Rosenwald High School - Torch Yearbook (Harlan, KY)

Text from Pages 1 - 84 of the 1948 volume:

ROSENWALD — HARLANITES INC. 1948 YEARBOOK CHERISHING OUR HERITAGE ■ K g Si 3 Si w SSSSmBBmS Rosenwald High School WELCOME TO ROSENWALD ' S ALUMNI REUNION DESCENDENTS, FAMILIES AND FRIENDS Chicago, IL, 1984 FIRST ANNUAL REUNION 1970 DETROIT, MICHIGAN ALUMNI BANQUET 1973 HARLAN, KENTUCKY HARLANITE REUNION 1976 DETROIT, MICHIGAN HARLANITE REUNION 1978 LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY HARLANITE REUNION 1980 DAYTON, OHIO HARLANITE REUNION 1982 COLUMBUS, OHIO Aa a token of our most sincere esteem, we, the Class of 1948, dedicate this annual to . MISS EMMA ROSE PLESANT whose unselfish character, kind ways, wholesome Interest, everlasting patience and loyal devotion to our school and co nunity have endeared her to our hearts. 2 Si I Geva J 7e7ye I C ass SeotV 3, -Tee 7 , 2, 3, , Ho we 2, 3 y ClietyleaJey- x y 3 BaW i, 2, Quee 7)H eW«r ?£ , SECRETARY niclavj Wes Cno uS I, t, 3 v Volley Ba f Traine,Y(Footl all)3,H Boy ' sTeehTalK Basket L f f StyJeYii Coumc ' il-l, Boy Scoc is (2,3, gillie EywmTye President 3, I 3fiuJe rt Cou c;j } C assTveasurer Bovi ' Tee Ta 3, Vo ey Bar j?, I. 2, % TREASURER V. JoJm$o i ' Photo dy Phy (V) M. A Fuller rho+otraphy (ft) ov« less ' y ,$cJ,. holographys - 3oy Stoa- (I, 2 K. Car oak Jr. Irna Jean Phi tp$ HW) Vo yBa  6) 7 5coa+ ft) Football 3 ) •iMT rtiifiri| FLOYD TURNER FootiWI ri | ERNEST TURN ER Footfca C 70YUS Draynai c POS | FEAGLlA Wo r e £c. C ot y-Tee 7S AuJreyJeanTye (la Ay ) Cn«rtt4 (I, A, Tovc , SJaJtfi ) HomeEcC uLU ,) k It. £lu| ,) W. ' ie .ec £ Wfiv FooiLilHTrtw) U.%%) Volley Bill ( , ,) B.y Scouts ft Youik Centey? ' Jnt ( J Harold A cTyt j ' s t Vo Vey Ha ill , 31 ScLrdh K. Cope (an J G Clut (4 ) Lllv r ' «a l ( ) $-lciJe i Council U) forth St ? 3 Of f) CIjlss Set (J, (D.vt) lo f7e«)f B (3) lO Gi l Reserve ( h 2-j 3,+) Lotenxn. Chambers - ( ' 8oyiT y M J V suai Ail CV ii Pauline $e V Ckoy us 0) Foot U (A HA ) Dramatic lSta Ve n V Voile via HOMtELCUhii ) 12 In the year of 1944 the now almighty seniors were beginning as Fresh- men, knowing that we would face many hardships and many misunderstandings, in the years to come, but we lived up to our motto which is: HE WHO CON- QUERS, CONQUERS HIMSELF . In the beginning, rourth - and fortieth year of our Lord, in the ninth month there entered into this land of learning six- and- fifty seekers of knowledge. Some came from one school and some from another, but never-the- less we were grouped together as one group. And as we dwelt together we became acquainted with the behavior and the ways of our fellow students. Our first year we were honored by having Miss Geraldine Tye as Quaen Attendant and Miss Alberta Robinson as Sweetheart of Rosenwald. During this we were well represented in the Who ' s Who in Rosenwald, with students from our class winning such honors as most versatile, most popular, friendliest, ' cutest, smartest and the prettiest. As we started our second year our class was somewhat smaller with a number totaling eight- and- thirty. Some of those that were missing had gone to various other schools and some had quit. And that year we were honored by having the Football Queen, Miss Bet tye Sue Mills, and also the Sweetheart Kiss Evelyn Martin. This was a year of progress and success and all the students enjoyed it very much. Ir our third year we were honored by having the Co-Queen Miss Stella Thompson and Miss Bernyce Jackson Sweetheart. Our class had the most outstanding athletics and this was also a prosperous year. We were honored by having the Football Queen Miss Mary Puller. We were again victorious for the fourth consecutive year, in having Miss Sarah Copeland as Rosenwald ' s Sweetheart. We found our Senior year very pleasant excepting French when the vag- ueness of it crept through our wondering minds. We were looking forward to