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June 1, 1945
Maggie Pearl Botts
Writes ToThe Editor
Genola, Georgia June 1, 1955
Dear Editor,
Ten years ago today
one of the finest groups of peo
ple ever to enter West Georgia
College graduated from this
most beloved place. Because of
their unusually sweet personal
ities I have kept up with most of
them during the year. I thought
that this being the tenth anniver
sary of their graduation it would
be a cute idea to print in the
West Georgian what had become
of them. I shall try to give a
brief summary of what I know
of each of them.
Marvin Acree is a country doc
tor, well loved by all who know
him. Although he hasn’t gained
either fame or fortune he is a
shining example of true success.
Sara Barrett is using the name
Charles quite often now, occas
sionally following it with "dear”,
but more often with "Jr.”
Hayward Boyette is using his
magnetic personality and unique
voice to charm ladies into buy
ing mops and brushes. He told
me recently that he expects to be
promoted to the vacuum cleaner
department soon.
Ferol Bozeman of Chieftain
fame is fast approching the top
of the literary ladder. She will
take over the editorship of the
Ladies’ Home Journal as soon as
the present editor retires.
Louise Broadrick with her dark
beauty crashes the movies five
years ago. Her position as the
second Judy Canova is definite
ly established.
Charlotte Cantrell is head of
the Atlanta nursery school, and,
my? how the children love her.
Betty Chance isn’t Betty Chance
anymore. And her —or their —
car isn’t blue now.
Carolyn Chism is running the
Pelham Journal with great ef
fectiveness.
Bobbie Cobb is now Mrs. (oh,
you know). She still is crammed
with literary genius, but she uses
it in writing articles about her
two children. These are publish
ed monthly in the Cobb County
Times.
Glenn Crowder is director of
Physical Education here at West
Georgia. That’s one girl who’s
dream has come true.
Eljein Duke is teaching school
in Centralhatchee. Her princi
pal says she’s the best they’ve
ever had. We don’t doubt it.
Betty Dyer says it’s terrrible
bad being married to a celebrity,
but how she does love it —and
him.
Helen Dyer is waiting for the
day when a certain brush sales
man will come to her door. I
wonder if it’s the brushes she
wants.
Martha Free is principal of
Tallapoosa school. She keeps a
little bell on her desk, and she
rings it every time she wants the
attention of the students.
Elizabeth Gordon is assistant
post master in Grayson. Her hus
band, Mr. "Liz” is the head of
the business.
Margaret Griffith no longer re
ceives candy and flowers —she set
the date for sometime in June.
Gilda Hardman is working for
Drene Shampoo. She is excell
ent advertisement.
Maxine Harris is doing a won
! derful job of building roads for
j the state of Georgia.
Jean Hobbs is fast working her
way to becoming private secre
tary to Georgia’s junior senator.
It seems that Harley is hanging
around Washington quite a bit
these days.
Caroline Hollingsworth is an
other schoolmarm and a good
one too. She keeps her fourth
graders walking a chalk line.
Betty Houston is nursing in the
Thomasville Hospital. She’s do
ing special work—nursing the
mumps cases.
Lera Hulsey is married now,
but I don’t seem able to find out
which boy she married.
Louis Hunt liked the army so
well that he decided to stay in
it. He is to become a major next
month.
Evelyn Kidd, after finally mak
ing up her mind, has destroyed
the art gallery with the excep
tion of one picture. She has now
started on one of a different type.
Merle Lee sang in the W. G.
S. T. trio for several years before
marrying Paul. They are living
in Atlanta at the preesnt.
Carolyn Mason married soon
after leaving college. Her home
economics training has certainly
come in handy. She’s In A hea
ven she says.
Rachel McCrea has replaced
Minnie Pearl on the "Grand 'ol
Opra”.
Martha McCurdy is married
to the new pastor of LaFayette
Methodist Church. She is ideal
as a minister’s wife.
Louise Miller Putnam is hap
pily living with her husband in
Cohutta, Georgia. They have
just bought a lovely home.
Carl Moon is a captain in the
army Air Forces. He likes his
work so well that he hung on af
ter the war.
Hugh Moss is back here at
West Georgia taking third year
work for the fifth time. He and
his son are planning to be room
mates in a few years.
Harry Nix’s fate has already
been disclosed. He is practicing
law in Atlanta. I’ve heard some
rumors that he is to be nomint
ed to run for governor during
the next election.
Mary Padgett still has her gold
en voice. She charms all the pat
ients in the hospitals she visits
on her singing tours. She is rea
lly doing great work.
Betty Perkins is the new French
teacher at Genola. Our student
body has become so large that
Mr. Adams can no longer take
care of all the language students.
Martha Perry fooled us. She is
now the trapeze artist for Barn
urn and Bailey—Ringland Bros,
circus. She has really gone up in
the world.
Helen Picklesimer now owns a
canning factory in her home
town. Have you tried Pickle’s
pickles?
Sara Putnam is operating a
turtle farm. She became inter
ested in that type of work during
her last quarter at W. G. C.
Clarice Richards is candidate
for representative to congress
from her district. Of course she
is running on a democratic tick
et.
Saidee Scott and James are
still in Senoia. They are the ideal
married couple. The only argu
ment they ever had is whether to
send little Jimmie to West Geor
gia or Dahlonega. We hope Sai
dee wins. We could use another
of her kind.
THE WEST GEORGIAN
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READY TO SERVE?
