Meridian High School - Yellow Jacket Yearbook (Meridian, TX)

Text from Pages 1 - 68 of the 1948 volume:

7 L 4 M 1 A 'W f f E X . 4 fx' , ,,1 .f ,, My ' s , J, Lx 12 E N xv E Y Q S R ri be E S Q S s E Y 2 S N E 2 S N S S . a E Q s E 2 S E 'I' i-IE 'IELLOV' X A Ci ET 1948 Published By The Students Of Meridian High School Meridian Texas - l w Ve. the Senior Class of 1947-48. do ded- Lcate this book to Mrs. Atkins for her un- Eiring efforts amd pleasant compa ionship ks our sponsor. X I t THE SENIOHS Dedication I We. the Senior Class of 1947-48. dedicate this edition of the Yellow Jacket to Mr. Perry whose guidance and friendship have done so much to make our last year in high school a success. THE SENIORS ps Q f ' 4 i FNSUNQ5 77 Q R X H XJ? x 1 A QL A DMI N IST RAT I O N 2 s President SeC1'e'CCIry C. T. LAWSON GUY BHILEY SHEHILL BENSON Board of Education W lf! ff: ' ,L 1, 'fi 'rw : fi ,ff ' K A Q - ' 'ff - Z,f',,g75w'flf.. : M JM ... .. New wi ggmiwm ' If ss b , 4 :, fE5:1,qg.: 1 H. I. SEIDEL A. C. NIVIN DR. H. D. HOLT JOHN W. HANNA p fin ' fr? l 1 fix vp-1 11,9 Nil'-2. L3 Jlfifx W amz ,. V.:-L-r. r J 11 fl I W. C. Perry Superintendent I. F. Burleson. Principal Junior Sponsor Mrs. Clara Atkins Senior Sponsor Mrs. E. B. Harris Miss Faye Walker Mrs. Moran Dunlap Sophomore Sponsor Mrs. H. A. Wells Mrs. D. H. Hunter Mrs. Luuna Morrow Freshman Sponsor Lester Smith Mrs. Myrtle Farmer Mrs. Clara Richards Grade Principal Mrs. Jewel Gillaspie Jack Allen Mrs. Jim Mxrtin Mrs. H. T. Bass FQ GE SENIORS 562 QT ff Q DORMA JANE WORD Basketball '46-47-48: Capt '48: Pep Squad Leader '47 Editor of News: Annual Edi tor: Most Popular Girl: Sen- ior Vice-President. DONALD ERICKSON Baseball '47: Most Popular Boy. DORIS KRUEGER BILLY R. HARDCASTLE Senior Pres.: Basketball '47- 48: Capt. '482 Football '46- 47: Capt. '47: Track '473 Annual Business Man. All tourney '48. Most Athletic Boy. IALENE ARTHUR Senior Secretary. CHANDLER HALL GLORIA MARTIN Basketball '46-47-482 Capt. '48: All tourney '48: Pep Squad Leader '47: Annual Photographer : Senior Repor ter Chrnival Queen '47: Pretti- est Girl. EARL MCCORMACK Track '47: Carnival King '47, Most Handsome Boy. DOROTHY JOSEY O..A.'HARDWICK Football '46-47: Basketball '46-47-48: Capt. '47: All tourney '48I Annual Artist. BENSON THOMAS Football '47: Formerly of Waco. ANNE WALLS Basketball '48: Pep Squad Leader. l ,VZ f 'lg lf: I-if p , .,.,v .1 3 ,. ,M y, . V- 35 A f.'n.s?5.3 .12., .0f?5gl g25g o t a .as 4..f .-- 9 . ,,,. ,: 1 fi, W. ,,.-, , WYLETA ANDERSON VERNON H. GOLDEN Basketball '46-47-48: Pep Football '46-47: Basketball Squad Leader '47: Annual '47-48: Capt. '48: Annual Typis t 5 All t ourney ' 48: Sports Editor '48. Most Athletic Girl. JUANITA WILLIAMS JACK HANNA '47g Football '45-46-477 Capt. '47: Basketball '47-482 Capt. '48: Annual Artist '48. Basketball Manager Annual Typist. . if WANDA DAY Basketball '48. JOHN NELSON I 1 MA W M ,W .