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

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CLASS lll 'l'llliY ESTELLE ROUNTREE Class Historian You may not believe it, but the new care-worn, worldly-wise Seniors of '48 at one time had quite a different aspect on life. About twelve years ago these same people were happy-go-lucky in- nocents, entering school for the first time. Little did we know at that date the trials, triumphs, tears, and smiles that were to ensue during the next dozen years. For six years we worked and played lmostly the latterl in grammar school. Pearl Harbor and Defense stamps will always be linked with our grade-schools days. Shall we ever forget the exciting marble games, the mid-morning lunches, and trips to the iail iiust visitingl? Yes, throughout our lives there will be a soft spot in our hearts for the first school we ever attended--grammar school. As we entered the seventh grade we were beginning to realize that life was not lust a bowl of cherries, however, we were learning to take the bitter with the sweet. In Junior High our specialty seemed to be running the teachers wild. The fact that we got to be very good at it can be seen by noticing the number of teachers who resigned the year we left. In the eighth grade we showed our initiative and iournalistic abilities by beginning a school newspaper, The Snooper, which is still in publication. Feeling that we had lingered long enough in one school, we reached out for wider horizons and Parrish High. There is no way to describe the exalted feeling we had when we realized that we Page 122

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Russell Burson, Alabama Senator, who knows all for miles around has lust come in he'll tell us the gossip of the town. It seems that Omie Jean Clibrey's Hat Shop is quite the local rage And the most popular piece in the paper is Larry Stripland's sports page. Red often writes about Sam Morgan, golfing champion in the United States, And Rocky Ryan, professional baseball player, who plays for very high stakes. Betty Harwell was the first woman explorer to find a real dinosaur And Janie Baker told the story on her program called The news of the Hour. Howard Twilley is now the owner of the American Bus lines. He competes with James Fitts, Jr., who owns the United Airlines. Fred Friday and Ann Powell live in the country on a darling little farm, And Rucker Staggers is the country doctor that keeps everyone from harm. Mary Dawson is the camp counselor who directs all the games While Elizabeth McCory, wife of Freddie, cures all of his aches and pains. Charles McKinney runs a meat market and his fish are the best in the state And owner of the exclusive Beauty Shop is our own Elizabeth Bates. As Russell leaves Swift's, the Selma Times Journal catches my eye. Frank Donald's brilliant editorials make other editors sigh. Alan Barton made the headlines as 2nd, kissing governor of the state. His worthy campaign manager, Lloyd Denson, makes all his social dates. Mary Katherine Garrett has written a play called The Widow's Shroud. Lillian Jones, the magnificent star, has Broadway in the clouds. Barbara Boyne, the millionaire adventuress, has lost a diamond choker. And the criminal detective, Paul Radford, thinks it's the thief called The Joker. For his part in the picture, The Wolf, Paul Foxworth won an Oscar, And T. O. McDowell won one too for being the best movie director. President of the United Nations, Ernest Johnson, is having trouble keeping peace, While Congressman Louis Reynolds, makes a survey in Greece. Henry Paulsen, the diamond king, financed the first trip to the moon, Made by Estelle Rountree, the great woman scientist, last June. Dr. Vernon Copeland, the dentist, invented a toothbrush called Everstiff, The picture of Grace Ansley using it is guaranteed to give you a lift. From Radio City, Bill Powers' little place, we hear his broadcast coming He tells about Billy Busby's gymnasium where all the men build up brawn. Donald Fore is a forest ranger in the woods of the Virginia mountains, Where Edward Earle Booker, the weatherman, often predicts rain. Mary Sample's ranch in Texas is a lively place to go, Brooks Gandy provides entertainment by riding the broncos. Barbara Logan Casey has so many cars she doesn't know what to do, While composer Tommy Johnson writes popular songs and classics too. Sara Jane Bates' Candy Stores are better known than Mary Ball's, 'Cause Barbara Hestle dresses the windows, which delight one and all. The distinguished Prime Minister of Canada is now Vance Katzenstein, And Marshall Williams, principal of Albert G. Parrish, keeps everyone in line. And last but not at all least is myself, author of this, My successes are so numerous, it' would take too long to list. on, an ANSWERS TO FLICKER FLASHBACKS l. Billy Lindsay . . . 2. Walter Ross Jackson . . . 3. Ann Brice . . . 4. Jane Ware 5. Bernice Pitts . . . 6. Claire Metzger . . ..7. Lillian Jones . . . 8. Sarah Jane Bates 9. Janine Ingram. Page 121

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were in Senior High at last. Neither is there a way to picture the humility we felt in The presence of Seniors. The only truly great feat that is worth mentioning concerning our early years at Parrish High is that we managed in various ways to pass second year algebra. As Juniors we began to attain a sense of importance that we had not felt before. We ordered our rings. We entertained the Seniors with a Junior-Senior prom--the first that had ever been given at PHS. Then came our Senior year, the culmination of our many years of school, with the Senior pri vileges - though unwritten, observed, the numerous parties, and a strange sadness at leaving old familiar things behind. As we near the end of our school days, we realize that what seemed to be the chief end of existence, graduation, is really only a beginning--that the twelve long years of school are only a preparation for the bigger and better things in the future. Estelle Rou ntree, Historian Page 123