Electra High School - Bengal Yearbook (Electra, TX)

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,-I ,Wx SZDIOF Play The Jdd2 IXICCICIGCZ BY MARION SHORT The Jade Necklace IS a thlee act mystery comedy vlhlch deplcts the dlsappealance of a valued Jade necklace As the play, opens It IS the nlght of Dorls QFran ces Allene Slatonl hllthday Among her guests for the evenlng ale Blff QCall Cabel and Margery lBe nona MCNSII, 1191 llrI9df0Id COUSIDS Dlck Sylvester fD3Vld FlSh9lD an old flame fl om Oklahoma who IS Cl vlng to flale D011 ltfectlons once more Bert Haw tlex fCOCll I affnuj cousln of Mls Lee QEvelyn Jean Sandelsolll DOIIS stepmother Also present to attend the dlllllz., 'Nils Lee lnd fulnlsh comedy fare IS Hetty LJESSIE, Belle Sollellsj the absent mlnded mald In dlsplaylng the Jade collectlon of whlch she was by the terms of her fathel s wlll to come lnto possess lon on hel tvlenty fllst blrthday the Jade necklace pl IZG of the collectlon IS stolen ln a tense scene Blended ln the later developments are detectlves laughs an orlental psychic ceremony and susplclons The play IS dll6Ct6d by Mlss Cyrene Bell of the Publlc Speaklng Department Wlth Beatrlce Rust plompter and Jack Weltv stage manager ,, ' 5,2215 U I . ' , I I N ,arc it - . .I H - u Y' ' - . - H ., H , . ' ' V ' ' ' - I 4 ' i I . J v . . - f , I , ' 1. V I 4 iv , 1 S ' 2 i . L 1 3 u 4 0 ' ' 5' 1 , 1' xx' , . . ' . ' '.' 'l ' A fl 2 ' . ' - , I x ' ' , ' . . I 7 -. . . . ' ' vv ' , ' 'it ' O O ' ' F 9 ' 2 :.. . b D . I . , . 1 y Y , y o xl AN! 'Q . ll f 1 . W . QW' t, S' 'K 1 I - Q9 12. , H, M ' 1 l'-l' 1 - .al ' ,, . . lk O -

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'-1rv--.--.- ... .,.-.. SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS PRESIDENT J R HAMILTON NICE PRESIDENT LORRAINE FERGUSON SECRETARY RENONA McNAIR SPONSOR LUCY CAWLFIELD CLASS COLORS BLUE AND SILVER CLASS FLOWER CARNATION THE STAFF OF' THE ROUNDUP OF THE TIGERETTE EDITOR IN CHIEF DOROTHY TUNNELL ASSISTANTS EDITORS,- DAVID FISHER JACK WELTY CECIL GAFFNEY J R HAMILTON BUSINESS MANAGER FRANCES ALLENE SLATON ADVERTISING ASSIS PANTS MARY FRANCES WRIGHT JUANITA COLLINS MILDRED SIIELLEY ZELLA GRAHAM GERALDINE HOGLE NINA RUSSELL LORRAINE FERGUSON HELEN HUFFMAN WILLIE MAE BASHARA W J L 1 I' ART EDITOR.-----,,,-,,,,,,-,H ,,,,,-,,,WILLIE WHITE fi ., If 1, , 1 ' 1 AY 9 f f,LI-IX. 1 3 I -Q, .7 A

