Stanford High School - Memo Yearbook (Stanford, KY)

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r7777777777777777777777777777777777777777ZZSi Our Junior year saw several new class mates. Joy Reynolds from Highland. Willie Doan got tired of school and stayed out two years, but joined us when we were Juniors. Wilbur Johnson came from Kings Mountain and John Baker, a North Carolina product, entered our Junior class. It is here at last! Our Senior year, which we have looked forward to for years. Juanita Garner must have heard about us in Hustonville, because she has come to graduate with us, and Billy Fields, Bennie Curlis, and Lee Cass Elder increased our enrollment to thirty-one. The Seniors of 1937 can no longer say that they are the largest class to graduate from Stanford High School, because we have just as many as they did. CLASS PROPHECY The old fortune teller laid the cards just so, and this is the way she foretold the interesting events the future holds in store for the memorable class of 1940. Ah!—I see a poster on a telephone pole. What does it say? Why, it says “Eddie Harris for Representative.” I wonder if he will get the votes of his classmates who were such staunch democrats or if Katherine Peavyhouse, the old maid school marm, and Elmer Anderson, the model farmer, will be the only ones who’ll vote for him. Surely he can depend on his wife, Lena. Just across the street hangs a sign which reads “Paddle Bowling Alley.” Yes, you guessed it; it is run by Paddle Hester. Inside I see Joe Givens who smells like gasoline because he runs the Gulf station where he used to work, and Billy Fields who has worked for Baughman’s Mill since he was a senior in Stanford High. I can tell by the cards that the June 25th issue of the Interior Journal will be practically full of accounts of weddings. “Who? Well, whom do you suppose? Pence-Gilliland, Nunnelly-Baxter, and Hill-Gilliland. Mattie Mae Brent seems happier than most of the other girls working at the Goodall plant at Danville. Why? Well I certainly think she has a right to be happy. She has a diamond ring on the third finger of her left hand. Lily Dunaway is good in typing and shorthand in school; isn’t she? Ah!—yes, as I glance at the cards, I see her happily pecking away on a typewriter in a lawyer’s office. Just as she finishes the letter she is typing, in walks her high school friend, Joy Reynolds to tell Lily the news of her engagement. Lily only says, ‘You always were fond of Kings Mountain.’ 777777777777777777777777777:

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y7;jjz'7 777' f7S77777Z7Z77777Z2ZZZZ2ZZZ7S7777777777.T2Vi I can see that Willie Doan will be in a hospital for an appendicitis operation. He is thinking: For one time in my life I hate to get well; the nurses are pretty; Gee, they are swell! I can’t tell who all the nurses at the hospital are but two of them are Nancy Pence and Mildred Greer. I wonder if either of them could have anything to do with his thoughts. I see a figure on the Morgan doorstep. Yes, it is the same one which used to lurk there. Lavenia opens the door. Alfred holds a bouquet out toward her, and says, “Such a contrast, my dear.” The door slams, and it isn’t a windy day either. Such a tragic end to such a beautiful friendship! Bennie Curliss drives a car well; doesn’t he? I thought so. I can clearly see that he will be a taxi driver in the city of Stanford. Since Wilbur Johnson writes such good themes for English class in high school, the cards say he will be a noted writer. I can see the A. P. store. There is a sign, “John Baker, manager.” I see a nice looking young lady buying groceries. Mrs. Daily, whom you remember as Juanita Garner, seems to be trying to buy everything in the store. Your classmate, Walter Holtzclaw, certainly will make a good lawyer. The only difference in him now and when he becomes a lawyer is that when he is a lawyer he will get pay for arguing and while he is in high school he argues free to take up time in English class. His stenographer will be one of your classmates, too. Yes, Talitha is still as small and as cute as she ever was. There are two boys in your class who will be agriculture teachers. Those boys are George Hail and Bobby Bryan. I wonder if they will be as good as Mr. Brown is? Lee will have to go some if he becomes as good a coach as Mr. Noe is, but he says he is certainly going to try. I can see that the Senior play did a great deal for two of the cast. Betty Ruth and Berta have taken screen tests and as I look at the cards I can see that they are in Hollywood making a picture. I can see the most dignified boy of your class, Howard Conley, as he leans back in his big chair. Why, you should be proud of the fact that you graduated with him. He is now President of a bank in Lexington. The door opens, and in walks Harold Koenig, who wishes to deposit his week’s salary. Harold is the manager of the men’s department in a large clothing store.” When I placed a coin in her hand she took her cards and disappeared into her tent. 7 177777777777. 7777 77 g 7777777 7777777177777777777.