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necessary for admission to any social given by Central High School.

This card is nontransferable and will be confiscated if it is presented

by any one except the person whose name appears above. The owner

thereby forfeits his right to attend any socials during his school life.

 

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PROGRMI
Master of Ceremonies - Robert Hood

"AMERICA, THE BEAUTIFUL” . . . . . . . . . . .4. . . . . . . Audience
PRESENTATION OF CLASSES BY CLASS PRESIDENTQz-

12-1 — Jacqueline Griffith
12-2 - Eugene Tucker

12-3 - Luther Wilson

12-h - Doris Holley

12—5 — Joyce I. Brown

12-6 - Sheilah Hunter

12—7 — Theodore Martin
12—8 — James L. Martin
12-9 - Gladys 1L Thomas

VIOLIN TRIO . . . . . . . . Addie Nichols, John Beaumont, Floyd Baker
ORATION . . . . . . "Thrift and Youth" . . . . . . . . . Luther Wilson

P1560 DDTJT D o o

"Rhapsodyfi_. . . . Jannie Garth and Cordelia Payne

CLASS PROPHECY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Valeria Thompson
' AHENLMans

CLASS HYMN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . Senior Class
‘Written by Joseph.Ray and John Kelly

PRES“NTATION OF HEEBEHS OF NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY ,
‘ Hrs. F. C. Washington, Sponsor

DRESENTATION OF KEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marcie Hicks
JQICCEFTANCE OF ICE: a o o ~ 3 u c o o o 0 n o n c o o o C David. I’IiCIman
PRECEHHATION OF AUiaDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. Atwood S. Wilson

CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL SONG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audience

 MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY

Barbara Lee Beasley
Erma Mae Bell
Margaret Bland
James A. Brenner
Jean E. Brenner
Joyce Y. BrOWn
Julia .1. Buford
SLirley H. Emerson
Ella D. Evans
Laurie Frost

Lucile Frost

Etta J. Frierson
Jacqueline Griffith

Lois Ann Grimes

William C. Hansford

Lucy M. Hardy
Anna M. Harvey
Anitha L. {erndon
Marcie E. Hicks
Robert a. Hood
Aliert N; Huggins
Dorothy N. Jackson
Geraldine Jacobs
Betty J. Johnson
Bertha A. Jones
Lula M. Kennedy
Alonzo Kidwell

Joan C. {ing

Tomella Leaks
Ada Mae McPherson
Ann Elizabeth Maddox
Theodore Be Martin
Everidora Mayo
wondolyn G. Mumford
Addie B. Nichols
Carrie L. Shaw
Shirley M. Spencer
Betty L. Sullivan
Gladys M. Thomas
Eugene Tucker, Jr.
Leona Tucker
Veloris G. Watts
George A. Williams

Theodoshia V.'Woolfolk

 

  

 

 CLASS I‘M"; EDS

f LII-ERII SCIICLAJISIIIP A‘EIAPD . . . . . . .. . v. . . . . Shirley Marie Spencer
LOUISVILLE DEFENDER SCI IOLA;SHIP [IUI QB' . . 2 . a z ; ; L . Erma Mae Bell
I. .‘N‘ILIIIS COLL: .LlFl?OAi-L ILLJDimL - o o a a I I o a 0 o I o o - PLOnald. POI’VYell
KIHENIS CLUE EFFICIENCY IIHLRD . . . . . . . . . . . . . Theodore Martin
IIIUIEFICEIIIL EGIOII I;U".ILI.’-.‘ ’V ’=."I.-I.ID I . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jean Bronner
PRII ICIP L'S CITIZENSHIP I AND . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert E. Hood
BOURGARD AWARD IE VOCLL MUSIC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Janet Barbour
CIIEN'S POST-.L ._L..I.ICCE ENGLISH ."-.I-I:=.IID . . . - . . Shirley Marie Spencer
SPECIAL CHORUS V OCAL .I‘IIII‘I‘T . John Beaumont, Mona Carroll, Jannie Garth,
' Robert Hood, Addie Nichols, Cordelia Payne,
Henry Thornton, and Ralph Wilson
DEIEI IND BUGLE CORPS .MILRDS . . . Virginia Bridges, Lillie Farris, Betty
Grigsoy, Ann Harvey; Bobby uathis, Betty
Nichols, Bertha Taylor, Helen IIhite, Mary
White, TheLna Ifoodson, Theodoshia I‘Ioolfolk
and Barbara Vaughn
YMAIE" ITJC fim 3.4 o u u 5 . I o o I o . o u o a v n o . Blane/1’19 Taylor
N. G. BOLT-ID INST IUTILIIIL LAIIAIID . . . . . . . ‘. . . . . . Cordelia Payne
ATHLETIC AI‘TAEDS . . . . _. . ., . . . . . . Theodore Martin and James Wade

GEORGE STOLL THRIFT A‘IJARDS . . . . . . . AnnieT .I. Vary, Henry Thornton,
' ' Luther I- Iilson, Robert? . Hood

GETZEL‘S SFOETSI-‘IAIISHIP AI'IAKD . . . . . . . . . . . . George Griffin, III

BAUSH AND LOI‘IB HONORARY SCIENCE AIEARDS . . . 4r Jacqueline: Griffith and V
Shirley II. Spencer)

CHEERLEADER AI-IAINTIS . . . . .9 0 Janet Barbour, Erma J c Lewis, Leon Taylor

 

 PMHCIPAL‘S SCHOOL SERVICE AE‘L’APE o . ,. . . a . . . . Leonardo Kaufman
NSUPMJCE CO‘LIPAI‘Y CO‘D’EZRCILLL 2L $11.3?
ATTRAL COEITE‘AST infivijPD o 0 § 0 0 ---. i 0 I I a 0 Shirley EL. Stiger

