Putnam County High School - Briarpatch Yearbook (Eatonton, GA)

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S HISTOR By M 4R7'HA TUFKER 8 QHIRIEY QTRIBIINC One brisk September mornlng ln 1942 our round trlp fllght to Nlars was called at tl1e Eatonton Grammar School Atrport The pllot 'vflss Rum ey and navtgator Nlr Fmcher prepared for the blast off Nltss Rumses taught us the 3 R before we reached Epsllon Argus 'Vllss W1lI1am became the new pllot Reachmg the star Andromeda M1 'Nloore took mer controls By 1941 we had nearls reached Cygnus Betng such a trvlng gtoup we had to exchange pilot at every stop ttus 1 av mecame pt ot le lt pe1 tts strug e llfltllflll long dnlston Our 111 xt landm1,, f1el1l wa tI11 plan1t N11 rcury where 111s Carne and Rebecca Puller jolned us Ill t1e ttl Grade and we became the responstbthty of M1 Brad shaw wl1o mtroduced us to our f1rst exams In our s1xth wear of fhght we landed an the moon where we swttched over to Jet propulsion Here we picked up 'Vlrs Boyd p1lot Myrna Black Fred Holder James Avant and Betty Hanson After leavmg the moon we were struck by an eptdemlc of measles which made necessary our landlng on Plelades Here Mr Fmcher our navlgator caught a shootmg star back to earth leavmg Us to fly on to the planet Venus From Venus we l1ad recelved a radar message to puck 11p 'Vl1ss lNorman our future plot Robert Cape ane .luan1ta.leffers We radared we would jom them and N r Dtckev Ullf n1w navtgator on en11s ltll on t1e 11,111 to Mars lVl1ss lNorman pulle us through the larts of Speech Reachmg Mars our ewhth year we swttched over to an atomlc propelled space htp requlrmg pllots MINS bunn and Nlr Ashurt Those wI1o jotned here were Rebecca 'ffm Donald Homer Smith Vlrglnla Thomp on ,l P larman Joyce Thompson Bllly Sharpe ,lack Cart we left 'Nlar we adlw waved farewell to 'Nl1ss Norman At the begtunlng of our nlnth year we reached Pluto where we p11I-.ed up N11 lls Daniel and our new ptlot 'Nle dame Strange and llrlttaln Contmutnv our journey to 'Neptune wt were 1ntro1lu1e1 to the fundamental f fe tra and were w1t1 hed t lllt w lllp r1111 erogen r11w1,. tl llllllt te ar augee Pl t a dlll Nl w11 dltt ll ltl new w ardre r JI tl s 1 lllll oo1 rom th ll 1 ll Q Q xer o t 11 ange 1 tt u ll N 1 I-ee 1e mx 1 arer tt ld tm howe e 111 makt u eepnpme In 1952 a few months before we landed on our eleventh sear destlnatxon the planet .luplter Wir Dtckey trans ferred to a flylng saucer to return to earth It wa here our lnterpreter 'VI1 PICRTOD reported Before arrlvmg on ,luplter we were startled fo a mmute by a strange shmy spectacle galfllng on u Our fears were unfounded however as tt was our new navtva tor Nfr McCollum on a guided mtsslle After landmv 1m Jup1ter m our eleventh year Nftss Ktckhghter and Nlr Ashurt became our pllots and we fared well 1n Fhemtstry and Ceometry After leavlng thl pla11et everything went along un eventfully untll our radar control man reported a message from 'tltss jermgan whlch read ou dont know Volt Stnce our hydrogen fuel supply was getttng low we landed on a suspended re fuellng statlon to lncrease our fuel supply