Taft High School - Statesman Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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PROPHECY OF THE CLASS OF 1956 ' come ladres and gentlemen to our thnllrng and terrrfymg spectacular Bottom of the Bottomless another rn our great ser1es of Sea It Now adventures Thrs 1S Dorman the Abbott habrt Man coming to you through the facrlrtres of WSEA the voxce of the far away water wonders It IS june 11th rn the year 2000 We have been rnvlted by Elorse Nnx to v1s1t her and her guests on her ulous shrp the St ng a Ray ' fo a crurse among the unknown depths of the water wonders The 'Stmg a Ray rs a gally colored shrp with all the convemences of an elaborate home As we come aboard we are greeted by Captarn Cahall and hrs frrst mate whose Job IS to mspect the decks and the sh1p's lockers lookmg for saxlors wrthout a deck pass Here come some of the guests now the brg s1ng1ng rage Mass Flora Barley wxth her melodlous friends Mllton Henderson Homer Shealey Mae Tevrs Richard Gayle and Marguente Flood They are watching the deck hands preparrng for our descent rnto the water wonders Our water safety expert Miss Ingles oops we mean Mrs Strtes gxves us some last mrnute rnstructrons Don't breathe too deep or you 11 srnk and be careful where you deposrt your chewrng gum The octopus covered seats are expensrve and wrth the octopus shortage these days rt rs hard to tell when we could get any more Catch the frrghtened look on John Crachlolo s face' Poor Lulu Merritt just breathed too deep Don't worry John well catch up wrth her pretty soon We are descendrng rapxdly now xt shouldnt be too long before we reach the bottom of the bottomless Meanwhrle let's look rn on the party rn the club room I wonder what brg name band Eloise has engaged for the party Well lf rt 1sn t Rebecca Chrlstran and her all grrl orchestra Some of them are the graduates of the Arlene Lawson Bertha Merchant and Patncla Penny We see that everyone IS enjoymg the party There seem to be some close twosomes such as Geraldine Nealy and Clyde Glles, Mary Manley and Larry Boylun, and last but not least Chrrstlne Dutz and her mystery man As we go out the door we glxmpse Wlllre Anderson shootrng baskets wrth a seal sk1n basketball Here come Odessa Morton Shirley Burress, Sue Warren, Rose Mane Chesnut, Marlene Burgan and Darsy Robblns everyone of them has on a frsh frn bathrng surt the color of an eel wrth flrppers and goggles to match Elon se tells us that they are gorng to put on a water ballet for us later The last trme they performed they al most lost Shirley Burress her bun got water logged and welghed so much that rt took a team of swordfrsh to haul her back home There are Wllllam McMullen and Wlllle Long makmg fnends wrth a baby octopus who rs mad because he can't come aboard There s Don Wong srttmg peacefully watchmg our 'Sea rt Now show but he won't be peaceful long because here comes Winston Fowler, Oscar Stewart, Ronald Stephens and Wlllre Ruff Looks lrke they are gomg to toss poor Don rn for a swxm A team of sk1n dxvers are ready to go out to look for poor Lulu who has not been found as yet Herbert Slned ley, Davrd Smlth, Elmer Spence and Ray Srmmons are gettrng ready to drve whlle Luther Twyman and Franl: Whig ham shout rnstructrons from the s1del1nes James Ward and Wrllram Tyus look on jealously they can't swrm Ollver Ware makes some last mxnute goggle adjustments whrle Wlllle Watson and James Waldrop run around get tmg rn everybody s way In the exclusxve Seaweed Room we fmd Annie Hampton, Clifford Hardaway Vuolet Hams and Mary Heflin enjoyrng a Seaweed Speclal' out of the machine that used to stand rn the lobby back at Taft Theodore Harrison looks on takmg notes for the new novel he IS gomg to wrrte He seems mterested rn Mattie Haugaboolr and Harriet Harper maybe they are gomg to be the heroines of thrs book Seen srttrng around takrng 111 the sea breeze are Tommy Asher and Barbara Wlngate, Donald Brock and Jean Brooks and Rosalie Williams wrth the handsomest man you ever saw Soon as we fmd out who he rs we'll let you know 'Wel ' ' ' ' ' f H 1 fab ' i - - ' r ' - ' ' ' ' , , ' ' ' f . ' I . ' . . ' s , . . . . ' . , . ' . . . , . . . . 1956 class of Taft High School: Emma Jean Bates, Marie Barnett, Gladys Berry, Glorla Jenkins, Lessie Johnson, . , . . . , -. - u e , - - . gt . , 1 - . I

