Woodville High School - Ramblers Reveille Yearbook (Woodville, MS)

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Class History The history of the class of '55 can be divided into three parts: Discovery, Exploration, and Settlement. DISCOVERY The discovery of the class of 1955 was an accident. Twelve years ago, early one morn- ing on the 3rd of September, 1943, the second day of school, the faculty of Woodville Elementary School was hurrying down the halls, busily preparing for the work of the coming year. Suddenly they caught a glimpse of something new and strange. Just inside the front door, huddled together in mute embarrassment and anxiety, were the members of what became the class of 1955. To the casual eye they seemed merely an ordinary group of scared little first graders, armed with pencils, book sacks and lunch boxes. But at that time neither they nor their teachers knew that they would receive the reputation as the worst class in school. EXPLORATION Time flew by rapidly. How can we ever forget Miss Dooley, Mrs. Sessions, Miss Smith, Mrs. Lotta, Miss Sarah or any of the other teachers who labored so diligently to teach us the three R's? At last we reached a goal. Thirty eight excited eighth graders received certif- icates of graduation from the Woodville Elementary School. The next year we entered high School as green freshmen We had a new superintendent and several new teachers. Highlights of our freshman year were Freshman Day and the parties arranged by our sponsor, Miss Betty Jo Denson. We were always taking the wrong turn, finding ourselves in the wrong classroom and arriving at class half an hour later. Because of our skill in acquiring the customs of the school, we were renamed Sophomores and the process was called by a native name promotion . Remembering the scorn with which we had been regarded we now adopted the same attitude toward the incoming Freshmen. We had as our sponsor. Miss Pearl Lewis. For the first time we were allowed to elect some subjects, so we were not all in the same classes. Then came our Junior year. It was one of the most exciting years in our memories. We had a lot of hard work but all was fun. Our sponsors were Mrs. Bob Hartness and Mr. Jessie Reed. They helped us establish a junior store, which netted a fine profit. They also assisted us with our Junior Play entitled The Perfect Idiot. ” After much planning and consideration we finally accomplished our goal, a Junior-Senior Prom and Banquet.

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Class Will Pearl Walker and Bessie Tillery We, the class of 1955, in the town of Woodville, the county of Wilkinson, and the state of Mississippi, being in as good mental condition as usual, and in much better temper than usual, do hereby make this, our last will and testament, rendering void and of no avail any former will or wills that may have been previously made by us during a period of temporary optimism. H. L. Stutzman wills his very studious ways and his intelligence to T. O. Sessions. Margaret Pearl Walker wills, with all good wishes, her beautiful blonde hair to Ozelle McCurley. Cania Celeste Hutson wishes to leave her love and attraction for an out-of-town boy to Betty Sue Leake. Joyce Anderson and Sylvia Ann Evans leave their great talent in athletics to Lora Mae Dooley and urge her to be star of the basketball team next year. Gwendolyn Ann Stuart wills her fickle way to Louise Smith. Brandon Inman and Mark Curry tip their hats to Freddie Leake as they leave him their Don Juan way with women. To Tobie Joe Morris, Edward Walker leaves his false teeth. May he be successful as he chews on through lifel Emil Habig leaves his ability to make straight A's to Alvin Glentiss Havard. To Cecil Wheeler, Sylvester D'Aquilla leaves his naturally curly hair. Charles Sturgeon and Clyde Leake leave their athletic ability to Dudley Hopson, who we know will use it. Nelda Elaine Sumrall leaves her love of a good time and her ability to say the wrong thing at the wrong time to Peggy Dooley. Martha Pogue leaves her love for an argument and her fickle ways to Inez Sharp. Ted Denstel wants to lose some weight, so he wills it to poor little Billy Joe Jones. Ted Nowell and Norman Carter leave their ability to work to Thomas Smith. Marilyn (Monroe) Flaccomio leaves her fame and figure to Gail (Russell) Morris. John Edward Thomas and Henry D'Aquilla leave their muscular frame and their shoe size to Melvin Wheeler, hoping that he may someday half-way fill them. Junior David and Charles Alvin Plitt leave their studious ways and love for books to Alvin M. “Pun Randall. Geraldine Cage wishes to leave her quiet ways to Nancy Conner and hopes that it will do some good. Prentiss Ferguson leaves his way with women and his pretty black hair to Arnold Hodges. As these talents are the most popular in high school, Bessie Marguerite Tillery leaves her ability to get out of class and get to school late every morning to Emma McCurley. Even though they are nearly worn out. Garland Ann Beard wills her stepping-around shoes and night-owl ways to Sally Lowry and Deloris Havard. Bobby Priest, who everyone knows has a great love for teachers and school, wills this love to John Mobley. To Jimmie Huff, Wendell Beverly and Thomas A. Waddell will their places in the world of business. Last but certainly not least, Billy Martens leaves all of his flirtatious ways to Jamie Hill. In witness whereof we, the class of 1955, the testator, have set our hand and seal on this 22 day of September in the year 1955.

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The theme was Good-by and Good Luck. This left many things to be remembered in the future years. Last but not least comes our Senior year, the most important year of all. With 31 dignified seniors our membership now stands as: Joyce Anderson, Garland Ann Beard, Wendell Beverly, Gerry Cage, Norman Carter, Mark Curry, Henry D’Aquilla, Sylvester D'Aquilla, Ted Denstel, Prentiss Ferguson, Marilyn Flaccomio, Emile Habig, Celeste Hutson, Brandon Inman, Clyde Leake, Billy Martens, Ted Nowell, Charles Alvin Plitt, Martha Jane Pogue, Bobby Priest, Gwen Stuart, Charles Sturgeon, H. L. Stutzman, John E. Thomas, Bessie Tillery, ThomasA. Waddell, Edward Walker, Pearl Walker, Junior David, Nelda Summrall, and Sylvia Ann Evans. Our sponsors are Mrs. Nolan McCraine and Coach George Gonda. With their constant guidance and support we hope to give a senior play and plan a senior trip that will always be remembered. SETTLEMENT The period settlement is not easy to describe. Nothing remains for long but it appears that the memories of Woodville School will always remain with us. Some of us have chosen our future work, but most of us are still undecided. We have many heartaches and many precious memories as we come to the close of our high school career. We all realize how true are the words of our motto, Not finished - just begun. Celeste Hutson Garland Ann Beard Nelda Sumrall Class Prophecy Class of 1954-1955 ten years from now: James Ted Nowell is a member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences, president of the Perfection Film Company, which turns out three hundred sixty-five ten-reel films each year, one per day. In his employ are heroines in the world of beauty, the most shapely bathing girls, and the bravest heroes. Among his best known films are Oroastus, a Greek Epic, and The Multiplication Tables, a problem play. Hobby: making money. Clubs: Film Fanatics; Fade-Out and Close-Up Society. Hubert Mark Curry is a famous inventor. He is married to Mary Moneybags, daughter of the multimillionaire, T. Goofus Moneybags. Has invented over one thousand laborsaving devices, all of which are blessings to humanity.