Tennessee Wesleyan College - Nocatula Yearbook (Athens, TN)

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.E.MIOR; St ' . ' 5 ' H •{1 ' . t y Y- Ny ' i xy A-? a - -f ' a : i: ELLEN WALKER ■ ' Pinkie . Athens. Tennessee. S. L. S. CHARLIE R. WARREN Worm Abingdon, Virginia. President P. L. S.. H. I. T. LUCILE WRIGHT Red . Athens. Tennessee. Heme Eccnomics Club, Art Club. ELBERT L. WILLSON Eb . Athens, Tennessee. Foctball 27- ' 29- ' 30, Basket ball Manager ' 31, Student Council ' 30 Secretary A. L. S. -31, Nocatula Staff, Most Valuable Player Football ' SO. JAMES B. WILSON. ■ - , Chattanooga, Tennessee. Treasurer and Chapla.n P. L. S., Wesleyan Brotherhood. Y. M. C. A., Judge Clem Jones English Prize ' 30. .1. C. DUCKWORTH. Decatur. Tennessee. rvT E N N E S S E E W E S L E Y A :; ATHENS, TENNESSE E,

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bmior; NELLE STILL Bootiful . Cleveland, Tennessee. Vice President Sigma Tau Sigma ' 31, Moffitt Music Club ' 30, Home Eco- nomics Club ' 31, K, L. S,, Art Club, Edna ' s room-mate ' 30 and ' 31, WINTHROP STIVERS ' Windy , Chattanooga, Tennessee. Piesident P. L, S. ' 31, Vice President H. I, T., Orchestra. Student Council. WILMA STE ' WART Bill . VVadley, Alabama. Pi nu Lamoda, i, L. S., Glee Club, Y. W. C. A„ Queen Esther, Alabama Club. GRACE TAYLOR. Calhoun, Tennessee. Secretary-Treasuier Gamma Gamma ' 31, Rep. Pan Hellenic Council ' 31, ? Club ' 30, S, L. S„ Glee Club ' 30. Music Club ' 30. NAOMI TAYLOR ' Tacmi . Rcc ' Kwood. Tennessee. K. L. S., Y. W. C. A., Assistant Director Glee Club, Alpha Gamma, P. K. CATHERINE THOMPSON. Athens, Tennessee. S. L. S. GERALDINE TROWBRIDGE Gerry Fort Lauderdale, Florida. S. L. S. VESTA WALKER. Athens, Tennessee., S. L. S. rv,T ENNESSEE WESLEY AN ATHENS, TENNESSE E ii .

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GANGS TERS The gang gathered in on September 5, 1929 and after a quiet exchage of bombs between Windy Stivers and Hoss Wright settled down to the rattle of machine guns and revolvers, with an oc- casional explosion from sawed off shot-guns. In this comparative quiet Charles Mehaffey, the chairman pro-tern, managed to get an election over. The gang then had brilliant ideas concern- ing a reformation., so they elected as leader or big boss, the Reverend Charles D. Mehaffey, and carried the steps toward reformation still farther by electing the Right Reverend Samuel Adkins as Charlie ' s right hand man. As secretary and hold er of the loot they selected that noble personage, Jo-an Sims. After the election they retired to each of their respective strongholds, and all was quiet along the front yard. November came drifting along with Armistice Day and the Tennessee-Kentucky football game. It was about this time that the cops, under the leadership of some person named Robb, descended upon the gangsters. However after a terrific third degree Reverend Charles was found to be still in charge of his cohorts and his cohorts hold- ing subbornly on to their precinct. A few of the gang dropped out, but the majority of them were still in the field, chunking bombs and smiling. After the Christmas holidays a smaller clan which had been driven from the Centenary on ac- count of poor business condition; joined, and the peaceful riots continued. One rival gang, led by a ferocious blonde, one H. L. Davis, Jr , who called his cronies Seniors, dis- uted their right to operate in their chosen terri- tory. After considerable discussion the cops promised, on account of their long, devoted, and destructive service, to give certificates of distinc- tion to the Seniors and allow them to retire. In honor of their retirement the Gang on a night in February gave a blowout at the Robert E. Lee Hotel with cannons (not Pistol), machine guns, -v,T ENNESSEE WESLEY AN shot guns, bowie knives, daggers, bombs and all revolvers above 32 ' s barred. Somewhere about June 2, 1929, the cops i sued the certificates to the Davis mob, and declared a three months truce- The gangsters were glad to accept it as it gave them a chance to recover from wounds, and sore feet (and heads). Once more all was quiet in the hall ways. Returning to the field of conflict in September of 1931 with J. Neal Ensminger as general boss, Je sie Crowder as his assistant, and Jo-an Sims as publicity agent, the gang had given up all idea of reformation and consequently elected Earl Henry as boss with none other than FranK (Abie) Ho- back, Jr., and Ruby Hart as his assistants, and sent Windy Stivers and Mary Esther Lee to the gen- eral council. They had diminished somewhat in size, but the craftine s which comes with experieiice was a satisfactory substitute for the gangsters gone. The going was easier this time, and the clan ' went through its first conflict without the loss of a single gun and very little ammunition. But hi tory must repeat itself. A crowd who called themselves Juniors and who were led by a young upstart, J. Mac Ray, challenged them for the right to carry on in the territory where they had so long held sway. To avoid a battle, they accepted the same terms they had forced upon the Davis mob to accept, and soon stepped up and received their certificates, after which they re- tired or go to find another battle ground. But they have had their day and are ready to go. Two whole years they have sat in chapel lis- tening to college presidents, lawyer, doctors, and preachers talk in the vain hope that one of them would be Al Capone in disguise. But after all, they may not be so tough. A crowd that is so unselfishly conscientious in their work of destruction must have a few in their midst who are true, and will be a credit to the nation; so all hail the Gangsters. May their tribe in- crease! — Earl Henry- ATHENS, TENNESSE E