Bridgeport High School - Memories Yearbook (Bridgeport, AL)

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A MASCULINE MAN HAVE WE IN OUR CLASS JUNIOR ATKINS HAS BEEN A FOOTBALL HERO IN THE PAST MANY GIRLS WOULD LIKE TO CATCH HIM HE'S SO VERY GOOD LOOKING CAN YOU BLAME THEM? EDITOR OF THE BLUE AND GOLD IS REALLY SOM GAL SO WE ARE TOLD SARA NELL ARENDALE WILL SEE THE JOB DONE, BEFORE SHE HAS HER SHARE OF FUN ALBERTA ABBOTT A WHIZ WITH THE BOYS, THIS YEAR WAS ELECTED MISS B H S WILL SHE SETTLE FOR HOME LIFE JOY? THIS QUESTION WE'LL LEAVE FOR YOU TO GUESS ALWAYS LATE TO CLASS IS HE, JOHN KEYS WILL ALWAYS BE WITHOUT HIS JACKET IN TIME OF NEED JOHN SOMEDAY YOU'LL LEARN PAT TANNER IS LOADS OF FUN SHE'S ALWAYS KEPT ON THE RUN WATCHING AFTER HUBERT AND SUCH THINGS FRANCES McDOWELL IS A POPULAR GIRL IT TAKES MEL HALEY TO PUT HER IN A WHIRL D A R WINNER AND PRESIDENT OF THE F H A THIS GIRL HAS TALENT YOU'LL SEE SOME DAY WHEN GOING TO THE DRIVE IN YOU CAN USUALLY SEE REMAL MCCLOUD BUSY AS CAN BE HIS MAIN DUTY LET NO ONE SLIP IN' ' WITH PLENTY OF ENERGY AND SOME TO SPARE AGNES TANT IS ALWAYS THERE TO DO WHATEVER SHE CAN TO ADD TO HER LIFE'S SPAN I SOMEDAY WE BET HE 'LL CHANGE .HER NAME.,

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1 Ah? ' . WE, THE SENIORS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTH-SIX OF BRIDGEPORT HIGH SCHOOL, MAKE THIS LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT TO THE INCOMN WE, THE SENIORS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX OF BRIDGEPORT HIGH SCHOOL, MAKE THIS LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT TO THE INCOMING CLASS OF SENIORS. WE WANT TO LEAVE IN THEIR MINDS THE THOUGHT THAT THEY MUST LIVE UP TO STANDARDS WE HAVE LEFT THEM. WE REA- LIZE THAT THIS IS A TREMENDOUS OBLIGATION FOR SUCH A YOUNG GROUP OF UNTRIED STUDENTS. TO ALL OF THE UNDERCLASSMEN WE LEAVE THE DESIRE TO BECOME SENIORS. TO THE FACULTY, NOT ONLY THE PRESENT TEACHERS, BUT TO THE MANY TEACHERS WHO ARE NOT NOW AT B. H. S. , THAT HAD A PART IN OUR EDUCATION, AND WHOM WE LOVE, WE THANK YOU FROM THE BOT- TOM OF OUR HEARTS FOR THE ENDLESS SERVICE THAT YOU HAVE RENDER- ED. WE LEAVE YOU A PROMISE THAT WE HOPE WE CAN STAND GOOD FOR? NAMELY, WE SENIORS WILL LIVE UP TO YOUR EVERY EXPECTATION AND WISH. WE WILL STRIVE NOT TO DISAPPOINT YOU. TO THE ENTIRE JUNIOR CLASS WE LEAVE OUR PRESTIGE, DIGNITY, PRIVILEGES, AND CONCEIT. THE SENIORS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX WILL TO THE CLASS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY-SEVEN A FEW OF THEIR MANY DESIRABLE TRAITS. NOVELLA HOLLIS WILLS HER LUSTROUS RED HAIR TO CANELIA JOHNSON PAT TANNER WILLS TO CYNTHIA BROWNING HER ABILITY TO ALWAYS HAVE PROBLEMS WITH HER BOY FRIEND. CHARLES RED GRIDER LEAVES HIS HEAVY BEARD, LAME BRAIN AND BULL-SHOOTING WAYS TO ROBERT BECK. AGATHA RAULSTON LEAVES TO BETTY HILL, SARAH WILSON, AND WINI FRED ROREX HER ABILITY TO CONCENTRATE QON CERTAIN MATTERSJ. CARMEN WHITCHER LEAVES TO ANNA GASS AND JOSEPHINE SMITH HER ABILITY TO PLAY HER TROMBONE. HOMER GILL LEAVES HIS GIFT OF GAB TO JIMMY GALOVICH. DEANNA BROWN LEAVES HER WITTY WAY TO NORMA MATTHEWS.