Simpsonville High School - Le Souvenir Yearbook (Simpsonville, SC)

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ass of SENHORS ll95ll TUMBLIN VIRGINIA ANNE A Few tlungs are xmposslble to dxlxgence and skill H A 2 3 Glee Clu 2 3 4 Beta Club Block S Club 3 4 MUSIC Club l Z Journal sm Club 3 4 Basketball l Z 3 4 Annual Staff 4 WOOD SYLVIA LOUISE Not too sober not too gay But a good true gxrl ln every way Annual Staff 4 Beta Club 4 J H A Clubl Z 3 Glee Club Z CLASS HI 'l'0llY The elghth grade ln school was a glorxous one because xt marked a great change from that of grammar grade school There were about 80 of us all told and we came from a number of dxfferent schools That made xt qulte Jolly and lnterestlng as xt gave us a chance to get acqualnted wxth more new boys and gxrls We selected Guy Henderson as presldent We dxdn t earn uxuts and weren t very important that year But ln the nlnth grade we Jolned the different orgamzatxons here and there and d1d our best to make ourselves useful as well as ornamental and conspicuous zn all the 3Ct1V'lf1ES We dldn t make much hlstory as we were too busy watchlng the clock But we had the tlme of our l1ves just belng green and ne w1sh Donald Anderson was our president But tlme flles and we all passed our subjects and became tenth graders We were all wxse thls year and knew how to elect our off1cers We made Joe Kxlgore our presldent Our homeroom teachers were Mrs H1nton and Mrs Johnson We really dld have a t1me when we were eleventh graders Gerald Edwards and Paul Moore were our class pres1dents The most fun we had was at our .Tumor Semor Banquet We really worked hard gettlng ready for thls banquet Our teachers thls year were Mrs Hoffrn an and Mrs Gault But tlme that thlef stole our eleventh year ln school and at last we became semors 34 of us Good tlmes were had by all studyxng tak1ng part 1n sports and carry1ng on our other dCllVltl6b We elected the followmng offlcers to serve us Paul Moore Prestdent Jo K1lgore Vlce Presxdent and Paul Moore Treasurer Mrs Abbott was our sponsor As former classes we struggled hard and worked many schemes and projects mn our en deavor to reach Washmgton The presentauon of our play at commencement llke our pre decessors made renowned lustory Joe Kxlgore Hxstorzan Y J...1,,g b1,,,g 3,4g 4 ll Y ' ,. . I ,, l

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ass 0 Sl3NlOlQS l95l MORRIS SARAH LOUISE A glrl upon whom every god dxd set hxs seal Journalxsm Club 3 4 J H A Clubl 2 3 4 Beta Club 3 4 Cheerleader 3 4 Assxstant Edxtor of Re mxnder 3 Edrtor of Rernxnder 4 L1terary Edxtor of Annual 4 Mxss H1 Mxss 4 PUTNAM CAR L LOUIS Klndness 15 a good thlng 1n ltself F F A l Z 3 4 Glee Clubl 4 Journalxsrn Club 4 Baseball 2 4 Parllmentary Procedure team RIDDLE BETTY LOUISE Faxthfulness and slncerlty are the hlghest thxngs .lournallsm Club l Z Asslstant Busxness Manager Rerrunder J H A l 2 Vlce Pres1dentJ H A 4 Annual Staff 4 Glee Club I Z 3 4 ROSS THOMAS EUGENE True as the d1al to the sun Cvlee Club 4 Student Counml 4 Journallsm Club 4 Annual Staff 4 Football 4 Basketball manager 4 Baseball 4 Block S Club 4 STEADINGS FRANK LIN DE LANO ROOSEVELT A mlnd at peace wxth all Football team4 Baseball team 3 4 Block S Club F F A STOKES LIBBY JANE She was a frrend faxthful and just to all Glee Clubl J H A 1 2 Annual Sta1'f4 THACKSTON JOAN ETTA She walks ln beauty mldst the nlght Of starry skles and cloudless cllmes J H A Presldent 3 Beta Club 3 4 Glee Clubl Z 3 4 Block S Club 3 4 Vo1ce Clubl Journalism Club 3 4 Student Cou.nc11l 2 3 Cheerleader 1 2 3 4 Basketball Z 3 4 TUMB LIN BETTY LOU You w1l1 always fxndher true and just A glrl whom all wlll love and trust Journallsm Club 3 4 Busmess Manager ofRem1n der 4 .I H A l 2 3 Glee Clubl Z 3 Basketball l 2 3 4 Block S Club 3 4 Beta Club 4 Student C0unc1l 4 Cheerleader 4

