Paris High School - Owl Yearbook (Paris, TX)

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Snaps on The OpposiTe Page: A Dream Come True-The Prom, our ver- sion of a Masquerade FanTasy. Miss Hicks receives The dedicaTion copy of The 'I955 Owl.. .nice surprise! NoTe The beauTiful decoraTions Tor The '55 Prom. Everyone looks and signs aT The '55 Owl Coming-OUT ParTy. Miss Crook has experT help wiTh lasT minuTe preparaTions for The Nafional Honor SocieTy dinner. Miss Hicks Tackles The iob of averaging grades Tor The end of school. Snaps Above: Gail MarTin receives a good reporT card from Miss Hankins. N,oT a girl aTTending The F.H.A. hay ride and picnic failed To enioy iT. ThaT barbecued chicken aT The Senior-FaculTy picnic vvas simply yummy. The FaculTy sneaks in some lasT minUTe gos- siping beTore The Cornrnencemem Service for '55 Seniors. Here's a nice iob . . . Mrs. Baize has To see ThaT all Texfbooks are checked in and accounted for before her vacaTion can begin. The end of school has many and varied facets. . . . Ancl Ambitious Goals Attainecl OWL

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Dreams Come True Are Realized . . . May, 1955 - 3 - PJC exchange students told of their homes and customs at the F.H.A. meeting. lO - National Honor Society entertained its grad- uating Seniors with a dinner at Gibraltar Hotel. 20-Junior-Senior Prom, a happy but sad occa- sion tor many PHS students. 24 - Last social gath- ering tor '55 Seniors was Senior-Faculty picnic at Lake Crook. 26-'55 Senior Class concluded its last assembly program with the singing ot Auld Lang Syne. 29 - The Commencement Sermon was given at First Methodist Church. Other events on the May, l955, calendar included '55 Owl Dedi- cation on the 23rd, exams, report cards, picnics, hay rides, checking in books, etc., and the Student Council wound up another busy year with a party. Snaps below and on the opposite page picture the events ot May. OWI. ' 'I2

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The Ambition of Every Athlete . . . June, 1955-3-The Commencement exer- cise tor the Class of '55. Mr. .lustiss presented Mary Katherine Reece and Johnny Burke the awards for Best All-Round boy and girl in the class. The State Baseball Championship was won by the Paris High School Wildcats in Austin. 4 - The Paris High School Baseball Team entered Paris with a motorcade escort ot Paris fans. The team was escorted to the Plaza, and after a parade, from a huge platform the i955 State Schoolboy Champions were introduced and given the honor they deserved. 7M Estelle Moore hon- ored the 1955 Senior Class and Faculty of Paris High School with a formal dance at the Gordon Country Club. lO-Our Baseball Champs were tetecl with a banquet given by the Paris Civic Clubs at the Boys Club Gymnasium. G ?' ,Q OWL I