Paradise High School - Panther Yearbook (Paradise, TX)

Text from Pages 1 - 62 of the 1949 volume:

DEDICATION We respectfully dedicate this issue'of the “El Gato to the Mother of our School-- Mrs. Sarah Atkins Her unfailing willingness to encourage us has inspired us throughout all the years we have been in school. Her life among us as a friend has won for her a place in the hearts of all the students of Paradise School. --The Staff ANNUAL STAFF Back row, left to right: Elvin Stutt, Sports Editor; Theron Holt, Sales Manager; Mrs. Travis, Faculty Advisor. Front row, seated left to right: Wanda Pound, Art Editor; Patsy Paschali, Assistant Editor; Dorothy Bunnell, Editor; Emilie Bridges, Secretary; Dennis Albritton, Assistant Business Manager] Jimmie Brandon, Business Manager. ADMINISTRATION FACULTY J. J. HARALSON, Supe r intendent HENRY KELLEY, Principal RUTH BARNF.TT, Grade Principal Sixth and Seventh F. C. GIBBS, Voc. Agriculture RUBY PATTERSON, Third and Fourth MRS. T. P. READ Math and Music GEORGIA ROBERTSON, Home Economics ELIZABETH TRAVIS, English LENA M. WHITTAKER, First and Second HIGHLIGHTS OF 1949 Paradise School reached several goals during 1949, Students, faculty, and other interested groups have worked together admirably to promote the welfare of the entire school. The F.F.A. in Decatur, Arlington, Dallas, Kansas City...F.H.A. in Sherman, Dallas...Boy Scouts at Worth Ranch...Speech class at KDNT... Ball teams in games over the County...Inlerscholastic League...new textbooks...radio-phonograph..-F.H.A. china and crystal...hot lunch program...private music lessons available... The P.T.A. activities: Halloween Carnival and Banquet...$100 for library books...Senior ball jackets...and complete stage redecoration... These are Highlights of 1949--worthy of ali-time recognition—and a ‘‘brief candle” to light the way to a successful 1950. SENIORS CLASS OF '49 ALBRITTON, DENNIS BRANDON, JIMMIE BRIDGES, EMILIE BRYANT, RUTH BUNNELL, DOROTHY HOLT. THERON HUGHES, JOIE DAVE PASCHALL, PATSY PHILLIPS, CLINTON POUND, WANDA SHANNON, ORA STEVENS, NORA STUTT, ELVIN THOMAS, IMOGENE JUNIORS CLASS OF '50 BOWMAN, KELLEY HOLMAN, CORINE HUNN, WILLIAM LEMME, MELVIN SOPHOMORES CLASS OF '51 BLACK, EDWARD LEE CASH, JOSEPHINE CEARLEY, WANDA .TANE CLEVELAND, GEORGIA RUTH CLEVELAND, VALERIA CRENSHAW, BETTY FOREMAN, NETA FAYE GENTRY, WILLARD GOODE, VIVIAN HUGHES, DILL HOLT, MARY FRANCIS KELLEY, VERDA MAE MANTOOTH, DARRELL MATTINGLEY, WELDON FRESHMEN McPherson, FRANCES TO MOODY, EMMETT NIBLETT, LORENE POTTS, NAOMI SIZEMORE, FANNIE WRIGHT, IMOGENE Cl. ASS OF '52 BARNETT, PAULINE BASTLAN, FREDDIE BURNS, EARL BUTLER, PEGGIE CHAPMAN, DONALD RAY DAGGETT, GUY NELL DUGAN. JAMES McBRIDE, CARLA GLASSIE, THOMAS NALL, MERLE NIBLETT, BOBBIE PASCHALL, .TIM BOB PICKARD, BILLIE JEAN SHANNON, WYLIE •J I SMITH, DARRELL TRAMMELL, RICHARD GRADES EIGHTH GRADE Back row, left to right: Eva Coffee, Norma Jean Haynes, Janelle Skinner, Dortha Morehead, Mary Jane Tackle, Sue Young, Augustus Brown, James Burns, Gerald Cleveland. Second row, left to right: Mrs. Read, sponsor, Paula Gilliland, Peggy Jones, Richard Bastian, Royce Coffee, Harold Mantooth, Johnny Butler. Front