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1 Porterdale School News and Views Of Interest
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Seniors Stage Unique
Impressive Commencement
< The seniors’ commencement this
year proved to be one very differ
i int from any other ever presented.
The program. “The March of
( ' Time.’’ planned and directed
was
by our teacher, Miss Sara Sue
li Hi^per. After the processional,
. the invocation was give nby Rev.
'! A D. Cloud, and the introduction
j by Iva narrated Mae Speer. brief Then pictorial Ruth
Davis a
■ class history. Next a typical sen
li ior school day was presented by
Hazel Fincher, Fay Sprayberry,
Josie Waddleton, Jack Wheeler,
Melba Bonner, Billy Crowell,
< Frank Ingram, and Mary Lane.
W Beginning with the first class at
8:15 every morning and going
; through the last one at 3:00 in the
] afternoon, the above seniors gave
an interesting, amusing, and hum
orous review of each of the eight
classes.
1 Next, Life made her bid for the
» class. Miss Louise Kite represent
ed Life and Miss Helen Glenn,
the teacher.
In the class preparations for
Life, talks on the seven objectives
cf education were given my seven
more seniors, each in turn repre
sented by an Impressive tableau.
These were:
Fundamentals, Virginia Sowell;
t Leisure, Mary Rye; Home Ideals,
Helen Almand; Citizenship, James
Alexander; Vocation, Verlon Nel
\ son; Health, Louis Lyda; Ethical
Character, Ruth Davis.
After this presentation, Mr. H.
' w. Pittman delivered the diplomas
• to the 35 proud, radiantly beam
ing seniors, With these clutched
securely in their hands, Life ac
: cepted them.
Mr. J. O. Porter introduced the
visitors, among whom were Mr.
Janies Porter, Mr. W. D. Ander
son, and Mr. Scott Russell. After
the Alma Mater, Rev. L. M. Lyda
• dismissed the congregation with
i the benediction
i Senior Superlatives
t Cutest: girl, Helen Almand;
boy, Billy Crowell.
Wittiest: girl, Mary Rye; boy,
Jack Wheeler,
) Sweetest: girl, Josie Waddleton;
i boy, W. H. Walden.
I Most popular: girl, Mary Rye;
< boy, Louis Lyda.
Best sport: girl, Ruth Hewell;
( boy, James Alexander.
Most athletic: girl, Mamie Mil
ler; boy, Billy Crowell.
Best disposition: girl, Josie
■Waddleton; boy, Verlon Nelson.
Most intellectual: girl, Virginia
Bowell; boy, Verlon Nelson.
t Neatest: girl, Virginia Sowell;
l boy, Louis Lyda.
Prettiest girl, Helen Almand.
Best looking boy, Billy Crowell,
V. H. Walden.
Most cheerful: girl, Frances
Hinton; boy, Billy Crowell.
Most considerate: girl, Rena
Bowers; boy. Louis Lyda.
Most poetic, Mary Lane.
Biggest baby; girl, Ruth Davis;
boy, Billy Crowell.
Most conceited; girl, Ruth Davis;
! boy, Billy Crowell.
Most dignified; girl, Iva Mae
Speer; boys, Red Cole, Verlon
Nelson.
Meanest; girl, Melba Bonner;
] boy, Jack Wheeler.
Most co-operative: girl, Virginia
Sowell; boy, Red Cole.
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! Junior - Senior
i Banquet Enjoyed
A very lovely banquet was given
honor of the senior class, Fri
day night, May 10, by the Junior
class. The scene was laid in the
garden of the Queen’s court,
Gracing this complimentary oc
casion was the Queen of May, por
trayed by Doris Crowder. Several
little girls dressed as fairies sat
around the throne. They danced,
Clad in different colored dresses,
Favors, placed at each plate,
were carried out in the seniors’
and juniors’ class colors. Green j
and white and pink and white,
The favors consisted of four little
cards, two pink and two green,
*11 tied together with white rib
and
P1 Bette 1 Bowden served as toast- I
master of the evening and intro
duced the visitors. After Roy Car
x., _ ave . Toast to Royalty, sev- |
eral songs were sung by Miss Kite.
Miss Elder, Miss Conn. Miss Pen
uel and Miss Glenn. The Queen’s
iester gave two little dittys.
