Center High School - Mirror Yearbook (Center, MO)

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DEDICATION AND PREFACE First, afore ye say anything about my English grammar, I WANT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. I'M JUST ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS, GETTIN' A LITTLE CRIPPLED WITH RHEUMATISM MAYHAP, BUT STILL MIGHTY PERT AND NOTICIN'. MR; THORNTON WILDER LET AN OLD- TIMER TELL ABOUT H|S TOWN AND I CALCULATE TO DO THE SAME for Center. EF'N YOU’LL NOTICE THE HEADIN’, YOU’LL SEE WE’RE A SAVIN' ON SPACE. DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY’LL BE ONE OF THESE MIRRORS NEXT YEAR, BUT IF NOT HAVIN’ THE MIRROR WILL HELP, GUESS WE’RE ALL FOR IT. NOW TO GET DOWN TO DEDICATING. THIS TOVJN OF CENTER, OUR TOWN 0 CENTER, HAS DONE A LOT FOR US AND IT’S ABOUT TIME WE GOT AROUND TO SAY IN' SO. THEY'S BOYS, GALS, OLDER MEN,—YES, AND OLDER WOMEN TOO—A BEIN’ PROUD OF OUR TOWN. You’ll find them scattered over the states; and without GIVIN’ AWAY ANY MILITARY SECRETS, WE’LL EVEN SAY THEY'S SOME ON OTHER CONTINENTS AND ON THE HIGH SEAS. TO THE TOWN OF CENTER AND ALL THOSE WHO MAKE IT THE FRIENCLY LITTLE TOWN THAT IT IS, WE AFFtiCT I ON ATELY DEDICATE THIS YEAR'S MIRROR. Vfe'RE PROUD OF CENTER. I J WANT YOU TO MEET THE CENTER SCHOOL BOARD. THERE’S Mr. 04 E. U7H (he's president); Dr. C. H. Brooks (secretary) Mr. Paul Cowden (treasurer); MR. henry 9hulse, Mr. Earl huse and Mr. Wayne Carter are the other members. SINCE LAST YEAR’S ANNUAL. GIVES THE HISTORIES OF ALL THE YOUNG FOLKS—(JUST THE KIND THAT GROW UP TO BE PROUD OF OUR LITTLE TOWN) —I'LL SORTA BRING YOU UP TO DATE, AS YE MIGHT SAY. IT’S RIGHT DOVN AMAZIN’ WHAT AN OLD FELLER LIKE ME CAN HEAR AND SEE, ALL THOSE LITTLE THINGS THAT KEEP US LAUGHING.