Rector High School - Cats Paw Yearbook (Rector, AR)

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PERSONNEL Doris Carter- Cig : 12 yrs. here, Home Ec. 1 yr., FHA 1 yr., Glee 3 yrs., Operettas The Nifty Shop 48, and The Model Bride 50, PE Play Guess Again Ghost 47, Dramatics 1 yr., Play Fixers Incorporated 50, Blackcat Staff 50-51, Cheerleader Manager 49-50. Mary King- Pest : 12 yrs. here, Home Ec. 2 yrs., FHA 3 yrs., Dramatics 1 yr., Play The Christmas Rose, Glee 1 yr., Operetta, The Nifty Shop, Sr. Basketball 1 yr. Margaret Green- Pargie : 11 yrs. here, Home Ec. 2 yrs., FHA 3 yrs., FHA Third Vice-President 48, Treasurer 49, President 50-51, 1 yr. Jr. Basketball, 2 yrs. Sr. Basketball, J r. All-County Team, 48, Glee 3 yrs., Operettas The Nifty Shop, and The Model Bride, Home Ec. 1 yr., Band 2 yrs., Fresh- man Reporter. Kenneth Deniston- Kenny : 6 yrs. here, 3 yrs. Agri. Patsy Mode- Pat : 515 yrs. here, Home Ec. 2 yrs., FHA 3 yrs., FHA Third Vice-President, 1 yr. Jr. Basketball, 3 yrs. Sr. Basketball. James Deniston- Jim : 3 yrs. here, 2 yrs. Agri. Norma Lee Binkley: 11,43 yrs. here, Dramatics 1 yr., Glee 3 yrs., Operetta The Model Bride. Jerry Cooper-12 yrs. here, FFA 4 yrs. Nadine Davis: 12 yrs. here, 1 yr. Journalism, PE Play Guess Again Ghost , Dramatics 2 yrs., Plays Wilbur Minds the Baby, and The Christmas Miracle, Usher at Baccalaureate Sermon 50. Joan Barkemeyer- Jo : 9 yrs. here, 2 yrs. Band, Clarinet Quartet 2 yrs., Glee 2 yrs., Operetta The Nifty Shop 48, Dramatics 1 yr., Play The Christmas Miracle 50, Served at Jr.-Sr. Banquet 49, Usher at Baccalaureate Sermon 50. Geneva Thomason- Neiver : 2 yrs. here, Dramatics 1 yr., Captain of Basketball Team 50-51, 2 yrs. Sr. Basketball lRec- tori, 1179 yrs. Basketball fBragg Cityl, 56 yr. Basketball lGreenwayJ, 1 yr. Glee Bragg City. Faye Yancey: 12 yrs. here, 1 yr. Jr. Basketball, 3 yrs. Sr. Basketball, Captain of 49-50 Basketball Team, Glee 3 yrs., Operettas The Nifty Shop 48, and The Model Bride 50, Dramatics 1 yr., Play Fixers Incorporated, PE Play Guess Again Ghost 47, Majorette 3 yrs., Cheerleader 49-50, Foot- ball Queen 48, Home Ec. 1 yr., FHA 1 yr., Senior Class Re- porter, Served at Jr.-Sr. Banquet 49, Jr. Play Adam's Eve- ning, Blackcat Staff 50-51. George Barker- Monk : 5 yrs. here, 1 yr. Agri., 3 yrs. Band, Band President 50-51, Boys Chorus 1 yr., Librarian 1 yr., Sr. Basketball 2 yrs., Dramatics 1 yr., Play Wilbur Minds the Baby, 'Jr. Play Adam's Evening. Alma Thompson: 2 yrs. here, Home Ec. 1 yr., FHA 1 yr., Glee 1 yr. Louana Cossey: 6 yrs. here, 1 'yr. Home Ec. Ted Wimberley-- Timberley : 5 yrs. here, 2 yrs. football, 1 yr. Glee Club, Operetta Model Bride. Bill Jewell: 3 yrs. here, FFA 2 yrs., Vice-President of FFA 50-51, 1 yr. Glee Club, Operetta Model Bride. Bobby Weldon Hatcher: 2 yrs. here, 2 yrs. Agri., 2 yrs. FFA, FFA President 50-51, Jr. Play Adam's Evening. Charles Douglas Matheny: 3 yrs. here, 3 yrs. Agri., FFA 3 yrs., Treasurer of FFA 50-51, FFA Federation Secretary 50-51, Boys State 50, Jr. Play Adam's Evening, Jr. Class Reporter, Sr. Class President, Editor of School Paper 50-51. Mary Frances Odell- Froggy : 7 yrs. here, l yr. Glee Club, 2 yrs., Home Ec., 1 yr., Dramatics, Usher at Jr. Play 49-50. Doris June Ward- Pinky .' 