‘‘Spring Has Came,” Jack Walden
and Mary Wilson; “Romeo and
Juliet,” Lorene Hinton and Fred
Daniel. Virginia Sowell then gave
a taRf on Woodland Flowers, after
•which we stood and sang “Alma
Mater,” which concluded the com
plimentary affair given to the sen
ior class. Our caps are off to
kJfou, Junior Class,
EDITION
Class History
By Frances Hinton
In a southern sunny clime, in
the fall of 1936, a promising young
Gardener planted a garden,
watched it carefully, and viewed
with keen interest its promises of
growth. One by one he counted
the plants which would one day
blossom forth, bear fruit, and
bring him pleasure and profit.
Two of the plants were chosen
to be leaders in the garden—Anita
Lunsford and Jack Jorden.
At the end of each month, there
came a season of wind and rain.
Sometimes the plants trembled
beneath the storm and emerged
from it broken and bent. Oc
casionally, the gardner felt dis
couraged as he came on his rounds
of examination after the storm,
but the nature of the plants
triumphed over these sieges of
trouble.
As the first season ended, the
Gardner looked at his garden with
loving eyes, and thinking of the
future, he exclaimed with satis
'It is green, but growing.”
The autumn of ’37 found the
plants tended by a new Gardner.
plants were fewer in number,
twenty-four.
New leaders were chosen. Vir
Sowell, Anita Lunsford,
Lyda, and Glenn Penuel.
served the garden faithfully
well.
As the year waxed old, the
were sad and dropped their
for they feared this was
last season they could spend
their beloved garden, But
day the sun shone brightly on
and they raised their heads
smiled when they discovered
could remain there for two
years.
They took council among them
and said, “this year has
kindly with us. We have
strong in happiness and
By the autumn of ’38 the plants
grown larger and more num
Now there were forty-one.
Two new leaders were added—
Helen Almand and Josie Wad
dleton.
As the months passed, the plants
nodded their heads and said “this
year has been filled with joy.”
The Gardner had lost three prom
ising plants, but he consoled him
self by watching the other plants
grow more vigorous day by day.
As the plants began their last
year in the garden, they held
their heads a little higher. Their
blossoms were now full bloom.
The Gardner counted them and
found there were thirty-nine, but
soon four had to be given to other
gardens. These were Dorothy
Beam, Magnus Beam, Terrell
Johnson, William Poison.
The plants readily nodded their
consent to new leaders. Jack
Wheeler, Virginia Sowell, Hazel
Fincher and W. H. Walden. These
have served the garden well and
the plants appreciate their efforts.
After the Christmas holidays,
the flu and snow and ice kept
many of the plants out of the
Garden for several weeks, but the
others had fun dodging and throw
ing snow alls.
Time has passe quic w c
tS 1( ttiev^wSlTbe
when fnto trarw
imo the me Garden vxeiur:. of Life
contributed to he ev on
School A<»w*' a e !’
made, an tm i e e | r
and friends n a „® n e ”
of transplan ing. p} were
at a lovely banque
the Juniors and haie en me
social functions T ^
Tomorrow night they s a ea 'ie ^
beloved garden for ie s
but before e pans
each other adieu e> are
to have s< “'’ era ' days ° lm
Jacksonville Rea £"
Before we close the story o oui
in the Garden of P. H S„ we
would like to tell you ha our
gardener for .the past three season.
has been Miss Sara Sue Hooper.
has tended the plan s we
snd has watched them grow ay
by day. It is to her ha e
soms which shall not die. but
shall live through the coming
vears.
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PORTERDALE SCHOOL
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cher, Ruth Davis, Josie Waddle
ton, assistants; Billy Crowell, ad
vertising manager: Louis Lyda.
W. H. Walden, Mary Rye and Vir
Igmia Sowell, assistants.
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Sprayberry, Mary Lane, Ruth Davis, Melba Louise Bonner, Frances Hinton. (Second row), Christine Rye, Mamie Miller, Virginia Sowell,
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Pictured above the the boy graduates of the Porterdale school. They are as follows: (First row, left to right). Jack Wheeler, Guy
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row). Billy Crowell, Louis Lyda, Holland Sears, Robert Allen, C. W.Christian. 'Fourth row), Wallace Oates, Claude Piper, O'Neil Cole.
’40 Colors , Motto ,
Song and Flower
Class Flower____________Sweet Pea
Class Motto—’Build for chaarcter j
and not for fame."
Class Colors____ Pink and White I
Class Song Tune, “Memories’’ |
(By Mary Lane, Mary Rye) j
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Through the years that we’ve
toiled. !
