Walnut Springs High School - Hornet Yearbook (Walnut Springs, TX)

Text from Pages 1 - 54 of the 1949 volume:

,gl Y A Af f 3 f ,v 3 F4 ,-N. THE HORNET Published by The Seniors of 1948-'49 Walnut Springs High School Sponsor - Miss Cook l FOREWORD THIS BOOK IS PUBLISHED WITH THE HOPE THAT IN FUTURE YEARS YOU MAY LOOK BACK ON THESE PAGES AND RELIVE YOUR MANY HAPPY SCHOOL DAYS. THE ANNUAL STAFF Z E DICATION SUPERINTENDENT W. WILLIAMS We, the Senior Class of 1948-'49, dedicate this edition of the Hornet to Superintendent W, Williams and the faculty for their guidance and friendship dur- ing our years in Walnut Springs School. 4 B OARD OF EDUCATION W. B. Roberts . . . . President R. F. Rifrner . . . . Secretary Wendell Brister I. W. Hurley George Davis V H. B. Mounce Richard Baker, Jr . 5 K fN MR. .WILLIAMS SUPERINTENDENT MATH MRS. PULLIN PRINCIPAL HISTORY MISS COOK ENGLISH MISS CROW FIRST GRADE MR. HEARTSILL VOCAT IONAL AGRICULTURE MRS. JENKINS SECOND AND THIRD GRADES MRS. WARD SIXTH AND SEVENTH GRADES MRS. SHIPP HOME ECONOMICS TYPING MRS. ADAMS FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADES MR. WILLIS EIGHTH GRADE GENERAL SCIENCE Miss Crow. . . . Mrs. Jenkins Mrs. Adams . Mrs. Ward. . . . Mr. Willis . . Mrs. Shipp. . . . Mrs. Pullin. Miss Cook . Mr . He arts ill Mr . Williams FAMOUS QUOTAT IONS I know I have the cutest bunch of children in school. Lf you girls can't quit talking you can just get out of my music class. Children, you must excuse me, but l've just got to call Elmo. l'm just itchin' to use this board of Education, so you kids better not breathe, move, or talk. l'd rather go to a funeral than to go in that Sixth and Seventh Grade room. l'd hate to send you girls out to shoot me a good- looking man. Now if I was a bettin' woman. Now folks, let's stop this hub-bub, and get rid of that chewing gum. .We11, my boys are really on the beam: they brought in the hardward this year. Once a fellow said, Don't stand up when you can sit down, and don't sit down when you can lie down. 8 W DORIS JEAN ALSUP REECE DAMRON MARY I-IEARTSILI.. BETTE DAVIS DOROTHA JO BOYD DORIS GRIFFIN DOROTHY JANE HYLES BILL DAVIS FERN DEASON ESSIE RUTH KENNEDY MARION HENSLEY DORIS MARIE PETERMAN 'Y' .Ja Mmm 'HQ I i -'Ti Q ,Q 'gills Q Editor-in-Chief - - Assistant Editors - Sports Editors - - - Business Managers Photographers - - - Typist - - HORNET STAFF - - - Doris Jean Alsup - - - Mary Heartsill, Essie Ruth Kennedy, Doris Griffin - - - Marion Hensley, Reece Damron - - - Dorotha Jo Boyd, Dorothy Jane I-Iyles - - -Doris Marie Peterman, Bette Davis - - Bill Davis 11 , CLASS POEM Hear yef Hear ye! Lend an ear, Of the Senior Class you are about to hear. Shall we start with the three boys ? More? No, thanks, they make enough noise! Now there's Bill Davis, known as Cy George, ' When it comes to girls' hearts, he'll take charge. Or just give him a football suit and a ball, Stop! He's satisfied. But let's not stall. Next on our list of nineteen forty-eight and forty-nine. Is Marion Hensley, and girls, watch his line. We call him Romeo' around these parts, And once you get mixed with hi.m, Bang! Trouble starts. Last of the boys, but not least by all means, ls 'Reece Damron, a Sophomore fan it seems. And when he goes hunting, we can tell, Because the game he catches has a certain smell. Now we see appearing on the stage of life Mrs. Fern Deason, already a wife: Yes, she is busy with house cleaning and stuff. And this mixed with school, believe me, is tough. Now Doris Griffin steps forward to take her place. For none want to be left out of the finishing race. When called, she answers to the name of Shorty, And says she would like to be at least forty. Dorothy Jane Hyles is now waiting her turn, With the idea of college as her concern. When it comes to her fiddle or Evans, she'll beam. And start working out a nice little scheme. While Mary I-Ieartsill, with the big brown eyes, Says in styling of clothing is where her interest lies. She works in the library and reads each day, But if you use any of her brains, brother, you pay. Let's talk about Essie Ruth for a while. She is tall, and very seldom without a smile. A real basket ball player she could be for a song, If she wasn't so slow in her get-a-long. Who is the girl who slings hash in Echol's Cafe ? Why, Dorotha Jo Boyd, a real basketball player in She is always willing to lend a helping hand, And has a way about her easy to understand. her d 12 BY Bette Davis has the greatest ambition of all, To teach the turning of cartwheels without a fall. And plans to play Elmer's Tune for pastime, With a monkey and a cup waiting for a dime. The table turns now to Oak's Bargain House, Where Doris Marie Peterman is killing a mouse. Pete breaks all records with her typing speed, This and home economics, she says, is all she'll need. Well, that is the last of the class of 1948-'49, So, l'11 just close this book of life behind, And say, This is Doris Jean Alsup, going into the world With the nickname over my head of Minnie Pearl. 