Elkhart High School - Elkhorn Yearbook (Elkhart, TX)

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may Witty Billy Quarles took the starring 1 ad in the Senior play, 'My Mother in Lawn, as Art, the mother in law picked husband of Dora Marie Portman The entire play went over with what we choose to call a NBangW Wife Peggy was a perfect reproduction of the Hiddy, biddy, snookums' type of devoted wife Melba Hendon as Beulah, the colored maid, who made use of faked family deaths to visit her boy friend, was a huge success Alan, the Nladies' mann and Art's brother, was portrayed very well by Oran Gentry The 'mother in lawn, played by June Greer, was an excellent casting Peggy's sister was sophisticated Shelia, played by Gwen Link, who found true love with Alan after it seemed that his numerous girl friends such as Rose, Fannie Jo Warren, and Laura, Nevard Ledbetter, would win him Well cast for the roles of Mr Ledbetter, the man who reformed the Hortman Oran Gentry FIRST ROW June Greer, Gwen Link, Melba Hendon, Mrs Durrett BACK ROW ion Hortman, Billy Quarles, Oran Gentry, Jo Warren, Nev d Ledbetter, Carl Cooper NOT PICTURED Dore Marie Hortman I Q mother-in-law, and Wr. Webb, Alan's employer, were Carl Cooper and Marion

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY A knock is heard at the door of the large red farmhouse with the blue roof and shutters known as the Cooper farm CEvervone recognizes the farm immediately by the five little green tractors lined up in front of the barn'J Nevard opens the door and gives a shout of delight 'Why, Jo' How nice to see you It's been quite a while since we last met 15 years to be exact ' 'Hello, Nevard And the name is Josephine Fannie Josephine ' 'Oh Well, 15 years does change a person, but so much for that Come on dear, let's sit on the porch, you know there is nothing like talking over old times As I came into town on business with my at torney, Lloyd Miller, my time is short, but say, do you remember Audrey Mae Bradford, the girl that was such a wizard at bookkeeping our Senior a corn project of her own And Josephine' a week or two ago the kiddies and I were walking over the circus grounds, and what a surprise I had when I saw Gerald Collier screaming and stomping, advertising the strong man of the circus, who turned out to be none other than Charles Br1dges 'Good lands' Nevard, what is that noisev' 'Think nothing of it, a day around here and you will be used to that its only Carl experimenting with his new tractor Iet's go inside a few minutes I have some sewing I would like to show you ' '9ew1ng9 That makes me think about a dress shop I visited in New York 'Ros1e's Dress Shop' it was Rosie Pearl King you remember her? She was the owner, with Alice Mae Fvans as her advisor, and Dorothy Low Griffith as her seamstress ' 'That is wonderful for those girls, but have you seen the new addition just outside the city limits of Redtown? It is the 'Unzque Beauty Shop' managed by Winnie Gammage who demonskrates all kinds of lipsticks and assisted. by Una Whitley, she demonstrating various coiffures ' 'A greater thing than that, though, is that Edward Clay Gentry crashed Hollywood, with Brother Oran choosing Broadway, and Dan Salmon stepping right on with life by taking over Arthur Murray's dancing business Calvin Morehead, whom I guess you remember from his ambition is Floor Bouncer in the 'Stork Club ' leaving Gjuan Murdock in salmon as a city bus dr1ver.' ' ---. V year in school? I hear that she is keeping books on a large scale with