Lamesa High School - Tornado Yearbook (Lamesa, TX)

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Last Wtll and Testament of the Senlor Class We the members of the Senlor Class of 1941 actlng rn accordance wlth the tradttlons of our predecessors and destrlng to be of asslstance to the underclassmen do hereby solemnly bequeath our sole possessions xnto thelr capable hands hoptng that they may recelve them wlth as much Jos as we haye recelved from gxsmg them I Harold Drlggers lease to the freshman class my sympathy for the next three sears of thexr hfe I Sally Branon sslll to Sue Cox my ablltty to slng so she may take my place wtth Betts Btlhngsles tn slxth perlod study hall I R L Prtce herebs wtll to Charles Bussell my b g feet 'only 11 sv He wlll need them to capture a grl ftlend I Gene McLendon wtll my name of Lads Klller to Jodte Vaughn We Paula Grant and Claudine McCallay hereby bequeath all of our ready cash to Mr R H Huddleston I Iucllle Blackmon hereby will to Ella Scott my fondness for cheek cokes and charcoal chewlng gum We Mosellle Terral Frances Hancock Reath Garrett Irene Mtller Freddie Mitchell Edwsna Jackson Betts Arn Crow and Peggy Speck do hereby wtll to as many students as posslble our sole rlght and mesttm able 'UI prtvtlege of always r1d1ng together tn a one seated car I Jtm Calloway do herebs bequeatn to Weldon Bratcher my place tn Mtss Shanks study hall We Wrtght Grant Boyd and Margery Reynolds do hereby bequeath full knowmg the consequences there of to Ht lfn Barron and Donald Reeves our way with the Barnards I Bxlly Jtm Lott wtll to Betty Btlhngsles my good nature for Mr Ogletrees class I Ieta Faye Hyatt wlsh to bequeath my moans and groans tn Mxss Barnes shorthand class to a more competent groaner 'Preferably Jtmmxe Dell MCAmlS' Upon leavmg thxs class I D L Bond lease my textbooks to someone who wxll try to make better use of them than I dtd I Clayton Chxlders do wtll to Charles Coleman my abxhty to chew tobacco tn Mr Huddlestons last pertod studs hall and get bs wtth ll We Nez Wyatt and Neal Roberts wtsh to l aye our lease on the thtrd floor to Mary Rath Whlte and Spurgeon Debnam may they be as successful ln the future as we haye been tn the past I Allen Barnard do hereby wtll my ablhty tn managmg the g1rls to Kenneth Earnet I Faye Ftshex do herebs w1ll to anyone who trtes to undertake the task of holding Kent Morgan mv ln abxltts to do so I hope they dont do anv better than I dxd I Denver Trultt wtsh to wxll my seat ln slxth perlcd study hall bs Lawrence Huddle to Lunelle Zeeck I Howard McSpadden do hereby wlll to Ray Ireton my everlasmg annoyance of Mxss Barnes ln book keeplng class I Norman Hoback wlll to Benme Thlgpen my helght and httle feet lSlZ6 12' I Malcolm Harp do hereby w1ll Patsy Taylor to Lyndall Sharp to Love honor and obes for the next three years I ll take the Job from then on I Teente Gambtll do hereby wtll to Bxrdte Dtllard my ablhtv to take care of grocery boys I Nadelvn Whtte do will to any dumb Junlor wtth good ears mv soft comfortable back Seat tn Ml s Barnes shorthand class I Tenrte M Dver do herebs bequeath to Dorts Ragsdale my super collosal abthty of wrlttng essays on men sand how I hate themv P S I assure you its just a certam stage I Van Green do herebs wlll to Robert Klrk my Bblllly to attract blondes on one condltxon he must look after Marv Ellen Tarter for the next three years I Dorothy Johnson do hereby will to Sue Cox ms seat tn studs hall next to Bonme Wtlson so she may lnqulre about the latest happenmgs near Gall I Helen McCoy hereby will my ntckname of Llttle One to Kathlena Ktng and may she grow out of lt' I Btlhe Lou Ztmmerman bequeath my swanky colffure for school wear to Nadme Wilson and Annette Thomas I Kent Morgan wtll my courtmg ablllty to Hammxe Waddell I Jxmmte Earl Temple wxsh to leave to Joan Fost r and Jxmmxe Dell McAm1s my worries