BAR-ID L-"f‘LJL‘LRDS . . L. _- . . . Harvey Cottom, John Kelly, Harlan Logan,
Ada I’LoPherson, L‘deie Nichols, Joe Ray,
Lester-Snow, Alvin Thomas, JaL. es Made,
and Arthur White
ORCHESTRA AWAL‘TC, a m Floyd Baker, Jannie Garth, Lillian JackSon,
Arthur King, and Charles Taylor

BAND MAJORETTES ,. . - -.,~ .~ . . . LL... . Janet Barbour and J oyce Brown

'- LIZY [BL-JLLPLDS -- Rut-h Atkins, Harv Bacon, L’leeta Brooks, Barbra
Brooks, Rob erta Davi son, Laurie F1 036 ,Lucile

’ Fro3* u, La Vazmt heroin, Joyce Reid, Virginia

Roberts, Lora Robinson, Dorsey Rondo, Ida

Takecare, Infinston Thorggeor}, Pauline Whitfield

GETZEL TAILORIHG HEARD - . ., » , - . Kelly A. Porfier

GETZEL DIESSP’LL KING L‘S-LIL’L? .- - -- ' - . Sheilah .5le Hunter
BAKER TAILOR Gil-IA D .. , , f . - . . Alphonso Burkeen

VOLUNTEER SOCIAL SERVICE 3} 31‘L1?Do.Lleerta Hickman, Bertha. Jackson, J 0.1m
Jonnson, Tomella Leaks, Mattie HCGill,
L’L Via Stallworth, and Velores G. ‘LIatts

JEF F3113 ON lLONUILAL‘T V L‘SLS'Ll' CONT” LLST slst Prize — l$5.00 - l‘filliem Orton
_ 2nd Prize ..- $310. 00 — Shirleyc pencer
3rd Prize - $5.00 - Yvonne Rider

TUBERCULOSIS ESSA CONTEST WINNERS

irs’c. Prize - 112110.00 Virgil Whitney — 11—2
Third Prize ‘ -‘ $510.00 Anna McCalin — ll—ll
Honorable Mention {$53.00 Theodoshia lioolfoll-c - 12-1
Honorable Mention {£55.00 Ella Evans — 12—2

 

  

 

Commencement Exercises

CENTRAL HIGH
' SCHOOL

LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY

Memorial Auditorium

Thursday, June 4, 1953
At 8:15 P. M.

Eighty-Ninth Commencement

 

 

 

 

  

Program

THEME: “THRIFT, A NECESSITY FOR SUCCESSFUL LIVING”

THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER

 

1. OVERTURE _______________________________________________ Central High School Band

2. PROCESSIONAL

3. INVOCATION ___________________________________________ Robert Hood, President
of Class of 1953

4. CHORUS—“America, The Beautiful” with a Descant ____________ Ward

5. SALUTATORY Erma Mae Bell

6. CHORUS: “Gonna. Journey Away” ____________________________________ arr. Ryder

7. ORATION N0. 1 _______________________ “Thrift, A Necessity for Survival”

Annie L. Vary
8. ORATION N0. 2 ___________________________________ “Man, the Ant, and Thrif ”
Henry L. Thorton
9. VOCAL DUET—“Come to the Fair”, Martin _________ Janet Barbour

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

and Addie Nichols

 

 

VALEDICTORY Shirley Marie Spencer
ALMA MATER Class of 1953
AWARDING 0F DIPLOMAS ____________ Atwood S. Wilson, Principal
ANNOUNCEMENT of SPECIAL AWARDS

CHORUS—"The Battle Hymn of the Republic"_..__StefEe—Ringwald

BENEDICTION..--_--_-___-.-_--___.__.-...-._,__-.Rev. Stephney Ray, Pastor
Hazelwood A.M.E. Zion Church

 

CLASS OF 1953

Mary Kathryn Abstain
Dorothy Ann Adams
Henry Douglas Allen
Ann Shirley Allison
Ruth Irene Atkins
Herman Bacon, Jr.
Mary Ann Bacon
Floyd Stanley Baker
Janet Elizabeth Barbour
William Westley Batts
Barbara Lee Beasley

John Emerson Beaumont, Jr.
Blanche Bell

*Erma Mae Bell

Isaiah Eugene Bell

Ella Mae Benford

Elijah Bennett, Jr.

Wanda Blair

Bryant Bland, Jr.

Margaret Bland
James Nolan Blincoe
John Allen Boards
Shirley Ann Bohannon
Joseph Hugh Bolan
Abbie Lee Bradley
Anna Mae Bradley
James Albert Bradley

Juanita Vivian Breckenridge
Shirley Ann Breckenridge
Theodore Carpenter Breckenridge
Doris Jean Brent

Emmett Winston Broadus
James Arthur Bronner

Jean Etta Bronner

Almeta Zenobia Brooks
Barbara Jean Brooks

Edith Mozell Brown

Joyce Yvette Brown
Kenneth Leon Brown
Charlotte Elizabeth Buckner
Jo Ann Dolores Buford

Julia Anne Buford

Alphonzo Burkeen

Henry Author Burks

Charles Rinaldo Burns
Julia Elizabeth Carlton

Martha Belle Carmon
Mona Alfrances Carroll

Yvonne Elizabeth Carter

Vera Mae Chandler
Robert Chinn

Rita Jean Coakley
Dorothy Nell Coleman
Harvey Leon Cotton

Charles Wesley Cowherd, Jr.

