Taylor County High School - Sampler Yearbook (Perry, FL)

Text from Pages 1 - 72 of the 1944 volume:

THE 1944 TaCOHI Sponsored By The Student Council Taylor High School Perry, Florida Volume 11 fyosietuosui So that you may be able to recall the activities and the faces of your companions during your years at Taylor County High School, we give you the second edition of our Tacohi. Qahte iti Book I CLASSES Book II ORGANIZATIONS Book III SPORTS Book IV FEATURES Book V ADVERTISEMENTS Jbedicxdiost M 155 Glacly5 jMl or5e It is with deep gratitude that we dedicate this annual to the Elementary Supervisor, our own Miss Gladys Morse, whose un- tiring efforts and wise leadership, through years of service in our community, place her name on the scroll of fame and in the heart of every acquaintance. It was she, who with loving kindness and a painstaking care, guided us through rough paths when our feet were tender and on to smoother and softer grounds. o ur A1 ma jM ater TAYLOR COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL Dear ole High School, We love you, our Ideal and Pride We will hold up your standards Whatever may betide. We will follow your colors Flung out to the sky; We will give our heart’s devotion To ole Taylor High. ' •••• . . . ... .-■—■ . . .. . , 7 • ' ; . ‘ 9 t MemosUam Janie Ruth Shipman 1927-1944 There are stars that go out in the darkness But whose silvery light shineth on, There are roses whose perfume still lingers When the blossoms are faded and gone. There are hearts full of light and sweetness When no longer their life current flows Still their goodness lives on with the living Like the souls of the star and the rose.” Supervisor MR. A. H. WENTWORTH Our supervising principal is to us what his title suggests, a person who is ready to direct in all our undertakings. He is ever ready to assist anyone from the smallest tot in the Primary De- partment through the most dignified Senior. Even though these lines may be forgotten, his sincerity of purpose, sympa- thetic understanding, and lofty ideals will long remain an in- fluence on our lives. COUNCIL OF MR. CHARLES PERSONS Science, Math. A. B., M. A.: Univ. of Fla. MISS MARION BOYD—History, Social Studies: A. B., M. S. C. W., Univ. of Fla. MRS. MARGARET CLYDESDALE—Librarian: N. Y. S. T. C. MRS. EMELIE EVANS—L. L; All Saints Epis. School PROF. E. J. EVANS—Music: Chicago Conservatory of Music MRS. ESTELLE GASTON—Math.: Univ. Ky., Univ. Fla. MISS ROSALIE GLICKMAN—Span- ish, Civics, English: A. B.; F. S. C. W. MRS. GLADYS HUGHES—Typing: Crump Commerce College MRS. LULA MATTHEWS—Music: B. M. Wesleyan, Boston A. M. Inst. MISS GERALDINE Mc- DONNEL — Home Economics: B. S.; F. S. C. W. Absent: MRS. DOROTHY HAMBERLIN ADMINISTRATION ANNUAL ADVISOR MISS VIRGINIA TOUCHTON Commerce B. S., F. S. C. W. MRS. CATHERINE NORMAN—Natural Science: B. S., G. S. W. C. MISS CLARA ROBERTS—English, Social Studies. Univ. of Florida . MR. C. H. ROBINSON—Phys. Ed. B. S.-H. P. 1, University of Florida, University of Colorado MRS. GRACE ROBINSON—English, Spanish, A. B., F. S. C. W., University of Colorado MRS. BETTYE SISSON — Typing, Bowling Green Business College MRS. JANE STILL—English, Social Studies, A. B. Univ. of Chattanooga MRS. SARA WAGES—Social Studies, A. B., University of Fla. MRS. CAROLYN WILDER—English, Latin, A. B., F. S. C. W. MR. R. C. WILDER— Mathematics; A. B., F. S. C. W., Fla. Southern Absent: MRS. BAMMA SOLOMONS Staff GLORIA GILMORE.................................Editor-in-Chief LUCILLE MILLINOR..............................Assistant Editor REE COX ......... Photographic Edtior JACKIE TUTEN........................................Art Editor ERWIN FLEET......................................Sports Editor EUNICE McDANIEL .......................Assistant Sports Editor FRANCES BLUE ......... Feature Editor RUFUS MOODY......................................Senior Editor LORENE GREEN.....................................Junior Editor TOMMY SWANSON.................................Sophomore Editor WILLIE JO GUNTER...............................Freshman Editor EUGENIA PEACOCK............................Eighth Grade Editor HARRIET LOCKHART..........................Seventh Grade Editor MARY HELEN WHITFIELD...............................Head Typist HILDA BASS, ANNIE LOU GUESS, FLORA JO ALSTON— Assistant Typists MARTIN AGNER...............................Business Manager JOSIE POPPELL ....... Assistant Business Manager JEAN