Joe T Robinson High School - Senator Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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Printing REBSAMEN MoToRs and Photo-Engraving By Whaf We Say IT IS Chrola Vinson Co. IT IS Little Rock BEN lscams Seen COMPANY 616-818 Clwrln STRIIT LITTLE ROCK, ARKANsAg YOUR BUSINESS IS APPRECIATED ' Ben Isgrig Seed Co. LITTLE Rocx COUNTY WIDE ADVERTISEMENTS All Senior High Schools The The The The The of Rural PULASKI COUNTY Nhbelvalian--Mabelvale Scottonian---Scott Fuller Year--Sweet Home Red Devil ---- Jacksonville Whip ------ ---Robinson We feel proud of the U.S.A. where private enterprise is allowed. All of our friends were not contactedg but those whose names appear have indi- cated they are for us. PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT J.L.Watson, Superintendent I -J

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I v A , -s 37 ffl Hall Murder Case Selected As .Top Arkansas News Stor of '45 t an Magna w atorf wg azanetod a mo?t'h:fes-est 55 raadq , s seams tha lulodatvgtes, wars: HIE DBI! BB. Hisham ot football oaenm staff at Univanltzv of Recon rsion d th stats' sf- lorts to allulhtiaun: Capture and death of duoerado Matt Klmes. Provision of Har Democratic pri- maries for 1846. Ad ti f state high bool footbzg grayed!!-system. .C Innovations bgoluaht about ln state government thr Governor Lan- ay's economy proarlvn- Restoration of Arkansas bonds to New York approved list and the Arkansas St0l'y. Flood control planning, hearings and appj-oval Postwar highway construction orogram. James W. Hall, convicted slayer of his IO-year-old -vife, alleged to have confessed to five other murders. was Arkansas' top newsmaker in 1945. The dramatic Hall case, including detection by Arkansas police. the spprenension of Hall, the reported confessions and the 24-vear-old for- mer Little Rock taxi drxver's convic- tfon, was selected by the staff of the Associated Press' Little Rock Bureau as the leading news story of the year. ' Authorities had been working for' months in an attempt to solve sev- eral hitch-hike slayings when me read-haired Hall was captured by Little Rock detectives last March md unfolded his story. He was cor-vin'-d in Pulaski Cir-' :uit Court May 0 of murdering Mrs Payrene Clemmons Hall with his :are hands along the banks of the krkansas River -ieai Little Rock in September, 1944. and was sentenced o death. He was not tried on the nther counts. fo Dia January 4. Hia appeal to the Supreme Court rom the Circuit Court sentence un- uccessful, Hall is slated to be elec- rocutid at Tucker prison farm Jan- uary . Other leading Arkansas ne-- 'ies of 1945 were: The shakeup l -Jie? gf i med Bo 'disappointing Razorback football season under Glen Rose. John H. Barnhill, head coach at the Univer- sity of Tennessee was named to suc- ceed Rose at 810,000 a year under a five-year contract. The Razorbacks. pn-s-ason title favorites in many circles, finished last in the South- west Conference race. Postwar reconverslon atate'a united efforts to vast aluminum industry. Both the P1222 :M P tl. and the retain its Hurricane Creek alumni the Jones mil aluminum erated for the government by Aluminum Company or America during the war, were leased recent- lyhby tlge Reynolds Metaltmlmlbany- ns, owever, are no or ca- pacity operstiu h The aptur and subsequent dest of Mag Kinfes, 39-year-old despe- rado wanted for a Texas bank rob- b ry, in Little Rock. Kimes was tis fill? aeztziisass' .'Z..P'.t s :vas irgued in a North Little Rock trans: accident December 1. The fosmer Oklahoma convict died Da- Nsrlonai 4-H Winners Announced. Qleago. Doc. I Url.