13 V ,.,,r' F. H.A l if P p wif.' W F. F. A 14 UNDERGRADS G. L. FINLEY BILLY RYMER BOBBIE NELL SOWELL HAROLD MOUNCE ELTON HILLIARD JEAN FAIR ARTHUR WALKER GERALDINE OSBORNE RAYMOND CAPPS DORTHELL SAPP ALVIN MANTOOTH JAMES BROCK GAYLE REESING BOB FINLEY BARBARA BRYANT BOBBY BUSWOLD JAMES ROBERT SHARP JACK ULOTH NORA BELL PARKER BILLY LON MORRISON -'Q is uniora '3' , .4 C Q J A 1' A -1 A 4 X W Q4 ? ffl -N. . X w1Q.'f v , ,HF HAZ EL JACKSON WARREN HEDRICK A A i i 'Q I A I ' .40 16 'L 'Wap A VN.. r, s A N 1? ,- K 41' ' f Q5 1 L,fQ, 1 r QQ ' Q s f- 'K JUNE HENSLEY TERRY SMITH THELMA WALKER BILLY HEWETT ADINA MOSS S. L. MANN LOUISE PHILLIPS TOMNIY WALKER PATSY RYMER .TERRY SMITH FAYE MOUNCE CHARLES OLSON MAXINE GOSDIN J OH1-INY RHODES ROSIE MARIE SPEER oplzomorea ..,..-.-...-. 5 E 5 5 2 ,- 43 fs 4? R M I SS.SS. b ,A Q , '9- W Q JIMMY PERKINS 'Il rf' ,ae w-l 17 LENA MAE PHILLIPS RODDY REESING MARCIA WILLIAMS BURNIE HEWETT TRAVIS RODGERS PATSY GILBREATH HERSHALL OSBORNE JOY JACKSON EUGENE RODGERS BONNIE GLASS BILL HEARTSILL it .gl'eJlll1l ell if s Q . QL fix 5 3 I A f i 4 I, 'ws I as I y I Q , -. 'I' 31 fi-3 P uv 3 Sigh fl: grade FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADES fdlffim., 2 'Sym SIXTH AND SEVENTH GRADES 19 FIRST GRADE SECOND AND THIRD GRADES Z O 1 A is for B is for B is for B is for C is for D is for D is for D is for D is for F is for F is for F is for G is for H is for H is for H is for H is for H is for J is for K is for Mis Mis Mis Mis O is for AROUND THE CAMPUS Alsup, Doris Jean, reporter from Grinders' Switch . Boyd, Dorotha Jo, who has personality plus. Brock, Buddy, passionate lover--Still water runs the deepest. Bryant, Barbara, whose quiet ways are dynamite. Capps, Ram, who will probably be President some day. Damron, Reece, who is never unhappy. Davis, Bette, who can always get along in Home Economics. Davis, Bill, the Irishman of the Senior Class. Deason, Fern, the perfect wife. Fair, Jean, who is always saying- It's all my fault . Finley, Bob, whose philosophy is eat, drink, and be merry . Finley, G. H., the handsome groceryman. Griffen, Doris, everybody's friend. Heartsill, Mary, who can usually be found teaching school. Hedrick, Warren, whose affections include all the library books. Hensley, Marion, whose flirtations take in all the girls--one fro Hilliard, Punk, the football hero. E Hyles, Dorothy Jane, who hopes they put a college in lredell. Jackson, Hazel, who is the cute waitress in McCarty's Cafe. m Koppe rl Kennedy, Essie Ruth, who enjoys seeing Morgan play basketball. for Mantooth, Alvin, the yodeling cowboy. for Miller, Claude Thomas, who is fond of the Eighth Grade room. for Morrison, Bill Lon, the little co-oper. for Mouce, Harold, who is so bashful--That s a joke, son. Osborne, Geraldine, who has those big dreamy eyes. Z1 P is for Parker, Nora. Bell, the petite blonde--Are you kidding ? P is for Peterrnan, Doris Marie, who is often seen with her dog walking to and from school. R is for Reesing, Gayle, who always enjoys a good joke. R is for Rymer, Billy, handy man at the library. S is for Sapp, Dorthell, the gal with the broken heart. p S if for Sharp, James Robert, who seems to have business out at Flat Top. S is for Sowell, Bobbie Nell, the one who seems to be the motherly type. U is for Uloth, Jack, the dashing Romeo of 1949. ZZ fx EEE SENIOR PARTY On February 9, 1949, a party was given in honor of the Senior Class and their sponsor, Miss Cook. It was given by Mrs. L. B. Hensley and Mrs. George Davis, the home room Mothers' in the home of Mrs. Hensley's father, Mr. Davidson. Games were played which were planned by the hostess. As it was near Valentines, it was carried out all through the party. All participated in the games, which made them more interesting. After the games, the guests were led