Oxford High School - Yellow Jacket Yearbook (Oxford, AL)

Text from Pages 1 - 60 of the 1945 volume:

Published by the Students of CALHOUN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL Oxford, Alabama i As a token or our sincere appreciation ot her competency, encouragement, and co- operation in whatever task we undertake, we dedicate this annual, The Yellow Jacket of 1945, to Mrs. Frank LaBelle. FACULTY CLASSES FEATURES ORGANIZATIONS ATHLETICS 1ke FACULTY H. T. STANFORD B.S. University of Alabama; M.A. University of Alabama FRANCES BOBO Junior High B.S. Jacksonville College AMY COOPER Music B.R.E. Boston University; Institute of Musical Art RUTH BUTENSCHON Typing and Choral B.S. Jacksonville College; M.A. Ala- bama Polytechnic Institute LUCILLE COLEY Junior High B.A. University of Alabama IRENE GANCEL English B.S. Jacksonville College LOVELLA GRAY Junior High Jacksonville College 11™ FACULTY OLA BELLE KIRBY Junior High B.A. Huntingdon College LEATHA NORTON Speciol B.S. Texas State College for Women DOROTHY LABELLE Mathematics B.A. Michigan State College FRANCES LAW Home Economics B.S. Alabama Polytechnic Institute J. L. NEASE Science B.A. Emory University; M.A. Emory University MAE PINSON History B.S. Peabody College; M.A. Co- lumbia University POSTELLE WATTS Junior High B.S. Jacksonville College W. G. WEST Coach and Spanish B.S. Jacksonville College EARL HARDWICK . President MARY NELL BRADFORD Treasurer FRANCES HOLLAND Vice-President RUBY WILSON Student Council BILLY HAWKINS Secretary PETER KIRBY Student Council Motto: The elevator to success is not running,- take the stairs. Colors: Red and White Flower: Red Rose GRADUATION DAY Well, high school's really over. To us it's strange somehow That little everyday things Are all just memories now. We glance at the old scenes To remember them always— The autographed desk tops. The long dim hallways. Not a few eyes are misty As we stand on the welhworn walk And turn for one last look At the ivy-covered walls. But looking down the road. Ahead just a little way. We see the world before us. It's Graduation Day! JEWELL McCOMBS, Class Poet. SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS SENIORS FRED ADAMS C Club '43, '44, '45; Basket- ball '43, '44, '45; District First Team '45; Top Player Sixth District '45. EULA B. ARTHUR 4-H Club '43, '44; Choral Club '45. GLORIA AWTRY Cheerleader '44, '45,- Glee Club '44; Dramatic Club '44; Annual Staff '44, '45; C Club '44, '45; Stinger Editor '45; Assistant Editor Stinger '44. HELEN BAGLEY Transferred from Anniston High School. CHRISTINE BENNETT 4-H Club '43. SENIORS JACK BOSWELL Annual Staff '45; United States Army. MILFRED BOWMAN United States Army. MARY NELL BRADFORD Student Council '43, '44; Class Treasurer '44, '45,- Editor Annual '45; Assistant Editor Stinger '45; Dramatic Club '43, '44; Victory Corps '42. MARTHA BRICKHOUSE Glee Club '45. ANN BROUGHTON Transferred from Anniston High School. SENIORS GERALD BUFORD Stinger Staff '44, '45. LUCILLE BUNN Transferred from Lineville High '43. MARY LOU BURKARD Glee Club '44; Stinger Staff '44,- President of Junior Class '44. HUEY BURROWS United States Navy. TULA CHAPMAN SENIORS PAUL COPELAND Bus Driver. DORIS CRAUSWELL COOPER DORSETT United States Navy. FRANK EDMONDSON Transferred from Childersburg High School; Bus Driver '45. FRANCES ANN ENGLE Junior Play '44; C Club '44, '45; Cheerleader '44, '45; President Glee Club '45; Dramatic Club '44; Victory Corps '43. SEN O R S SEN O R S JEWEL FORD HARRIS FRANCIS Transferred from Alexandria High School '44; Stinger Staff '45. NELL GARDNER Transferred from Lafayette High School '43,- Dramatic Club '44; Cho- ral Club '44, '45. MARGARET GLIDEWELL FRANCES HOLLAND Vice-President Junior Class, Vice- President Senior Class, Victory Corps '43; Dramatic Club '44; Stinger Staff '44, '45,- Annual Staff '44, '45. LUCILLE HOMBURGER Transferred from Anniston High School. SAMMY HUBBARD United States Navy. GLADYS HUCKABY Transferred from Lineville High School; 4-H Club '44. EARL HARDWICK C Club '44, '45; President Sen- ior Class '45; Student Council Sec- retary '45; Junior Play '44; Annual Staff '45; Football '44, '45; Student Council '43. JAMES EARL HUGHES Junior Play '44; C Club '43, '44, '45; Basketball '43, '44, '45; Football '43; Student Council '44, '45; Secretary of C Club '44, '45; Vice-President of Senior I Class, Alternate Captain '44, and Captain of Basketball '45; Treasurer of Jun- ior Class. SENIORS CATHERINE JAMES Stinger Staff '45. PETER KIRBY C Club '43, '44, '45; Vice- President C Club '43, '44,- Foot- ball '43, '44, '45; Captain Football Team '45; Student Council '45; Most Valuable Football Player '45; All- County Football Team '44,- Class President '43, '44; Junior Play '44. BERNICE LEAHY 4-H Club '43; Glee Club '44, '45; Stinger Staff '44; Annual Staff '44; Dramatic Club '44. JAMES LLOYD CHARLES LYNER SENIORS clara McClendon Stinger Staff '45. MARY McCLINTOCK Glee Club '43, '44; President 4-H Club '43, '44. JEWELL McCOMBS Annual Staff '44. SAM MELLON United States Army. MARY LOUISE MILLICAN Bus Drjver. Glee Club '44. SENIORS SENIORS JOHN MITCHELL C Club '44, '45; Footboll '44. JUANITA MURPHREE Dramatic Club '44; Annual Staff '44; 4-H Club '43, '44; Glee Club '44, '45. EDWARD REAVES Fcotball '42, '43, '44, C Club '43, '44,- United States Merchant Marines. BOBBY ROBINSON President 4-H Club '43; Song Leader 4-H Club '44,- Stinger Staff '45; Annual Staff '45; Victory Corps '43. VIRGINIA NEWSOME 4-H Club '43, '44. WILLIS PETTUS Glee Club '43; C Club '43, '44, '45,- Cheerleader '44, '45. MARCINE PRICE 4-H Club '43, '44; Stinger Staff '45. PEGGY SAUVE Tansfered from Anniston High School; Choral Club '45. CLEO SEXTON Transferred from Anniston High School; Annual Staff '45. MARY CEIL SIMPSON Treasurer of the 4-H Club '43. SENIORS RAY SNOW Football '43; Basketball '43, '44, '45; 4-H Club '43, '44; Alternate Captain Basketball '45; C Club '43, '44, '45. RUTH STRICKLAND IMOGENE SUMMERAL MARY FRANCES THOMAS Secretary and Treasurer Sopho- more Class '43; Cheer Leader '43, '45; Glee Club '43, '44, '45,- Victory Corps '43; C Club '43, '44, '45,- 4-H Club '43, '44; Dramatic Club '44; Stinger Staff '44; Annual Staff '44, '45. SENIORS AMY LOU WILLIAMS Glee Club '43, '45,- Dramatic Club '44; Stinger Staff '44; Annual '44, '45. JANE WILLIAMS Junior Play '44; Treasurer Stu- dent Council '44; D. A. R. History Award '44; President Student Coun- cil '45; Secretary and Treasurer Glee Club '45; Annual Staff '45; Good Citizenship Girl (D. A. R. '45; Dramatic Club '44. RUBY NELL WILSON Glee Club '45; Junior Play, Stu- dent Council '45,- Stinger Staff '44; Annual Staff '44; Dramatic Club '44. MYRLE YOUNG Stinger Staff '45. MARY ELIZABETH WAUGH Glee Club '43,- 4-H Club '43, '44. JACQUELINE STRICKLAND HISTORY And it came to pass in the year 1933 that a group of beys and girls began a jour- ney that was to culminate on the night of May 21, when high school diplomas were to be awarded to the senior class of 1945, at Calhoun County High School. We, the senior class of 1945, entered school at Eulaton, Mechanicsville, Friendship, Coldwater, DeArmanville, and Oxford. Only a few of us entered school together. Our grammar school days ended almost before we were aware they had begun. We were looking forward to September when we would be members of the high school student body. Finally it did come—our advent into high school. We soon learned to love it as we did cur former schools. Although our junior high school years were uneventful, we were promoted to senior high school, where our days have been crowded with activi- ties—the junior-senior banquet and dance, the junior play, the senior class party, the senior play, autobiographies, blue Mondays, kid day, term papers, and graduation! During cur Senior I year, the Victory Corps, under the direction of our principal, Mr. H. T. Stanford, was organized. The senior basketball team was highly recognized, as the team played in the Sixth District Tournament and won second place. They also played in the State Tournament at the University of Alabama. The wheels of aestiny took us one step farther, and we entered our Senior II year with as much enthusiasm as we had the year before. The most important event of our junior year was the Junior-Senior Banquet and Dance. Another highlight of our junior year was the Junior Play Johnny, Get Your Girl presented under the direction of Miss Mae Dell Sentell. This, our senior year, has been packed with activities that only a high school senior can