Weatherford High School - Melon Vine Yearbook (Weatherford, TX)

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Glass Praphery, contmued the New Yolk Crystal Ball GHYCIS Soclety to flnd out the good news Ga71ng 1nto hel ball we saw an Amex 1ean A1rl1ner speedmg towald WClth6lfOld wlth Vlvlan Browder and Norma Brown at the controls bearmg the notable J B Harrlngton and w1fe the former Paulme Harklns weathly Alaskan ranchers Goxernor P A tCh1ppsl Cato of Texas and w1fe Murlene Chllcutt Cato Colonel J C Hammond commandant of Texas A 81 M College V1rg1n1a Blllman famous lady chennst who has just de11xed a sensat1onal new cuu fOI athletes foot and the grac1ous Madam Loulse Briggs ownex of the Sto1k Club of Pans the Ou1 Oul Oul Oul and Wow Cafe whlch IS sa1d to be rather rowdy on Saturday n1ght As MISS Davls lost her control the ball turned clear and we meandered on towald the 1oulette table where W1ll1s Moody wealthy Call forma playboy and Betty Davls h1s 9th f1ancee were gally g1x1ng the1r money to the roulette operator Betty Wrlght who had left the bar because the Johnson partners Kenneth and Davll who own the worlds largest ch1cken farm located on the McFarland estate on South Maln bawl ed her out because they thought the punch was splked Cnutty boysb Glanc1ng toward the door we see enterlng M1 B W Wflght and W1fe the fo1me1 Dorothy Duval owner of the Wr1ght Hereford Faxms of Cuba and G W and h1s better half Maureen Fowler Floyd owners of the Petlte Lengerxe Shop 1n Hong Kong Chma V Edmundson Senator from Idaho L J Holder New York C1tys ch1ef veter1nar1an Charlene Waters head of the G E electron1c blanket d1v1s ION 1n As1a who does qulte well selllng electronlc blankets to the Arabs Douglas Woolsey sales manager for the Fr1g1da1re Corporat1on 1n the North Pole 1eg1on Wayman and Margie tW1nsteadl Chllcutt owners of Saks F1fth Avenue and Marie Wolfenberger and Dorothy Ragle dressed 1n authenxc cowboy style who are now completely 1n chaxge of the Fort Worth Exposxtlon and Fat Stock Show Dashmg 1nto the bar were Lerlene Park owner of the Parks Parkmg Lot 1n De tro1t where she IS mak1ng qu1te a fortune Johnnle Moore and Vera Lee Means, owners of the Weatherford Theater Cham havlng gulped the1r d11nks and spoken to the fxrst lady dashed back to the1r buslness Hearmg the fam1l1ar sound of a Greyhound bus CYCIQOHL rushes outs1de leav1ng Robert Cochran and h1s Hotl1cks featurmg Bobble Sears Kenneth Stroud and James Ragle as the male vocal group playmg the Sugar Blues to see what IS happenxng Cllmblng out of the bus were none other than J L Rutledge Pres1dent of the South Western Greyhound L1nes the re nowned N Edward Wilson Presldent of the Southern Baptlst Sernlnary W J Robmson the Broadway actor and h1s W1fQ Lenora Nlx Robmson The owners of the Slsby Bubble Gum Works Martha Shelby and L1ll1e Ann Slsco cl1mbed out followed by Bubbles McCrary own er of Bubbles Better Bubble Bath Factory As everyone went back ln Bobby Stone the second Kate Sm1th was s1ng1ng the old favorlte Ch1ckery Chlck wh1le Wanda Phllllps, cowg1rl mov1e star for Olds Product1ons Inc was g1V mg an extraordlnary rope show for Frances Plttman Physlcal Educatlon 1nstructor at W H S Freddle fC1VlCS teacherb Llles