South Side High School - Scrapper Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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CLASS PROPI-IECY Contlnued nouncer came on and gave the schedule for the rest of the day Glenn Harrls noted come dlan was to have a spectal program and the rad1o sertal starrlng Carolyn Craddock was to follo N the news broadcast Lester Smtth then gave the news Ladxes and Gentlemen thls program comes to you through the courtesy of Maxs Mm ute Messages spee dee telegraph SSYVICG and owned by your frlend and mme Mr Max R Dougan Now for the latest news Several Memphlans have made the radro headllnes today Brlg adler General Roy Adams has Just left wtth hrs staff for mtlrtary dutles 1n Hawau Accom panytng h1m were several hundred sold1ers rncludmg Mators Thomas Campbell and Eugene Braswell Taktng the General s place at West Polnt w1ll be Colonel Iohn Parker Iarnes I-Ilght professor of chemlstry at Illxnots UHIVSTSIIY has perfected a new stomlc force that w1ll revoluttonlze the motortzed mdustrles Charles Mxlls of the patent offrce ac cordmg to latest reports ts ready for lnspectton of th1s latest success of sctence V1rg1n1a Thurmond presldent of the Nat1onal Red Cross announced today that Mary Catherme Loeffel Dorothy Magee and Carolyn Crcalla were go1ng to Ch1na m the mterests of the Red Cross Kenneth Park playboy has announced lntenttons of go1ng on a huntlng exped1t1on rn the Antarctlc Catherlne Courtney of the Irwln Irby Fun Show Iheard over thts SIGIIOD at 8 UO every Thursdayl was elected prestdent of the Internat1onalL1ars Club A g1gant1c forest f1re swept through western Arkansas today destroylng m1ll1ons 1n prop erty Rrchard R1dd1ck head of the Nat1onal W1ldl1fe and Forestry Serv1ce commented that tt was only eff1c1ency of the forest rangers that kept 1t from berng the worst dlsaster the South had ever seen Flashl Iames I-Iogan demonstratlng the Glenn Wyatt Refreezorator to the Eskrmos at the North Pole became wealthy today when he uncovered a gold deposlt beneath the tce and snow weather man Clarence Halnes St1ll marvellrng over the good fortune of my old frlends I strolled over to Court Square A huge crowd had gathered there to hear Sldney Knox candrdate for Congress speaklng from a soap box He was demandmg equal r1ghts for men and every once 1n a whlle I heard Agnes Goodwrn presldent of the Women F1rstComm1ttee heckle h1m In the crowd seemlngly obltvlous of the pOl1l1Cdl excltement were Outde Llttle and Rena McOwen feedlng peanuts to the squ1rrels and cheerfully chattmg about therr good fortune ln obta1n1ng Evelyn Weeks Permlsslon to exh1b1t her latest pa1nt1ngs of the Grand Canyon 1n the1r Memphts Art Museum I bumped 1nto two d1st1ngu1shed look1ng gentlemen who were comment1ng on the good SGFVICG that they had recetved the n1ght before at the new hlgh Class escort bureau owned by Melba Monroe and Carolyn McLesky I started to ask one of the men where the bureau was located but suddenlv I felt a strange sensatton pass over me Everythmg began to turn dark and I became drzzy I felt as 1f some 1nv1s1ble force were pulhng me at a drzzy speed through space I.ad1es and Gentlemen we must acknowledge th1s expenment to proyect matter 1nto the future a fallure For twenty frve mlnutes Iam s Hrght has attempted to send Ehzabeth Thur mond tnto the year 1953 but nothlng has hapoened For a few moments MISS Thurmond seemed to have famted probably from the excttement I-Iowever before we go off the a1r M1ss Thurmond w1ll speak a few words Rlght th1s way pleasel Well M1ss Thurmond are you dtsappolnted w1th today s lI'1dlS9 But why should I be? I really went 1nto t he future to l953l It was marvellous Super based rocket lines televtsron I-Ieh heh Qulte a 1est MISS Thurmond But I really Yes we know Mxss Thurmond It s been a strenuous day for you Well folks th1s IS your announcer b1dd1ng you farewell 41 Thats all the news for now. But keep tuned in on this station for the reports of the . A - . . 9 . . -