tn English cla s ystth the hope that thelr accompllshments wlll oyercome thetr worries I Jo Ervtn Bailey do herebs wlll to Ruth Berry my seat IH fourth perlod typxng class ln the hope that she may have someone ltke Bubba B rnard to s1t there the pertod before and lease amusmg jokes m the typewriter I Dorothy Wells do herebs wtll to some unfor unate Junior ms belosed seat m bookkeepmg I Sy bxl Roberts do wxll to Betts Bill ngsley my dark halr and eyes so she wont attract so much attention on football trtps I Wanda Jean Esmond do hereby wlll to La Vrae Esmond my abtllts to keep Gerald Costm and Ras Ireton entertamed ln chemxstry class Maxlne Southard do hereby wxll to June Wtnner my hfe on a stool ln bookkeepmg cl ss Glenodme Esmond do hereby wll to Kenneth Eamest three minutes of my ttme La Nelle Johnson do herebs wtll my seat on the Gall bus to my slster Dorothy Flo Velda Lou Moore wtll to my sister Jean my abxl ts to work mathematics Freddie Mttchell leaye to Kats Lee and Mary Lu ansthmg of mme they dont already haye Edwsna Jackson do heteby w1ll to Ella Scott ms undisputed rlght to leave school eyery das at 11 la and nonchalantly to walk out at 2 30 ln the afternoon and stxll not have to get excuses or be bothered wlth a guxltv cons lence I Betty Ann Crow do hereby bequeath to some unfortunate underclassman a perfectly good palr f shorthand books unused I Frances Hancock do herebs Wh to any freshman my place tn ttye hlstory classes under Mr Oglettee durlng my four years ln Htgh School Hereunto haye we set our hand and seal knowing that all the provlslons herem proclaimed are unalterable and tndtssoluble Szgned THE CLASS OF 1941 14- C I V . 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Gone But Not Forgotten On September 7 1930 the elang of the bell announced a processxon of snaggle toothed freckled faced flr t graders rnto the rooms of Mlss Prnkre Brack and Mrs 'Vlatt McCall Kent 'ltillllffxd hrs currentlx popular name of Romeo as earlx as the thrrd grade when Cupld srot his dar' rt Franees Wallace Wltlr the tdvrncenrent mto the fo rrth grade the puprls be an to feel ters grown up when they were gnen more then one teacher The srxth grade was an outstandrng one rn the memorx of thts class Mrs Jack MCL8llLhllH and Mrs Ralph Stuart were room teachers and each room fought hard each trxrng to out do the other ID warlous retrxrtre Seseral partres were gnen that rear for each room One was a Halloween parts at Mrs Stuart s Another was a theater partx at whlch Paul Cameron and Blllx Jrm Lott Nadehn Whrte and Howard Mc Sp tdden and Edwxna Jack on and Norman Hoback aroused the attentron of teasrng classmates On the mormng of Februrry 14 1936 three bllshrng httle grrls namelx Bettx Hurt Bettx Gates and Mtrgerx Revnolds entered to fnd three boxes of Valentrne candx on their desks Claxton Fox and Row stood behrnd the door no less embarrassed Manx other puprls found therr wax mto thrs class at sarrous trmes and others evenualls dropped from the lrst Among those who wrll be remembered b mans were Rudolph Rrce Don Ander on Wanda Lee Holt Ruth lambeth Robert Wrlcore Janne Mrll r Harold Prckens Carra Lou Stone Flosd Brlhngsler Henrx M Bennett Roger Wrlkowske and Jack Somrow One of the hrghhghts of the setenth grade w s the magazrne contest rn whlch the two rooms partrcrpa ed After seseral weeks of hard work Mrs Ogletrees room was declared the vrctor Therr reward was ten pound of chocolate candx but the real enjoxment came when ther presented the loslng room wrth toothprcks IP S Ther got some of the candx esentuallx 1 Graduatron' Yes at last the moment had arrrwed when these superror sesenth graders feelrn that the element rx school harbored onh those of lesser rmportance were replaced bv the rrferror meek 11 tle fresh men Frnal axeragrng of grades showed that Tennre M rre Dxer was saledlctorran and Tomme Morris saluta