BURNS, ELOUISE LEE..........................Ad Solicitors PATTlE ODOM...........................................Salesman MISS VIRGINIA TOUCHTON.................................Faculty Advisor SENIORS JAmEOO CLASS OFFICERS MARY HELEN WHITFIELD— President HARRY COUNCE—Vice-President LOISELL EDWARDS—Secretary LUCILLE MILLINOR—Treasurer SENIOR CLASS HISTORY Since all things must have a beginning, we eventually began. Day by day, year by year, we gradually progressed, slowly and yet surely, pntil we were of age to enter the first grade. Our hearts pounded and quickened at the thought of school. We were harangued from the first through the sixth grade by pa- tient understanding teachers. By then we thought we had consumed practically all the knowledge there was to consume, but Junior High loomed large in the future. Then came the day when we were to enter Senior High. No more were we timid, backward, and unassuming, but secretly, we were proud enough to burst our jackets. We held our heads very high and looked condescendingly upon lower classmen! Then—came that glorious year of years. At last, we were Seniors! As Freshmen and Sophomores we had looked upon that tryanni- cal monstrosity, a Senior,” with awe and even admiration. As Juniors, we had bowed and succumbed to their will, serving them with brute faith. But as Seniors, well—we aren’t monstrous at all. We feel sort of humble, and a trifle sad at leaving the dear ole Alma Mater which holds so much of our past—our little schemes carried through successfully, our feud with the Juniors, our strug- gles and our laughter. Now, tearfully smiling, farewell, T. C. H. S. MARTIN AGNER Key Club ’44; Football ’43; Basketball ’44; Annual Staff ’44; President Student Body ’43; Danforth Leadership Award ’44. MABLE ASHTON Glee Club ’41, ’42, ’43. BILLY BOLTON Band ’41, ’42, ’43; Key Club ’42, ’43; Football ’40, ’42, ’43. LEONARD CONE Band ’40, ’41, ’42, ’43; Key Club ’41, ’42, ’43; Football ’43; Student Council ’42. EVELINE COX JERRY DICKERT Key Club ’43. FLORA JO ALSTON Glee Club '41, ’42, ’43, ’44; Cheer Leader ’43; Spanish Club ’43; Annual Staff ’44. HILDA BASS Annual Staff ’44; Glee Club ’44. ERLENE CAMPBELL Glee Club ’43, ’44. HARRY COUNCE Vice President of Senior Class ’44. REE COX Drum Majorette ’41; Student Council ’42; Cheer Leader ’43, ’44; Annual Staff ’43, ’44; Salutatorian ’44. VIRGINIA DICE Favorite Senior Girl ’44. LOISELL EDWARDS Senior Class Treasurer ’44. ERWIN FLEET Football ’42, ’43; Basketball Manager ’44; Cheer Leader ’41, ’42; Key Club ’42, ’43, ’44; An- nual Staff ’43, ’44; High School Advertising Manager ’42, ’43, ’44. BILLY GEORGE Football ’41, ’42, ’43; Bas- ketball ’42, ’43, ’44; Junior Class President ’43; Favorite Senior Boy ’44. ANNIE LOU GUESS Spanish Club ’43; Annual Staff ’44; Valedictorian ’44. JIMMIE LEE HENDRY EDWIN EVANS JACK FOWLER Football ’42; Key Club ’42, ’43, ’44; Band ’41, ’42, ’43, ’44; High School Advertising Man- ager ’42, ’43, ’44. GLORIA GILMORE Spanish Club ’43; Junior Class Treasurer ’43; Cheer Leader ’44; D. A. R. Medal ’44; Student Council ’44; Annual Staff ’44. BURNICE HAND BARBARA HENDRY Latin Club ’43, ’44. CARAWAY HINES Key Club ’43, ’44; Band ’41, ’42, ’43, ’44. EVELYN HUNTER LOU ELLA JENKINS Glee Club ’41, ’42, ’43, ’44; 4H Club President ’41, ’42, ’43; Spanish Club ’43. J. W. JOHNSTON Band ’42, ’43, ’44. LOUISE LEE Glee Club ’41, ’42; 4H Club ’41. FRANCES LOUQUE Glee Club ’42, ’43; Cheer Leader ’42; Student Council ’44. PEGGY McCASKILL Cheer Leader ’42, ’43, ’44; Glee Club ’42, ’43; Sophomore Class President ’43; Annual Staff ’43. MARGARET McLEOD Glee Club ’42, ’44; Drum Majorette ’44. F. P. JOHNSON ADOLPH KEMP Football ’41, ’42, ’43; Basket- ball ’42, '43, ’44. WILMA LEE 4H Club ’41. CAROLYN MARKEY Glee Club ’42; Band ’42, ’43, ’44; Basketball Manager ’43. Eunice McDaniel Basketball ’41, ’42, ’43, ’44; Student Council ’44; Annual Staff ’44. LUCILLE MILLINOR Annual Staff ’44; Senior Class Secretary ’44; Balfour Medal ’44. HORACE Mil LICAN Basketball ’43, ’44; Key Club ’44; Football ’43. LILLIAN NIX Basketball ’43. G. T. PAGE MACILLE PARKER EVELYN RAULERSON LILLIEN SNEED Glee Club ’43; Student Council ’43; Valedictorian ’44. RUFUS MOODY Key Club ’43; Basketball ’44; Annual Staff ’44; Science Award ’44. BETTY OTTENSMAN Cheer Leader ’41, ’42, ’43; Basketball ’41, ’42, ’43, ’44; Glee Club ’41. ELLEN PARKER JOSIE POPPELL Basketball ’41, ’42, ’43, '44; Student Council ’43, ’44; An- nual Staff ’44; Danforth Lead- ership Award ’44. ZONA BELLE REAMS ERNEST TEDDER CULLEN THOMPSON Football ’40, ’41, ’42, ’43; Key Club ’42. ALEENE WALKER MARY HELEN WHITFIELD Vice President Sophomore Class ’42; Junior Class Secre- tary ’43; Basketball ’43; An- nual Staff ’43, ’44; Senior Class President ’44; Cheer Leader ’43, ’44. JACKIE TUTEN Captain Basketball ’43, ’44; Annual Staff ’44. MILDRED WALKER 4H Club ’43; Latin Club ’43, ’44. INA RAE WOODS MARY WOOD Glee Club ’41, ’44. CLASS WILL As we set ourselves to the task of preparing a Will for the Class of 1944, we are impressed with the idea that the class has nothing of material nature to will to anyone. On the contrary, our generation has been willed the privilege of liv- ing the free way of life. This freedom has been willed from generation to gen- eration through the eons of time and we are going to pass it on. We are now in the eleventh year since the accession of Adolph Hitler to power as chancellor of Germany. Many have hopes that this will be the last year. There can be no assurance that this power built up during a decade can be broken up within this year, but hope for it is justified. The power of the German dictator went up like a skyrocket. Like a sky- rocket’s brilliant burst came the succession of victories that marked the Nazi military campaigns of 1939 to 1941. A skyrocket goes up with a burst of bril- liance, then the dead, smelling stick falls to the earth. The glow of the star- shells of the German dictator’s power is fading from the sky. Most of the world is now aware that the light it made was not glory but glitter. The only remain- ing question is how long it will take for the dead, smouldering stick of the old rocket to descend to the earth, and what new damage it will cause as it falls. It is worthy of mention as a coincidence that the German dictator ascended to supreme power in Germany on January 30, 1933, the birthday of Franklin D. Roosevelt, who just previously had been chosen for the highest office in the gift of the American people, and that the two men became opponents in the greatest struggle since history began. This is no personal struggle between these two men. President Roosevelt represents mankind’s greatest heritage, a free way of life. All the nations and millions of people who are aligned behind Roosevelt arc those who say it shall not die. Opposed to Roosevelt is Adolph Hitler, who originated no new philosophy. He found a nation in a jumble of mixed up ideas, convinced that a superior peo- ple could do no wrong, and that the Germans were a superior people. Because Prussian militarists had kept their traditions alive from the other World War and because twentieth century science and economics provided such powerful weapons for a new type of total war, Hitler has come terrifyingly near success. He came near but not near enough. He was stopped not by any one man or by any one idea, but by many men and many ideas. The idea which was most prevalent and widespread was that men and groups of men ought to have enough freedom to work out their own forms of government and their own ways of ife. The only thing Roosevelt has had to do with it is that it has been he who made it plain to Americans that the American tradition could have no chance for sur- vival in a world in which Hitlerism was dominant. The conflict is not between men but between ideas and systems of government. Many have died on the battlefields to preserve that principle. From the dead on the battlefield there arises a spirit which is inspiring to all. It is like a ray of light out of the darkness. We, the thousands who graduate today from American high schools are ready to face the situation squarely. We have inherited freedom, it shall not die. Our heritage has been to be born among free people. Our obligation is to preserve that right and pass it on. CLASSES I Ame do JUNIORS Virginia Albritton, Everette Blair, Frances Blue, Dorothy Branch, Melba Brannen, Yan- cie Branrfcn, Jean Burns, Edna Muriel Carlton, Bishop Clark, Kay ClaVk, Ruby Collins, Ella Mae Courtney, Earline Davis, Verdie Mae Dixon, Louise Ellison, Doris Flowers, Perry Sue Fow- ler, Katherine Greene, Lorene Green, Idana Griffith, Charles Guy, Jewell Hendry, Nelda Hen- dry, Mary Frances Herring, Nell Holden, Elizabeth Humphrey, Fannie B. Hunter, Mary Lois Johnson. Abent: W. H. Bennett. IRIS DEE WILSON—President EARLINE DAVIS—Vice-President LORENE GREEN—Treasurer Ann