Clarksville High School - Panther Tracks Yearbook (Clarksville, AR)

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Senior Closs History Our modern young 1951 seniors wer 1't quite so modern back in 1939 when we started out to face the big wide world to contribute our ornery ideas to the already bad enough ones. We struggled along through various grade schools--Hurie, Sallis, and Catholic. We were rebelling little rivals until we clashed together and started co- operating in one big revolution from the seventh grade in junior high throughout the twelfth. In this next phase of our happy C?l school life, we were issued lockers like the big dogs in high school and soon teachers were calling for clean-up days. Contrary to the thought of our teachers this class caught on fast. We succeeded in getting to write a few thousand-word essays as honors for our miscellaneous misdemeanors, or, in plain English, being little scrounges!!!! We took part in the annual celebration of Dogpatch, gave a negro minstrel and put on a play, impersonating the faculty. In the ninth grade we classified ourselves as being at last, in high school and looked forward to our graduation to senior high. Delores Blackard was football maid from our class and basketball queen. Yes, we were progressingg some of the boys coming out for football didn't dream that in a year or two they would be the most famous high school football players in Arkansas. Our class trip was the customary retreat to Petit Jean. Our graduation theme was The Freedom Train . Dorothy Duty was valedictorian and Lyda Lou Willey was salut- atorian with sixteen honor graduates. Starting our sophomore year, we elected Betty Coats as presidentg Dean Daniel, vice presidentg and, Lyda Lou Willey, secretary-treasurer. Our sponsors were Miss Agee and Miss Bowlin. Jella Farris was football naid. Our retreat was, for a change, at Spring Lake from which most of us returned, a shade redder. It was our junior year that we found ourselves with broken finances and a junior- senior banquet and prom staring us in the face. Our class officers were: Betty Coats, president, Jerry McAnear, vice president, and Mary Tom Mills, secretary- treasurer. Again our sponsors were Miss Bowlin and Miss Agee, who had survived the previous-year. Chr junior class play, Second Childhood , directed by Mrs. Mary Giessmann, gave us our funds to give the juniors and seniors a rip-roaring time. Two cheerleaders were elected from our class this year. Luanne Thompson was foot- ball queen, and Lonnie Qualls was football captain. We sacrificed our class trip for the seniors' banquet. After years of work and fun we reached our goal at last, dignified seniors. We did our share in lording it over the lower classmen, too. Our class officers were: Jerry McAnear, president, Mary Tom Mills, vice presidentg and Jella Farris, sec- retary-treasurer. And our faithful sponsors, Madge and Maude were still with us. This year our class supplied four cheerleaders and gave the senior play to raise money for our class trip. Augusta Houston was football maid and our football co- captains were Bill Shaky Eddington and Jim Kolb, who led our teams to District Championship. We think we have just about the swellest class that ever hit Clarksville High School, but we hope we didn't hit it too hard because we want to leave a good im- pression. We want to thank the teachers and friends who have put up with these twelve years and as we go upon life's various paths, we hope to be remembered by those who stay, for we will never forget The Best Years Of Our Lives . Page 19

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