Vidalia High School - Hobachee Yearbook (Vidalia, GA)

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the s1de spl1tt1ng pranks ci the wltty, wordy, and worrlsome Jack Hutche son Lest lt be forvotten when 1n the good old days the JUn10TS had a treat 1nfluence 1n br1nv1n home the D1StP1Ct L1terary oup and Tay Hlgh Pattray made a touchdown w1th Aubrey New's heart the HOBACH r was begun JUH1OT ola s has now been reduced to orews var breaks out! The 3un1ors brawny, senlors very day That war far more ser1ous results and chanbes thr1ll of the Favorlte prank of every year comes a the substltuted and new teachers That's all well Great play1nL of the drama on the fateful day when and everyth1np goes dead wrong She knows all the The vrand f1H81G, set ln 1941, 1S trag1c because the once b1g a small class of S8n1OFS, and trouble 1ns1st on f1aht1nL the bralny, not 1S fun but the fear of another one sold1ers lhen the ain that of ntry1 H and good unt1l the 1n steps Mlss Grler ropes, turns the teachers 1HtO ll U tables, and tF16S tne senlors noth1nv 1S settled, and the aud1ence and even the cast Even as the Ilnal urtaln falls, the mystery 15 st1ll unraveled, doesn't know the outcome Never w1ll they be tovether a ain what w1ll happen after the last curtaln call when they are costumed in caps and gowns and each one's property 1S a dlploma? fOddly enough one sen1or, smelled h1s d1plovm.and ch1rped Nlt a1n't3 MISS Gr1er, Billy Somers, lt Just ain't T10 ITIOPS Lest we Forget 18 a vreat unwr1tten drama oi l1fe's serles of catastrophes and 1S bound to be a h1t of any season Llke many other unwr1tten plays and StOP16S of 11f6, lt conta1ns thousands of l1ttle plots, haopv and sad, wh1ch can only be remembered 1n the mlnds of those around whom lt revolved All the promlnent characters cannot oe revlewed 1n one br1ef art1cle, but the th1rtv n1ne leadlnv actors on th1s worldly stale had a supuortlnv cast only they can apprec1ate The great d1rector the lS a fate w1ll faculty commented, 'The work and everythlng 1n connect1on w1th lt memorable Joy to all of us The sequel to th1S play 1S one only can wrlte but the autnenlc background and story of Lest we Forget rema1n tne vreatest drama 1n the 11f6 of the class of 4T' Helen Davls Class Hlstorlan 14 . . . -, . . - J. - . , . . . . . r Lil 4 . . . . fr . . . Q ,, up . kj LJ CJ '- I I ' 'IN1 L r ' . -. - . - In 4 0 . . . . . o . . . - o . 1 -.- . . . . . . U. . ' ' O 1 . . 'I Q V U . . . M rr . , , . . . ' cr ..- n .3 Q . . . O . . . . a- D N . L. 0 . , . ' , -, . A . . . V . . . 1 LJ ' Q n 5, o . . . ' v . . . . . . . . A I I' Q . . A, . . Q o Q' 1..- .........-. 0 I . . . . . . . . 1 . . . .. . . 1 . . . . . . . . . .- v on , ' .L ' ' r ' N I- , , I . . . . . . 4 . . . . Q gg - - 0 . , . r U A -...1 .......1 . . . . . 7- ' U . . .

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the first act with two girls hav1ng those 1n1t1a1s and both Clalmlng the t1t1e As the houselights go out and the second curtaln r1ses there 1S an astound1ng change of set In the fourth year of school life of the already dlminished class, they are found in the cellar of the large brick structure known to them as the 'big building The l1ving con d1t1OnS are terrible and yet a satlsfied 'cat that swallowed the canary smark covers the happy little faces Maybe no school after all fif the U S Government dec1des to build a new build1ngj is the general whlsper and thought Yes, the new building was erected, but school ccntlnued too F1ve days a week, the loyal, intent on education youngsters carry the1r books and small electrlc heaters to the third floor of the Pal Theatre bullding Here many tr1als and trlbulatlons come and go, but a perpetual state of w1ld confus1on results when a hu orous L1ttle charac ter, wear1ng horn r1mmed glasses and clad 1n knlokers wh1ch were never buckled at the knees enters the class No actor on earth could have played that part but Earl Watklns And who could forget the wild romp1ng tomboy, Mark Mathews, who amused h1mself when he didn't have a broken limb by stlcking pins in Mary Brewton Time speeds on and the industrious group is found 1n a new 1n his pocket At thls polnt a clamor is heard off stage, and Evelyn McIntyre, who couldn't stay away any longer, enters for the second t1me, only to ex1t and come back again at a later pclnt Georgia h1story at tacks 1ts v1ct1ms made interest1ng by Hylan K1rkland's return and Margie Wilkes, a blonde, green eyed belle from Almwell, who 18 the new added attract1on The play has a good plot but often the un1ty 1S broken when the sets continually change Now half the cast 1S sent down to the basement, where fun res1des because Bobby McArthur flnds out it is more thrilllng to go out the w1ndow than the door The curtain falls on a r1ot as everybody joins h1m and the bewlldered Miss Mallory struggles to restore law and order The third act curtain comes up on the same cast, although scarcely recogn1zable because they're sl1ghtly aged, w1ser, and a b1t of soph1stlcat1on 18 added to the1r ego They are in high school now know lt all and are hard to teach This, however, doesn't last long! It takes only a few days for the antagonizing rea11zat1on of the1r dumb ness to come to them and thenmaybe we ain't so smart after alln expres sions to appear Agnes Nelson, making her first entrance, makes all eyes turn green with envy There is, however, no cause for Jealously when the news gets around that Agnes flunked the second grade Time marches on, and the gallant sophs are snootlng the fresh men, working hard, and playlng hard when the attractlon of attractlons jumps forth with one loud guffaw That is only a mald way of introduc1ng 13 on . 0 s - - - - -- gg building which is decorated by the red bandana Melvin Page always carries