to the dining room where refreshments of sandwiches, olives, potato chips, pickles, cold drinks heart candy and cookies were served. The center piece on the table was a small tree containing hearts. After refreshments there was a gossip center, and when all had learned the latest news, they extended compliments to their hostesses for a very enjoyable evening. Z4 CLASS PROPHECY As we look on the throng, we see a very intelligent, squinted man of about fifty whose business is looking into peop1e's futures. Whatcha say we ask hirn to look into the future of the Senior Class of 1948-'49? Look, old fellow, how about telling us what these Seniors will be doing in fif- teen years ? O. K., my dear friends, get a good clasp on your chairs, and we'll take a quick trip into 1964. Ah-what do we see friends, appearing before us ? lt is odd looking and seems to be staggering. Yes, it is none other than Bill Davis coming in after a hard day's work digging post holes. Bill is very ambitious, and some day will have enough money to marry the widow waiting so patiently for hirn. In another part of the country we see a young man under a fair maiden's window, serenading her with his songs and mandolin. Well, Marion Hensley, we notice that you are doing a swell job retaining your old natne of Romeo. Before we leave, Marion, how about taking a little advice ? Go to work and quit depending on your romantic ways for a living. We would hate to see this wife starve like the other two. There is one other boy in the class. lsn't that right? Let's check up on Reece Darnron now. He struck life a little better than the other two boys. Reece joined the Navy, and the worst thing about it, he says, is that he has to wash behind his ears. Ah- ha, there he is now, scrubbing the ship's deck with a toothbrush. l guess his conduct is somewhat better, since last week he was doing the scrubbing with an eyebrow brush. Now the table turns to the opposite sex. Let's take a peep in on Fern Deason, the one who married while still in school. There she is taking care of two of her blue eyed children. She, her husband, and their family live in a one room bungalow and she has been voted best housekeeper around Crocodile Hill . Although, she isn't satisfied, she wants a mansion with servants and everything. We might as well go see the circus which is coming through town. There may be some one we know. Oh! Yes! Look on the end of the hundred foot pole. Well, Doris Griffin, we knew you liked to do high-flying stuff, but we never knew you would quite come to this. Good luck ole' girl, and happy landingf We must not tarry here though. We must be on our way. So, magic carpet, take us on a quick trip to see Dorothy Jane Hyles, Yes, that is right. She still plays her violin. She has her own musical group now, which is called The Squeaks . Lovely name isn't it? It fits so well, since she never found the mouse which stayed in her violin By the way, Dorothy gets married next week, and she is wearing the yellow evening dress that she made in Home Economics in 1949. What's the use to buy a new one, when this one is perfectly good? she always says. Pardon me, sir, but would you mind giving a story to me ? I like to eat, too. Please tell me something. Who is that? Oh, that is Doris Jean Alsup who always had her head set on writing She was married once, but ran her husband crazy asking him for information' on which to write. She says she isn't going to marry again, because that one didn't help much in her most important interest--writing. 2.5 Youngens, get quiet. If you so much as breath again, I'll whack you with this window-shade roller. Don't get alarmed, that is that calm old maid schoolteacher, Mary Heartsill. No, Mary never married, but by all means she hasn't given up. She is after the baker oi the town and hopes he will swallow hook, line, and sinker. Then, she says, she will have something besides a cat to live with. As you know, one of the girls in the class was told several times that she should be a model. This girl, Essie Ruth Kennedy, attempted it. They told her she had the smile that ruined lpana, and couldn't model anything but toenail polish--if that. So, she gave it up, not only as a bad job but also as a hopeless one. She settled down with a wealthy man who hasn't been quite so wealthy since. Although Essie Ruth says she is living a wonderful life and having a swell