experience. Our class is smaller because several of our boys are now in the Armed Forces. One of the highlights of our senior year was the Senior Play, Let Us Be Glam- orous, directed by Mrs. Irene Waters Gancel. Another highlight of the year was Kid day when the seniors enjoyed dressing again like kids. Some of the memories of this year are our senior class party,- Good Citizenship Girl Jane Williams,- the good record our basketball and football teams made; and most of all our excitement over prepa- ration for Commencement day. Now 'hat we have reached the height of our high school career, and the time has come for us to part, we bid farewell to our superintendent, faculty, and fellow class- mates, and to the C. C. H. S. where we spent our most enjoyable and glorious years together. FRANCES HOLLAND, Class Historian. SENIOR CLASS WILL We, the Senior Class of Calhoun County High School being of sound mind and very high spirit do hereby publish and declare this to be our last will and testament. ITEM I: We bequeath to our Alma Mater our deepest appreciation for the interest that it has given us to prepare ourselves for the future. ITEM II: We bequeath to the members of the faculty all the frowns that we have put on their foreheads and the hair that we have turned to grey. We will make sure that all efforts have not been in vain. ITEM III: We, the Senior Class, leave the following traits and characteristics to the future Seniors of C. C. H. S. I, Fred Adams, beaueath my height to Walter Jones. Maybe you will be a famous basketball player, Walter. I, Gerald Buford, bequeath my quietness to Jewel Dean Morgan. I, Cecil Paris, bequeath by athletic ability to Edwin Truitt.' Football will trim your figure, Edwin. I, Lucille Homburaer, bequeath my housekeeping ability to Ruth Bentley. You need some experience, Ruth. I. John Mitchell, bequeath my famous blush in English Class to Buck Moore. What makes the blood run to your head. Buck? I, Peter Kirby, bequeath my position on the football team to Herbert Rice. Hit them hard. Herbert. I, Christine Bennett, bequeath my beauty to Maggie D. Sprayberry. You can always get a man, Maqaie. I, Earl Hardwick, bequeath my neatness to Everett Phillips. Neatness is a keynote to success, Everett. • I, Frances Engle, bequeath my singing ability to Margaret Bobo. Singing will ex- ercise vour lungs Margaret. I, Harris Francis, bequeath my happy smile to Watson Haynes—but don't smile too much at girls. Watson. I Frances Holland, bequeath my sweet disposition to Ann Kerr. This is a good trait in life, Ann. I, Marv Nell Bradford, bequeath my qocd school record to Kenneth Mullinax. You can play basketball if you pass. Kenneth. I, Amy Lou Williams, beaueath mv ability to work algebra to Frances Gomel. I, Marcine Price, bequeath my red hair to Irene Phillips. I think red hair is pretty, Irene. I, Virqinia Newsome, bequeath my love for chemistry to Mary Jo Corn. H..O is just plain water, Mary. I, Jewel McCombs, bequeath my poetic ability to Helen Jones. Poems and love go hand in hand, Helen. I, Juanita Murphree. bequeath my typing lessons to Evelyn Blair. You may become a private secretary, Evelyn. I, Jane Williams, bequeath my acting ability to Louise Williams. We should keep it in the family. Sister. I, Charles Lyner, bequeath my bus driving job to Lynwood Houston. Keep them rolling, Lynwood. I, Frank Edmondson, bequeath my dimples to Bernard Price. I think that they are cute, Bernard. I, Mary Frances Thomas, bequeath my athletic ability to Nelle Gray Sports is a good hobby, Nelle. I, Lucille Bunn, bequeath my love for the U. S. Army to Doris Walker. A uniform looks nice, eh Doris? I, Mary Elizabeth Waugh, bequeath my blond hair to Elois Strickland. It is very effective, Elois. I, Doris Jean Crausewell, bequeath my big blue eyes to Jackie Martin. They sparkle like diamonds, Jackie. I, Clara McClendon, bequeath my timid ways to Dorothy Acton, or maybe we should know you better, Dorothy. I, Gloria Awtry, bequeath my flirting ability and cute disposition to Christine Bussey. I, Mary Ceil Simpson, bequeath my neatness to Joe Cassidy—Nothing like being sporty, Joe. I, Cleto Sexton, bequeath my good attendance record to Jack Warren. It pays to be present. Jack. I, Mary McClintock, bequeath