now pr1nc1pal of the Sald school Dons Lewelllng Hollands offlc 1al haxrdresser for the corpses of the state off1c1als and Barbara Harrls and Nova Sheppard now the heads of the Federal Housmg ASSOCIHIIOD Leavmg the k1tchen Cwhere they raxded the ICC boxb were seen Floyd Spracklm head basketball coach at Yale and h1s eleventh Wlfe the formex Bonn1e Owens and Benme Pltchford warden at S1ng S1ng Wlth h1s Wlfe Sammle Murrell Pxtchford Hearmg a commot1on at the door we gather quxckly and see Professor Coy Nell Evans br1ng1ng the Presldent 1n by the ear wh1le Supermtendent Reeder the presldentlal F B I guard Raymon Rhodes and Catherine McCarthy pres1dent1al nurse protest to th1s act1on by Professor Evans but the fzrst lady comes qulckly to thelr 1d and StT3l J ut at the Weatherford Medlcal Surglcal Cl1n1c who shes 1n to mform Mr Kenneth Fletcher da1ry farmer who 1S d1scuss1ng the world s1tuat1on w1th lva Stroud that he 1S the father of a bounc1ng baby boy and that h1s Wlfe the former M1ss Genell Fondren IS do1ng n1cely At the cl1max of the party the course of gm pte by Normafam head nurse After th1s startllng announcement everyone gets hlS thmgs together and prepares to leave for the cl1n1c for after all lt 1snt often that the Presldent of the Umtcd States can be a godfather on h1s lnaugural n1ght Norma Fam Clyde Klng Gwen W1ckens Ann Stewart W J Robmson f . . . 1 .' 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671155 Prvphecy af 1946 WI-IAT THE WORLD WILL BE LIKE IN I96O Wm' Wh It 1 HI It 1ll happened Ill 1946 Where whe1e else but Weatherford and the s1te IS Terrvs Bar 8a Grlll on South Mam formerly Parkers Ba1n The occas1on Yes you guessed ll The 111 1ugu1 11 b1l lol tI1e P1es1dent of the Un1ted States Benny Brldge Upon entellng, we were gleeted by the off1e1al rece1v1ng l1ne headed by the f1rst lady he formel MISS Frances Ketzler who st1tely man1eu1es he1 na1ls lntermlttently whlle greetlng e guests Next we sh 1ke the hands of Iaura Hall Ambassador to Russ1a Everett Young Senator flfllll Texas Truman Olds Hollywood IJl0dl.lCtI who has just f1n1shed produclng the world fa mous Take He1 FIOIII Below Slilllllg Ann Stewart and Tommv Puckett Dan Doss the famous teno1 of the Metropohtan Ope1a who h IS just 1etu1ned from Greece Br1gad1er General Garner Gorley M1l1tary goxelnol of Be1l1n who lS Sdld to be rullng w1th an 1r0n hand Melverne Pear son Mayen ot the llll e1ty of We 1tl1e1fo1d who has broken a reeo1d that of belng the f1rst ladv m1yo1 llld last but not least Norvall Terrv ow ne1 and managex of Terrys Bar 81 Gr1ll Peellng thlough the smoke we e 1tch a gl1mpse of the Chlef bal ma1d Betty Lee Wrlght as she dodges among the guests pUl'lLll t1 13 1n hand Tlmldly pe1ched on a stool at one end of the ba1 may be seen the Ienow ned 1ldllS h1t des1gne1 Tom Barnard who IS now w1th Nexman Mar cus All 111 a xow we see Irene Hoodenpvle Ruth Hutcheson and Betty Huffstuttler parteners 1n the Hood Hut 85 Huff Law Fnm buslly d1bCLlsSll'lg tomorrows couxt schedule featurlng the d1 vo1ce of the formel Flora Mae Copeland f1om Homer Jefferson em1nent bra1n surgeon Flora says Homer does not dexote enough tune to her At the other end of the bar we see Betty Pittman Chattlng w1th the ass1st1nt