Stanford High School - Memo Yearbook (Stanford, KY)

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The Class Prophecy Last night as I sat alone in my study enjoying the twilight and my own most wonderful thoughts, I went to sleep and saw a vision of the members of our class in 1965. Jimmy Baughman is still trying to decide between the girls at Lancaster and Harrodsburg. Henry Baughman is a successful farmer of the Bluegrass. Jimmy Baxter is a successful lawyer of Greasy Hollow. Jerry Braun is Einstien's assistant. Elvin Lasure is either a Naval radar technician or janitor of Stanford High School. Tommy Grimesthird engagement has just been broken - wonder if he'll ever make it? Ronnie Patterson is playing guard for Boston Celtics. Earl Baugh is married, has a farm and timbers by the lake . Kenneth Owens is operating a trucking business. Hershel Yantis is the new manager of Hustonville Skating rink. Jim Boone Gooch is still single. George Saufley is a doctor telling Dr. Frisbie how things should be done. Teddy Gilbert is married and farming. Nancy Murphy is married and having a time keeping up with all of her kids. Kathlene Mick is married and living in Oklahoma. Georgia Ann Gooch is still single, wondering whether she'll ever find the right Bonnie Carol Plummber has gone into scientific milk Farming. Mary Lee Long owns her own car factory (Dodge). Johanna Camenisch is raising little Oscars by the dozen. Jane Harris is still looking around. I wonder if anything will become of it? Marquita Elkins is now head nurse for animals at Folsom's in Danville. Velma Napier is running Napier's filling Station with Paul. Doris McCXieary is working with a reducing company in New York. Irene Snow is married, raising a football team of her own. Doris Hooker is first lady of our country. Mary Lou Frisbie is studying how to take care of Juvenile Delinquents. Coleen Lawrence is studying Home Economics for a future use.

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■9? ft Class History In the year of 1943, 12 of the present 27 Seniors of the class of 1955 marched bravely up to Mrs. Rochester’s first grade room, not realizing what was before them. They were: Henry Baughman, Johanna Camenisch, Mary Lou Frisbie, Georgia Ann Gooch. Tommy Grimes, Jane Eleanor Harris, Doris Ann Hooker, Elven Lasure, Mary Lee Long, George Saufley, Irene Snow, and Hershel Yantis. In the second grade we gained three new members: Marquita Elkins from Saufley, Coleen Lawrence from Hubble, and Doris Jean McQueary from Indianapolis, Indiana. In the third grade Mrs. Settle was our teacher but we didn’t have any new pupils. In the fourth grade Miss Denham was our teacher. We gained one new member, Jimmy Baughman, who skipped the third grade to be with us. In the fifth grade we gained two new members: Bonnie Carol Plummer from Paint Lick and Kenneth Owens from McKinney. In the sixth grade we didn’t have any new members. Miss Dudderar was then our teacher. In the seventh grade we had two new members: Jimmy Baxter from Detroit and Jim Boone Gooch from Crab Orchard. Miss Davis was our leader. In the eighth grade we were joined by three new members: Jerry Braun from Covington, Nancy Murphy from Crab Orchard, and Ronnie Patterson from Kings Mountain. Mrs. Embry was our home room teacher. In the ninth grade we had three new members: Teddy Gilbert from Crab Orchard, Earl Baugh from Hubble, and Velma Napier from Mason’s Gap. Mrs. Hillman was our home room teacher. In the tenth grade we had a new teacher, Mr. Elliott. We didn’t have any new members. In the eleventh grade we didn’t have any new members. We started out with Mr. Van-over as our home room teacher buthedidn’t stay with us very long. We then had Mr. Damron for a teacher. During our Junior year we gave a class play entitled “Everybody’s Crazy Now’’. In the twelfth grade, Kathlene Mick came all the way from Buckhannon, West Virginia to be with us. At the beginning of the year we elected our class officers as follow: President, Elven Lasure; Vice President, Jerry Braun; Secretary. Doris Ann Hooker; and Treasurer, Irene Snow. We enjoyed this last year of our high school life very much with Mrs. Owens as our sponsor. Well, that’s about all of our history, but we have a great future to look forward to. We wish to take the opportunity to thank all of our teachers, who have helped us through these twelve long years, and for all they have done to help us reach our goaL Written by Marquita Elkins and Doris J ean Me Queary

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Senior Will The foregoing sentences are but the preamble of the last will and testament of the Senior Class of the Stanford School of 1955, who being collectively of a sound mind and having the fear of no human being before its eyes, save that of the hydrogen bomb, do hereby will and bequeath to the Junior Class all its laughs and giggles and the sacred seats in the lunch room and chapel. Jimmy Baughman leaves his ability to argue to Bob Baxter. Henry Baughman leaves his ability to play tennis to Kavanaugh McGuire. Jim Baxter leaves his ability to flirt with the girls to Sammy Matheny. Jerry Braun leaves his extra brains to D. G. Elliott. Teddy Gilbert leaves his ability to skip school to Mary Bell. Jim Boone Gooch leaves his ability to play a coronet to Johnny Matheny. Tommy Grimes leaves his ability to thrill all the girls to Jimmy Wright. Elvin Lasure leaves his ability to date freshman girls to Allan Elliott. Kenneth Owens leaves his late model car to the driving class. Ronnie Patterson leaves his ability to play basketball to Milton Whitehouse. George Saufley leaves his blonde hair and kissing ways to Edward Brown. Irene Snow leaves her cute ways to Jane Morrow. Kathlene Mick leaves her ability to march to her sister. Hershel Yantis leaves his quiet ways and good grades to Carl Rogers. Earl Baugh leaves his ability to go steady to Susanne Grimes. Johanna Camenishch leaves her scattered brains to Sue Noe, with hers they should be good. Marquita Elkins leaves her auburn hair to Betty Rice.