Keller, Eutah Knowles, Elouise Lee, Peggy Lee, Betty Louis, Eldis Lions, Mary Mant- zanas, Willie Mae Mills, Carrol Mixon. Ida Mae Mixon, Kathlyn McHargue, Clyde McIntyre, Pattic Odom, Myrtle Padgett, Celia Parker, Edna Parker, Treva Lou Parker, Frank Polhill, Edd Sapp, Coleene Shealy, Mcrvine Sheffield, John Shoop, Janie Lou Slaughter, Toby Walker, Aur- mer Mae Ward, Katie Lee Whiddon, Iris Dee Wilson, Jesse Worley. Absent: Horace Knowles. XTnderclass SOPHOMORES BUNNY DOWLING—President PATSY MILLER—Vice-President BARNEY JOHNSON— Secretary, Treasurer FRESHMEN DOROTHY COKINOS—President ANN MOODY—Vice-President PRISCY McCASKILL—Secretary CHALMES HOLMES—Treasurer Offi icers EIGHTH BETTE DICKERT—President EUGENIA PEACOCK— Vice-President MARY L. LINDSEY—Vice-President JOEL MADDOX—Secretary KENNETH BENNETT—Treasurer SEVENTH BOBBY MIXON—President NELDA F. WOODS—Vice-President PATSY HENRY—Secretary BENNIE WHITE—Treasurer SOPHOMORES Back Row, Left to Right: Barney Johnson, Grady Burch, Ralph Denmark, Clarence Giddens, Walter Burford, Norris Leggett, Buddy Bryant, Dekle Bethea, Bunny Dowling, Buck Holton. Middle Row, Left to Right: David Marplc, Inez Cash, Doris Bass, Rowcna Davis, Marie Cruce, l oyce Cruce, Betty Holden, Geraldine Knowles, Hazel Kemp, Lydia Hendry, Elouise Barrs, Mary Frances Hendry, Jo Griner. Front Rou, Left to Right: Mary Frances Cone, Zcdic DeMcvillc, Imaa Jean Holt, Tommie Hand, Luna Coghlan, Edna DuBose, Geraldine Lee, Sara Nell Giddens. Back Row, Left to Right: Tommy Swanson, Calvin Smith, Chubby Thompson, Therion Tedder, Eugene Taylor, Jimmy McCall, James Palmer, Preston Sheffield. Middle Rou, Left to Right: Mazclle Stephens, Daisy Ruth Sapp, Loree Padgett, Gloria Poppcll, Corce Padgett, Viola Weatherly, lone Pridgen,. Polly Murphy, Elam Sapp. Front Row, Ixft to Right: Ruth Parker, Patsy Miller, Jan Nash, Virginia Parker, Evelyn Wages, Leota Walker, Edith Taylor, Joyce Worley, Annie Jo Walker. FRESHMEN Back Rou, Left to Right: Edward Hunter, Willie Joe Gunter, John Harris Andrews, Chalmcs Holmes, Leon Price, Durward Campbell, Joe Gainey, Thomas Holmes. Middle Row, Left to Right: Florinc Houck, Kathleen Broome, Maxine Gamble, Beatrice Lundy, Dorothy Dixon, Sonny Colburn. Front Row, Is ft to Right: Joyce Linton, Joe Ann Blue, Patricia Dale, Margaret Chapman, Elvie Herndon, Oween Knowles, Dorothy Cokinos. Back Row, Left to Right: Edward NeSmith, Bryant Tedder, Dick Porter, Hal Thompson, Joe Moharry, Elbert Parker, Henry Stokes. Middle Row, Left to Right: Polly Saddler, Tommy Puckett, Jimmie Persons, Barney O’Quinn, Johnny Mantzanas, John L. Odom. Front Row, Left to Right: Priscilla McCaskill, Ann Moody, Lou Ellen Poppell, Elsie Mac Reams, Janie Ruth Ward, Bonn e Raulerson, Viola Sheffield, Inez Swindle. EIGHTH GRADE Back Row, Left to Right: Jerry Crosby, Edward Cruce, Noel Bishop, Ed- win Blue, Jimmy Gear, Joe Taylor, Herbert Andrews, George Barrs, Charles Markey. Middle Row, Left to Right: Ruby Lee, Nadia Dykes, Frank Hall, J. D. Mixon, Milton Moon, Warren Bowdoin, Bob Millinor, Kenneth Bennett, George Mantzanas, Annie Jane Popped, Dorothy Bass. Front Row, Left to Right: Bet- tie Jean Folsom, Betty Jean Gainey, Marjorie Courtney, Juanita Martin, Mrs. Gaston, Bette Dickert, Pauline Grubbs, Mildred Morgan, June Hendry. V ' ■ Row, Left to Right: Buck McLeod, T. A. Jackson, Hillard Walker, W. C. Peeples, Willard Ellison, Rufus Walker, Richard Huggins, Jr. Middle Row, Isft to Right: Jr. Tuten, Charles Walker, trout Rou, Left to Right: Maxine Stephens, Vertice Scott, Virginia Sayers, Tatrel! Peeples, Mary Ruth Strickland, Lillie Bell Lynn, Virginia Whitted, Mary Louise Lindsey. Back Row, Left to Right: Melvin Bowdoin, Eddie Carrol, Ralph Young, Joe Millinor, Tommy Tomlinson, Tom Sawter, Joey Moody. Middle Row, Left to Right: A. J. Roberts, Ethel Moss, Willie Kate Fowler, Claud Hunter. Front Row, Left to Right: Marcel! Greene, Loree Williiams, Dorothy Jackson, Spence McLeod, Beatrice Paggett, Marilyn NeSmith, Eugenia Peacock. SEVENTH GRADE Hack Row, Left to Right: Leo Edwards, Richard Kasscll, Ralph Reddick, Elmer Knowles, Handin Dorman, Laverne Akins, Larry Shepherd. Middle Row, Left to Right: Doyle Gamble, Bcttyc Green, Bennie White, Harriet Lockhart, Kathryn Suber, Lelia Johnson, Evelyn Cruce, Charlotte Henry, Bernice Murphy, Joseph Carlton. Front Row, Left to Right: Bill Holton, Lawanda Granthum, Barbara Ann Messer, Patsy Henry, Betty Dale Cailicott, Doris Pittman, Bobby