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

Text from Pages 1 - 88 of the 1945 volume:

'ITT' The Shadow now moves across the dial of time and no hand may stay it or call it back after it has moved. Each move of that shadow meass a part of your life at T. C. H. S. has gone and can never be recaptured in the same spirit in which it was lived. This book does not attempt to do this. We offer this Tacohi, hoping that on re-opening it in the future years you will be brought back to Taylor County High School and remember . . . VOLUME III Sponsored by the Student Council of Taylor County High School  j Book I CAMPUS VIEWS ADMINISTRATION and FACULTY CLASSES Book II ORGANIZATIONS SPORTS Book III FEATURES SNAPSHOTS ADVERTISEMENTS TAYLOR COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUM Our Alma Mater Deor 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. MR. A. H. WENTWORTH Supervising Principal HENRY DORSETT W. M. HIGHTOWER W. M. ROBERTS Member of School Board Member of School Board Member of School Board The FACULTY PROF. E J. EVANS MISS MARY FRIES MRS. ESTELLE GASTON MRS. GEORGIA LE FLEUR MRS. MARGARET LUNSFORD MISS GERALDINE McDONNELL C. W. PERSONS High School Principal ' MRS. PAULINE SMITH MISS MERLE SOUTER MRS. JANE STILL MRS. SARA WAGES MRS. MAXINE MOORE MRS. CATHERINE NORMAN MISS LAUREL PIERCE MISS CLARA ROBERTS MISS MARTHA WHITE MRS. ELAINE SWANSON MISS GLADYS MORSE Elementary School Principal SENIO PROPHECY Strange, how you can go for years without seeing a soul you know, and then, one day come upon so many friends. Yesterday I lunched with the wealthy socialite, Mrs. Lorene Blair. Her chauffeur, Edwin Evans, took us around New York and Mrs. Blair pointed out places of interest. We went through the Bronx Zoo, and of all people, there was Horace Knowles, serving as Chief Monkey Tender and Hippopotamus Waterer. There, also, was Elouise Lee, selling peanuts, popcorn, crackerjack, etc. She was dressed in a short yellow skirt and red jacket. We went through Radio City and there we saw Pattie Odom, announcer for the Hokum, Yokum, and Slocum Korny Krackles Cereal Company. Entertainers on the fifteen-minute program were Edna Carlton, leader of the All-Girl Orchestra, which included Peggy Lee, bass horn,- Fannie B. Hunter, trumpet; Janie Lou Slaughter, cymbals; Melba Brannen, drums, and Aurmer Mae Ward, flute. Also on the program was the celebrated crooner, Daisy Ruth Sappatra. Stopping at a theater on Breadway we found Virginia Albritton as Veronica Lake, and Betty Widner as Dorothy Lamour, co-starring in one of Ima Jean Holt's and Gladys Maddox's productions. The ticket seller was none other than Mary Lois Johnson with the aid of Kathlyn McHargue. The carpenter for this big event was A. C. Ellison, with Aurmer Mae Ward holding tacks for him. On our way out we saw Hula-Bula Jean Benson, just returned from a South Seas exploring trip. We also encountered Monsieur Bishoppe de la Clarkette, venerable old gentleman from the French Embassy in Washington. In lights on Broadway were the names of Betty Grable (Iris Dee Wilson! and Dennis Morgan (Charles Guy) in Married Life. Their producers were Frank Polhill and Doris Flowers. We went to a fashion show and there we saw the famous John Powers, now an old man. Four of his beautiful models were Jewell Hendry, that dazzling red-head; Nell Holden, a cute litle blonde; and Louise Ellison and Celia Parker, those shapely brunettes. Two style experts, Eldis Lyons and Ima Lee Hendry, were there also. Then on the same corner we passed W. H. (Droop) Bennett, telling all the girls that they looked just like Suge (Alice Howard). We went to Brooklyn, and right in the middle of the metropolis was The Tree with Toby Walker leaning against it. He had been appointed its official waterer after his discharge from the French Foreign Legion. We visited Humphrey House, recreation center for children in the slums and saw its founder, Elizabeth Humphrey. The recreational