Orrville High School - Orrbit Yearbook (Orrville, AL)

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Glass gfistory Z, I A gh N .. ho? 5 Y will! 2 A A! .Ji It As graduation time approaches, we realize that we, as a class, will soon be non-existent. Memories of the past few years come crowding in, forming a happy pic- ture of hours well-spent. The class of '47 entered high school in the fall of 1942. We were young then, but we kept things moving. Twenty-nine of us--Junior Andrews, Desmond Bridges, Jes- se Englett, Randolph Jeter, John Ross Long, Bobby Mayton, Dick McDonald, Edgar Mer- edith, Harry Miller, Don Mooney, Will Moore, Thomas Parrott, Eugene Pegues, John S. Reynolds, Aubrey Rush, Richard Sanderson, Alex Singleton, Otis Weedon, Dean Wilson, Margaret Baker, Anna Pearl Cox, Lula Mae Cleveland, Lucie Bell Edwards, Bobbie Jean Grant, Rebecca Harper, Nell Mayton, Doris Morgan, Dorothy Roberts, and Willie V. Weatherly--reported that September morning to our home-room teacher, Mr.A.L. Smith. There was a lot of potential football material in our group. In fact, throughout our entire high school course we have made a name for ourselves and our school in all athletics. Before the year was out, our number began to decrease. In the fall Desmond Bri dges left us. Dick McDonald moved to Montgomery, Anna Pearl Cox to Selma, and Re- becca Harper to Uniontown. Later in the year Otis Weedon and Jesse Englett stopped school. We came back to school in the fall of 1944 with eighteen students reporting to Mrs. Dunaway. Bobbie Jean Grant had moved to Alexander City, Alton Vickers to Sel- ma, and Clyde Hicks to Camden. We were somewhat saddened by the loss of Will Moore in a tragic accident during the past summer. We had a very successful year, not only in athletics, but in our studies also. Most of the athletes in the school were to be found in our class. Cupid was again at work. Lula Mae Cleveland married during the school year and set up housekeeping. That left only seventeen of us. When school opened in September, 1946, we were proud seniors. Again the armed forces took its toll of our number. Alex Singleton joined the Army, and Don Mooney enlisted in the Navy. Willie V. Weatherly married during the sum er and was not with us. But with the end of the war we gained four veterans--George Jewell, John Thomas Bridges, Martin Smith, and Charles Moore. Charles was taking a post-graduate course, but he could not resist the offer of a good job which was offered him, so he left us before Christmas. Wmrtin Smith also left us at mid-term to enter the U- niversity of Alabama. The athletes of the class of '47 helped to produce one of the finest athletic records in the history of the school. We shall long remember the happy hours spent in developing physical skill and sportsmanship on the football field,the basketball court, and the baseball diamond. Now that we have come to the end of our high school days, we face the future with a feeling of expectancy. Our years together have better equipped us to meet whatever is in store for us. May we be bound always by the bonds of friendship which have held us close during our high school days. BOBB! MAYTON Class Historian IO

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I Class UM!! - e -f'- a fn . a 5 2 ' -5' I fy , x U fa Kuff:- .ogg Z1 f 5, . KU We, the Senior Class of 1947 of Orrville High School, town of Orrvllle, County of Dallas, State of Alabama, being of sound minds--as far as is possible after four years of high school--and not acting under fraud, duress, or undue influ- ence, do make, publish, and declare this our last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former wills and codicils by us made at any time. ARTICLE I Item I: We,.do hereby bequeath to our esteemed principal, W. F. Childres, all the popcorn, empty sacks, and candy wrappers with which we have so generously strewn the halls during the past years. To said principal we also leave our gratitude for his kindness and understanding through the past years. Item II: To the faculty we leave our thanks and our sincere hope that they may find rest and repose from the worry which we have thoughtlessly caused them. Item III: We do hereby leave to the Class of '48 our gongeniality,cooperat1ve spirit, and superb leadership. In the coming year you will have many important decisions to make, and we would like to be assured that there will be no fric- tion nor arguments which would cause you headaches and loss of sleep. ARTICLE II We, as individuals, do make and declare this to be our disposal of the follow- ing personal items: I, Margaret Baker, leave my quick solution of Chemistry equations to Stanhope Frasier to use in any way he sees fit. I, Thomas Parrott, leave the managership of various athletics to Howell Gees- lin to be passed on to some other honest and dependable person. I, Bobby Mayton, leave my athletic prowess to E. P. Massey for his development of brawn and brain. I, Lucie Bell Edwards, leave my voice to Randy Davis that she may lead assem- bly singing next year. To her also I leave my fondness for blondes. I, George Jewell, will my manly physique and my ability to diagram sentences to Roy West. I, Nell Mayton, leave my charm to Ruth Marshall. You may have a new boy friend for every sport if you wish, Ruth. I, Edgar Meredith, leave my sharp wit to Clyde Hicks so that the next class may have its share of nonsense. ' I, Dorothy Roberts, leave my quiet manner and lovable disposition tothrol- yn West. ' I, Aubrey Rush, leave my romantic tendencies to Nick Lindsay, secure in the knowledge that Nick will keep them as quiet as I did. I, John S. Reynolds, leave my running ability to Ralph walker. It's handy at times, Ralph. I, Dean Wilson, leave my art of high pressure politics to Leroy McGhee to be used, developed, and left in Orrville School for the good of posterity. H