Collinsville High School - Pirate Yearbook (Collinsville, TX)

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NICK nl lORY ls lt a movle that l see be ore me? Ye , there on the s reen, before my very eyes flashes a plcture out oi the past What lb th1s9 A group oi smllln iace twenty four youngsters re fllllng lnto the flTSt grade room, where Mrs o ett stands welcoming each and every one Bac Now, from tlme to tlme, tudents Lade from the plcture They no lonber are wlth the group, but look now' More are COmlH5 to asslst them ln reaching the boal, whlch at tlmes seem close, and at other tlmes clouded, but they always keep StFlVlHD How thrllled everyone ls' Of course May, l94l, lS here, and the flPSt gradua tlon day lS near at hand Darrell Cranflll James Hughes, Rlchard Llght, Clemmle Reedy, Nelda Jo Scott, Nedra Swlndle, and Maxlne Varley have entered the class, maklng a to tal of twenty elght Scores of tasks are belng undertaken and completed, and man plcnlcs and partles are belng engoyed to the fullest extent durlng the hlgh school years Dwlght Grlme Claudle Burns, Maxine Blllmeler, Vlfglnla Dunnam, and Blllle Arterburn have helped to flll the vacancles lH 1943 Thls beautl ul dream' Why does lt have to end? You mean lt doesn't9 Wh , thls lS really our Senlor Class of 1945 Mary bmlth Wanda Carney, and adrlan Copeland are new students, and Bob Owen, Lols Petty, Helen Coulson, and Velma Johnson have been to eth er from the very f1TSt. Belleve us, thls llttle class of nlneteen members are deter mlned to do our best to complete the plc ture of our llves ln the best and happlest way posslble. Velma Johnson C, , ,.xn LU.. M . 1 . 9 JJ. .n s H ,c 1 , ,- . f Us i . 3 9, . A is-M .- V. al 'Y' ' Y ' .. ' - . G ss f ' ' v -9 - A if 21 name is entered in the register for l934. . . f ,Y , A I A T . . ' . T . ' s f ' ' . . . J. . . . , ' Q . . . . . S J' Q C

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CLASS PhOPHECY Dallas, Texas June l6 l9A5 Dear Mrs Prlne It's hap ened' What? You know that people always say once a class Graduate, they wlll never be together agaln Well lt has happened The senlor class of l944 l9!5 have got to ether after ten years have pa ed It happened thls way I plcked up the paper and read that three ereat Hollywood stars were to make a personal appearance at one of the theaters ln Dallas Guess who those people were' ulV9 up? It was Velma Johnson, James Hughes, and Wanda Carney Wanda and James are noted for thelr actlng ablllty, and Velma lS noted for her slnglng I called Helen Coulson, who lS l1Vlng ln Dallas, she lS an artlst now, and has sold some very good work I told her what go down to the alrport wlth me to meet our celebrltles She llked the ldea, and sug gested that we call Clem le Reedy, Rlchard Llght, and Dwlght Grlmes Rlchard 1S a lawyer ln Dallas and lS plannlng to retlre at the age of elghty Clemmle 1S hls sec retary Dwlght lS an archltect He de- slgned the new Internatlonal Conference Bulldlng for the Pan Amerlcan Republlcs The flV8 of us went to the alrport As we entered the door, we saw two people talklng They looked very famlll r As we drew closer, we recognized them as Captaln Adrlan Copeland and Maxlne Varley They had arrlved on the plane from the East where they happened to run lnto each oth r Adrlan lS of the Unlted States Army Alr Force, and Maxlne 15 a Powers' model D 1 -1 . ' , . . , , , ' 1 :- S ' ss . - T N. I had read, and asked if she would like to ' , U . .a . ' e .