Rock Island High School - Rocket Yearbook (Rock Island, TX)

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O' cVCy- ro VVV; -o ?01» » X 'V-- -V .f -J v?.SV, . If is Christmas in 1958 l “ sitting by the New home See-All set my husbano gave me to SATISFY MY OURIOSITY. The LITTLE LIGHT IN THE CENTER OF THE OIAL HAS TURNEO FROM YELLOW TO A BRIGHT ORANGE; THE MACHINE IS BEGINNING TO HUM. I 1LL TURN THE SEAROHER BUTTON AND TRY TO LOCATE SOME OF MY OLO SCHOOLMATES. I SEE RACING LANDSCAPES. Ah, THE PICTURES ON THE SCREEN ARE MOVING MORE SLOWLY. Now TH E Y VE STOPPED ENT I RELY • I SEE A LITTLE SHELL OlL TOWN IN CALIFORNIA. Who is the little housewife I see? Goodness me. I s our own Eunice Trapp who is now Mrs. E. L. Briscoe, formerly of Sherioan, Texas. I also see THREE LITTLE CHILDREN FOLLOWING EUNICE AR0UN0 THE HOUSE DEMANDING MAMMA, WE WANT SOME OANDY . The little boy has dark reo ha, ANO THE TWIN GIRLS HAO AUBURN HAIR. The scene moves on to a ranoh. There’s the sign--- Bar-X-Ranoh . Who could have prospered so? Wait, I see someone walking out of the door toward a limousine. She’s oarryino some papers. Maybe I oan get a glimpse of them. Oh yes, it’s CLEARER NOW. The BOLD LETTERING ON THE PAPERS INDICATES THAT THE 8EARER IS JEANNIE WAOOELL ON THE WAY TO HER POSITION AS HEAD SECRETARY IN THE STOCK YAROS IN DENVER, COLORADO. ShE IS STILL UNMARRIED, BUT I 8EE PROSPEOTS OF A HUSBANO SOON, FOR AMONG THE PAPERS ARE SEVERAL LETTERS WITH THE INITIALS C. L. M. ON THE RETURN AOORESS. Again there is a slur as various settings FLASH BY. When THE NEW LOCATION, AN OLD FAMILIAR TOWN, STEAOIES, I SEE LILLIAN LaGRANQE, OR RATHER Mrs. Jay Speck. Lillian ano Jay are living in Rock Islano where Jay is working for GeoroeBaker ON HIS RICE FARM. LlLLIAN SEEMS TO BE TERRI8LY upset. She just got word that her mother-in-law IS COMING TO VISIT THEM. THE FOUR OHILOREN ARE SO SPOILEO THAT SHE CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH THEM ANO THEY WILL PROBABLY RUN THE POOR MOTHER-IN-LAW aesp Hi .

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SENIOR CLASS WILL We graduates or ’4$ form a perfect all-around group The reason for our believing this is THAT ALL REPORTS REAOHI NO US OECLARE THAT WE ARE CAPABLE OF MAKING UP OUR OWN MINOS; ABSOLUTELY ABLE TO CONOUOT OURSELVES AS LA 01 £ S’WHEN WE FEEL LIKE IT; WELL—SUPPLIED WITH THE SOUNO DETERMINATION TO 00 AS WE PLEASE, WHEN WE PLEASE, ANO WHERE WE PLEASE; ESPECIALLY OLEVER AT OONTRIVINO ALL SORTS OF EXCUSES FOR GETTING OUT OF CLASS; ANO AOEPT AT TELLING OTHERS WHAT TO 00 EVEN THOUGH WE NEARLY ALWAYS HAVE TO BE TOLO WHAT TO 00 OURSELVES. FROM THESE NUMEROUS ENCOURAGING RETURNS FROM OUR PARENTS, THE FACULTY, ANO OTHER ADULTS IN GENERAL, WE OEDUOE THAT WE ARE THE POSSESSORS OF VALUABLE TRAITS WHICH MUST, Or OOURSE, BE LEFT TO THE REMAINING STU DENT A IN THE Rock Island High Sohool after our departure in May. Here is our Last Will ano Testament: We leave our sponsor, Ur. R. C. Miller, and OUR NEW OESKS IN THE STUOY HALL TO THE JUNIOR Class, who, we hope, will appreciate both as much as we have. We also will some individual characteristics to a few of our followers. Goldie Johnson bequeaths her oancino ability TO ALL WHO don’t KNOW HOW. Lillian LaGrange bestows her aptitude in the ABSORPTION OF THE FUNDAMENTALS OF ORAMMAR TO Earl Waits who can use it. Her pretty hair bows, she wills to Oorothy Henry, who never WEARS ANY. Jean Waddell wills her ability to pass a driver’s license test to Oorothy, who ooesn’t EVEN KNOW HOW TO ORlVE YET. Eunice Trapp wills her ability to boss people to Esther Curry. She also leaves the name Shorty , bestowed upon her last year by senior J0y DeFoor, to Ruth Miller Ruby Garoia leaves her oish-washino technique to Annie Ray, who will have the task soon.