Joseph Ellis Cowherd
Jean M. Craft

Eugene Althea Craig
Sarah Belle Crenshaw
Dorothy Jean Crosson

Juanita Daniels
Roberta Malvenia Davidson
Ruth Juanita Davis
William Davis

Charles Henry Dean
Verna Dennis

Richard E. Dooley
Robert Lee Douglas
Leona Doyle

Ronald Gordon Dudley
Tillie Murrell Durrette

James Kennedy Heln Eaves
George Edmondson
Shirley Mae Emerson
Ella Delores Evans

Lillie Mae Virginia Farris
Arthur Farley

Gertistine Fisher

Charles Ford

James Robert Frazier
Etta Jean Frierson

Laurie Frost

Lucile Frost

Luzola Primm Gaines
John Edward Gardner
Frances Louise Garnett
Josephine Garnett
Jannie Ella Garth
Clenteria Jean Gilliam
Betty Jean Gleaves
Naomi Verliece Goodwin
Claude Alfred Gordon
Gloria Yvonne Gordon
George Leonard Griflin III
Jacqueline Griffith

Lois Ann Grimes
Emory Johnson Guess

Betty Ann Grigsby
Shirley Jean Guest
Frances Hamilton
George Franklin Hamilton
James Claude Hamilton
William Hart Hannibal
William Charles Hansford
Clara Jane Hardeman
Lucy Mae Hardy
Minnie Beatrice Hardy
Anne M. Harvey
Elizabeth Ann Harvey
Paul Benard Hayden
Anitha Louise Herndon
Alberta Hickman
Margaret Odell Hickman
Marcie Elizabeth Hicks
Stanley Thomas Hinds
Anita Louise Hogue
Doris Elizabeth Holley
Garland Holt, Jr.
Robert Earl Hood

Carl Ray Horace

Albert W. Huggins
James Earl Hughes
Wallace Herman Hughes
Sheilah Ann Hunter
Bertha Lee Jackson
Bertha Lee Jackson
Dorothy Maria Jackson
Lillian Jackson
Geraldine Jacobs

Betty Jean Johnson
Gwendolyn Veree Johnson
Jack Ruth Johnson

Jo Ann Johnson

Bertha Ann Jones
Leonardo DeVincent Kaufman
John Roscoe Kelly
Roberta Mae Kelly
Ulysses Antonio Kemp
Lula Mae Kennedy
Alonzo William Kidwell
Arthur Peter King
Joan Crawford King
Walter Lee King
Patrick Joseph Kline
Marshall Ray Laird
Robbie Ann Lanier
Tomella Leaks

Emma Jean Lewis

Joan Lewis

Paul David Lewis
Nathelle Emogene Lilly
Dora Lee Lloyd

Harlan Tilford Logan

Anna Lee Lucas
Samuel Tolbert McClain
Mattie Lue McGill

Ada Mae McPherson
Ann Elizabeth Maddox
Eugene Lewis Mansfield
Dolores Jene Marlowe
Jimmy Robert Martin
Theodore Boone Martin
Bobbie Jean Mathis
LaVaunt Maupin
Everidora Mayo
Charles Henry Metcalf, Jr.
Doris Ann Miles
Leonard Lee Miles
Sarah Carolyn Mitchell
John Allen Monroe
Hattie Mae Morton
Joseph Sidney Mudd
Gwendolyn Gay Munford
Marie Ellis Murphy
Gladys Mynheir

Phyllis Anne Nash
Addie Belle Nichols
Betty Jean Nichols

Gail Patrick Oates
John Oglesby

James Edward Parker
Ruth Jane Parker
Russell Villip Patrick
Cordelia Ann Payne
Ellis Richard Perry
John William Phillips, Jr.
John William Phillips
Nelson Clay Pinkston
Kelly Arthur Porter
George Dallas Pottinger III
Ronald Lee Powell
Theodore Puckett, Jr.
Robert Ralston

Decora Verdelle Ramsey
Doris Anita Rawlings
John Lee Ray

Joseph Louis Ray

Mary Reed

Marva Ada Reeder
Joyce Lee Reid

Robert Lee Reynolds
Louis William Rickman
Vivian Burrough Richardson
Jewell Carrietta Roberts
Virginia Roberts

Doris Jean Robertson
Lora Lee Robinson
Dorsey Allen Rondo, Jr.
Shirley Ann Ross

Betty Jean Russell

 

   

Clementine Samuels
Charlene Delores Sanders
James Howard Sangster
Otis Savage

Carrie Lee Shaw

Lewis Wallace Shepherd
Robert Daniel Shontee
ConUS Royce Shoulders
Mandy Lou Simmons
Julius Ivan Simms

Vera Mae Simms
Charles Smith

Herman W. Smith
Maurice C. Smith
Lester Donald Snow
Mary Louise Spaulding
“Shirley Marie Spencer
Willie Earl Spinks
Alvia Stallworth
Charles Curtis Stanley
Shirley Ann Stiger
Robert Lee Stover

Nora Depp Stratton
Betty Louise Sullivan
Queenetta C. J. Sullivan
Clarence Richard Swain
Ida Blanche Takecare
Leslie Albert Talbott
Aurelia Ann Taylor
Bertha Carole Taylor
Blanche Catherine Taylor
Charles Augustus Taylor
Felicia Taylor

Jacqueline Taylor

Leon Van Taylor
Richard Taylor

Alvin Gene Thomas

Gladys Maurine Thomas
Valeria Thompson

.William Valentino Thompson V,
Winston Adams Thompson 1/”

