RG2_WB_Box 9_Folder 7_ 53.jpeg and veils for winter. AJi-t •t Loveman's (5th and Union, &0uthwest corner> was the milliner and his .--ality charmed mothers and daughters alike. We always wore lhort white gloves for church and parties and long white gloves for formals. Taffeta and net dreaes were favorites for formals with tremendously full Kirts and seven or eight petticoats underneath. I learned tbat mon the bard way at a Sewame Military Academy Dance in lNl. It was - ol my f11'11l formals and I wore a beautiful white taffeta and net trimmed in rbi-iones with self slip ol taffeta. We were srandly presented with glaring lights stepping through a flower filled trellis followed by the grand march. .when my best friend whispered that lhe could aee right through me. 'lbe night was a disaster. From that dance CID I was properly fortified with several crinolines, a hoop skirt .and my grandmother's lace trim med petticoat that she bad worn when she came to Nubville for her preparatory education. Hair ribbons, gangs and bobbie pins were ever so popular Everyone rolll! but I'll never forget lho6e corn dogs served with tomato ketchup. Chicken In the Skillet was on Harding Road where Grace's ii located now Belle Meade Theatre (the first shopping emter in Nashville, I 111ppC18e > ... thefoai) point ol moat ol GUI' activity. 'lbe Saturday Happiness Club and Sunday afternoon hangout after fraternity ud IOl'Ority meetings Mooo McGrath WU the drugstore and there WU also a bowling lane in-the block. During these years I remember the Commodore Club at the An ._ JacbGa Hotel ud the CGl aaial Club near the inlerNctian'crl llipwaya 'IO and ltD. Taamiy Wadley and his parents would entertain at aeramptotas Ouiatmas parties. AD ol us wore formals and were liffll IDffly pwenta. • • The Lodge at this ume ID lenection was off limits fer me until the late 40's; then it became my aecand home. . , . , Of coune, Hettie ltay's atop Nine Mile Hill was the most popular night -,ot. Miss 'Hettie and her sister ran a very tight ship and the security ol the place was like an insurance policy . to our parents. We danced to the music ol a giant juke box and I have no recollection of the food. Needless to say there were no alcoholic beverages allowed. • Jerri Mai TruJoct entertained there for the very first dance many of us bad attended. Shortly after.van! Jean BriDtoo Quillen and I entertained seYerlll hundred members ol the acbool aet at a dance in the Pavilion which was the lower building con nected to the Hettie Ray's. It ·too overlooked the city. 'This ii - the site of Wessex Towers. One of the horrors of all horrors was the fear el being a "wall Rower" There was always a big stag line and each girl hoped and prayed that someone would cut in so a boy wouldn't get stuck. There were also the no-breaks and you yearned for certain peo ple to ask you for thole. 'lbe last - was always "Good Night Sweetheart" and your date ex pected to dance that one with you. We would jitterbug, boogie woogie, rbumba and form conp lines. Off the top ol my bat these are additional memories ·o1 this period ol time: the dips on Westview Avenue, the covered btidge, baby talk, Jon Whitcomb's pictures, smooching pictures, "pe-diddle", bandanas, the song "Tangerine", Betty Grable, bond rallies on Capitol Boulevanl, "knittin for Britain" Hillsboro scrap metal ·drives aaving bacon grease for the w.;. effort, the 7th Avenue Garage ( the young high school boys worked there and you could hear the braking and screeching up and down the four or five levels), the Dixie Flyer, the Pan American oo WSM radio every afternoon, Coke parties, Possum Hunt's at the Suddoth'&, Shacklett'& fl&h, Kleeman'& ~ pie Pie and Chicken on Egg Bread, bridge parties, wru Plunge, Cascade Plunge, Byan, Peabody and ·ouncan Junior/Senior Proms, Ovoca near Tullahoma, NaCOME 1-.ar Centerville (Presbyterian church camps) Cain Sloan record department , Hillsboro Sunset Bus, Sunset-Hillsboro Bus, Woodmont Shuttle Bux, Harvey's Has It, elevat« at First Presbyterian Church southeast corner of 5th and Church, folding chain from Finley-Dorris, Warner Druplore on Church Street, W.B.-navy wool aborts, Francis Craig "Near You", Glen Miller "String o1 Pearls" and "Chattanooga Choo- dloo ... Parter .... and Pm• iak _.. Shaffer ~ and Sheaffer .iak, Leon Cole, the -aanist at the Paramount Tlleatre, Bacltwanl dances, ra tion boob, T model fords, aodi: .... •t Hilllbon, Hilb, IYll1 .... l1aln boob, the Maddin tea clances, Martha McIntyre .8aldridge's Christmas teas, C.M.A. dances, Puluki, Collan- 11ia, ud 1-iaburl Sub Deb Danca, WardBelmoatllaJDay. . Tbe mt could -IO - and Ill. Im........... , -~Partm r~--• _·:l9A/flt:eAMVaapaa.....,., • ''ID ratraapeet aur lamillel, aeigbbarboods, acl-ia and cbur dles were the framewol:t that llonded .. tasetber and larmed lhe future course eur lives were lo take. Our parents and teachers llhared an understood, ua disputed unity in guiding our physical, intellectual ud moral development They dealt with ab solutes-it was either rilbt or Wl'Glll-ileVer ",nayhe" ·CII' the "Wo what" syndrome. We-were steeped in sobriety. iortified with ~. politeness, generosi ty, consideratioo for others and respect for authority. For these ftlues instilled in our generatioo we shall all say thank you. Especially do I appreciate my 111ecbeni. . . -· • 1be first Nashville teacher who -touched my life was Martha Stod dard. She taught tth gade at Eakin School and lived at the cor _. ol Kensington Place and 25th .