director was Everette Blair. He had finally received his degree from T. S. I. H. L. (Tide Swamp. Institute of Higher Learning), after many long years of work and study. A Salvation Army parade came through Brooklyn while we were there. The band's drum majorettes were Janie Austin, Frances Blue, and £lla Mae Courtney, who threw her baton up. She failed to catch it and it hit the drum major, F. P. Johnson, luckily on the head, so it did not injure him. (Continued on page 48) 1945 WILLIAM H. BENNETT JEAN BENSON EVERETTE BLAIR FRANCES BLUE MELBA BRANNEN EDNA CARLTON BISHOP CLARK ELLA MAE COURTNEY CHARLES GUY TOMMIE HAND JEWELL HENDRY 1945 NELDA HENDRY IMA LEE HENDRY NELL HOLDEN IMA JEAN HOLT ELIZABETH HUMPHRY FANNIE B. HUNTER 1945 ANN KELLER MARY LOIS JOHNSON f' EUTAH KNOWLES HORACE KNOWLES ALICE HOWARD KATHIYN McHARGUE Clyde McIntyre WILLIE MAE MILLS IDA MAE MIXON 1945 1945 FRANK POLHILL DAISY RUTH SAPP JANIE LOU SLAUGHTER MERVINE SHEFFIELD MAZELLE STEPHENS TOBIE WALKER AURMER MAE WARD IRIS DEE WILSON SENIOR CLASS WILL We, the Senior Class of 1945, leave to dear old Alma Mater our hearty best wishes and also our names engraved on wall and desk. We leave to the Faculty the hope that they will be able to get along without our valuable help. To our successors, the Juniors of today, we leave our privileges and qll the fun we had while being Seniors. I, Virginia Albritton, hereby bequeath to Lydia Hendry my blonde hair. I, Janie Austin, bequeath my ability to get along with teachers to Billy Lilliot. I, Melba Brannen, will my study-hall manners to Joe Maharrey. I, W. H. Bennett, bequeath my conceited nature to an oncoming Senior, Jimmy McCall. I, Jean Benson, will my salesmanship to Tommy Swanson. I, Everett Blair, ain't got nothin' to will to nobody. I, Frances Blue, bequeath all my Biology notes to Joe Ann Blue. I, Edna Merle Carlton, bequeath to Ann Moody- my ability to miss a basket in basketball. I, Bishop Clark, being of unsound mind and body, bequeath my stratospheric view to Connie Fowler. I, Ella Mae Courtney, bequeath my graceful walk to Harriet Lockhart. I, Earline Davis, beaueath my basketball uniform to Prissy McCaskill, hoping that she will bring more fame to number 8 than I have. I, A. C. Ellison, will my knowledge of Chemistry to Rufus Walker. I, Louise Ellison, hereby will my ability to work bookkeeping to Willard Ellison, my long forgotten cousin. I, Perry Sue Fowler, being of sound mind and reason, do beaueath my knowledge of and ability to learn Commercial Law to Jce Griner in the hope that it will prove useful to him in the future as it has in the past. I, Doris Flowers, will my pleasant memories of Chemistry to Therion Tedder. I, Lorene Greene, ain't got nothin' to will to nobody neither. I, Idana Griffith, leave my bicycle to a walker. I, Charles Guy, bequeath my ability to play football to Hal Thompson. I, Tommie Hand, will my ability to ,work Algebra to Betty Jean Gainey. I, Ima Lee Hendry, leave my second year Latin book to anyone who has the nerve to take it. I, Jewell Hendrv, hereby bequeath my most comfortable seat in the back of the bus to Joyce Worley. I, Nelda Hendry, do beaueath to Martha Rae Albritton my never failing ability to get out of class to answer telephone calls. I, Nell Holden, will to Oween Knowles my regular attendance at school. I, Ima Jean Holt, leave my knowledae of Latin and the ability to sew on the new machine in Home Economics to Ruby Lee. I, Alice Howard, bequeath my ability to work bookkeeping to Walter Burford. I, Fannie B. Hunter, leave my seat in Shorthand class to Loree Williams. (Continued on page 48) CLASS OFFICERS SENIORS 4 KATHLYN McHARGUE . . PERRY SUE FOWLER . . TOBY WALKER . . . . MARY MANTZANAS . . President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer JUNIORS THERION TEDDER .... President BETTY LOU CROUCH . . Vice-President RALPH DENMARK .... Secretary CLARENCE GIDDENS . Treasurer RUDOLPH ASHTON DORIS BASS JUNIORS JIMMIE CAREY INEZ CASH