We have reached our goal.
And the memories that have called
We now will dearly hold.
Now it’s time to say adieu,
And each must go his way,
We’ll tread it alone,
But someday come home,
Never more to be parted again.
Years have passed, now at last,
Our dreams are coming true.
On the sea of life we stand,
And grasp things that are new.
Now it’s time to start anew,
Our weary tasks in life.
We have things to do.
And to them be true.
’Till at last we have reached j
success.
Graduates of - lo40 f/w/i
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CLASS ROLL
Helen A^and, Robert Allen,
James Alexander, Rena Bowers.
Melba Bonner, Arthur . „ _ Bellew, „
Odean Baker, Red Cole,
C. W. Christian, Clarence
Capell, Billy Crowell, Roy Cofer,
j} av j s> Mercer Edge, Hazel
jr inc her, Frances Hinton, Ruth
y ewe ii ( Frank Ingram, Mary Lane,
Louis Lyda, Mamie Miller, Verlon
Ne j $on) Wallace Oates, Claud
piper< Mary R ye< Christine Rye,
^ Speer,'Fay Sprayberry,
yj r gj ma Sowell, Hollen Sears,
j 0 sie Waddleton, W. H. Walden
John Thomas Walden, Jack
wheeler
CLASS OFFICERS
p resic j en (_______ __________Jack Wheeler
yj ce _p resi( j en t___Virginia Sowell
Secretary ______________Hazel Fincher
Treasurer________W. H. Walden
g crl [ 3e _...............Mary
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Class Trip
B y Hazel Ftncber
D n the twenty-first day of this
month, Tuesday, after we finish
school on Friday, thirty-five sen
i0 rs will hop aboard the school bus
wlth eager faces because we are
off to Jacksonville Beach. After
g01n g to school for eleven years
we think that we deserve a vaca
tion.
We have reserved two cottages,
one f or the girls and one for the
boys, where we will lodge. While
m Jacksonville we will do every
thing one usually does towards
having a good time. We will busy
[swimming, ourselves by doing such things as
bowling and skating.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
Class Prophecy
Class Night, the seniors took an
imaginary trip to Mars, While
they were there Old Man Mars
^ them look through his tele
scope and see themselves twenty
years hence. The results were as
follows:
(Mamie Miller, waving a rolling
pin). Mamie—Just wait till that
husband of mine gets home.
Old Man Mars—Whoops! My
dears. That’s static. Let’s try
something else.
Mary R.—Aw, go on.* Let's see
some more. I want to see if she
gets him.
Mamie—Don’t worry about me.
I’ll get him all right.
(C. W. Christian has soap box
rigged up to represent radio, tele
vision set.) Old Man—Well, what
have we here? Oh, this is that
young inventor I have been tell
in S y° u about.
C. W.—Hello, Mars. Can you
hear me , can you see me?
Old Man—Yes, Yes, we can hear
you and see you.
BUly C.-And ahnost smel! you.
C. W.—You re looking fine, Old
Man Mars. I believe you’ve
a j ne( j weight since I was up
here twenty years ago.
Runt O.—Hey, what’s the idea?
He was just beginning to amount
to something.
Old Man—I always tune out
when they start making personal
remarks.
(Frances Hinton is paintiqg tin
cans). Mary R.—What is Frances
doing?
Old Man—Here we have Madam
Splashonski, the greatest artist in
the world.
Verlon N.—I never saw an artist
paint like that before.
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Old Man—Ah, but you Will,
Madam Splashonski is the great
artist of her kind in the world;
the only one in fact. You now
behold her painting tomato cans
to make flower holders for the
graves of cats and dogs.
(Fay Sprayberry and Ruth Davis
enter dressed as nurses, carrying
medicine). Ruth D.—Hurry up
with Mr. Wright's medicine. I
should think a good nurse like you
would give her old school teacher
better care.
Fay—Don’t talk so much, come
and help me. Mixes medicine.
I Here take this to him. It ought
to either kill or cure him.
(Josie Waddleton, typing by the
“hunt and punch”) Old Man—
Ladies and gentlemen, you see
low the speediest typist on earth,
That is probably an important
business letter she is hurrying to
finish.
Runt O.—Can’t you see what
she is writing?
Old Man—Wait, I’ll use my
periscope. Fits elbow of stove
pipe over end of telescope.) Hah,
now I can see. It says, “Dear
Darling”—why she has left out
the name.
