Rush Strong High School - Plainsman Yearbook (Strawberry Plains, TN)

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AGNES LAUDERDALE True she is, as she hath proved herself. Basketball '42, Home Ec. Club '42, '45, Literary Society '42, '45, Annual Staff '45, Junior Play '44, EDNA LAWSON 5tudious, trustworthy, lovable, al- ways on the iobf' Literary Society '42, '45, Home Ec. Club '42, '43, Junior Play '44, As- sistant Secretary and Treasurer of Literary Society '45, Annual Staff 45, Librarian '42, '45. MARY RUTH RODERICK Not too serious, not too gay, but a true blue girl in every way. Home Ec. Club '42, '45, Literary Society '42, '45, Glee Club '42, '43, Junior Play '44, Basketball Manager '45, Annual Staff '45. MAX STINER Why worry? The world goes on iust the same. Glee Club '42, '43, Literary Society '42, '45, Sergeant-at-Arms '44, '45, Basketball team '45. I r SUE LOY Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone, Literary Society '42, '45, Home Ec. Club '42, '45, President Home Ec. Club '42, '45, Vice-President Literary Society '43, Junior Play '44, Student Council Play '44, Glee Club '42, '45, Librarian '44, Secretary Student Council '45, Secretary and Treasurer Glee Club '45, President of Literary Society '45, Basketball Team '42, '45, Annual Staff '45, D. A. R. Repre, sentative '45, Vice-President Class '43, Class Queen '43, JANE LAWSON A friendly spirit to all, a conscien- tious mind, unfailing loyalty. Home Ec. Club '42, '43, Literary So- ciety '42, '45, Junior Play '44, An- . nual Staff '45, i i INEZ SMITH 'Cheerfulness and common sense in thee we find my friend. l Vice-President Class '42, Home Ec. i Club '42, '45, Junior Play '44, Secre- ' tary Class '45, Annual Staff '45, Glee Club '42, '43, President Home Ec. Club '42, Literary Society '42, '45. EDWARD ZINK Not afraid of work, but not in sympathy with it. Literary Society '42, '45, Program Chairman of Literary Society '45, l ' Secretary and Treasurer of Junior Class '44, Glee Club '42, '45, Basket- ball Team '45, Junior Play '43,

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THE HISTORY OF THE SENIOR CLASS Setting - Rush .Strong High School Time - The present. ACT I As the cu.tain rises on scene one, we see around thirty-five eager boys and girls trying to find their way to a room called the First Grade. Here, Miss Cora Halbert introduced us to the ABC's and Little Bo Peep. Even at the early age of six we find a little blonde haired boy named Floyd- Bales bringing fame to the future Senior Class as the best looking boy. He was the object of every little girls admiration. ln scene two, we see Inez Smith, a very pretty young lass bringing her name to the top. In later scenes you will see her niore. The members of the cast overcome their shyness and we find around twenty actors entering upon the stage to play in the Rhythm Band with Mrs. Tom Swaggerty as our director. We look in on the third secen and find Miss Slover teaching us geography and the multiplication tables. This was all new to us, and we were terribly frightened. The fourth scene is directed by Miss Catlett. We find a number of tiny misses such as Sue Loy, Jane Lawson, Virginia Hodges, Edna Lawson, Trula Finchum, Mary Ruth Roderick, and Violet Beard, entering the cast. These soon began to show special talents in music and dramatics. The fifth scene opens with Miss Underwood, now Mrs. Roy Kinnick, in charge of grown-up boys and girls, never- theless, they spent most of their spare time playing I Spy on the rocks at the back of the school building. In scene six, we notice a youth by the name of Ed- ward Zink coming to the top. The rest of us will never forget row our director, Miss Sallie B. Lewis, constantly re- minded him not to forget his part, and rebuked him for drawing airplanes all the time, which habit he carried with him on through high school. In scene seven, the curtain goes up with a much larger group than we have ever had. We sce a little round- faced girl entering upon the stage, a very pretty young girl called Tommie Large. She was destined to be the Heartbreaker of the class and bring fame to the group in high school as a star basketball player. During this part of the play, Herman Wyrick, Max Stiner, Bruce Bales, and Clyde Kennemore began to at- tract attention. We find a still larger group on the stage for the final scene of the first act. The event of the year was when Inez Smith was crowned Queen of the Carnival with her escort, Herman Wyrick. Mr. Davis directed us, and we shall never forget what he did for us, and how he worked the week of our gradu- ation. We went off the stage with our diplomas, and feel- ing our importance. We had finished the first act of our class history. ACT ll Now that we had reached high school, how important we felt! ' We were represented in the Glee Club and sports, and began our difficult struggle with Algebra. Our director, Mr. Robyn Walker, led us faithfully until he had to leave for military service. i In scene two, we appear as sophisticated Sophomorcs under the leadership of Mrs. Young, who led us into the life and works of Shakespeare. During this year we felt sharply the loss of Herman Wyrick and Franklin Stipes who ioined the Navy. ' We entered our Junior year, a year packed full of history making episodes. Our outstanding event of the year was our first attempt in the field of high school dramatics, when we presented Old Doc. However, all the days were not so pleasant, because in the spring, iust as new life was bursting forth upon the earth, our lives were saddened by the loss of our beloved classmate, Robert Red Lawson. He too, became Navy minded and sailed away to aid his country in the great war. This year closed with the famous Banquet Scene at which we entertained the Seniors at The Little Red School House with the aid of our sponsor, Miss Thelma Cooper. The final hour came! - We entered upon the stage for the last time. Great are the events of this final scene. This time we had a new director-in-chief, Mr. John M. Wenger. Mr. Kinnick had chosen another class with which to work and moved on to Jefferson City. Mrs. Vaulta Bow- man came to direct our domestic talents. Mrs. Fred Stooks- bury and Mr. Charles B. Davis were back with us. Miss Virginia Adkins was our sponsor, helping us publish our Annual, and give our Senior Play. We reioiced with the arrival of class rings, beamed with pride when Floyd Bales was elected Student Council President, and wondered in amazement what the outcome would be when he and Tommie Large were elected Presidents of the two .societies for the first semester. They were quite successful in these positions. Sue Loy was elected to serve as President of the Volunteer Society the second semester, bringing more fame to her class. Dora Brewer joined our cast this year, only to remain for one term, but she made herself famous as the Southern Charmer in the Student Council Play. The merry month of May brought to our class the end of our high school days. The Baccalaureate Sermon inspired us, and with mingled feelings of ioy and sadness over graduation, we leave the stage with our cherished diplomas in our hands. We wish to express our deep gratitude to those faculty members who have led us so faithfully tftrough these years. We have completed this our first dramatic pro- ducfion, and after a short breathing spell in the shade of vacations spreading trees, we shall start on a longer and more toilsome production on the stage of - LIFE!