The Melon Vine 1925

Margaret Payne, Editor
James Williams, Business Manager
Published by the Senior Class of Weatherford High School, Weatherford, Texas

Foreword
This is the book of my school life,
Its fun and frolic, work and strife,
The clothes I wore, the friends I knew,
With now and then a Kodak view.
When o’er my memory comes a haze
And things of youth and my school days
Seem dim and misty, then I’ll look
Within the pages of this book.

When we are old and youth has passed away,
And all the world is sad and full of care,
And when our lives seem dark and bleak and gray,
This book may bring fond memories to cheer;
Perhaps we then, as in the days of old,
Shall live in youth those happy years again,
Those years when we, so confident, so bold,
Were sure success would not be sought in vain.
Oh, may the dreams this book bring back to mind
Bring joy to whom the world has been unkind,
And for the time let past and present meet.
--Mrs. E. B. Martin

To the Seniors of 1925

You have completed the four years of high school work. The task has not been so hard as many of you thought it would be when you first entered high school. Very few of you have worked very hard and you have had a pretty good time during these four years. There have been more sunshine and happiness than there have been clouds and sorrows. The lessons you have recited, the little tilts you have had with your teachers, the pangs of jealousy you have sometimes felt, are all in the past and most of them will soon be forgotten; but the habits you have formed, the intangible, immeasurable influences that have entered into your character during your high school life will, in the main, stay with you as a permanent part of your being.

I am truly glad that so many of you are in this class of 1925. It is the largest and one of the best in the history of our school. I hope that this is just the beginning of what you may accomplish in the future. You all know my philosophy of life; the boy or girl with a healthy body, a strong mind and a good moral character can reach almost any heights, attain to any degree of eminence, if he or she has the will to work. The following verse expresses a thought that is true to life:

“Full many a race is lost ere even a race is run,
And many a weakling fails ere even his work’s begun.
Think big and your deeds will grow, think small and you fall behind;
Think that you CAN and you WILL; it’s all in the state of mind.”

Your friend,
T. W. Stanley

To Mr. T.W. Stanley, our superintendent, we dedicate this page of the Melon Vine. He has helped us through all the hardships of our High School year and for this we feel indebted to him and shall remember him always.

What would the 1925 Melon Vine have done without Mr. Broadfoot? Perhaps it would never have been. As our principal he has shown a marked interest not only in our year-book, but in all our activities. He has set an example for the students of Weatherford High School which they would do well to follow if they hope to gain all that is higher and better in life.

Faculty
Miss Mary Barbour Taylor, English
Miss Cammie Woody, Domestic Economy
C. L. Livingston, Chemistry
Miss Ruth Byron, History
Miss Imogene Gatlin, Commercial
Miss Grace Wythe, Latin
Miss Maida Buchanan, Assistant History
Miss Mary Wood Robeson, Spanish
E. W. Chaddock, Assistant Math
Miss Fannie Lewis Smith, Mathematics – Physics
Miss Rebecca McCrary, Substitute
Miss Irene Crawford, Assistant English

Seniors
Carol Chandler, President
Gladys Brown, Secretary
Edric Hudson, Vice-President
Colors: Old Rose and Silver
Flower: Carnation
Motto: 4 us 2b2 is 22.