my good personality to Ruby Winn. I, Catherine James, bequeath my much-beloved bookkeeping talent to Anna Jim Boozer. I, Gladys Huckaby, bequeath my sweet personality and quietness to llene Lindsey. I, Peggy Sauve, bequeath my soft and sweet voice to Harry Sherman. I, Eula B. Arthur, bequeath love for economics to Eva Lois Suggs—A subject long to remember, Eva Lois. I, Martha Brickhouse, bequeath my poem reciting ability to Mary Adams. Reciting makes your knees shake, Mary. I, Myrle Young, bequeath my love for Grammar to Tilman Brown—Always use good English, Tilman. I, Bobby Robinson, bequeath my position as librarian to anyone who likes to look out the study hall windows. I, Nell Gardner, bequeath my piano playing to J. P. Stinson. There is nothing sweeter than music, John. I, Ann Broughton, bequeath my heart to the United States Paratroopers. I, Billy Hawkins, bequeath my funny commotions and sweet laughs to Jimmy Sparks. I, Ray Snow, bequeath my shortness but plenty of spirit to Merl Haynes. I, Willis Pettus, bequeath my crooning ability to anyone who can make them pass out like I can. I, Paul Copeland, bequeath my married life to Edmund Landers—Watch that Annis- ton girl, Ed. I, Tula Chapman, bequeath my chemistry knowledge to Jo Ella Ford. Don't blow up the school, Jo Ella. I, Bertha Leahey, bequeath my job as telephone operator to a girl with a soft voice, Lois Hemmings. I, Margaret Glidewell, bequeath my job at Grant's to Billy Dix—Don't work too hard, Billy. I, Jacqueline Strickland, bequeath my purse to any junk dealer who would like to stay in business. I, Mary Lou Burkard, bequeath my ability to agree with everyone to Gerald Harris. I, James Lloyd, bequeath my fighting ability to James Hawkins. That kind of work is hard, James. I, Mary Louise Millican, bequeath my office keeping to the one who has the most study periods. I, Ruby Nell Wilson, bequeath my vivacious personality to Eugene Steen. I, Helen Bagley, bequeath my automobile driving to Alton Bowman—Go straight, Alton. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this day of May, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, nine hundred and forty-five. JAMES EARL HUGHES, Class Lawyer. SENIO PROPHECY Last night as I lay sleeping, there came a dream to me, I stood in Oxford Town again, and all seemed strange to me. Ten years had passed since I had been in my hometown, And all the things about me since then had gained renown. Seven banks were open, and fashion shops galore. In fact Jane Williams' milliney shop was quite a fashionable store. Jane was busy designing hats, which was always her ambition. And Marcine Price was exchanging one that she had bought on condition. Marcine told me that she and Hubert were finally man and wife. And in their house with the picket fence, they led an enjoyable life. She told me that Bobby Robinson had also found a man; Bobby now lived in Birmingham with the rest of her little clan. I walked on down the street and entered the new Kress store, Mary Lou Burkard was manager now of the first and second floors. Her assistant was Frances Holland and Mary Louise Millican, too; Eula B. Arthur was sales supervisor, and her typist was Amy Lou. I then sauntered down to the drugstore, and who should the owner be But Billy Hawkins, an old schoolmate. Hew he did it is far beyond me! Billy told me that James Earl Hughes was a chemical engineer. Willis Pettus was a crooner now, with a voice like a bell sweet and clear. Fred Adams was now the proprietor of Oxford's largest grocery store,- Peter Kirby was the high school ccach; Earl Hardwick in the Army Air Corps. Nell Gardner was a concert pianist in Oxford's huge opera house, Mary McClintock was the soprano soloist in the opera, The Man or the Mouse. Helen Bagley's role was hostess of the town's recreational hall. Ruby Nell Wilson was a registered nurse, she rendered first aid to one and all. Christine Bennett's job was model in a five-story exclusive dress shop; Mary Ceil was the manager of the cafe where the ritzy people stop. Cleo Sexton's work was teaching school, that vocation also called Mary Nell; Gloria was editor of a fashion magazine, and they were never hard to sell. Mary Frances was athletic director in the large physical education