Electra High School - Bengal Yearbook (Electra, TX)

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DECLAIMERS l if -i!- READY WRITERS AND EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKERS Left to Right: Betty Ann Vanhoove. Louella Beck, Mrs. Bessie Belle Hair. Beth Weatherall, Joan Hall, Betty J0 Rose, Miss Laveta Foster, Charles Har- vey, Mr. Wayne Hogue, Allan Reid. The extemporaneous speakers, Betty Jo Rose and Charles Harvey, WOU the county and district. Charles Harvey won second at regional, and BettY -T0 Rose represented Electra in the State meet. Beth Weatherall, ready Writer. won second in county. NL' 1 -fgjx VLVr-EC5r-?VT- SPELLERS Miss Melba Box, Billy Ray Jones, Viv- ian Leach, Letrice Marshall, Miss Ida Lee Falls. The spelling team composed of Vivian Leach and Billy Ray Jones, tied with Iowa Park for second place in the county meet. Back Row: Miss Lois Rea, Veda Mae Chesher, Evelyn Hopson, Joe Burks Ligon, Van McLane, Calvin Collins, Curtis Holcomb. Fmnt Row: Marie Austin, Emogene Loftin, Willie B. Thomas. Joy Bray, Edwin Karstctter, Miss Mary Foster. The senior declaimers, Marie Austin :incl Curtis Holcomb won third and first places respectively in the county meet. .Ioy Bray, junior, won second place. Edwin Karstetter won first place in the county and district and second place in the regional meet.

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.. .-.-i. Back row: Maurice Barbet- tini, Bill Green, Jacqueline Ratcliff, Joy Low, Van Mc- Lane Cora Lee Morrow, sponsor, Evelyn Hopson, Marvin Gains. Middle row: Tommy Gene Bailey, Gret'n Bruton, Marie Smith, Betty Jane Low, Mary Jane Burns, Jean Thiele, Wil- lie B. Thomas, Molly Skinner, Mary Nell LeBus Front row: Billy Jack Good- man, Jack Dill, Gene Rich- ardson, Calvin C0lliI1S, WGSS Williams, Allen Reid, J. W. Wright, Billy Joe Taylor. JOURNAL CLUB The Journal Club was organized April 12, 1939. The purpose of this club is to gather news for the Electra Star and the Electra News. The officers elected were: Billy Jack Goodman, presidents Evelyn Hopson vice-president, and Betty Jane Low, secretary. Every member collects news, turns it in to Miss Morrow, the sponsor, who proof reads it and turns it to the newspapers ORCHESTRA The Electra High Orchestra was organized on September 8, 1938, with Thelma Jean Matthews as president. The orchestra has played for the Junior Class Play, the Rotary Club, and the Ilotary-Lions Banquet. A sextet of violins from the orchestra appeared for a radio program, a church service, and the Thompson and Wziggoner P. T. A. pro- grams. iw: Mr. David Shel- borg Clarence Hall, Vanhoove, Charles Billy Joe Taylor. ow: Kathryn John- ystal Mae Kirby ean Matthews, Les- Pitt, Pauline Hunt- vivrim: e ririmw..-is: . ' 'n1l:: v :--aQ:2,'smss11n'rvu: ---n- Ql-'xv:vi4i- rm1wewml -Ni.lws.i::,.Q yn--

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lr - P- A. ONE-ACT PLAY The one-act play, Not Such a Goose, was capably presented by Bert Brown as Albert, the kid brother, Betty Matthews as Sylvia, his sister, Betty Ann Vanhoove as the mfr ther, Joe Edd Elliott as the object of Sylvia's affection, and Dana Dale as Hazel, Sylvia's friendf Bert changed from a disgusted critic of Phillip's technique to an ardent follower of the art of tennis playing and admiration for roses when he fell for the charming Hazel. Their presentation of the play was awarded second place in the county meet. Left to right: Miss Cyrene Bell, director, Betty Ann Vanhoove, Dana Dale, Betty Jo Matthews, Bert Brown, Joe Edd Elliott. - 0- 9 p 3 --.-,- 5-..1.,.- -Q-5'.,-- ' v -T--- 4 fr'---viuils-.4AAf1.11 DEBATERS The Debate Teams participated in a debate tournament at Denton and in inter-school debates with Harrold, Chillicothe, Vemon and Wichita Falls. Marilyn Stephens and Mary Jane Cole won third place in the county meet, and Hugh Saye and Jack Har- alson won second place. Left to right: Huigh Saye, Jack Haralson, Marilyn Stephens, Mary Jane Cole. MM fmy COMMERCIAL WORK The typing tcam, Hazel Bickley, Audrey King, Wilma Stanley, Beth Weatherall. had' several try-out speed tests with Harrold and entered the meet at Burkhurnett to win sec- ond as a team. Hazel Bickley won first place and Beth Weatherall, third, as individuals, thus gaining the privilege to enter the dis- trict meet. The shorthand team, Wilma Stanley, Virginia Bryant, and Vivian Leach. won first as a team. As individuals Wilma Stanley won first and Virginia Bryant third: they also participated in the District meet. Left to right: Vivian Leach. Corhie Loc 0'Neal, Catherine Powell, Miss Edna Pearl Busby, Audrey King, Betty Slaton, Hazel Bicklfwy, Virginia Bryant, Wilma Stanley, Beth Weatherall. .fra 1