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Alrce Willrams leaves her Taft wonderlan ' to all the new sophomores Hiram Thomas bequeaths hrs swrm mrng trunks to Vernon Mobrley Barbara Stewart entrusts her goo goos to anyone who can stand them Dora Stephens regretfully leaves all the money rn the lunchroom Robert Southerland shares hrs abrlrty of attractrng shy grrls wrth Joe Montgomery Gardenra Watkins leaves her flowery personalrty to all the wrld flow ers Turner Sherfleld leaves hrs magrc basketball to Omar Bomar Robert Sanders leaves gladly Betty Simpson wrlls her worn out shoes to the future Journalrsm class Tena Grlbert leaves her seat rn of frce practrce to anyone who can frll rt as well as she drd Maxre Franklin leaves her school transrt card to Brenda Hector who has to come as far Clrff Fennell leaves hrs track shoes to hrs brother Tyrone whrle Eva Green leaves her last name to Glenda Brown Hattre and Addie Edwards remrnrscently leave therr early hours to any Junror who wrll be on the Year book Staff Robert Cox frnally decrdes to leave and wrlls hrs hrgh school drploma to anyone wrllrng to go frve years to attarn one Howard Gallahue leaves hrs tardy excuses to anyone who can use them as often as he drd Jean Gibson leaves her smcere smrle to all frownrng junrors whrle Mrlton Henderson wrlls hrs Jrve talk to any grrl who wrll fall for rt Evelyn Swan leaves her many legal ways to get out of class to Mr Becker Mary Hamrlton leaves her unsettled arguments wrth Mrs Jones to any Junror brave enough to settle them whrle Antoinette Hamilton leaves w1th the sound of her footsteps strll rrngrng rn the halls Willie Rogers leaves lookrng young agarn Geraldine Robinson bequeaths the prllow she uses rn Englrsh class to Mrs Grooms Donna Ramsey leaves her rndescrrbable laugh to haunt the halls of Taft Earl Mrndhardt leaves thrrd base to batty batters Ruby Whetstone leaves her frctron fantasy to any other day dreamer James Upchurch leaves hrs abrlrty rn math IV to anyone who can use rt Mary Logan leaves her dancrng shoes and her place rn the Taft Capades chorus lrne to Mr Trlnkle and Mr Wrnterrng Dons Leatherwood leaves the frrst part of her name to the art class and the last part to the wood shop Ken Lattrmore the best curly head Taft ever had leaves hrs sheepskrn chaps to the next long ranger Jrmmy Harrrson Henry Ward the harlequrn of Taft leaves laughrng Dorcas Smrth leaves her over worked pencrl and note pad to anyone who doesn't want to buy new ones Tom Hatcher leaves but not wrthout Elrzabeth Mary Ann Jackson bequeaths her Senror chorr robe to another soprano Carrie James leaves memorres of Mlss Anthony s Latrn class semper frdelrs Maudie Johnson wrlls her color ful supply of Bermuda socks to the person who wrll occupy her seat rn Mrs Wrrght s Sth bell class Carolyn Knrght bequeaths her football band musrc and drlaprdated unrform to anyone who can crawl rnto the tatters Delores Harrrson wrlls her hrgh notes to Zenola Reed Wrllle Johnson leaves hrs crazy steerrng wheel to Rudr Battle Carolyn Henderson leaves Mass Anthony Leroy Stallworth leaves hrs secret of cuttrng classes to Mr Dowdell Marvr na Merrrtt wrlls her oprnronarres to all outspoken junrors Mr Love leaves srngrng Love Is A Many Andrewed Thrng Gladys Shafer leaves to Jorn the famrly busrness at the pen company Vrola White, alras Speedo' rs leavrng anyone care to watch her? Mable Coleman leaves her offrce as secretary of the senror class to anyone good enough to handle rt next year Betty Davls Chrrstrne Davrs Geneva Davrs and Roosevelt Davrs leave therr last name to Katherrne Lucy Howard and Barbara Shirley Chrlds leaves her front row seat rn offrce practrce to Donna McNrchols, whrle Omelra Cook wrllrngly leaves her typrng class to all the sophomores who thrnk they want to take rt Betty Clayton leaves her wonderful sense of humor to Norma Hill Ann Curry wrlls her speakrng abrlrty to Donald Kung Evelyn McCord and Cather- rne Walker wrll therr Junky locker to Howard Steel and Randy Terzrs Dorothy Campbell leaves her frrendly personalrty to Pat St Clarr Lawrence Eakins wrlls hrs good manners to Alex Mascus Phyllus Brown leaves her abrlrty to move qurckly to Mary Grlmore Bull Forman leaves hrs pull wrth the teachers to Neal Jackson Cleo Cunningham leaves her sweet smrle to Evan Harrrs Barbara Sallee leaves her abrlrty to do everythrng well to Dorothy Baker whrle Odessa Presley leaves her energy and pep to Gayle Henson Lors Tedford leaves her knack for gettrng rnto thrngs to her srster Shirley who seems to be dorng pretty well on her own Lrllre McDaniel bequeaths her hold on the A Honor Roll to Sharlene Chownlng, and Brlly Connell leaves the noon trme drsc jockey Job to Lenvllle Bryant who wrll have to look for a new partner . . 1 ' ' . . J l 1 I l . , I - , . . ' . . I I D 1 . 0 Shirley Neeley leaves her natural black hair to anyone with 694. Norma Newton leaves as an Oldton . . H - V . . . 1 . . . . . . . , 0 . . ,,' . . . . . . , . . , . . S . . I . . . I . . . , I , . 0 . . . I , . I . s . . I . .