Henry Lloyd Thorton
Pecola M. Tippitt
Eugene Tucker, Jr.
Leona Tucker

Annye Louise Vary
Barbara Ann Vaughn
James Milton Wade
Delores Wales

Ruth Ella Warr

Oscar Wiley Warren
Ella Louise Washington
Veloris Gayle Watts
Carmon Weathers
Lottie Lucille Weaver
Ralph Stanley West
Ruben Kenneth Wheeler
Arthur Lee White
Helen Yourell White
Kwelltain White

Mary Louise White
Pauline Amelia Whitfield
George Alfred Williams
James Melton Williams
Leonard Williams

Mary Lee Williams
Paul Lewis Williams
Robert C. Williams
Sylvia Evelyn Williams
Alma Jeanne Wilson
Luther J. Wilson
William Ralph Wilson
Thelma Jean Woodson
Theodoshia Virginia Woolfolk

MFirst Honor
*Second Honor

MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY

Barbara Lee Beasley
Erma Mae Bell
Margaret Bland
James Arthur Bronner
Jean Etta Bronner
Joyce Yvette Brown
Julia Ann Buford
Shirley Mae Emerson
Ella Delores Evans
Laurie Frost

Lucile Frost

Etta Jean Frierson
Jacqueline Griffith
Lois Ann Grimes
William C. Hansford
Lucy Mae Hardy

Anna M. Harvey
Anitha Louise Herndon
Marcie Elizabeth Hicks
Robert Earl Hood
Albert W. Huggins
Dorothy Maria Jackson

Geraldine Jacobs

Betty Jean Johnson
Bertha Ann Jones

Lula Mae Kennedy
Alonzo ‘Kidwell

Joan Crawford King
Tomella Leaks

Ada Mae McPherson
Ann Elizabeth Maddox
Theodore Boone Martin
Everidora Mayo
Gwendolyn Gay Munford
Addie Belle Nichols
Carrie Lee Shaw

Shirley Marie Spencer
Betty Louise Sullivan
Gladys Maurine Thomas
Eugene Tucker, Jr.
Leona Tucker

Veloris Gayle Watts
George Alfred Williams
Theodoshia Virginia Woolfolk

CLASS AWARDS

 

ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIP AWARD"; ______________ Shirley Marie Spencer
LOUISVILLE DEFENDER

SCHOLARSHIP AWARD Erma Mae Bell
I WILLIS COLE EFFORT MEDAL ...................Ronald Powell

KIWANIS CLUB EFFICIENCY AWARD _..Theodore Martin
AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY AWARD..- __________ Jean Bronner
PRINCIPAL’S CITIZENSHIP AWARD _____ . .................. Robert E. Hood
BOURGARD AWARD IN VOCAL MUSIC _______________________ Janet Barbour
SPECIAL CHORUS VOCAL AWARDS ____________________________________________________
John Beaumont, Mona Carroll, Jannie Garth,
Robert Hood, Addie Nichols, Cordelia Payne,

Henry Thornton, and Ralph Wilson
DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS AWARDS ____________________________________________________
Virginia Bridges, Lillie Farris, Betty Grigsby,
Ann Harvey, Bobby Mathis, Betty Nichols,
Bertha Taylor, Helen White, Mary White,
Thelma Woodson, Theodoshia Woolfolk, and

Barbara Vaughn

N.G. BOARD INSTRUMENTAL AWARD .................... Cordelia Payne
ATHLETIC AWARDS _____________________ Theodore Martin and James Wade
GEORGE STOLL THRIFT AWARDS....Annie Vary, Henry Thorton,
Luther Wilson, and Robert Hood
GETZEL’S SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD ________________ George Griflin, III
BAUSH AND LOMB HONORARY SCIENCE AWARDS ___________________
Jacqueline Griffith and Shirley M. Spencer
CHEERLEADER AWARDS ................. Janet Barbour, Emma J. Lewis,
and Leon Taylor
PRINCIPAL’S SCHOOL SERVICE AWARD... ...Leonardo Kaufman
MAMMOTH INSURANCE CO. COMMERCIAL AWARD ________________
Erma Mae Bell
MISS CENTRAL CONTEST AWARD ____________________ Shirley A. Steiger
BAND AWARDS-

 

Harvey Cotton, John Kelly, Harlan Logan,
Ada McPherson, Addie Nichols, Joe Ray,
Lester Snow, Alvin Thomas, James Wade, and
Arthur White

ORCHESTRA AWARDS
Floyd Baker, J anme Garth, Lillian Jackson,
Arthur King, and Charles Taylor

BAND MAJORETTES __________________________________ Janet Barbour, Joyce Brown,

and Blanche Taylor
LIBRARY AWARDS:

 

 

Ruth Atkins, Mary Bacon, Almeta Brooks,
Barbara Brooks, Roberta Davidson, Laurie
Frost, Lucile Frost, La Vaunt Maupin, Joyce

Reid, Virginia Roberts, Lora Robinson, Dorsey .

Rondo, Ida Takecare, Elston Thompson,
Pauline Whitfield WWI
GETZEL TAILORING AWARD...... ...............Kelly A. Porter
GETZEL DRESSMAKING AWARD. Sheilah Ann Hunter
BAER TAILORING AWARD... "Alphonso Burkeen
VOLUNTEER SOCIAL SERVICE AWARDS .............................................
Alberta Hickman, Bertha Jackson, J oAnn
Johnson, Tomella Leaks, Mattie McGill, Alvia
Stallworth, and Velores Gayle Watts .

 
 

JEFFERSON MONUMENT ESSAY CONTEST
First Prize—$15.00 William L. Orton
Second Prize—$10.00 ....................................................... Shirley M. Spencer
Third Prize—$5.00 Yvonne Rider

 

 

Commencement Exercises

 

CENTRAL HIGH
SCHOOL

LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY

Memorial Auditorium

Thursday, June 4, 1953
At 8:15 P. M.

