Alto High School - Stinger Yearbook (Alto, TX)

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smilie me A of C0 Beth' Thank jest gal Agni . S gin ,t ou Chia. they Y I SENIORS OF 1955 present D 14016-woe by Donald Payton Thursday, April 28, 1955, 7:45 P.M, CHARACTERS Da.n'l, the colored watchman of the hotel ---- Olan Black Ambrose Groves ----------------- R, L, Cherry Bert Miller ---------------- Carroll McGaughey Sheriff Crandel - - - - - Bobby Carl Boyd Po Hoot Owl Smith - - - ---- Ford Johnson uf? Stinkweed ----- - - -Larry Davis a la? Nancy Martin - - - ---- Betty Moses 'ybq Anne Martin - - - - Edna Myrl Hanvy Posie ----- ----- P hoebe Quarles Beth ----- - - Bobby Jean Carpenter Mrs, Sprool - - ----- Mildred Jones Lcna ------------------- Verna Mae Carnline Miss Amanda Wick ----------- Norma Lou Coleman TECHNICAL STAFF Director ---- --------- M iss Josie Alma Watters Stage Manager ------------- Mr, T, E, Cummings Assistant Stage Managers- -George Covington, Summers l-lassell . hgough wr ou' n tau nah' l the fwot' You're a smart man, Sheriff, Yeh' I m feane ' You're all married now gentlemen, claim your brides

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p As we sit in this beautiful moonlit garden, with the lovely fragrance of roses filling the air, ilet us gaze into the future and try to visualize the '55 seniom as they will be ten years from now, Silence! Fix your eyes upon the moon as we joumey into the future, It is 1965, Alto has been the county seat of Cherokee County for nine years now, Since the discovery of gold on Mr, Boone's vast ranch, it has become a fast-developing city with population of 150, 000. And what does this sign say? Of course, we should have known, Where else would we find the '55 seniors but in Debtor's Court, It seems that the seniors never paid back the Sl, 99 that they borrowed from Mr, Draw- horn way back in gay ole '55, He has summoned the entire group to court in order to collect the fortune at stake, The courtroom quietens as the judge raps for order, As the case begins, a distinguished-looking ' gentleman rushes in and sits down beside me, At a second glance, I realize that it is R, L, Cherry, late as usual, Quickly we become engaged in conversation, It seems that he has become the friendly under- taker operating the very successful Cheery Cherry Funeral Home, He assures us that he would be the last one to let his previous classmates down while they are in Debtor's Court, Mr, Cherry is accompanied by his dear wife whom most of us will remember as Phoebe Quarles, Phoebe is the supervisor of nurses in the Nan Travis Hospital, She helps R, L, 's business along by sending her victims to him, There is Earl Haney, He is now the manager of a new drive-in theatre in Alto called the Passion Pit, Seeing Earl reminds us of the recent movie showing at the Passion Pit, It stars that sensational new star, Vaughn Hot Lips Arn- old' in an exciting love story titled, Young Man With a Horn, Vaughn will be remembered as the talented trumpeter who gave such an outstanding performance in the 1955 senior play, Desperate Ambrose, Glanc- ing around the courtroom, I see none other than that famous typist, Alvaleane White, who holds the world speed record in typing with 200 words per minute while still in high school, She acquired this skill under the able direction of Professor Gary Burke, Six-foot two, eyes of blue! That is Olan Black who is now a professional basketball player appearing with- that great team, the Harlem Globe Trotters, We hear a clat- ter disturbing the peacefulness of the courtroom, Rushing to the window, we see a trailer house followed by two, four, six, eight, kids on the outside and no telling how many more inside, It looks as if Vema Mae and the children are still following Red around from army camp to army camp, As things quieten down I notice Mr, and Mrs, George Covington, George is the famous private detective now working on the case of Who's got the missing part to the water fountain, His wife, the former Betty Moses, is noted for her mag- nificent development of the Needle less Lolly-pop Pine while working at Anderson's Nursery, Over in the corner I spot someone in a wheel chair with bandages from head to foot. It is that famous stock car racer, Bobby Burrows, After surviving the dangers of the Indianapolis Speedways for the past seven years, he had a small argument with his wife, Billie Jean, and ended up in this condition, Billie Jean is better known as the 'Atomic Darling, woman wrestling champion of the world, There is Larry Davis accompanied by the little men in the white jackets, Poor Larry became a little bit unbalanced when his head got caught in a cement mixer, It didn't hurt his head but it surely did ruin that cement mixer, which, incidentally, was his only source of income, Look! Over there is Liberace and his charming 23rd wife, Bobbie Jean, She will be remembered as one of the winners of the junior class talent show, Now Bobbie Jean and Liberace are very happy playing duets on the piano, We hear a yell, Duck and Cover followed by an explosion outside the courtroom, Oh, it is just that famous scientist, Joseph Tullis, experi- menting with a miniature Z Bomb, And there is that gorgeous model, Mildred Jones, who was crowned 'Miss America of 1965. All of the men should get a thrill out of this, Who is that distinguished-looking man in the uniform? Why it is Ford Johnson, After nine years in the army he is a Pfc, In spite of this he has become an accomplished hand at peeling potatoes, Looking to my right, I see Norma Coleman who is now head cheerleader at West Point, That must be quite an honor, Carroll McGaughey enters the court- room with an armload of blueprints, It seems that Carroll was summoned to Court from his job of cons- tructing a super highway between the thriving cities of Alto and Rusk, Immediately after finishing his civil engineering course at A 8s M--Carroll was asked to re-direct the flow of Niagara Falls, and to supervise re- pairs on the Angelina River Bridge, All the girls in the crowd swoon as Summers Hassell enteres the court- room, Summers is the famous crooner who has taken Eddie Fisher's place ill popularity, And, there is the president of Baylor University, Mr, Bobby Carl Boyd, His wife, Edna Myrl is working at '1The Silver Slip- per, a nightclub in Las Vegas, while waiting for their divorce to become legal, As I look about me, I see Miss Watters, After many years of teaching English in Alto High School she has discovered her true love, Now she is teaching mathematics in Rusk High School, Sitting next to Miss Watters is Mr, Cummings, Mr, Cummings has become quite famous since he crossed a pig with a chicken and developed a pigkin, Amid the confusion, the judge cannot decide what to fine each one so he allows the ex-seniors to take up a collec- tion, It looks as if the '55 seniors will have paid their debts at last, The spell has ended, the nightmare is over and we are once again in the present, But I, on behalf of the jtmiors of 1955, would like to say this, We expect you seniors to live up to our predictions. Only please pay Mr, Drawhom that 51, 99 so that I won't have to go through this again,