Marmaduke High School - Duke Yearbook (Marmaduke, AR)

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY Behold I dreamed a dream and 1n mv dream I saw the class of 1949 absorbed m readmg some publxcatlon A closer look revealed to me the fact that paper was The Marmaduke Ploneer of 1978 and that across the front of lt ran the headhnes The Class of 1949 Makes Envxable Record Soon I also was lost to the world m the perusal of the followmg artxcle The teachers of Marmaduke Hlgh School recently have been cogmzant of the remarkable progress made by the class of 1949 Thexr achlevement mdeed have far exceeded the fondest expectatlons of thelr teachers So far have they excelled all former classes that the Board of Educatlon has declded to publxsh a record of ahelgl careers ln hope that the oncoming students may l1ve up to the standards set y t em Among the promlsmg men of this class was Buddy Thacker He dazzled h1m self ln Hlgh School by h1s ab1l1ty to retam his memory work Smce he left hlgh school he has contmued to dazzle m ever wldenlng clrcles as a movle actor for Paramount Leland Crafton also has come to the front as asslstant manager of the Osborne Talkmg Machlne and Broadcastlng Co Betty Sue Jordon IS flnlshmg thxs year from Columbla Umverslty Her dream man Bruce Cole w1ll recelve hxs doctor s degree of Phxlosophy from Oxford Unlver s1ty When he recexves h1s degree they plan to be marrled and teach ln Belglum James Harold Gossett IS now an Amerlcan farmer He h1s w1fe and 10 chxld ren are resxdmg on h1s 5 000 000 acre ranch 1n Utah Helen Hass and husband are very happy For the past flVe years ln SUCCCSSIOD they have been wmners ln the Plant to Prosper contest Carletta Holland Glenda Freeman have wrltten a book Technlque of Teach 1ng Llttle Morons We hear that more than 1 000 000 coples have been sold When dld they get enough xnformatlon on Morons to wrlte a book After all a person s own llfe IS always reflected 1n h1s own work Edna Dowdy was recently a wmner on the Truth or Consequences Program For telhng the truth she recelved a wash1ng machlne radlo new Buxck 1 a1r plane 1 baby buggy traller fully equlpped plus 1 years supply of Carters Llttle Llver Pllls All we ever get for telllng the truth IS the consequences La Fern Daugherty w1ll replace Dlanah Shore on the A1r beglnnmg next Jan uary lst Dlanah Shore lS retxrmg at the rlpe old age of 65 Gleeda Goodman has become nat1onallv famous smce she has been deslgnmg for the Parxs Gown Shoppe owned by Rosellen Klrkland The former Norma Roberts now Mrs Ralph Agee has been rather unsettled smce hex graduatxon from hlgh school 1mmed1ately after fll'llShlYlg her hxgh school She worked ID a Drug Store and then fmally settled down to Ralph Ella Mae Stokes a very cute member of the Semor Class IS now the wxfe of a Methodlst Preacher She IS a mxsslonary ln Cuba Dortna Vowell IS now practxcmg nursxng 1n Flordla Melva Dean Myres has found her hearts deslre She xs head typlst for the F B I m Wash1ngton Freda Lentz lS I'6Sldlflg on thelr 1000 acre plantatxon south east of Maxmaduke sh IS very happy to be the mxstress of the plantatlon Betty Jean Presson of course Im sure all of you know that I am a Powers model lt was Just by accldent that I was dlscovered by one of h1s talent scouts my last year xn school James doesnt llke lxvlng m New York so well but after all bemg a model pays off wonderfully well Roma Jean Lee an actxve member of the class has dxscovered that she IS very nterested 1n Home Ec 1n her old days She has recelved her degree from the Umversxty of Arkansas and IS now a Natlonal Home Ec Advlsor If you re looklng for real servlce Just drop by the Bam Hotel m New York and let the hostess Ruth Sears serve you Rava Nell Stokes lS manager of the 'Iok1o Beauty Shoppe 1n Japan Carmel Hoggard xs a perfect teacher of hterature ln Chlcago She plans to be Mrs Jones soon Radl0 Techmclan Henry Prlest has Just f1n1shed 1mprov1ng televlslon for the C B S Broadcastlng Company Wava Jean McCoy IS so busy wlth her work as prlvate Secretary for the Hlgh S hool and College Annuals for the Arkadelphla College Page 15 . 1 1 . 1 v la ' 11 ' - v n n 1 1 . . . , . . ' 1 1 ' r 1 ' - ' U n . H . 1 1 , . ,, . . , , . , . . . . ' - as 11 1 1 1 1 v - A , A - v - v . . . w - , . . . . , . . . . . 1 1 an - ,, .

