Nettleton High School - Memoirs Yearbook (Nettleton, MS)

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As we look agarn Lnto the great telescope we vlew the brg drpper A few of these stars we recognrze also There IS Davrd Berr yhrll a great Agrrculture teacher also As he rs an Important man and needs help, he has hrred Doms Young as h1s prtvate sec retary Among the stars of the blg drpper we see Rosle Mae Muse who ts now a telephone operator Kmlock Shumpert 15 shootlng b y rn her b rg converttble She IS a saleswoman for the Avon Company We see Nan Coggm cashrng her monthly check She IS marrted now and teachmg the first grade There are some llttle stars there too Are they hers? There are some more stars we recogmze too There IS Hazel T aylor nurstng Could anyone have a better nurse? Oh yea' there 15 another star It IS nearly last but not least, James T aylor He rs a hrghway patrolman Bobby G tllentlne who IS a mechamc has the Job of ftxrng hrs car Somewhere rn the regron of the Lrttle Dxppe r we behold a small star wrth a brg tw tnkle Why IIS none other than Ernestrne Rankrn who rs a state F H A counselor, as well as a teacher of Home Economrcs Two hundred nrnety tune three hundred, three hundred one oh but I was never good at frgures espe ct ally countlng stars I ll leave that to Lorene Sprrnger who rs very successful as a bookkeeper for Lowensteln s rn Memphls Now I leave the Class of 1951 to therr separate destmres as Up the dome of heaven Llke a great hrll I watch them marchmg Stately and strll And I know that I Am honored to be Wrtness Of so much maJesty . g - . - f . I o . . . - ' . I - - . - 1 I . . . , . . . . , , . I I .

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64602 Alone rn the nrpht O1 a drrk h1ll Wrth prnes around me Sprcy and stlll And a heaven full of stars Over my he ad Whlte and topaz And mrsty red Wlule star yamng, I am remrnde d that, srnce the lllVk.l'lI1Oll of the teltseope by Cjalrleo, many new st1rs have been vrewed by the human eye lookrng at the myrrads over my head, I am suddenly conscrous of the fact th xt somt new stars are eomrng rn to vu vw Ixear the brrght mornrng star I observed another scarcely less brrllrant Can rt be Vrrgrnra QC!'1bllCI' as a Drrector of Relrgrous Educatron at Blue Mountarn College? A brrght star flashes across the Ivenrng Sky and rs gon e But wart' No rt ts not gone as we supposed Why' rt rs Buddy Raman, who plays rrght end for the Ixevs York Grants, his fame as 1 professronal football player has spread all over the Unrted States Xl rskered Wrzards Nrght after nryjht hrrllrant stars return to vrtw, glowrng wrth a steady yellow lrtght AS one passed we recognraed rt to be Jean Carlrsle carryrng her youn est of three C n dren rn her arms That brrght star eommy., rnto vrew lS Bobby Lwrtffrn and tts frve pornts are the mem bers of hrs state ehampronshrp basketball team The colleetron of stars to the rrght are Doyle Ray and hrs Bw Etbht football team There we see the mrlky may The leadrng star we recognrze as berng Jonell Rrley whose husband owns tht newest Grade A Datry rn ltawamba County F ollowrng ttat star we see another brrght one It seems to be danclng around in the sky We look afrarn and see rt rs Bessre Adams who ts owner and operator ofthe Adams Fafeterra The vrsron rs blurred, but as rt clears we recognrze some more stars of the Mrlky Way We see Jrmmy Rogers who IS an Agrrculture teacher o x ' , J 1 z ' A, . , , X l Q - 3 Y ' s l 1 ' 1 s ' x ' s w u 1 lv x L L x x A ' 1 ' I ' 3 ' 1 ,,,, A , Q f an v I ' m v 4 ' 1 C ' 1 x L z ' I and equally as bright a streak is being made by Frank Culver who plays forward for the I ' y I A x -1 1' v' 3 4 . . , ', , ' , ' , 1' v , s s I '1, v s Y ' ' .',, C, . s . - , ' - ' 1 D I ' 'B 1 , V J X Q

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acl' We!! Had ealemewz' We the S eniors of ul betng of sound mind and SPIIII do hereby make our a Wlll and testament to the following 1nd1x1duals The Semor boys leave to Mr Lower y a new paddle as he wore o ut the old one dur1ng the Sl term The Sen1or glf1S leave to Mr Lowery a full t1me secretary so he won t have to keep up Wlfh so many d1fferent offtce gtrls during the day To the faculty we leave our thanks and apprec1at1on for their 1nterest and patlence dur1ng our years 111 high school To the Junior Class as a whole we leave our ab1l1ty to w1n the favor of the teach ers Wllh the teachers nrnesttne Rankin bequeaths her ab1l1ty 1n club leadership to Tommie Jean Cheek Bobby Gene G1llent1ne leaves 1115 dr1v1ng ab1l1ty to Tommy Lee Riley as he seems to be 1n need of it Frank Culver w1lls his love of cutting classes to Sammy Joe Payne DaV1d Berryh1ll leaves 1115 learning ablllly to Agnes Craft Krnlock Shumpert leaves her red ha1r to B1l1y Edwards as his needs touching up a tn color' Ionell Riley leaves to Martha Jeane Nall her ab1l1ty to play basketball Bobby Gr1ff1n w1lls h1s ab1l1ty to play football to Leland Hughes Buddy Ramage, who th1nks there sho uld be at least one tall S en1or , leave hetght toJ D Sprayberry Nan Coggtn leaves her sweetheart to Lorene Hall Doyle Ray leaves to D1ck Bishop h1s good looks and prtde 1n h1s appearance 0 -, - ' 'F , ' , ' ' ' 1 st V 1 -1 . Y A V 74 . xx 'x ' 5 ' 1 . 1 , x Jimmy Rogers leaves to Horace Morris an apple, signigying his ability to get along . , . D . . bit ' . ' ' ' s his