Electra High School - Bengal Yearbook (Electra, TX)

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-Ilia--M .I .4+.f,-.., ,,., W, ,. ..,3,iT iiI ll! I, ,wr ,. 1 IXE HI IxH 4 I x WT A L fl N SENIGI2 DAY ACTIVITIES At 8 15 o clock on l-nday mornmg April 30 1937 the members of the Semol Class of the Electra High School gathered on the steps of the Methodxst Church and warted patrently U3 for the busses to come and take them to Vhchnta Falls for a splend1d tour through the Hardin Junior College there We loaded up wrth many screams and squawks Qmore elegant terms do not occur to me Just nowj over the contemplatlon of mashed toes fxngexs and coms There was much talking smgmg yellmg and caus tic remarks enroute to Wlchlta Falls and many games were played for an axe: age of two mmutes each Upon arrmng rn wlChlt3 Falls we were met bs a cordlal receptlon comm rttee that showed us mto the college 3Udlt01lUlll uhrn we were entertamed for an hour hx a pro ram pre enttd In the students of the college Guxdes also students of Hardm then showed us through the college They accomplxshed then pm pose quite well and the burldmg was exhrbnted from cellar to dome We then went to Weeks Park and ate sandwiches coolues potato chlps candy cake and what have you The pop which was descrlbed as bemg to wash the sandwrches down drd not arnve untrl they were down and forgotten However much was accomplished ln the lme of stormg 'the pops away by the members of the group Cecll drsposmg of flve and others runnmg a close race for quantltles about the same Vie started home soon after the fmal consumption of the sodx ond came as fast as the lflectra busses could hunt Lpon dllltlllg 4 fret show Vle Have Our Moments was engoyed by those who mshed xt as-sqm

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club off Frfth Avenue There I saw a clumsy roup of o'rrls dancrng G6 the tune of Organ Crrnde s Swing Some were out of lrne some rn lrne So much so rndeed one couldnt declde whrch were rn or whrch were out But I pard lrttle attentron to therr obvrous blun ders for I was too busy recognrzmg old I aces I knew the brggest por tron of the grrls rn that chorus There dressed rn faded trghts were Faye Mar re Goode Mrldred Bar rett Evelyn Sanderson Frances Slaton and Nlrldred Shelley I suppose rt would have been 'r scream to anyone knowrng the frrst rudrmerrts about dancrng but to me rt Just was lrke school days to have them all before me a arrr prrssrng as usual but yust twen ty years older Just r fund the corner from thrsl cfrme upon another queer collectrorr oi hum rnrty w hrch l realrzed was strll comrng from the dear old class of 37 A dancrng m rr rthon or endurance test There were couples rn 'unazrrrg postures Dorothy Tunnell support rng A W Wrttenbach whrle he took hrs nap Mary Frances W1 rght berng carrred around on the shoulders of poor lrttle Delbert Bowery Brllre Staton Jessre Belle Sor rells Lunell Morrrson Lucylle Mrlhollon La Nell Mrller Dorothy Mae Mrles and Helen Lewrs All balanc d on therr partners They slowly staggered by The srght was lrke a cloud burst New fallen from the sky All all in varrous preposterous posrtrons of holdrng' therr partners Dean Weston Haskell Ward Carrol Teel Harrold Stewart Weldon Stanley Rrchard Rasner and John nre Parsons whrle they relaxed for a whrle All all save but one one couple that was completely lost Lourse Krdwell and Ray Le Bouf To thrnk that the old lovers of the dance should come to thrs pass The cold fact gr erved my heart but you see there was absolutely nothrng I could do about rt' I begged the sprrrt at thrs trme to take me back home but he declrned s ryrng he wrs deter mrned to show me .rll my old class H sprrrted me to two beautrful lrttle homes rn Wrchrta Falls Texas and standrng on the steps of each I recovnrzed the favor rte lov ers of my school days but stop' There must be some horrrble mrstake There before mv eyes Isaw Benona McNarr brushrng rn a very wrfey manner a mans back whom I had no trouble recognrzrng as Robert Palmer Whrle across the way I saw lNrrra Russell brd drug fr fond farewell to dear old Tom I sud derrly decrded that lrfe was a cross word puzzle a tragedy or maybe a comedy who can say? The rest of my strange adventures flew past lrke a Krazy Kat comedy to the tune of Yankee Doodle I saw rn the offrce of Ad vrce to the Love Lorn R. M Carroll look rng very downcast and dejected because hrs love had flown that rs Wrllre Mae Bashara loved hrm no more I saw Norma Rhea Bos well and Nolen Campbell happrly marrred and lrvrng on Glrsson Avenue Electra Texas I vrewed wrth some drsmay Dorothy Bryant feedrng the chrckens on her farm out rn Iowa whrle her husband Fern James plowed the corn nearby Katherrne Canron and Stella Fern Choate qurte prostr ated and amazed me w rth therr squealrng rn a Metropolrtan Opera House off Proadway J uanrta Collrns brought a thrrll of prrde to mv weary heart when I w as shown thrs tfrmous celebrrty startrng on another of lrer famous novels Verlrrr Chrl dress Vteslev Cunrmrns and Joe Davrs were yery co'nrcal as they screamed therr wares from crrcus srde shows I looked wrth frank drspleasure upon the act of Lourse Davrs llrlerr Dunham and Earl Haltom rn a cheap y rrrreyrlle playrng rn Bugscuffle Texas Lor ean Dur en cheered my heart wrth her rmrta tron of a mrdget rn a srde show of Bar'num a d barley Crrcus Of all the rest only John re Lorse Durham and Jack Holt had made a success rn the movres and each nrght therr names w ere flashed rn lrghts all over Broad way I saw Paulrne Conyers Eugenra Eckel kamp Teresa Flusche and Hope McConnell workrng part trme rn Kress rn Wrchrta Falls and part trme rn Woolworth I saw Glen Hub bard Drck Adkrns Roscoe Choate W A Detmer Paul Faubron J R Hamrlton Glen Houser all rn occupatrons rangrng from Drck Adkrns rn a bakery to Glen Hubbard teach mg phrlosophy and theology rn fr promrnent unrversrty In the last stages of my srghtseerng tr rp I vrewed Raymond Towles as a mrnrster Robert Kay as a mrlkman Delmer Klrnker man as a mrllronarre Preston Pace varnly strrvrng wrth the Judge rn a drvorce case w hrch refused to grant hrs appeal J R Mc Corklc was remonstratrng wrth an unruly otfsprrng Otto Lambert was a county doc tor Thomas Lewrs was a Waukegan shrne boy I was then returned to my quret home Suddenly the door bell rang wrth a Jar rrnfr clamor whrch bore upon mv nerves I frnallv got to the door and as soon as the portal was sw urrg open I was met wrth the usual Ihave here the latest edrtron of Mr Whatsanozzle s Treatrses on Phlygenomatrc Matters We are offerrng them as a specral treat to you at a specral prrce because as one of the pr rzed crtrzens of the crty your rnflu ence wrll ha ah er that rs Haven t I met you before Why Jean Ely of all people of course you ve met me So 7 Youre sellrng books JACK WELTY . 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