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

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AUDUBON CLUB 1 l l Frrst row left to rrght Rrrlrard Cox and Pfurl Wrrghr qecond row lett to rrglrt Ruth McMmrres Doroths Bledsoe Under the rnsprrrng readershrp ot Mrss Wrllrams the Audubon Socrety of 1943 has completed another busy and protrtable year Dedrcated to the corrserva tron of wrld lrte the club has provrded a welcome yet worth whrle drversron from the regular routrne for the members of Mrss Wrllrams General Scrence also garn knowledge whrch w1ll be useful to them throughout therr entrre lrte Early rn October the class rn each perrod elected a presrdent and a secretary to lead therr respectrve groups Each member was grven a pm srgnrfyrng hrs membershrp rn the socrety Thrs year the two prrn crpal pro1ects were teedrng and studyrng brrds and plannrng a vrctory garden The thrrllrng rntrrcacres of brrd lrte soon captured the rrrterest of every member At the meetrngs some phase of rts study was drscussed and pamphlets about b1rds were grven to each member Durrng the cold days of the wrnter especrally when snow was on the ground the members ted the brrds Several Sur rrr 2 Hr rr slrrunr Ntrllrfrrn Owens Mrss Arrrrre Irrlr Nlrllrrnrs sporrsor Mabel trek 'md Mary Helen Billlgl contests were held The wrnner rn the contest for the best scrapbooks on brrds was Mary Delra Purser Each member also wrote a poem about some phase ot Nature Nancy Fennell placed trrst rn the poetry contest followed by Mary Delra Purser and Normalrne Shettreld Vrctory gardenrng became an rnterestrng study ot the socrety Upon rnvestrgatron rt was found that a large percentage of the members were plannrng vrc tory gardens thrs year as therr contrrbutron to the war etlort The facts that were learned rn the project rn the socrety enabled each member to make hrs vrctory garden a better one He rs dorng hrs brt on the gar den front to rnsure total vrctory on the battle front A donatron to the school lrbrary by the socrety made possrble the purchase of several rnterestrng books The socrety was also a generous contrrbutor to the Greek War Relret Fund The Audubon Socrety of l943 has lust reason to be proud ot the actrvrtres rt has sponsored thrs year 1 age I zftzf nrne l l I ' ', - , ' ,Z 'H ' , .' ' ' ' . ' .', ' tr 'z .', .' .' ', R . ' Z ' 'A ,: - ' 3 .' , , . r fr classes. They not only enjoy their projects, but they ' I Crm: 1. , I K. ' 1

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IUNIOR RED CROSS I-rrst row lett to rrglrt 'Nlrss Josephrne Longer Sponsor Alpha Carothers Nlabel Wok Betty Watts lrrrogene lfennell Florence Berryhrll Vera Fowrnkle Josephrne Drllard Doroths Hrght Jane Fowler Ella Mae Jackson Hrlda Wergandt and Mrldred Roberts Second row left to llglll Lorralne Burrus Evelyn Hal Kathleen 0Co1rnor Dorothy Bledsoe Sarah Vlrlls Carolyn Dorrs Smrtlr and Margaret Krrksew GIS Capably gurded by Mrss Iosephrne Conger the tac ulty sponsor and Helen Beeman the presrdent the Iumor Red Cross has had a most successful year The other ottrcers chosen to lead the councrl were lack Lutz the boys v1ce presrdent Catherrne Beeman the grrls v1ce presrdent Ehzabeth Vrck secretary Vrr grnra Morgan treasurer Mrldred Roberts hrstorran and Ruth Whrtemore reporter The actrvrtres started wrth the Fall lvlembershrp Drrve rn Whrch the chapter was IOO f Instead of sendrng menu covers to the U S S Tenn essee as usual attractrve Thanksgrvrng covers were made by the Art Department and sent to the Mrllmg ton Naval Base The students also co operated Won dertully rn makrng Chrrstmas happrer for the chrldren rn the Brooks Memorral School rn Canoe Kentucky by sendrng them grtts ot clothrng toys and candy 111111 I 1fl111 111711 llrrrd row lett to llglll beorgra Nlae Cool Jrnrce Vxerder Helen NlLAlldlllS Nlfrrx Xrrgrnra Atkrnson Heler Beenrarr Vllglllla Morgan Ruth Nrclrols Ruth Vtlrrtenrore Helen Gooch Mlldred Drake and Elwabeth Vrck Fourth row lett to rrght Wendell Coter rranlt 1-'ewrtt Donald Bellott Prank Albert John 'lhomrson Gerald Blan tc n I rlx ard H rrrex .Ianre Doldreglrrnr J rch Lutl The councrl sponsored a Scrap Drrve and a Tm Can Drlve rn connectron Wrth the Governments war sal vage program A call was grven tor South Srde s tal ent rn the form ot an amateur program The admrs s1on was ten trn cans and nearly all ot the home rooms had perfect attendance at the program Be cause ot the war there was no natronal conventron thrs year so the councrl contrrbuted the money that would have been used to serd a representatrve to 1t to the War Drrve and the Kennedy Hosprtal The most recent prorects sponsored by the councrl were the Goodwrll Drrve and a drlve to get maga zmes games and books tor the soldrers ln the Ken nedy l-losprtal The Iunror Red Cross Councrl Wrshes to take thls opportunrty to thank all the students for therr co operatron rn makrng thrs year s prorects so successful I 1913 t t 1 X , W' . . , ' r' . , ' 1 1 ' N 1 N .1 rw ' 4 ' 1 ' ' ' 1 1 - 1 . 1 ' ' ', ' 1 : 'Y ' . 1 r, 1 ' r , . .- Y' . - Y ' 1 . I I h -1 - v . 1 1 A 1 1 K' A 1 -.- Y . - V I V ' v v ' ' ' 1 v 1 1 1 A 1 I . w ' Y ' X ' W u - Bell, Catherrne Beeman, Juanrta Johnson ,1' rarrces Frsclrer, - ' - lr 1 I - 1 I - I . I T 1 ' 1 1 1 ' I 1 I ' V - ' 1 I 1 I 1 - 1 A L I O . . 0. . ' . . . ' h - I I - , A . I I . . - 1 1 1 - , , . , ' , ' ' THQ Sfuwrfr-gt: -A .1

