Fordland High School - Eagle Yearbook (Fordland, MO)

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY Year 1949 Month September Place Fordland Remember that day The day that Fordland School was enlrvened by the enroll ment of what IS now the graduatlng class of 19539 There were thlrty three of us then We were a l1ttle dumb fanyway that s what most people sa1dj but wrth the help of Mr Byrd we fmally organrzed a class meetrng and elected Irm Clouse for our pres1dent Bradley Burr for our v1ce pres1dent Norma Swearengln as secretary treasurer and Mr Byrd for our sponsor Our Prtnce Charmmg and Beauty Queen candrdates were Pat Aron and Jerry Nash We came rn last Our frrst socral affarr as a class that year was a skat mg party to Rogersvrlle Skaung Rrnk wrth the compltments of Mr Byrd The school year was ended w1th the annual school p1cn1c at Dolrng Park Year 1950 Month September Place Fordland One year had passed We were a year older We no longer shook when Mr M11 ler or some teacher looked at us All of us but slx had decrded to g1V6 rt one more whrrl We had garned two new students Bonnte Warren and Shrrley Cucla Our offlcers were Wllma Bumgatner presrdent Bradley Burr vrce pres1dent and Bonnte Warren secretary treasurer Our class sponsor was the lovable Mr DeWoody whom we lost to Uncle Sam about the mrddle of the school year That was the year we were honored as the best class 1n school when Mrs Clough the Englrsh teacher treated us to her home made cookies MZXIHC Cornellson and 11m Clouse were our Beauty Queen and Prince Charmmg candrdates Year 1951 Month September Place Fordland Two years had passed smce we were frrst exposed to hxgh school All of us but three had decrded tn favor of school agarn That year we presented ALMOST SUMMER drrected by Mrs Selvrdge Mr James our sponsor helped when Che wasn t busy blow mg hrs topj Our stars were Irmmre Dale Sttnecrpher Loutse Boyer Irm Clouse Wrlma Burngarner Norma Swearengrn Donald Byrd Homer Lawson Robert Connett Bonme Swearengrn and Bonme Warren .. . -. . - 1 ' . 1 . ' . . , . . n a , . . . ' - . Q - . - . - . . I 1 1 n . . . . , . - . - . - . . - v . . I Q . . . , , ' U 1 I 1 1 0 u , v .