- .. ,X fl M 43 Q2 nf kk Q ,Q XXI? JUNIORS Patty Brantley Billy Neely Joyce Raines Otto Knudson George Hmna Fern Hilliard Dennis Jones Lila Greenwade Nnrlenn Sheppard Buddy Baxter Mary B. Hunter Glen Carpenter Robert McKinney Ioan Wells Chock Word Elizabeth Sayles Elizabeth Flatt Cecil H. Denmn Betsy Ferris Leroy shuadock Blanton Copeland Amelia Patterson Sherman Thierchen Peggy Nichols Ralph Robinson Ronnie Weehunt Royce I-hll David Smith X ' 1, 5 . ' 4, x M' we we Y .. it ,,,, 5 ,Mgmt . M 5 7 fx E A f A . K - r ' l 6 , ,ne, X fa + h F I ' ill'i S' . S 5 G' ar.. y ny Vi ' . if ,- .WV ' 1 4 s 1 'H .5 me , X .lu -i ,Q 5' 2 . Q K 4 ,pu 'mtg if gl.: 'bfi M e 4 ef' f Q . I ft- f Y, lqe .fi 2 fe lr ..L-5' 4, ,,.JM .l1'AKt,.,.,M 3QPi'lOMORE3 Donna Cameron Dan Wells Hiram Woos ley Charles Tucker Jimmie Warren Barbara Boedecker Leland Appleby Bert Rabb W. D. Stanford J. W. Jenkins Wayne Mize H. A. Standifer Mildred Kerlee Pat Schultze B. C. Williams J immy Hanna Bobby Jack Perry Robert Smith Cecil Chapman Bobby Joe Pounds Patsy Johnson Mary Lou Munclen Billy Iune Sanders Charles Calvery Patsy Owen if xx vu- K A sm? N . 4 . 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E IGHTH GRADE Leon Strickland Mildred Anderson .Tack Vick Janelle Buro Edwina Moore Ben Qxoate Peggy Warren Harper Ginnochio Billy Davidson Betty Kerlee Joe Hanna Murlyne Furgerson Helen Woosley Paymond Herzog Naudine .Termstad Don Warren Tim Curtner Dortha Flatt Buddy Brantley Joyce Herzog Billy Walk Kendall Wright Marion Jorgensen Clovis Alexander James Goains Leonard Budde ,Tax McSpadden B li ' m is -W ww-B - 5 w w? it Ay' A, . K ' X as V. 41: ,Y my . I i .y -8 I ,f 7'yi n nl 1 C. 'l l mg ' L ,5 sr 5 , 4 .V Fsssfqi-iw: h ,L , k v .' If ,il fall f . VK.: . IM ' V L.4Z K J V . Z.: kN. K Lb V 3, , y u K re.. b if .H if L75 li Hp., k - -- , 'l '- : HP V A T ,Q v f ' . ' , if , ri A' Y A, 6 QQ, B 4 Hg, 4' 4 I E 12 a H i 0 ,X 4 K : I v will 'ik Q ll- 'd 1 A '::.. A N Lb W! .,g , W -my eg., 4 fl 1 4 -:Al ANNUAL STAFF Top How: Jack Hanna, 0. A. I-hrdwick, Artists: Vernon Goldyen, Sports Ed- itor: Billy Hardcastle, Business Manager: Royce Hall, Asst. Business Nhnager. Bottom How: Juanita Williams, Wyleta Anderson. Typists: Gloria Martin, Photographer: Elizabeth Sayles, Asst. Editor: Dorma Jane Word, Editor. SEVENTH GRADE SIXTH GRADE FIFTH GRADE FOURTH GRADE THIRD GRADE SECOND GRADE FIRST GRADE FAVORITES Towne, game Word HOST POPULAR GIRL fooozagcl 57-ctiavnf mosr Poruum nov ff JI 754444, ffff fowmbk HOST HANDSONE BOY 36710 cffcw-25111 nosr BEAUTIFUL elm. ZQIQ5' Jgaclfmaon mosr ATHLETIC GIRL 9315590 most Avmenc suv Q 543 ix QW AQ SPORTS iv W UC ki- 2 , iv Q, Q QKQ Left to right -an ali ,,,,, ,Mmm-wa FOOTBALL SQUAD Back Row: Coach Burleson, Manager Shaddock. Evans, Hardwick, Thomas Golden Co Captain Hardcastle, Co-Captain Jack Hanna, Woosley, and Supt. Perry. Middle How: Weehunt, Hall, McKinney. Carpenter. Word, Robinson, Jones Copeland and Baxter. Front Row: Horton, Perry, Jimmy Hanna. Calvery. Chapman, Williams Stanifer and Worley. 1947 FOOTBALL SCORES Opponents We Hico 13 Cleburne 'B ' 18 Glen Bose 0 Iredell 7 Cranfills Gap 0 Walnut Springs 6 Waco State Home 0 Granbury 0 Valley Mills. 0 Tolar 19 Score They 6 18 8 7 20 l9 27 19 26 O Back How: Co-Captain Jack Hanna, Hardwick, I-hrdcastle, Word. and Calvery. Front How: Woosley, Hall. Worley, Neeley, and Jimmy Hanna. Co-Captain Vernon Golden, Knot picturedl . JOHN BUHLESON LEE EHICKSON Boys' Coach Girls' Coach Score We They 8 10 35 18 8 30 25 33 32 10 20 25 25 32 25 14 15 14 14 18 15 7 33 22 17 22 27 10 18 32 BOYS' SCORE GIRLS ' SCORE Opponent Score Opponent We They Cranfills Gap 26 17 Crm-,fills Gap Waco Meth. Home 21 16 Morgan Iredell Koppefl Cranfills Gap 25 35 Crgmfillg Gap Morgan 23 37 Morgan Morqfm 19 20 Cranfills Gap Kopperl I 40 - 17 Kopper 