McGehee High School - Owl Yearbook (McGehee, AR)

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44670616414 We the members of the Senror Class of 1956 seerng as how they won t frt rnto the world do hereby leave these unearthly possessrons to the people that can handle them the best SANDRA ATKINSON leaves her loud boomrng vorce to June Blake JUANITA ADAMS leaves her protern dret to Dorrs Ann Tucker VANETTE ANDERSON leaves her posrtron on the basketball team to Ann Bowman JEANETTE ANDERSON leaves her Ipana smrle to Marron Cravens JUNE BIGGS leaves her place at the Malco to Loma Scrfres IMALENE BARDON leaves her loud perfume and make up to Lourse Wrlson BARBARA BEARD leaves her way wrth the college boys to Loretta Strawn REBA BRINKLEY leaves her wrsecracks rn class to Jonnre Woods WAYNE Speedy BARRENTINE leaves hrs track shoes to Ace Arduengo PEGGIE CALOWAY leaves her small shoes to Sammy Lrggrn KAY CANTRELL leaves her trtle as Best Dressed Grrl to Luellen Jones JAMES HAROLD CREWS leaves 55 for everyone rn hrgh school, Go by and prck yours up BOYCE Hard Luck DAVIS leaves hrs charr rn Mr McDermott s offrce to Carl Ashford DAVID ENSMINGER leaves hrs Dermott memones to Marron Dreyfus LAVON GLOSUP leaves hrs FFA Jacket to Charles Reeves ROGER GREENWAY leaves hrs athletrc abrlrty to Paul Banrster ANN GREENE leaves her quret ways to Mary Herrrng JANE HENDERSON leaves the bass drum to Wanda Myers DOLORAS HASTINGS leaves her soprano vorce to Wanda McCloy GREY HAGAN leaves her way wrth the men to Mary Ann Schnyder IRENE HAMBURGER leaves her herght to Vemon Adarr WAYNE HOGUE leaves hrs posrtron on the football team to Butterball Buford JIM HESSELRODE leaves hrs ducktarl harrcut to Wayne Beck JACKIE INGRAM leaves hrs sympathy to next year s chemrstry class LEAH MAE JOHNSON leaves her borsterous ways to Francrs Henely VERA JONES leaves FHA rn a mess JANICE BARLOW leaves her luck rn Lake Vrllage to Mary Jane Sawyer BOBBY KINARD leaves hrs posrtron ur the Book Store to Tommy Faulk TY KOLB leaves the lrbrary full for a change fMrs Ross can count the books nowy RALPH MITCHELL leaves hrs strarght A s to Carolyn Clark ELOISE MEULI leaves her headaches as edrtor of the annual to next year s edrtor DONALD MANKIN leaves all hrs women rn tears MARILYN MCCLENDON leaves her Cadrllac to Tinky Davrs PAT McDERMOTT leaves Mr Ross s offrce rn care of Marrlyn Monroe JIMMY PEACOCK leaves hrs membershrp rn the Davy Crockett Club to Skeets Stockdale PAUL PARK leaves hrs abrlrty to come rn late for class to Gerry Vrckers WILLIE PEARSON leaves nothrng because rt wrll take everythmg he has to get out the front door JARRELL RIAL leaves the school on good behavror SHIRLEY ST RAWN leaves her trtle as Best Gul Athlete to Drane Brggs LOLA ANN CALHOUN leaves her old name to her brother Brlly MARLOW SUMMITT leaves his trouble makrng to Ronnre Tullos MAY HART CUDE leaves her brown eyes whrch hooked ahusband to Ty Lewrs SHELBA SLEDGE leaves another year behrnd and 200 wrshes for snow HOOT STONE leaves hrs quret way on the grrdrron to Mrke McDermott RONALD TILLOTSON leaves Howell s Drug Store in Frank Cingalonr s care CAROLYN THOMPSON leaves her abrlrty to get along wrth all the teachers to Davrd Garrett CAROLYN and MAROLYN THOMAS leave the teachers and students of MHS strll bum fuzzled BERTA JO TAULBEE leaves the school strll rn a daze ROBERT A WYETH leaves the Amencan Government class and the whole school rn complete srlence JIMMY LEE WELCH leaves his abrlrty to man handle women at the store durrng noon to Gar Ensmrnger LEON WHITE leaves the map of Desha County to Joe Rrrskrn LEONARD WRIGHT leaves all hrs love to Sue Mormon JAMES YELVINGTON leaves hrs lumbenack axe to Kenneth Roberts, , . , . . 9 1 n ,. ., . . . , . . , . LET ITIA KELLY leaves her tired typewriter to Lena Srmmers. ' ' ll I fl . , . D . I 1 0 I 'I