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CLASS HISTORY I amt gomg I amt gorng to that old school Oh yes but you are sard Mrs Freeman patrently as she combed the tangles from lrttle Glenda Graces haxr and I do hope that the teacher can do somethrng wrth you Thr vtas srmrlar to the conversatron heard rn several of the homes rn Marma duke September 1 1937 for thrs was the frrst day rn school for Ruth Sears Melva Dear Myers Roma Jean Morrrs a cousrn of Melva Dean who grew to be a very pretty young grrls and drdnt wart untrl ne had frnrshed school to marry and Helen Starnes a cute lrttle lass from out west of town rn them there h1lls Im sure that Versa Butler had both hands full and needed more rn carrng for those rmprsh brats therr frrst year rn school In the Second Grad lrttle Raya Nell Stokes from Post South of Truman Ella Mae Stokes tno km mcrd nt llyb from Walnut Rrdge and Gleeda Goodman from Post Oak 1orned the class Mrs Mrldred Sprcer was proud to pass them on at the end of the term to M1ss Ella Cloyes teacher of the thrrd Garde M1ss Cloyes had extra worrres however for thrs year a large group entered school rn Marmaduke rn the thrrd grade In th1s group were Betty Sears Presson a talkatlve lrttle somebody from Calrfornra La Fern Daugherty from Memphrs who was the trny lrttle grrl who loves pretzels Norma Roberts who came from Humphrey and who has a smrle for everyone Betty Jordan from Tokro the grrl wrth the brarns of the class and Dorothy Lee Vowell the pretty shy lrttle Mrss who cant qurte decrde whether she s from Walnut Rrdge Grape Vrne or Heubner The two boys who entered thrs year were James Harold Gossett or Buck Eye as he lrkes to be called and Leland Crafton boys have the trtle of worry wart srnce tney were rn the seventh grade In the fourth grade no new ones Jorned the group Mrs Webb was the teach er th1s year In the frfth grade 1942 the lrttle grrl who 1o1ned the class was Wava Jean Mc Coy from Rector In the years of 1943 and 1944 th1s group was rn the srxth and seventh grades Mr and Mrs Ralph Thorne were the srxth grade teachers The group felt so brg to advance to the sexenth grade and be rn Junror Hrgh School Just one puprl Buddy Thacker Jorned the class rn therr erghth year Buddy came from Drxre Hallrday gaxe the Nrnth grade two puprls Carletta Holland and Edna Dowdv 'Ihat cute lrttle blonde Freda Rey nolds from Flrnt Mrchrgan Jorned the class vthrlt they were rn the tenth grade In the eleventh grade Rector gate the class Henry Prrest The senror class vtas enlarged by two members Roscllen Krrkland and Carmel Hoggard Rosellen came from Rector and Carmel the salutatorran of the class frnrshed hu hrgh school work rn three years So you see, we thmk we have a pretty good combrnatron of blondes bruenettes talkatrxe lrttle grrls brams smrles and worry warts Let xt go down rn hrstory that we haxe enJoyed our school years and our teach ers We wrll always hold M H S dear to our hearts Page 14 lm ' P ' ' 9 ' YY , . M 77 ' ' , . ' YY Y .S V l. . . . . - 1 -, ,t , Q ' v v . ' . . . Q 3 . . . . y Y . , ' r ' ' . . , . . v , -l - 1 Y ' James Harold came from Missouri and Leland from Toddville. Both of these I I . - 7 I ' - . A . . , . ' ' v 1 1 Q , ' ' 4 l q ' 1 ' I h u 1 1 1 1 v ' 4 ' I ' ' . ' v ' ' v r ' r -

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SENIOR POEM For twenty three semors twelve years of our llfe Have come to a close wlth struggle and strxfe But pleasure a plenty we ve found all the way That w1ll return as fond memorxes after graduatlon Two of the very best sponsors have gulded our fate Through trouble and pleasure llght up to this date Mrs Eubank has been our Engllsh mstructor Neve a verb nor an essay could bluff her Mrs Mary Thorne though her halr be red Through psychology solved all problems she sald Our class presxdent named Riva Nell He fme examples could be followed qulte well Two of our numbers have husbands we see Roma Jean Morrxs has changed to Lee From Betty Jean Sears we can learn a lesson For she has changed her name to Presson Four boys 1n our class our sad lot has been lXo gxrl has recelved Lelands big grm Buddy to the eleventh grade has turned Through many hearts 1n our class for hlm yearned James Harold and Henry have been very bold By lovmg not one but all we are told The gxrls swoon and breath a b1g slgh But the two Don Juans Just passes them For Carletta her ambxtlons are hlgh For a last year s senlor she heaves a b1g slgh Betty Sue Jordan has that mtelllgent look She has always been tops when lt comes to a book. Gleeda the artlst and Helen the blrd Make our class outstandlng weve heard Edna has helped IH the 0fflC6 thls year Then we have La Fern the Man Hater Not a s ngle boy has been ble to date her 'Ihen there s Rosellen who s rxght the opposlte Shell say yes to the quest1on when Melvm pops lt. Altho Dortha Lee s halr 1snt very wavy She wants for Ralph who s ln the Navy Though Freda lS as tmy as a mouse She s planmng on bemg Pete Lentz s spouse There IS Ella Mae the Semor Class baby Shell grow up to be qulte a lady Melva Dean our most quxet one ls not llke Wava Jean who has 'ots of fun As Glenda whlzzes by we get a sly peep Shes crowded up full m a brlght yellow Jeep Then Carmel s not choosy when lt comes to a S'n1th Brown or Jones lts all the same name We have Norma our most dependable one She lS r1ght on the spot to get thmgs done And last but not least lS Ruth Sears Shell get her man lf lt takes ten years Remember next year when the class bell rmgs When we are free from our balls and chams Well w1sh we were back wxth our books and test ln the best school of all Good Ole M H S Page 16 day , f . , , . . , . . 7 . , . . . ' by. , . . . Y - v She's very efficient in keeping things clear. LL YY .5 a t , , . . 3 ' ' H !l ' i ' ' J . , . . - . , , . I A . 4 1 1 '