\venue was a highlight for many of us. Jane Elam Hinnen was our queen. Mlss Maria Gage was principal. Mrs. Trimble was the other Ith erade teacher and a great legend ,in the Nashville City Schools. Miss Mary Hollins taught 7th and 8th grade History at Cavert School. I well remember Miss Lizzie Elliot's, Early Days ol Nashville, which I still read today-this Bi-Centennial year of the founding ol Nubville, Ten -- Every Monday was current event day and the soul searching -tha t went on to find the perfect' current event formed habits that left us in good stead. Miss Johnson who lived on-the corner of 25th and Vanderbilt Place t location of present Sigma Chi Housel was our music teacher We were involved in a city-wide spring concert at the War Memorial Building. We sang ~•1 Hear America Singing" by Vaughan Williams. It was most thrilling and impressive. We were accompanied • at the piano by Az.ile Whittemore wu our first Science teacher. I was taken on two fieid trips in my l2 yeus ol achoo!. Botb ol tbse were inspired and executed by Mia Lily. One wu to the State Museum and the other to the Wat« Purification Plant. We also dissected a frog and crasshopper that year. Mias Lily later became Davidson County's first guidance counselor. She was married to - ol the most beJov. ed gentlemen ol Vanderbilt, Dr. George Mayfield. We all loved him when we knew him at Vanderbilt. He always tipped his bat and greeted 1a by name and with enthusiasm. "Gaul was divided into three parts" and Mrs. Eleanor Stroh taught us grandly the Latin we eought. She and her husband chaperoned our sock hops and en' joyed us. We loved her Miss Oakley and I bad to forego our Senior lunch privilege every Friday and prepare for our daily Spanish lesson. We were not allowed to speak one word of English during the hour in her classroom. I can still feel the anticipation of her arriyaJ up the two flights of stairs with the smell of garlic preceding her regal tanned presence. 11o Pap3 Lonm, the blonde bomber from Coral Gables, Florida-the only WB boarding student I remember was always late to class. To say that we were prepared for Spaniab at VU was an understate ment. We aailed through three quarter's ol Spanish under Dr .Costellano and Dr Manchester with no problems. Robbie Shackleford taught ~ math at WB and moved to VU with us. She was a love-kind, affectionate-. good teactler in every way. Briefly I m1at mention Miss Hay. ciur starry-eyed prophet of doom lliltory teacher As the juvenile juniors climbed in and out of tbe windows, Miss Hay predicted that Russia, China and India < in that order> would at• 'tempt to anihilate us in the ·future. As a traditional symbol of respect, the classes would rise when our beloved headmistress Miss Annie Allison appeared in the doorway. I remember her as being very small in stature, always dressed in a dark long sleeved shirtwaist dress with a lodtet pinned near the neck. A group of us once had a face to face confrontation with Miss An nie oo the school campus. Miss Annie asked where we were go ing. We replied that we were go ing to "ketch" the bus. She said, "Spell catch." We replied, "Catch." "Now." she said, "Pronounce it." She sauntered away and we learned a lesson never to .he forgotten . "WB left me with agonies and ecstasies. 'l'he Day Student Clubhouse was a place we could let our hair down. We could tell "all" to Roberta Wickle who was our friend and confidente and overall Day Student Counselor Day student club meetings were fun. I was a Triad. 1be other clubs were Anchor, Ariston, Ec cowasin. 1bese still exist at Harpeth Hall. 'lbere is no way to terminate a section oo teachers without men tioning our Sunday School teachers and leaders. Mrs. C.C. Crowell, Mrs. Darby Fulton, Mr T.H. Mitchell, Rober ta Harris, Dr. Thomas Barr Cyrus Daniel, Mrs. Newton White in Pulaski. Jenny and John Gant (best youth leaders ever>. Dr Walter Courtneay came to Nashville from Nina, Wisconsin as pastor of First Presbyterian Church. He spoke of courtship. love and marriage in such beautiful rhertoric that we indeed in the years to come loved our mate and loved our Lord in the most Biblical way Many of us were to later be married by him and have our babies baptized by this wonderful man, friend and pastor Ptthaps in the future thi~ record will suffice to paint a pic ture of a generation of childrer who were smiled on by God, whc feared God. We were a gooc generation of people. It remaim to be seen if we kept our heritag, to ourselves or somehow passec It on. Were we shielded frorr reality and protected from evil' Were we a remnant or did ther, happen t'> be in the 40's exact1' the right amount of people in th, pasture? Only time can tell. Yea 1111 do remember what 1 ehoeolate drift taste like, don· you? Mr. Billy at Candyland aervea 'tn this day-a big 8COOJ .r Caadyland' s chocolate ic, cream-covered withmushm~I l'ow sauce and thousands o pieces of chocolate 1prinkles.

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