Fairmont Public School - Tiger Yearbook (Fairmont, NE)

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As customary, the Juniors v cro present at Bnc- calaureatto services. T'.. Junior ■ iris also ushered at Commeneement exorcises. The Junior Class of '44 entered their glorious final year at good old F. H. S. with a total enrollment cf fifteen. Svwlyn V alker entered the class from Lake- ville, ye , Arkansas. Donald Foul decided not to finish school. Homy Moul, Beverly Perkins, and Deraid ly stemped into the lime-light to take over the various duties of being cl-ss officers, continuing v ith the old circs tradition of alv ays having a boy for president. i;iss Stowe, for the second year, was our class sponsor. The three Senior boys, D-rald Ely, Ro.aiy I’oul, and Don French represented the backfield of tnc six-man football tetri which came through with a record season of 4 wins and 2 losses. De.r..ld ly was the big noise in the scoring business with over 70 points to his credit. Moul, El,, , and French were again the only boys from the class to participate in basketball. The sea- son was non , too successful vitn only 3 ..ins out of 13 games. Derr.Id Fly vs the high scorer for the season. Leona Ryta entered the frce-t.irow contest t tnc County Tournament at Shicklcy. On October 13, the flashy Seniors entert .ined tho school at a party in honor of th. then green freshmen. At a meeting, the Class of «45 elected Marilyn Barrett as Editor and Bev.rly Perkins as Assistant ditor of our schoool nnp .r. c chose as the name SA-HA-TA , which means, SEES ALLJ KNOWS ALL, AMD TELLS LL.” During the Second sc. icst..r this paper gave all the news, views, and interviews of the pupils of F. H. S. Hill-billy Courtship a farce in thr.n. acts, was presented to the public t; the Seniors on November 23- 24, 1045. Miss Stov e again directed t.ic play. The proceeds from the play ’..ere used to purchase the vdio- ohonograph which is nov. being used for school dances. The Seniors of «45 had t..e privilege of initiating tho first school dances at F. H. S. for many many years. Early in «45 (January 3 to jeurncycd to Hastings to have smiles reproduced on paper to Continued on pago 6. be e-.net) the Seniors their l.ullion-dollar leave hanging on tho