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DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION lust 1 Hugh Ktlpatnmk Nonene Cox Ilmothw Mane Qecnnrt :mn Nhss Roblsnn Josce Hatchet IJ :mln th tophel Juanita 'wlllllll Belnlce Pemfutl Iugene flllllCll Raw 5dl8ll Lemons Nlallanl Stovall DOIOUIX lxllllEll1lS Gelalri Pallet The D1str1but1ve Educatlon classes have had a suc cessful year under the leadersh1p of MISS Roblson and M1ss Walker Semors from South Slde l-lumes Central and Tech took thls course MISS Robrson and helped make the course a suc ce s The students elected Dorothy Chr1stopher as pres1dent Dorothy Ray as v1ce presrdent Gerald Pal ler as treasurer and Dorothy Wllhams as secretary They were proud of Dorothy Ray when she was elect ed v1ce presldent ot the Iuruor Reta1lers Club com po ed ot members from tour ot the hlgh schools Durmg class the students had reports on current events concern1ng the reta1l1ng held Each slx weeks they turned m the1r booklets of class notes and lab GCllV1l1GS At twelve o clock the students lett school to attend the1r lab per1ods at varlous stores Before leavlng the students made a practxce of solvmg thelr problem tn cla s Wxth the help ot the faculty sponsor U1 N11 1 The students at South Slde have been actrve all the year attendlng many ot the ctty Wlde meetmgs and soc1als They had programs at these meetlngs and drscussed the1r bus1ness The dances swlmmmg these meetmgs also A gala banquet was glven for the students by the Reta1lers ot Memphls The students dont l1ke to boast too much about the1r ovfn Work but th1s class d1d unusually well for themselves not only d1d they prepare themselves for the bus1ness world but they made good grades rn all ot therr school subtects The members and thetr respectrve place of workmg are Ioyce Hatcher at Goldsm1th s Dorothy Wllllams and Manon Stovall at Gerber s Sarah Lemons Dorothy Ray and l-lugh Kll patrlck at Lowenstelns Dorothy Chrlstopher and Bermce Pegram at Brys luanlta Srruth at Black and Wh1te Gerald Paller at Landres and Eugene Church at Charles H Church and Son 'luv Siktlllli 1943 'owz ' ' ' Q - . ' ': . . A ', 0' -' T ris- , ', ' .' ' , ' ' ' . Q ' I '. . The othcers ol South Slde have co-operated with parties, and picnics that they had, were planned Gt S h ' ' tt A - A -ff I - ' I - I D . - . 1 . . 1 - l . . S , I I I I I 1 1 1 A ' - , Pug' H1411 ' :. , -