Eighty-Ninth Commencement

 

 

 

 Central High School_Auditorium

1:10 P. M.

Tuesday, June 2, 1953

I" IV 1‘ v '0‘ I.
itfirlc’lr-n‘k‘lhfinmfl.

Master of Ceremonies - Theodore Martin

"LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING" . . . . . . . . .> . . . Audience
PRINCIPAL‘S MESSAGE TO SENIOR CLISS . . . . ' . Jean Bronner
ORATION . . . . . . . Robert E. Hood
VOCAL SOLO . . . . Elijah Bennett
CLASS STATISTICS Eugene Tucker
CLASS WILL . . é a . . . Leona Tucker
"THEY CALL THE WIND MARIA" ' i E . . Les Chanteurs
CLASS HISTORY . . Jacqueline Griffith

CLASSSODIGIi‘CIovtpcctctt auto-on
Written by Cordelia Janet Barbour

Senior Classes

SPECIAL CERTIFICATES OF AWARDS

HEALTH SERVICE AWARDS (Assistance in Health Suite) — Laurie Frost

Spencer, Shirley M.
Bell, Erma M.
Tucker, Eugene
Tucker, Leona
Hood, Robert E.
Thompson, Valeria
Bronner, Jean E.
riffith, Jacqueline R.
Huggins, Albert M.
Hicks, Marcie E.
Brenner, James A.
Bland, Margaret C.
Eeasley, Barbara L.
Brooks, Almeta Z.
Mayo, Everidora
Williams, George A.
Herndon, Anitha L.-
Jacobs, Geraldine
mam,%%®m
Grimes, Lois
Evans, Ella
Harvey, Anna M. .
Frost, Laurie N.
Stiger, Shirley A.

UPPER QUAIHILE

Nichols, Addie B.4
Frierson, Etta
Sullivan, Betty L.
Jones, Bertha A.
Maddox, Ann E.‘
Thomas, Gladys M.
Frost, Lucile W.
McPherson, Ada M.
Simms, Vera M.
Brown, Joyce Y.
Hansford, William C.
Buford, Julia A.
Emerson, Shirley M.
Murphy, Marie

Shaw, Carrie L.
Kidwell, Alonzo
Carlton, Julia E.
Bottinger, George D.
Jackson, Lillian N.
Porter, Kelly A.
Leaks, Tomella
Munford, Gwendolyn G.
Woolfolk, Theodoshia V.
Hardy, Lucy M.

Ella Evans
Anna Lucas

Brown, Edith
Thornton, Henry L.
Talbott, Leslie A.
Chandler, Vera M.
Whitfield, Pauline A.
Daniels, Juanita
Vary, Annie L.
Williams, Sylvia E.
Johnson, Betty J.
Atkins, Ruth

Perry, Ellis R.
Jackson, Dorothy B.
Lewis, JoAnn E. '
Guess, Emory J.
Watts, Veloras G,
Buford, JoAnn D.
Kelly, Roberta M.
Kennedy, Lula M.

. Tippitt, Pecola M.

Logan, Harlan Tq
Allen, Henry Douglas
Mitchell, Sarah C.
Hardeman, Clara J.
Takecare, Ida B.

 

 GRADUATES

Central High School, Louisville, Kentucky

Mary Kathryn Abstain
Jeffersontown, Ky.

Dorothy Ann Adams
72l Roselanc St. (3)

Henry Douglas allen

739 F Nugent Court (3)
Ann Shirley Allison , ’
2205 W. Chestnut St. (ll)

Blth Irene Atkins
1033 Liberty Gt. (3)

Herman Bacon, Jr.
lhlB W. Chestnut St. (3)

Mary Ann Bacon
h723 Crittenden Dr. (9)

Floyd Stanley Baker
953 Hancock St. (3)

Janet E. Barbour
thO Algonquin Pkway. (8)

William W. Batts
th S. Preston St. (2)

Barbara Lee Beasley
l7h2 S. 32nd St. (ll)

John E. Beaumont, Jr.
1157 s. 17th St. (10)

Blanche Bell
107 w. Walnut St. (3)

Erma Mae Bell
1525 Dumesnil St. (10)

Isaiah Eugene Bell
lShB Prentice St. (10)

Ella Mae Benford
1305 w. Liberty St. (3)

Elijah Bennett, Jr.
1776 W. Ormsby St. (10)

Wanda Blair
629 E. Gray St. (2)

Bryant Bland, Jr.
1532 S. 3hth St. (ll)

Class of June, 1953

Margaret Blend
2109 (R) Madison St. (3)

James N. Blincoe
1706 w. Madison St. (3)

John A. Boards
33Gb Hale Ave. (ll)

Shirley A. Bohannon
810 8. Clay St. (3)

Joseph Hugh Bolan
3h28 Grand nve. (ll)

Abbie Lee Bradley
607 E. Hill St. (8)

Anna Mae Bradley
2110 S. Floyd St. (8)

James Albert Bradley
lhl9 (R) Levering St. (8)

Juanita V. Breckenridge
d?3 N. Oak St. (3)

Shirley a. Breckenridge
3523 Virginia Ave. (ll)

Theodore C. Breckenridge
10 College Gt. (3)

Doris Jean Brent
lShO Prentice St. (l0)

Emmett W. Broadus
h30 N. Hite ave. (6)

James Arthur Brenner
381h Greenwood Ave. (ll)

Jean Etta Bronner
381h Greenwood Ave. (ll)

Almeta Zenobia Brooks
1611 Hale ave. (10)

Barbara Jean Brooks)
3626 Woodland Ave. (11)

Edith Mozell Brown
611 S. 2lst St. (3)

Joyce Yvette Brown
618 K Jacob St. (3)

Kenneth Leon Brown
Jeffersontown, Ky.