building,- Deris Crausewell was selling subscriptions, and most of the people were yielding. The big new automobile factory had as its owner the notable Ray Snow; Frank Edmondson owned a huge bus line; John Mitchell was a football hero. Juanita Murphree was a receptionist in the hotel down the street; Virginia Newsome was a dress designer, whose creations were hard to beat. Jack Boswell was the biology professor in the high school on The Hill; His assistant was Harris Francis,- they were cutting up an eel. Ruth Strickland was assistant manager of Oxford's huge department store. Tula Chapman was a housewife now, and she boasted a family of four. Lucille Bunn had the cutest house, painted white with bright green shutters, Mary Elizabeth and Charles were married, and their boys were truly cutters. Peggy Sauve ran a boarding house; Myrle Young was a Home Ec. teacher; James Lloyd lived in a parsonage now, for his vocation was that of a preacher. Jewell McCombs was a famous poet, her simplicity could not be matched; Cecil Paris owned a bowling center with a huge swimming pool attached. Jacqueline Strickland was an art director, and was still as quiet as ever; Gerald Buford was a well-known cartoonist, her drawings were cute and clever. Margaret Glidewell was a hair style designer, her ideas were strictly all-reet, Ann Broughton was a star of stage and screen, her performances were hard to beat. Gladys Huckaby was a first-class seamstress, she sewed for the rich and the elite, Lucille Homburger, whose husband has returned, said that life was happy and complete. Paul Copeland owned a big plantation, and a herd of cattle, too, Clara McClendon was a 'phone operator. Catherine James ran a great big zoo. Martha Brickhouse's work was in her heme, and a good housewife was she; Bernice Leahey managed a picture show, and she gave me a ticket free! But now you think it was all a nightmare, and not a dream at all But I distinctly remember every detail; even the season—it was fall. I was just about to take a plunge in the city's big swimming pool. Suddenly I awoke and looked at the clock, as usual I was late for school. FRANCES ENGLE, Class Prophet. SENIOR PLAY LET US BE GLAMOROUS CAST Priscilla Hopkins, Mistress of The Maples . . . Langley Seabert, banker........................ Mrs. Livingston, a society matron ............. Vera Francis, a glamorous girl................. Rex Hopkins, her nephew ....................... Sara, the maid ................................ Joy Livingston, a debutante.................... Van Drummond, in pursuit of Joy Julie Seabert, glamour pupil................... Bob Tuttle, almost a friend .................. Lenore Ellis, a glamour pupil................. Claire Gordon, a glamour pupil................. Bobby Robinson Frank Edmondson . . Marcine Price Mary McClintock .......Peter Kirby ......Cleo Sexton . . Jewel McCombs .... Willis Pettus Frances Ann Engle James Earl Hughes . . Jane Williams Nell Gardner Prompter Director . . Amy Lou Williams • Mrs. John P. Gancel ELEVENTH GRADE SECTION ONE First row: Nell Gray, Margaret Bobo, Jacqueline Martin, Louise Williams, Maggie Dell Sprayberry, Irene Phillips, Betty McClintock, Jewell Dean Morgan, Ruth Bentley. Second row: Helen D. Jones, Carol Jordon, Christine Bussey, Christine Wilson, Evelyn Blair, Ruby Winn, Elois Strickland, Allene Champion. Third row: Lois Hemmings, Billie Dix, Mary Jo Corn, Dorothy Acton, Margaret Ann McNarron, Ann Kerr, Frances Gomel, Eva Lois Suggs, Orbie Dean Wade. Fourth row: Juanita Williams, llene Linley, Mavis Smith, Anna Jim Boozer, Mildred Smith, Mary Sue Owens, Julia Ann Jobson, Jo Ella Ford, Dorothy Waddell. - 1 I 'I ! i— ELEVENTH GRADE SECTION TWO First row: Jesse Dean, Bill Fitzgerald, Joe Cassidy, John Paul Stinson, Jimmy Sparks, James Hawkins, Herbert Rice, Ed Landers, Kenneth Mullinax, Denson Fincher, Buck Moore. Second row: Marshall Shaddix, Gerald Harris, Kavie Cole, Eugene Steen, Richard Dover, Harry Sherman, Jack Boswell, Everett Phillips, Merl Haynes, Lynwood Houston, Bill Gauldin. Third row: Coach West, Alton Bowman, Walter Jones, Edwin Truitt, O. W. Turner, Lawrence Martin, Tiimon Brown, Bernard Price. TENTH GRADE SECTION ONE First row: Annie Laura Morris, Margaret Daniels, Marian Ashley, Henri Lynn