RAY CHESSER EUNA COGHLAN RUBY COLLINS MARY FRANCES CONE BETTY LOU CROUCH FOYCE CRUCE RALPH DENMARK ROWENA DAVIS MARIE CRUCE MARGARET CURTWRIGHT THELMA DORMAN BETTY DORSETT t'DNA DUBOSE GENEVIEVE FRITH MARY FRANCES HENDRY BETTY HOLDEN BARNEY JOHNSON GERALDINE KNOWLES HAZEL KEMP GERALDINE LEE HARRY MASSEY JIMMY McCALL DOROTHY MORGAN POLLY MURPHY PATSY MILLER WANDA LEE MIXON JUNIORS COR€E PADGETT LOREE PADGETT JAMES PALMER MABEL PARKER LAWRENCE RAULERSON MAUD RICE SHIRLEY RICE ETHELENE ROWELL KATIE WHIDDON ELAM SAPP MARY SCOTT PRESTON SHEFFIELD CURTIS SIMONS WALTER WILSON 4 JUNIORS THOMAS SWANSON ’ EDITH TAYLQR EUQENE TAYLOR THERION TEDDER JESSE, WORLEY ROBERT THOMPSON EVELYN WAGES ANNIE JO WALKER LEOTA WALKER JOYCE WORLEY SOPHOMORES UNDERCLASS OFFICERS FRESHMEN WILLIE JOE GUNTER President VIRGINIA GRANT Vice-President JOYCE LINTON Secretary o TlL. EDWIN NESMITH Treasurer CHALMUS HOLMES Member Student Council PRISCY McCASKILL Member Student Council JOEY MOODY President BETTE DICKERT Vice-President ELOISE STEPHENS Secretary T. A. JACKSON Treasurer FRANCES GRANGER Member Student Council MILTON MOON Member Student Council EIGHTH SEVENTH BENNIE WHITE President LOIS TURNAGE President JOHN MAXWELL SARAH TOLER Vice-President Vice-President PATSY HENRY DORTHY KYLE Secretary BILLY LILLIOTT Treasurer JAMES SAULS Secretary DOROTHY BRADSHAW LAMAR STRICKLAND Member Treasurer Student Council HERSCHEL McCLELLAN Member Student Council r ft I'm Wt r JIMMIE GREENE JEniE PEARL ROGERS JOYCE COX SOPHOMORES ROOM 10-A FIRST ROW: Durward Campbell, Jo Ann Blue, Patricia Dail, Glenna Jean Brown, Mary Frances Brannen, Sonny Ccgburn. SECOND ROW: Chalmus Holmes, Florine Houck, Beatrice Lundy, Elvie Herndon, Maxine Gamble, Joe Gainey. THIRD ROW: Thomas Holmes, Joyce Linton, Dorothy Matthews, Virginia Grant, Oween Knowles, Dorothy Dixon. ROOM 10-B FIRST ROW: Ida Jo Simmons, Collie Nix, Mrs. Ncrman, Viola Sheffield, Janie Ward. SECOND ROW: Willie Joe Gunter, Ann Moody, Priscilla McCaskill, Elsie Mae Reams, Inez Swindle, Bonnie Raulerson. THIRD ROW: Jimmy Persons, Bryant Tedder, Hal Thompson, Tommy Puckett, Dick Porter, Elbert Parker. FOURTH ROW: John L. Odom, Joe Maharrey, Henry Stokes, Barney O'Quinn, Leon Price, Edwin NeSmith. 1 FRESHMEN ROOM 9-A FIRST ROW: Berdine Rowell, Dorothy Fisher, Pauline Grubbs, Miss Roberts, Spence McLeod, Marjorie Courtney, Betty Jean Folsom, Cfcrothy Jackson SECOND ROW: Samuel Holden, Betsy English, Betty Sue Dickerf, Mary Louise Lindsey, Juanita Martin, Sybil Gibbs, Willie Kate Fowler, Betty Jean Gainey. THIRD ROWt A. C. Jenkins, Lillie Belle Lynn, Dorothy Ann Bass, Nadia Dykes, Ruby Lee, June Hendry, Martha Ray Albritton, Hubert Andrews Edward Hun ter. FOURTH ROW: George Mantzanas, Edwin Blue, T. A. Jackson, Buck McLeod, Kenneth Bennett , Warren Bowden, Maxwell Knowles, Billy Koon. ROOM 9-B FIRST ROW: Edna York, Mildred Morgan, Alice Taylor, Mrs. Evans, Virginia Whitted, Maxine Stephens, Rosa Lee Simmons. SECOND ROW: Beatrice Padgett, Loree Williams, Shirley Roberts, Annie Jane Popped, Eloise Stephens, Marilyn NeSmith, Eugenia Peacock, Maxine Wilson, Virginia Sheffield. THIRD ROW: Claud Hunter, Clyde Pittman, Roy Sheffield, Richard Huggins, Joey Moody, Leon Tolar, Milton Moon, Tom Souter. FOURTH ROW: Earl Parnell, Charles Walker, Junior Rogers, Hillard Walker, J. D. Mixon, Bob Millinor, Joe Millinor, Rufus Walker. EIGHTH GRADE ROOM 8-A FIRST ROW: Bill Holton, Blonnie Lee Blue, Betty Jeon Courtney, Betty Jean Gibbs, Frances Dees, Patsy Henry, Harriet Lockhart. SECOND ROW: Leila Johnson, Alberta Blanton, Betty Greene, Bernice Murphy, Evelyn Cruce, Bennie White, Betty Dale Ca llicott, Evelyn Mantzanas. THIRD ROW: Charles Markey, Larry Sheppard, Laverne Akins, Handin Dorman, Wilbur Cone, Raymond Greene, Joe Carlton, Doyle Gamble, Leo Edwards. ROOM 8-B FIRST ROW: Lyndal Duckworth, Juanita McIntyre, Billy Brown, Mrs. Hendry, Virginia Wright, Mar- jorie Crosby, Alda Mae Hunter. SECOND ROW: Latrell Peeples, Coila