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As the months went by footbxll was forgot ten basketball season eame md went, and then nt was sprnng W e had a good baseball team and lost only one game In Mav we had our 1950 May Day Program Thns was gnyen by the gvm classes of Rockport Hngh nncludnng the seventh and enghth grade The program thns venr was made up of dances to nndncate the varnous seasons of the vear The Sophomores outdnd themselves ns thns was the last year to perform nn one It wasnt long after thns untnl Card Dav Ofiay 225 came along and nt was reallv full of surprnses Even though some of us can t make the top we can try harder next year One way of preparnng for thns mnght be through relaxatnon or, whv not say 1 nnce long yacatnon Vacatnon tnme nt was and on thns glor nous day, as soon as the freedom bell rang eyery one that possnbly could headed for those benutnful waters of Lnncoln Cnty Most of us thns summer contnnued our work from the earlner Years and we soon began to learn how to spend our money somewhat sparnngly anl apprecnate nt too Few of us made specxal trnps thns year, but even so nt seemed as though ey ery one reported a nnee yacatnon at hns first dav baek to sehool Startnng back to sehool as jolly unnors was ensy thns tnme for nt was not a s eret thnt our elass sweaters were already nn and gust wnntnng to be shown off They are maroon nn color wnth the whnte Englnsh R on left front and S2 on the left sleeye Thev are really qunte pretty Qror a whnle all vou could see nn R H S was sweaters J To make school more nnterestnng thns year new subneets were to be taken These nncluded Typnng, Speech and Bookkeepnng Worknng to your abnlnty ns essentnal nn these studnes but they can be fun too Our class has been redueed lnttle by the loss of Cnlbert lyfneh Ind Bnllne Campbell Class rnngs were ordered rhns Vear wnth much enthusnasm nnd wnth so many to choose from rt was hnrd to make a chonee Sports ranked hngh thns year and we were really proud of our boys Those on the fnrst team nn basketball were Franklnn Ice and Bnlly Grant Boultnnghouse Our fnrsts on the seeond team and Bob Lester Thes boys also dressed on the first team ln lnstnng nmportnnt eyents one that we ean not help but mentnon ns the unnor Clnss Plav Thns play wns one that everyone seemed to enjoy and one, as unnors, we enyoyed gnynng Thns ns about ull thnt can be sand now but we are looknng forwnrd to the unnor Sennor Prom and, of eourse, summer yaeatnon Next year when we come bnek ns Sennors we hope to hnne an eyen more enyovnble y lr thnn we di Iunnors Paar thirty a FWF!! s - fs V ' , - ' - , ' ' , .' . x C ' , . . , , ' 1 ' ' . 1 f - ' 7 , , , V , ' ' Y n Y I I I . V a 5 n - 'Y y 1 W v ' s 1 A T V- 1 A f Y I N I V h 1 1. . T 1 ' . ' 1 1 ' - ' 1 ' V' tk 4 - K ' e Y ' - , ' 2 . , . . 1 I l , L ' 1 . . . ' . . I v x 1 3 V xv Y- , s' - were Harlan Dnnvns, Norman Blake, Don Wagoner, A A 1 x an 1,1 Y f E . . e 1 ' ' ' ' ' . , vs V s - - . x 1- .1 5 1 , r 4, x 'I ' 1' A s ' n ' n f 1 n ' ' - ' r - ' f ' -as . ,- . ' 1 I D f f x . L , ' , . J ' Q, ' , ' 1 -x I , - I , vi, 'L ,' '- ' ' ' ' . ' SS' ' g ' ' ' ' ' ' ' 1 ' 'ex L H ie as V 'I !X 1 xr v I - . ,V I ' .
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amor ass L5f0l'y On the mormng of September 6 1940 we entered the doors of Rockport Semmary for the hnst tune As thus was our first day, we bcnng xzther young were more eurlous than seared After 1 few dlys uery body :ot used to the nos x mt setter toy Before we knew nt our st ,LII NN IS OX nnnq e mlm txeunng Il1lIN5S lnppened one bung ronnnes, As out I'0l11ll1L.LS sure frequent, tlmt plssed rapidly md soon nt xx as tlme to LDICI the great R H S is 7th and 8th graders These two years were both good 1nd bld 'good because of the wonderful LIISS LlUl'll'lQ sehool tnne seemed to be blamed on us n the day of May 24 1948, when school was dismissed eyery one rushed out of the bulldmg llke mad Wfhy 3 Well, almost any one ss ould lf he yy ere off for 1 three months sacatnon Dur mg yleatnon some of Us went on tr1ps vxhnle the rest stayed :round home md vtent smmxnmg vhen we could posslblv get 1 ehlnce Comg batk to sehool thxs ve1r xx 1sn t qunte so hard as the others had been for we were noxx oo mg back as Green Ireshmen It really vmsn t 1s bmd as lt sounded Prnends were plentlful this year Most of them came from South Central Sxlxerdale, and Crandvltss Others entermsg dur mg the year were Faye Huls Charlene Iohnsom 1nd Nlarquetta Lindsay Our basketball team mls nmproung Uftltly thus year We were proud of all the boys, but the one seemnng to rank hnghest was Frankhn lce Frank played on the first team twnee Thls vt as unusual as Freshmen seldom play on the Hrst te1m Other lctnvntnes thms year Included other sports xshlch were baseball football, school ptr ms bmd md Cjlee Club In Why our Mav Day Program eonsnsted of LllI1LLi md pantomxmes representing, the dlfferent SUIICS X nation soon rolled around and agam we were on' for the usull good tnme As most of us started workmg durnng the summer of 49, we had a busv It vmsnt long untll saeatnon was oyer and we were back tllknng ower our Summers CYPCYIEDCC md settlmg down to the same old grmd As Sophomores we were fewer nn number but llrger 1n Splflf We were saddened by the loss of Bob Newman, Eldora Thompson, Tllly Ward ohn Vioman 'vlarquetta Lmdsay, Charlesxe ohn son Faye Hack and Robert Lashbrook Our football team showy ed great nnprovement under the coachmg of Wir Dunker It IS customary durmg football season to elect a que n and we were no exeeptnon to the rule Iqhxs yea: the Sophomores were yery proud because one of our students w s elected queen Thls was none other than Charlene Carter I ltel nn the year we selected class sweaters and spent a 'rut deal of the tune hopmg they would b as pretty as vue pxctured them to be Page flurry :fx I f , , . . I . '. . . . V. ., . , l ' . . I Y VI I ' . ' . k V D' V K x 7 ' - elty . l A I-l l vn. ' - '- -' ' hr, ' 'er. , , I 1 . ' A ' ' . Dt ' t the next five years . v' ' K ' I 'ik L K . x 'A . Y 1 - Y V Y,' i I , 3. . 'x- ' A - st r 1 - s ' s L x l ' rv 2 l S 5 K t K, t 't ' K K J K 1 parties and bad because everything that happened thrgc njonthg but Still managed to have our fun, ' I 3 h x V Y ' ' Y ' - . Y , l O I' . . , ' . ' 4 ' ' ' - X . V .1 . . Y , v V . 1 - 1. . ' A ' ' A V . 1 '15 l Q l Y D 7 4 ' r A Y ' K t A 1 ' . V., . J ' ' ' , . - ' ,, ' ' 5 , , , , 5 - r V 4 . Y w 11 f Y ' D f - V ' . ' , ' ',, , . , ' - ' ' 1 - s v s s ' , V. . . - -H - v ' 3 , I It A v' K :S it I' 4l ' . Y , . r Y ' i I 'I 1 A ' A l V ' ' . ' IJ ' . ,
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