Commerce High School - Sregit Yearbook (Commerce, TX)

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1 J q V ' s ' 1' NEAL STEWART MACK STRINGER LADAYNE JOHNSON TIM BREWER CHARLES BLAN-1-ON Center Blockingback Guard Guard Tackle TIGER APPRECIATION NIGHT - Senior players and their dates in the foreground are: B. Drake, manager, Sara Wright, K. Shuler, Myra Erwin, L. Warren, Glenda Fults, N. Stewart, Odeana McFadden, M. Stringer, Diane Patterson. L. Johnson, Elizabeth Taylor, T. Brewer, Dian Hawkins, C. Blanton, Gay Farell, J. Bryant, Ann Clinton, sweetheart, M. McC1ung, Barbara Sims, J. Hendrix, Sara Good, C. Brown, Barbara Shields, L. Mar- tinez, Ragene Scroggins, M. Hogue, Sara Echart. I. Fortenberry, Kay Hamilton. In the background: J. O'Nea1, E. Chapin, I. Norris, B. Wallace, J. Rocks, E. Mobley, B. Peek, S. Hinton, I. Murphy, B. Roundtree, B. Fol- lis, N. Estes, L. Gayler, R. Thompson, J. McClung, J. Heath, C. Hanes, W. Williams, T. Barnes, G. Lacy, M. Watson. JERRY HENDRIX CHARLES BROWN LUPE MARTINEZ MURREL HOGUE JACKIE PQRTENBERRY Tailback Wingback Guard' Tackle wingback , R 36 Q

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make suggestions -district performers. th are four year lettermen and 2' 4 'tg . A D rf, , l 5,61 y , R KEITH SHULER LARRY WARREN Guard End Ann Clinton, Tiger Football :etheart of 1956, receives her tquet from little Karen Dexter as -captains Charles Blanton and ,ton McC1ung look on. lected before the season began nerve as co-captains, Blanton and .ri Clung initiated the policy of hav- 5 Q squad meetings after workouts players to air their complaints 9 Y. 9 BILLY DRAKE Manager JIMMY BRYANT MILTON MCCLUNG End Fullback Still dazed from the force of the first loss, the if ' Tigers SP0tted White Oak a 20-7 halftime lead be- ' T fy' C fore coming to life. The Tigers displayed what was 1 C . 9 ' , Q possibly their greatest offensive effort as they scored :L ' 14 points in the last half, but the Class A Rough- , necks had one punch left, and it was enough to down 4 W T . ., ' Commerce 27-21.

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Co-captains, Charles Blanton and Milton McClung, Tim Brewer, Ladayne Johnson, and Jerry Hendrix were the Tiger represen- tatives on the l3AA All-District football team. Johnson and Hendrix were also placed on the All-East Texas team. A 185-pound guard, Johnson made both the DALLAS TIMES HERALD 'S and the FT. WORTH STAR TELEGRAM'S all-state teams. He also received honorable mention from the Wigwam Wisemen's of America, a national high school all-star football selec- tion group. Receiving all-district honorable mention were Jimmy Bryant, Neal Stewart, Murrel Hogue, Charles Brown, Bill Roundtree, Billy Follis, and Mack Stringer. After having three touchdowns called back because of penalties in a scoreless first half, Commerce romp- ed over Mt, Vernon 31-0 in the first District l3AA tilt. Stopped cold on their first two offensive thrusts, the Tigers struck for five touchdowns and a 32-6 win over Pittsburg in a big second step in the district race. Tiger Appreciation Night was the occasion, Winns- boro's Red Raiders the opposition, and Commerce moved to within one step of their first district cham- pionship in eleven years with a 33-13 victory. The District l3AA crown was hanging in the balance as the Tigers invaded Bonham for the season's finale. After 48 minutes of bruising football before a capacity crowd, the scoreboard showed the Warriors on the heavy end of a 27-13 score. Co-captain Milton McClung Q33-J. Mack Stringer 0145 and Ladayne Johnson f63J clear the path of Quitman defenders while John Heath piclc up yardage. 1956 FOOTBALL LETTERMEN - Front row: Coach Ingram, Gay Farell, cheerleader, Blanton, Brewer, McClung, Hendrix, Johnson, Coach Dexter, Second row: Supt. Leonard Prewitt, Stringer, Brown, Fortenberry, Stewart, Martinez, Hogue, Dr. L. H. Leberman. Third row: Shuler, Peek, Rooks, Roundtree, Follis, Gayler, Murphy, Williams, Bryant. Fourth row: Estes, Chapin, J, McClung, Hanes, Drake, manager, Lacy. Dr. N, T. King, who received an honorary letter jacket, is not shown.