Graham High School - Steer Yearbook (Graham, TX)

Text from Pages 1 - 120 of the 1947 volume:

ScIlOO I c nd £ H Weouton J- h . tj the wj; f ftoebuc f ft- C. Turne John Huy W W. L r nout- TO THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1947: MAY THE DAYS YOU HAVE SPENT IN THE GRAHAM HIGH SCHOOL LEAVE PLEASANT MEMORIES OF THE GENUINE AND HELPFUL FRIENDS YOUR TEACHERS TRIED TO BE, AND MAY THEY PROVE AN INSPIRATION TO YOU TO MAKE YOUR LIFE ALL THAT WE HOPE FOR IT. YOUR FRIEND, I. T. GILMER Your problems are always my problems. Your interests are my interests. I have had the honor of sharing your joys and fears. Please grant me the privilege of continuing to do so in the years to come. Sincerely Eugenia D. Howell FACUi-T r CHAM Art ffnionMicHf‘� oo So.B.Ttos _ f C4 uaf rT f OCA' °J . d ✓ IlilS beroke Lone Booru. M'Vr fVintesflfi on Mrs.A.W. Johnson tt«st F« jt Cooler Mi'� f� n«� tlaxoett THESE---BELIEVE IT OR NOT--ARE OUR TEACHERS! CAN YOU IDENTIFY ’EM? IF YOU CAN’T WE WON’T TELL ON ’EM BY HELPING BILL ARMSTRONG “The secret of success is constancy to purpose.’ GEORGE AUSTIN Kitten on the Keys! Not quite, more of the Brahms type, but a nice guy. HAROLD BARNHART One lad who is more than likely to finish anything he undertakes. Watch out Girls! MALCOLM BENNETT “They that govern most make the least noise.” WAYNE BETHEL If smiles could be sold Wayne’s would bring a million. HELEN BIGGERS “Her voice was ever soft, gentle, and low . . ROY BOLING Of all the boys in school who have improved since their Freshman year, Roy has done the best job. Good work, Roy! LEONARD BOYD “Thou little thinkest what a little foolery governs the world!’ RY ELLA BR DDCTCK Tais one of the fine experiences you get when going to Graham High. Knowing her is a treat to all. MARTHA BRUCE “A dish fit for the gods.” CARL BURLESON Carl is one of the boys in the Senior Class who makes teaching a pleasure. An A-l student. BETTY SUTLER “She w s a phantom of delight.” TOMMY CAVE “Good words are worth much and cost little. JEAN CHESTNUT “As merry as the day is long.” FRANCES CHILDERS “My love’s more richer than my tongue. GRACIE COPELAND “Oh, how hard it is to find The one just suited to our mind!” EDWIN CRUM His name belies him. He’s the whole loaf if you ask us, with butter spread thick. DON CUNNINGHAM “He trod in gentleness, honour, and clean mirth.” PATSY CUNNINGHAM “I say the world is lovely, and loveliness is enough.” CLIFFORD DAMRON Sweet! Sweet! Sweet! And the rest you’ll have to find out yourself. Ask her, she’ll tell you. LUGENE DAVES “While I think on thee, dear friend, all losses are restor’d and sorrows BILLY DENNY “Merry and glad, all things are.” MAGGIE FAY DOOLEY “Goodness is the only investment that never fails. BOB DOWNEY Rocky and rugged, and do the ladies like rocks and rugs! He is a fine fellow and well liked by all. MARGARET DOWNEY “A fairer lady there never was seen . . . MILTON FARMER “He knew the precise psychological moment when to say nothing.’ GERALD FERGUSON “How shall we rank thee upon glory’s page? Thou more than soldier and just less than sage! MARY GRACE FORE “Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. JEANETTE FORTNER “She moves a goddess, and she looks a queen. IMOGENE GACHTER “The daintiest last, to make the end most sweet. ’ HAROLD GARLINGTON 44 A friend to human race.' JOAN GARVEY “Fair tresses man’s imperial race ensnare . . . ROBERT GEORGE “I shall not look upon his like again. ZELMA GIBBS . . the sweet magic of a cheerful face.” ?XjOHN HACKLEY .fj “Morels thy due than all can pay.” compare thee to a summer’s day?’ b 8 as his yell. and that’s pretty big! haW W vat wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?” INDSEY HAWKINS The greater man the greater courtesy.” “Every man has his fault, and honesty is his. THELMA HIGGINS “Silence is the perfectest herald of joy.“ JANET HINSON “Wisdom is better than rubies. ’ WYNNELLE HITT Tall, dark, and handsome and has loads and loads of friends among us. CLINTON HOLDER “Man is man and master of his fate. PAT HOWARD SSS--small, smart, and sweet. That’s our Pat. Get to know her and see if you don’t agree. MARY JENNINGS “Speak gently; it is better far to rule by love than fear.’’ ED JOHNSON “The heaven of each is but what each desires.’ NOAH LACKEY. JR. He built no arks, but he has built a lot of long lasting friendships. LINA LEE “At whose sight all stars hide their diminish’d heads. ’ WILLIAM LEWIS “Music is the thing of the world that I love most. ROBERT LIGON Robert isn’t any giant but he makes a giant friend. LAVELLE LOFTIN Lavelle is another nice person who came to us from Jean. They do have nice folks up that way, and Lavelle is one of the nicest. ANNA LOU LYLES No picture of this lassie, but we’ll all remember her just the same. BETTY MAHAN This quiet smile belies her. She’s uproarious and loads of fun. MARY MAHANEY “In small portions we just beauties see. CATHERINE MARTIN “The hand that hath made you fair hath made you good.” NEAL MAYES “He gained from heaven, ’twas all he wished, a friend. ' WILLIAM MAYO “He that has patience may compass anything. FRANCES MORRISON “She’s all my fancy painted her; she’s lovely, she’s divine. OTIS MOSELEY We wanted to say the nicest things we could think of about Otis, but it takes so much space we’ll just say we all think ’em and let it go at that. BILL MOUSER “A good mind possesses a kingdom. ALMETA MURPHY There be none of Beauty’s daughters With a magic like thee. MARTHA McCLUSKEY “Hail to thee, blithe spirit! ’ CHARLENE McGEE We’ll always have happy memories of Charlene. She’s one of those girls who makes remembering such pleasure. BETTY McGEHEE “Here is a dear and true, industrious friend.” FREDA McHARGUE “Not stepping o’er the bounds of modesty.” CHRISTINE McLAREN “How sweet and fair she seems to be. Wayland is T hard fighter and a steadfast friend and those who have learned Y PICKARD Pick a Pickard and you’re doing good Picking. ROY PITCOCK A solid citizen of our school. Not fast, not slow. Just Roy. EULELIA RAGLAND “You are like a flower. So sweet and pure and fair.” FREDDIE RICHARDS “Her loveliness I never knew until she smiled on me.” GUY RODDEN “The better part of valor is discretion.” BETTY SANDERS “A rhapsody of words.” - v- - I u P-AULINE SANDERSON “She smiled, and the shadows departed. FRANK SMALLEY “He’s a gentleman: look at his boots.’ DONALD SPEER “A good reputation is more valuable than money.” JOHNNY SW AIM Johnny has done so much for our school in athletics that we just can’t list ’em all, but we can say we all like Johnny. JEWEL SWEENEY ‘‘Second thoughts are ever wiser. BOBY TYLER Ish! Now, Ish is something special. He looks rough sometimes but he’s a smoothie at heart, and he does have a heart! I c9 - with him BILLY DAN WADLEY Billy Dan always goes his own quiet way, and you’ll find it’s a nice way to go. go along I JJM BOB WALKER Jim Bob can best be judged by the company he keeps. You”ll always see him with a nice group of students. MARY ANN WALSH Mary Ann is one of these delicious blonds that ought to be served wil long-handled spoon or something like that. M4RY ANN WATKINS “I live in the crowd of jollity.” JOHN LEE WEBB ‘‘His better doth not breathe upon the earth.” DAN WILDE “Genial, courteous, intellectual, virile . .. BUENA WRIGHT 'Good-nature is more agreeable than wit. TOMMY WRIGHT “The lad was ever loving, and laughing, and free . . . DONALD YORK “Obliging and cheerful, industrious and kind . . . FRANCES YOUNG “How sweet and gracious, even in common speech, Is that fine sense which men call Courtesy! 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DOWNING VIRGINIA FAWKS GENEVA GATHINGS 6E DALE GARVEY JOYCE FRANKLIN JESSE GRANT o SibJr' AAAAOa-L U PAT HARRISON IS HARLAN MARY A. HEILMAN NONA HARLAN DOROTHY HELVEY JOY HENLEY EDWIN HINSON LEON JOHNS RITTA KNIGHT DONALD SPARKS JERRY YORK Cr PEGGY TAYLOR SONNY THORNTON HAROLD TIFFIN LaVERNE WELDON DOROTHY WRIGHT BILLY R. AVERETT JAMES BAIRD GEORGE BAILEY PAUL BLOODWORTH 11 SUE CASEY MARY CHENAULT THURMAN CROSSON LOLA F. DAVIS FRANCES DOOLEY CLYDE ELLIOTT MARGERY EVANS SARA L. FALKINBURG HAROLD FERGUSON JESSIE L. GOLDEN MILDRED GARLINGTON HELENE HESLEP LORENE HINSON i JANIE HODNETT NEVELYN HOLCOMB BOBBY HOLLAND GAYLE HOLMAN CAROLYN JONES SADIE JONES H. C. KNOX HAROLD LENNINGTON lee Mcknight BARBARA PATTERSON BILLIE ROBERTSON LOUADA SMITH WINONA SPIVEY CLAUDINE SPURLIN BILLY STONE zr-' CARL THETFORD LENA M. WALKER 10 HACKLEY 11 CUNNINGHAM 12 ATWOOD 13 HOLLAND 14 PIT COCK 15 BOYD 16 GRUBBS aJ I 17 FARMER 18 ORR 19 BURKE 20 WILDE 22 WRIGHT 23 FERGUSON 1 25 SW AIM 26 CUNNINGHAM 27 JOHNSON 28 BROOKS 29 OATMAN 30 NICOLETT 32 DOWNEY 33 34 35 36 37 39 CRUM TYLER LIGON LIGON THORNTON CUMPTON COACH TINER . TYLER i; WILDE ORR 22 SHERRY NALL 35 ROY BOLING 23 DONALD YORK 36 RUSSELL BROOKS 25 JOHNNY SWAIM 37 DON CUNNINGHAM 27 OTIS MOSLEY 38 WAYLAND OATMAN 32 ERNEST CUNNINGHAM 39 HOWARD McCLANAHAN 33 DAN WILDE 40 BOB DOWNEY 34 JERRY COOK 43 GALE VAN HORNE MR. CLIFFORD 45 TOMMY WRIGHT DISTRICT CHAMPIONS a NALL OATMAN • - 5 £ '. .•� • . -. THESE ARE THE BOYS WHO WON US A DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP. SW AIM SOME OF THEM PLAYED IN MORE GAMES 5 - THAN OTHERS. BUT IF IT HADN’T BEEN _ FOR THE STIFF COMPETITION DURING SCRIMMAGE AND PRACTICE THE FIRST STRING COULD NEVER HAVE CARRIED US THROUGH. SO THESE ARE THE BOYS, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM, WHO WON OUR DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP. WILDE WRIGHT. 