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

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I Il 1088 Tjfjyflytf lt was September 1952 that the good shrp Archer C1ty Hrgh School stood at anchc at the wharf of a new school year lt was the same shrp that had carrred many passen gers to safe harbor rn the Land of Great Wrsdom but thrs day was a gala day LI1 rts hrs tory for some of the passengers were already aboard Shrrley Lowack Jane Perdue Phyllts Heard Bennte Lou Wrllrams Anne Douglas Guy Stephens Wayne Maxwell Morgan Powell, Janrce Smrth June Graham and Gary Wrrght And we were about to set sarl over new and untrred waters tn a quest for The Fountarn of Perfect Understandtng As the shtp stood at anchor the last passengers began to arrrve for the voyage we all realrzed was to be the most tmportant of our l1ves The last names on the regtster were Robert Krahl Don hssler and Charlene Hemmr shrpmates who had sarled as newcomers through the etghth grade crurse among the Islands of Smaller Learnrng We were enthusrastlc and asked many eager questtons about our voyage Our Cap Ialfl assured us that rf we were drlrgent and perseverrng rn our duttes we should easrly reach our desttnatron at the end of four years So rt was wrth hopeful hearts and srnrlmg faces that we bade good bye from the deck at those left behrnd rn the Grammar Grades steamed out of the harbor and embarked on our Voyage of Hrgh School Lrfe We were young and socrally mclrned so rt drd not take us long to get acquarnted w1th our fellow passengers and the Crew Our shrpwreck fears were wtped away 1n the assurance that an able staff of Seamen had us tn thetr charge and tn no ttme we were sarltng smoothly over Freshman Sea When we made port at Sophomore Bay Jtmmte Nowell Lerlant Jeter and Gwen Warn scott boarded our shrp We then settled down for a longer crulse for our next port would not be untrl we reached the Isle of Senrors where Yvonne Graham Martha Blankenshtp Beth Crawford and Johnnre Sue Alsup were awartmg our arrrval If would be tnteresung to tell the numerous delrghtful experlences of our voyage the frrendshrps we ve made the lessons we ve learned the rnnumerable partmgs of varrous shtpmates for other shores wtth the why and wherefore of tt all but rt actually has httle vrtal srgmftcance except to ourselves the few who sttll remarn together to land at Commencement Wharf We must not drvulge the secret of our slup We must not for get the loyalty to our class colors valtantly flyrng at the masthead The best and most vrtal hrstory of any person or thmg rs never grven to the world So must II be wrth the Class of 1956' But we wtll go on wrtttng new logs of greater adventures and more wonderful drs coverles for whrle the Voyage of Hrgh School l.1fe rs at an end the Voyage of Real Lrfe IS Just now at 1ts trxumphant Commencement

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PHYLLIS HEARD Band 4 Ma Jorette 4 Band Off1cer 1 Jumor Play Speech Plays DISUICI Typxng 1 FHA 4 FHA Off1cer 2 World Fr1endsh1p 1 Choral Club 2 Art1st1c The Bandxt Arts and Crafts 1 Press Club Off1cer Paper Staff 1 Football Sweetheart Runner up SHIRLEY LOWACK Band 2 Arts and Crafts 1 FTA 2 FHA 2 Lrbrary Club 1 Class Off1cer 1 Jumor Play Speech Plays IANE PERDUE Annual Staff 1 Class Off1cer 1 Choral Club 1 World Frrendshrp 1 Press Club 1 FHA 3 FHA Off1cer 2 DISUICI Spellrng 2 4 H Club 1 FHA Sweetheart GARY WRIGHT Football 3 Basketball 3 Baseball 1 Iumor Favonte Jumor Play A Club 2 World Fnendshlp Club 1 A Club Officer 1 4 H Club 2 4 H Club Officer 1 Gabby Facetxous

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1 Xews flu QfIl2 falzfasy 1076 ARCHER CITY SENIORS 56 entertarned by U S President and former class mate WAYNE MAXWELL Airline Stewardess LEILANI JETER parachutes to safety in South America leav ing passengers aboard Patrolman ROBERT KRAHL pleads not guilty of connrvance with underworld Registered Nurse CHARLENE HEMMI cures boy who hiccoughed 59 days Tells him one of her favorite stories GUY STEPHENS frrm of contractors bids low for erection of a bridge across South Fork Daughter of MR, and MRS JIMMIL NOWELL Jamie Kay who has made won derful success under the direction of Miss BENNIE LOU WILLIAMS to appear at St James Theater LIS HEARD are heroines at west end blaze Break through barriers of flames and rescue child of MR, and MRS GWEN BLANKENSHIP YVONNE GRAHAM elected Secretary of United Nations Fashion show scheduled in Parts featuring creations by designer GWEN WAIN SCOTT In concert at Carnegie Hall MORGAN POWELL Event in squared circle DON ESSLER alias Gorgeous Don to defend title as heavyweight champion Basketball team managed by BLTH CRAWFORD wins world tour Umpire GARY WRIGHT ill from effects of pop bottle he met Mentioned as most dangerous menace to Europe 1n the matter of open golf championship JUNE GRAHAM ANNE DOUGLAS IS hit at Metropolitan Opera House JOHNNIE SUE ALSUP wins Pulitzer Prize ' f A t' ff ' N A Taxi Driver SHIRLEY LOWACK and two firemen -- JANE PERDUE and PHYL-