Clinton High School - Eagles Nest Yearbook (Clinton, LA)

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fiifrf The F.B.L.A. goes to Washington, 1956. 1956-Dr. Martin Luther King led the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott while school desegregation cases sprung up all over the place. Earl K. Long defeated de Lessepps S. Chip Morrison to win his third gubenatorial term. Stevenson and Eisenhower squared off for a rematch in the presidential campaign. The Class of '56 strode forth to meet the challenge of the future. Sheila Lytle tMoorej '56: I remember so many things: the auditorium and our class song, You'll Never Walk Alone g Miss Wilda and all her plants. She'd stand in the door between her two rooms giving a typing assignment to one class and a chemistry lecture to another, Mrs. Rogers and those history Scrapbooks we slaved over and were so proud of. She taught us French I, and we all took French II so she'd cook us some more crawfish bisque. 1957-President Eisenhower was inaugurated for a second term. The Suez Canal, closed in late 1956 during the Suez Crisis, reopened. A civil rights bill, the first passed by Congress since 1875 passed despite a filibuster. The beat generation was born. No beatniks at CHS, though, in the Class of '57. Clyde Louis Carter '57: We were read to-a lot. In the fourth grade it was Mrs. Dupuy and Miss Minerva, and even when we were juniors and seniors Miss Sue Record still read to us. I especially remember Mrs. Cap Haynes's class's trip to New Orleans. We earned the money to go by selling pralines we made at her house. N0body's pralines were as good as hers. 1958-The frightening reality of dealing with school desegregation came closer to Clinton as Eisenhower's use of federal troops to enforce desegregation at Little Rock Central High escalated the conflict between civil rights and states' rights. Sputnik tlaunched in Oct., 19571 was followed by the U.S.'s Explorer I. The- space race had begun. The Class of '58 moved out into an increasingly complicated world. I Zach Hatcher '58: Clinton High was really a capsule of 50's grass roots America with emphasis on good grades, football, dating, the usual things. I swore if I ever got out l'd never go back, and I have only been back a few times, but I now appreciate what I didn't then and couldn't wait to get away from. WITHIN THESE WALLS .

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1949-Truman won a tight presidential race and was inaugurated as the Korean War began. NATO was formed. The new Clinton High School began its second decade. Robert Hodges '49: The old high school building was the handsomest building constructed in Clinton in this century. Will it be destroyed? The word to describe my career at Clinton High: 'dismal. ' . - ,,t. .eww r..e - , qt- - - -.k- as . ' , - - -- 1' Ya M515 'i ss.: . ...Q :JL f 1 . 1. - f. S . X K K.. fx-: -X51 K ' j i .1 rrrr - Moody Adams C491 George Rogers f'52j and Sid White C502 on the front steps. Clarence Beetle Lee 6515, Rupert Thompson C'51J, and Eddie Clem- mons C513 of the 1950 Eagle team. 19.2-President Truman announced plans to build a hydrogen bomb. U.S. troops were sent to Korea, and military advisors and financial aid were sent to Vietnam. The first class to complete twelve grades graduates. Bea Gross lMoffittj '50: My class was the first to go twelve years. The class before was still made up of people who were supposed to go eleven years. We had an hour for lunch, but there was no lunchroom. We would sit under the big pecan trees in good weather to eat lunch. 1951-Puerto Rican nationalists unsuccessfully attempted to assassinate President Tru- man. Tranquilizers were introduced, perhaps to combat nuclear age stress. The Rosen- bergs were tried and sentenced to death for atomic spying. General MacArthur was relieved of his command in Korea. The war raged on. A fresh bunch of graduates, Class of '51, took the long walk to the future. Rupert Thompson '51: l'll never forget the sight of Miss Sue Record chasing Clarence Beetle Lee up the stairs, hitting at him with her purse, or how hot, sweaty, and stinky it would get down in the basement. I i-General Eisenhower, the Republican nominee squared off against governor Adlai Stevenson, Democrat, in the 1952 presidential cam- paign. The party nominating conventions were televised for the first time. Race and reform were issues in the Louisiana governor's contest which was won by Judge Robert F. Kennon. The also-rans included the first black lKermit A. Parkerj and the first female QLucille May Gracel candidates. The Class of 1952 graduated. Edgar Williams '52: Coach M. Ney Williams talked Charles Calli- cott, George Ray Boeneke, and me into staying an extra semester to play football and stay out of the Korean War. I took four shop courses. -Eisenhower, newly elected President, went to Korea where nu- merous attempts at peace finally bore fruit. The Tidelands Oil Bill was signed with Louisiana contesting the three mile limit of its coastal waters. Dr. Alton Oschner reported on the link between smoking and lung cancer. Elvis Presley began his climb to stardom, ushering in the Rock n' Roll era. The Seniors of '53 were finally out. Becky Covington lCunninghamj '53: We were carefree. We had fun in school. Football provided lots of fun, especially the state champi- ons of 1950. The stage in the auditorium was the center of all activities, graduation, plays, parties. I have fond memories of the whole high school experience, especially some of the teachers-Miss Sue Record, Mr. Roddy, and Mrs. Rogers. -Sen. Joseph McCarthy embarked on a national tour to expose what he called the 20 years of treason of the Democratic Party. Senate hearings and blacklists soon followed. President Eisenhower warned Americans against thought control. Gov. Kennon cracked down on gambling in Louisiana. Later in the year Sen. McCarthy was censured, and the Supreme Court fin Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas! reversed the doctrine of separate-but-equaI in schools. Life went on as usual at Clinton High School with graduation for the Class of '54, Nelwynne Hatcher tTynesj '54: There was no P.E. teacher, so I decided to become a P.E. teacher and return to Clinton and teach. When we were in the lst and 2nd grades after a rain we would roll down the hill where the Home Ec. building was later built. The games-basketball and volleyball-outside on the dirt courts were lots of fun. We had good clean fun, no drugs, no drinking. We were a close class. 1955-The U.S. Supreme Court ordered all deliberate speed in desegregating public schools. Dr. Jonas Salk developed a vaccine against polio. The'U.S. continued to send financial aid to Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Israel and Egypt clashed in the Gaza Strip. H. H. Mickey Forrester, Jr. '55: I remember the basement where we'd 'hot box' cigarettes. Mr. john Rogers told me I'd never last a year at college but I finished with honors at S.L.I. 100