bdlttlldll fo1 the exent Hovt Watkms who IS er1t1e1z1ng her latest wolks of art w hleh 1do1n the w 1ll baek of the bar As the palty p1 OgICSSCS we glance tow axd the ce1l1ng to see the ed1tor of the New York the Clyde Kung Vamtles f1om the eh1ndel1e1 Among the gala array of g1rls and more g1rls we see Gwen Wlckens glll5 1nanage1 fO1 Clyde Klng and he1 group of models 1nclud1ng LaVerne Bedford Elizabeth Baker Thelma Barker Leona Blelss and Loulse Long As we esc1pe to d1aw a breath of fresh all we see Thomas Hardegree d1sm1ss1ng h1s chauf feur and takmg the lllll of h1S w1te the forme1 M1ss Frances Evans Thomas has been domg qulet Well Wlth hlS pIlX ately ow ned glocely and ma1ket ID Ph1ladelph1a He stops to chat Wlth Blll and Jane Newberrv who a1e llmldly talkmg 1n one corner Mr Newber1y has Just completed h1S lat est book the sequel to Forever Amber Never Fuschla The folmer Miss Powell has just made hex debut on the st 1ge Slliglflg Im Gom Back to Whe1e I Come Fxom At th1s pO1Ht the state ly and d1gn1f1ed M1ss J Camllle Murry app1oaehes M1 Newbelry to ask whether he would 11ke to argue the po1nt of whose book would ga1n more popularxty Never Fuschla or M1ss Murrys own How to Wm Frnends and Stlll Stay Slngle We also haxc oul athletes In a secluded eol ner we f1nd Wlarshall Colllflower heavywelght champxon of the XXUIICI Franklin Thomas sho1tstop fol the New York Yankees and James and John Martln co coaehes of Weathe1fo1d H1gh School d1scuss1ng the world of sports Suddenly we he'11 a confus1on that sounds as 1f some ones ha1r were be1ng thmned Sure enough 1nve1st1g1t1o11 d1seloses the Watkms twms Roy and Joy and the Baker ch1ldren Teddy Eddy Leddy and A1cl11bald eng lgLd Ill a flClCL quarrel over a puneh cup Mothers Imogene and Maryorle were handy w 1th ha1r b1ushes however The IIIQIIIIIC of the exemng s ente1ta1nment w as a ballerlna number featur1ng Juamta Erwm and he1 gI3CtfUl pa1t11er Charles Grlssom The team just completed a world tour 1n the1r heh copter and a1e bubblmg oxer w 1th the tales of Parxs V1enna and the l1ke Glancmg over my r1ght shoulder I see the fnst lady exeltedly gabbermg to Professor Coy Nell Evans math and physlcs 1nst1ucto1 111 W H S who IS sa1d to be rather stern about why the Pres1dent has not yet a111ved lt IS he1 Opllllllll th 1t he IS at tl1e KP Hall shootmg pool Wlth h1s old school chum Carl Reeder who IS now Supe11ntende11t of We'1the1fo1d Publlc Schools To keep the f1rst lady f1om haxmg com LIISIOUS M1ss hx 1ns takes 1t upon herself to locate the two pool hall varm1nts as the fllSt lady named them Wonder1ng about the late lIl1X'Il of some of the guests to whom Donald Wakefield, Pres 1dent of Weathe1fo1d Busmess College had sent h1s own hand wr1tten 1nv1tat1ons at the blddlng of Avls Berkley the pres1dent1al secretny wc w ent 1mmed1ately to Ruth Davis, ch1ef medlum of c '. 1 1 ye 'I 1 ' 1 1 ' . .H ' 1' , , . , . , 4 . . - , '- 1 ' 1 1 'z 1 I ' ' 1 1 .1 ' 1 ' s- ' . 1 .-' 1 V 1 V - 1 - 1 1 V '.' 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Presudenr Vice presudenf Secrefary Soonsors 6fllSS of '47 Jerry Jackson Bnily Wnfherspoon Joe I-Iarrns Muss Coye Mailer Mrs Lullnan Cowan Mr Sammy Slcales Mass N II Bounds Treasurer Benny Grogan I -