row, left to right: Juanima Billingsley, Patricia Freeman, Patsy Sue Read, Shirley Jean Patterson, Vergie Hunn, Billy Potts, Robert Gentry, Jimmie Wright. Absent: Bennie Dickinson, Sammie Erwin, Kenneth Lee. SEVENTH GRADE Back row, left to right: Mr. Haralson, sponsor, Harry D. Bowman, Ger- ald Bastian, Jimmie Nall, Luther W. Foster, Gilbert Womack, Charles F. Hayne s. Front row, left to right: Leota Mantooth, Eddie Lea Bowman, Imadene Cearley, Juanita McBride, Glenda Phillips, Bobbie ‘Dunn, Mary K. Billingsley, Betty Louise Finley, Betty Lee Chaney. Absent: Joe Richardson, Jerrell Pickard, Tommie Mantooth, Wyman Patterson, Charles Nell Rridges, Patsy Alexander, Horace Boner. FIFTH and SIXTH GRADES Back row, left to right: Garry McBride, Thomas Black, Melvin Meadow's, Johnnie Hughes, Randall Morehead, Darrell Plymell, Johnnie Campbell, Larry Munn, Miss Barnett, Teacher. Second row, left to right: Margaret Tackel, Peggy Shannon, Wanda J. Cook, Joyce Lemme, Glenda Gentry, Katie Jo Barnett, Anita Dickinson. Third row, left to right: Reba Hur.n, Gcnr.cll Cearley, Pearlene Houchins, Belly Jo Niblett, Carlene Niblctt, Sannye Paschali, Sharon Corder, Doris Ann Nall, Bobbie Dickinson, Doris Burns. Seated, left to right: Tommie Dugan, Robert Shannon, Leon Foreman, Jimmy Woods. Absent: Billie Rushing, J. D. Erwin, Alford Goode, Betty Jo Bryant, Virginia Nall, Charniece Wright, Yvonne Pitman, Hattie Jean Mantooth, Troy Lee Alexander. THIRD and FOURTH GRADES Back row, left to right: Mrs. Patterson, teacher, Eva Sue Butler, Roberta Fay Crawford, Dwight R. Green, Rodney George Fagg, James Cook, Nadine Johnson, Jannie Lou Moody, Peggy Lois Dickenson, Wayne Niblett. Second row. left to right: Thomas Lee Butler, Robert Crawford, Dorothy Joyce Read, Sammie Mattingley, Edna Muriel Niblett, Betty Lou Foreman, Donald Goode, Loyce Irene Holt, Wilbert Stutt, Helen Marie Foster. Third row, left to right: Jean Brown, Edward V. Rich, Patricia Gentry, Janas Skinner, Dean Brown, Marvin Read, Lee Allen Dickenson, Carlo Jo Rhine, Sue Smith, Ruby Mae Rich, Johnnie Ann Golaz, Priscella Shannon, Roy Glenn Jones. Front row, left to right: Dean Meadows, Richard Henry Kelley, Ernest Eugene Read, Joe Dale Finley, Charles Billingsley, Royce Allen Stevens, Joe W. Gilliland, Billie Gale Pedigo, Raymond Richardson, Raymond Meadows. Absent: Darry E. Chapman, Tommie Dunn, Donald Goode, Laura Lee Hunn, J. F. Lee, Dannie Patterson, Shirley Ann Pickard. FIRST and SECOND GRADES Back row, left to right: Mrs. Whittaker, Teacher; Duane Conova, James Brown, Larry McBride, Kenneth Pickard, Charles Barnett, Robert Ray Me Pherson, Teddy Troy Haynes, Joe Lynn Rich, J. E. Billingsley, Eugene Canova. Second row, left to right: Janice Rendleman, Evelyn Kay Niblett, Claire Ruth Ferguson, Charlotte Read, Peggy Joyce Read, Reba Joyce Holt, Toni Cook, Marilyn Pedigo. Goldie Hunn. Front row, left to right: Bennie Portwood, Thurman Lee Holt, Lannie Ross Foreman, Jackie Earl Howell, Gaylord Gilliland, Donald Niblett, Carl Absent: Coy Gene Cleveland, Arvil Erwin, Joe Paul Harms, Feryl Lee, Allen Dee Parr, Betty Prater, Ronnie Shannon. ACTIVITIES FUTURE HOMEMAKERS OF AMERICA Back