Charlotte E. Buckner
llh5 W. Walnut St. (3)

Jo nnn Delores Buford
1133 N. Walnut St. (3)

Julia nnne Buford
382h Sunset nve. (ll)

alphonzo Burkeen
3h27 Stratton St. (11)

Henry A. Burks
R. R. 2 - Buechel, Ky.

Charles R. Burns
1715 8. 32nd St. (ll)

Julia E. Carlton
3220 Greenwood ave. (ll)

Martha Belle Carmon
2506 W. Cedar St. (12)

Mona 5. Carroll
2530 W. Walnut St. (12)

Yvonne E. Carter
1605 s. 38th St. (11)

Vera Mae Chandler
R. R. 5 "' BUL'Chel, Ky.

Robert Chinn ‘
372h Greenwood ave. (ll)

Rita Jean Coakley
l9h2 W. Jefferson St. (3)

Dorothy N. Coleman
708 W. Cedar St. (3)

Harvey Leon Cotton
1817 W. Magazine St. (3)

Charles W. Cowherd, Jr.
739 S. 17th St. (10)

Joseph E. Cowherd
Prospect, Ky.

Jean M. Craft
Jeffersontown, Ky.

 

 Eugene Althea Craig
1723 Hale Ave. (11)

Sarah Belle Crenshaw
l2lh Herr Ave. (8)

Dorothy J. Crosson

1302 W. Jefferson St. (3)

Juanita Daniels
3805 Grand Ave. (11)

Roberta M. Davidson
l20h Cedar Ct. (3)

Ruth Juanita Davis
8h College Gt. (3)

William Davis
M32 S. 2hth St. (12)

Charles H. Dean
1031 w; Walnut St. (3)

Verna Dennis
13h N. Clay St. (2)

Richard E. Dooley
1650 Gallagher St. (10)

Robert Lee Douglas
611 E. Jacob St. (3)

Leona Doyle
325 E. Woodbine Ave. (8)

Ronald G. Dudley
932 w. Jefferson St. (2)

Tillie M. Durrette
518 York St. (3)

James K. H. Eaves
1h31 5. Clay St. (8)

George Edmondson
L502 Stoltz St. (9)

Shirley M. Emerson
316 Simmons Ct. (3)

Ella D. Evans
Lzu s. 16th St. (3)

Lillie M. V. Farris
lh2h w. Liberty St. (3)

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Arthur Farley
L22 3. 2lst St. (3)

Harvetta Farrell

h53 s. 7th St. (3)

Gertistine Fisher
620 s. 15th St. (3)

Charles Ford
208 s. l2th St. (3)

James R. Frazier
l3h0 S. 36th St. (ll)

Etta Jean Frierson
lOOh Cedar Gt. (3)

Laurie Frost
1637 N. Oak St. (10)

Lucile Frost
1637 W. Oak St. (l0)

Luzola P. Gaines
lh2O w. Liberty St. (3)

John E. Gardner
1250 Cedar Gt. (3)

Frances L. Garnett
918 3. Clay St. (3)

Josephine Garnett
918 3. Clay St. (3)

Jannie Ella Garth
17l5 Magazine St. (3)

Clenteria J. Gilliam
3h28 Southern ave. (ll)

Betty Jean Cleaves
621 E. Madison St. (2)

Naomi V. Goodwin
R. R. 3 - Buechel, Ky.

Claude a. Gordon
llh8 Cedar Gt. (3)

Gloria Y. Gordon
16h3 Gallagher St. (10)

George L. Griffin III
125 William St. (6)

Jacqueline Griffith
llh3 Cedar Gt. (3)

Lois Ann Grimes
3h16 Hale ave. (11)

Emory J. Guess
926 S. Jackson St. (3)

Betty ann Grigsby
1208 Zane St. (3)

Shirley J. Guest
718 Coke St. (3)

Frances Hamilton
635 (R) Rawlings St. (8)

George F. Hamilton
th S. 28th St. (11)

James C. Hamilton
638 s. 15th St. (3)

William H. Hannibal
13h0 8. 32nd St. (11)

William C. Hansford
760 0 Merchant Gt. (3)

Clara J. Herdsman
l33h S. Buth St. (11)

Lucy Mae Hardy
51h S. 12th St. (3)

Minnie 8. Hardy
lh09 W. Chestnut St. (3)

Leon Hawkins Harris
852 (R) 5. Fifth St. (3)

Anne M. Harvey
528 E. Gray St. (2)

Elizabeth a. Harvey
1055 s. 12th St. (3)

Paul Benard Hayden
1628 Gallagher St. (10)

Anitha L. Herndon
7hO J Hancock St. (3)

Alberta Hickman
1202 W. Wilson St. (10)

 

 Margaret 0. Hickman
712 Bancroft St. (3)

Marcie E. Hicks
2108 Magazine St. (11)

Stanley T. Hinds
72b E. Bancroft St. (3)

nnita L. Hogue
n001 Grand ave. (11)

Doris E. Holley
12b8 Cedar Gt. (3)

Garland Holt, Jr.
1622 Cedar St. (3)

Robert E. Hood
hos Lampton St. (3)

Carl Ray Horace
1008 S. 12th St. (10)

Albert W. Huggins
1227 w. Hill St. (10)

James Earl Hughes
3317 Young nve. (11)