Fae Murphy, Martha Lee Stephens, Elaine Thompson, Betty Jean Hendry, Dorothy Bradshaw, Ruthie Mae Gunter, Charlotte Hendry. THIRD ROW: Betty Lou English, Ralph Reddick, Buck Lee, Ralph Gamble, Hullon Gunter, Arthur Brannen, Margaret Howell. FOURTH ROW: Charles Bishop, Tracy Catledge, Billy Lilliot, Cleo Shealy, James Mann. ROOM 8-C FIRST ROW: Carolyn McLeod, Mary Jane Willia ms, Billy Dean Tedder, Lawanda Grantham, Martha Williams, Erschel Whiddon, Betty Rae Vann. SECOND ROW: Van Sapp, Sammie'Gunter, Alda Whitfield, Edna Merle Jackson, Johnnie Dell Lynn, Nelda Faye Woods, Shelton Burford, Elza Landry, Virgil Taylor. THIRD ROW: Billy Grubbs, Billy Green, Fay Mills, Charles Goodman, John Maxwell, Richard Kassell, Franklin Stephens, Cecil Ray Lyons. SEVENTH GRADE ROOM 7-A FIRST ROW: Yvonne Howell, Marie Swindle, Jimmie Louise Gibson, Miss Fries, Helen Grubbs, Lillie Merle Cruce, Anita Faye Brown, Lois Turnage. SECOND ROW: Beulah Fisher, Shirley Holt, Laura Rowell, Lurine Knowles, Carlee Colder, LaMarion Mattair, Joan King, Wanda Shaw. THIRD ROW: Cleaman Hockaday, W. D. Courtney, Jimmy Greene, Jimmy McDowell, James Saul, J. M. Lee. FOURTH ROW: Lamar Parker, Billy Davis, William Best, Joe Henry Edwards, Harold Thomas, Harold Shaw. ROOM 7-B FIRST ROW: Betty Kasell, Jimmie Lee Courtney, Lamar Strickland, Jimmie Lee Holten, Mrs. Wages, Gwendolyn Ennis. Emra Lee Kilcrease, Connie Fowler, Dorothy Bass. SECOND ROW: Leona Murphy, Lucy Lee Popped, Dorothy Kyle, Jettie Pearl Rodgers, Helen Dixon, Wandlyn Tedder, Rachel Sadler, Dorothy Mansfield, Elzie Blair. THIRD ROW: John ny Houck, Elliot Lundy, Gary Nolan, Randel Markey, Alex Phillips, Harold Brandon, Norman Wages, Her man Davis, Billy McGuire, Harvey Fleet. ROOM 7-C FIRST ROW: Elease Jacobs, Johnny Maude Pag e, Sarah Tolar, Miss Souter, Patricia Bethea, Wyvette Goff, Juanita Fender. SECOND ROW: Betty Jean Re vels, Joyce Cox, Patricia Sweeney, Mary Annie Lundy, Gladys Faye Parker, Gloria Faye Goode. THIRD ROW: Leith Audry Lynn, Archie Fowler, Billy Dubose, Pete Blue, Mac Koon, Gary Dorman. FOURTH ROW: J. R. Young, Frank Warren, Arthur Morgan, Oliver Tedder, Charles Gandy, Billy Martin. TACOHI STAFF NELDA HENDRY ALICE HOWARD NELL HOLDEN JIMMY McCALL FRANCES BLUE ANN KELLER BISHOP CLARK MARY SCOTT Editor-in-Chief . Assistant Editor Photographic Editor . Sports Editor Assistant Sports Editor Feature Editor Business Manager Assistant Business Manager MARY MANTZANAS, JEAN BENSON, GENEVIEVE FRITH Ad Solicitors LORENE GREEN, ELLA MAE COURTNEY, FOYE CRUCE, ANNIE JOE WALKER Typists IDANA GRIFFITH............................................. Senior Editor PATSY MILLER................................................Junior Editor ANN MOODY............................................... Sophomore Editor LILLIE BELL LYNN . . . Freshman Editor HARRIET LOCKHART.................................... Eighth Grade Editor HAROLD THOMAS.......................................Seventh Grade Editor STUDENT COUNCIL FIRST ROW: Milton Moon, Herschel McClellan, Jimmy Greene, Evelyn Mantzanas, Joyce Cox, Jettie Pearl Rogers. SECOND ROW: Miss Souter, Chalmus Holmes, Jimmy McCall, Dorothy Bradshaw, Frances Granger, Priscilla McCaskill, Mary Frances Cone, Patsy Miller, Bishop Clark. GLEE CLUB FIRST ROW: Betty Lou English, Billy Brown, Martha Lee Stephens, Betty Jear. Hendry, Nell Holden, Marjorie Crosby. SECOND ROW: Virginia Wright, Iris Dee Wilson, Betty Widner, Elaine Thompson, Ann Moody, Patricia Dail, Ima Lee Hendry. THIRD ROW: Doris Flowers, Ida Jo Simmons, Maxine Gamble, Dorothy Matthews, Eugenia Peacock, Shirley Roberts, Melbc Brannen. FOURTH ROW: Mazelle Stephens, Gladys Maddox, Ruthie Mae Gunter, Margaret Howell, Lillie Bell Lynn, Nelda Hendry. THE BAND FIRST ROW: Erschel Whiddon, Mary Frances Cone, Ruth Parker, Elouise Lee, Milton Moon, Earl Parnell, Sonny Cogburn, Charles Gandy, Clarence Giddens. SECOND ROW: LaMarion Mattair, Carolyn Mc- Leod, Bennie White, Harriet Lockhart, Johelen Lewis, Ava Lee McLeod, Billy Lilliot, Buck Lee, Bob Millinor. THIRD ROW: Miss White, Chalmus Holmes, Buck McLeod, T. A. Jackson, George Mantzanas, Annie Jane Poppell. FOURTH ROW: Jimmie Greene, Billy Davis, Barney O'Quinn, Randel Markey. FIFTH ROW: Eugenia Peacock, Bette Dickert, Dorothy Cokinos, Marilyn NeSmith. 