Trousdale County High School - Stepping Stone Yearbook (Hartsville, TN)

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lslr Yy 1 Trousdale County is located in the grand division of Tennessee known as the Central Basin Soil and climate haxe combined so as to render the region of prime importance in agriculture It has a land area of 106 square miles In 1930 the population wx as 5 629 Considering its S178 Trousdale is the wx ealthiest county in the state The total increase xalue in 1938 was S2 520 262 Until 1870 the history of Trousdale County was tied up with that of Sumner of which it xx as a part At that time the territory now in our county became 1 separate division It was named Trousdale in honor of William Trousdale W1ll1 m Trousdale The War Horse of Sumner was ffovernor of Tennessee from 1849 1851 He had been a soldier m the Creek War in the Florida Wars and had serx ed wx 1th great ability in the Mexican standing., quality that his political claims w cre not denied by the people Born in North Carolina in 1790 Trousdale died in 1879 two years after the new county had been created Hartsville selected for the capital was named in honor of James Hart an eaily and distinguished settler Trousdale County has had a leading part in the development of trans portatlon in Tennessee The first road in what IS now Tennessee ran from North Carolina In order to bu1ld up settlements in this section the mother state be fan the building of roads The North Carolina road or Avery s Trace was blazed out in 1788 Peter Ax ery a hunter from Washington district was selected as guide to direct the blaving of the trail thi ough the Wilderness This trace crossed East Tennessee and followed a rambling course by way of Fort Blount through T1 ousdale County on to Nashxille Over this trace came a num ber of immigran.s to the Cumberl nd settlements in 1788. In that com- pany vs eie such notable persons as General William Davidson Judge John McNairy and Andieyw Jackson. One of the first regular stage coach routes in this section later ran over this road betvn een Carthage and Nashxille. Today our county still has several houses supposedly built in North Carolina The census of 1930 rated the illiteracy in Trousdale County at 14.3. In spite of this fact vue haxe one of the most highly accredited school systems in Tennessee. Trousdale has what is probably the most completely con- sclidated school sy stem in Tennesse . LAURA OWEN. 4 is y I L! -O 7 fri I 'L' g I l K V . L . Q , l . H L 7 . .... A , . v l L ' I lg u . 7 . 9 7 ' C . . . . . ' ' - 'Q u ar X . 4. 1 , , O - 1 . . v H K V V . . . War. His military record and high personal character were of such out- 1 7 'A . 7 . 7 I 7 1 .A l 7' .L L u KC 77 4 ' ' T . O .. ' 7 GK Y! ' V , . . . , . . . T . 1 ,, . ,, . A Y. I . - 4 a , . , Y 7 K r v r , . f. e

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT As rs the custom of the Senror Class each year to yyr prrt of therr propertres to the undergrrduate yye t e Class of 1940 do hereby make and prrhlrsh otrr ast Wrll and Testament To our Prrncrpal Mr Pullras yye lerye otrr that k and appre ratron for everythrng he has done for us to make rt possrble for tts to graduate To the faculty yye leaye a loye and appre ratrcn for therr care patrence and rnsprrrtron thrt they haye shoyvn us durrng our past years To the Junror Class yve leaye otrr best yvrshes an hope that they yyrll be as drgnrlred as yye thrnk yye lr We hope that the folloyyrng yyrll shall be carrred out as rr rs necessary for us to get rrd of some of otr unneeded possessrons O G Brockett leaves to Paul Cassrty hrs abrlrty to of rt James Burroyy leaves to Roger T Cox hrs desrre attend class at least one day out of each yy. eek Leola Cutrell bequeaths to Elrzabeth Garrett her power to master hrstory as she does Dorothy Dalton wrlls to Efhre Oldham her chance of standrng rn yvrth the teachers and also her place rn the Glee Club Marran Franklrn leayes to Brrtton Lrnyrlle her krnd yyays and the attempt to talk rn a loyy IOFM. of yorce Goldman Gregory leayes hrs determrnatron to frnrsh school to Snooks Duncan Wendolyn Hackett wrlls to Lrllran Haley her prrmp mg artrcles Part of these vyrll be found rn the Crty Cafe and the rest of them between here and Kempyrllc Jeyyel Hall bequeaths to Julra Majors her desrre to redu e to a normal srle Coelle Hancock leaves to Eleanor Stone hrs motto Sloyy but sure Wrmesres MARGARET GENTRY C H Wrr.BURN Ctrl Holleman yy rlls to L p comb Sttrbblelreld an un tsed bookke prng set and assures hrm thrt rt rs as good yya at begtrnnrng of the year Earl Jones bequeaths to Betty Key hrs quret yyays hoprng that Betty yyrll not grggle qurte so much rn th future John Wrllram Mrrtrn leryes to Cleston Dayrs hrs loye for blondes Darts McMurry leayes to Gene Pullras her trtle o Best All Round Senror grrl Irene Oldham leayes her nrethod of gorng to toyyn and her blonde harr to Verna Dudney Annre Rankrn yyrlls her seat rn the study hall to Ras enry Holder yyrll prob bly be srtt nq rn rt l947 Charles Lee Robrnson leayes to James Perkrns hrs Englrsh credrr proyrded he qets rt before James ge s one Rubylre Smrth bequeaths to Jack Drckens her ch yy rnp gum yy hrch yyrll be found under a plate on the BIS! tablt. rn the cafeterra Verpre Sneed yyrlls to Lorene Holder 1 portron of her yy erght Probably thrs yyrll make Lorene Uroyy to nor mal srze Mary Strnson leayes to Lrhby Dryrs her autographs and prctures of moyre stars H C Wrllrams heqtreaths to Brllyf Cothron h poyyer to study lrttle and absorb mtrch Grady Murphy leayes to Brlly Frank Celsor tron at the yyrndovys at the foot of th steps Rosalre Watson yyrlls to Laura Oyvtn her mor o To haye and to hold IN WITNFSS WHEREOF and srgnetl on tht tyyenty first day of May rn the year of our Lord cne housand nne hundred and forty Sryned DEAN! ROBFR150lN ' ' j Il . 5 3 - . ' ' . s. ' . h :, c ' . . .. . ' . ' 4 . ,, I' . 4. l as rt ' s the ,' ' I' . . H C Y . d L . , I A V , ' ' 1 H y . He f A g ' lr X ' ' by' make A's. and we hope that Paul will make the ,best . . , V . t ' . . ' ' to V - - N ,- . , . . . . ' ' ' is Y . , . y . W It It V Q ' It A. big UA, C I7 j

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