Irby Dyer “The world know but two – Caesar and I.”
Herbert Smith If wit were wisdom, ye Gods, a second Solomon.
Lorene Guest “The Path of Duty is sublime; but I never walk, thank you.”
Rosa Lena Butler In friendship and in purest thought,/No one can go above her/It seems to us that Nature/ Intended that we love her.
Miss Billie Middlebrook Her flashy eyes and winning smile, Just make you love her all the while.
Willie Floyd Men of few words are best men.
Noel Brashears Earth’s greatest asset, a perfect gentleman.
Eloise Holley Her smiling face fills the shady palces with sunshine.
Velna Bounds A girl whom we respect, admire and love.
Ellen Sue Gilliland With a heart free from trouble – Merry the whole day long.
Edwin Jordan The handsome are never desolate – someone always loves them.
Walter Akard He has a smile that constantly endangers his ears.
Margaret Payne “If God can love all men, why can’t I love a dozen?”
Carol Chandler With her golden locks and Her eyes so brown/And that saucy turn of her head,/She has won the hearts of all the class--/So all the class have said.
Flossie Gainer That love light in her eyes just lies, and lies, and lies.
Buel Beadle Courageous as a man and as timid as a woman.
Hayes Scott God bless this modest, manly boy/Who makes all duty but a joy.
Julia Sharpe Modesty is the beauty of woman.
Imogene Scott She is silent when glad, affectionate though shy.
Marie McClesky Quiet and calm on all occasions.
Howard Weaver Nature bestowed he bounteous store,/Then stopped because she had no more.
Delmer Fitzgerald A wit’s a feather, a chief’s a rod,/An honest man is the noblest work of God.
Jane Yarbrough Blessed with beauty, she is content.
Fae Braselton When comparing Venus to her, well – Venus is flattered.
Clara Bell McClesky If you would be loved, love and be lovable.
Hershel Savage He needs no eulogy, he speaks for himself.
Claude Lamkin Life hath no dim nor lowly spot that doth not in his sunshine share.
Vivian Fine McCreary Three things that drive a man out of doors – Smoke, a leaking roof and a scolding wife. Be careful, Vivian.
Pansy Roberts “I talk when I have a reason and sometimes when I do not.”
Lorene Darby “I chatter, chatter, as I go, and I go on forever.”
Floyd Herring His tongue bewitched as/Oddly as his eyes –/Less with than mimic/More wit than wise.
Edgar Bowden Good-natured with a smile that laps over twice and buttons behind.
Velma Parker Beauty is worse than wine. It intoxicates both the holder and the beholder.
Letha Newsom So rich within—so pure without.
Elena Newsom “Consider yourself smitten sir.”
B.F. McMurrey I came, I saw, I left.
Edric Hudson A brave man is sometimes a desperado.
Elizabeth Smith She is witty with eyes very bright,/She is saucy and she’s pretty,/And she’s . . . . . . . alright.
Nobie Ashworth A walking encyclopedia of facts.
Ezell Ashworth Happy I am, from care I’m free,/Why aren’t they all contented like me?
Kathleen White A creature not too bright or good/For human nature’s daily food.
Fae Wingo Tall and stately is she,/And as nice as nice can be.
Connie Nelson Her mirth envelops all who meet her.
Clyde Martin When fame calls out with accent clear,/I prophesy he’ll answer here.
Floyd Hale Teachers will forget what we suffer, and not what we do.
George Braselton He is a poet at heart.
Jim Eddleman He’s the answer to the maiden’s prayer – a good, clean sport and a true friend.
Winnie Law If there’s anything that I like better than Man, it is Men.
Emmie Jim Hamilton Pep and smiles are her specialty.
Grace Jones She reaches only to one’s shoulder. But – the most precious articles are always wrapped in small packages.
Compton Barbee Curiosity killed a cat – that’s why I’m never curious about my lessons.
Mack Pickard Egotistically speaking, I am the star of the Wonder Quartette.
Gladys Brown Although she could not strow our path with roses,/She has at least strewn them with smiles.
Zilla Mae Frost Many charming ways does she possess.
Anna Mae Duncan She wears a smile that won’t come off.
John Peter Smith “Love is like a dirty window, I just can’t see through it.”
Bernice Sharp I am on the side that wins.
Rhoda Smith Davis May prosperity attend the Man that ventures most to please her.
Lucy May Lucy is as welcome as the flowers in May.
Norma Cecil Jones Next to love, quietness.
Roy Bounds A person must learn a thing before he forgets. I never forget anything.
Claudie Barker “Fair maid, be not so coy;/ I am my mother’s pride and joy.”
Maud Johnson Here’s a maiden, rare to find,/With a calm and thinking mind.
Willie Woodard “O, please go away and let me sleep,/Don’t disturb my slumbers deep.”
Evahdine Draper She scatters smiles wherever she goes.
Alton Sears Still waters run deep.
Clyde Gladish As true as steel.
Maybelle Whitsett Blessed be the man that changeth her name, for his home will be a paradise.
Lula Vivrett A tongue she hath, yet ne’er could you told it,/For she knoweth well how long to hold it.
Kathleen Arrington She cares not for the sterner sex.
Jim L. Smith Girls are so simple.
Carl Beadle He might have been a Valentino if he hadn’t been a blond.
Marie Tucker A member of the U.O.O.F.T. (United Order of Fiery Tops.)
Minnie Gracy A noble type of good, modest girlhood.
Georgie Smith As for me, let the men go west and grow up with the country.
Lillian Williams If all of us followed in her footsteps, what an intelligent lot we would be!
Doris Kayser Don’t bother me! I almost had a thought!
Marvin Witherspoon I often wonder why the girls are so crazy about me. I guess it’s my good looks.
Ellen Carter As true blue as her eyes.
Clara Kelly Ideas trouble me even more than men.
Frances Smith I always win when I argue alone.
Mattie Mae Wright I trimmed my lamp, I consumed the midnight oil. That’s the reason I am where I am.
Velma O’Stein The key that unlocks the kitchen seldom fits the parlor.
Floyd Durham It’s nice to marry a fireman. You can tell him to “go to blazes!”
Buford Meyers May fortune be kind to you,/Happiness true to you,/Life long and good to you.

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