0 4 MAJORETTES BETTE SUE DICKERT, EUGENIA PEACOCK, MARILYN NE SMITH, DOROTHY COKINOS MAJOR HOOT GIBSON CHEER LEADERS BACK ROW: PAULINE GRUBBS, MARY FRANCES BRANNEN, LORENE GREENE. FRONT ROW: PERRY SUE FOWLER, IRIS DEE WILSON, HAZEL KEMP. KEY CLUB BACK: A. C. Ellison, Tommy Swanson, John L. Odom, Mr. Persons, Bishop Clark, Edwin NeSmith, Henry Stokes. FRONT: Chalmus Holmes, Willie Joe Gunter, Tommy Puckett, Jimmy McCall, Therion Tedder, Clarence Giddens, Ray Chesser, Thomas Holmes. 4-H CLUB-GROUP I FIRST ROW: Doris Bass, Annie Jo Walker, Maxine Gamble, Katy Lee Whiddon, Ida Joe Simmons, Elvie Herndon, Mary Frances Hendry. SECOND ROW: Maud Rice, Mabel Parker, Euna Coghlan, Aur- mer Mae Ward, Oween Knowles, Ethelene Rowell, Geraldine Knowles. THIRD ROW: Mary Scott, Wanda Mixon, Nelda Hendry, Jewell Hendry, Shirley Rice, Elsie Mae Reams, Janie Word. 4-H CLUB-GROUP II FIRST ROW: Marjorie Courtney, Bill Holton, Mary Jane Williams, Billie Dean Tedder, Betty Jean Hendry, Annie Jane Poppell, Martha Williams, Rosa Lee Simmons, Marjorie Crosby, Margaret Howell, Johelen Louis, Alda Whitfield. SECOND ROW: Betty Lou English, Maxine Wilson, Ruthie Mae Gunter, Willie Kate Fowler, Betty Green, LaWanda Granthum, Dorothy Bradshaw, Edna Merle Jackson. THIRD ROW: Spence McLeod, Leonce Osteen, Berdine Rowell, Martha Rae Albritton, Virginia Sheffield, June Hendry, Mildred Morgan, Dorothy Ann Bass. 4-H CLUB-GROUP III FIRST ROW: Elease Jacobs, Dorothy Mansfield, Rachel Sadler, Betty Kasell, Gladys Faye Parker, Lucy Lee Poppell, Jettie Pearl Rodgers, Laura Rowell, Dorothy Bass, Leith Audery Lynn, Joan King. SECOND ROW: Sara Frances Tolar, Betty Jean Revels, Lois Turnage, Erma Lee Kilcrease, LaMarion Mattair, Patricia Sweeney, Marie Swindle, Julia Ann Andrews. THIRD ROW: Jimmie Lee Holten, Jimmie Lee Courtney, Dorothy Kyle, Lamar Strickland, Patricia Bethea, Gloria Faye Goode, Mary Annie Lundy, Jimmie Louis Gibson, Helen Dixon. MRS. MOLLY MORGAN School Nurse CAFETERIA PERSONNEL The Cafeteria, under the competent supervision of Mrs. Charles W. Persons, serves from three hundred and fifty to three hundred and seventy-five lunches each day to students and faculty of T. C. H. S. There are seven student assistants and five ladies who cock and serve these excellent lunches. They deserve great praise for the excellent work they and their supervisor have done. EULA GRAHAM, ANNA WOODWARD, ALLIE PARKER, SELLA TEDDER PROPHECY-Continued Then on to Madison Square Garden. A wrestling match was beginning as we drove up. The Women's Heavyweight Championship was at stake. Dancing around looking for a vulnerable spot were Ida Mae Mixon, undefeated champion and Willie Mae Mills, challenger. Their referee was Clyde McIntyre. On a corner downtown, Nelda Hendry and Eutah Knowles were selling apples with a neon light flashing on and off overhead—Special Today!—Purebred Persian Worm Included in Each Apple!—Special! Ann Keller and Mervine Sheffield were cleaning the street in front of Mrs. Blair's home when we arrived there. They were dressed very becomingly in dirty white overalls. We wete pretty hungry by this time, so we went back to the kitchen for an informal snack. Mary Mantzonas, the maid, had just prepared a sumptuous feast for her country cousin from Taylor County, Mazelle Stephens. Mazelle slipped out the back door just in time, but we asked her back in, and the four of us enjoyed supper together. ★ WILL-Continued I, Mary Lois Johnson, bequeath my intelligence in bookkeeping to Chubby Thompson. I, Ann Keller, will my ability to speak Spanish like a native to Betty Lou Crouch. I, Eutah Knowles, leave my lightning speed in shorthand to Mrs. Hendry