Tarrant High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Tarrant, AL)

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ass H1111 X FXTS max seem unlmpoltznt at thc tlme xxhen thex occux but 1f ex ale lecorded accuxatelx thex latex haxe great interest for the people concelned ln Dl0ClllCll1g' them :gi Oul benlor Class enteled Ietferson Countx High School 1n Septembel 1941 as Senlox Ones Fhere xxexe 118 of us commg fr om Fanmont Pmson Sprlngdale Saxleton Lexxlsburg Pal merd1le and Tarrant Iunlor Hlgh We xe had a texx 1dd1t1ons fl om othel schools ex en othel states smce that tlmc but bx tax the greater number of us stlll come flom the snme commumtles Our Senlol Onc xea1 xx as a hectic xear Thele xx ere so manx thmgs that xxere ncxx to us We had a Nlflel xallctx of studies to choose from and the loutlne xxe folloxxed xxas 1 llttle dltferent B t 1ll m all e succeeded ln much the same manncn xxe h1d IH lunlor Hlgh Thls xx IS the second xcn aftel the xxal and sexeral xetenans had returned to take up then school xxolk Ah' but thex xxere xxondrous obyects As groxx n men thex rated much hlgher xxlth the glrls than the mere xouths xx 1th xx hom thex had folmerlx attended school Most of us xx1ll lemembel that xe 11 as the beglnnlng of the lNexx Look The stx le had changed and the glrls began xx Qallllg' longel fuller sklrts but soon accepted It Lockers xx ele also nexx to us that xeal but xxe soon lea1 ned that thex xxere the meetlng place for ex erx one Nlanx a LOLlI'tSlllll has blossomed around the lockers at old Jeffco Hlgh and xxe as SQHIOI Ones had our share of those romances NI IIIY ot them xx ere not yust casual fllendshlps but haxe lasted thloughout the hlgh school xears In 1048 xxhen xxe returned to school xxe xxelc called JUNIOIQ r1ther than Senlor Txxos X1 hx this change II1 names' -Xt the begmnlng of 1948 the school sx stem changed hands 1401 manx xeare there had been a dlscusslon about changmg fl om Jefferson Countx to Tarrant At last the change xxas consummated Bemg lllI1lO1'S gaxe us a gleatel feelmg of responslbllltx and seemed to put us on a more neaxlx equal footmg wlth the SQHIOTS We also felt dl 1I1Clt'dS9fl Cll2'l11tX because of the addltlon of 1 freshman class Although there h 1d been a change ln oxx nelshlp of the school ln super lntendent and boaxd of educatlon 'NI1 L D Head ou1 prmclpal of the prexlous xeal xxas stlll hele to guxde us Our beloved teachels Mlss Jones NI1ss Hammond 'Nlls Johnston Nils Shelton Wir Mltchell and Coach X mes stax ed xx 1th Us xx h1le the others chosc to stax xx 1th Jefferson Countx Thele xxas hoxx ex er 1 kcxx Look 111 the facultx because manx nexx teache1s came to us th 1t xeal and xxe haxe groxxn to loxe and respect them as xxell as those xxe had oux tnst xear ln hlgh school el . 352 ,. 1 -1 1 1 ' ' '- '. .ag . . 1 5 ' th 1 . . - . 1 . . .. 1 . . . . 1 . ' 1 1 1 . 1 1 ' . , . . . 5 A U ' ' 1 N . i 1' v1 1 ' 1 Y v ' 1 A 25, . - . 1 ' . 1. ' . . f- ' 4' fs 1 1 1 1 . 1 , . 1 ' 1 ' 1 ' , 1. 