Pruden High School - Panther Tracks Yearbook (Pruden, TN)

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Class Wlll We the Semor Class of 1956 of Pruden I-hgh School County of Clalborne State of Term essee belng educated beyond repalr and hay lng broken arches from belng flunkles there fore mn as much as we cannot stuff any more knowledge lnto these feeble mlnds of ours me hereby make thls our last vxlll and testament Ve bequeath to the lunxor Class the prnxlege of buzzlng the buzzer after home room perlod e bequeath to the Sophomore Class the ab111ty to make thelr banquets as beauuful as the -IUHIOTS made thelrs thls year We bequeath to the Freshman Class the Intramural Trophy that we unfortunately dld not wln e bequeath Dear Old P H S to next ye ars teachers and students Please loxe lt as we did and please keep the gym clean e bequeath to P H S as a whole the dime we w11l have left oxer from our trlp to Florlda few personal bequests Wh1Ch were made separately Wanda Gaylor bequeath to Charlene Partxn My ablllty to pantomlme Mary Nell Parrott bequeath to Sue McFarland my llttle feet and bxg mouth olly lil-Iendrlckson bequeath to Carolyn McK1nney my abxllty to get along xx 1111 bo s and hate dates I ferry Dax IS bequeath to Mary Francis Mullxs my ablllty to get Engllsh I Alene Weaver bequeath to Lola Osborne my abzllty to gt t a boy frm nd and ken D hun e loan lvgngh and nelenjones beaueath to Shlrley Kennedy the abxlxty to run around and hax a good tlme I George Hurst bequeath to Donald England my abllxty to play basketball I Eleanor Glbson bequeath to Peggy Ruffner my flgure ln lex 19 I Shelby Dykes bequeath to Bonme Lambdxn my ablllty to play basketball e Alfred Siler and Dana ones beaueath to Clyde Pruztt our ablllty to haxe a mood txme at the restaurant on Saturday mghts e Rusty Sller and E I.. Buhel bequeath to Mickey Bray our ablllty to get out of classes to work for Mr Beaty I Louise Hurst bequeath to Betty Taylor my blg mouth I Lots Partxn bequeath to LOIS Petrey the abtllty to get marrxed before flmshxng school We do hereby name and appoint as the sole executor of thls our last xx 111 and testament Mrs Opal Patterson Semor sponsor of 1957 In W1tH6SS whereof we the Class of 1956 the Testators haxe set our hand and seal on thls the 23rd Day of May ln the Year of 1956 I , 1 x p ,- - A F Y I W ' A ' I v A, , v ' A ' ' t ' ' ': I, di- ' , iii., ' ' 1. 1,1-41 --, ,--i- ' . I, M ' e ' ' ,' ' ' 1' 7l-0-Til? ,TT-liti, A ' W , , tx 7 ,ii-I i-iii ' - ' I in-l-I Y J -I .MM i1......l. ' v I ' W , J , -7- ' ' D W , , , , ' X' I I 0 J-1 i1 I n I I I 4 I 7 1 I ' I ! I I Y P Q I v Y! '

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Class Prophecy Class of 1956 Last mght on the twenty e1ghth of june 1976 the Semor Class of 1956 was honored w1th the prlulege of dedlcatlng the new one mxlllon dollar school at Pruden Tennessee Governor Dana jones of Tennessee was responslble for approprlatxng funds for the bulldlng and lt was h1s wrsh to haxe h1s graduatlng class preside at the d6d1CBt1OH Mrs Slmmons Sponsor of the 1956 431,355 was honorary hostess for the occaslon At a dmner party ln the school s sumptuous banquet room for the members of the class of 56 each person brought us up to date on the happemngs and adxancements ln his llfe The glrls were engrossed with the reports on fashlons by the well known deslgner Shel y Dykes who now resldes ln Parls France Later ln the evemng Mrs jerry Taylor the former Eleanor Gxbson related some experl ences for whlch she won the Congresslonal Medal of Honor for her nurslng abxlxty durmg the war Mrs Charles Stephens known to the dlnner guests as Mary Nell Parrott told of her exper1 ences ln startlng the flrst school 1n East Afrlca She 1S a medlcal mlsslonary there Molly Hendrlckson M D now married to Kenneth Davls gaxe a few pomters on personal hyglene practiced ln the school Whlle the after dlnner coffee was belng served George Hurst world famous archltect told about the school bulldlng whlch he deslgned Wanda Gaylor Secret Agent for the F B I who a1ded 1n the capture of the worlds most Ierry Davls told us about her part ln the acqulttal of Dr Lamual Shepherd ten years ago She sald he was ln a pathetlcally emaclated condltlon oan Klng told the glrls about all the el1g1ble males that she has been meetlng whlle belng Secretary to the Presldent of the U S A E L Buhel Modestly told how he got started In bus1ne ss and became owner of the world largest constructlon company Mr Buhel xs very proud of the new school whlch h1S company built Tennessee s youngest multl m1ll1ona1re My Lee Sller told us of the new crlppled Chlld ren s hospxtal whlch he 15 planmng to support ln the fall Alfred Sller a broker on Wall Street saxd that he would help support the new hospltal H Is golng to bu1ld a new recreatlon hall for needy chlldren Loulse Hurst Mrs james Kennedy psychlatrlst at Alcatraz related the condltlons of the pmsoners She wlshes to establlsh a recreatlon hall for them later thls year Helen lones commandlng offlcer ln the Wacs stressed the fact that our country needs Women ln the Armed Forces She 15 now at the r cru1t1ng Off1C6 1n Nashx 1lle The edxtor of thls paper IS a graduate of 1956 Alene Weax er Thxs paper IS proud to state thls fact The exenlng as all exemngs of enjoyment wlll do came to an end The out of town guests retlred to Mrs Slmmons manslon 1n the resxdentlal dlstrlct of Pruden Tennessee . , - . , , . . , I . . ' U lt' I I ' 1 ' v ! , - 1 . Y . . . I , . , b 1 J - t lt . . 7 . .- 1 l 7 - J I ' Il I Y ' . . . . y , . , . . ., ' Q notorious gang, persuaded those present to introduce a course in law in the curriculum, 1 1 I . . .S . , . - . . . . . . I 1! - , .... . . , . . . e I . P ' ' ' , ' ' . . , l ' n Y . y ' . . v ,. I p I I . , , .

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