to pass on to someone who needs it. I, Elouise Lee, bequeath my beautiful flaming red hair to Mary Louise Lindsey. I, Kathlyn McHargue, bequeath my office as President of the Senior Class and also bestow my greatest sympathies to whoever that poor unfortunate may be. I, Clyde McIntyre, bequeath my ability to take things slow and easy to Frances Granger. I, Willie Mae Mills, do hereby leave my desk in Bookkeeping class to someone with more sense than I have. I, Ida Mae Mixon, bequeath my love for teachers to anyone who is without it. I, Pattie Odom, bequeath my identifying giggle to Leon Price, with high hopes that he can use it. I, Celia Parker, leave my ability to make A's in Home Economics to Callie Nix. I, Mervine Sheffield, leave my ability to learn English to my sister Virginia. I, Janie Lou Slaughter, do hereby bequeath my ability to type to Mary Frances Hendry. I, Tobie Walker, will my ability to square dance to Billy Sapp. I, Betty Widner, will my ability to stay an old maid to my sister, Johelen. I, Iris Dee Wilson, will my 21-inch waistline to anyone who is over 36 inches. FOOTBALL TEAM A. C. Jenkins, Jimmy McCall, Billy Koon, Richard Huggins, Jcel Maddox, Loyd Woods, Leon Price, Henry Stokes, Joe Griner, Edwin NeSmith, Johnny Mantzanas, Frank Polhill, Willie Joe Gunter, Joke Hamilton, Willard Ellison, Thericn Tedder, W. H. Bennett, John L. Odom, Charles Guy, Tommy Puckett, Everett Blair, Barney Johnson, Hal Thompson, Chubby Thompson, Larry Thompson, Bishop Clark. MR. A. C. EDENFIELD Custodian FOOTBALL HIGHLIGHTS Due to the excellent leadership of Coach Bembry in his first year at T. C. H. S., and the cooperation of the whole squad, the 1944 Toylcr High football team has the fine record of 8 victories to only one loss, and 137 points to the opponents' combined 57 This year's team, by defeating every Conference foe, won the distinction of being the first Champions of the North Florida Conference, which was formed this year with T. C. H. S., Madison, Cross City, Monficello, Jasper, and Jennings as charter members. At the banquet at the close of the season honoring the team members and their dads, letters were awarded, and Frank Polhill was announced as Honorary Captain and Bishop Clark as Alternate Captain. As they are Seniors the team will greatly miss them next year, along with four other Seniors: Charles Guy, Larry Thompson, Everett Blair, aijd W. H. Bennett. Several ether players will be missing in next year's roster for they are leaving school to enter the armed forces. Two of these are Barney Johnson and Johnny Mantzanas. COACH JOHN BEMBRY SEASON'S PLAY: GAME BY GAME TAYLOR 13 - MONTICEUO 0 On the first kick-cff of the season, Charles Guy reversed to Frank Polhill, who ran 80 yards for a touchdown. Again the Bulldogs scored and made the extra point to defeat the Tigers, 13-0. TAYLOR 13 - LIVE OAK 6 Starting as underdogs, the Taylor eleven scored first but the Live Oak Lads came back in the third guarter to tie the score, 6-6. In the waning minutes of the game Clark took a screen pass from Polhill to take the ball to the ten yard line. Two plays later Clark received a pass and went over easily. The point was good, making the score 13-6 for the first victory over Live Oak in the history of the rivalry between the two schools. TAYLOR 12 - CROSS CITY 0 The Taylor Squad by hard, but clean playing, defeated their arch rivals, the Cross City Bears. The Bears were trying to break a long series of defeats administered by the Bulldogs in past years. TAYLOR 6 - HIGH SPRINGS 19 The disappointment of the season came when the Oranae and Blue dropped a heartbreaker to High Springs. With too many errors and High Springs' deceptive offense, the final score was chalked up os Taylor 6 and High Springs 19. TAYLOR 13 - QUINCY 6 Fine playina on the port of the line, Charles Guy's punts and the smart field- generaling of Willie Jce Gunter downed the highly favored Quincy boys in the best game of the season. TAYLOR 