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CLASS PROPHECY Contlnued Ruth Clark was head of all the hbrarxes The Ace Advertrsrng Company owned by Roy Harber was on the th1rty nxnth floor I notrced on the bullettn board that the Young Buslness Women s Club of whtch Ehza beth Word was pres1dent was meet1ng 1n Room 115 on the IIFSI floor I walked down the hall and stopped 1ns1de to watch the sesslon The Club was composed of the successful bust ness women of Memphts I saw Annxe Cralg Whtte Farrls Wtggms Kathleen Slms Bermce Vaughn and Dorothy Sxmmons dlscussmg buslness problems I left the meetlng shortly and saw Bessle Wtlson stand1ng by the elevator She told me that she was a stewardess for the Columbra Rocket Margaret Goodw1n Peggy Marmus and Mo dell Harnllton were also stewardesses The owner of the Rocket l1nes Iohn WllklDSOD was mak1ng an European tour w1th h1s a1r show Brlly Hudson and Marguer1te McDermott were h1s ace ptlots BGSSIS told me that Iohn Craft was Chlef Surgeon at the BGQIISI Hospltal Emtly Robertson was superxntendent of nurses and on her staff were Mar1e Brown Emola Manus Gladys Harper and MGVIS Stewart Sldney VICC was IUSIICS of the Peace ln Hernando M1s s1ss1pp1 and had rnarned several couples fro'n South S1de and hrs best customer was Bev erly Clark the gay dlvorcee who had been marrred SIX tlmes Bess1e had to get on the elevator so she sald good bye Iames Stubblefleld got off Just as she got on He sa1d that he worked at an employment agency owned by Ottrce T1dwell and that he had sent many young h1gh school graduates to Thomas Charpmans new gov ernmental munltrons plant He told me that Shella Rabe Anne Strub and Georg1a Mae Smlth had good governmental secretar1al yobs now Iames was 1n a btg hurry so he left to go to Carol Keller s Dress Shop to get a dress for h1s wlfe s ann1versary He Sdld that Dorothy Lumm New York model had consented to model the dresses desrgned by V1rg1n1a Bledsoe the Souths foremost dress des1gner I left the Rutherford Bu1ld1ng and rernemberlng what Mlldred had told me about v1s1t1ng WOW I asked a pollceman to d1rect me to the SIGIIOH The cop was Ieff Seamansl Wlth htm was Bob Shelton 1n a fxremans unxform They sa1d that they were go1ng to the Pohcemens and Flremen s Ball and had to plck up thelr dates Ehzabeth Floyd and Frances Fogerty who were lust gettrng off from work at the Supreme Law Ofhce Inc Before they left they ad vxsed me to go to the Ball to hear I W Cooper perform on the v1ol1n and to see Ben Tur bevrlles Chorus Boys the novelty show featurlngl C Hawks Iames Leathers Ollver Con ner and Eugene Irwxn I passed the Bell Telephone on the way to WOW and behold out came Fred Creasy followed by h1s laboratory asslstants Ruth Knrght Iewel Klng and Dorxs Mart1n Fred had become chlef research sc1ent1st after h1s 1nvent1on of the Creasy Crystal Crowbar In a brtef conversatlon Fred told me that Iohn W1ll1ngham was General Manager of the company and D1mple McK1nney was Superlntendent of the telephone operators I contlnued up the street and at the corner I suddenly stopped and elaculated Pardon me but you look lust hke Marg1el And thats who 1t was Margle Smxth star of the radzo program Margxe and Madgle I notrced that she was accompan1ed by Charlene Farrand who operated a day nursery l f1nally reached stat1on WOW lt was on lA Street next to the 51 Club famous nlght spot operated by Fr1tz Wergandt and Iack Farrls On the blllboard was advertlsed the danc 1ng queen Avxs Garner A plcture of Allen Spurlock do1ng a dance speclalty also decorated the b1llboard Connle Btvens and her all g1rl orchestra were featured Her sxnger was Francls Chambers In the radlo statmon I went and met two charmlng hostesses V1nc1e McM1llan and Mabel Graham who found me a seat next to Shlrley Kemper She told me that she was a movte talent scout and was 1n Mernphls looklng for a glrl to play the femlnlne lead IH the THOVIS adaptatton of Green Memory She sard that she had her eye on Bonnte Thorne person allty queen of the Memphls Cotton Carmval In cldentally under the presldency of lack Young the Carmval ASSOCIGIIOH had made the Cotton Carmval aworld 1mportant event llooked at the large telev1s1on screen and saw the orchestra of Allen Goldsmlth and heard the lovely VOICS of Norma Barner The program ended and Mary Loutse Dunlap an 40 - 1 I . . - - 1 . . I - , . ' 1 1 1 . , - ' 1 1 4 1 1 , . . , . . . , . , - 1 L 1 ' , . 