Abilene Christian College - Prickly Pear Yearbook (Abilene, TX)

Text from Pages 1 - 205 of the 1946 volume:

The Class of Nineteen Forty-Six null PEAR 1946 1 J 1 J A m Because he has patiently taught us that man’s knowledge Because of the example he has set in being a Christian Because of his love and sacrifice which have overcome all obstacles in giving Abilene Christian College eminence in the field of science, this 1946 Prickly Pear is humbly dedicated to Dr. Paul C. Witt. fi fi Prickly Pear. Take it. you who ADMINISTRATION BUILDING WILLIAM C. SIKES, M. A. GILMER L. BELCHER, Ph. D. MRS. JAMES BEARDEN, B. A. MAX LEACH, M. A. Students MISS BESS BELI,, M. A. MRS. FRANK ETTER, B. A. MRS. PENN GILBREATH, B. A. ZELMA LAWYER. M. A. i High School berniece McClellan, b. s. Supervisor in High School ROBERT L. REEVES, B. A. MARJORIE SEWELL. I HOMER F. HOWK Director ACC Press S£ “S-' aVl FLORENCE LUTHER _ � . � n--. T„- SS FcSST M'lp“ ”; Tr“”te ,r“s,m BETTY CREY MONKEY ABB.™. T.x„ |?ri EBHEET.HESHEETO Abilene. Texai ‘feSHHSS EMALENE ALEXANDER Colorad IRA ADAMS College HELEN ANDERSON Grai MARY JANE ARLEDGE F MARGARET ATCHLEY Ma: SARAH BALLARD A YVONNE BARTON ( BETTY BARNETT JERRY BERGMAN MARIE CHENAULT MAREANN NEECE Irving. Texas ROENA NEWHOUSE McCaulley. Texas JAMES VV. NICHOLS Abilene. Texas RUBY GRIFFIN Clyde. Texas JOELLAHALL Tyler. Texas MARSHAL HARDY Rotan, Texas J. DARVIN KRISEL KATHRYN LAWYER BETTY JEAN LEE BUELL LINDLEY MELBA JUNE LINN JOANN McCLARY Sentinel, Oklahoma GERALDINE MINGS DOLORES MOORE DORIS MORGAN WILNA MUNS NELDA RUTH NORWOOD Austin. Texas ELLENE PARKER MARY ELIZABETH PATTERSON. Houston, Te ALEXANDER WANA ALTMAN ANITA ANDERSON BENTON ARMSTRONG KENNETH ASTON JAMES BAILEY PEGGY ALICE BAKER J. DON BALDRIDGE MARGUERITE I JOHN C. BROCKMAN BILLY GENE BROWN MYRA MAE BROWN BETTY BUFORD LEONA BURTON BENJAMIN CANO CATHRINE CANTRELL SAMMYE CAPPS LOUISE CARPENTER DOROTHY DECK R . A Cleburne' Texas LaVERNE DeHAES Irving, Texas MILDRED DOKEY KATHRYN DOLLAR RICHARD DUNCAN 709 E. Memphis. Tenn. BILL FAIN BOB FARRAR SUE FAUST BOBBY HOLLAND LAYNE LAWRENCE Abilene. Texas BILLY JOE LEACH Abilene. Texas MRS. J. M. LEWIS Abilene, Texas filial LOWELL MILSTEAD Abilene, Texan MARY LOU MEIXNER Pittsburg. Pa. i CLYDENE MERRICK Twitty. Texas EARL MILLER Abilene. Texas FOY MITCHELL Haskell. Ark. Box 515 BARNEY MOORE Winters. Texas H. A. MOORE Wichita Falls. Texas f ■( LETHA MOORE Carlsbad. N. Mexico MARY MOORE Corsicana. Texas CHARLES MORRIS Abilene. Texas FRANCES MOSER Oklahoma City. Okla. MARCEIL MULLINS Abilene. Texas GLORIA MUNDAY Los Angeles, Calif. WANDA MUSTON Abilene. Texas BILLY NELSON Wellington. Texas MARY NEVILLE Abilene, Texas ROBERTA NIBLACK Lubbock, Texas DORIS NIMMO 7 7 B d., La Junta' Colorado LENA NORRIS West Columbia, Texas OUITA ROBERTS Harlingen, Texas DORIS RUNYAN Jordan, New Mexico VIRGINIA SALLEE Balko, Oklahoma MILTON BORNSCHLEGEL ZEOLA FOGARTY VERELENE McSPADDEN DICK QUALLS EXTRAS BEN ADAMS Tulsa. Oklahoma JIMMY AUSTIN Corpus Christi. Texas 1812 Peabody DIXIE MARIE BARNARD Stephenville, Texas LOUISE BENTLEY Wichita Falls, Texas JOHN BOSTICK r Woodville. Texas BILL BROWN Abilene. Texas DONALD BREWER Abilene. Texas JAMES CHESSHIR Turkey. Texas NUMA CROWDER