Killeen High School - Kangaroo Yearbook (Killeen, TX)

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— — ' I : ' ifi K-A Attending the fourth school (1902-1923) was considered an honor: it was the finest building in town. Wooden structures like this one were the basic design of Killeen schools until 1902, when the first brick school was built. English and Math across the hall? That is the dream of anyone who has had to make a mad dash from the English wing to the Math wing in less than 7 minutes flat. Of course, this floor plan is from 1964, and shows the original layout of the present high school. The reunion of the class of 1924 in 1957 was a remarkable achievement to a pessimistic point of view; the class had to survive many things, among them the Great Depression, World War II, and McCarthyism. Seated: Lila Wilkinson, Josephine Rancier Massey, Estelline Adams, Ruby McBride, Mrs. Minor (teacher) . Standing: Lowella Carroll, Mable Swope, Mable Norman. Standing: Roy Reynolds, Ben Norman, Leo Pollard, David Norman, Gilbert Jackson, Clifford Dockery, R. L. Pettit, Mr. Minor. HISTORY— 23

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The Santa Fe Railroad Station may face demolishing in the near future after a hundred years of providing trade and travel. Three schools were located in this general area around Avenue D. This, the fifth school building to house KISD, was built around 1 924. Completed in 1963, the present location of Killeen High School has extensive facilities to include tennis courts, a football stadium, and, of course, a baseball diamond. To celebrate the centennial, the Killeen Chamber of Commerce ordered 500 bronze belt buckles. Com- pletely sold out by January, these belt buckles became collector ' s items, worth much more than the intial price of $25.00 each. The 1957 Diamond Jubilee celebration used this Model A, and others like it, to illustrate the changing styles of cars. , ,on ■ Growth in the school system is illustrated by the opening of Pershing Park Elementary in the early 60 s, in- creasing the number of primary schools to 1 0. Barbara Weiss, presently a teacher here at K.H.S., and Stan Schleuter, now a State Representative, discuss a school project in 1 962.