Wallace H. Hughes
2628 Eddy St. (12)

Sheilah A. Hunter
252A w. Magazine St.(12)

Bertha Lee Jackson
1125 s. 8th St. (3)

Bertha Lee Jackson
2809 S. 6th St. (8)

Dorothy Marie Jackson
1521 Hale nve. (10)

Lillian Jackson
lh18 Hazel St. (11)

Geraldine Jacobs
760 N Merchant Gt. (3)

Betty J. Johnson
1219 w. Chestnut St. (3)

Gwendolyn V. Johnson
23h3 Magazine St. (11)

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Jack Ruth Johnson
lhOh Burghard ave. (3)

Jo Ann Johnson
hh9 Wilberforce Gt. (3)

Bertha nnn Jones
hh32 Schley St. (8)

Leonardo D. Kaufman
3232 Kirby ave. (11)

John R. Kelly
3h31 Virginia ave. (11)

Roberta M. Kelly
1012 8, Floyd St. (3)

Ulysses nntonio Kemp
3303 Southwick St. (11)

Lula Mae Kennedy
1th? s. 13th St. (10)

Alonzo W. Kidwell
733 S. 15th St. (10)

nrthur P. King
250M W. Jefferson St. (12)

Joan Crawford King
537 5. 21st St. (3)

Walter Lee King
611 York St. (2)

Patrick J. Kline”
1018 Cedar Ct. (2)

Marshall R. Laird
1031 s. 7th St. (3)

Robbie Ann Lanier
1523 Gallagher St. (10)

Tomella Leaks
606 E. Breckenridge (3)

Emma Jean Lewis
MSG Simmons Ct. (3)

Joan Lewis
1620 Beech St. (11)

Paul David Lewis
7B3 R Caddie Ct. (3)

Nathelle E. Lilly
151a w; Walnut St. (3)

Dora L. Lloyd
2217 S. Floyd St. (8)

Harlan T. Logan
3b22 Virginia Ave. (11)

Anna Lee Lucas
3711 Hale ave. (11)

Samuel T. McClain
817 Oldham st. (3)

Mattie Lue McGill
335 Woodlawn St. (9)

nda Mae McPherson
192M S. Brook St. (8)

Anna E. Maddox
1018 w. Jefferson St. (3)

Eugene L. Mansfield
h18 E. Madison St. (2)

Dolores Jene Marlowe
318 s. 10th St. (3)

Jimmy R. Martin
1307 W. Chestnut St. (3)

Theodore B. Martin
b1; 3. 11th St. (3)

Bobbie J.Methis
180a Cedar St. (3)

LaVaunt Maupin
920 w. Chestnut St. (3)

Everidora Mayo
15h7'w. Kentucky St. (10)

Charles H. Metcalf, Jr.
1626 Cedar St. (3)

Doris Ann Miles
2h09 W. Broadway St. (12)

Leonard L. Miles
1u33 w. Liberty St. (3)

Sarah C. Mitchell
923 S. 16th St. (10)

 

 John Allen Monroe
101k Cedar Gt. (2)

Hattie Mae Morton
916 W. Magazine St. (3)

Joseph Sidney Mudd
h520 Fordson Way (11)

Gwendolyn G. Munford
Box 15h - R. 5
Buechel, Ky.

Marie Ellis Murphy
516 Lampton St. (3)

Gladys Mynheir
lhha (R) Floyd St. (8)

Phyllis Anne Nash
2312 w. Madison St. (11)

Addie B. NiChOlS
332R Greenwood Ave. (11)

Betty J. Nichols
h05 Lampton St. (3)

Gail P. Oates
1112 s. 15th St. (2)

John Oglesby
11h? S. 17th St. (10)

James E. Parker
1930 W. Madison St. (3)

Ruth Jane Parker
1930 w. Madison St. (3)

Russell V. Patrick
519 s. 8th St. (3)

Cordelia A. Payne
3508 Greenwood Ave. (11)
Ellis Richard Perry

35h8 Dumesnil St. (11)

John w. Phillips, Jr.
1811 w. Walnut St. (3)

John W} Phillips
533 Finzer St. (2)

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Nelson C. Pinkston
1526 Gallagher St. (10)

Kelly.Arthur Porter
23hl W. Madison St. (11)

George D. Pottinger III
62h E. Finzer St. (3)

Ronald Lee Powell
363R Greenwood ave. (11)

Theodore Puckett, Jr.
Box 1h0 - R. 3
Buechel, Ky.

Robert Ralston
2812 Klier Ave. (8)

Decora V. Ramsey
hlh s. 20th St. (3)

Doris A. Rawlings
1653 Hale Ave. (13)

John Lee Ray
122 Stevenson St. (6)

Joseph Louis Ray
3h22 Virginia ave. (11)

*Mary Reed
lh29 S. Broadway St. (3)

Marva Ada Reeder
1106 Cedar Ct. (3)

Joyce Lee Reid
1338 5. 38th St. (11)

Robert L. Reynolds
lh23 Magazine St. (3)

Louis W. Rickman
1218 w. Magazine St. (3)

Vivian B. Richardson
83h Cawthcrn St. (3)

Jewell C. Roberts
618 E. Breckenridge St. (3)

Virginia Roberts
2208 w. Chestnut St. (12)

Doris J. Robertson
1902 w. Chestnut St. (3)

Lora Lee Robinson
722 w. Walnut St. (3)

Dorsey A. Rondo, Jr.
1558 W. Breckenridge (10)

Shirley Ann Ross
80h 8. Preston St. (3)

Betty J. Russell

Box M75 - R. 3 .
Louisville, Ky. (3)

Clementine Samuels
R. 5 — Buchel, Ky.