1 Morgan 17 18 Clifton Clifton .19 .17 Iredell Iredell 26 7 Waco State Home Waco S. Home 30 16 All Stars Valley Mills 27 17 Speegleville Morgan 14 23 Crcmfills Gap Iredell Moshiem BASKETBALL GIRLS Top Row: P. Warren, Patterson, Nivins, Coach Erickson. Sanders. Walls. and Ferris Middle How: Schultz. I. Warren, Sheppard. Sayles, Cameron. and Manager Williams Bottom Row: Greenwade, Day. Word, Martin, Munden, and Anderson. MAIN STRING Anderson. Day, Greenwade. Co-Captain Martin. Munden. and Co-Captain Word. 'B 'Y X I cf- f ff i 1 . f X J Q 5 ff X, xx f X f -JN1 NR 1 I X, Tm Q S? U v W KN ,. kr f--J, P ' E 3 'CQ fb X Kg I Ll X, 1 1 22 up I x X J A MC,,,'f1y y' f ,rfx, 112, X51 X , , I f 1 jf! X Likflx iq A CTIVITIES Q if 4 KE X fj- f' , ' ' x X-. I in Hzfsizsfw' ff' 'G' I I ai Q X Reza? ,A - v E, ,ui -rm, MERIDIAN FLORISTS Flowers for every occuslon , v' Q1 A. 1 f 'R'f'j, K J, Xu I 4 NO fl NC' 5Q:n. ,1Qir, J QKHEXI D JSJSY ' , N P M 40 ff' f A ,A , 1,' V. V . x . uf A l Jgjfyfdf Y 'N in iii . 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Gdle Meridian, Texas C For Z A :: QUALITY CLOTHES, SEE Us Headquarters Curlee Clothes - Stetson Hats Florsheim Shoes We Handle Levi's-Strauss and I...ee's Clothes Ride Um - Cowboys Cleaning and Pressing 4 b + Y 4' 4 4' I Martin's Tailor Shop , 4- 4 4' 44 4' I Dock Martin, Prop. + Meridian, Texas 4's 1 4' 4- 4' ROBE RTSCN SERVICE STATION 4'n 4' 4' Humble Oil and Gas 4. fi 42 ai 4. Compliments of 4' 4 BURRELL F. worm Attorney Meridian, Texas Jack Kirby Wool-Mohair-Pecans Compliments of Benson Food Market Meridian, Texas V I Congratulations to Complirnents of The Senior Class of 1948 Richards 1 . Red And White Harris-Spreen Co. f Meridian, Tex, Phone 49 Compliments of Compliments of Meridian Frozen Food Locker Co.. Sheppard Drug Store Rent a Locker Frozen Foods Know No Season Meridian, Texas Meridian, Texas Cornplirnents of TURNER DRUG COMPANY Fifty Years of Unexcelled Drug Service Meridian, Texas Complirnents of RAINES BEAUTY PARLOR Grady Wreay Grocery 8: Market Home of Good Eats Congratulations to the Class of 1948 Meridian Coffee Sho Compliments of Community Public Service Company P Phone 89 Me ridian, T exa s Complunents of Congratulatwns Mer1d1an H1gh Sen1ors Farmers State Bank J T Lomax Motors Ch 1 P1 Your Bus1ness Apprecmted rys er ymouth Sales and Serv1ce Phone 64 Mer1d1an Texas Comp11ments of M er1d1an Hardware Sz Furmture Company Lawson Gln and Gram Company Mer1d1an Texas , , Meridian Texas Qiiilli-4F?i Compliments of NOVEY'S DRY GOODS STORE MER-TEX STUDIO ROY R. AVIRE TT Dependable Insurance Meridian, Texas Compliments of CRENSHAW CAFE The Friendly Cafe Best Wishes CAPITOL THEATRE Meridian, Texas Compliments to Class of BUCKLES GROCERY LANE 'S DAIRY The Home of Good Dairy Products Phone 148 Meridian, Texas Compliments of Hg T.'S SHOE REPAIR and UPHOLSTERY SHOP m N N l Compliments of BRANTLEY 81 IOHNSON Barber Shop Barbers Olin Brantley . R. I... Johnson T. C. Hadaway Compliments of CURETON AND CURETON Attorney at Law Meridian Texas YEA OLE HUB Center of Attraction Pearl Bowers, Mgr., WATCH AND IEWELRY REPAIR R. S. Nevels Meridian Texas Compliments of MARKMAN'S HA TCHERY Feeds-Seeds-Poultry Supplies CIRCLE CAFE We Specialize in Sea Foods Burch, Prog.. Wo C. GILMORE Real Estate and Loans Complirnents of MILLERS GROCERY AND MARKET Circle iibibbii-'95 151. sl I 1 :, ra