Munford High School - Conqueror Yearbook (Munford, TN)

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Several days later, without further mlshap, we arrlved 1n Ch1cago That n1ght we declded to attend a radlo broadcast We managed to secure tlckets to a concert by the HAll Girl Orchestra,U of wh1ch our old classmates Shlrley Beaver and Mary Faye Pollard were members Loulse P0UHC9Y, another of our classmates, was the featured vocallst for the nlght We spent the nlght 1n the suburbs and left the next mornlng for New York City Two days later we arrlved in New York C1ty determined to see every thlng the huge city offered We declded to spend several days there so we spllt up into groups and went our separate ways Halllng a cab, we were astonlshed to d1SCDV6T that our dr1ver was our old frlend and classmate Lloyd Gray We dlrected h1m to take us to the Emplre State Buildlng as our first stop Upon arr1v1ng there lt was suggested that we purchase a paper to determine the n1ght's aCt1V1t16S Playlng at the Metropolltan Opera was that Southern Belle, Georgia Sarta1n1a, the famous Munford pr1ma donna Turning to Sports, we found that there was to be a pT0feSS1Onal basketball game 1n Mad1son Square Garden to nlght Star and Captain of the M nford Moochers was Ed Maughan, a former star at Munford Hlgh Scheduled to referee the contest was Jimmy W1ley, alumml of Tlpton County State Inst1tut1on for teachers of course Becky Glover was in charge of the score keeping and scores's desk In the Arena, there was to be a wrestllng match for the Lady Champlon of the World between Joyce UK1llerU Fletcher and an unknown opponent We were still undecided as to what we would do that night when we lunch, we began an lnspection of Wall Street The flrst offlce we saw was that of the Gross Moving Plctures Inc of which Betty Sue was Pres1 dent and owner Contlnulng our tour, we passed a studlo, 1n wh1ch we were surprised and happy to see Sarah Ashworth modeling the latest type French bathlng suits We saw many other interestlng slghts before we started back to our prearranged meetlng place wlth the other students We spent several crowded and very interesting days ln New York and then left on the last leg of our Journey home We arrlved in the Capitol of our great country the next day The f1PSt thing we heard was that Wallace Joyner had Just been elected Senator from Tennessee The news, lt seems, hae gust leaked out through h1s pretty secretary, Betty Jean Coleman We v1s1ted betty Jo Bomar, the head of the National Home Ecomomlcs Department, before we left that afternoon On our trlp through Vlrglnia, we managed to buy a copy of the Memph1s paper Edna Earle McCollum, noted colummlst had wrltten an artlcle on Joe Hanks, the dlminutive C?J outflelder of the New York Yankees, formerly a classmate of ours Also in today's headllnes was the announcement that Cleo Smlth had Just become the f1PSt woman to sw1m the English Channel Arrlvlng ln Nashvllle several days later, we were met by Juanlta Slmmons noted social worker ln Nashville who had us a place to stay that nlght Mary Frances Morgan, famed woman Judge, V1Sit9d us and told us of Austln Strlckland, who was at that moment ln the m1dST of a hot electlon for Govennor of Tennessee T home hs next mornlnga brlght and early, we left on Highway 70 for e arrived ln Memphls at four that afternoon and in M P un ord igogogfter We had been gone exactly s1x weeks and had traveled , mlles and had engoyed a wonderful trlp BY Al1Ce Mcrgan, Editor, Munford Weekly 23 finished our tour of the tallest building in the U. S. After eating

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GSS PYOPkeS It 1S the year 1960 Ten long years have passed and the Munford hlgh b6HlOFS are preparlng to embark on the annual Senlor Trlp Going along as chaperone lS Mlss June Moore, commerical teacher at the Hlgh School, who 1S determ1ned to flnd what has become of her classmates of 1950 lhe day of departure flnally came ard as the bus drove up, who should be the dF1V6F1JUt J I Forbess, the owner of the prosperous bus llne he at once began dlrectlng the loadlng of baggage, but suddenly a clamor arose' Llttle Thurman Bllllngs Jr had fallen from the bus and had broken a leg Thurman Jr 1S one of Sonny's seven boys Mr W1ll1S lmmedlately called the Turnage Ambulance Servlce, run by Maurlce and h1s brother, Wlnston He was taken qulckly to the hos pltal where Blelsa Woodbury was engaged as h1s nurse Lucklly th1s was the only casualty and the group left wlth destlnatlon unknown Pass 1ng through Mllllngton, they saw Betty Wooten, now Betty Thomas, hanging out a washlng Contlnulng southward, they stopped the flrst night at New Orleans an V1S1t6d the nSage Henn a nlghtspot run by our old frlend, Jasper H1s chlef attraction was NCurvesN Rowland, a wonderful opportunlty to watch geometry at work, so Mr Willls told the Senlors il C U J and stopped to speak to Professor Margle Dlxon, head of the h1StOFy Department lhat nlght we spent at El Paso and the next day we crossedthe border into Mexlco Havlng heard reports of the f1ve frult grown by Senor Bobby Bomar, we d6Cld6d'bO V1S1t h1s huge manslon Bobby showed us around hls huge frult farms and gave us all several samples CTOSS1ng the border agaln, we drove steadlly until we came to Los Angeles We decldedto stop there for a few hours and drop 1n on our many old frlends Flrst we v1s1ted the great commerclal artlst, Charles Carter, who was at that moment worklng w1th the famous Tonl Twlns , Mary and Martha Cousar Leavlng them, we stopped a few moments to watch a motlon plcture belng made Donald Dyer the f1ne actor from Drummonds , nnessee, was starrlng 1n a new release, Hypnotlsm and Bees We left the next day for San Franclsco, arr1v1ng there at noon We were pleasantly surpr1sed to f1nd that Faye W1lson, edltor of the San PFaHC1SCO Post, on hearing word of us, had arranged a parade 1n our honor We engoyed th1s 1mmensely but we had to leave that afternoon Our tr1p took us on through Washington and Oregon 1nto Canada We were well lnto Canada when our bus broke down one sultry even Eggiibutsmuch to our surprise and pleasure who should come along but 6 pec McCullough He lnformed us that he was on h1s way Alaska to dig f0T' Sold Our bus was finally fixed and we were on our way once more' 22 d . . . , . Driving through Texasthe next day, we passed Peekaboo College ,N . ' ' Il ' ' YI Te ' ' .I .S ll ' . ll , ' ' ' ' to

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