3 yrs. here, 2 yrs. Basketball, Typist on Blackcat Staff 50-51. Thelda Parrish- Beth : 3 yrs. here, 1 yr. Home Ee., Secre- tary of Senior Class 50-51, Typist on Blackcat Staff 50-51. Vonna Lou Burns: 4 yrs. here, 1 yr. Home Ec., 1 yr. Dramatics, lyg years Library, Speech Play, The Christmas Rose, Treas- urer of Senior Class 50-51, Blackcat Staff 50-51. Virginia Faye Newton: 3 yrs. here, 3 yrs. Home Ec., l yr. FHA. Ruth Ella Lacey: 3 yrs. here, 1 yr. Home Ec. .loan Love Twitty- Mert : 12 yrs. here, 3 yrs. Glee, Operetta The Nifty Shop 48, Operetta The Model Bride 50, 1-yr. Dramatics, Fashion Editor on Blackcat paper 50-51, Served at J r.-Sr. Banquet 49, Girls State 50, FHA 2 yrs. Norma Lee Coats- Pudge : 2 yrs. here, Cheerleader 2 yrs., Majorette Manager 2 yrs., Glee 2 yrs., 2 yrs. dramatics, 2 Speech Plays, Wilbur Minds the Baby and The Christmas Rose, Jr. Play Adam's Evening. Joe Wayne French- Sleepy : 6 yrs. here, 3 yrs. Agri., 3 yrs. FFA, 1 yr. Dramatics, Speech Play, The Christmas Rose, 3 yrs. Band. Jimmy .Joe Thomas- PaRastis : 5 yrs. here, 3 yrs. Agri., 3 yrs. FFA. JoAnn Thompson--- Jo : 6 yrs. here, 1 yr. Majorette, 2 yrs. Home Ee., Cheerleader, 50-51, 3 yrs. Glee, Operetta The Mod- el Bride, 50, 1 yr. Dramatics, Speech Play The Christmas Rose, Served at Jr.-Sr. Banquet 49, Usher at FHA Play 49, Girls State 50. Carolyn Winchester- Windy : 12 yrs. here, 2 yrs. Home Ec., 1 yr. Glee, 1 yr. Dramatics, 1 yr. Library, 2 yrs. FHA. Jerry Derden: 5 yrs. here, 3 yrs. Agri., l yr. Band, 1 yr. Jr. Basketball, 3 yrs. Sr. Basketball, Librarian 1 yr., Boys Chorus 1 yr., Football 2 yrs, Dramatics 1 yr., Vice-President of FFA 49-50, President of Freshmen, Sophomore, and Jr. Class, Co- Captain of 50-51 Basketball Team. Albert Vanlzilder: 4 yrs. here, 4 yrs. Agri., FFA 4 yrs., Sec- retary of FFA 50-51, Jr. Play Adam's Evening. Helen Seay-f'Wonder : PA- yrs. here, 1 yr. Dramatics, Play The Christmas Rose, Zlfg yrs. Glee fliolcombl, 2 yrs. Home Ec. fldolcombl. Doyne Parrish: 12 yrs. here, 2 yrs. Band, 2 yrs. Sr. Basketball, 1 yr. Football, Co-Captain of 50-51 Basketball Team. Grantland Melrose: 6 yrs. here, 3 yrs. Agri., 3 yrs. FFA. Vadalia Huggins- Flip : 3 yrs. here, Blackcat Staff 50-51, 1 yr. Jr. Basketball fBoydsvilleJ, Play No Bride For the Groom, fBoydsvilleJ, 2 yrs. Library. Gloria Rust- Rusty : 12 yrs. here, 1 yr. Jr. Basketball, 3 yrs. Sr. Basketball, 3 yrs. Glee, Operettas, The Nifty Shop 48, and The Model Bride 50, 1 yr. Dramatics, Play Ready- Made Family 48, Jr. Play Adam's Evening, Majorette 3 yrs., Cheerleader 48-49, 1 yr. Home Ec., FHA 3 yrs. Officer of FHA 50-51, Served at Jr.-Sr. Banquet 49, Alto Solo in Clay County Music Festival 50, Girls State 50. 4 Bill Vangilder: 6 yrs. here, 4 yrs. Agri., FFA 4 yrs. FFA Re- porter 50-51. Velius Simpson: 21,6 yrs. here, 2 yrs. Agri., FFA 2 yrs., FFA Sentinel 49-50.

