Genoa Central High School - Dragon Yearbook (Genoa, AR)

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CLASS HISTORY I am pleased and honored to be grven the assrgnment of presentrng the hrstory for the class of 1949 Thts hrstory rs not tmpressrve partrcularly but W1ll be come so when the young Amerrcans who are graduatrng become responsible for what IS wrrtten rn the future pages of Amerlcan Htstory Hrstory ts the story of the rdeals the work and progress of the people of a nat 1on It rs the story of the development of rdeas and 1nst1tut1ons It IS the story of the orrgm and development of towns crttes states and nattons It IS the re cord of how people got along together and what they accompltshed It would be rmpossrble ro ltstthe people who have made note worthy contrrbutlons to our may of ltfe There have been many whoselrves are outstandrng and whose contr1but1ons represent mllestones of progress Our way of lrfe represents the accumulat on of the contrrbutrons of all these great people brought together Of course our f1rst contr1but1on comes from our parents who loved us to the extent to want to brmg us tnto the world and grve tous what they and the world had to offer When we entered school rn September 1937 great were the amb1t1ons and hrgh were the hopes of the parents of Curtrs Frazrer E Frrday, Betty Rose Purrfoy Carrell Conley, Davrd Langdon, Charlre Krrng, as they went for that frrst day of school to Mrss Mann at Central The followrng have been members of the class at one t1me or another juntor Porter, Leon Hall Marlon Howell, Bonn1e jean Tucker june Freund, Dor1sH1l bun Lonrta Smlth Brllre jean Chandler Doyle Carter, Loxs Conley, Zelma Davenport V1rg1n1a Arterbury john Pearson, Ester Pearson, Rosa Lee Hensley, Norma jean Weeks, Fae Green, B1ll1e Stanford Gene Ward Gene Prlce Francrs Smallwood Trav1s Wagner, Glorra Qualls jrmmy R1chardson, Alrce Pasley, M L Kemp, Noble Butler Dean Colltns Robert Smrth jack Smrth, Wxllard Bellow, Wrllte Mae Aaron, Pete Easley, june Purxfoy, Frankre Stockman, Dan tel Stockman Betty Ann Letterman, Frances Marte Morton, L V Lafayette, Lena Lafayette C H johnson Vernon Easley, Orace Edwards, Charles Vann Dorothy Brrggs Paul Sheppard, Labon Long james Cornett Clarence Pru1tt, Emary Waggner Eunrce Phrlyaw Ernest Sanders, Lottre Sm1th james Hodge Floyd Buffmgton, J J Calhoun, Clyde Glascock oyce Collxns Charles San gallr The members that we prcked up later on that have gone to the goal wrth us are Coleman Freund Bobby jones Amos Martrn W D Harrell The teachers who taught the class 1nElemenrary years are lst Mrss Mann 2nd Mrss Grace Smrth 3rd Mrss Harrrson 4th MISS Beck Sth Mrs Law and Mrs Frank Rogers 6th Mrs Mayme Green After the class emerged rnto hrgh school the followmgteachers taught them Mrs F ll Douthrt Mrs Sexton Mr Howard Segler Mr W T Cratg Mrs RossHender son Mrs Alrce Russell Mrs McCurry Mr Kennedy Mr Roy Black Mr McSwa1n Nlrs 1-omby Mrss Walker Mr Merryman Mrs Lavender Mr Phxllrps Mr Mrd klff Mrss Pat Howard and Mrs Garrett Q , - A l , - . . . 7 , Q - . - V . . . . . : . . A . ' 0 1 ,J. . 1 . . 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 1 1 1 1 ' ' 1 1 1 , . . 1 ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . ,J . - . . , , , . . . Z . , . r , . , . , . . , . , . . . I . . . , - ,A 1 , - 1 1 ,L 1 ' 1 ' 1 ' 1 ' 1 ' 1 ' 1 l . , , . , . , - , . ' 1 1 ' 1

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1949 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS GREETINGS It IS my honor to have been chosen to present the class wIIl for the SenIor class of 1949 It has been necessary for us to decrde whether the Class WIII shall be an act of comedy or a sIncere statement of somethIng we would lIke to leave to those who follow after us some IntangIble thIng whlch In gIvIng to others we do not lose to our selves A lIttle more than a year ago a freedom traIn traveled throughout our natIon Not a very large POFEIOH of the people of our natIon have had the prIvIlege of of seerng the freedom traIn It IS not necessary to have seen If The thrng that makes IC so Important cannot be seen The thIng whIch IS so Important IS a belxef In a cause whIch IS shared by all The traIn Itself was gleamIng and and powerful and grand, but If passed qurckly out of sIght There was also a gleam of power and grandeur ID the Idea of freedom and thIs IS somethIng that never dIes and never passes out of sIght ThIs IS AmerIca s herItage, IC IS ours we desIgnate that others shall have II too AmerIca means far more than a contInent bounded by two oceans, saId Her bert Hoover It IS more than prrde of mllllafy power, glory ID war, or IH VICKOFY It means more than vast expanse of farms, of great factorIes or mInes, magnI f1cIent CIIICS, or mIllIons of automobI1es and radros It 1S more even than the tradItIons of the great tIde westward from Europe whIch pIoneered the conquest of a contInent It IS more than our lIterature our mus1c our poetry Other HRIIOHS have these thmgs also To the great masses of people every where AmerIca, 1S a hallowed work To therr, and to us, If IS the hope of the world and we want to share that hope wIth you Never before has If been so Important that we keep before us the Ideals that made our country great IH the past and can benefIt us and the whole world IH the future We who are graduatIng from Central School and the hIgh schools of all AmerIca can fInd many reasons to be grateful for our herItage and to WIII to carry If on at whatever cost ThIs has been thoughtfully consrdered and offIcIally adopted as the wIll for the mm cf 19 49 1 g .... . . . ' K! ' ,Y ' , . yet we leave to those who are to follow us. Our share becomes greater when . . ,, . A , - ' 1 I ' . . . x . . Q