torrrn Other students who graduated wrth honors were Helen Allen Jo Ervrn Barley Allen Barnard Wrr h Bord Glenodrne Esmond Reath Garrett Frances Hancock Betts Hurt Edwxna Jackson Kathrvn Norman and Nadehn Whrte After a much heralded arrrval accompanr d bt the popplng of belts and the flowrng of raw se ms these freshmen determrned to show the upper classmen of wh t good maternal ther were made Fherr frrst hones effort was made when ther elected Nadehn Whrte presrdent Howard McSpadden secretarw and Wr ght Bord vrce pre rdent of therr class Desprte rnqulsrtrons as to the rdentrtx of the lrttle black hatred black eted grrl wrth the blJe dress on sl e had been here but two weeks Teenre Gambrll was elected frsh nomrnee for football queen Rox Powell and Mrss Ida McCa1n w re named spon ors of the cla s Lrttle change rn the Sophomore Class rn the executlve off ces Wrrght Botd was elected pre'-A Howard vrce prev and a new addr ron was made when Helen Ruth Allen was elected to the Dosrtron of secretarx After takrng top honors as the most beautrful grrl at the water carnrval on Juls 4 Brlls Jrm Lott was electel nomlnee of the Sophomore class for football queen It was durmg thrs semester that the class adopted the sloean Sophomores have more fun than anybod e se The Junror tear was announced wr h a Boom' Beat Tahoka' when several of our bots made the football squad Ther were Kent Morgan Claxton Barkhurst Row Wrlson H B Everhart CecrlBla1r Aubrex Hardwrck Oble Cates Allen Barnard and Fox Futrell The ereecutrve offices of thrs vear were frlled bt Kent Morgan Trrnka Norman and Margerx Reynolds The rndustrrous Juniors took on the responsrbrlrts of the Junror Senror Banquet for whrch they presented You re Onh Young Once drrected br Mr B C Wrlhams Thrs plat came through wrth great success wlth Wrrght Grant Bord as the hero of the drama These same fleckled faced snaggled toothed chrldren at le st held therr noses above the water to breathe the arr of Seniors' Hrghest honors were agarn recerved bx Wrrght Bord when he was elected Semor presr dent Jack McBr1de was elected uce presrdent and Tomme Morrrs secretars On the football team were Cecrl Blarr Barnet Barnard Verneal Roberts Jack McBrrde D Carmichael For Futrell Obre Cates Rustx Calhoun Aubrex Hardwick Wrrght Botd R L Prrce Jack Harris and Gene 'VIcLendon led bt co captarns Kent Morgan and Gus Whrte The basketball team rncladed the f llowmg Senrors Cecrl Blarr Herman H1 h Gene McLendon Barne Barnard R L Prrce and D L Bond Because of the Interference of matrlmom and appeal to the call of arms etc the Senror class of 41 was the smallest graduatmg class rn frve pretrous rears This does not lessen our bellef however that we hate spent the happrest tears of our lrves wrtlarn the walls of Lamesa Publrc Schools REATH GARRETT and ALLEN BARNARD Senlors Present Three Cornered Moon The Se mors presented as their class plat on May ls the three act comedr Three Cornered Moon T1 presentatron was succes ful rn exert detarl Ernestrne Gambrll handl d the leadmg role errceptronallx well plaxrng the part of a rrch debutante who suddenh found herself poor Supportmg cast addlng to the hrlarrtx of the ewenrngs entertalnment was made up of the followrng Wrrght Boxd the noxelrst box frrend of Ernestrne Kent Morgan the doctor Gus Whrte Malcolm Harp and Allen Barnard the three brothers Genelle Randle mother of the famrh Sallr Branon the Czfecho Slovakran mard and Fare Frsher a Lrookhn beavtx and heart breaker The plat was wrrtten bw Gertrude Tonkonoglx and pubhshed bx the Samuel French Companx of Ne York B C Wrllrams was facultw dlrector of the plax Senlor Class COIIIITIIIIGGS The followrng commrttees have helped rn warrous Senror actrvrtres throughout the rear Program Paul Cameron Jo Erwm BHIICX and Trrnka Norman Invrtatrons Fare Fisher Ernestme Gambrll 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