Hawley High School - Bearcat Yearbook (Hawley, TX)

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IN MEMORY OF MR, JOE DOWNEY, A LOYAL FRIEND AND PATRON OF' THE HAWLEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR TWELVE YEARS AND TRUSTEE AND TREASURER FOR FIVE YEARS, AND IN HONOR OF HIS GOOD WIFE, MRS. LORA DOWNEY, WHO HAS SERVED CHEERFULLY AND EFFICIENTLY ALL THESE YEARS AS SUBSTITUTE TEACHER, AS WELL AS IN OTHER CAPACITIES SUCH AS PRESIDENT OF THE P,T,A,, ROOM MOTHER, ET CETERA, WE THE SENIORS OF 1954 AND OUR SPONSOR, MRS.. CLARA B, WEST, WISH TO DEDICATE THIS ISSUE OF THE HAWLEY BEARCAT ANNUAL,

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SUPERINTENDENT'S MESSAGE WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THE SENIOR CLASS AND THEIR SPONSOR MRS. CLARA WEST FOR THE UNTIRING EFFORTS THAT HA-VE GONE INTO THE PREPARATION OF THIS YEARBOOK, FOR THE BENEFIT OF YOU SENIORS WHO ARE LEAVING US THIS YEAR, WE SHOULD LIKE TO BRING TO YOUR MINDS A FEW THINGS WHICH WE HOPE HAVE BECOME A PART OF YOU BECAUSE OF' YOUR ASSOCIA- TION WITH OUR SCHOOL. WE FEEL THATYOU HAVE MASTERED THE ESSEN- TIALS OF ENGLISH, MATHEMATICS, SOCIAL STUDIES AND VOCATIONAL SUBJECTS TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO HANDLE THE MANY SITUATIONS YOU ARE T0 ENCOUNTER, WE BELIEVE THAT YOU REALIZE YOU ARE ENDOWED WITH CERTAIN ABILITIES AND THAT YOU ARE TO UTILIZE THEM TO THE UTMOST, YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED IN MERELY GETTING BY BUT IN DOING WHAT IS RIGHT, YOU HAVE PREPARED YOURSELF TO CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY, YOU HAVE SET YOURSELF A GOAL, YOU HAVE A PURPOSE IN LIFE, WE KNOW YOU ARE WILLING TO ASSUME THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT ARE COMING TO REST UPON YOUR SHOULDERS2 RESPONSIBILITIES OF CITIZENSHIP IN YOUR COMMUNITY, YOUR STATE AND YOUR NATION. IF THE CHARACTER OF THESE STUDENTS AT HAWLEY HAS BEEN STRENGTHENED, IF THEY RECOGNIZE THE DIGNITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL, WE FEEL THAT WE HAVE BEEN REPAID FOR OUR WORK, CHARLES E. WOMACK