Bemg 1n d1re need of a new p1Iot far our shtp one of the men on the statlon volunteered to take tl1e job of co ptlot Thus we met Mr Jordan Here we were greatly Influenced by Mr Flnchers constant radar messages repeatmg Do your best' Followmg her sound advlce we helped to w1n f1rst 1n the State Literary contest Mr Ashurst gulded us also tn plannmg an Out of Th1 World banquet for the senlors sa1d event takmg place on the handle of the Ltttle Dtpper Mayl 1953 At tl1e begmmng of our twelfth year ln space we landed on the planet Uranus where o11r p1lots were relleved by Mrs FlI'lCllCI' and Mr Boger and we picked up another passenger Vtrgtnta Burdette Whlle on 11115 star Mr Ralney dtrected us through a stlff spelhng cour e by radar all of us hoptng lt set the world on flre by w1nn1ng the 1954 State Spelltng Contest And my how the 1nhab1tants of Uran11s enjoyed our Heart and Gowns so ably produced by 'Vlr Wlc Collum Suddenly exerythmg began to get dark and han The cause the 'Vlllkv Wav tI1e -XXXL-KL The bov were kept constantly on the alert bv Nlr Dabb coaxlng n1e age All rlght now fellows We were flvlng erenelw alonv when suddenly our lllp re cened a tremendous jolt Ve had a n11ld alpl1a Illkllltlllt'ldtllt'lllNlgdIllIIldIIt6lllWllllIdllt' explo ton from the tlllllll try ab' Unlx mlnor cuts INCUTFPK however l' ASH' l'l -XSH' Radar me age 1a111e fr111 N1 Olner dllll 'Nle dame Ropert and Boger ltlllllllllg u wn 1 ear o Ieart tra 1 a 11b Ft 1 1 lung. 111ath dllil eheerleadtng re peetnels e re landing Il earth t1e re1na1n1ler f o11r ent r tear a lllgllllglltttl wtth the ,lun1orS1111or Bam 111-t IU lrper tte or trlp n eartl lla Inngton and 'New Xork V . . . .. 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Auto Supply Co Eatonton Ga Parts for Cars Trucks and Tractors Rebuilt Motors Machine Shop Service PHONE 3641 Compliments of Ramey s Balt Ranch Eatonton Ga Compliments of MACON COCA COLA BOTTLING CO MACON GEORGIA BETTER MAID FARMS ERSEY M UR BEST FOOD B ATHENS GEORGIA PHONE 3776 Compliments Nugrape 81 Sun Crest BEVERAGES Macon Georgua 11 Floyd Allen Used Cars Sell Trade Buy Day Phone 5376 Nlte Phone 3826 EATONTON GA i ! l l i l ! 5 I ' i ! 5 l 1 I Q I Q 1 5 l l T l l 5 E l ! i --- ---1 - 4-t- - -1'- - 1-ll - l-l1 - ltl- - --vv -lll - l-v. vlll -0+ +.- .... ,,,. - ,... .. ,,,. - ..,. - ..., - ,.,, - ..,. J I L K Y O U Y I T.-. .... - .,.. ,... - .... ...K -.4 ,l,,- .... ..,. ! . l . 2 l ! Q 2 - ! 5 l ! E I 5 i ! i l - : - 1 l , . , . ! 5 ' l l i ..- ,,., - .,,. ..H.-,.l-.,.-l.-...-t.-..-,.-...-...-,,,-.l- ..,. -lp .g..-...- .,.. - ..,. -...- ,.., - .,,. -.......-h.-,.-.-4.-..-..-..-. ol:

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Ewervone became exclted as Wlas 24 1934 drew near for th1s was the das we were to land on earth The pa senger hst wa checked and 1t was found that txteen passenger out of the thlrts IX now on the pace hlp had bought round trlp txcket Then were Ralph Car on Donald Fendlex Tommx George Bllh Hearn Charle Holloway Jowce Howard Edna Huckabs -Xudrex Lank furd 'Klan ,Io Nleadow Don 'lllll Lee Pre lcv Nan A Nh lly Dallltl a11d I bene Wallcr 1t down