1' 1 - 1 A 1 I 1 ' . s - 1 1 1 1 1 ' . V , ' 1 V ' 1 . . 1 Q 1 c , 1 . , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1' 1 1 ' , 1 '1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 11 1 . I 1 1 1 1 C 1 1 ' ' 1 , 1 1 1 -1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 A, 1 L- ' , 1 1 1' 1 11 1' , 1 .1 ' L1 .1 ' ' ' ' .' z . u 2 ' , xx' 'S 12 L1 A1 1 -112 1 1 ' 1 -1 1 1 .1 1 1 1 .1 A1 1 1 ' . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 , 1 , , . . 1 .. . , 1 . 1 v v ' ' 1, 1 1 v. 1 1 1 v 1 1 1 1 l . v v 1 1 . t 1 1 ' . 1 v 1 I I 1 5 v 1. Q 1 I . A . , . .. Hoxx dld the boxs feel about lt. Thex thou fht It xxas a rettv chastlc ste J 1 1 1 ' 1 I ' . . 1 ' I 1 1 ' v 1 1 V 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 . I ' 1 v . 1 I ' 7 Y ' K7 v 1 I 1 I I V V . 1 1 1 1. . 1 1 1. A 1 K I . 1 1 1, 1 v 1 Q ' 1 1 v 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1, .1 ' 1 1 1 , , 1 , . 1 1 1 ' 1 '1 V 1 ' 1 1 1 ' 1 1' ' ' 1 vw 1 1 1 1 i Q 1' v v 1 I I . I ' 1 I . 1 ' ' V 1 1 f 1 v1 1 A ' ' . 1 1 Y 1 1' 1 Q D 1' ' ' 1 1 1 - 1 s 1 1 1 1 ' ' v . 1 v 1 1 1 N I 1 1 1 1 . I v 11 1 - ' . . .... l . K x 11 1 2 x 1 . 1 5 ' - .K ' ' A1 Q ' L1 - . 1 11 I 1 C 1 . D , ., .... , 1' 1 v 1 v 1 1 . 11 ' 1 1 Q1 - : 1 11 1 11 H l 1, A .1 , A 1 . v . , . . . x , A . 7' 1 1 1' 1 - ' s . 1, 1 1 1' 1 . ., 1 1 1 ', 1 ' , 1 , I 1 v 1 C v, 1 1 n L K I L

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ffl! TN-'TY so..- -v' Rt 've '5- K 'N ii AA Seniors PI-'GGY WILKINSON Peg MOTTO Llve love laugh and he nappy today for tomorrow you max have a broken heart Red C1 oss Y Teen Majorette MAMIE SI E WILSON McQUIRE MOTTO Knowledge comes but wlsdom llngers Annual Staff KATHRYN WUNDERLICH hat MOTTO To love and be loved by all D1 amatlc Club RAPHAEL YARBROUGH Chzp MOTTO Llve and let llve CHFRRY YEAGER SPRUIELL Red MOTTO If at flrst vou don t succeed tn tly agaln DON U LRIC YORK John NIOTTO Hope fox the best be pre paled for the wox st and take what God sends Annual Staff BETTY AINN Y UILLE Bets MOTTO When love and duty clash e duts zo to sma h Lheexleadex X Teen JULIA MclxlNINEY Wll LIAM WILKINSON

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The bulldlng also had a New look After qtandlng ln need 0f repalrs fo1 mam xears the school plant was greatly Imp,-med There were no longel holes 1n the walls Fue new looms were added bx makmg use of the basement space XX alls and nelllngs bloomed wlth new color and we recelxed lnstruments 1nd unlforms for our band Last but not least the chlcken coop dlsappealed fl om the top of the buxldlng much to the legret of formex students There were 156 of us as Junlors Although we had a class organlza tlon there were erx few organwed class rlCtlXltl69 The Junlor Senlor Prom w as the gleatest and we thlnk lt w as a blg success We rented the Hlghland Park Countrv C lub and even had an orchestra for the occaslon But most of us thlnk that was oul hardest ve-ar The artlst for The Wlldcat deplcted us as burnlng the mldmght oll Somehow