our graduation and are proud to graduate from Rosenwald High. ROSA PEA GIN AND LOR EN Z A CHAMBERS 13 During the early Spring of 1965 I traveled quite extensively because I had always planned to do ao. My first visit was in Washington, while there I visited Bettye Millis the owner of the Mills Dress Shoppe , with Virginia Johnson and Mary Puller as her two models. A few nights later they took me out to the Bahama Night Club , after entering, and taking a seat I noticed under the spot light a very familiar face it was none other than Mary Long Vocalist at the Club and Ernest Silent Turner ' s Orch. On Saturday ni ht they took me to Spokane arriving at the early part of the night we ran across Willie Jackson and Roy Carlock Lawyers for the city of Spokane. Mr. Jackson and Mr. Carlock accompanied us to a hotel to spend the night, wo glanced up at the neon sign that read Tye-West Hotel . IL was one of the most beautiful quiet and accomodating hotels in the city owned and operated by Willie Tye and Richard West. My days were few in Washington so after seeing several of my classmates I had to travel on. After two weeks in Washington I left for Portland, Oregon. On the train I noticed the familiar walk of the conductor, finally he turned around and I saw that he was Ernest Harbin another one of my classmates on the train I met former Bernyce Jackson a Foreign Missionary. She told me that she had been traveling quite extensively without her husband Ernest Biddings who was Captain in the Army Air Force stationed at Hamilton Field, Calif. Mrs. Biddings told me while she- was work ' .ng in Idaho that she saw Mr. and,Mrs. Harold Harris operating a Funeral Home. Mr. Harris a Mortician and his wife former Sarah Copeland as his Lady Assistant. There I also met Floyd Ttirned working as Pres. of the Standard Oil Company. My talk with Mrs. Biddings was quite enlighting. The next day I left for Nevada to visit ray sister Pauline Seay who was the owner of the largest Beauty Shoppe in Nevada, she told me about her previous trip to Florida where she saw Mildred Davis, and Irma Phillips on her first visit to the Beach and their occupation was working as Life Guards. My trip seems much happier there because I arrived just in time to see several basketball games. I also met Francis Goins coaching a swell team, Paul Kennedy the Assistant Coach and Robert Rogers Football Coach. I spent two weeks in Nevada from there I went to California, In California I wasn ' t expecting to meet anyone else that I knew so soon. I caught a cab and went to the U. S. 0. Center, when I entered I sat off to myself, someone came and touched mo on my shoulder. I turned around and it was Lorenza Chambers, we sat and talked awhile about some of our old friends and his enjoyable occupation as an Army Surgeon and Rosa Feagin his head Nurse. We left the center and went to search for Rosa, we found her alone studying upon her French Vocabulary, because she was planning to pa to France to work. ° u Spendinc Just a few days in California I causht a plane to Honolulu where I went expecting to find some kind of nice occupation. On the plane I was Loretta Dobbins working as a Stewardess traveling from place to place. In Honolulu I noticed people staring at someone in a crowd. I went closer to see what everyone was looking at and it was Geraldine Tve and Audrey Tye entertaining the Veterans of World War II. After being in Honolulu for about four weeks without work. I was acting President of the Y. W. C. A. In the absence of the President. My trip ended and was one of most enjoyable trips of my Career. PAULINE SEAY. 14 W. Jackson, do will my fast running to David Barnes. L. Chambers, do will my geometric ability to James Howard. E. Turner, do will my silence to Oscar . Simpson . Bernice Jackson, do will my cheerleading ability to Annie B. Seay. P. Seay, do will my graceful walk to Nancy Johnson. P. Seay, do