Whitehaven High School - Crossroads Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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CONTENTS Silver Anniversary l939- I 963 Administration Page 17 Classes Page 27 Campus Activities Page 93 Athletics Page 157 b Hall of Fame Page 209 Advertisements Page 235

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The staff thought it would be appropriate to celebrate the silver an- niversary of the pub- lication of the CROSS- ROADS by depicting not only the life and activ- ities of Whitehaven as they are now, but also by briefly reviewing the past. So, with the hope that the next twenty- five years may be as successful forthe CROSSROADS, and for the school, as the last we invite you to take a look at Whitehaven to- day and yesterday as seen on the pages of the first twenty-five editions of the CROSSRCADS. FOREWORD

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SILVER ANNIVERSARY I939 I963 One school day late in 1938 J. D. johnson, President of the Senior Class, was called to the qffice by Mr. Elliott and asked what he thought about undertaking the publication of an annual. I. D., being an exceptionally enterprising young man, thoughtl it would be a fine thing and dashed over to ask one of the senior teachers what she thought of the idea. Her redponse, somewhat less than enthusiastic because of some harrowing experiences years blefore in editing a college yearbook, did not dampen the president's ardor. He got down to business at once, selected an excellent staff, and then had the class choose two faculty sponsors. The work was done after school, at night, and on Sunday afternoons, the pictures were taken at school, the photographer using Mr . Elliott's pri- vate office as a studio. When the mimeographed, photographed pages were ready for as- sembling, the staff members stacked the separate pages on the desks in the old study hall Know occupied by the two typing roomsj and, in single file, walked up one aisle and down th other, collecting the pages, presumably in proper order, and finally screwed the bla k paper bindings on. They had begun the task immediately after school, it was after m dnight when they finished. QA year later, the staff of 1940 went about this prodi- gious joo barefooted. These were the same students who, after sampling the rubber ce- ment with which the pictures had to be pasted onto the sheets, pronounced it good and ate most of an expensive bottle .D This 1939 CROSSROADS consisted of sixty-nine sheets printed on one side only. Be- sides being the first, it had another distinction: typographically it is the most nearly per- fect of the twenty-five editions, having only one error: the word metal was used where medal was intended. The practice of meeting in the home of the sponsor or of one of the members on Sun- day afternoons instead of at school began with the 1942 staff. This custom continued about ten years until a daily period during the school day was assigned for CROSSROADS work. It was this 1942 staff that walked into the shock of the Pearl Harbor broadcast when they arrived at the home of the hostess for that particular Sunday. The atmosphere on that fate ul afternoon was not conducive to concentrated effort on a high school yearbook. The 194 staff was so congenial that during the summer following graduation they some- times gai hered on the tennis court in the sponsor's back yard. It was the 1951 staff that turned the meetings into truly memorable occasions and appreciatively consumed on Sun- day everything the sponsor had managed to gather up on Saturday. I-lappily, their joyous capacityffor food was matched by an equally joyous capacity for work. The 1963 staff will long be remembered for taking pride in the appearance of the CROSSROADS office. In addition to cleaning it up quite frequently, they decorated it in gay paper chains for Christm s. Durinag these twenty-five years many teachers have helped as sponsors or assistants: Mr. Carroll Smith, Miss Ruth Bruner, Miss Sheila Aden, Miss Anna Mae Simonton, Mr. Frank Rlcketts, Mr. Eugene Bence, Mr. A. B. Buford, Mrs. Nita Barlow, Mrs. Lorelle Hooper, Mr. Kenneth Canestrari, Mr, Frank Smith, Miss Tommye Russell, Mrs, Robert l-I ll, Mr. Louis Hediger, Miss Roxie Gaulding. In addition to these are all the homerooln teachers, whose cooperation has been of inestimable value and above all, the backing of our principals, Mr. Elliott and Mr. Robison. Q 6 l