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Nass Paaphecy XK 1th Apolovles to Challes D1ckens As I tlnexv my head b1ck 1n my easy chan 1nx Glance happened to lest upon a bell 1 dlsused bell that hunv lll the 10011 md commumcated fo1 some pu1pose rox lou otte11 xx1th a chambel 1n the h1 h e t sto x of the lllllldlllf It xx ns Xlltll 1e1t 1ton1s11n1c11t l a SLI e lltXDllC I d1ead that as I loolxed I saxx tlns bell b fun s 0011 1 llll0 out lone x 1nd Sl 1 tx1 b ll lll mx house 'lhtn I hefnd the IIOISC, much loud 1 on no rlom I rloxx then COIlllll Stl nffht toxxald 110011 It c ll on tlnouvh the doo and 1 sp c uc p-ws ed llltO the 1oom ll6lOlS mx ex es ue tx' D1 1dful Appa111t1on xxhx do vou t10.llll9 mc I 1Sk9d Vtho a11d xxh 1' a1e you? I am tl1e Ghost of the 'ichool I ea1 ul I 1se 'md x all w1th me VN 1th f1. xxave of h1s frhostly hand we p ssed thlough the dool 1nto the st1eet W1th dH0tll91 wave of the afmementxoned apl erdave we found ourselves IH a desuted st e t btilldlllg' befo e a small dlrty looknm tenement house I thought sulely we co11 d not be expected to go mto that ghastly look the Ghost bo1e me 1IlSldL and sp111ted nu 011 thlouvh to the back 1oom The1e xx1th 1 SCll.1lJlJlll0 l11usl1 and mop xxe found 1 xelx tned ll d cnexxcnn xx oman of xe1x LIl'lC'll21lll x e10ht llld we As xxe tllt6l ed she Gave a CFLICIXUIII S1 h and Sdld qu e and lts llllfllllt xxea1x I1n gltlllll of thls xxo1k T1s noxx Im th1nk1n of th t1me I lun fo the Queen o th F1esta at ole Elect1a H1 The ffhost t111ned to me and sald Do xou l1nox thxs woman Ixnoxx he1 '7 Do I lnoxx Janne Dave Bak L1 Was I not he1 campalgn mana0e1 I stalted toxxend he1 to a1d he1 to he1 feet but was detfnned bv the touch of the spectle s h'1nd on 111119 Wlth anothel gestu1e the loom dxs ppea1ed and we found oulselves Ill a d1ess shop on I'1fth Avenue New Yolk And lo TIICIQ pa1 achnv up and down up and doxxn befo1e a c11t1cal audlence of arxstoc 1at1c snobs I saw th1ee xxell dlessed middle wed women 0116 of them tu1ned to the oth e and 1emf11ked Gee' Alvesta but Im tn ed of thlS Jolnt axen t you' The othe1 woman 1epl1ed ln the aff11m'1t1xe As they spoke I 1ecogn1zed the th1 ee ffnls as Alvesta Neff Thexesa Pu1cell and Lolene Schelble I was hardly glven tlme to GXDIGSS my su1 puse ove1 well sevelal thmgs xvhen I agaln felt a hght some fe hng and was set down on a load d11ectly ln the mldst of 1 band of men whom I at once recognlzed as a 1oad gano ol the P W A Th1s, 1n ltself, was IlOt so st1ange but llllagllle my surprlse xx hen I hea1d one addressmg the othe1 Say F1she1 am t It hot' Yep Ray but the guv'ment owes me a l1v1n an I lntend to hav lt I was even mo1e t1ansf1xed w1th awe xx hen I hea1d other men addressed as Cecll Jacobs and H1ndman I started forth to ask C1c1l 1f he 1ecalled Gone Wlth the ll llld xx hen I was agam borne through space and et doxxn 1n a beautlful radlo shop m flllll o xxl1e1e a man was trymg the tone ol tln l1t1st lll 1 1d1os Then the 311110011091 1nte11upted the p1ogram w1th the announce ment Io1 the past half hour you have been l1St9lll1l0 to the s1lvery volces of Anme and LOII me smf mg the songs you llke to hear the xx av you l1ke to hear them Lorrame and Ann x 111 1eturn to the au' at thls same txme tomo11oxx mo1n1ng Untll then this IS Sta non Ll X lnoadcastlng on a wave of I xx as aoam 1nte11upted ln my eager l1sten 1 o 11x 1nothe1 non stop fllght whlch landed H19 1n 1 liilldlflg fleld at Austln where I had no t1ouble 1ecogn1z1ng the two promment Dll0tS of ma1l planes Just ready to take off as Mzncelle McCl1sh and Elmer Eckelkamp Th1s was a 1est after my prevlous sur p1 ISGS but I was doomed to gnef I next was placed IH a small hovel down on Ranlroad Avenue 1n my old home town, Electra, Texas The1e I xx IS dumbfounded and grieved to box s hoxxls md scleams whlle hxs wlfe f01 1ne lx be 1t11ce Pust prepared to go to the p1ctu11 shoxx1ng at the Grand Theat1e To me tlns had ll',S comlcal as well as 1ts seuous spects But I was g'1ven no txme to 1eflect upon e1the1 for suddenly I was trans 1e 1ed to 1 0010'COl.lS unlversxty and xnto a class on anthropology, whlch was bemv tauvht by 1 l a1ned professor very lean of statule and lo 10 of han whom the chlldlen add1es ed as PIOI Morell Never heard I the old t1tle of I1g I1on Indeed the man d1d not suovest the name ln the least 'lhen a st anfre thmg happened Three d11n llffu es hom nowhere app ared and stood uncove1ed b fole me One xn the garb of a clown anothe1 as a caterer and an otl1e1 I sadly lQCC0ll1Z6d as a garbage man f1 om the CltV of Pumpkm Center, now boast mg txxo sto1es and a post offlce The Sp1r1t tu1ned to me and lllqlllred Do you know these people? 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