Bastrop High School - Ram Yearbook (Bastrop, LA)

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CZQLJJ 'Jim Qh566f It was grow1ng dark as I turned my lavar lever on my spa ship to land As I was rather trred atter my erght hou t from Mars I went drreetly to my loung room F um grae f hablt I gave the room a casual onte over and s etng a opy the Champ of 42 I automatlcally began to look th ough rt mind began to drrft Into a world ot though' wond rtng what class mates are dolng thls 1952 Turning my televlslon tlme mathrne I turned th stutho nob to nlne the alltngo lever to five and the volu nob to two onte the tontrols began to crackle and hum and ll was not long before a prtture began to form before me A magn flcent st u ture formed and lmmedlately I knew tt was the new Rose Theater Also standrng rn front of the burldrng were thetnmmproud owners VENOY BRCDNAX and ALLEN KEENE CHARLES STREET IS 'here too but alas h still taktng up trtke They are talklng over the posslbtlltles of a sell out c owd at the personal appea ance of LUIS ANN OLIVER and RICHARD HOLDINESS two me the Parrsh Lrbrary For the past th ec years GENEVA HARLCN has been the librarian and her assr are MAURYCE DCUGHTY BERYL ELDRIDGE HARRIET MCRGAN and RAY HINES They have just lr celved a number of copres of Somebody s Baby by the celebrated author ALMA DEBLIEUX What s the confuslon Jn the street? Ch' I see RAT 'OLLAND Bastrop s only tratfrc cop has gotten hrs srgnals crossed agarn and caused another traftrc jam I see LEROY ELLARD a taxl tab drlver shout ng hrs head off at h1m LAVELLE ROBERSON and JOE FRANK RABUN are sergeants rn the Wo ld A1r Force and are patrollrng the arr lrnes between Earth and Mars MARY MCSS MADISON 1S another Hedda Hopper You Lan hear her radlo p og ams over a natronwlde hookup every Monday and Frrday or read her newspaper column Women These Women in leadlng papers Now the scene changes from the busv metropolrs ot Bastrop to the qulet western plains He e we frnd sexe al Bast op H1 grads turned cow punchers They are F G CARRCLL BEN TIPTOM and CLAUDE MATHENY They workfculthe Wall Street Broke BILLY GREEN who operates this ranch on the srde Their p nt pal product 5 which ln y sell to Bankston s Meatpacking Company owned h j ,I ' ' . V' '. W fee ' ' ' ' ' : rlp , ' tug ' rt fr o e' s 1- ' 'eo, t r of ' , It .', - I D e r U ,1 My 'L ' r ' M , et . f my ., ,q, t. V , I , buy E V 1 , , ' , ' At 1 I C . ' ' ' ' f , . I I v , . ' Y. , .. u. - 1 fi 1 S . .' L E: ' ,Y ,. . , ' f .. ' A .I .I , I C V A up and coming Hollywood stars. Now another picture forms before r' ' ' geared ' .I 1 Q ' ' -, ' 1 ' ' ' , .. , . .5 - 1 - I ' 4 Q ' 5 I ' I 1 . V ' I - f - - ' ' . - 'A - V ' ' , ' t ' . .. 7 Z . In ' . 1 ' ' I - y ' ' - Sl 'L ' 13 bee, tile W ' f - My

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PHILLIP BANKSTON formerly of Bastrop By the way Ph1ll1p maiired MABLE MCGOUGH soon after graduatlon and there are four lrttle Bankstons to cllng to the Mrs apron str1ngs Again the plcture on the telev1s1on glass changed thls t1me to the Old Mald s Home just out of town owned and operated by C A A Inf TFPWTB Already she has HELEN SPYKER CHARLOTTE HAW KINS and NELBA JOY STRINGER as guests Near thls Home lS the Bastrop Power and Llght dam over the Bartholomew Bayou It 1S the most progress1ve company in this par of the state and supplles electr1c1ty to Loulslana Arkansas and Texas Thls corporatlon 1S under the management of ARNOLD TUCKER who bought lt for a song JACK WHITTLE d1d the PUQIDCSI lng on the dam and lS now qulte famous TALMADGE FOREMAN lS now the new Physlcal Educat1on teacher and football coaeh at Bastrop H1 DAVID MCGEE lS Ass1stant David has just made BETTY JO FERGUSON the happlest glrl In the world and they are honeymoonlng ln Bermuda Agaln the scene changes to the Blue Room of the Lou1s1anaIknel where BOBBY GRIFFIN and hls swing orchestra are 1n thelr flfth week of play1ng In thls famous band I see several famlllar faces W C HO NSBY JACK H STER A J FLINT and TRAVIS TUGWELL MARY LOU COLE and RUBY ROBINSON are featured vocallsts Who lS that man on the soap box? Oh' K1 MCKOIN who 15 runnrng for Mayor LEON GEE 15 the new Pollce Chlef and ROBERT HURST Clerk of Court Now I flnd myself looklng uponsabaseball diamond where EARL PARKER rs pltchlng The batt r 1S none other than EUGENE LEE who has gone a long way 1n the athletlc f1eld We flnd Ma NS GOULD the pastor of the Eplscopal Church has just performed a double weddlng The two couples are PAUL HOOD and JC ANN WILLIS and ROY BOLLAND and IDA MAE JENKINS GORDON GILMORE is head carpenter In the construction of the new tourists home to be bu1lt just outslde of town It 1S o erat ed by Mr and Mrs E D EUBANKS or the former ERNEST EUBANKS and DOTS MCDCWELL of Bastrop If anyone who eats at the Bastrop Cafeterla has 1Hd1g8SIlOD you can blame lt on VIRGIL FLEMING who lS the chef NELL GENTRY makes a swell Geometry teacher and DOT BREWSTER a posltlvely swell Engllsh professor They seem to have a way W1 h the I puplls . 1 - ' w - , 6' ' V1 V . A V .. . . , . 9 f, '1 ' 1 f '5 gr v . , .,L.f.l-.H ng. f .2 . '-It . V , . , H - - Q , , . . r 4 1 ,V - . . l A L . . 1 1 . , U 1 . x , Q . - . . . . ' I n . u Q I . . l I I 0 I Q . . . , . . 1 4 9 'Q . -, , . v. 4 ' . V H. M f '-. PV! I I X . . . '...,.. 4. g . , , , ,, . . . . f . 1 . . .. . ' P . . . -, . . . . . ., . V .x..: 5 ' A . Y . . .9 , . T . - . , . A . . - f 5 1 . L -, I 1 . ' J . - . . I B - 1 . Z - .1 ,