-Ora V. Osl- ling, aged ll. Ruahvillo, Ind., and Idora Juan. used 11 of KW 5, 0315, today wars named na- lonal winners of the 4-H achieve- ment contest. mans ucxnight. ssvd 21, of hast, lid-. and Mary Arlene Nel- ul, qgq N, Humboldt, Kan., took up honors la tha 4-H leadership u , with 10 years of 4-H work, has earned S15 397 from llve- stock, corn and soyhean projects- uin Jansen, nina years as-H mom- bar, values her clothing, home im- provement, food PFOPF-fi'-lon' 35 smug and livestock projects lt 54-- 11174. Mclinight organised his 4-H Club which, in one YOU- IWW to b' ' banner or top club and is now laadar of two clubs and president lf his county 4-H 0l'l'1Bl53'3i0n- Nelson was odunty loadershlP .nylon for 1012-45, inclusive. The acblsvsmsnt contest winners a f alvad a S200 college scholarship ea the laadarshlp contest winner! wwsxnig ved 8130 scholarships and tro- f XC Oi vac.-7.6 'msd zamiixg, ssooad placa ta tha contest K. te' Y-W Qv 1 14 hz-tf0vZ::t'1,x'?f1'lQ? 3115? 'Q::nt:ug'orgdC' rig 'oss 93, Pascoe' fqolihg, 'rea UQOY: ll. Coldwater, lass.. 'sn' Uitxcllt, c twtwr of t -'03 l'U'4'4 5 5100 scholufmp' oonnewopig ..5o1-9 . I nose. a to' 1 lAl.del'lhlp: Reed Vollsizdt, 191 Albani. Ore.. and Claire . Van- geliaq, so, Black Eagle, Mont.. ev-Ch -we-4 - nw -'ee'-..,.,.hfrf cember 14 as a result of the inju- ries. Prlsaarloa to lo Costly. Legislative action for four Demo- cratiu primary elections next year. The General Assembly took this sc- tion in an effort to keep Negros from voting for candidates for state offices. It separated primaries for federal and state offices. Most coun- ties have contended they would be unable to meet the expense of the two extra primaries. Adoption of a state high school football playoff by the Arkansas Athletic Association. This action cli- maxed years of clamoring by fans and athletic directors for a system to determine an undisputed state cnampion. It goes into effect next season. i Innovations brought about in stats. government through Governor La- IIYI economy program. These in- clude consolldations of several de- partments, the financial stablization plan lumping all state funds into a single fund and reductions in state personnel Bonds Win Approval. Restoration of Arkansas bonds to ' the approved l' t b bonding authorities. This resulted from an Eastern tour by Governor Laney and Secretary Frank Storey of the State Board of Fiscal Control to tell the Arkansas Story. Flood control hearings. A 8446,- 000,000 multi-purpose plan for the Arkansas Valley was submitted to the Board of Rivers and Harbors for approval. Many other postwar flood control projects were approved by Congress or mapped out during the year. This program was given a start by congressional deficiency appropriations making it possible for some construction to begin before July 1, 1948. Completion of plans and release of federal funds for Arkansas' vaSt postwar highway construction pro- gram. The first phase of this pro- gram, consisting largely 9f. cl0S1nu the gaps in the slate's existing road system, is to begin as soon as possi- ble. State Banking CizmnX'the New Yqkb Y ...conf P X i L l I . ---.1 o 117 'Q ' f a AS T.'::':'f2::: :23Z P ' M-'H offh- Y-f ork ' clearing, fo ' Dec. 31 UH Unimed S ' 24 major . . 'TBM est i fates stand clfles In H. lt? manyof ,ther ?',:r.?'Zgs:1ns ll . g , n sele'ti 945' 'ea mg 2 yea, e, released tom , street. 0 Dun and pmt: greatest of an IMT:-avr: that -tha fn The business r Wu th' M0111 bomb. g el cunt' Bt Ese . 000,021,019 .years totgfcg tum esti 1944 , ag'1 'sf S5126 ' 3563 300. Hd S461 598 ' 14.000306 , Isggfegqfe In 19 -000.000 ln 1943 T In moo- 29 Wal Jesse ' het . ' 64. - nBel::men faflur . 000' H7181 es W l win, Fd 840 - Hegre iwaccordgzz ' 1944111 1945- Com gate ing too and 3,221 1 Pared un and Brsd,t':ex43. 4 The President said, -- f the magazln :omewhs:m:::ff,':f mrngifitzingiyz ecllme more than ln oulrfl will, responsible for the bg b er msn inE1945 and ig, futumffl . its uso est Yissrftgor the bomb' the Kfeat- besn th 0 1945 would have and Japznflgfjngl? gtg Elarmany tlidthrhillggwgzligi havelbzlssznz? declared. ' ull magazine York Dec 23 dent H ' ' UPL-Prasl. ea todfnsh S' T 'm ' W Mm-