University of Arkansas Monticello - Boll Weevil Yearbook (Monticello, AR)

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Brown, D. Kevin Tulsa, OK Bulloch, Ann Dumas Calaway, Alana Jo Warren Cameron, Rodger Warren Campbell, Charles E. Sylvan Hills Carder, Joan Fordyce Carr, Rickey Star City Carter, Debbie Warren Carter, Deborah Stuttgart Casson, Bettina Monticello Chambers, Marty Star City Clay, Camille Locksburg Clayton, Mike Warren Cole, Rebecca Star City Collins, Sherry Monticello Cornelius, Jackie Warren Cox, Carolyn Lake Village Cross, Chris Monticello Croup, Twinky Little Rock Culpepper, Cully Monticello Dardenne, Steve Wabbaseka Dennis, Dena West Fork Divine, Kellye Rison Dobson, Stan Humphrey Dog, Rhodanna Turtle Creek Doggett, Debra Pansy Domanski, James Camden Faver, Perry D. Rison Fleming, Steve Monticello Foster, Michael Dyess | Fox, Barbara Monticello Franklin, Pat Kingsland '‘Fratesi, Debbie Grady Freeman, Lynn Watson Frizzell, Rhonda Star City Seniors 187

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SENIORS Almond, Deborah DeWitt Ants, The Killer Town 492, Mars Ashcraft, Chester Sylvan Hills Ashcraft, Debbie North Little Rock Barnes, David Monticello Barnes, Sharon Monticello Baugh, Rusty Grove Hill, AL Beavers, Homer K. Lake Village ' RRC NENIN Berry, Travis Hamburg Bird, Richard Pine Bluff Black, Alvin Mt. Ida Blatner, B.J. Monticello Borland, Daniel Arkadelphia Breashears, Thomas Story Senior Joey Terry was caught in the act of trying to leave Commons th way that he thinks Robert Redford would do it. Notice the faraway eyes, the casual, almost disconcerted, thrust of the hand to open the door. 186 Seniors

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STAYING INTERESTED IS KEY TO YOUTH When Helen Stobaugh of McGehee decided to attend college at age 75, it was only natural that she chose the University of Arkansas at Monticello. After all, one of her three sons, one of her eight grandsons, and her daughter-in-law graduated from UAM, and her youngest grandson is currently attending school there. Buy why does a woman who turned 75 February 15 decide to go to college? ‘Well, it was either that or bingo,” she laughed, “and I’m not ready for bingo.” “Bingo has changed my life twice,” she explained. ‘‘Eighteen years ago, my husband and | were on vacation in Brownsville, Tex., and I saw a bunch of senior citizens sitting around playing bingo. I decided that when I got that age, I wouldn’t just sit around. Then when I moved back to McGehee (from Dallas, Tex.) last September, I went to one of those retirement places where they serve free lunches and saw the elderly playing bingo. | decided that wasn’t my thing. So when I got the opportunity to take night classes, | thought it would be a good thing to do.” Helen Stobaugh is 75 going on 19. A talkative woman with an infectious smile, she is never at a loss for words. “When I first decided to take night classes, I thought about taking public speak- ing,” she said, ‘‘but my son said that I didn’t need to know how to talk.” Instead of public speaking, she enrolled in a short stories course. Each Tuesday evening, Mrs. Stobaugh boards a school bus at Great Rivers Vocational Technical School in McGehee for Gardner, Skip Rison Gibbs, Kim Star City Gill, Mike Dumas Gill, Tamera Lynn Fordyce Gordon, Leon Louann Gould, Ann McGehee Gracey, James Monticello Griffith, T.J. Pine Bluff Groce, Lee Ann Monticello Hall, Leslie Pine Bluff Hampe, Mary Monticello Harris, Bobby G. Hamburg Harris, Glory Dean McGehee Harris, Peggy Hamburg Harrison, Deborah Star City 188 Seniors the 25 mile trip to the VAM campus. The transportation is a free part of UAM’s “Unlimited Potential” program that provides free bus and van transportation to the University campus from loca- tions all over southeast Arkansas. So far the program has attract- ed 225 students ranging from high school juniors to 80-year-olds. They take part in the program for different reasons — some to augment their high school education to better prepare for col- lege, others to complete a degree that was interrupted by military service or motherhood. Mrs. Stobaugh enrolled so she could keep up with her remarkable family. Middle son Robert Stobaugh Jr., is a chemical engineer who has traveled the world for Exxon and Texaco. He once had an hour long audience with the Shah of Iran, and wrote a best-selling book on energy. He is currently a professor in the Harvard University School of Business. Her son by her first marriage, Sam Farrell, is a retired farmer and licensed Methodist minister in McGehee. Youngest son Bill and his wife Nelle are both teachers in McGehee, although Bill retired recently due to ill health. Her only granddaughter, Susan Samuelson, is married to the son of Nobel Prize winner Paul Samuelson. “You see why I had to go to college,” said Mrs. Stobaugh. “‘I couldn’t be the only ignorant one in the family.” Born and raised in McGehee, Mrs. Stobaugh was married at 15, had her first child at 17 and was divorced at 18. She didn’t finish high school, but received a more practical education. “My first degree was an M-R-S degree,” she said. “My second was a M-O-T-H-E-R degree.” . She married Robert Stobaugh of McGehee in 1925, and to- gether the couple owned and operated City Laundry on Main Street for 38 years. During that time, she saw a lot of changes in McGehee. “‘McGe- hee only had about 2,000 people when | was growing up,”’ said