Mercedes High School - Bengal Yearbook (Mercedes, TX)

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fi DOROTHY ANN PINKERTON JACK BENJAMIN GRAF Valedictorian Salutatorian X ef 5 'A 1 4 M1 'v' qv- ,- iv fl,,,V,Q ,aft V -.4 'V . 4 'f f.. V f X as 5, 2 ' - - f X 1 : ' I JACK BENJAMIN GRAF NANCY JAYNE ATTEBERRY Anfxerican Legion Award American Legion Award

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g. ,r --N , m,.-Maryam ,MMWM A I WM Apwgggm. . A Procsssional at graduation Dr. E.H. Potect, guest spcakcr ------- gI'2'ld.l1f3T,iOI'1 ccrenmniczs

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get S obo 1? 9 A X159 L4 y REMEMBER GANG? Yes the semors have completed thelr twelve years of compulsory tralmng Most of them have been constantly together durlng those twelve years They have had troubles and happlness They have quarreled and have agreed Thms last year as a group the semors have enjoyed each other just before they must part and go the1r dtfferent ways IH th1s bmg dark world On K1d Day for the last txme they rehved themr chmldhood for now they are adults Then the semor play helped show the older people that these young people were capable of takmg on respons1b1l1ty and of succeedlng 1n what they choose to do On Semor Day they went together to Padre Island where they had fun together for one of the last tlmes Next was baccalaureate wlth lts solemness that made the seniors suddenly realxze that they were almost on thelr own arrwed It was fr1ghten1ng to some of them to reahze they had so many roads before them wlth no slgns telhng whlch one to take For others who had chosen the1r llfe work lt was a glorlous day ltwas commencement ttmetobegm cllmb lng thelr stalrs to success on theu' own road. Now as these semors are gone there are others comlng along behrnd them wlth the same respons1b1l1t1es May God bless all of them and lead them along the rlght roads as He 1s so wxlllng to do lf we let Hlm I O ' ' K D- Finally, the greatest day of all, graduation day, 8 S CO4 QXO QP' 9 Q1 0,98 GQ, 42 47