Mixon, Corecnc Branncn, Alta Mac Branncn, Blannic Lee Blue. Absent: Raymond Green, Amos Mathis. Back Row, Left to Right: Arthur Brannon, Ralph Peeples, Elliott Lundy, Charles Bishop. E. G. Courtney, Ralph Gamble, C. J. Crane, Clco Shcaly. Middle Row, Left to Right: Lelia Kersey, Charles Gamble, Bruce Nash, Buck Lee, Margaret Howell. Front Row, Is ft to Right: Ruthie Mae Gunter, Dorothy Bradshaw, Gwendolyn Ennis, Marjorie Crosby, Lynda Duckworth, Betty Jean Henry, Ava Lee McLeod, Virginia Wright, Juanita McIntyre. Absent: Malloy An- drews, Betty Lou English, Elaine Thompson. Back Row, Left to Right: Wilbur Mills, Virgil Taylor, Shelton Burford, John Maxwell, Van Sapp, William Page, Cecil Ray Lions, Billy Green. Middle Row, heft to Right: Carolyn McLeod, Herschel McClellen, Sammy Gunter, Billy Grubbs, Charles Goodman, Elza Landry, Franklin Stephens, Billy Lilliott, Erschel Whiddon. Front Row, Left to Right: Betty Jean Courtney, Betty Ray Vann , Joyce Vann, Jo Helen Louis, Billie Dean Tedder, Nelda Fae Woods, Mary Jane Williams, Edna Merle Jackson. Absent: Alda WhitficM, Johnnie Dell Lynn. CLASS PROPHECY Taking time out from my fashion designs in New York this year, 1951, I picked up several of my old home town papers and found a surprisingly large number of familiar names there. My personal maid, Lillien Sneed, Valedic- torian of the Senior Class, came into the room just then to sweep up and seemed as interested as I in what we found there. A picture of Billy Bolton covered the front page. He is the most prominent General in the U. S. Army now after being drafted and leaving his wife, the former Jimmy Lee Hendry. Peggy Mc- Caskill, now an Army nurse, once saved Cullen Thompson’s life with artificial respiration. A magnificent ad covered half a page telling of the wonderful meats obtainable at Josie Poppell and Leonard Cone’s famous slaughter house. On the next page we found the pictures of a large traveling musical show which has proved to be a colossal success under the shrewd management of Jerry Dickert. Making hot licks for an intricate chorus number are Flora Jo Alston, Louise Lee, and Lou Ella Jenkins plus Jack Fowler’s very sweet voice. They are part of the most celebrated swing band in the country, that of J. W. Johnston. The high stepping chorus, once the pride of T. C. H. S., was composed of Margaret Mc- Leod, Erlene Campbell, Hilda Bass, Carolyn Markey, and Mable Ashton. I called my best models, Frances Louque and Aleene Walker to see this and Lillien came breathlessly back with Adolph Kemp and Martin Agner, the janitor and garbage man, respectively. We were surprised to find that Wilma Lee, voted the blondest blonde in the South, does a modified acrobatic dance. I already knew that Barbara Hendry, Lucille Millinor, and Loisell Edwards were joint owners of the Green Derby”, the most exclusive night club in New York. Billy George serves very satisfactorily as their bouncer; Harry Counce makes an impressive doorman; and Evelyn Raulerson and Ellen Parker as wait- resses. The Green Derby” was visited recently by the President of the United States, F. P. Johnson, accompanied by his body guard, Edwin Evans. Mr. Presi- dent also brought along his private secretary Gloria Gilmore, who in turn brought her private secretary, Annie Lou Guess. As we turned the pages in the news- paper, we found that Caraway Hines and Burnice Hand, because of their sym- pathetic nature, had sailed to China as missionaries. Mary Wood returned from England where she was proclaimed champion woman wrestler of the world, with Zona Reams as her manager and stand-in. On the last page we found a human interest story on the two old maids who live high on top of Lawson Mountain all alone. Imagine our surprise to find that they were Eveline Cox and Betty Ottensman! We picked up another paper. There on the front page, was a picture of G. T. Page, high on top of a steeple. It seems that he’s the most fearless steeple jack in America. At the bottom of the page was a notice to the effect that excellent murals would be painted at low cost on your barn, house, or any available space by Mary Helen Whitfield. We found that Perry now has a swell dancing school with Ree Cox teaching jitterbugging and Horace Millican teaching waltzes with a small band. A whole column on the second page was devoted to the wedding of Mildred Walker to a doctor of the same name. They fell in love right after he inherited a dude