Indian Creek. Texas BEAUTIES JUNE FRY BEAUTY TEX STEVENS KITTY HANKS ★ Her grin CHRIS CLARK ★ An effective speaker ★ Edits the Prickly DOT WHO'S WHO IN AMERICAN COLLEGES AID UNIVERSITIES l : Good; Gribble; Grizzard cus; Duncan; Dyer; Ewell; Farrar; Figueroa; Fogarty; Forehand; Freeman; Gardner; Hardage; Hargett; Hayes; Hickman; Hufford; Jamison; Jennings; Fourth Row: Kirkpatrick; Lancaster; Loyd; McKenl McLeskey; Manning; Mayr; Miller; Nichols; Overby; Fifth Row: Patterson; Phillips; Pruitt; Puckett; Richardson; Robe aAMxiwaim GIRLS On Frdiay night of each week a group of girls meet together for the purpose of learning better how to serve in the church, the home, and the community. This is a training class in which all the girls take an active part, and there are lessons given by guest speakers. This is a class from which every girl on the campus would receive val- uable aid in Christian living. jrk; Bartlett; Campbell; Cantrell; Carpenter; Carr Third Row: M. Carr; Caves Click; Close; 1 - J [j «aaaa aa 1 J u I 1 j L ; Patton; Qualls; Sturgeon; Tipton; Walton; ’ the upper ten per cent of the junior, senior, and graduating classes. The local branch, organized in 1928, is known as the James A. Garfield chapter. A The Zeta Alpha Chapter of Alpha Psi Omega is the dramatic honor organization of A. C. C. Membership is based on achievement and quan- EoU ”1 5r First Row: Bell; Booth; Boyd; Burke; Crawford; Davis; Gist; Second Row: Good; Hargett; Harper; Hayes; Laney; Lowe; Luther; Third Row: Luttrell; Nimmo; Pounds; Roberson; Sherrod; Spears; Thomas. D Li First Row: Bartlett; Bergman; Bennett; Bishop; D. Broadus; J. Broadus; Brown; Capps; Cano; Castleberry; Second ?; Third Row: C I President, Barbara Brooks; Vice-President, Ann Harper; Secretary, Mary Nell Harper. 1 J .. 1 p J t 1 - j L President, Estelle McLaughlin; Vice President, Norma Jean Qualls; Secretary, June Allen 1 J u 1 ■ j h m n i n J t i J Li I A i n J U GAVE ) r l J . mnm The band is resuming its pre-war size. Numbering approximately letic events. Director is Bill Davis. April 20. Edna James Holladay, junior from Vernon, was band sweetheart. S£SS5Sj — kr Annual Picnic, May 25. 1 J nrnmn vy5 Presentation Cresent Carnival .1 the Marti Gras. At V ' , i r i j u i m j I i m j . D i j A Where's Li Li D mm n j i r r j 1j I WINKLES MOORE PEARSON BROWN Chuck Youree and Paul Boyce won the tennis doubles championship. And so ended the track season with Coach Coleman and his boys hanging up their spikes and one of the DL cJ-foiL±E oj- UdMzX ” THURMANS IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIP HOTEL WINDSOR Abilene's Own Hotel ----------------To the Graduating Class, the Student Body and the Faculty of Abilene Christian College, We Extend Our Con- The Students of Today Are The Citizens and Leaders of BURGER - YARD, Management S Q CLOTHIERS The Waffle Shop T. S. Lankford Sons Abilene. Texas ABILENE LAUNDRyCO. Shopping Center... POPULAR Amicable Life Insurance Company A POLICY TO FIT EVERY Hollis L. Manly, General Agent D. M. Cranfill, Agent Mrs. Hal Hughes, Agent We congratulate ACC on the partial realization of their Building Program DAVID S. CASTLE AND CO. Architects and Engineers