36 'V CUNNINGHAM •V • •V MR. CLIFFORD’S BOYS WON THEMSELVES A CHAMPION SHIP. THE HAPPY GANG ABOVE ARE THE ONES WHO DID A LARGE SHARE OF THE PLAYING. BUT MR. CLIFFORD HAD NO STARS ON HIS TEAM. THEY WERE JUST A HARD WORKING GANG WHO PLAYED FOR ALL THEY WERE WORTH, AND PLAYED WITH TEAM SPIRIT. THAT TEAM SPIRIT OF PLAY WAS WHAT CARRIED THEM TO THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP. NICE GOING, FELLERS! SWAIM AND NALL DO A BIT OF BLOCKING! OATMAN TAKES OVER! ONE OF THE STAUNCHEST SOURCES OF SUPPORT THE STEERS HAD DURING THE FOOTBALL SEASON WAS THE QUARTERBACK CLUB. THIS ORGANIZATION, SPARK-PLUGGED BY MR. WRIGHT AS PRES- IDENT, AND MR. THORNTON, AS TREASURER - SECRET ARY, ABLY SUPPORTED THE STEERS IN ALL THEIR GAMES. THANKS, FELLOWS, YOUR LOYALTY AND SUPPORT HAS BEEN AN INSPIRATION TO BOTH STUDENT BODY AND TEAM. A- MR. HOMER THORNTON, SECRETARY, QUARTERBACK CLUB 1946-47. MR.THORNTON WILL BE PRESIDENT FOR 1 947-48,AND HE PROMISES THE “GANG” WILL GO ALL OUT FOR THE STEERS. AS WE HAVE HIM PICTURED, HE'S WAVING THE LITTLE KEG IN WHICH QUARTER- BACK COLLECTIONS ARE MADE AND CHEERFULLY INVITING SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT NEWTON TO “COME TO CLUB MEETING TO- NIGHT!” THE SCHOOL ORCHESTRA GETS A BIG LAUGH, AND OF COURSE THAT’S WHEN THEY SHOT THE PICTURE. THE SCHOOL DANCE BAND. A BUNCH OF HEP CATS OF THE JIVE COUNTER. THEY BLOW SOFT, THEY BLOW SWEET, THEY BLOW SOUR-- BUT BOY THEY DO BLOW. FAV0HITC5 and SXVJ) n T O [ Tf yfl)e]=3 J ROY BOLING MOST POPULAR BOY IN SCHOOL MARY ELLA BRADDOCK MOST POPULAR GIRL IN SCHOOL I JOHNNY SWAIM SENIOR FAVORITE MARTHA McCLUSKEY SENIOR FA ORITE 5 si A 'jAH J TmT RUSSELL BROOKS JUNIOR FAVORITE JUNIOR FAVORITE JOAN SPIVEY JERRY CUNNINGHAM SOPHOMORE FAVORITE LEE McKNIGHT MARY BETH ROSSER FRESHMAN FAVORITE MRS. MAYES “PHYS. ED.” POSTURE CONTEST BACK ROW: FLETA C., BETTY, NANCY, PAT, BILLIE JEWEL, MARY JOYCE, JOY FRONT ROW: MARY BETH, MARJORIE, BETTY, MARY, FRANCES, MARY ELL. BETTY MISS MARTHA BRUCE HOME-COMING QUEEN ESCORTED ON THE FIELD BY MISS MARY ANN WALSH, MISS JOAN SPIVEY, MISS DOROTHY REED, AND MISS MARY ALICE HEILMAN. MR. GAMMILL, QUARTERBACK CLUB MEMBER, DRIVING. TYLER, HOW DO YOU DO IT? Y-TEEN CABINET MARY GRACE, MARGARET. BETTY. GILLIE ANN, JANET, CLIFFORD LINA, GWENDOLYN, BETTY, FRANCES, MARY, MARTHA, BOBBIE HOT-DOGS AND HOLLER! MRS. HOWELL’S POPCORN GANG. PM HAVE A COKE, FOLKS? LUNCH HOUR NONSENSE NOTHING LIKE DOZING IN THE SUNSHINE. EH, RAMSEY. NOW WHAT SORT OF GOSSIP IS MR. CARDWELL GETTING HEP TO NO TELLING. MR. ROSE IN DISGUISE. IT IS TOO SO! JUST SHOOTING THE BREEZE MUSCLES McCLUSKEY RESCUES “SNOW” WHITE. CHARLENE ISN’T REALLY HOLDING trio SOME OF OUR NEW TEACHERS. MR. MAYES, MRS. MAYES, AND MRS. YOUNG. THE SENIOR CLASS has worked all year at concessions during athletic events. They have sold popcorn, hot dogs, seat cushions, hot coffee, and cold drinks. And did they do this just for fun? Not at all. They had a definite plan, to get money for our stadium. And the plan has worked very successfully. Above you see the “gang” who made it work. Thanks for a good job well done, fellers. ITS THE SMILE THAT GETS EM ISN’T IT ERNIE? SUNSHINE AND POPCORN, AND A PLEASANT LUNCH HOUR. OH, BOY, WHAT A CHIN-WAGGING WHEN MARYANN STARTS DISHING OUT THE STUFF. WHAT IS SHE TELLING YOU, SLUDER? S'- THESE GIRLS DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES AT SEWING. EACH WON A PLACE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL STYLE SHOW. THEY ARE: ELOISE WHITE, JOANNE GARVEY, THELMA PETTY, BILLIE JEWEL FRAZIER, MARIE SENKEL, PAULA JONES. PATSY ROACH, PATSY CUNNINGHAM, BETTY CAREY, IMOGENE GACHTER, JESSIE LOU GOLDEN, BETTY REEVES. AUTOGRAPHS AUTOCRAVHS AUTOGRAPHS MR. DAVIS AND MR. STEELE DISCUSS ♦ THE END