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PROPHECY Who knows what the future holds? Is it possible for a mere high school senior to know what lies ahead? Do dreams come true? These questions keep repeating them- selves to me as I think about that-that dream I had last night. Would you like to hear it? Then listen. The time was 1975. The scene was the home of the Presi. dent of the United States-the White House. This was the fulfillment of a promise made by George Barker, that if ever he became President of the United States he would entertain his former classmates, the Rector graduating class of 1951, with a party at the White House. According to my dream, I was talking with President Barker when I heard someone at the door. In a few minutes two men and a woman stepped into the room. At first I didn't recog- nize them, but looking closely, it was easy to see that they were Grantland Melrose, a prominent physician of Mem- phis, Tennessee, Doyne Parrish, a major league baseball player, and Mary Odell, a reporter for the New York Times. While we were talking about the good times we used to have at Rector High, the multi-millionaire, Bill Jewell, and his devoted wife, Doris Carter, arrived in a big limou- sine. Then Gloria Rust arrived riding the latest in trans- portation-an elephant. She had gained world fame as the African huntress who brings 'em back alive for the Barnum and Baily Circus. As we fed the elephant peanuts, Norma Coats, who became famous overnight when she sang Mule Train over television, drove up in her new 1975 Cadillac. Oh me! I can't seem to remember who was next-you know how dreams are. Oh yes! I do remember too, it was Douglas Matheny, a prominent Philadelphia lawyer, and his secretary, Joan Twitty. They were walking up the steps talking with Henry Williams, a philosopher equal to Socrates, when Margaret Green, who was an English professor at Arkansas State College, and Geneva Thomason, a telephone operator in Boydsville, Arkansas, arrived in a 1951 Buick. By that time the conversation was really getting lively. Then two other former classmates, Joan Barkemeyer, Sec- retary of the Young Men's Business Club of Rector, and JoAnn Thompson, Secretary of Mitchell's Funeral Home of Rector, came in. But wait, let me think! There was someone behind them, a beautiful and well-dressed lady, but I don't believe I remember who she was. Oh yes! I do remember-how foolish of me, I should have known-it was Faye Yancey, a famous Conover Model. At this point of my dream I remember walking over to the window, and looking out exclaiming, Well look who's here! It was two old maids, Thelda Parrish and Doris June Ward. Because they were always together during their high school days, I suppose they have refused to marry so that they can always be together. They are book- keepers for a Chicago law firm. Although the class had produced only one doctor, there were three nurses. They were Vadalia Huggins, Carolyn Winchester, and Ruth Lacy, who practiced their profession in the new Rector General Hospital. Wondering about the identity of the distinguished looking gentleman in the uniform who appeared at the door, I sauntered toward him and found him to be Ted Wimberley, an admiral in the United States Navy. Nadine Davis, the wife of an Arkansas farmer and the mother of three chil- dren, was the next to arrive. A few minutes later, Kenneth Deniston, manager of a nation-wide trucking company, arrived saying that he had seen Murl Joiner about half a mile up the street cranking his old Model T Ford. Murl was a Used Car Dealer of Kennett, Missouri. He finally arrived at the White House. At length most of the class- mates had arrived although I had not been able to meet all of them. Everyone seemed to be enjoying the enter- tainment furnished by President Barker which included the New York Symphony directed by Jerry Derden. The music was especially well enjoyed by Vonna Lou Burns, a private secretary for a Chicago executive, and Laura Russell, a bookkeeper for a large banking finn in New York. I also saw Alma Thompson, wife of a Chicago busi- ness man, and Louana Cossey, wife of a Chicago lawyer. If my dream comes true there will be several farmers. I distinctly remember seeing Albert Vangilder and his partner, Bill Vangilder, owners of a 5,000 acre livestock- farm near Rector, also James Deniston, owner of a large dairy farm, and Jerry Cooper, a prosperous general farmer. Bobby Snyder and Melvin Lawrence were livestock farm- ers. Another one was Lindell Gatewood, a cotton farmer. I remember seeing a few other classmates including John Wayland, a Detroit factory worker, Virginia Newton, the wife of a dairy farmer, Pat Mode, the world famous tight wire walker who at one time had broken every bone in her body and survived, Mary King, bookkeeper for Brumley and Landis Oil Company of Rector, and Helen Seay, a stenographer from San Francisco, California. At this point of my dream I awoke, yawned, and fell back asleep. I dreamed that I saw a man standing by the win- dow. I had a little difficulty in recognizing him, but then, like a flash, I knew he was Weldon Hatcher, a well-known psychiatrist, and one time head of the Little Rock State Hospital. I. could not remember--in fact, I never took the trouble to investigate whether he was still on the staff of the Hospital or whether he had become one of the inmates.