Rock Port High School - Bluejay Yearbook (Rock Port, MO)

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Elemenfary Life is a green' bundle of liffle Things.

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Loving Memory of L.. ix Clay Ellison .lim Kirk David Clay Ellison was a freshman at RPHS when his life was taken in a sledding accident on January 16, 1979. Clay was born to L. E. and Shirley Ellison on February 7, 1964. The following poem Friendship was dedicated to Clay repre- senting his friendship with all of us. When Life has given all that it has to offer, Then the gift of friendship will begin. Through all the good times, and our bad times, But especially through our losses. When the love of those around us will surround our sorrows and heal them .... Mrs. Poi Lyfle Mrs. Patricia Lytle, teacher of Elementary Special Education, passed away of a heart attack on March 11, 1979. Mrs. Lytle attended Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts from 1950 to 1954 where she received her BS degree in education in June of 1954. Positions held by Mrs. Lytle in the past wereg Social caseworker in Oklahoma from 1954 to 1955, elementary teacher in Chickashaw, Oklahoma from 1955 to 1956, in Los Angeles from 1956 to 1957 and in Rock Port from 1957 to 1960 and a teacher of Educable Mentally Retardation from 1967 until the time of her death. In 1967 Mrs. Lytle was nominated Outstanding Elementary Teacher. She was a mem- ber of Beta Zeta chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma of Delta State of Missouri, MSTA, Rock Port CTA, Art League, Coun- cil for Exceptional Children. Mrs. Lytle was deeply loved and appreciated and will be greatly missed. Jimmie Dean Kirk, son of J.C. and Betty Kirk, was born on November 17, 1961. Ajunior of RPHS, Jimmie's life was taken when he drowned in the flood waters of the Nishna- botna River on March 20, 1979. The following poem was written in honor of Jimmie by his sister, Diane Kirk Hargrave. Jimmie, the family baby, grew up to be a clown. He was always laughing, cutting up, and we never saw him frown. He made our lives so much richer, that it's hard to understand, why God took him so early, but it must be part of his plan. l figure God and Jimmie, have already been in cahoots. Jimmie's traded brass for the Pearly Gates and got a gold El Camino to boot. Now he's tooling it all over heaven, making the angels smile, Mimicking St. Peter and Paul, and Luke, and doing it all with style. Yes, he's in a better world now, he was too precious for us to keep. He's thriving on those streets of gold, with all the g'Number One's he can eat. And if he could send us a message, through West- ern Union in the sky, He'd say, Dear ones, l'm happier now, so please for my sake, don't cry. 9

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Danny Arnold Leeja Arnold Andy Bachle Ken Bemberger Terry Bennington Joey Bradley Traci Bryan Kari Carpenter Hilary Chastain Robert Comstock Kelly Davis Jennifer Driskell rice Ill, H , L Roxie Ann Dyke Lee Ebrecht Tabatha Esser S N - ' vr' EL- v, :f r 1 Dustin Gallentine - J W Noe Garcia ,ra X ti . .A Johnny Giesken r J Tami Grossman Gregory Gubser , ,t N 'N if XX s , ,V sf axis , ., X... . M , 1 ,M 5 X 5 S' Ronald Guyer up Misty Harbin - Eric Henderson ' ' Marcie Hill J ' .,- -A Jennifer Hodge Leo Holmes Stephanie Horning ' ,. p Q Dawn Howard , - 'J' jp F, ff Jeremy Hughes l y -. as 5 S V . . Joey Hunter 'ef , TRW it 9 Ifl r t ' we fs A Giant Step Forward Kindergarten, the beginning of formal education, is a great step for five year olds. Science, mathematics, reading readi- ness, writing and social studies are presented to the little ones. All of these subjects are made interesting by the use oflarge inflatable dolls, films, records, puppets and games. The children learn by feeling, tasting, smelling, watching and listening. Every special occasion is used to make a last- ing learning experience with the help of Mrs. Charlene Steele and Mrs. Suzanne Fentiman. -, 'C' we X W ik E t f 1 1 W i I jr N1 1 . - Q t,: ..,. fe ' tt , 0.. 'Ev , 'R If I h . J gk , at it Rx I 1 'Q if t X ., , Eric practices his t's.