we managed to pass Lookmg forward to beconung senlors encouraged us to make the great effort At last the great du arrlxed September 1 1949 We were semors' There were 115 of us and ln splte of our frnolous conduct we felt that the welght of the world rested on our Important shoulders In a short tlme we wele organlzed had ordered our rlngs planned to make an annual talked of future 900121 affalrs Jolned clubs rooted for our teams and somehow managed to studv between runs Th1S last was necessars because we had our ex es on that flnal goal graduatlon Some of the semors ale now 6I'llOVll'1g classes 1n the new vocatlonal bulldlng w h1ch gxves the bows a chance to take shop work Our class 19 the flrst 1n a long whlle to haxe a Student Louncxl We lnaugurated the members and now the work IS well under wax The Y Teens had thelr flrst Chrlstmas dance 1n 1949 They plan to make It an annual affan The semors who had been members for two wears were ln the lead out Just after school opened ln September 1949 the love bug h1t Tarrant Hlgh It seems that one student after another declded to take that flnal step We were afrald for awhlle that the llttle bug was golng to blte evervone especlallx the senlors before he left us BX the end of the flrst semester there were about ten fl om ou1 class not to mention the lowel classmen ln the marrled clrcle Although the xear 1s not set half gone exerx senlor IS eager to ex perlence the Jox that comes at the end ot hls flnal xear of hlgh school Ex ervone feels a personal 1espons1b1l1tx toward hls studles Each wlshes to emoy the soclal pleasuxes and scholastlc honors that go w1th graduatlon And now as we w 'ilk that last mlle there IQ a happw smlle upon our faces Vle look wlth 3.Ilt1Clpdt1Oll toward the future wondermg what lt holds IH store for us We real17e that the road to success w1ll not alw axs be easx but lf we keep lll mmd those qualltles w hlch our falthful teachers taught us honests lntegrltx fI'16l1Cllll1P99 and add our own b1t of knowl edge wlsdom and dlllgence we w1ll not tall down l'ULA MAE GENTRX ' ' 1 1 1 ' ' v ' ' ' 1 1 A A . K 1 n V ' ' v' v 7 1 1 '9 ' 4 K 1 . K V K . . . , Y . , U V wa ll. y' v iv ' 11 ' 1 1 c 1 , , , v . . . 1 1 1. ' I I w v ' - 1 1 1. - V H v I - Q .v.. . . , x t .. . 1 1. - 1 V , 1 11. . 1 . . . , K ,f 1 , ' .. . ' ca 1 1 1 .t . . ,, . . . . . Y 1 1 . 11. Y 1 1 1 I I va .V . 1 cl ,1 , 1. 1 . V 1 . . .Y V 1, 1 1 , . V X . 1 1 . . ' 1 6 . . v y . a 'H '1 1 ' Y 1, 1 1 L . 1 1 y v v ' 1 ' L 1 -- 1 -' . . I, Y . . . 1 I - 1 , . . . . v . Y , . 1 1 1 . . . ' ' Y . v Y 1 1 t. ' L x L n . .0 w . V v . 1 1 1 7 - 1 v ' . 1 1 Y v . . 1 . I 1 r 1 y 1 K 1 - . 1 V 1 1 1 I v 1 f 1 ' v 1 , . 1 '1 v 4 , 1 w ' ' - . K 1' v . I Y '1 y t 1 - 1 . . 11 w 1 1 . i' Y v . ' . 7 1 x1 . n 1 g I 1 ' u A w wp A l 1. l . 1 1 . 1 1 . vnu v v 1 . . Y l 1 r 1 , 1 V I v Y, '. . . . . v v . Y . 1. ' ' . 7 . ' 1 1 V' v v 1. . 1 1 ,A1 ' Y . v . . ' I .. i V . . 1-, 1 1 1 v . . v . v V- 1l 1-, K, ,11, v. .. ' t. .I ' V 5 9 ' 1 , V A .