Miller, Doris Walker, Melba Dick, Opal Milligan, Lois Counts, Maragem Branham, Martha McKenzie, Norvell Bowman. Second row: Margie Hill, Mildred Freeman, Gladys Hill, Betty Ann Haynes, Helen Pruitt, Betty Lowrey, Mary Ruth Copeland, Grace Lloyd, Bettie Jo Kelley, Doris Allison, Evangeline Simpson. Third row: Mrs. Law, Jewell Billingsley, Edna Rozell, Polly Flemming, Wanda Jones, Ann Maier, Jimmie Nell Hill, Betty Graham, Juanette Lybrand, Marjorie Cooper, An- nette Minshew, Ruby Hulsy, Marian McKim. Fourth row: Frances Smith, Mary Pitts, Margy Bobo, Ruth Williams, Gaynell Cole, Mar- garet Presley, Annie Jo Chastain, Ann Lloyd, Linda Trotter, Vergie Stephens, Effie ReMa McCombs. TENTH GRADE SECTION TWO First row: Selwyn Blair, Lowery Pettus, Jimmy Stitt, Gross Amerson, Jimmy Russell, Jimmy Butler, Billy Hardwick, Maylon Forbus, Ed Morris, Howard Hardin. Second row: Trey Abernathy, Fred Cecil Stampher, Paul Reid, Clarence Cruse, James Barnett, Ned Hughes, James McGaha, Ed Leahey. Third row: John Lipham, Jack Tolbert, Robert Owens, Harold Vice, Otis Champion, Henry Quick, Luther Carden, Louis Self, Sam Ogle, Ed Self, Wade Kirby. Fourth row: Ralph Nelson, Joe McCain, A. C. Smith, Dorol Haynes, Walter Muncher, Calvin Lewallyn, Aaron Law. Earl Halpin, Ted Hughes, Jim Stovall. .... i- i TT— NINTH GRADE SECTION ONE First rcw: Lucile Nichols, Alice Jane Williams, Delories Summerall, Loqene Allred, Ruth Parish, Doris Howell, Norma Leta Turner, Herbert Dunston, Thomas Padgett, Lewis Portwood. Second row: Morris Eaves, Billy Nelson, Jeanell Reeder, Margaret Alice Moore, Myrian Kemp, Arlene May, Violet Heifner, Margaret Dorsett, Bobby Ray Walden. Third row: Ralph Morrison, Bob Bradford, Edward Williams, Laura Bentley, Jane Hudson, Wilda Sue Doss, Mary Lee Gossett, Ramona Comer, Theressa Gann. NINTH GRADE SECTION TWO First row: Clarence Brimer, Edward Taylor, LeRoy Ford. Gene Dunstan, Lewis Hawks, Bob Phillips, Harold Williams, Yewell Lybrand, Coke Williams, Herbert Goodman. Second row: Thomas Hicks, Warren Medders, Olen Morpan, Dan Walker, Betty Ruth Hasey, La Merl Champion, Dean Kelley, Florine Hurt, Judy Thrasher. Third row: Newman Holland, Bobby Williams, Joe Mitchell, Cluster Hicks, LeRoy Hamilton, Sidney Joe Briqht, Martha Thurman, Mary Alice Bannister, Annie Ruth Wall, Margaret Wade, Elizabeth Strickland: EIGHTH GRADE SECTION ONE First row: Ralph Smelly, Ralph Haynes, Jethro Heath, Alvin Lovell, Fred Ray Lybrand, Harold Holder, Barton Trammell, Gerald McElroy. Second row: Mrs. Watts, Blondell Haynes, Mildred Kelly, Dorothy McComb, Rose- mary McCcmb, Charles Howell, Marion McConnell, Jack Champion, Davis Jennings. Third row: Tommy Suggs, Leross Self, Charlotte Haynie, Lewis Reaves, Willene Flack, Stewart Hudgins, Donald Reaves, Samuel Truit. Fourth row: Gay Fowler, John McHowel, Billy Lipham, Noel Hall, Fred: Lackey, William Bannister, Byron Hurst, Troy Mize, William Spivey, Earl Haynes, Aubrey Wil- lingham, Bobby Beck. EIGHTH GRADE SECTION TWO First row: Myra Gean Monroe, Ruth Taylor, Bobby Dean Saxon, Sarah Ann Roberts, llene Phillips, Joy Jones, Gean Floyd, Doris Davis, Mary Evelyn Jobson. Second row: Bobby Pope, Jackie Douthit, Evelyn Higgins, Norma Haynes, Josie Mae Johnson, Vivian Yates, Jean Bright, Sarah Brown, Betty Jean Coxwell. Third row: Mrs. Gray, Flostine Arnold, Jewel Dean Morgan, Betty Jean Thrasher, Delories Lipham, Mary Kemp, Betty Joe Knight, Barbara Drinnen, Jack Grizzard, Betty Speer, Franklin Kelly. Fourth row: Virginia Hughes, Maudine Hughes, Mildred Shears, Louise Adams, Dickie Greer, Tom Allen Thrasher, Bill Lusk, Edward Ragsdale, Johnnie Stewart, Howard Liddle. SEVENTH GRADE SECTION ONE First row: Deris Thomas, Bobbie Jean Bedford, Margaret Waugh, Margaret Ellen Gilbert, Nacmi Watts, Mildred Butler, Elizabeth Hulsey, Jane Fitzgerald, Mary Della Daniel, Bettie Sue Reeder, Adalene Lipham, Evelyn Spradlin. Second row: Charles Walker, Billy Rhodes, Jack Borders, Toxy Dorsett, Billy Sud- deth, Richard Hastley, Don Williams, Bobby Harris, Wayne Paris, J. E. Kirkpatrick. Third row: James Graham, Jerry Roberts, Lawrence Mitchell, Royce Medders, Willjam Adams, Bobby Thrasher, Frank Nelson, Bobby Russell, M. B. Mullally, Ray Brice, Fl m Houston, Billy Trawick. Fourth row: Sarah Hogan, Stevie