Anahuac High School - Anahuaconian Yearbook (Anahuac, TX)

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jOHN VANCE Football Spanish Club Q f kgs 1 T' MARCELENE WITTE Volleyball Baseball Pep Squad ANNALS OF THE GAL. FROM TEXAS Way down in Anahuac around the year 1938 eleven little cowhands began their long hard round up toward graduation Little Cully Harris in his striped ove r a ll s was sitting inthe very first seat on the front row Vida Stephenson the golden haired cowgirl was sitting right beh1ndCu1ly Doodle Anding was up to her old tricks again putting gum in Vida s lovely curls On the two last seats on the first row was s we et little Ann Nolte On the front seat ofthe second row we found Barbara Sterling talking to none other than joan Austin Behind joan sat Bunny Barringer looking a bit bored It couldn t be' Arthur Smith with his head in a book? Oh it was only a Gene Autrey funny book On the third row was Ruby Lee Smith joyce De villier had pulled her hair again and Ruby was hitting joyce over the head with her Premium Prize Six Shooter The person s itt ing on the very last seat was Floyd Gersbach He was reading an article from Popular Mechanics magazine A fir st grader reading Popular Me chanics '7 Oh but Floyd is an exception In the se c ond grade there came to Join this happy group Tavia Rae and Buddy l..aFour from their cow pony ranches in Wall1sv1lle and johnny Vance the tenderfoot from Indiana The class did not increase in number until they passed into the fifth grade At this tlme Cactus joe Gaspard from Beaumont became a member Red Rider Harold Thompson from New Caney rode into the seventh grade on a slow mov mg nag In the eighth grade this brilliant class gained a swe et gal from Shreveport Louisiana named jo Anne Gray Finally this class reached high school where as freshmen they were joined by Lean Mae Cline a mighty purty gal Allen Albritton and Lee Abshier a couple of swell cowpokes all from Hankamer Billy Walker that plain spoken hombr e from Fannett and Linda McCanl1es the hifa lutin cowgirl from Tomball rode into town and Joined the round up as they went into their junior year At last the long hard round-up was coming to an end Marcelene Witte from Sugarland and jimmye Frezia joined them in their senior year bringing a g r a nd total of Z4 members The senior c la s s of 1950 has been very fortunate in attending Anahuac High School and if their future history is as successful as their past they will be fortunate indeed

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WAGON WHEEL PREDICTIONS FOR 1960 The ole wagon wheel creaks o er the sands of t1me Each s poke bears the name of a class mate of mme Llke a roulette wheel I ll g1V6 It a turn Who knows what startl1n thxngs we ll learn? Yep I alluz sa1d Ann Nolte would go far She s a famous movle star' Her home l1fe IS known from coast to coast the Arthur Sm mths are the only true loves that Hollywood can boast Arthur coaches at U C L A and IS famous too mn a modest way Wal what ya know pard'? Says here Lxnda McCanl1es has won a lxterary award for her book The Buccaneer s Fate a tragedy about plrates that came to a banquet late and were routed by some hard rxdxn cowboys on a hxstorxcal date Sure sounds fam xlxarl But no tlme now for recallm I hear those dog1es bawlxn Spln that wheel and spxn It qulck read those fortune s as fast as they cl1ck Says here that joyce Dev1ll1er owns a fancy pleasure resort but Lester Hargraves stxll owns her heart Reckon as how they ll be hltched any day now And Tavxa LaFour the typxng wxzard as prxvate secretary runs the McCarthy bu s 1ne s s from A to Izzard just lxsten to those Coyotes prowlm Remxnds me of joe Gaspard s howlxn but he warn t so bad and Iam rxght glad to see he s now a s1ng1n star a rollln em 1n the axsles wxth h1s old gultar Now a1n t thxs f11'l87 Floyd Gersbach 1S a not he r E1nste1n H1s theorles have the world 1n adxzzy wh1rl so keep on turmn wagon wheel to s omethln more pleasln' What s th1s about V1da Stephenson? Seems as how she has a taxx servxce that s complete her grandpap s gxfts make qulte a fleet from a Bu1ck to a jeep Now we see that joanne Gray has been marrled to Blrd dog several years and thexr home 15 blessed w1th three l1ttle dears The old wheel stops and falters and I see the name of Bllly W alke r He alluz said he d be great maybe governor of the state It does pear l1ke overmght he reached new he1ght mn a ten gallon hat and bu11t up boots he s s1x feet tall so Dot can wear her h1gh heels after all Lee Abshxer s name now I see He s manager of Borden s Ice Cream Company and once a week serves the school klds free Keep on turmn wagon wheel Thxs a1n t no txme to qult Now comes the name of Mar celene Wxtte It seems she s wed to a handsome renger who came r1d1n her way rlght after round up day Next Lena Cllne IS known for her dress deslgns that make stout women look l1ke chngm vines Wal cut me up and feed me to the alhgators' Bunny Barrlnger 1S an 1n terlor decorator He has a hlghfalutln store and h1s art1st1c style 15 copxed the country o er Reckon you d never guess who s next It s Allen Albrxtton the famous archxtect he s plannln an extenslon on the old Anahuac Rec And here we see Ruby Smlth Clxne and Floyd as happy as can be and just as devoted as they were ln 1950 What about that happy guy wxth the ready laugh and rovlng eye? Wal Cully Harrxs IS settled down he s growlng stout and a lxttle gray I expect he ll be a Humble superlntendent most any day I see that Buddy LaFour 15 owner and manager of Lazy L, a dude ranch that 1s really swell The fate of Doodle Andmg you can guess She s g1rl s basketball coach at A H S smce she s taken hold they always beat Wxn n1e Stowelll I see that joan Aust1nHammond keeps busy all day helpxn Bllly runthe Bay Cafe Bar bar a Sterlxng Whlte runs home and buslness wxth the greatest of ease she sells txckets at thelr Glenn Theater and crochets bootees jlmmye Frezma has a swmg band through the years she has practiced so hard that she now r1vals Hank McCord john Vance and Beebe own a flne farm and thexr two crops of rxce and chxcks work l1ke a charm Harold Thompson andjuanxta own the O Br1enF1sh1ng Camp To some lt seems lonely and damp but they re happy gazm lnto each other s eyes whxle the rest of the world goes drlftxng by It warn t no gamble to bet on the class of 1950 Everyone turned out really mfty And now the old wagon wheelturns no more we know what the futur e holds 1n store The r ange 15 w 1de and the grass IS green Rxde on old classmates to fortune and fame ' ' , , .- ' - 1 - A '1 - 1 . , 0 . I . , . 1 - . . ...., , , . , , . . . , - 1 , ., 1 1 ' ' 1 . ., , .. . ' 1 - 1 , . . . . . , , . 41 - 1 -1 1 ' 1 . , .., ,,, . . . , . , . . . . ., ., . , . . , 1 . . I I , . ' 1 1 ' ' , . . . , 1 ' 1 , . . . . . . 1 ' - - 1 1 1 - 1 1 - ' 1 ., . ., . . . , . 1 - . , .., . ' 1 - - . , , . . ., . .. . . , . , 1 1 1 1 - ' , 1 -1 ' 1 1 ' 1 . .. . , . . . , , . , . , . . 1 - 1 .' 1 ' Q ..., , ' . . .,. - - 1 - S 1 , . , . .. . 1 .,. 0 1 , . .. , , . 1 0 1 - - 1 1 '