will my fancy hair dos to Elizabeth Johnson. M. Lon;, do will my dignity to Patsy Mills. E. Phillips, do will my sweet voice to Juanlta Anderson. Pettye Millis, do will my personality and singing ability to Elizabeth Howard. R. Peagin, do will my French ability to Perlie Stone. M . Davis, do will my friendliness to Mary Langford. A. Tye, do will my popularity and personality to Ernestine Carr. W. Tye, 3o will my algebra book to John Jackson. G. Tye, do will my jitterbug ' ging to Charlene Kennedy. E. Eiddings, do will my tallness to Charles Pendleton. H . Harris, do will my neatness to Bob Henderson. ■ R. Carlock, do will my comical ways to Preston Ilaynes . R. West, do will my tenor voice to John R. Simpson. W. Ef finger, do will my typing ability to Bobby Blue. E. Harbin, do will my basketball and football ability to Lzekiel Hicks. R. Rogers, do will my handsomeness to Richard Higdon. P. Goins, do will my athletic ability to Jackie Rhodeman . P. Kennedy, do will my quietness to U. L. Sandford. L. Dobbins, do will my nice ways to my sister Irene Walker. V. Johnson, do will my tallness to Little Drummond . S. Copeland, do will and bequeath all my abilities to my sister Erma Copeland. 15 (fat Ifou yntayitte 1. Ernest Biddings trying to be the best dressed man in Hollywood. 2. Roy Carlock Principal of Rosenwald High School in 1956. 3. Loronza Chambers a great surgeon in one of the largest hospitals in New York City. 4. Sarah Copeland owning a large ballet school and teaching such pupils as Rosa Peagin. 5. Mildred Davis winning a bathing beauty contest. 6. Francis Goins the Speaker of the House of Representative. 7. Ernest Harbin and Mary Long married and living in a 25 room mansion in the city of Crummies, Ky. 8. Geraldine Tye and Harold Harris trying to crash the movies with their Jitter bugging ability. 9. Audrey Tye having the most beautiful legs in Hollywood. 10. Willie Tye and Willie, Ef finger owning a printing shop and Editors of the Gossip Herald, 11. Willie Jackson the thinnest man alive. 12. Richard West owning a Night Club and leading the orchestra himself. 13. Pauline Seay and Mary Puller doing the tango in Club Morocco. 14. Pauline Seay and Ernest Turner the leading Acrobats in the Ringling Bros. Circus. 15. Robert Rogers teaching history in the years to come. 16. Paul Kennedy owning the Kennedy ' s Puneral Home. 17. Bernice Jackson and Bettye Sue Mills imitating Savannah Churchill and Hazel Scott at the Rosenwald ' s Gym. 18. Loretta Dobbins a Foreign Missionary Worker. 19. Floyd Turner going to school at Frankfort, Ky. on time. 20. The members of the Senior Class and their families having a reunion in 1965 at the Rosenwald Auditorium., 16 1. Most Popular — 2. 3. Most Versetile 4. 5. Most Comical — 6. Girl Boy - Girl Boy- Girl Boy 7. Cutest GirJ 8. Most Handsome Boy - 9. Tallest Girl 10. Boy 11. Shortest Girl 12. ■ ' Boy 13. Best Dressed Girl 14. Boy - 15. Shyest Girl 16. Boy - 17. Most Dignified Girl 18. Boy - 19. Friendliest Girl 20. n Eoy— 21. Smartest Girl 22. Boy 23. Best Athletic Boy- Audrey Tye Willie E. Tye Sarah Copeland Richard West Bet tye S. Mills Roy Carlock Jr. Geraldine Tye Floyd Turner Virginia Johnson Ernest Biddings Geraldine Tye Lorenze Chambers Mary Fuller R8rold Harris Irma Phillips Ernest Turner Rosa Feagin Ernest Biddings Sarah Copeland Willie Jackson Sarah K. Copeland Lorenze Chambers Ernest Harbin 17 (Tune of Londonderry Air.) Dear Rosenwald we hate to leave you now at last, We have to go and aeek a higher class A class where, we can finally reach our happiness, As we go along our roads to success. (Chorus) We hate to go since al] the times we ' ve spent with you, and all our friends we ' re leaving here behind, But now we ' re gone, to try to reach our happi- ness as we go along our roads to success. Willie E. Tye FAREWELL THOUGHTS When the twilight shadows cover Hill and dale with purple hue, Then, my