Charlene D. Sanders
2010 w. Chestnut St. (11)

James H. Sangster

835 s. 8th St. (3)

Otis Savage
1516 Prentice St. (10)

Carrie Lee Shaw
708 Roselane St. (3)

Lewis W. Shepherd
272h w. Chestnut St. (11)

Robert Daniel Shcntee
3229 Hale Ave. (11)

Conus Royce Shoulders
9R9 s. 13th St. (10)

Mandy Lou Simmons
702 w. Cedar St. (3)

Julius I. Simms
3810 Grand nve. (11)
Vera Mae Simms

1021 W. Madison St. (3)

Charles Smith
1217 Euclid St. (8)
Herman W. Smith
131 W. Lee St. (8)

 

 Maurice C. Smith
15201v. Cadar St. (3)

Lester D. Snow
21 O'W. Jefferson St. (12)

Mary L. Spalding
h2l s. 10th St. (3)

Shirley M. Spencer
713 E. Jacob St. (3)

Willie Earl Spinks
L27 5. 10th St. (3)

nlvia Stallworth
lého S. St. Catherine St. (10)

Charles C. Stanley
9S6 Waterbury St. (3)

Shirley Ann Stiger
106 College Gt. (3)

Robert Lee Stover
hSl Wilberforce (3)

Nora Depp Stratton
1hh2 S. llth St. (10)

Betty L. Sullivan
R. 3 - Bucchel, Ky.

Queonetta C. J. Sullivan
2236 W. Walnut St. (12)

Clarence R. Swain
1218 Garland St. (10)

Ida Blanche Takecare
619 P Roselane Ct. (3)

Leslie Albert Talbott
522 E. Kentucky (h)

Aurelia Ann Taylor
1221 S. 36th St. (ll)

Bertha C. Taylor
1206 w. Jefferson St. (3)

Blanche C. Taylor
R. 5»- Buechel, Ky.

Charles A. Taylor
6h1 E. Madison St. (2)

Felicia Taylor
L38 (R) B. Gray St. (2)

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Jacqueline Taylor
2010 Wilson St. (10)

Leon Van Taylor
638 s, 10th St. (3)

Richard Taylor
lSlh W. St. Catherine St. (10)

Alvin Gene Thomas
21k 5. 2lst. St. (3)

Gladys N. Thomas
1209 W. Kentucky St.

Valeria Thompson
3308 Young ave. (11)

William V. Thompson
1115 s. 9th St. (3)

'Winston A. Thompson
39 College Ct. (3)

Henry Lloyd Thornton
2330 W. Chestnut St. (11)
Pecola M. Tippitt

1715 Magazine St. (3)

Eugene Tucker, Jr.
3719 Young nve. (11)

Leona Tucker
3719 Young nve. (ll)

unnye Louise Vary
623 s. 18th St. (3)

Barbara Ann Vaughn
651 s. thh St. (10)

James Milton Wade
715 Preston (3)

Delores Wales
1226 S. 32nd St. (11)

Ruth Ella Warr
2832 Madison St. (11)

Oscar Wiley Warren
725 s. 15th St. (3)

Ella L. Washington
1122 s. 8th St. (3)

Veloris 03 Watts
R. 2 - Box lh3
Valley Station, Ky.

Carmen Weathers
1010 Fisk Gt. (3)

Lottie L. Weaver
Browns Court
Jeffersontown, Ky.

Ralph S. West
655 s. 2lst St.(3)

Ruben K. Wheeler
3029 Dumesnil (ll)

nrthur Leo White
627 E. Madison (2)

Helen Y. White
lhh9 Bland St. (8)

Kwelltain White
3530 Greenwood Ave.
(11)

Mary L. White
1119 w. Walnut (3)

Pauline Whitfield
15h? Gallagher(10)‘

George Williams
12 Grand Ct. (11)

James M. Williams
1130 Fisk C. (3)

Leonard Williams
2235 Cedar St. (ID

Mary L. Williams
15h2 St. Catherineiu'
(10) '

Paul L. Williams
1128 s. 26th St. (12)

Robert C. Williams
2&1? Broadway (12)

Sylvia E. Williams
626 w. "M" St. (8)

alma J. Wilson
3216 Greenwood (ll)

 

 Luther J. Wilson
Sho s. 12th St. (3)

William R. Wilson
3510 Dumesnil St. (11)

Thelma Jean Woodson
1539 Gallagher St. (10)

Theodoshia V. Woolfolk
1310 Baldwin Ct. (10)

% Home Student

 

 Central High School - Louisville, Kentucky
Bulletin Concerning Senior Prom - 1953

TO ALL SENIORS

In view of the fact that the Senior Prom will be held in the school gymnasium
all regulations governing activities on school premises must be observed.

The probability of using the gymnasium for Proms in the future will depend
entirely upon the manner in which you, the Senior Class of 1953, conduct youru
selves as ladies and gentlemen Friday night, June 5, 1953, 9:00 P.M. to 1:00 A.M.

The following regulations are among those to be observed:

1. Come properly attired.

2. Remove hats immediately upon entering the building. Do not carry hats
onto the dance floor. Arrangements have been made for checking.

3. Smoking is prohibited at all places in the building.

h. Profanity is not to be used under any circumstance:.

5. Alcoholic drinks are not to be used before entering or brought into the
building. Persons found using or having such in their possession will be
dismissed immediately. ‘

6. Refreshments from the buffet table are confined to the serving areas and
are not to be carried onto the dance floor.

7. All waste i.e. cups, napkins etc. are to be disposed of in proper con-
tainers and are not to be thrown on the floor°

8. No pers