to read letter concernlng tl1e Cla o 1914 ten wear a ter graduatmg we fmd many 1nteret1ng thmg concernmg t1e 1r occupat1ons We as vou kllUW are operatlng a house f r tld ma1d and old hac elor amcs wl1o1 now con uctmg ll 11ew orc ll tra IL a t etrap wr1te ar e 1 t1ll wr1 ng ent 1us1ast1cally tl1c la t flllUl'lSllL to l11 e say N1 1 If 8. I Tommy has just flIllSl1Cil l11 new IJICIUTC n whtch he Wlll make a fortune Come Back wlth tl1e reeLe and Donald prse 1nf' tl1e potent1a1t1es to Wfllc Pendlem s Dtctzonarx hwe on the Congo Rncr 111 rc IS a letter from New ork aytng llldl Joyce H has fmally found the l1fe hc alway wanted selling ClgdfCllCS at The St rk Club Mary jo havlnv e talmhshed l1er new charm school MEADOWS NIODES AND WAN NERS teaches lldllllIlX and ,lenny jut left tl1e countrw for a ltbllf of Europe Another card fr 1n1 down 'Nlexuo wav 1nforn1 ll t1at ck show great pro 1ect 1n 1v1t1nU hu a11cl ld Shlrley 1 now telhng joke to omc mllhonalre she found Il Pl Pa o A tclelfram from New Xork aw tl1at Betty moe els ratncoats at Nlacw s and that Edna jut tarred 1n hcr 11ew Broadway product1on Wont I D Wllllt Nlar llld UISIIIU Chopln concerts over tl1e countrs l1a re ac hed boredom 'N o y fot a p IOIIQ call fron1 fexa we dmv t 1 111 nr Illdllllll Ralpl1 drlves car for a famcd Dare Dull o11tf1t Wllllf? Lee a11cl Homer Loom overhead 1n jet planes We hear fro111 woo o11rce t1at Robert 1 gammv Ralncx Rebecca bewmour Slnrlew Stnhhng Nlartha Tucker and Gene Waller There were mam up and down 1n our twelve wear f c ool h11t through the WI c un elf1l1 Uuldance of o11r teacher prtnclpal grademother and parent we were able to complete uccc fully the e wear We depart w1th tear of sadne and joy from the e urround IIIU where we have spent twehe of our l1app1e t tear PHE mucl1 pre tlge al o whlle tourmg the countrw dehxerlnv lectures o11 How to Feed an ome of o11r od c as mate are 1cre 1n Atlanta on ls now wor mg 111 a LITCUS a Strong N an Wlll e a r ld te 1 ff ot ne n ld 1er own FX profr 11g1ngz ll ll 1 n111 IC w IQ 1 1 1ar1e left 1anr axes It eem that 'Nlyrna and l'rcd ncwer got n1arr1ed 1ec a11sc tl1ey hotl1 trled to jotn us 1n our home Regret y we l1ael tn t111n tltHl town 1ecaue t1e e a chance of the1r marrymg ettcr fI'tlI'Il Heckv saws t at le ane l' f1na x got n1arr1eel and they are now wrrtmv l11 lltfllcll novel cc y tell 11s ttat udrey ankford 1 wrc tlng Southcrn Cahfornla ju 11 a watcrhov forthe hockwllle Rec oc L a fllldlll en Wir x may 1ace t Clllll' e or a PCHS w lt leon 1 tl1e pr1nc1 al lldlllld wl o manage Woolworth s tore 111 Xt at ta dropped 1n and tvld ll that Rehecca Se1111o11r fame a a ac y hontamer IS preadlng rapldls It seem l1e dll oyce T took a turn for ometlnnv hecau e le re cene a lllgll salary palntlnff modern art w1tl1 Cars a he r n1oelel anc barv owns the art ga ery re 1 the a t etter telling u llldl hehe-c teaehe rhumhd les on at .1 dude ranch near La Veva where V1rg1n1a run a ca 1no lear N11 one ca lng, now hal lm Ihr 111 1 1 w ldl g 1n1f o11 1 Ml 1 e le Ill t1e sa c for nc -I -is K I L' s U ' o s h . 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