Archer City High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Archer City, TX)

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PAT KNOX Class President 2 A Club A Club Football 4 Baseball 2 3 President 1 All-District Football 1 Honnra ble Mention All-District PEGGY POLLOCK PROGRESSIVE DINNER

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BOB COLE Football 3 Baseball 2 Basketball 2 4 H Offlcer One Act Play Junior Play A Club 3 Dramatrc Club 1 World Fnendship 3 HOWARD LOUDAMY Basketball 3 PM-sy WAKEFIH-D Band 4 Basketblll 3 Mgjorette 2 FHA 3 Library Club 2 Future Teachw 1 Att, and Cflffs 1 Library Club Plesm ent 1 4.4, T HC, 1155.9 L n--- Football 3 Basketball 2 Track 3 Baseball 2 Tennii 2 'Ar Club 3 Am and Crafts 1 World FriendshiP 2 Officer Choral Club Honorable Mentilm A11-District CATHERINE SCHENK Future Teachers 1 World Friendship 2 4-H Club 3 Dramatics Club 1 Cheerleader 2 Basketball 2 Speech Play Junior Play J - r r'. x V L' K' X

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CLASS HISTORY One moming early in September of 1943, thirteen of the now twenty-nine members of the Senior Class of '55, boarded the train of knowledge at Grand Central Leaming Station in Archer City. Mrs. Bill Fain, the conductress, showed the passengers, Myrtle Frerich, Cissy Sullivan, Bobby McGriff, Billy Linscott, Pat Knox, Barbara Ferrell, Tissa Roberts. Joe Douglas, Alberta Buerger, George Ensey, Patsy Wakefield, Billy Crawford, and Barbara Glenn to their seats. Their one-way tickets to WISDOMville were to be stamped at the end of the line with a Diploma. At their first stop, SECONDfield, they were joined by Monte Pecos Hoss Lewis, the boy who cheerfully took the responsibility of making things lively for both passengers and conductors. Between stations, we made an emergency stop to pick up another pas- senger, Glenda Sturgeon. When the train arrived at THIRDsburg, the group of youngsters watched with glee as two brothers, Howard and Clyde Loudamy, hopped on. In FOURTHton, the train screeched to a sudden halt, and there waiting on the plat- form were Donna Wilson and Jimmy Slack, each with an apple in one hand and a mother in the other. As the train departed, the mothers heaved a sigh of relief, l thought that train would NEVER come. Billy Elledge boarded at FIFTI-icity. Instead of chiming in with the counting of telephone poles, he produced a slide rule and astonished the other passengers with his mathamatical calculations. ' As the train slowed down at SIXTI-lport, Jim Peirce vaulted into a window seat and piled his athletic equipment and books into the seat beside him. Little did he know that he would one day be known as the brains and outstanding athlete of his class. Not bothering to stop at SEVENTHford, the railroad cars sped on rapidly. As night approached, the porter, Mr. Ensey, leaned on his broom handle and helplessly watched gum wrappers, orange peelings, and peanut hulls fall from behind drawn, curtained berths. As the train passed the EIGHT!-lboro Methodist Church, a chubby, robust boy, Bobby Cole, Shinnied down a tree in the church yard and raced toward the station where he breathlessly jumped aboard the train just as it was pulling out. Outside of town, the train was flagged down as a spotless dairy farm by two healthy, red-cheeked, enthusiasts, Catherine Schenk and Albert Hilbers. The stop at Freshman Falls was a must! ll For there we picked up Herby Neas--the life of the party. At dinner time, the train was passing through Sophomore Island and everyone trouped into the diner and were served by the head waitress, Mrs. Ensey. The train was delayed at Junior Bay long enough for the short personage of Pat Williams to scamper aboard. The last stop before the train reached its destination was Senior Haven. At this sta- tion Jerry Martin, David Nobles, and Peggy Pollock made the passenger list complete. The Cllgilleel. MI- GGITOD. helped the passengers, with their luggage crammed full of memories, to descend the steps on to the platform which extends into the future.