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Let's go over and have a chat w1th our old fnend Wrllls Hall We hear that he's dorng qurte well at M G M He tells us that James Wrlburn has just recerved an academy award for hrs productron of the smash h1t The Man w1th the Stamless Steel Head' Gwen French another Taft xte IS secretary to Charles Durham who has made a fortune headrng the make up department of another large m0v1e studro We had better go see what else IS strrrlng on the Sung a Ray Ah lady luck rs w1th us We are just m trme to see Arthur LEWIS preparlng to leave the shlp to take prctures of the beautxful array of colors rn the under water caverns W1th1n the caverns we see some merma1ds Lucy Davrs, Mary Grant, Gladys Thomas, Eunice Collett, Rosle Johnson, Shlrley Sinclair, Mary Allce Robinson, Johnny Starks and Dorothea Whetstone They are rehearsmg some synchronrzed sw1mm1ng for our evenxng s entertaxnment What do we have here? Leroy Banks, bless h1s lrttle ol' heart has caught a whale We'1l have a lot of blubber tonrght Ed Byrd rs commg rn thxs d1rect1on wonder what he has on lus mxnd What's that? He IS strll S0l1C1t1Ilg ads but for hrs own paper the 'Evenrng Star frsh' He tells us that Mr Arrington IS now workmg at Crosley Freld makrng all the announcements over the P A system We had better go see what has become of the treasure hunt that Gertrude Allen has planned for some of our scavenger frxends Robert Hollrn, Ozzie Hunter Don Tyree, Allen Davls and Alfred Sullivan Here IS the 11st we have to look for one turtle egg one rusty tm can a rudder from the Lus ztanza two oysters w1th pearls one mermard w1th green and gold scales Davey jones' locker If anyone can f1nd these thrngs and brmg them back the prrze wrll be the Yukon Terrrtory Elmore Calhoun and Lessre Jordan have come to see what the excrtement rs all about and have decrded to Jorn the fun Donald Mosley and Odessa Presley want to see Davey Jones locker so they are commg along too Jaclue Cooper IS rn the sh1p's stables saddlmg up the s1lver sea horses As we mount we are cautloned to watch for electrrc eels they sure could make thxngs hot for us We check our atomrc water prstols and gallop bravely away We pass a refreshment stand rn our search for the turtle egg The proprxetor Mr Sam Skurow, bubbles Joy fully as he watches the profrts roll rn There are Marne Hull and Janice Johnson srppmg strawberry salt water whrle Roosevelt Malone demonstrates a ball pornt pen that wrrtes under water just the thxng for sendrng post cards to Noomr Dumas who was too busy to come along Mr Skurow tells us that they are fresh out of turtle eggs used them all for the breakfast crowd We remount our sxlver steeds and take off agaln We stop at the underwater theater whrch rs featurrng a great show called the Shark Capades starrmg Annle Myrlck Annle Peterson, Raymond Smith and Derry Tidmore Ken Lattrmore has made a splash hrt wrth hrs rendxtxon of M1nn1e the Mermard' The noted producers Conway and Parlzensteln have been largely responsxble for the success of the show We hear that Alonzo Walker, Jean Pope and Juamta Lee put up the money to hrre these famous men Bet lt cost them a lot of clams for that' Make room everybody here comes one of those new uramum powered submarme Cadrllacs drrven by Curing Davls He sure seems to be popular wxth the ladres because Annue Estell, Patricia Fomey, Ellza Cannon and Betty Coleman are qurte mterested Is rt Curtus or the car whxch provldes the brg attract1on9 Someone IS trymg to get our attentron from over there behmd that sunken shrp It looks lxke lretha Tumble and Delores Walker As they were r1d1ng along an electrrc eel struck therr sea horses Isn't that shock1ng7 Anyway, therr horses threw them so we w1ll have to take them back wxth us They clrmb on and as we travel along we see on our rrght a most extraordrnary brt of constructxon work The sxgn tells us that rt rs the Frrst Water wonders Sub natronal Bank The owner rs the d1st1ngurshed Charles Davus and the manager of thrs elabor ate bank 1S Wllllam Connell who IS well managed by Geraldlne Corley . . .. . - - . --. . , , . . . . . , -' - . , y ' I . .. . H . . . . .- . , , .. . . . . - . . . . . 0 . . . . ., . . . , - . . ..... . . . . . . , . . . 5 . . , . . . r r ' ' ' , -. . . . . . - - . 1 r ' . . . . . . . .. . , . . .. . , - . . . I , o ' . . . . . .. . , - . . Q ' n 0 . . . H - N - . . . . . r I 0 . . . . .. .. ., . . . . . - . ' 1 , . . . . , . . . , , . Q . . . . . , . . . c . '- ' r . - -- . .. . , . ' 0 - .. . , -