Alamo High School - Fort Yearbook (Alamo, TN)

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PEGGY BLAKEMORE F. H. A. 3, 4; Glee Club 3; Girl's Chorus 4; Basketball Manager 3; Glee Club Re- porter 3; Annual Staff 4. BETTY BROWN Cheerleader 1, 2, Captain 3, 4; F.H.A. President 2, 4; Paper Staff 2, 4; Annual Co-Editor 4; Class Officer 1,2,3; Glee Club 1, 2, 3; Beta Club 2, 3, 4. GARLAND KAIL F.F.A. 1,2, 3. 4. JOSEPH HAWKINS F. F. A. 1, 2, 3; D. E. Club 4; Track 3. BARBARA SUE RONK Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 1,2,3; Beta Club 2, 3. 4; F.H.A. Officer 1, 2, 3, 4; Pa- per Staff 1, 2, 4; Annual Staff 4; Girl's State 3. HOW ARD JACKSON F.F.A. 1,2,3; Band 3,4; Student Council 4; Baseball Manager 2; Annual Staff 4; Library Club 3. BOBBY JOE KAIL F.H.A. Beau 4; D. E. Club President 4; F. F. A. 1, 2, 3, 4; Student Council 2,3; Home Room Officer 3. CARLIN McGLOTHIN Softball 1, 2, 3, 4; F. H. A. 1, 2. JERRY BELL F. F. A. 1,2,3,4; D.E. ( 4.

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TONY EVANS Band 1,2, 3,4; F.F.A. 1,2, 3,4; Annual Staff 4; Base- ball 4; Track 2; Football 3; Librarian 3. WILLIAM HOY PITNER Band 2, 3, 4; Annual Staff 4; Home Room Officer 4; Football Manager 3, 4; Basket- ball Manager 3,4; Boy's State 3; F.F.A. 1,2, 3. 4. GERALD McCORD Football 3,4; Class President 1,2,3; Home Room Officer 1,2,4; Annual Co-Editor 4; Band 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 1,2, 3; Sports Edi- tor Paper Staff 4. BILLIE LOFTIS F.H.A. 1,2,3,4; D. E. Club 3; Paper Staff 4; Softball 3,4; Girl's Chorus 4; Annual Staff 4; Lunch Room Worker 4. JEAN LASTER F.H.A. 1,2,3,4; Store Room Worker 3; Girl's Chorus 4; D.E. Club 3. WILLIAM SKELTON, JR. F.F.A. 1,3; Class Reporter 4; D.E. Officer 4; Football 3, 4; Annual Staff 4. , RAYMOND NOLEN F. F. A, 1, 2, 3, 4; Paper Staff 2,3,4; Librarian 1,2,3; D. E. Club 4. SHIRLEY HENDERSON F.H.A. 1,2, 3, 4; Librarian 2, 3; Library Club President 2; D. E. Club 4; Annual Staff 4; Home Room Officer 2. PEGGY RUTH CARTER Beta Club 2,3,4; F.H.A. 1,2, 3, 4; D.E. Club 4; Lunch Room Worker 3; Driver’s Training 3; Annual Staff 4.

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 Lately I have been hearing these words: Do you remember? May I ask you to remember that bright summer day of 1949 when a band of fifty students entered into the corridors of Alamo High School and thought themselves not the traditional green freshmen? This first year was a continued struggle: girls against boys and freshmen against teachers. In the election of ‘49 the boys won. as was to be the fate of the girls in the re- maining three years. The officers elected were: President. Gerald McCord; Vice President, Billy Perry; Secretary, Betty Brown; Treasurer, Barbara Ronk; and Reporter. Herman Em i son. This group of freshmen was well represented in the schools extra curricular ac- tivities, having members on the basketball, softball, baseball, and track teams. The freshmen also had members of the Glee Club, Cheerleader Squad, Paper Staff, and the Band. As far as social life was concerned, the freshmen ranked No. 1 in party giving. In the summer of 1950 the corridors of Alamo High School were entered into by a smaller and wiser band of students, because of marriage and education, under the title of Silly Sophomores. You know better than that, you are no longer a Freshman, authored by the teachers, is one thing we learned and retained our second year. The officers elected to serve during this trying time were President, Jerry Durbin; Vice-President, Gerald Mc- Cord; Secretary, Nancy Crossnoe; Treasurer, Betty Brown. A highlight in this year was the initiation of the new Beta Club members. Thev were Dorothy Massey. Peggy Carter, Peggy Webb, Virginia Warren. Mary Jo Long. Ann Terry, Nancy Crossnoe, Shirley O'Neal. Betty Brown, and Barbara Ronk Our school days were again made more pleasant by the addition of a new cafeteria on the school grounds. During vacation we acquired a new gymnasium, largest in the county, new class- rooms and a new Home Economics department. After school had begun, we also gained a wonderful football team that carried a winning record their first year. Another honor bestowed upon the Juniors was the privilege of planning the Junior and Senior Banquet. It all seemed too good to be true; we were truly. Jolly Juniors Selecting our class rings was a joyous occasion in '51. This event ended with all 42 members of the class well pleased Our elected class officers were: President, Gerald McCord, Vice-President, Billy Perry; Secretary, Betty Brown; Treasurer, Mary Jo Long; and Reporter, Ann Terry. By selling magazines, we were able, almost entirely, to finance our Junior-Senior Banquet. As the theme for our Banquet we chose: The Last Roundup. With the title, Sophisticated Sophomores, we are now participating in the last roundup. Leading the roundup we have: President, Jerry Durbin; Vice-president, Billy Perry, Secretary-Treasurer. Nancy Crossnoe; and Reporter, Junior Skelton. In the drive, as well as in the beginning, our group is well represented in school activities. Though many at times have felt the heat of the branding iron and some have tried to free themselves from the harness of learning, we look back, with the end of the trail just around the bend, over the wonderful times at Ole A. H S. In each of our hearts there are memories that in years to come will be relived over and over. We thank our parents for making it possible for us to be part of this roundup. W e are and always will be, deeply obligated to our principal, Mr. Strange, and to our teachers for being understanding when the trail seemed so narrow, rugged, and unending. We, the graduating class of nineteen hundred fifty-three, say Adios to our old saddle pals. BARBARA RONK