Parrish High School - Sel Ala Yearbook (Selma, AL)

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CLASS l i THOMAS JOHNSON Class Musician CLASS SONG OF THE CLASS OF T948 ALBERT G. PARRISH HIGH SCHOOL Parrish High, we now musT leave Thee, BuT ever To our mem'ries Thy halls shall sacred be. Through The years, as we have onward gone, This momenT, as a beacon, To our vvaiTing eyes has shone. Novv, aT lasT, when parTing Time is here, We Thank Thee, Parrish High- Our Alma MaTer dear. Music from Sonafa P CanTal3ile. Page TTS aTheTique by BeeThoven, 2nd movement, Adagio

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llllCl faq TOP LEFT- Doctor VV, E. Allen awards The Lucy Nelson medal To Paul Turner Foxworih . . . TOP RIGHT: Paul delivers his winning oration of The lucy Nelson Debale . . . BOTTOM LEFT: Class President Frank Donald receives his diploma from Dr. Luckie and Mr. Self . , . BOTTOM RIGHT: The Seniors leave The stage. The big momenT of gradualion was anTicipaTed wiTh The usual exciTemenT by The Class of '48, The ceremony was compleTed wiThouT a wrinkle. ATTer The invocaTion The senior members of The Glee Club sang The PeriecT Day. Then Dr. Allen presenTed To Paul FoxworTh The Lucy Nelson DebaTe Medal. Paul's winning of This debaTe made Tour boys oT The class oT '48 who have won This award, a unique record in Selma school hisTory. Dr. Luckie, member ol The school board, presenTed To The Seniors The diplomas, and Twelve years of work had received Their reward. JusT before The gradUaTion an annoUncemenT was made of The remaining 594, of The Senior Class elecTed To The National Honor SocieTy. Those new members were Sarah Jane BaTes, Janie Baker, Vir- ginia Hardy, Joan Erskine, BeTTy Harwell, RoberT Ricks, and Vernon Copeland. Page ll7

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JOAN ERSKINE Class Prophet CLASS PIIUIIIIEUY As I sit in old Swift's Drug Store in the year of '54 I see successes of class '48 and hear of many more. Up comes George Tate who is now the owner of Swif't s Because he stayed at Swift's so much they gave it as a gift. He tells of some successes that came out of our graduating class, Such as Bill Herrod, the Farmer, who's invented a new kind of grass. And Caldwell Debardeleben, who's known as the Baseball King, With Bill Mott, his manager, who teaches players how to swing. Dr. Westly Huett is the best vet in all the United States. With Peggy Burrel as his nurse he collects very high rates. Melwyn Miller married David, and now she knits all the time, While James Friday is a track star and boy! does he shine. The bakery of Danna Lou Williams makes the best tasting cakes, And Billie Persons spends his time shooting ducks at his private lake While George and I are chatting, in comes Robert Ricks. He's mayor now and his platform was For kids don't use the stick. He says that Virginia Hardy, his secretary, is an absolute dream, And with Thomas Monk, his body guard, they make a perfect team. The first thing Robert did in office was to have a new bridge built. Walter Ross Jackson, the engineer built it while standing on stilts. Page II9