ranch. They are leaving for Arizona shortly and taking Evelyn Hunter with them. Evelyn is champion dishwasher of FLORIDA and is evidently hunting new fields. To top it off, Virginia Dice has inherited a canary farm consisting of 3,000 canaries, and be- cause he loves little birds so and is planning a singing career in life, Rufus Moody takes care o'f the farm. They say he sits in the huge cages warbling for days at a time. In the last paper we found that Ina Rae Woods, assisted by Eunice Mc- Daniel, is on a good will tour to South America, teaching the natives the Ameri- can version of the Conga. As I glanced up from my reading, a new face appeared at the window—that of the window washer, Ernest Tedder. He informed me that when he was home last he courted” the three school teachers, Jackie Tuten, Lillian Nix, and Ma- cille Parker, who acquired their degrees from the T. S. C. W. (Tide Swamp Col- lege for Women). (Signed), THE CLASS PROPHET. ORGANIZATIONS A Ami. do STUDENT COUNCIL Top Row: Bruce Nash, Joe Taylor, Eugene Taylor, Joe Maharrey, Richard Huggins, Doyle Gamble, Martin Agner. Second Row: Carclyn McLeod, Mary Frances Cone, Frances Louquc, Gloria Gilmore, Josic Poppell, Perry Sue Fowler, Eldis Lyons, Dorothy Jackson, Eunice McDaniel. LATIN CLUB Top Row, Left to Right: Bishop Clark, Elam Sapp, Mrs. C. F. Wildfer, Tommy Swanson. Bottom Row, Left to Right: Mildred Walker, Jan Nash, Ima Jean Holt, Barbara Hendry, Polly Murphy. GLEE CLUB Back Row, Left to Right: Maxine Gamble, Hilda Bass, Jo Ann Blue, Virginia Parker, Dorothy Cokinos, Jan Nash, Ann Moody, Dorothy Dixon. Middle Row, Left to Right: Verdit Mae Dixon, Margaret McLeod, Mable Ashton, Lou Ellen Jenkins. Front Row, lx ft to Right: Flora Jo Alston, Dorothy Branch, Aurmer Mae Ward, Earlene Campbell, Margaret Chapman, Gloria Pcppcll. Absent: Mrs. A. C. Matthews, Director. KEY CLUB Back Row, Left to Right: Leonard Cone, Frank Pol hill, Jerry Dickert, Bishop Clark. Second Row, Left to Right: Caraway Hines, Jack Fowler. Third Row, Left to Right: Kay Clark, Bunny Dowling, Horace Millican. Front Row, Left to Right: Faculty Sponsor Charles Persons, Erwin Fleet, Barney Johnson. Absent: Billy Bolton, Kiwanis Sponsor Ed Linton. CAFETERIA PERSONNEL 4-H CLUB Top Row, Left to Right: Bcrnicc Murphy, Jo Helen Louis, Patsy Henry, Bennie White, Betty Dale Callicut, Alda Whitfield, Ruthie Mac Gunter, Cofee Branncn, Alberta Blanton, Mary Frances Cone, Ruth Parker. Second Row: Leila Johnson, Treva Parker, Doris Pittman, Charlotte Hendry, Billy Dean Tedder, Blannie Lee Blue, Barbara Ann Messer, Dorothy Bradshaw, Cath- erine Suber, Euna Coghlan, Mary Frances Hendry, Cwccn Kncwlcs, Virginia Parker, Margaret Howell, Geraldine Lee. Third Row: Carolyn McLeod, Annie Jane Poppcll, Katie Lee Whiddon, Mrs. Ruth Elkins, Lyndel Ducksworth, Alta Mae Hunter, Elvie Herndon, Bettyc Holden, Bettyc Green. Fourth Row: Lawanda Grantham, Bobbie Mixon, Betty Jean Hendry, Bill Holton, Gwendolyn Ennis, Ava Lee McLeod, Erschell Whiddon, Marjorie Crosby, Mary Jane Williams. Mrs. Ruth Elkins, Instructor. BAND Back Rowy Left to Right: Dorothy Cokinos, Jack Fowler, Charles Gandy, David Marple, Buck Lee, Leonard Cone, Dickie Porter, Annie Jane Popped, Mary Frances Cone, Joyce Linton, Harriet Lockhart, Bennie White, Caraway Hines, Margaret McLeod. Front Row, Left to Right: Bette Dickert, Joe Taylor, Sonny Cogburn, Ava Le McLeod, Clarence Giddcns, Chalmes Holmes, Carolyn Markey, Iris Dee Wilson, Erschcl Whiddon, Ruth Parker, Carolyn McLeod, Priscilla McCaskill, Elouise Lee, Professor E. J. Evans, Earline Davis. MAJORETTES Left to Right: Earlin Davis, Bette Dickert, Dorothy Cokinos, Margaret McLeod. CHEER LEADERS Gloria Gilmore, Mary Helen Whitfield, Pcj� j;y McCaskill, Perry Sue Fowler, Iris Dee Wilson. Absent: Rcc Cox and Bettye Louis. TAYLOR HI FIGHTING SONG Here’s to the boys of ole Taylor High, We’ll keep her colors flying or die, Dear Old High, we’re loyal to you. And we love the orange and the blue; So let’s have a score boys We’re out to win. We’ll put old Taylor on top again. Here’s to the High! Oh, let’s hit'the sky! Oh, Rah, Rah, for Taylor High. ATHLETICS 1 Aotoo FOOTBALL TEAM Rack Rou, Left to Right: C. H. Robinson, Coach; Frank Pol hill, Harold Whitfield, Leonard Cone, Buddy Bryant, Billy Bolton, Bishop Clark, Horace Millican, Martin Agner. Middle Row, Left to Right: Jimmy McCall, Bunny Dowling, Cullen Thompson, Willie Joe Gunter, Johnny Mantzanas, Tommy