Runt—I suppose she was afraid
that someone would peep. Maybe
she will put it in later. Go on
and read the rest of it.
Old Man—“Dear darling so and
so It has been so long since I
have seen you. The day has been
endless. It seems hours and hours
since last night. When I think of
that last sweet goodbye—” Aw.
fiddlesticks! She has turned away
so I can’t read anymore.
Red Cole—That was enough of
that stuff anyway.
Louis Lyda—Yeah, show us
something with a little more sense
to it.
(Verlon Nelson and Virginia
Sowell are pictured as school
teachers. Verlon is sitting at his
desk. Virginia enters). Virginia
—Hello, school teacher.
Verlon—School teacher yourself,
but youn don’t know the half of
jt. Kindergarten teachers sure
do have a snap of it.
Virginia—Oh, you don’t say so!
I guess if you had to keep sixty
little two by fours from pulling
hair and knocking teeth out, you
would know what hard work is.
Verlon—Well, at least you don’t
come home to a mountain of
papers every night. But I guess
it’s a good thing you don’t. You
wouldn’t know how to correct
them.
Virginia—Oh, indeed! You give
me some, and I’ll show you eor
recting papers that is correcting
papers.
Verlon—With the greatest pleas
ure. Here you are.
Virginia—(Reading papers for
a moment)—O, Verlon, these are
really good. You must be a won
derful teacher to get such good re
suits.
Verlon—You bet I am. I’ll tell
you what I’ll do. I’ll help you
out here. II read the question
and you read the answer and I’ll
tell you how to mark it. Here’s
the first question—“Why did
Columbus think the world was
round?
Virginia—Because his wife
thought it was flat. They never
could agree.” That’s not a bad
answer,
Verlon—No. I'd call that pretty
keen. How about this one? This
is a question in English. “Use
the word ‘atom’ in a sentence.
Virginia—“Let me ‘atom,’ let
me ‘atom,’ the angry man replied
Verlon—Good! Now if that
j paper has the next question in
arithmetic correct, we'll grade it
[feet hundred per cent. ‘How many
of rope will it take to tie a
twenty-five pound billy goat to a
(Our Advertiser* Are Assured of Results)
hundred foot tree fifty feet away?”
Virginia—That sounds like a
hard question. Let’s see how this
| paper has it answered, “Better
! use a chain. The billy goat might
eat the rope.’’
Verlon—Great thinking. Whose
paper is that?
Virginia—It's a senior paper.
Why it’s Jerry Comer's
—We (Male Textile going Choir). to be Old Man j
are now enter
tained by the Male Textile Choir,
under the auspices of Tin Pan
Troubadour Allen, the choir has
traveled extensively singing for
numerous social functions. These
members include Clarence Capell,
Roy James Cofer, Alexander, Mercer Wallace Edge, Oates, Guy' j
Crowell, Hollen Sears, W. H. Wal-!
den, Frank Ingram, John Thomas
Walden.
Billy—What a pity they didn’t
keep on traveling when they came
through here.
(Helen Almand appears dressed
as a farmer’s wife) Red C.—
Goodness gracious, who is this?
Old Man—That is Helene Al
mand, who is now appearing in
Congratulations to the
PORTERDALE
HIGH
SCHOOL’
—From—
I
W. D. ANDERSON
President, Bibb Manufacturing Company
Senior Class
Night Program
The seniors Presented
interesting and , v
night . . . Mav impressive cls .
program, 16th Th.
highlight of our program mcllil
ed an imaginary trip to Mar '
Sunny Boy, our rocket riaaM,
by our Industrial Arts teacher is
Lawrence Burke. Our able ®
chanic was Louis Lyda nw
ventor of rocket! and cJ
our Billv
ell.. Old Man Mars was '
trayed by our class Pff.
Jack Wheeler. The play Preside*
sented in three was prt n]
acts. Act 1
Start Toodle-o-o. Act 2—Tp l
Act 3—Home r
Again and Brad “
—and How.
In the first act we endeavorai
to leave some record behind
Helen Almand #
so read the cla
will, Ruth Davis the class jw,
Frances Hinton the c 'ass history,
and Virginia Sowell Presented ft
class , , key to the President of tl
Junior class, Betty Bowden. '
we were on our way, and HOW
In the second act we had W
ed and CRASHED. With the
and yells we explored Mars so
ran upon Old Man Mars, who at
quainted us with the place, fl»
we missed seeing its inhabitant
because they had gone on a pi t
nic to Mr. Moon. We occupiej
ourselves by looking through Mr.