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On September 4 1944 the drgnrfted senrors of today entered the frrst grade classroom In thls eventful day seventy seven students some accompanted by thetr parents others wrshmg they were,began the twelve year journey of whrch the end IS now drawrng near The years of our elementary educatron passed swtftly, and soon we were LH the srxth grade Durlng thls year the only major tragedy occurred rn our class Tlus was the ac crdental death of Raymond Coulter Shortly afterward, as a clrmax to our elementary school we enjoyed the annual banquet wrth a Western Theme After havrng enjoyed the feelrng of tmportance for the past few years, rt came as quite a shock to f1nd that we no longer occupred the top rung of the ladder Through the years we have lost many of our class members through transfer marrrage cres have been frlled by those who have jotned us through rntervenrng years The hlghlrght of our Juntor year was the presentatton of An Apple for Adam T end the year we honored the graduatrng class of 55 wrth a banquet usrng Amencans rn Parts as the theme Dunng the ensuxng summer our class was represented at Guls State and Boys State by Lmda Covrngton, Pat McDermott, Roberta Wyeth, Peggre Caloway, Vanette Anderson, Reba Brmkley Irene Hamburger, Elorse Meulr, Barbara Beard, Wayne Crowder, Roger Greenway, Wayne Hogue and Jxmmy Lee Welch As we the 56 semors 30 guls and 26 boys, of 1956 face the future may we do so wxth determmatron to attam our lughest ambrtrons and w1th an attrtude of servrce toward our fellowman, our country and our God 71 ' I . . . , I - ' ' I - 1 . , . . ! U u k I ' I and for other reasons until now only 22 of the original 77 remain, However, these vacan- - - . . .. . .. O I . . . , , . ' . . . , . ' .

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Last nrght as I came rn from my Job on the McGehee Crty Sewer I tuned the televisron set to my favorrte news com mentator Walter Wrndshreld Clrck Good Evenrng Mr and Mrs Ametrca and all the shrps at sea let s go to Press Popular srnger MARLOW SUMMIT has Just retumed from a trrp to I-Iawarr where he entertarned the fabulous movre queen REBA BRINKLEY There s a rumor that armmrt has fallen for Mrss Brrnkley s personal mard VANETTE ANDERSON After 20 years rn the natronal guard JARRELL RIAL has frnally reached hrs goal he s been promoted to corporal JUANITA ADAMS has been advrsed by her doctor to go on a long Lrrp the longer the better so she rs gorng to the Thousand Islands She s gorng to stay a week on each rsland That TV Star Shelba Sledge has frnally got rrd of that rrdrculous red wrg she s been wearrng so long From now on she s strrctly a blonde MAROLYN and CAROLYN THOMAS have qurt therr Job at the Jones Advertrsrng Agency They say they are srck and trred of Whrch twrn has the Tonr BERTA JO TAULBEE and BARBARA BEARD those dancrng darlrngs are strll gorng strong rn therr srxth week on Broad way They go by the name of The Gruesome Twosome RALPH MITCHELL and JIMMY LEE WELCH have Just been prcked up for startrng a brawl rn a burlesque show by Chref of Polrce Paul Park The world has Just drscovered rts fattest woman SHIRLEY STRAWN She s so fat that when she goes out at nrght she hangs a red lantern on to show that the street rs blocked JUNE BIGGS has Just become V1ce Presrdent rn charge of boloney at Ox Tarl Meat Packrng Co Too bad but rt frnally happened IRENE HAMBURGER that new Jazz srngrng sensatron has been admrtted to Looney Insane Asylum The only thrngs she took wrth her were one of her crazy records and one of her frrends JANICE BARLOW Janrce rs deaf and dumb so that when they want her to come to drnner they have to rrng a dumb bell ELOISE MEULI has frnally worked her way to the top of the hotel busrness She s Chamber Mard on the 89th floor of the Waldorf Astorra Hotel In the Sports News CAROLYN THOMPSON Just won the women s world champronshrp Amateur Marble Shootrng Contest and JANE HENDERSON edged out MAY HART SHORT CUDE to wrn the Two day Trddle Dr Wrnks Tournament at Tyro Tasamanra Admrral DONALD Knowed rt MANKIN has Just resrgned hrs posrtron as Commander of the waves ANNE SCOTT CALHOUN rs takrng up the posrtron It s an old story I know but rt s true JOHN BOYCE Hard Luck DAVIS Just bought the Brooklyn Brrdge He sard