Puckett, Chubby Thompson, Therion Tedder, Everett Blair, front Row, Left to Right: Henry Stokes, Manager; Billy George, Erwin Fleet,' Ru- dolph Ashton, Kenneth Kassel!, Adolph Kemp, Edd Sapp, Charlts Guy, Barney Johnson, Hal Thompson, Ralph Red- dick, Manager. FOOTBALL HIGHLIGHTS OF ’43 The Taylor High School squad, composed of twenty-six players and man- aged by Henry Stokes and Ralph Reddick, completed its 1943 football season with a total of 174 points for and only 24 points against them. Under the ex- cellent guidance of Coach Robinson the team won eight games and lost only one. Bill George was elected captain and Adolph Kemp was elected alternate captain. These two boys, along with six other seniors, Bill Bolton, Martin Agner, Erwin Fleet, Cullen Thompson, Leonard Cone, and Horace Millican, will be greatly missed on next year’s team. SEASON'S PLAY: GAME BY GAME MONT1CELLO 0—PERRY 21 The Taylor Bulldogs opened their football season with a Stunning victory over the Monticello I igers by a score of 2 1 to 0. This game produced a lot of new talent in Frank Polhill, Kenneth Kassell, Willie Joe Gunter, and Bishop Clark who proved their mettle by letting the fans know more could be expected of them in the following games. Adolph Kemp, an outstanding linesman, show- ed up well in the fact that he recovered a fumble behind Monticello’s goal for a touchdown. LIVE OAK 12—PERRY 0 Amidst a cloud of dust, the strong Suwannee Hi Eleven defeated the fight- ing Taylor lads by a score of 12 to 0. Billy Bolton, Charles Guy, and Edd Sapp showed up well for the Perry team while Len Hunter was outstanding for Live Oak. Live Oak led at the half 6 to 0, and tallied once more in the third quarter. Taylor was in scoring position several times, but was unable to cross the goal line. CROSS CITY 0—PERRY 12 Taylor opened up soon and scored early in the first quarter. The strong Perry line led by Kemp, Cullen Thompson, and Barney Johnson held the Dixie team scoreless and Perry led at the half 6 to 0. After a scoreless third period, the Bulldogs went on a march the fourth quarter and scored again. The game end- ed: Perry 12, Cross City 0. NEWBERRY 0—PERRY 34 The Bulldogs, due to their superior weight, ran roughshod over the light, but fast Newberry eleven to the tune of 34 to 0. Harold Whitfield and Horace Millican, filling in for Bolton at end, played a stellar game and were largely re- sponsible for the showing made by the Bulldogs. MADISON 0-PERRY 7 Ratecl as the underdogs, the Taylor team surprised a large gathering on La- nier Field by defeating Madison 7 to 0. Perry’s-scoring play was a beautifully executed pass from southpaw Charles Guy to freshman Willie Jo Gunter, who took the ball on Madison’s 3 5 yard line and dashed for the score eluding two Madison players by beautiful side-stepping. Having scored. Perry settled back to play a defensive game and, led by center Buddy Bryant, held Madison score- less for the remainder of the game. CROSS CITY 0—PERRY 13 Encouraged by their sponsors, Misses Iris Dee Wilson, Jan Nash, and Betty Louis, and backed by the cheer leaders, student body, faculty, and towns people, the Taylor Bulldogs roared on the field and carried off their Homecoming game with a 13 to 0 victory over their rivals, the Dixie Bears. Everett Blair, Therion Tedder, and Rudolph Ashton were the outstanding Baby Bulldogs of the game. JASPER 6—PERRY 27 Again rated as the underdogs, the Taylor Bulldogs handed Jasper a smart- ing defeat on the latter’s field. Leading 7 to 0 at the half, the Perry lads came back strong in the last half to score three touchdowns. Jasper made their lone tally on a pass late in the fourth quarter. Leonard Cone was outstanding for Tay- lor with a brilliant run exhibiting fine speed and stiff-arming. The game end- ed Perry 27, Jasper 6. MADISON 6—PERRY 26 Playing one of their best games of the season, the Bulldogs, exhibiting fine teamwork and beautiful execution of plays, handed Madison a stinging defeat of 26 to 6. Bunny Dowling made the first tally early in the first quarter and was soon followed by Erwin Fleet. Madison came back to score on an intercepted pass in the second quarter and the half ended 13 to 6. Coming back strong in the second half, the Bulldogs scored again when Barney Johnson recovered a fumble behind Madison’s goal line. MONTICELLO 0—PERRY 34 Due to the absence of Coach Robinson, Colonel Joe Swanson filled in and coached the team to a 34 to 0 