Burkeville High School - Bearkat Yearbook (Burkeville, TX)

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IN MEMORIAM DEAN ERZEN The measure of life is not its duration, but its donation. In seventeen brief years, Dean Erzen's contribution to his world was far greater than that of many who have attained the age of threescore and ten. His devotion to his ideals, his genuine love for all humanity, and the glowing radiance of his smiling personality inspired everyone he met. Let us strive, through the deep sense of our loss, to remember our greater gain in the privilege of having known and loved him. Dean was a member of the Junior Class, 1959 - Senior Class, 1960. He was on the boys' basketball team, took an active pan in F. F. A. and was in the Junior Play 1959, Headin' For The Hills. His classmates voted him Most Friendly for the school year of 1958-59.

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BETTY FAITH CLARK Salutatorian; Class Treasurer 3, Secretary 4, Plays 3-4; BEAM Staff 3-4; Student Council 2; FHA Member 1-4, Officer 3; FFA Sweetheart Candidate 1.3; Music 5-11, Choral 2-4, Halloween Duchess 4; Basketball 1-4, All-District 1,3,4, Girls' Athletic Medal 3, Best Sport 1, All-Tournament 3-4, Basketball Favorite 2; Best All Around 2-4; FHA Voting Delegate 2 MAYBELL HALL Class Vice-President 2-3, Treasurer 4, Plays 3-4; Annual Staff 1-4, Co-Editor 4; FHA Member 1-4, Junior Degree, Officer 2-3, Voting Delegate 2; DAR Award 4; BEAM Make-up Editor 4; Choral Music 2-3; FFA sweetheart Candidate 3; Friendliest 3; Most Like to Succeed 4; Basketball 1-4 JACK WILLIE BUMGARDNER Class Plays 3-4; BEAM Staff 4; FHA Beau Candidate 3-4; FFA Member 1-3, Officer 1-3, Farm Skill Team 1, Dairy Judging Team 1-2 PHILIP RAY LASTER Transferred from Jefferson, Texas, FFA Mem- ber 3; Plays 3-4; FHA Beau Candidate 4; BEAM Staff 4; Baseball 2-4 JUDITH WILLAINE MILLER Valedictorian; Class Parliamentarian 1, Sec- retary 3; Annual Staff 1-4, Co-Editor 4; Plays 3-4; FHA Member 1-4, Officer 2-4, Junior and Chapter Degrees, Voting Delegate - State 2, Area 3, State Hostess 2, Betty Crocker Award 4; BEAM Make-up Editor 4; FFA Sweet- heart 4; Music 2-12, Choral 2-4; Melody Makers 2-4; Accordion Ensemble 1; Halloween Queen 4; Dogwood Festival 4; Most Intellec- tual 3-4; Basketball 1-4 INA MAYDENE WESTBROOK Librarian 3-4; Class Plays 3-4; Choral Music 3-4; BEAM Staff 4; FHA Member 1-4, Officer 3, Voting Delegate 4, Junior Degree SURVIVIAN PEARL PETERS BEAM Staff 4; Plays 3-4; Choral Club 3-4; FHA Member 1-4, Junior Degree; Basketball 1

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BACCALAUREATE 7 Rev. Roy Johns6n, D.K. Shaddock Rev. A. D. Kirby,-Sammy Green, W. B. Miller. Rev. Joe Anderson, B. C. Nicks Jimmy Shaddock, Willie Bumgardner, Philip Laster, Perry Ozment' Doris Rudd, Shirley Zachry, Maybell Hall; Maydene Westbrook, Pearl Peters' COMMENCEMENT Processionals: -------------------------------------------------------- Earl Hines Academy March - Sr. St. Joseph----------------------------------- Eighth Grade March From Aida - Verdi ---- ---------------------------------------- Seniors Invocation-------------------------------------------------------- Jimmy Shaddock Welcome----------------------------------------------------------------Doris Rudd A Perfect Day ..........................................................Eighth Grade Presentation - Honor Roll and Special Awards - --------------------Prin. E. C. Nicks Presentation - Eighth Grade Diplomas--------------------------------J. E. Miller, Jr. Halls Of Ivy ----------------------------...---------------...-----Senior Quartet A BETTER LIFE Introduction -- -----------------....---------------------------------Maybell Hall To Strive For A Better Economic Life -------------------------------- Betty Clark Introduction - — ------------...---------------------------------- Pearl Peters To Seek Knowledge — - — --------------------------------------------John Tom Fort Introduction---------- - ---------------------------- - - — - Philip Laster To Gain Happiness --- -------------------------------------------- - Jewell Brittain Introduction -- ------------------------------------------- ----- Maydene Westbrook And Not To Yield The American Way -------------------------------Willaine Miller Now Is The Hour --- - ..... seniors Presentation of Class Gift----------------------------------------- - Shirley Zachry Acceptance — ----- ----------...--------------- — - -------Supt. W. B. Miller Presentation of Senior Diplomas-----------------------------------D. K. Shaddock Acceptance of Diplomas-----------— --------------...-------------- Willie Bumgardner Benediction...........................................................Perry Ozment Alma Mater --------------------------- -...................-............Audience I