Vidalia High School - Hobachee Yearbook (Vidalia, GA)

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In every class, however, there are those who 1ns1st on getting bltten by that well known bug called love Such was the fate of Jack Thompson Poor Jack! He came ho e the other n1ght not with a shampoo but a genuine poo and a hair cut wh1ch looked as 1f h1s head had been caught 1n a pencil sharpener Marg1e Wllkes met him at the door an promptly pulled the last b1t of h1s ha1r out Then there 15 the case of Earl Watklns, who 13 now Mr Carollne Fa1ne Th1s affa1r was inst1 gated by Billy Somers, the former propaganda chief at V H S who is new head of the N U T labor unlon But another k1nd of bug bit one member of the class That was the mov1e bug Evelyn McIntyre has ach1eved the position as the voice of Beauty ln Walt Disney's latest productlon, The SISBPIDE Beauty After the plcture was completed, Evelyn was elected C amor G1rl of 1956 Bobby McArthur 13 follow1ng an anny career H1s friends now know hlm as General Nuisance of the United States Army Mildred Riner, who decided that John Campbell alone was not enough, has been marrled seven tlmes already quiet V1rg1n1a Coleman would have thought that she would become a news reporter, and W1nchell's asslstant at that She says, however, that she l1kes her work, for now she 18 flnancially able to buy those expenslve cosmetlcs that bear the names of Pauline Benton and Margaret Willlford Mary Frances Yates, the g1rl w1th such pretty auburn hair, was plctured 1n their last advertlsement in Vogue I guess you wonder what became of Helen Dav1s She and Ma Brewton Cyou remember that they were such good frlends in h1gh school are still together They l1ve 1n a large colonial house on the h1ll and ra1se cats When Helen gets tempermental on a w1ndy day, cat fur can be seen for m1les around Who would have ever thought when Helen played Katherine that she would spend the rest of her life ralsing oats ingtead of sand But Mary seems perfectly happy now that she doesn't have grammar grade news to worry about Mary Frances Murchison, who never washed a d1sh ln her life, married a farmer merchant, Melvin Page H C McDerm1d, her next door ne1ghbor, runs both farms temporarily, for her husband has been con fined 1n gall because of d1sorderly conduct Last, but not least, Eulas Hall woke up and became Pastor of the First Baptlst Church at McGregor Well, now you know what your former classmates are doing You'll have to admit that they are 'l1ving w1th all their might whlle they are living Sincerely, Agnes Nelson, M D 16 . . . . d Radio also interested some of the class. No one who ever knew

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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

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L sf W71 L 1 fesiamenf State GGOTLIB county Toombs Clty Vldalla School V1dal1a Hxgh School We, the oenlor Class of 1941, oelno of SOUHQ m1Hd and memory, and KHOWIHV that oar days at V I S are nearly over, do therefore mane, ordaln, publlsh, and declare thls to be our last WIL XRD IL FIMENT o6Ct1OH I To Mr Lancaster we leafe our unllnlted Lratltade for h1s tlrele efforts 1H maxlng our GXJGTIGUCG at V i 5 ,leasant and profltaole Sectlon II To the faculty we leave a flask of l1qu1d knowled e to be poured 1nto the empty heads of the COm1Hg senlor classes S6Ct1On To the student body we leave our of '41 Sectlon III hopes that they w1ll elevate the arl Wllllams bequeathes hls ab1l1ty to plaf football to Iaul Grubb and Peacock hllgah L A Rooerts hands down H13 bad hablt of bOFPOW1Hg money to Paul Arthur and Mr James L Lamb J H Atklns leaves h1s love for playlnv pomer 1n school to James Ralnes and John Mccolskey Agnes Nelson, the senlor who never falled a te t bequeathes her studlous nature to Rose harrls, Chrlstlne ureen, and vautrelle Davls lelen Davls wllls her lngenlous act1ng ablllty to Denlse Auld and bhlrley Peskln QPerhaps some day Denlse w1ll be a Ducky lucky Larson The red headed crack pot, Jac? lutcheson, wllls hls love for all classlcal mus1c to Wendell Rocxett Stewart Klrkland bequeathes h1s handsome featares to Jaca Hanklns and hubert Blaxton Melvln rage, the V H S Cassanova, leaves h1s cornf1eld' walk to Wallace McLemore and James Founteln I7 ll'1C I 71 C IW . . 0 . . . T J. . r I , . Q V O In I . Ab A V ' ' . ' 'L if m'Ui,f . K' ' . 1 .A. T .y , . . SS . .. . I , A . V A A. Q . I O D . . S . I . . ,Q ' junior class to the high ideals which were adopted by the senior class O ' IV E . . . . . 1 I , , .. . ' . . . .. . . 0 Fl U C O 'Q ' 1 ' . I . ,, Q KJ . A ' O ' I ' I! A, D 9 1 . . . . . , .T . . , . . . . . , . . , . X . . A 7 . . J .J -A - .GE ' . . . . , , . . O ' ' - Y 4 0 . 1 I' ' ll ' I O 0 O . I