Mars Man’s telescope and
ourselves as we will be toes
years from now.
In the third act we had aga||
come back to earth. Each
received a gift from some oJ
senior to lug along with J
mountains of baggage, AND Bedi
CIDER that he had refused ti
leave at home.
Upon our arrival home we sand wtlj
our class song and concluded
our Alma Mater.
A thletic8
BASKETBALL
The year ’39-'40 was Porterdale 1 !
first year in the Yellow Rives
League. Both boys and girl
fought it out until the end. Eaffl
one of our players deserves praia
for the way in which he plavw
ball.
Ruth Davis and Billy Crowell
brought special honor to the Pom
terdale teams by making AlH
Tournament Teams in the Yellow
River League.
When we graduate and leave
the basketball teams, we are alse
leaving two swell coaches, Mi!
baugh. Helen Glenn They have and been H. S. Brumj
tops an
much of our success came fro!
their leadership.
We could not think of basket!
ball without thinking of on
cheerleaders, Mary Rye, Franc!
Hinton and Mary Wilson. Al
members of both teams appreciai
the backing of these three gin
and the student body. When yn
have them cheering you on-yofl
just naturally fight harder.
The basketball players that aitl
graduating are: Mamie Mitel
Ruth Hewell, Ruth Davis, Bil
Crowell, Jack Wheeler, Wallas
Oates, James Alexander and)'H
Walden.
his science laboratory, so a
Fincher is in complete charge.
has announced her forthcomi
marriage to Charles Darwin
15th.
smash Broadway hit, Farmer’s
Mary R.—Farmer’s Wife is right!
(Mary Rye is heard singing),
Frances H.—Mercy, what is that |
screeching noise?
Old Man—That is Marie Ryski,
prima donna of the Metropolitan
Opera.
Verlon—Who would ever have
thought that?
(Sound, toot, toot, Odean Baker
appears). C. W.—Well, what in
world?
Old Man—That is Odean Baker.
He has his taxi with him. He is
a bronking taxi driver in the
Bronx.
(Christine Rye appaers dressed
as Duchess). Josie W.—Could
that possibly be Christine Rye?
Old Man—Yes, she is the
Duchess of Bohemia now, wife to
Duke Barthelmess Windsor.
Runt O—Royal blood, eh?
(Claud Piper appears with gun
in his hand). Billy—Who in the
world is the fellow with the dead
ly weapon in his hand?
Old Man—That is Claud Piper,
manager of the Piper Hardware
and Undertaking Company, 1
suppose he is trying to bum up a
little business for the undertaking
department with that pistol.
Virginia—Who are the two
young men arguing so vigorously?
Billy—They are Louis Lyda and
Red Cole.
Old Man—Lyda, who runs the
barber shop on the corner, almost
cut Cole’s throat while shaving
him. Wheeler is their lawyer.
He is taking the case on both sides.
(Mary Lane appears wearing
press sign), Frances—Who is
that young lady with the press
sign on her sleeve?
Old Man—That is Flash Lane,
who is now editor of the Bibb Re
corder. That sign admits her free
into all the honkey-tonks.
Louis—Well, look who’s here,
Old Man. I know these girls.
used to live across the river
in my old home town. Hello,
Curley Hewell, Rena Bowers, Mel
ba Bonner, Mamie Miller, and Iva
Mae Speer.
Old Man—Yes, they are the
Yellow River Girls. They have
become very famous traveling
about the country presenting their
song and dance team.
Melba—And who is that dis
tinguished looking gent?
Old Man—That is Billy Crowell.
Ho is an explorer to foreign
lands. They say he is simply
loaded down with the diamonds he
looted in the ancient temple of
Toaz. It is said he is married to
one of the beautiful cannibal girls.
Mary R.—Who is the fellow with
yellow hair and cherry nose?
Old Man—That is Arthur Bel
j ew> Mar's ambassador to Earth,
He has a little air conditioned
buggy that will really take you for
a ride.
Billy—A little air never hurt
anyone.
Red C.—Say, what is she cut
up frogs and things for?
Old Man—That is Hazel Fin
cher, protege of Mr. Jamie Wom
mack. Professor Wommack is j
now seventy and unable to attend!
Thursday, May 2 3 ,