rt was Just too good a bargarn to pass up The man he bought rt from threw rn Jane Russell for onlyS10 extra ROBERTA WYETH, the lady senator has rntroduced a brll rn Congress to make Drsneyland a state Elsewhere rn the news that great Texas orl tycoon JACKIE INGRAM Just purchased the complete charn of West Department Stores He sard he Just had to have a wrder selectron of socks and tres PAT MCDERMOTT and KAY CANTRELL have Just started a new cosmetrc company They are sellrng that new sensatronal lrpstrck Survrvmg Lrpstrck Therr Sales Manager, LEAH MAE JOHN SON sard that they have already sold a mrllron tubes after only two weeks drstrrbutron MARILYN MCCLENDON says that two years ago she was flat broke but yesterday she srgned a check for 3530 000 Her tual comes up next week Now to Hollywood for some Movre News JIMMY PEACOCK has Just grven Warner Bros permrssron to frlm hrs lrfe story The prcture wrll be called The Return of Frankenstern wrth JIM HESSELRODE playrng Frankenstern JAMES YELVINGTON has srgned a contract to play Tarzan for MGM BILLY PEARSON that well known comrc has Just been asked by 20th Century Wolff to produce hrs bee ahh cartoons After the news I turned to Channel 7 for Mrckey Mouse Club and the head Mousekateer, DOLORAS HASTINGS was rntroducrng therr guest star the famous woman explorer ANNE GREENE Ann had Just returned from Afrrca where she had left PEGGY CALOWAY to manage her tradrng post PEGGY has sold more beads and knrves than any other woman on earth Then I tumed to Channel 17 the new Pluto Statron for the Ladres Wrestlrng matches where LETITIA Tenor KELLY was havrng a match wrth LINDA Atlas COVINGTON Terror won of course Next came that great new qurz program the 546, 000 000 dollar questron, wrth that wonderful qurzmaster WAYNE HOGUE T onrght we learn whether the drnasour salesman LEON WHITE, wrll take hrs 32 or try for S4 Trrrng of the qurz questrons I tuned to Channel 6 for that housewrfe program TY KOLB S Krtchen where SANDRA AT KINSON was grvrng a demonstratron of Lrsa Prrces Nrce Ice Slrcer After hearrng all I could stand of the rce slrcer, I agarn tumed the dral Thrs trme to a westem and rrght at the excrtrng part, too JAMES CREWS a famous cattleman, was havxng rt out wrth the bad man LEE STONE, whrle leadrng lady, GREY HAGAN stood by terrrfred It looked lrke bad man Stone had Crews rn a death grrp when who should appear but the hero The Masked Evenger ROGER GREEN WAY who saved the day Oh, yes the Masked Evenger appeared by the courtesy of IMALENE PARDON Presrdent of the Socrety for Masked Lawmen The western was suddenly rnterrupted bya specralnews bulletrn BOBBY Brg Bob KINARD had Just escaped from San Quenton where he was servrng a ten year sentence for stealrng knrttrng needles from old ladres Then came 15 mrnutes of soothrng musrc by DAVID ENSMINGER and hrs Drxreland Jazz 5 featurrng that crazy prccolo player WAYNE Be Bop CROWDER. And then came my favorrte senal, The Valrent Lrfe rn thrs eprsode, VERA JONES must decrde whether she wrll marry the young lawyer, LEONARD WRIGHT or go back to her gangster sweetheart LAVON GLOSUP Thrs rs a hard decrsron because her daughter, JEANETT E ANDERSON rs rn love wrth lawyer Leonard DumDa Dum Dum Badge 717 was frnally on wrth WAYNE Speedy BARRENTINE as Sgt Joe Thursday and RONALD TILLOT SON as lus partner Frank Smff Thrs trme they caught PAT MILLER, who had killed her husband because he squeezed the tooth paste rn the mrddle of the tube Then I turned and notrced by the clock on the dresser rt was trme for me to hrt the hay And as I drrfted off to sleep, I wondered how strange rt was that all those people on Televrsron seemed to be old classmates of mrne . - . . - . - . . . , n 9 - - . , . . . , . - r . . . . . , 9 9 . , . . . . . . , . . . , . , . . . , . . . . . . ,, . . . ,, ' 0 ' - II I' ' . . . u ' . . - . 9 u 9 ' I 0 - i . . , . . . , . . . o 9 D - - - . . ,, . ,, . . . . . 9 . . . , . , ,, ,, . . . . 9 9 - - . 1 - 9 9 I . . . . . . - ,, . . . . ,, . - . . . . . , . . . . 1 p . . 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