Bullard High School - Panther Yearbook (Bullard, TX)

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SOCIAL EVENTS THE SCHOOL YEAR OF I94O-4I WAS OFFIGIALLY OPENED AT UE HOME OF MR AND MRSQ GEORGE CRAVEY EARLY IN SEPTEMBER. A DELIGHT FULLY ARRANGED LAWN PARTY WAS GIvEN THE TEACHERS AND TMBTEES OF BULLARU INDEPENDENT DCHOOL AFTER EVERYONE HAD MET OUR NEW SUPERINTENDENT AND HIS WIFE, RENEWED OLD ACQUAINTANCES, AND cos SIPFD A WHILE, A SERIES OF GAMES WAS ENJOYED av ALL UELIGHTFUL REFRESHMENTS WERE SERvED, THEN THE GROUP WAS GIVEN THE PRIVILEGE OF ADMIRING THE HOME OF OUR HOST AND HOSTESS WHICH HAD BEEN RECENTLY REMODELED THE NEXT EVENT ON THE SOCIAL CALENDER OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR WAS MOST SUCCESSFUL IN SEVERAL YEARS FROM EVERY VIEWPOINT THE PTA ITS SPONSORS, REALIZED MORE MONEY THAN IN ANY OTHER EvENT HELD IN RECENT YEARS9 MORE PEOPLE ATTENDEDI AND MORE REAL FUN wAS HAD BY ALL PRESENT THE GYMNASIUM WAS BEAUTIFULLY DECORATEDQ BROTHER EScOE'S APPLE aOeaING TUBS WERE A GREAT SOURCE OF AMUSEMENT AS WELL AS SOAKINGSA THE BINGO STAND WAS A GREAT SUCCESS, THE FISH POND FURNISHED ITS SHARE OF SURPRISES, THE SNAKE DEN WAS COMPLETE, THE FLOOR SHOW WAS EXCELLENT' THE FORTUNE TELLING BOOTH WAS POP ULAR, THE COUNTRY STORE WAS BIGGER AND BETTER THAN USUALQ THE LUNCH STAND FURNISHED DELICIOUS EATSQOUR NEW SUPERINTENDENT PRov ED HIMSELF THE BEST HOG CALLER IN THE CROWD, AND MANY OTHER FORMS OF ENTERTAINMENT WERE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED BY THE CROWD THE FINAL EVENT OF THE EVENING wAS THE CROWNING OF MISS EVELYN STEWART AS QUEEN OF HALLOWE'EN BY 'KING GRADY OF THE HOUSE OF RAY W THE APPROPRIATE FANFARES WERE PLAYED BY DARRELL BEARD AND JOHN WHITSON ROARK AND EACH PRINCE AND PRINCESS WAS ANNOUNCED av JOHN LOFTIN ON NOVEMBER I i940 ALL OF THE SAOIES AND LITTLE ABNERS IN THE SENIOR CLASS AND A FEW FRIENDS WERE ENTERTAINED WITH A SADIE HAWKINS PARTY IN THE HOME OF MARY EVELYN DAVIS MANY GAMES WERE PLAYED AND THE SADIES HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF CHASING THE LITTLE ABNERS EVERYONE HAD A NICE TIME AND ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE SUGH PARTIES IN THE FUTURE. THE SENIORSI JUNIORSI AND FACULTY ENJOYED A CHRISTMAS PARTY ON DECEMBER 20, i940 IN THE GYMNASIUM- THE CHRISTMAS MOTIF WAS CARRIED OUT IN THE DECORATION OF THE GYMNASIUM MANY GAMES WERE PLAYED AND EVERYONE REcEIvEO A GIFT FROM THE CHRISTMAS TREE WHICH cLIMAxED THE EvENING'S ENTERTAINMENT THE ANNUAL HALLOwE'EN CARNIVAL- THE I94O CARNIVAL wAs BULLARDS 9 D i I