Marmaduke High School - Duke Yearbook (Marmaduke, AR)

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Loretta Thrasher 15 work1ng ln St LOUIS as a telephone operator Mar1an S1dney Thorne IS a mov1e actress 1n Hollywood playlng opposlte Frank S1natra Bermece Vaughn IS attend1ng college at Arkansas State College She xs work 1ng out a new book report form for a M H S teacher Mrs Eubank Helen Chr1sp has f1n1shed Arthur Murray s School of Danc1ng and 15 teachmg danclng at Valley V1ew Hlgh School Dewayne Cra1g IS 1n college grmdmg away at the penc1l sharpener He IS st11l good at f1gures female one s that IS Bobby Cupples has a program over K D R S every n1ght at 6 p m sponsored by Hadacol Bones took one bottle and became the states fattest man Donald Gene Freeman IS 1n an undertaker s College majormg mn embalm1ng He 1S p1ann1ng to take over when the Presldent d1es Tom McCla1n IS attendmg the Un1vers1ty of Arkansas and IS Edztor of the Year book He st1ll has that old lme Anyone wanta buy an annual? Troy Presson owns a book store 1n New York C1ty He has marr1ed and has one ch1ld B1lly Prxtchett has completed a busmess course and IS now ass1stant bus1ness manager for Sears Roebuck 1n Memph1s B1lly Don Stall1ngs 15 at Un1vers1ty of Arkansas maJor1ng 1n Agr1culture He s shoulders to broken hearted gxrls Darrell Weaver 1S st1ll 1n Marmaduke a .Tumor partner 1h the Weaver Brothers Mach1ne Shop He s best on rnendlng broken hearts Toney Reynolds and Dor1s Ray are marr1ed and are l1v1ng on a farm near Mound fhey certalnly have a cute set of tw1ns George and Georg1a Loren Wh1te 15 at home w1th h1s father He has never marr1ed but he st1ll has hopes of fmdmg a beaut1ful w1fe Bobby Lew1s IS l1v1ng on a farm south of Marmaduke He s marr1ed and has two chlldren Mrs Lonn1e Wllson the former 0519 Johnson 1S l1v1ng near L1berty Church south of Marmaduke She and Lonn1e are busy work1ng 1n the Church CLASS HISTORY Betty Sue Godwln Loreda Goodman Mar1on Sydney Thorne and Lou Eva Owen lt seems are the only remaznmg members of the or1g1nal 32 students who began their Journey 1nto the school world of M H S 1n July of 1938 Mrs Versa Butler the1r 1nstructor must have been a pat1ent and understandlng person as she man aged to get them through the f1rst grade w1thout any ser1ous mxshaps Durlng the second grade there were very few changes except for the chang1ng of class rooms and teachers Mrs Bufle Lorance taught the group that year L1ttle Bobby Lew1s from Hall1day entered along w1th Dewayne Cra1g from Walnut R1dge The th1rd grade class was mcreased by one Sue Starnes Sue was such a l1ve w1re She kept the teacher busy keeplng her ln place and the students busy stayxng out of her way M1ss Clara Ruth Grxmes was the teacher Just look what happened to our class the next year It looked as though a tor peda had struck the 4th grade,Betty Brxdges entered from Todsevllle and Betty McBr1de entered from Pochantas Mrs Robelene Webb was our teacher president of his class and president of the F, F. A. club. He is lending his broad

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In the f1fth grade Patty Blvexns from Moor1ng and Loran Whxte the mountam goat from Ravend1n Sprlngs lncreased our class by enter1ng school Mrs Lee Ramsey our fa1tht'ul fxfth grade teacher was proud of the fact that her pupxls were so warm hearted and qu1et to accept our new students Osle Johnson who entered from Moorlng ID the slxth grade turned out to be the bralns of our class for quxte some t1me Mrs Grace Thorne belng the teacher was always ready to pep us up when we began feelzng lazy Bean Poles Cupples and Sonny Freeman along w1th Troy Presson from Detro1t became members of the class 1n the seventh grade Troy brought w1th hxm h1s g1r11sh glggle and Northern accent Later that year Brlly Pr1tchet entered Mrs Opal Hoggard was Sponsor of the class It seems our new members 1n the elghth grade made qulte an 1mpress1on as they turned out to be our Pres1dent and Vxce Pres1dent through hxgh school They were Bxlly Don Stall1ngs and Toney Reynolds Mrs Hoggard was agam Sponsor of the class In the nmth grade everyone began to s1t back and take not1ce They all saxd boy what a gal does she brmg thmgs to l1fe and how does she talk so much? I guess you know we re speak1ng of Syb1l Rodgers from Moormg Loretta Thrash er entered from Wh1te Oak along w1th Syb1l Mrs Harr1s was class Sponsor The tr1p to Memphls seemed to be the ma1n event of the year and by luck we dldn leave any of our members at the zoo Sad Sophomore we were and boy' What a dog s hfe we led we dxdn t have any new class members that year No one notxced th1s however everyone was busy thmkmg of clothes dates and part1es About th1s t1me all the l1vely crowd sorta the gxrls were concerned In the early Sprmg the J'un1or and sophomore classes went to Keeners Cave spxte of the ram we all had fun Mrs Webb WHS 50ph0 more Sponsor Tom McLa1n from St Lou1s and Darrel Weaver from Oak Growe entered ln the eleventh grade The .Tumor play was the ma1n event of the year as lt IS to all .Tumors The .Tumor and Semor c1rcus banquet was equlped w1th everyth1ng,even a show Barker Tom McLa1n Troy Presson was a scream 1n h1s part of thm man In the Sen1or year Bernexce Vaughn entered from Tech Hxgh Th1s year proved one for these Z Sen1ors,about a month after school started we ordered our class r1ngs,on Sept Z We took our Sneak Day and sneaked away to the mounta1ns Then we began our Wmter term w1th an addztzon to our class a Lxttle Red head Helen Chr1sp from Valley V1ew entered The sen1ors had thexr Alumm Banquet Dec Z9 the1r negro mznstrel Jan 15 and the1r play m Apr1l Other outstandmg events we e the Jr Sr Banquet,graduat1on exerclses and the Sr tmp to New Orleans 53 'sm .D X 'ma . . . . D . . , . . .. . . . ' .I D I ' . . . . .t 1 - - n 9 - . I I 9 I ' drifted into pairs. Sonny and Dewayne seemed to be the main attraction as far as 5 in ' ' . . ' ' . . . . . . . , . . . . - sa - - , , , . ' . . . ' ' !' 1 n l . 1 19: , .U , Q- is ' ' .-11? - ':'- P'-