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

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li-Reeling from the near nuclear confrontation over missiles in Cuba in Octo- ber of 1962, President Kennedy's administration had to deal with a bloody coup in Vietnam as the military overthrew the Diem government. More violence erupted in the South as civil rights demonstrations clashed with angry Southern whites. The peaceful March on Washington, culminating with Dr. King's I Have a Dream . . . speech would come later in the summer. Meanwhile, the Class of '63, the 25th class to graduate from the tby nowl aging school passed into history. Sharon Pearce tRobertsJ '63: The most important thing was our winning State Cham- pionship in football. I was a cheerleader, and I'll never forget the pep rallies and riding on the bus to the games. There was so much school spirit. Pat Haydel C631 lived across Plank Road from me, and she and Mildred Phillips t'64l, and I would meet on the road and walk up to the new Eagle field. The excitement of those nights was really something. l-A sorrowful nation began the year with new President, Lyndon Johnson, after President Kennedy was assassinated in November, 1963. A sweeping civil rights act was passed, and Sen. Barry Goldwater was nominated to run against President Johnson. John McKeithen began his first term as governor. Whistling Put on Your Red Dress, Baby, the Class of 1964 irreverently marched to its graduation. Kathy Beauchamp ide Generesj '64: We were in a cocoon, sheltered tmostly against our willj from the big bad issues that kids ten years later-and now-have to face. Our biggest worries were Would we get to go to Beta Convention? or Would we have a date for the prom? not whether we'd be Sent to war or-possibly just as traumatic-to another school. ZI?i6H8TCi LHTSGHS 295155 2 Valli?-afu,,aafun.ara.wm Cf 41 AM!! VH! I ldv 01 Uh! K Bags host Lockpm in 'bi-district game . Griddera prep fm ' amber ' arzqum-gamar.-a,a.w.imf4fw1 '-auwmna-aawlrwavmAuwl's-am Q. , is V 1 ! . as 3 Larfinna Gnd season opens 2 Q. .1 Fd I i A vie an 2 1 :am lieigim Sc Kirin fm ldmimiprn : I ' mmf- in upmiug ,mm xmiigm Z 1 nasal-fwow.-an... W mm raaiamawtgwaxa farm .. '- 7: mckgye hyat Singles trek to Ilfmaid . ilie in sggfrsggt l garru ' , trawl to ivzzilw' tonight . 0 at was at Maas w 1- I gf:LY55zgg5f..?i5L1, ' .tim-was-tw-A . .. ,M 'w tw ' . 53451 ' W aw ' wg amt'??,1'Zf M 'j in ,,,. A I me .w6fgf?5fftT7'li- ..,.. y , 'f ' K la ' eq, W. lj, M, fir. A A V .... at asm 4 saint mm was tt., 2 I n Manuva-sw-nnumnhi V ft hang on to I. s. Znd plane ranking V' 1' . 3 , , , wt' H A ' .agles to m -P. -M ff: mt: 'I iWi'MMf'iWim ina afar ia st vamaeamf If-aglw to W6 with I t rl . ' - ' t 5 Faraday Bulldogs , y A pq V , sqtunanusmammuaund : f if -' ,Inf we nf' sneer Flaws I I , iq rf -se-:rf--'Mfr'-rfff.. ws' . , .. -ffl' . Congratulatory page from 1963 yearbook honoring 1962 Class B football state champs. 1965-After the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, the hawks of the Johnson administration widened the Vietnam War by executive action. Beginning his own term, Johnson announced a promise for a great society in his State of the Union Address. Dr. King led the Selma March to protest discrimination in voting practices. President Johnson signed Medicare into law. The Class of 1965 accepted diplomas and left the creaky stage to meet their fate. Kathy Doughty '65: I remember group spirit and school spirit and a sense of pride and identity and unity that it doesn't seem kids have here anymore. lg-The U.S. casualities in Vietnam included a 1962 CHS graduate, Larry Booty. The war had finally come home to Clinton, watched on the evening news every night. President Iohnson's huge guns and butter budget was proposed. The Federal Civil Rights Commission concluded that freedom of choice tto be instituted at CHS in the coming fallj was not desegregating schools with all deliberate speed. The Class of 1966 graduated. Selwyn Blouin '66: We thought life was simple and easy. We found out together that life could become rough and hard, then found out it could be made simple and easy again with the support of each other. Quincy Pops Hargis celebrating his 40th birthday on the bus going to Mardi Gras, 1966. WITHIN THESE WALLS .

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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!

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WITHIN THESE WALLS . -Three Apollo astronauts were killed in a spacecraft fire during a simulated launch. Israeli and Arab forces battled near the Suez Canal. Red-China exploded its first hydrogen bomb. The Class of 1967, largest class to graduate up to that time moved out into history. julia Ann Breitung 1BertinJ '67: The parts of the building I best remember are the girls' bathroom and the basement with the nickel coke machine. It would take your nickel and give no coke. If you were lucky a nice boy would buy you one. My career was altered because Coach Polk would not let me take typing which he said was a crip course. As a result I'm a stock broker and not a sales rep. 1968-President Johnson announced he would not seek renomination. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, and in June, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, seeking the Democratic presidential nomination was assassinated in Los. Angeles. The Vietnam War went on. Make way for the Class of '68. Jackie Gross fHughesJ '68: I'll never forget Mrs. Yetta Rogers. I loved that lady. She was the type of teacher you could respect, not like today when teachers try to be buddy-buddy with the students. She taught my daddy and she taught me. 1969-Richard M. Nixon was inaugurated the 37th President of the U.S. Apollo Q astronauts walked on the moon. Sen. Edward Kennedy caused a fatal accident at Chappaquidick, Mass. The Class of 1969, the first class at C.H.S. to have a black member of its graduating body, finished its course. W. C. Billy Percy, Jr. '69: School spirit-community spirit. There was always a strong support of the school and about school acitivites. Great tradition and support of the school by the local community had special significance. The electricity in the air on Friday nights was a very exciting episode throughout my career in Clinton's schools. 1970-Four students protesting the U.S. invasion of Cambodia were slain by National Guardsmen at Kent State University in Ohio. Americans marked the first Earth Day to protest pollution. Two women generals, the first in U.S. history were named by President Nixon. The Class of 1970 graduated after East High and Clinton High were merged. Ola Mae Williams lPinkneyJ '70: My life fas a studentj at Clinton High was very brief. I was hurt, initially, because I wanted to graduate at East High. I made the best of that time fFebruary to June 19711 and went on to college, but I came back to teach. DESEGREC1 TION: CRISIS, CHANGE, CHALLENGE, COMPRCDMISE In January of 1970, the East Feliciana school system, under federal court order, fully desegregated the parish's schools. East High ceased to exist. The seniors and juniors of both high schools attended Clinton High. Freshmen and sophomore attended Clinton Junior High on the Liberty Road fformerly East Highl. Many white students left the public school system to attend private schools which sprang up. Desegregation, which had been the law of the land ever since Brown v. Board of Education, 119541, nevertheless found Clinton's schools un-prepared. Every- thing changed. Everyone had to compromise. Throughout the turbulent period teachers and students struggled to forge a new synthesis. Within these walls, Clinton High continued to serve the children of the community as they learned to know each other and themselves in a new system. Some 1971 graduates.