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WITHIN THESE WALLS . , -Alaska and Hawaii were admitted as the 49th and sofh states. Seven astronauts, chosen for the right stuff began NASA's train- ing program. Gov. Long brought national notoriety to the state when he was confined to mental institutions after a bizarre episode addressing the legislature. Poised on the brink of the sixties fthough nobody thought that way thenj the Class of '59 graduated. DB Dorman Bunch '59: I remember one time I imitated Mr. Rogers' 'peg-leg walk' going down the basement stairs. I swung open the boy's bathroom door and you should have seen how fast the boys stubbed out cigarettes. The F.H.A. officers of 1957-58. -Jimmie Davis took office as governor during an economic recession. The Civil Rights Acts of 1960, concerning voting rights passed Congress. Francis Gary Powers's U-Z spy plane was shot down over Russia. Sen. John F. Kennedy and Vice-President Richard ' y 1 , 1 Nixon were nominated for the presidency and for the first class of rx , 5 the 60's, the 22nd class to walk down the aisle in the red brick l school, graduated. ,YEV F ...W Dixie Davis Uenkinsj '60: Mr. John Rogers took a personal interest in me, a shy, backward child from the country and helped me to realize I was a person with potential. He'd call me in L' the office and talk to me. He forced me to get out and do things. Beauties in the Home Ec. parlor, 1960. 1961-John F. Kennedy, the first Roman Catholic and youngest man ever to be elected President, was inaugurated. The Peace g Corps was established. The Bay of Pigs fiasco embarrassed the U.S. Mobs attacked busloads of Freedom Riders in Alabama. The Class of '61 graduated. Dewey DeLee '61: The person I best remember was our school bus driver Mrs. Hardwick. I was the first one on and the last one off. One morning we were listening to her rave about the beautiful spider webs all over the grass and trees. She said how marvelo s and how beautiful and how only God could have made such a sight, and she got so carried away that she drove the bus into a ditch. She w s really kind to me and was a great influence. 0,1 the buagoing to Smel 1962. l-The Berlin Wall, constructed in Aug. 1961, effectively stopped the exodus of East Germans to the west. President Kennedy stepped up aidqto Vietnam. The Roman Catholic Archbishop of New Orleans ordered all Catholic schools in the Diocese to desegregate. Fond family and friends lined the aisles to say goodbye to the Class of 1962. George Charlet, Jr. '62: CHS! The happiest days of my life. Today I am married, have four children, I'm successful and blessed, but CHS will live forever in my heart and soul. Eagle football, track, conventions, 4-H, classes. We had fun. We were carefree. We were supported by our community, family, and friends. Mr. Norman Castello and the Malt Shop, Mr. Sparky Feierabend and the Snack Shack were a big part of our lives. Mr. Charles Rist Andrews and the Quarterback Club built our football field and track. Huey Richardson, our school custodian, would lend Qgivel a kid his last nickel if the kid looked sad. All are gone now. , I especially remember my classmate Larry O. Booty who gave his life for our country Jan. 20, 1966, joining a class of Americans we will always be thankful for. The happiest days of our lives were celebrated at CHS, and they will live forever!