Marmaduke High School - Duke Yearbook (Marmaduke, AR)

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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 '

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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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WILL OF 'I949 SENIORS Betty Jean Presson Leaves to La Vern Anderson her ab111ty to be a good w1fe Rava Nell Stokes-Leaves to Marlon Thorne her charmlng personahty Melva Dean MYBIS-W1Sh9S to bestow upon Mellov Reed her ab111ty to f1X her ha1r page boy Glenda Freeman Leaves to Loreda Goodman her blond ha1r and ab1l 1ty to play ball Henry Pr1est Bestows upon Troy Presson h1s hlgh temper and hopes he cherxshes It as he has Betty Sue Jordan Leaves to Shlrley Dodd her ab111ty to make A s Edna Dowdy Leaves to OC19 Johnson her mterest m the Halllday Dlstrxct Helen Starnes Leaves to Dewayne Cra1g the ab111ty to hold Faye as long as she has held Curt Carletta Holland Does hereln request that her good taste of match1ng naxl pol1sh and l1pst1ck be glven to Betty Godwm James Harold Gossett Knows as Buckeye 1n the Sen1or class leaves to Tom McLa1n Loran Whlte and Darrel Weaver h1S ab111ty to tell w1ndy tales when necessary Ruth Sears Leaves to Loretta Thr sher her mterest 1n the Rector boys take her home every afternoon Norma Roberts Leaves to Betty McBr1de her ab111ty to be edltor of the Marmaduke School paper and Presldent of Future Homemakers of Amerlca La Fern Daugherty Leaves to Low Eva Owens her sprlng and bounce 1n her walk Leland Crafton Leaves h1s great performance 1n J un1or Play to Bobby Lewls Dortha Lee Vowell Leaves her book on How to galn We1ght to Bobby Cupples Ella Mae Stokes Leaves her quletness shyness and bashfulness to Syb1T Rodgers Freda Reynolds The baby of the semor class leaves her shortness and baoy talk to Sue Starnes Gleeda Mae Godman WISHBS to leave B1lly Prltchett her ab111ty to pa1nt and draw the sxgns for all the com1ng ball games Wava Jean McCoy Leaves her roughness on basketball court to the most del1cate Jumor boy the pres1dent B1lly Don Stallmgs Carmel Hoggard Leaves to Faye Sonney her po1se and reserve Buddy Thacker Leaves all the flgures to Toney Reynolds and Sonny Freeman That IS female flgures' Roma Jean Lee Her ab111ty to p1ck becomlng colors to Betty Br1dges hop1ng she can comb1ne her colors as tasteful as she does Page 17 . . . , - . . , - 7 - a . . Rosellen Kirkland-Leaves Pat Bivens her power to have a man to -i il ' ' 77 T l y 1 , . H ' ut ' 7