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CLASS PRUPIIECY I am a member of the F B I Do you know what that means 'P So you don t know Well zt means Footprints Bexng Investlgated Here on these sands are deep xmpressxons of footprxnts The seniors have passed thxs way They have been makxng tracks lmportant tracks ln the last ten years Their 1mpress1ons are traced on the sands and cannot be erased They show that the semors walked here w1th an upward look and a flrm tread goxng places They are unwaver1ng and true They point toward progress and achxevement They lead to the rlght places the true goals of accompllshments ln all the fxelds of act1v1t1es You know I can tell someth1ng about each semor by the tracks he makes Each expresses t.he mdxvldual and hxs acluevement and what he IS doxng today I see dns xn thexr footprlnts They are all successful makxng tracks Our class president went thxs way Here he goes' Paul He IS now presxdent of the Umted Chemlcal Company lh Baltnmore I hear he has done much toward makmg a new product avaxlable to house wives ln making a better soap And here IS DONALD ANDEEON Donald has become superxntendent of a large mxll xn a local town and IS doxng quxte well Hxs pastlme xs datlng all the well to do gxrls And what has JERRY BARBERY been dO1hg wxth hxmself Jerry has recently marrxed an old sweetheart and IS manager of a grocery store here xn Sxmpsonvllle He says there 15 no place luke home LLOYD BEASON has fxnlshed studylng electromcs and IS malung qgute a name for hlmself ln hls own shop By the way glrls he IS stxll smgle .IEWELANN BURDETT 15 now employed by General Motors as head Secretary and IS very happy with her Job LEROY COLE IS owner of a group of chaxn stores and IS marrled to a very rxch young lady from Florida RIA LEE COX and BETTY TUMBLIN have comblned thexr beauty and talents and have gone Into dress malung They now own an elaborate shop m Parls Both are unmarrled GERALD EDWARDS zs now head coach of the Army football team and has gamed recognxtxon all over the Umted States SARAH FOWLER BETTY JO and BOBBIE JEAN GROGAN have all become members of Fred WILLIAM FOWLER IS now commander ID cluef of the Elghth Army and 15 consulted on all m1l1 tary affaxrs He xs marrxed to a very beautuful French lady DICK GOODNOUGH IS now playxng shortstop for the Brooklyn Dodgers and has recently marrxed a well known actress Tl-IURSA HAWKINS and NANCY LOU H1PPShave gone mto halr styling and are both happtly mar ned to successful young men GUY HENDERSON 15 a successful busxness man and holds a very promlnent posltlon In a Wall Street Firm I-le has also become a popular man about the town New York that 15 RUFUS HIPPS DAN HOPKINS and GENE ROSS have become popular h1llb1lly recordlng artxsts for M G M They were bxlled among the top ten favorxtes this past year All three are marrxed to very lovely girls CAROLYN HUGHES xs a successful housewlfe to a Governor of a Southern State She IS extreme ly happy and loves her husband and three chlldren very much BILLY JOHNSON IS a smart young Lxeutenant ln the R A F He recexved The D1 stlngux shed Ser vice Cross for herolslm m the Korean encounter THERON JONES 15 top barker for a sxde show of the Barnum Baxley C1 rcus By the way he has lost fxve pounds BILL and JOE KILGORE are successful daxry farmers ln the New England states All are happlly marrled ELSIE LEAGUE xs a very promlsxng Novelzst One of her books was best seller last year She 15 marrxed to a talented art1st SARAH MORRIS BETTY RIDDLE and SYLVIA WOOD have dedxcated thelr l1ves to Soclal Work They are known all over the South CARL PUTNAM is the head of a typewriter fxrm He IS also marrled to the owner s daughter FRANKIE STEADIN3 ll a real estate agent and IS marrled to an old sweetheart LIBBY STOKES IS a secretary for the Sherlff of Greenvllle County andloves her Job very much JOAN ETTA THACKSTON and VIRGINIA ANN TUMBLIN are both marr1ed to wealthy Atlanta Socxalxtes They are well known m Atlanta for thelr aloof sophzstxcatxon As I told you ln the beglnmng I am wxth the F B I Footprmts Bemg Investxgated But Just now I feel hke a heel mvestlgatmg and tellmg you all about the prxvate and professlonal lxves of the semor class of 1951 So, xf youll excuse me now I ll be makxng tracks away from here GUY HENDERSON Prophet , . . . . . A , ' . , , , . ' , ' , n g . 9 , , . -- . , . . I . . . Waring's Pennsylvhnians and are making a name for themselves in the musical world. I I . . . . , . - . . 8 , I I . . I '