24 - CROSS CITY 6 Invading Cross City, the Bulldogs handed the Bears another defeat. Again on a kick-off reverse, a touchdown was scored. This time Charles Guy carried the ball 85 yards. TAYLOR 21 - JASPER 7 After a large pep rally, and the burning of Jasper over a bonfire, the Taylor eleven downed Jasper in the Homecoming game. In this game the line showed its mettle and easily ran over the Jasper line. TAYLOR 21 - MADISON 7 Led by Mantzanas, the plunging fullback, the Orange and Blue again emerged as victors, with the Bullpups holding Madison very well in the last half. TAYLOR 13 - MONTICELLO 6 The line led by Seniors Larry Thompson, Everett Blair, W. H. Bennett, and Bishop Clark, again played a stellar garde. With the score tied 6-6 in the first quarter, the Bulldogs broke up a touchdown drive of Monticello's and crashed , down the field to again score and make the point as the whistle blew with the score standing 13-6. ★ TAYLOR BASKETEERS 1945 SCHEDULE We They DEC. 15 MAYO 31 16 JAN. 12 MADISON 31 14 JAN. 16 GREENVILLE 28 19 JAN. 18 MONTICELLO 35 19 JAN. 23 AUCILLA 43 17 FEB. 2 MONTICELLO 23 17 FEB. 6 CROSS CITY 27 25 FEB. 9 HAVANA 25 31 FEB. 13 GREENVILLE 16 27 xFEB. 15 AUCILLA 50 16 xFEB. 16 JENNINGS 26 17 xFEB. 16 GREENVILLE 19 16 xFEB. 17 MONTICELLO 35 21 FEB. 20 AUCILLA 50 25 FEB. 23 MADISON 38 41 FEB. 27 CROSS CITY 31 28 zMAR. 2 FOLEY 34 19 zMAR. 2 JASPER 48 35 zMAR. 3 GREENSBORO 52 24 zMAR. 3 MADISON 17 20 oMAR. 8 HOMESTEAD 33 52 x—North Florida Conference Tournament, z—District Tournament, o—State Tournament. GIRLS' BASKETBALL SQUAD FIRST ROW: Alice Howard, Edna Merle Carlton, Earline Davis, Lorene Green, Cap- tain,- Coach Norman, Iris Dee Wilson, Alternate Captain; Eutha Knowles, Frances Blue, Manager. SECOND ROW: Gloria Poppell, Mazelle Stephens, Polly Murphy, Glenna Jean Brown, Marilyn NeSmith, Priscilla McCaskill, Eugenia Peacock, Mary Prances Brannen, Joyce Linton. THIRD ROW: Ella Mae Courtney, Ann Moody, Dorothy Dixon, Lyndal Duck- worth, Geraldine Knowles, Mary Fraces Hendry, Juanita Mclntire, Annie Jane Poppell, Hazel Kemp. We They MAYO 15 35 MADISON 20 14 GREENVILLE 27 17 MONTICELLO 18 22 LEON 13 10 MONTICELLO 20 24 CROSS CITY 22 11 GREENVILLE 18 21 LEON 16 3 MADISON 22 17 CROSS CITY 16 31 The 1945 Taylor Basketeers, overcoming the loss of Frank Polhill and W. H. Bennett to the Navy at the start of the season, ran up 16 victories to 5 defeats. Bishop Clark was high point man with 102 points. Willie Gunter was second with 157, and Edwin NeSmith was third with 126. Polhill gathered 61 points in the games in which he participated. In the first North Florida Conference Tournament, the Bulldogs ran over Aucilla 50-16, downed Jennings 26-17, took Greenville 19-16, and defeated Monticello in the finals 35-21 to be crowned the Conference Basketball Champions. BOYS7 BASKETBALL FIRST ROW: Rudolph Ashton, Therion Tedder, Jimmie .Carey, W. H. Bennett, John L. Odom, Hal Thompson, Harry Massey, Henry Stokes. SECOND ROW: Jimmy McCall, Edwin NeSmith, Buddy Bryant, Coach Bembry, Bishop Clark, Willie Joe Gunter, A, C. Ellison, Ralph Reddick. Madison Was The Win ner, Defeating Perry 20-17 In The Saturday Night Finals. °e4 Madison and Perry will repre- sent the second district at the state class B tournament i Daytona Beach, the Perry team leaving here this morning. Their schedule calls for them to play Homestead, first seeded team m the tournament tonight.