Ropes High School - Eagle Yearbook (Ropesville, TX)

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class history Four years ago we made our entrance into Ropes High School On our arrival we were greeted by new schooladmlmstrators Mr O V Fuller and Mr A H Burton Four years ago we made our entrance tnto Ropes Htgh School On our arrrval we were greeted by new school admrmstrators Mr O V Fuller and Mr A H Burton Wrth the help of the other teachers they have gurded us through our hrgh school work As Freshmen we were represented by ntneteen members wtth Coach Boatmun as our sponsor Mrs Haskall Grant helped us along when we were Sophomores Our Junror year brought many prxvrleges We presented our frrst play A PAIR OF COUNTRY KIDS we worked hard to make some money at the concessron stand and we honored the graduatrng semors wlth a very ntce banquet Now our Semor year has added many more prtvrleges and also many responslbtlrtres We have spent qurte a lot of ume on the annual Our candrdate was elected carmval queen HERE COMES CHARLIE was our senlor play All of these events brought us up to graduatron wrth a feelrng of umty and prrde toward our classmates class will The Sentor Class of 1951 52 wrlls to the Jumor Class the followrng and hope they wtll make better use of rt than we d1d Opal Cowan and Robert Robrnson s ab1l1ty to court rn the offxce to Kay Armstrong and Doyle Dean Darby Charlene Ward s slrm frgure to Jerry Green smce she rs so fat Lola Mae Benmght s ab1l1ty to walk down the hall wrthout bumpmg the srdes to Jean Ethrrdge Oma Lots and Mrldred J T Drake s ab1l1ty to go wrth the Meadow gtrls to Brlly Wrllrs and Jerry Zachary Opal Cowan s abrllty to play basketball to Von Fuller Bobby Whrtlock s ftgure to Retha Mae Epperson Charlene Opal and Lola s abrlrty to srt rn the class room quret and studrous to Pat Joyce and Dorrs James Smtth s ab1l1ty to go steady to James Chambers Who tt s wrth doesn t make much dtfference Jessy Norrell s hatred for women to Melvm Marcy We hope rt wrll keep you out of trouble Melvrn Darrold Stephenson s old flames to Jerry Nrchols Take care of them Jerry Frankle Condra and Brlly O Neal s ab1l1ty to play football to Johnny Sam Opal Charlene and Lola s Interest rn Au Force boys to Martlyn Myrlene, Donme and Wanda Brlly Ledbetter s abrltty to get along wrth the teachers to Jerry Zachary

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class prophecy Ropesvrlle Texas May 1 1972 Dear Charlene I can t resrst wrrtrng you a fan letter after readrng the headlrnes rn yesterday s paper Who would have dreamed that Charlene Ward Ropes Hrgh School Senror of 1952 would some day be a successful stage star? The news artrcle mentroned that Jrmmy rs servrng as your busrness manager What do you know of the others who were rn our graduatrng class? lheard that Brlly Ledbetter frnrshed Texas Tech and rs dorng specral research work for Shell Orl Company I strll lrke basketball and saw a professronal game recently Who but Robert Robrnson was playrng wrth the House of Davrdr Frankre Condra has four sons fhe marrred that Margre over at Sundownj and all the sons are avrd F F A members Jessy Norrell smrles down at all the tourrsts on the leadrng hrghways the Ipana Compa ny certarnly chose well when they chose htm as the Smrle Boy of '72 Opal Cowan marrred the rancher who lrved down near Stephenvrlle She works part trme on tele vrsron as a comedrenne I recognrze some of her Jokes as those we heard ur the annual room so many years ago James Smrth rs a mrnrster a modern day crrcult rrder hrs calls are made not by horseback but by plane All the popcorn we ate back rn hrgh school days helped Bobby John Whrtlock start hrs lrfe s work He popped and ate so much popcorn that he got so fathe took a Job as a fat man attractron rn a small crrcus He rs brlled as Our Lrttle Popcorn Ball Yesterday I heard a sputterrng norse and down the hrghway came this motor scooter wrth a srde car attached Brlly George O Neal hrs wrfe and the three lrttle O Neals were enjoyrng a Sunday rrde on therr motor scooter Mother tells me that J T Drake has been drsappornted rn hrs marriage He marrted belrevrng he would fallherr to a racrng stable and hrs only rnterest thus far has been the Job as stable boy The gloom whrch surrounds hrm rsovershadowed by the sun shrne brought by the vrsrts of a certarn farr young lady Darrold Stephenson rs strll presrdent of the Ropes School Board He has done much to burld the school smce he s been on the board I have enjoyed vrsrtrng Mother and Dad here rn Ropes though am anxrous to get back to my home and chrlclren We are pleased wrth our Job rn Juarez and have no trouble tellrng our lrttle redheads from therr playmates Srncerely Lola Mae mm IIE Wi- J lb! -E3 lg J it V at 1 A g