iliiiillliiiiiiliiiillllllllllllllllllllllilllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllilliiiiili We congratulate ACC on the partial realization of their Building Program DAVID S. CASTLE AND CO. Architects and Engineers WILLIAM COLLIER Associate Architect BALFANZ CONSTRUCTION CO. General Contractor R. G. COGDELL PLUMBING AND HEATING SUN ELECTRIC CO. Illlllllllllll!lill!il!lllllllllli!llliilli||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||l!lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllimilllllllllllllllllllllllllli iiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiniiimiiiMiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Congratulations to the Senior Class of ft!j A.C.C. from ii ii k k Abilene's Student II1' Headquarters and IIl! Social Center Ii ■� In The Surroundings Of West Texas Hospitality iS!S 11 I! I! !! i! II I! ii:: ii i: 'Wesf Texas' Most Modern Hotel Hotel Wooten ii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiF A Modern Efficient Institution 100 Beds Dedicated to Suffering Humanity Hendrick Memorial Hospital Go UjAahdaiia Vir Qteidluatei. . May Your Future Be Filled With Success. Diamonds Watches Jewelry 126 Pine Street IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIF Let’s raid the icebox... Have a Coke 2, e Graduate The K:zr Gospel Advocate bymany Consider These Facts T TTTBSTITDP wmmm msgas?SE CHURCH mmmim and PM SCHOOL £2T 7llss -j .vssvutisa ,h. b«it in r«iigioui pubii- Gospel Advocate Company ................I.......Illllllllllllllllllll.......Illllllllllllllllllllll...... .....IIIIIMIIIII.........I.....Illlllllllllllllll......II......... Abilene's Most Exclusive DRESS SHOP £p.ecialig,i+i f, in COLLEGIATE CLOTHES and Accessories = Something to Think About § | When Dining Away from Home = = The Next Best Place Is 1 I DOYLE’S CAFE I 7i i ii 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 dllllllllllllltlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllli: MILLER-PERKINS 266 Cypress St. RUFUS G. STARNES [ Staple and Fancy Groceries § Fresh Fruits and Vegetables = Finest Meats Money Can Buy E =n I ......ii ii 111 ii 1111 ii 1111.1111II11111111111111111111111[11111II111111111IFF 7111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 WEST STUDIO For the Best in Photographers Phone 4863 464 Pine Higginbotham-Bartlett Co. To All Students A Friendly Welcome Awaits You At Philpott Florists JAe Sie t Jtt 5£ame i S utice 241 SAYLES BLVD. PHONE 6773 You Are Always Welcome At The A.C.C. Bookstore We Feature With the Practical Drawing Co. of Dallas The Masterpiece Line of School Supplies Also Fountain Service—College Jewelry THE WOOSLEYS and THE JAMES Buy MEAD’S BREAD A. C. C. 5uaUty CLEANERS Servlc ---17 years in catering to collegians makes possible this better service L. E. NORTH. Owner On the campus Phone 2-0084 traditional beauty . . . fior today J bride CONVENIENT TIME PAYMENTS AT NO EXTRA COST 134 PINE — ABILENE Congratulations to the Entire Student Body and Faculty of A.C.C. For Their Continued Contribution To Education WestTexas Utilities PIGHTWvv TAUNDRY FRANKLINS 234 Pine Smart Womans Style Center At Your Favorite Fountain You Will Find FARMERS and MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK IF