victory over Monticello. The Bulldogs, leading by a safe margin in the second quarter, were replaced by the Baby Bulldogs, led by Johny Mantzanas, Tommy Puckett, Chubby Thompson, and Jimmy McCall, who stopped Monticello’s only scoring threat. Martin Agner and Harold Thomp- son showed up well in the third quarter, and light-footed Billy George put on a great exhibition of broken-field running and tallied twice. Taylor tallied once more in the game when Kemp was called back to carry the ball over. COACH ROBINSON BOYS' BASKETBALL SQUAD Rack Row, Left to Right: Erwin Fleet, Manager; Adolph Kemp, Horace Millican, Bishop Clark, Martin Agner, Willie |oc Gunter, W. H. Bennett, and Coach Robinson. Front Row, Left to Right: Johnny Mantzanas, Frank Polhill, Henry Stokes, Assistant Manager; Fidwin NeSmith, Rufus Moody, Billy George. Absent: Rudolph Ashton, Bunny Dowling. TAYLOR BASKLTELRS The Taylor High Boy’s Team completed its 1944 season with twelve wins and six losses. Adolph Kemp was the high point man for the season with 197 points. Frank Polhill was runner up with 87 points, and was followed closely by Martin Agner and Bishop Clark who made 74 and 66 points respectively. Completing the first five, Billy George made 5 2 points. The schedule for the season was as follows: 441 st 38 Base Officers 38 312th 2 5 312th 35 488th 24 Greenville 20 441st 30 Aucilla 24 Cross City 20 Monticello 13 Base Officers 17 Base Group 43 Monticello 14 441st 22 Cross City 15 Greenville 16 Aucilla 32 441st 26 Perry 27 Perry ........................... 22 Perry 10 Perry ........ 21 Perry 3 2 Perry 36 Perry 17 Perry 45 Perry 15 Perry 31 Perry 23 Perry 51 Perry .......................... 3 5 Perry 32 Perry .21 Perry 23 Perry ........................... 33 Perry ........................... 48 GIRLS' BASKETBALL SQUAD Back Rou, Left to Right: Priscilla McCaskill, Eunice McDaniel, Celia Parker, Marilyn NeSmith, Jan Nash. Middle Rou , Left to Right: Mrs. Norman, Coach; Geraldine Knowles, Viola Sheffield. Imogcnc Holt, Polly Murphy, Joyce Linton, Eugenia Peacock, Frances Blue, Manager. Front Rou, Left to Right: Josic Popped, Mazclle Stephens, Iris Dee Wilson, Myrtle Padgett, Lorene Green, Colcene Shcaly, Earline Davis, Jackie Tuten. GIRL’S BASKETBALL Taylor County High is indeed proud of the record of the girls’ basketball team since this is the second season through which it has gone undefeated. The girls made a total of 269 points with their opponents making a total of only 159 points. Jackie Tuten, high scorer of last year, also was unchallenged this year, making 113 points out of the total 269. The team selected Jackie Tuten as captain and Iris Dec Wilson as lternate captain. SEASON’S RECORD Dec. 14,1943 Perry Jan. 11,1944 Perry Jan. 14,1944 Perry Jan. 21,1944 Perry Jan. 25,1944 Perry Feb. 4, 1944 Perry Feb. 11, 1944 Perry Feb. 15,1944 Perry Feb. 22,1944 Perry 16 Salem 15 40 Greenville ... 20 25 Salem 16 19 Cross City 17 27 •Monticello 15 42 Monticello 25 21 Cross City 13 37 Greenville 25 42 Tallahassee Wacs 15 TOURNAMENTS INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT PLAYED IN CROSS CITY The Taylor Cagers beat Branford in their first game by the score of 36 to 13, but were defeated by Greenville in an overtime. The final score was 22 to 17. Adolph Kemp and Billy George made the all-tourney team. DISTRICT TOURNAMENT PLAYED IN PERRY The Taylor Cagers subdued Pinetta in their first game to the tune of 56 to 18. Moving on to the quarter-finals, Perry defeated Aucilla 3 5 to 17. In the semi-finals, the Taylor quintet was victorious over Apalachicola by the score, 30 to 20. Perry defeated Greenville in the finals 19 to 13 and were dis- trict champs. Bishop Clark and Billy George made the all-district team, be- sides Adolph Kemp who was elected all-district captain. STATE TOURNAMENT The Taylor quintet went down fighting against the slower but lucker Tarpon Springs lads. The final score was 30 to 37. foUEH _ n s' T _£2 mr- ThAt hrr y ----hA-HHf'.. (. I. C ca. C.ry niruC21 1LZKl l LKoac.Ty H P r na__ KE£HVIU.e ll g.noa.c Ty 6 CA6SS g.t-ry C IT ftl.t.ll.t-4 at,. rjuJuLLA fjPfMjkl C ? 18 U hiHhB__Al Wtiintmc IL a? 7 y MUcellaneouA. P vionnel V. Amldo Valedli toAiatiA LILLIEN SNEED ScMdtatosUan ANNIE LOU GUESS REE COX LUCILLE MILLINOR Balfour Medal fyau Ut i GLORIA GILMORE D. A. R. Medal BILLY GEORGE KUuf and WOODY NORMAN ADS : i PHONE 40 COMPLIMENTS OF J. B. 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