- Madison was the winner of the Second District Basketball Tournament played in the gym- nasium in Perry last Thursday., Friday and Saturday, the Madi- son team nosing out Perry 20- 17 in the championship game played Saturday night at nine o’clock. During the regular season Perry had defeated Madison im two games and then won from Madison in the North Florida Conference games at Madison two weeks ago, but in the final game here Saturday night the Madison boys were hot and had the range of the basket. They had dominated the upper brack- et series during the tournament as Perry did in the lower brack- et. Madison won from Mt. Plea- sant 42-16, from Cross City 30- 21, from Monticello 27-22. Perry reached the finals by winning from Foley 34-19, from Jasper 48-38, from Greensboro 52-24. The championship trophy war presented to Madison. Perry got the trophy to the runner-up and Greensboro won the eonaetattoa prize. Scores of all games will be found elsewhefe in this paper. The tournament was the most successful ever held in the dis- trict, with about 33 per cent more attending than was the case last year. The officials came in for praise from all teams tak- ing part, and there were no com- plaints. The officials were Cor- poral Robert Lunsford of the Perry Air Field, B. F. Blanchard of Cross Cify and Euaeoe Hart- saw of the University of .Flor- ida. V3, vri c4 nervia k . « ©«55, “'“'cl “f his event has exp ® of (.vati°n t0j v,e apPr“c v b'cD hhh'ie  4® „ vrn sxh were tar otbeT Tournament Results AT PERRY GYMNASIUM Thursday night: Aucilla 42, Lee 16. Foley 25, Day 24 Greenville 25, Mayo 18. “ Friday morning- Cross city 25, Aucilla 15. Madison 42, Mt. Pleasant 16. . Ionticello 29, Apalachicola 26 ■Friday afternoon Havana 22. Pinetta l] Perry 34, Foley 19 ’Per 27, Carrabelle 28 Greensboro 22. Jennings 16 Friday night: Madison 30. Cross City Monticello 21, Havana 20.' Perry 48, Jasper 38. Greensboro 47, Greenville 16 o .xurelay morning: Madison 27, Monticello 22. t erry 52. Greensboro 24 Saturday night: Madison 20, Perry 17 ,i?reen;S! 0ro defeated' Monti e,1° in consolation game I'' •« t.. toU ! ve com- 1946 basVtjtb ve «eat ' J' pertf. gjtbe « £ |l fott a Yerry1 ,J«ude, ad oboe- t 'cS'ct s SSi B«8’ tS- sess« n VOti,«hihi! cuft « rtbe turC ,-ear -a ,layer® 25 lver aWi wa out onC p a ade irR- P shots Valedictorian Balfour Medal PATTIE ODOM Salutatorian D. A. R. Medal ANN KELLER Most Intellectual Wittiest Seniors Friendliest Seniors BISHOP CLARK LORENE GREENE AMERICAN LEGION AWARD This certifies that Carolyn McLeod of Taylor County High School is selected for this award because she is found to possess among others those high qualities of Cour- age, Character, Service, Companionship, and Scholarshio, which are ncessary to the preservation and protection of the funda- mental institutions of our government and the advancement of society. This award is made by Arthur H. Cherry Post No. 96, The Department of Florida, The American Legion on May 25, 1945. This certifies that Ralph Reddick of Taylor County High School is selected for this award because he is found to possess, among others, those high qualities of char- acter—Honor, Courage, Scholarship, Leader- ship, and Service—which are necessary to the preservation and protection of the funda- mental institutions of our government and the advancement of society. This award is made by Arthur H. 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It is their hope that you will fight through to build a new world of peace, of opportunity, of security • The burden is heavy, the responsibility great but there is no one else on whom it can fall, no one else who can clear the shadows from the world and bring again an era of CEILING UNUMUED’’. outlook is clouded. The world is groping its way as it seeks to find the path to peace and security. Mis- takes of the past have brought the terrible tragedy of war today. • Men are fight- ing and dying the world over to preserve for you that TEMPLE and FOLEY THEATRES The Best In Amusements PERRY, FLORIDA FOLEY, FLORIDA We wish to express our gratitude to those who have rendered their ser- vices and made this book possible. Mr. A. H. Wentworth, principal, who has given us competent advice. Miss Merle Souter, sponsor of Tacohi, who had the patience to put up with us. Advertisers, who made this book possible. Barney O'Quinn, who secured rationed film for us. Photographers, Mr. Fisher and Mrs. Garrett, who spent valuable time in order to make the group pictures. 7he J-r) j Dec M 6 o y