1 ' - ' 1 - 1 - 1 . . , . . 1 1 . - 1 1 . . . . 1 . , . 1 , . . . . , . . . . , . 1 . . . 1 1 - 1 ' . , . . 1 - - 1 1 ' 1 1 1 - 1 - - 11 . . . 11 I . . . . 1 ' 1 tt - - 11 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 1 1 ' - , . 1 1 , . 1 - 11 11 - - . , ' - 1 1 - 1 1 '

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ast wall and 'clizstamznt We one hundred and nlnety four stud1ous clock watchmg students the twenty e1ghth graduatlng class of South Stde Hlgh School belng ln a sound state of mlnd and havmg ac cepted no br1bes whatsoever do hereby draw up under the proof readmg eye of M1ss Annekay Tharp our last w1ll and testament We dedlcate 1t wtth all due respects to our lower classmates who have 1n m1nd the hlgh a1m of someday becomlng as we the departmg ARTICLE I To Mr Gnuse and h1s f1ne faculty of pat1ent understand1ng and helpful teach ers we leave our stncere gratltude and never endrng thanks for thetr lnstructlve educatlonal gurdance through our four long years of book lore ARTICLEII To M1ssTharp we leave our s1ncere hope that someday she wlll meet and overcome tn mortal combat that malarla carrylng msect known as the anopheles mosgulto fWe deem that a speclally made fly swatter w1ll do the tnck 1f sard meetmg ever occursl AR'I'ICLE III To Coach Ewlng we leave our deep appreclatlon for the flne football teams that have been developed under h1s guldance and our s1ncere hope that he W1ll contmue to turn out 1n all branches of our sports department teams that w1ll ever l1ve up to the noble name of Scrappers ARTICLE IV To MISS L1ttle we leave our gratltude for enabllng us to see through her numerous quotat1ons and compos1t1ons the authentlclty of the scrlpture verse Whatsoever thmgs are true whatsoever thmgs are pure whatsoever thlngs are of good report thlnk on these th1ngs out blgger and better ROTC unlts for the a1d rn our countrys f1ght for that whlch we all cherlsh and hold dear hfe hberty and the pursu1t of happlness ARTICLE VI To Mlss Baynes we leave our heart felt apprec1at1on for her k1nd under standtng guldance and her helpful suggestxons whtch have alded us who have oftenttmes strayed away We also hope that her ab1l1ty as a candy salesman w1ll cont1nue to be a con stant dram on pup1ls purses ARTICLE VII To Mr Rtchardson we leave the pleasure of constantly keep1ng off the rocks the new crop of senlors and undergraduates who someday Wlll pass through the threshold of h1s Classrooms ARTICLE VIH To our lower brethren the Junlors we leave our d1gn1f1ed seats 1n the balcony AR'I'ICLE IX To the lowly but lnnocent v1ct1ms of educat1on known as the freshmen and freshettes we leave three long years of book study toward a hard earned dxploma obta1ned by concentrat1on and detentron ARTICLE X Some of the note worthy members of thrs d1st1ngu1shed class wlsh to leave the followtng bequests accornpllshments and t1tles to the1r xnferlors Ralph Dubrovner leaves h1s vocabulary to the entxre yumor class Ehzabeth Thurmond leaves her xntelllgence 1n Mr S1mmons Amerlcan HISIOTY class to Helen Beeman Carl Webb leaves h1s abtltty to get h1s nose broken to anyone who fatls to duck a e hook Nancy Fowler leaves her lovely vocal cords to anyone capable of usmg them lvfaurtce Ford leaves h1s bashfulness to anyone who feels the urge to blush 42 ARTICLE V.-To Sergeant Armistead we leave our best wishes for the success of turning l ft .