Lincoln High School - Bumblebee Yearbook (Port Arthur, TX)

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f WE REMEMBER . . . LINCOL As we look back over the year 1956-1957 at Lincoln we can remember a multitude of realities that have left lasting impressions . . . our school building with its end- less maze of classrooms, halls . . . extending a full block along Lincoln Avenue . . . our teachers who supplied us with information, understandings . . . our life at school . . . the activities in which we engaged, both inand out of the classroom . . . and the friends wc made as we went about this business of absorbing those knowledges and learning the skills needed for contributing citizenship in our community . . . And speaking of communities, we can hardly remi- nisce over the school year without remembering many things about our town, Port Arthur. Its strategic loca- tion very near the famed Gulf of Mexico, in this south- ernmost part of the wide spaces of Texas, has enabled it to claim the distinction of being one of the largest re- fining centers in the world . . . and we agree, too, because most of our parents are employed in its refining indus- tries, either on land or at sea. Its boast of being a fisher- man's paradise is no fish story, eitherg fishing is an industry as well as a pleasure in our community . . . The population is over 63,000, not bad for a town that is only 58 years old . . . which brings our reminiscing back to our immediate vicinity . . . The population of our high school is approximately 900. Behind our main building is the gymnasium, the most attractive part of our school, with its indoor swim- ming pool, and, in back, the wood and metal shops, band room. The back campus accommodates the tennis courts, and the baseball and track practice fields, which are our playgrounds during the school hours . . . But to get on with our memories . . .

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JAMES H. ALTON Until her extended illness two years ago, Mrs. Alton was instructor of science at Lincoln and an active, con- scientious worker in whatever she was a part. Their undying devotion to our school through the years is a deht that can never he repaid in full hy alumni and students of Lincoln. Because of the high esteem which we hold for them, this, the l95T edition of THE BUMBLE- BEE, is respectfully dedicated to . . . MR. AND MRS. JAMES H. ALTON Prior to his retirement, Mr. Alton was teacher of woodwork at Lincoln. One of our first scoutmasters, he worked far heyond his line of duty with the hoys of our comnnlnity. MRS. B. E, ALTON 1

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