dearest Alma Mater, All our thoughts will turn to you- Joyous thoughts so full of rapture, Yet so sad and edged with pain; Thoughts of the days in Rosenwald That will never come again. We owe so much to our teachers Who have helped us on our way. Thoughts at time we tried their patience By our noise and idle play, We will never forget their teaching. And as into the world we go, By their wise and careful guidance We will conquer friends and foe. We have rested securely sheltered Under Rosenwalds protective wings, But like Birdies growing stronger, Now we ' ll fly to higher things. So good-bye to you, dear teachers, Schoolmates kind, and Rosenwald. May your stately wall stand ever, Though wars may rise and kingdoms fall. Audrey J. Tye. 18 JLMIOFvS I Lsii VPy r R Moore B.L.SavJner T.Wi ' ltidYni 19 fi I [ ' 1 i [ 21 L I I i -L, : i ' J§ 23 •Day B« hes t ! I I I r ! JUNIOR HICH S£akJ- H.ntihl, J, W « , Al,Mu r i 7 T.Moore j W.Rob J). 24 I J I I I I I i I 1 1 1 ELEMENTARY GRKDES Tht ltf GMK |HD ? 4RT OF THE 2V GWE PART Of 77£ 2 ANJ FMRT y sV MRS. A. H. HIGH - wrtwfcu. 25 [ It r [ r r [ 7 [ j r f f r f Wes. eTo Wesson WoltneTe Y - SeeSi. GUI CltC JUNIOR DRAMATICS orcicERs : Ec|ma i- To so v-Tms.. 7)anna Joods -Seftn SENIOR BRAMATICS 28 l.HrO.CDapra HARLAN) 12 So it u It It It 0 If vr £. I LL V V- L G 0 o O A ' h o us 7l 29 t FCOTBML  ;. «►•••..!•• t. : ■:■ O.t Dupf{££ E. ' BiAJiuqS to- L v r 30 The Red Devils 1 football coach Mr. J. N. Kendall, former All American of Kentucky State College, was greeted by 11 lettermen from the 1946 squad, when they captured the first C. V. C. Con- ference since 1942, winning 6 games losing 1 and tying 1. The most thrilling games of the season were Applachie, Va. and Lynch Ky., when we fought the Applachie Bearcats to 0-0 half time, but later pulled away in the last quarter to a 12-0 win. We also took a 8-0 win over Lynch that depended a great deal on the championship. In this games we reached our peak. Middlesboro gave us our only licking 19-0 which was the third of the year. Later we came back to win over Benham, Jenkins, Mt. Sterling, Georgetown, Ky. and tying Bristol, Tenn. A big loss from the 1947 squad will be 11 lettermen: Co-Capt. Ernest Biddings, Robert Rogers, Ernest Turner, N. McClendan, Capt. Francis Golns, Floyd Turner, J. D. Weldon, Ernest Harbin, Willie B. Jackson, Harold Harris and 0. C. Dupree. 31 FOOTB Ll QUEEN MARY A. fULUER SWEETHE KTIIH.S. SARAH K. COPE LAND BASKETS LI TEAA4T. 33 THE RED DEVILS The Bed Devil Besketbell Team got off in low gear and ended in low gear under the direction of Coach J.N. Kendall. We had hieght and experience but the lack of a Gym. and bad weather caused us to play only eight games winning three end loosing five. Three of them ending with in a thrilling one point decision with Lynch defeating us 38-37 the following week we beat Benhem 36-38, in Distriot Tournment our first game was with Pikesvilles, loosing 26-27. The highest eooring honors were given to Ernest Biddings and Paul Kennedy. The Red Devils ' third string hit lucky winning five out of six lead by Richard West, Andrew Brown, Bobby Ray Blue, James Henderson, and Jackie Khodmen. From 47end48 squard we will loose seven letter men, Floyd Turner, Paul Kennedy, Ernest Biddings, Ernest Harbin, Richard West, Willie Bee Jackson, and Robert Rogers, also another outstanding member Francis Goins. NAME POSITION POINTS Floyd Turner — —————— Forward — — — — 40 Paul Kennedy Forward — — 42 Ernest Biddings Center 42 Francis Goins — — — Guard — — 15 Ernest Harbin, • Guard — — 40 undrew Brown — Richard West — Bobby Blue Willie Jackson • Marshall Mills ■ Jackie Rhodemen James Henderson Robert Rogers — Forward — — 4 Forward 3 Center 2 Guard 3 Guard • 26 Center 1 Center 2 Guard — 6 SCORES OF GAMES Herlar 37 17 36 . 27 41 22 « 23 n 26 Lynch 38 Bristol 22 Benham 35 Hazard 22 Jenkins 29 Lynch 39 Hazard — 26 Pikesville 27 34