Stanford High School - Memo Yearbook (Stanford, KY)

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 one of her shrill laughs and we would indeed have been strange humans if our mood had not changed. Mr. Jesse Welby Bourne, better known to his classmates as •'Peanut,” has slipped through the grader, some way without studying and ir now ready to answer the roll call as a mighty senior. We pass from the sublime to the ridiculous. Mr. Lucian Ray Good has always entertained his class with his witty remarks, and he would often get the teachers, especially Miss Nell Davis, so interested that we would get out of class. We owe due respect to our honorable President, Mr. Carroll Wendell Traylor. He entered the second grade of the Stanford School and has gradually climbed the ladder of fame until at last you see him at the zenith of his High School career. President of Class ’42. Miss Bettie Marie Bryan was bom near Hubble many, many years ago. She is slow but sure. When she starts toward the goal, she always reaches it soon or later. We have been told that she is to be married and by that she will have reached her goal. In searching the History of the Class of ’42, I find that Miss Juanita Prances Luce began her first struggle for an education in Hubble. She had a very difficult task to make her grades as she was so interested in the opposite sex, but she has gone over the top with flying colors and will go out into the world making good. I hear the laughter of a young lady and looking up I see the smiling face of Miss Telma Lee Yeager. She is very popular with the boys as well as the girls and is always ready to go when the word is given. Mr. Garnett Lay was bom somewhere in this large world, it matters not where. He is a very diligent pupil, always striving to place himself at the head of his class. Quiet, oh so quiet, that we have had a hard time to keep from stepping on him. Mr. Neal James is one of our best football stars. He was our football captain this year, and we hope that in later years we shall hear his name broadcast as one of the world’s famous football stars. Miss Margaret Etta Goggin was born in the hills of old Lincoln. She started school at Hubble and after a great effort, she learned to read and write. We don’t see how she has gotten through school, since she paid more attention to the boys than she did her books. Another of our brightest classmates, Mr. William Marshall Boone, was born in Lincoln County. He has always conducted himself well and is liked by all of us. We now see Miss Ruth Undine Corum, wrho came into our school about five years ago, from, we know not where. She has diligently applied herself from the first day she entered school, never allowing an opportunity to pass her unobserved, so she has gained the place of valedictorian of our class. Another one of our brilliant pupils is Miss Marjorie Jean Boone. She is a product of Letcher County. She is a strict believer in the old saying “There’s a time for everything.” She always studied when it

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 was time to study and played when it was time to play. Thus, her life has been a success. Now comes the history of Miss Sarah Jessie Brent. She climbed straight through the grades with case, as she was a very bright pupil. She is also very fond of the boys, and so we may lose her soon after school is out. Miss Etta Pauline Campbell, who lives several miles out in the country, has had quite a difficult time in getting to school, but since she has so much energy tied up in such a cute little bundle, she has always been on duty and ready to do whatever was asked of her. Now here is another of our favorite classmates, Mr. James Arthur Ashley. When entering school, James was shy of the girls, but all this soon changed and he is now a ladies’ man. Just ask Margaret Goggin. Mr. Ernest Gilbert Estridge, now a native of Stanford, was bom during the Civil War, somewhere on earth. He tells us that his plans are to enter college after finishing here, but that would be useless as he often says, “Feather your nest without working.” In plainer words, taking unto himself a wealthy wife. Miss Virgie O’Neal Freeman was born near Stanford. On entering school, she learned the first rule of school, love for your teacher, and has only broken it when her teachers have tried to make her do something against her will. Mr. Jack Carpenter Givens began his first struggle for an education in the the little school at Hubble, but he is now a proud senior of this illustrious institution—Stanford High School. He is liked by all and is a pupil of whom all the teachers are fond. We cannot tell where this young lady, Miss Willie Ovalee Greene, was born for we do not know. When a young lady, her parents decided to come to the best town on the map to live. Ovalee was very disappointed when she came here to live, because of leaving a very dear friend behind. Soon another admirer won her heart, but since the war has taken him, her heart is broken. We are quite sure that after the war is over, the pieces of her heart will fall in place again. Mr. Ralph Earles, who used to be a member of our class, was too smart for the rest of us, so he graduated himself about the middle of the year. Miss Aleene Morris was born near Hubble. As she was a very delicate child, and her parents had heard that Stanford was a health resort, they decided to send her to the Stanford High School, so she might regain her health. As we notice, she has succeeded. Miss Virginia Christine Rogers has only been with for a little while, so we know very little of her history, only that she has been the best of sports and is loved by all of her classmates. Some other town besides Stanford is the birthplace of Mr. Darwin Greer. From another source we learned that he entered the first