Henry, Glennie Pettus, Mary Ellen Mayfield, June Walden, Erdeal Gann, Ruth Kerr, Jimmie Lou Barker, Rcxie Farmer, Mrs. C. W. Kirby. Jr SEVENTH GRADE SECTION TWO First row: Frank Harris, Rowe Hudson, Lamar Lloyd, Lyndon Strickland, George Mc- Kenzie, Floyd Stallings, Louise Smith, Faye Garrett, Avice Cook, Helen Henson, Dolly Lambert, Mary Hall. Second row: Sara Roberts, Jane Fincher, Betty Jean Catlett, Allie Mae Anderson, Annie Beatrice Morris, Frankie Hinton, Deris Bowman, Jean Mitchell, Lola Smelly, Mar- garet Ann Sparks, Joyce Johnson. Third row: Margaret Ann Snoddy, Ruby Pinson, Laquita Walker, J. B. Smith, Charlie Walker, Robert Dick, Therman Smith, Dorothy Smith, Mary Frances Poor, Helen Mundy. Fourth row: Harold McFarlane, Curtis Hughes, Linwood Knight, Geraldine Peek, Velma Gray Taylor, Margaret Hollon, Bobbie Nell Gidley, Lynell Nelson, Laura Martin, Myra Reaves, Miss Bobo. BEST DISPOSITION ANN KERR NEATEST COUPLE JUANITA MURPHREE EARL HARDWICK V MOST HANDSOME BOY BILLY HARDWICK PRETTIEST GIRL CHRISTINE BENNETT MOST POPULAR GLORIA AWTRY PETER KIRBY MOST STUDIOUS HARRY SHERMAN LOUISE WILLIAMS MOST TYPICAL NELL BRADFORD MOST DEPENDABLE JAMES E. HUGHES BEST ALL-ROUND FRANCES HOLLAND FRED ADAMS FRIENDLIEST FRANCES THOMAS YELLOW JACKET STAFF First row: James Earl Hughes, Mary Nell Bradford, Jane Williams, Frances Holland, Mary Frances Thomas, Gloria Awtry, Jack Boswell. Second row: Jewell McCombs, Cleo Sexton, Frances Ann Engle, Earl Hardwick, Frances Gomel, Amy Lou Williams, Bobby Robinson. NELL BRADFORD HOWELL....................... FRANCES HOLLAND............................ JAMES E. HUGHES............................ EARL HARDWICK.............................. JANE WILLIAMS.............................. FRANCES THOMAS............................. GLORIA AWTRY............................... JACK BOSWELL............................... JEWELL McCOMBS, CLEO SEXTON, BOBBY ROBINSON FRANCES ENGLE, FRANCES GAMEL, AMY WILLIAMS . ....................Editor Assistant Editor Business Manager Assistant Business Manager Circulation Manager Advertising Manager Feature Editor Photographer ....................Typists ..................Salesmen BUS DRIVERS Leroy Hamilton, Gerald Martin, Lynwood Houston, Edwin Truetf, Jack Tolbert, Charles Lyner, Paul Copleand, Frank Edmondson. Marshall Shaddix has replaced Gerald Martin, who is now in the Navy. C CLUB First row: Ralph Morrison, Buck Moore, James E. Hughes, John Paul Stinson, Joe Cassidy, Fred Adams, Billy Hardwick, Ed Landers, Herbert Rice, Bill Gauldin. Second row: Frances Ann Eagle, Gloria Awtry, Merl Haynes, Ray Snow, Jim Sparks, Kenneth Mullinax, James Hawkins, Jimmy Butler, Ed Morris, Coach West, Betty Mc- Clintock. Third row: John Mitchell, Coke Williams, Earl Haddwick, Peter Kirby, Cecil Paris, Alton Bowman, Billy Hawkins, Frances Thomas, Lynwood Houston. C CLUB OFFICERS BILLY HARDWICK................................................................President LLOYD SNOW...............................................................Vice-President JIMMIE BUTLER.................................................................Secretary JAMES EARL HUGHES.............................................................Treasurer OUR CHEERLEADERS FRANCES THOMAS BILL GAULDIN FRANCES ENGLE BETTY McCLINTOCK WILLIS PETTUS GLORIA AWTRY F. H. A. First row: Annie Laura Morris, Margaret Daniel, Marian Ashley, Henri Lynn Miller, Doris Walker, Melba Nell Dick, Opal Milligan, Lois Counts, Maragem Branham, Martha McKenzie, Norvall Bowman. Second row: Margie Hill, Mildred Freeman, Gladys Hill, Betty Ann Haynes, Helen Pruett, Betty Lowrey, Mary Ruth Copeland, Grace Lloyd, Bettie Joe Kelly, Doris Alli- son, Evangeline Simpson. Third row: Mrs. Law, Jewell Billingsley, Edna Roszell, Polly Fleming, Wanda Jones, Anne Maier, Jimmy Nell Hill, Betty Graham, Juanette Lybrand, Marjorie Cooper, An- nette Minshew, Ruby Hulsey, Marion McKim. Fourth row: Mary Lee Gossett, Henrietta Stovall, Laura Bently, Margery Bobo, Ruth Williams, Margaret Presley, Annie Jo Chastain, Ann Lloyd, Linda Trotter, Vergie Mae Stephens, Effie Rilla McCombs. Fifth Row: Betty Jane Taylor, Lucile Nichols, Janell Reeder, Margaret Dorsett, Ruth Parrish, Doris Howell, Jane Hudson, Wilda Sue Doss, Arlene