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C CZSS IDTOIULQCZ7 Vldalla General Hosp1tal Vldalla, GSOFb1Q Dear Earl, may ze, 1956 Here lt lS the eve of the flfteenth annlver ary of our grad uatlon from hlgh school It's too bad that you, our sen1or class PFGS1 dent can't be present at our reunlon I suppose lt IS pretty lnconven 1ent to travel all the way from the South Sea Islands to attend Most of the class w1l1 be there, but of course, there w1ll be a few who cannot be present For lnstance Aubrey New n1S 1S such a sad case! It seems that he gust never recovered when May Hlgh marr1ed Jack Hutcheson, but I suppose he's comfortable now that Enn1S Dav1s, the well known contractor, has remodeled the h1lledgev1lle san1tarmn He really d1d a good Job of lt I am told he even 1nstalled some of tnose 'thlng a ma J1gsn that J H Atk1ns nvented and they really cost But speak1ng of may Hlgh and Jack you comedy, Peck's Bad Boy After a S11 months' run now tourlng the country, break1ng all box O1f1C8 Maurlne Sheppard 1S now known on Broadway as the should see the1r new on Broadway, they are records By the way L1ll1an Russell of 1906 She subst1tutes L A Roberts for Dlamond J1. B ady nylan and Stewart won't be there e mer I saw 1n the V1dal1a Advance Qyou know that Bllly Ledford edlts 1 nowj that Judpe J L Lynn H Just sentenced the K1rkland Kouslns to slug S1ng for the summer It seems that the1r New York home lS closed and Mlaml IS too hot for th n so they dec1ded to do somethlng about lt They d1d Mark Mathews has Just been elec d ch1ef electrocutloner t San Quentin prlson After the elect1on he bought a new Rolls Royce You know, of course that Clyde McBr,de, the Republ1can 1S new nhat1ng war 1n the Nhlte House, a1ded by Ruth Saffold who also Nhates war Aary Hazel Kelly has Just been made ambassador to Arabla But the most herolc member of the class turned out to be Jlmmy Coleman, the man wno k1lled Hltler by spr1nkl1ng salt on h1s mustache The neurot1c, SXOCIC erotlc, and tommyrot1c book that Margorle Frost wrote on J1mmy'S l1fe lS well on 1ts way to becomlng a best seller Fate does do odd th1ngs For L6W1S Van Dyke 1S now the entlre board of experts on nInformat1on, Please, and lHTlOH Dykes, much to h1S surprlse, has recently been elected superlntendent of V1dal1a Hlch School Another member of our class has also become educat1on mlnded Joanne Gordon, who 1S tutor of a French famlly, reads the chlldren to sleep every nlght w1th Sans Fam1l1e But surprlse of all SHPpF1S6S to me was that Gold1e Smlth, who really wanted to be a teacher 16 known throughout Toombs County as the flrst woman mayor of V1dal1a 15 . . . . . '. K .- . . . . S .- . . . . . .. . 7 . . . - C Q . . . - w. . 0 , o . . - . ' Qi. . . . . L ' ' ' ' - -A .. . . ' , 1 X . u . . , ' -v o 7-.-. -T .-.. . I . x .. ' , . . . . ,- . . . o 0 xl I' o ,., a . . . ., 'A f I . 'lr 1..:...... V D l U . . . . .,. . as - Q . . . . . - It 'Q- . . . . o 1 o . . . -LW .. ' 0 J n . . . 'KY I I n - . . . n f , . . o v . . . - - . . . . L. . I . . . . . . . . . . o . . . . s I n ' 1 I .u . . . . - U' . . 0 ' o . . . . . . . . I . . 11 i-11 ' I . . . Y 0