row, left to right: Peggy Butler, Miss Robertson, sponsor, Norma Haynes, Janelle Skinner, Georgia Cleveland, Imogene Wright, Mary Jane Tackle, Merle Nall, Bobbie Niblett, Bertie Gilliland, Dortha Morehead, Emilie Bridges. Second row, left to right: Shirley Patterson, Nora Stevens, Pansy Golaa, Eva Joyce Coffee, Valeria Cleveland, Lorene Niblett, Josephine Cash, Fannie Sizemore, Dorothy Bunnell, Imogene Thomas, Belly Crenshaw, Francis Me Fherson, Carla Joyce McBride, Vivian Goode, Peggy Jones, Guy Nell Daggett. Third row, left to right: Juanima Billingsley, Paula Gilliland, Patsy Read, Patricia Freeman, Vergie Nell Hunn, Verda Kelley, Mary Francis Holt, Sue Front row, left to right: Ora Shannon, Pauline Barnett, Corene Holman, Neta Foreman, Wanda Cearley, Naomi Potts, Patsy Paschali, Wanda Pounds. Absent: Billie Jean Pickard, Dortha Fuqua. FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA Back row, left to right: Edward Black, William Hunn, Virgal Oates, Dennis Albritton, Billie Gene Smith, Augustus Brown, Melvin Demme. Second row, left to right: Mr. Gibbs, sponsor, Willard Gentry, Earl Burns, Darrell Mantooth, Billie Mack Hughes, Emmetl Moody, James Burns, Gerald Cleveland. Third row, left to right: Billie Potts, Robert Gentry, Jim Bob Paschali, Thomas Glassie, Donald Chapman, Jimmie Wright, Joe Ed Murphy, Johnny Butle r. Front row, left to right: Royc.e Coffee, Harold Mantooth, Richard Bastain, James Dugan, Wylie Shannon, David Dunn, Freddie Bastain, Derrell Smith, W. J. Lemme. Absent: Jimmie Brandon, Kelley Bowman, Franklin Bryant, Weldon Mattingly,-Richa rd Trammell, Bennie Dickinson, Samic Ervin, Kenneth Lee. BOY SCOUTS Back row, left to right.: Gerald Cleveland, Richard Bastain, James Burns, Dennis Albritton, Billie Gene Smith, Augustus Brown. Second row, left to right: Mr. Kelley, Scoutmaster, Earl Burns, Freddie Bastain, David Dunn, Wylie Shannon, Mr. Haralson, Committee Chairman. Front row, left to right: Billie Potts, Jimmie Wright, Robert Gentry, Thomas Glassie, Donald Chapman, Joe Ed Murphy, Derrell Smith, Gilbert Womack, Gerald Bastain. Absent: Charles Neel Bridges, Luther Foster, Bennie Dickinson, Randal Mbrehead, Jimmie Nall, Royce Coffee. STUDENT COUNCIL Left to right: Derrell Smith, Freshman; Thcron Holt, Senior; Mr. Haralson, Faculty Advisor; Josephine Cash, Sophomore; Melvin Lernme, “PANTHER SCRATCH” STAFF Seated, left to right: Ruth Bryant, class reporter; Joie Hughes, editor; Nora Stevens, assistant editor; Clinton Phillips, sports reporter. SPORTS BASKETBALL TEAMS Henry Kelley, Hughe s Joie Bastian, Brandon, Gentry, Freddie Jimmie Willard Bowman, Phillips, Hughes, Kelley Clinton Billie Oates, Virgal Stutt, Elvin Moody, Emmet Crenshaw, Bridges, Potts Betty Emilie Naomi FORWARDS Holt, Niblett, Sizemore, Mary Frances Lorene Fannie j m .. « Wright, Cleveland, Cleveland, Imogene Valeria Georgia GUARDS Golaz, McPherson, Cash, Pansy Frances Jusephir advertising “Tastiest Drink In Town Pick Up A Bottle Of Royal Crown’ JESS GREEN Groceries Feed General Merchandise See SPEEDY HILL For Used Cars Paradise And Highway 114 Gas If Tires Conoco Products A. T. 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