time. Peanuts, peanuts, popcorn, candy! Right this way folks. Thanks, kiddo, Boy! I guess I cheated him. Look people, there is Dorotha Jo Boyd. Let's go over and talk to her. Hello, Miss Boyd. How has life been treating you? Oh, I have a fair living. I work here at this stand awhile, and then I work in an elevator. You see, I tried to be an airplane hostess, but they told me I would only over- load the plane. So the elevator was the closest thing to the airplane I knew. I must work now, good-bye. We will now interview the most active girl in the class, Bette Davis. Bette seemed to fall for skating the first time she was on a pair of skates. She has a racket now of her own called Learn to Skate while you Scoot . She won a medal by being the most un- graceful skater. She has had a few down falls in her life, but not once unrepairable. As she and her husband, also a skater, had a collision, they really fell for one another. Last of the class, but not least by all means, is Doris Marie Peterman. Doris Marie was always the tom-boy type, one who liked to tear and cut up things. She is still in the business of cutting up things, as she is a doctor. A mighty swell job she is doing, too. It was only the other day that she went to take off a person's toe. The knife slipped, and whack, off went the foot. Only a few little accidents like that have happened to her though, and some day she may become one of our outstanding doctors. Just a little hint-- there are still other doctorsg go to them. That is the last of your class of 1948-1949, so I'll go get back on my perch. I sin- cerely hope you seniors keep improving like you have been. So long and good luck. 26 A We football boys of 1948 had a tough time, but we enjoyed playmg The players are as follows: James Brock, Raymond Capps, Reece Darnron B111 Davxs G L Finley, Jarnes Robert Sharp, Elton Hilliard, Alvin Mantooth Bally Lon Morrison, Harold Mounce, Roddy Reesing, Claudie M1.11er Bxlly Rymer Johnnie Rhodes, Eugene Rodgers, and Marion Hensley The gaxnes and scores are as follows: Hico ------ Valley Mills Abbot ------ Meridian - - - - Glen Rose - - Iredell - - Abbot ----- Cranfills Gap Whitney - - - We 12 0 Z4 - 0 ---o -- o ---19 -- -- o 0 Z8 They 45 52 6 6 32 12 32. 1 6 BASKETBALL 29 WW , - Wharf Lx f' K QE: ., X X ug...-, Q -W' M ia ' Q 5 an U .3 'fx .. .lib I N , we ML-J .Q?.. 5 , gi f l Q' , W A fi Q' E s M W'Efgf il is N ' iv ' K 3- Q 4' iv ' . Q S33 6 'L ' -menu l H ov 1945 AUD 1949 r ink AY1 X Ck . t-Q: L K . K W. Fooraf, LL s-QUAD im . . X ,i L News . ' i v Q .- 9 . A FOOTBALL SCHEDULE FOR 1949-'50 September September October October October October November November November HiCQ------ Valley Mills ------ Gr anbury -------- Mer idan- - - Open Irdell ----------- Open Cranfills Gap Whitney --------- 31 here here here here there there there ,T SCHOOL FUN Ideal Teacher - Black hair like Miss Cook, figure like Mrs. Shipp, good foundation lfeetl like Mrs. Pullin, self-poise like Mr. I-Ieartsill, cute grin like Mr. Williams, charm for men like Miss Crow, and have a cute wife like Mr. Willis. Ideal Freshman Boy - Brains like Bernie Hewett, height of Eugene Rogers, frankness of Roddy Reesing. Ideal Freshman Girl - 'Blonde hair like Lena Mae Phillips, temper like Joy Jackson, boldness of Bonnie Glass. Ideal Sophomore Boy - Charm of S. L. Mann, energy of Billy I-Iewett, hair like Jerry Smith. Ideal Sophomore Girl - Sarcasm of June Hensley, long legs like Faye Mounce, romantic look of Patsy Rymer. Ideal Junior Boy - Voice like Alvin Mantooth, personality of Ram Capps, scholarly mind of Buddy Brock. Ideal Junior Girl - Calmness of Gayle Reesing, the friendliness to all like Dorthell Sapp, flirtiness of Barbara Bryant, and swing like Bobbie Nell Sowell. Ideal Senior Boy - Grin of Reece Darnron, fondness for apples like Bill Davis, flirty eyes of Marion Hensley. Ideal Senior Girl - Dignity of Doris Griffin, laugh like Dorothy Jane Hyles, beautiful brown eyes like Mary Heartsill, Irish nose like Bette Davis, and the ability to chew gum like Doris Jean Alsup. 33 pa,-wr u-aa o ff, 1 f Q W ff 9 ,N 'I I 6'-Y' wk -Q Q? xv is A SQ ' . . wr Q A W ' x DN if . . -Q 3 we Q SQ fyms' W' x sv' f f'?f-f J' . P Y' Y X K W lx m s .J ,b My vw i--.Q-,kjnaaabv 7.4 XC HL? 34 X fT il AUTOGRAPHS .C4Lzfof.j'zuf1f21 K P -H? 'nf' lf . U wALswoRTH umq-qu.: A una by wnuwolrru XGTIIIII um.m-.. ll.. u. n. 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