, a manufacturer of cosmetics, was on hand to watch the feat. We have two 'Miss Americas. lt was a tie. Nancy Keaton has returned home to Alaska where she and her family live. Nancy has recently been elected cutest Eskimo in the clan. Marianne Caldwell got married and had twleve kids. She thought she would stop with a football team but found that they come cheaper by the dozen. Jerry Barger is now manufacturing etasers. I guess to make up for all those he tore up in class. Donald Vickery writes cute little poems for advertisements, The factory would not be complete with- out Dean Appleton and Jerry Wood as the top salesmen. Falsh--Important! Larry Parker, Devon Rollins and Bobby Doyle have just completed a trio flight around the world two times without stopping. They have set a new record! Jimmy Parr, the former captain of our football team, is making plans for a trip to Mars, Harold Fly has helped design the rocket ship. Jimmy plans to take Billie Sue Hodges along to show the people of Mars what the typical American girl looks like. Thomas Vawter and Ray Essary now run a dairy farm. They furnish, well no they don't but their cows furnish milk for a large University where Joyce Ann Stavely, Martha Blazer and Cherry Grown have made quite a name for themselves as teachers, Martha Lynn Killen and Bettye Ann Powell are now making their second million manufacturing their popular line of dresses--F lash On--which are made from burned out light bulbs, their own inven- tion.

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MARTHA NELL WOOD leaves her sense of humor to Betty Manner. CECIL CRIDER willshis good manner - to Alfred Adcock. PEGGY WILLIAMS leaves her ability to get around to Faye Magness. EVA NELL and MERLENE CARROLL leave their neatness to Margaret Boulton. MARTHA KILLEN and CLARA RUTH OLIVER leave their good natured ways to Bobby Spain and Zola Vann. JOE DOYLE leaves all his Army life to Garland DeShazo and Harold Gordon. THELMA WEST leaves her ability to get a husband to Imo- gene Replogle. WITNESSES ATTORNEY for SENIORS 611155 J-Hsfory As the dawn settled unsuspectingly over the earth in the fall of 1940, seventeen mothers were franti- cally trying to dress squirming bits of humanity. It seemed that these future seniors just didn't want to learn anything more than to make mud pies or to elude the sheriff's possee. But, alas, their struggles were in vain, school was upon them. As this tender scene fades away we find ourselves, at last, in the factory of learning. Listen closely and you may hear shrieks of terror as parents depart and Cecil Crider, Eva Carroll, Peggy June Williams, Jimmy Parr, Mary Anne Evans, Bettye Powell, Merlene Carroll, Cherry Brown, Marianne Caldwell, Nancy Keaton. John Mayo, Ann Butler, Glenda Cole, Vinson Alexander, Bubba Fly, Dean Appleton and Bobbie Sue Cox were left in the presence of teachers who were wondering if these darlings, who looked so innocent, were hiding any booby traps. Each day brought new worlds to conquer and this bunch caught on fastg they even succeeded in dri- ving Miss Young, the first grade teacher, into marriage. the succeeding years which were spent in seperate buildings because of the war boom were under the direction of Mr. Bradberry, Miss Ocie, Miss Reba, Miss Jane McLean, Miss Holmes, and Mrs. Hattie Keaton. ls there a soul now alive that fails to remember that fateful day when Miss Hattie, bustling back from the office, softly crept into the library and peeping through the curtains caught our heroes talking? I suppose the sight must have amazed her, for she fairly swooped down upon unsuspecting heads and demanded her revenge! Funny why no one could sit still for a week. But we must hasten on or we shall forever remain in grammer school. After the sixth grade Miss Edith, Miss Vennie, Miss Nola, and Mr. Cooke had the pleasure of polishing us up for high school, After the green shine of a freshman wore off, our high schoolcareers were filledwith experiences of Mr. Thomas suspiciously writing excuses and the hard wham of a size eleven shoe belonging to Mr. Mayo, Then came the hardest battle of all--Ceasar! But without Miss Johrmie gently threatening to drag Latin students to the office the cause of education would be forever lost, As sophomores and juniors we struggled along packing pretty green bugs to Mrs. Hicks, shouting po- etry at Mrs. I-laun, pestering Mrs. Davidson for the page number of a speed test, and convincing Mr. Odle we knew the difference between NaCL and HQO. At last the big yearl Our senior year has been bursting with tears, joys,hopes and new rings. But beneath it all there is the fervent hope that as we step through another portal it will be toward success and honor for M, H. S. See you in the Hall of Famel Your Historian

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611155 prophesy 60 'I Iames McLean and Mary Ellen Perritt went into business together. They run a zoo in New York be- cause their favorite animals are monkeys. Wilmer May is their famous animal trainer. That's all the information I have, so I'l1 close my report. But if anyone asks you, remember, you heard it from a little bird! , Three Seniors whose high school work was interrupted by the Korean struggle when the National Guard Company from Milan was sent to Korea in January 1951 have returned with records of distinction in the service of their country on battle-fields of the Far East. These boys, Norman Goldsmith, James Goldsmith, and Joe Doyle are welcomed by their Alma Mater for the completion of their work in Milan High School. Their courage, their efforts, and their coopera- tive spirit have made a large contribution to the Class of '52. JAMES GOLDSMITH Through zeal knowledge gotten. NORMAN GOLDSMITH Our life is what our thoughts make it. JOE DOYLE A mind content, a con science clear. Q li 159545