Cumby High School - Trojan Yearbook (Cumby, TX)

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Archie Lee Martin, world's famous foreign cor- respondent, is to be married in June, to his high school sweetheart, Miss Geraldine Smith. Yesterday, while glancing over the San Francis- co Times, I saw the following on the gossip section, page seven. NMrs. Jennie Belle Partain is in Reno, Nevedan. Well, I won't finish the story--you should be able to guess the rest. . Guess who I saw as I slipped through the door of a large U.S.0. Center in Los Angeles, California? No other than Miss Geneva Pierce, who was acting as a special hostess on this very special night. After traveling many weary miles I decided to stay home one night and spend a peaceful, quiet, and restful evening by my radio--but it turned out to be just the opposite. Guess what? L. A. Plunkett, who has recently taken the place of the late Bob Burns, was on a special broadcast to service men in Hawaii, and all radio stations in the States were carrying his special broadcast. l The former Miss Wanda Rose Romack still lives in the Good Old South. She is doing her best to make a living by taking washings and doing odd jobs that she can pick up. She wanted to be a stenogra- pher, but she just couldn't seem to succeed in that field. The tall and dark Wayne Smith is now known as WFred Astaire IIN. He can be seen in his new pic- playing opposite Rita Hayworth in WDrunk on Dancingn Renal-Qele Elia E119 snat- Hugh Strickland is now settled down in his little home in the wildwood with his little family of five. I recently stopped in horth Africa for a few hours on special business. Who do you suppose I saw? None other than Margie Vickers who is now a foreign missionary. We should all bow to Margie who is doing such worthwhile work so far from home. R. T. CRadfordJ Williamson Jr. has at last made history. He has just been chosen as Poet Laur- eate of Texas. R. T. has drawn himae'g .nto seclus- ion in his little bachelor home where he spends many hours each day in his life's work,

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fT?:EL,Q4lx,qLV4 i j,'! 4 l'ii,! i1txfiEQEg --anis ---:Taj-if,. SENIOR HISTORY ,H ' ,sax Ilfalav- 1wu In September of 1940, twenty-four of us enroll- ed as freshmen. We all managed to make passing grades with the help of our teachersg Mrs. Pauline Gillis, Historyg Mr. Clyde Heflin, Englishg Mr. James Warren, Scienceg and Mr. Jude Shiflet, Alge- bra. The freshmen boys were interested in football while the girls played softball. Mr. Clyde Heflin was our sponsor. Gayle Clemons entertained us with a Christmas Party. Fall of '41 came, and twenty-three enrolled as sophomores. Some had moved away but new students enrolled. We elected our class officers. As King and Queen of the Halloween Carnival, Delane Gaines and Wanda Rose Romack were selected. Mr. Bolton was selected as our sponsor. Billie Jo Petty entertained us with a Christmas Party. There were thirty-three enrolled as Juniors in the fall of '42. There were several who had trouble with their geometry but they have since made up for their loss. Our sponsor was Mr. Charlie Speed. The main events of the year amounted to a picnic at Ada Lee Hall's home. Later came a weiner roast at Billie Jo Petty's. Then we all remember the water- melon cutting on the school campus, also we were en- tertained with a Christmas Party by our sponsor, Mr. Speed. We also participated in the Halloween Carnival with Ada Lee Hall and R. T. Williamson Jr. as our King and Queen. Gerald Carpenter won the prize for being the best class reporter in High School. We Juniors won the High School softball tournament. September of '43 found us seniors thinned to about twenty-six who hailed from surrounding commun- ities. We have an excellent basket ball team. R. T. Williamson Jr-, and Willodyean Boardman were elected King and Queen of the Halloween Carnival. Some events of the year were a party given at Weldon Boswell's home and also a party given at Wanda Rose Romack's home. The main event of the year was a Christmas skating party at the Gymg sponsored by the seniors with the help of our English teacher, Mrs. Gaines. Mr. L. B. Click came at mid-term and now is our sponsor. p