The poor girls got so hot trying
to finish up their tennis games
they could hardly stand it, but
they kept on "plugging”. The
tournaments are finished now
with the exception of the very
last game which is between Opal
Rogers and Glenn Crowder. The
winners of the three class con
tests were Rogers, Goode, and
Crowder. Rogers defeated Miss
Hall; little Miss Goode put out
Grace Wright, and Gloria Pea
cock was defeated by Crowder.
Rogers has already defeated
Goode but Crowder and Rogers
will play late. These were the last
Florine Shumake is running
back and forth between home
and West Georgia in a 25 horse
power packard. She really rates
in society these days.
Sylbra Smith is in Washington
with Jean Hobbs. She is chief
advisor to Secretary of State L.
E. Roberts.
Nancy Stallworth is still wear
ing her peek-a-boo bang, though
there are beginning to be a few
silver threads among the gold.
(She is graying early ’cause he’s
had lots of fun.)
Bobbie Stepp is wearing a gold
circlet with her diamond. She
just gave up the idea of teaching
school.
Jean Styles is married to Roy,
and they are very happy in her
dear Bowdon.
Virginia Tillery is teaching in
Carrollton. We wonder (?) what
attraction Carrollton holds for
her! ! !
Laura Waldrop has a little
Drip and a little Danny of her
own now, to say nothing of big
Dan.
Betty White is another society
girl. She is to be Mrs. Vander
bilt or something or other like
that, soon.
Frances Wilkes and Phil As
tin are still dating. When will
they marry? She’s swell in home
economy.
Carl Woolf is W. S. B.’s pride
and joy. Tune in your radio at
anytime between eight a. m and
eight p. m. and you will hear his
familiar voice once more.
G. B. Wright, after spending
literally a fortune on orchids,
married a beautiful blonde girl
from Buncomb. He has been a
success in all he has undertaken
and now manages the dining hall
of Columbia University.
There is really on need in say
ing anything about Earl Yates
because if there is anyone who
hasn’t heard about him within
the past few years then they are
too behind the times to be inter
ested in anything I might say.
He and his voice have taken Am
erica by storm. One usual thing
about it is that his fame didn’t
flame and die; it’s still burning
full blast for six year. And they’-
re still yelling for more.
That concludes my brief re
view of 1945’s sophmores. I hope
your readers will enjoy knowing
what they are doing. I really must
close now before I get sentimen
tal and bawl just thinking how
wonderful they were and are.
Sincerely,
Maggie Pearl Botts
scores of the class tournaments.
The winners are now playing off
the games to see who will be the
tennis champ. There were ninety
four girls to take part in the
tournament. These games have
really been good and the girls
have certainly shown an interest.
All have decided now that it was
worth being hot to make a good
grade in Physical Ed.
Letter and Pin Awards
The leters and pins were aw
arded last Friday in chapel to
the people who have earned them
by the point system. There were
fifteen having 500 points and
twelve boys to win the block"W”.
The girls were: Barrett, S. N.,
Doss, Eckles, Goode, Hollings
worth, Kidd, Perry, Putnam,
Shumake, Steppe, Styles, Terrill,
Wilkes, Wright and Waldrop.
The boys geting the letters were:
Dempsey, Johnson, Jones, Mc-
Kibben, Joyner, McWhorter,
Rudolph Murphy, Harold Mur
phy, Nix, Williams, Paul, and
Yates.
There were seven girls having
1000 points to get the W. A. A.
pin and three boys to get keys.
The girls were: Broadrick,
Bozeman, Bety Dyer, Helen
Dyer, Crowder, Griffith, and
Hobbs—The boys getting the
keys for outstanding participa
tion were: Acree, Joyner, and
Wright.
These students have really
worked hard to earn these a
wards and are commended for
their good work.
We have had social Dancing
twelve Wednesdays this year and
a tea dance four Wednesdays.
This idea, which, was brought up
by the 500 club, was organized in
January, and has proved to be a
very successful affair.
This sums up the Genola
CARROLL
of Bernadette
With
JENNIFER JONES
WILLIAM EYTHE
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sports news for the year and this
is your sports reporter wailing
off and wishing you more and
hotter goals for 1945-46.
And so curfew knells the knoll
of parting day of something, ye
olde sports editor takes ye olde
pen in ye olde hand and writes
out ye olde last column for ye
olde West Georgian. I wipe the
few last tears out of my eyes with
a discarded Bull Durham and
out to you the sporting occuran
ces for the final time.
At long last the famed tennis
tournament has reached a cli
max and Mr. Joyner of College
Park has been lucky enough to
repeat as winner. Buck Estes,
Joyner’s opponent in the finals
pulled a surprise with his excell
ent play throughout the tourney.
Buch defeated Rice, Lilly, Pauline
Wiliams, to reach the finals
where he lost out 6*l, 6-1, 3-6,
6-2.
Mr. Wright’s boy, G. B. also
played a superby game and
reached the semi-finals before be
ing eliminated. He had victories
over Lanier, Miller, and John
son. His set score with Joyner
was as follows: 3-6, 5-7, 6-4, and
3-6.
Joyner won over Westbrook,
Bussey, Yates, Wright and Estes
to annex the crown.
So much for tennis . . . .on to
softball. The final game of the
season has finished itself and the
Varsity has been chosen. The fol
lowing were awarded places; Cat
cher, McWhorter; Pitcher, Joy
ner; Ist Base, Lanier; 2nd Base,
H. Murphey; S. S., Cadenhead;
3rd Base, Rice; R. F n Yates; G.B.
Wright; L. F., Johnson and last
but not least DYNAMIC Pauline
Williams in Short Feild.
And thus as the darkness
creeps in on this column on tiny
kitten feet and caresses us to
sleep, another year ends. It has
been swell as Sports Editor and
I have enjoyed this position very
much.
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