May, Theresa Gann, Ra- mona Comer, Margaret Alice Moore, Myra Kemp, Annie Ruth Wall. GLEE CLUB FIRST SOPRANOS SECOND SOPRANOS Dorothy Acton Ruth Bently Martha Brickhouse Marjorie Cooper Frances Engle Jimmie Nell Hill Lucille Homberger Ann Lloyd Margaret Ann McNaron Juanita Murphree Amy Lou Williams Jane Williams Ruby Nell Wilson Grace Lloyd ALTOS Doris Allison Melba Nell Dick Ann Kerr Evangeline Simpson Mary Frances Thomas Linda Trotter Eula B. Arthur Margery Bobo Maragem Branham Frances Gomel Nell Gardner Bernice Leahey Ann Maier Annette Minshew Edna Roszell Peggy Sauve Dorothy Waddell Louise Williams Mrs. Frank Butenschon Miss Amy Cooper . . . Director Accompanist JUNIOR PLAY THE LATE MR. EARLY CAST Asher Crump, a young Englishman ........................................Everett Phillips Vera Smith, an heiress ...........................................Maggie Sprayberry Evelyn Clarke, wife of James ...........................................Dorothy Acton James Clarke, professor ..................................................Edwin Truitt Judge Sewell, Alice's father..............................................Jesse Dean Mark Mercer, a chess enthusiast....................................... Harry Sherman Nora, the Irish cook..............................................Jewell Dene Morgan Selma, the colored maid .............................................Carolyn Medders Joe Lincoln, the delivery boy ...........................................Herbert Rice Doris Hull, Mark's fiancee .........................................Margaret McNaron Don Early, engaged to Alice ...............................................Merl Haynes Mrs. Hull, Doris' mother .............................................Louise Williams Alice Sewell, Don's bride-to-be ..........................................Helen Jones Amos Comstock, the undertaker ..........................................Bernard Price Prompter ................................................Frances Gomel Stage Manager................................................Joe Cassidy Assistants.................................Alton Bowman, Walter Jones Director........................................Mrs. John P. Gancel fcl . STINGER STAFF First row: Gloria Awtry, Frances Hollond, Mary Nell Bradford, Bobby Robinson, Marcine Price. Second row: Gerald Buford, Myrle Young, Harris Francis, Catherine James, Mrs. Guncel. 'irmarm STUDENT COUNCIL First row: Bobby Pope, James Earl Hughes, Jane Williams, Ann Kerr, Earl Hardwick, Fay Garrett. Second row: Henrietta Stovall, Peter Kirby, Ruby Nell Wilson, Jimmy Russell, Bobby Phillips, Barton Trammell, Toxy Dorsett. OFFICERS JA'NE WILLIAMS JAMES EARL HUGHES EARL HARDWICK ANN KERR . President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer FOOTBALL TEAM First row: Ed Landers, Jimmy Sparks, Alton Bowman, Buck Moore, Herbert Rice, Cecil Paris, Joe Cassidy, Lamar Henderson, Billy Hardwick, Coach West. Second row: Merl Haynes, Ed Ragsdale, Ralph Morrison, James Hawkins, Peter Kirby, Ed Reaves, Earl Hardwick, Howard Hardin, James Vice. Third row: Ed Morris, Harvey Laney, Maylon Forbus, James McGaha, Coke Williams, Jimmy Butler, John Mitchell, Lynwood Houston. FOOTBALL SCORES Oxford 38 Lineville 0 Oxford 14 Sylacauga 0 Oxford 19 Alexandria 6 Oxford 0 Anniston 7 Oxford 13 Talladega 0 Oxford 67 Lincoln 0 Oxford 25 Lineville 0 Oxford 21 Glencoe 0 Totals 197 13 SENIOR BASKETBALL SCORES Oxford 22 Jacksonville 23 Oxford 30 Alexandria 20 Oxford 33 Alexandria 16 Oxford 20 Jacksonville 18 Oxford 24 Heflin 23 Oxford 55 Anniston 13 Oxford 31 Heflin 17 Oxford 12 Lincoln 28 Oxford 32 White Plains 9 Oxford 26 Lincoln 13 Oxford 26 White Plains 13 Oxford 30 Alexandria 21 Oxford 33 Anniston 17 Oxford 40 Alexandria 15 Oxford 28 Spring Garden 18 Oxford 28 Gadsden 24 Totals 470 288 ★ SIXTH DISTRICT TOURNAMENT Oxford 32 Ashville 16 Oxford 51 Sand Rock 23 Oxford 30 Roanoke 17 Oxford 36 Gadsden 28 Oxford 36 Emma Sansom 27 Totals 185 111 ★ STATE TOURNAMENT Oxford 47 Luverne 41 Oxford 33 Scottsboro 51 Totals 80 92 ★ TOTAL SCORE FOR ENTIRE BASKETBALL SEASON Oxford 735 Opponents 491 SENIOR BASKETBALL TEAM First row: Roy Snow, James Earl Hughes, Maylon Forbus, Fred Adams, Lynwood Houston, Ed Morris. 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