Rotan High School - Yellowhammer Yearbook (Rotan, TX)

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that lt IS now the Cotton Bowl Mrs Kennedy has a Homemaklng department wlth Perslan rugs on the floor and the sewlng machlnes are made of sllver whlle ln the Engllsh depart ment Mrs Yantls teaches the students to say rawther' Mlldred Carpenter IS runnlng for sheriff of Flsher County One of her maln alms IS to stamp out the bootleggers and moon shlners Alton Smlth belng among the most notorlous Mae Allen and Dorls Vance have marrled wealthy Frenchmen and are llvlng on the Rlvlera Paul Hendrlx not so fortunate now owns and operates Paul s Hamburger Haven on the maln street of Rotan wlth members of the Old Mald s Sanc tuary as waltresses They stlll have hopes' It looks llke Cupld ran wlld ln the Senlor Class of 47 He seemed to have a favorlte crowd too' For exarrple the former Dorls Ashton Blllle Fancher lrene Allen and Wanda Knlght Vlfanda by the way IS now llvlng ln a llttle vlne covered cottage and IS the proud mother of sextuplets Fay Forgy thought she had MOIYIS to herself at last but she was wrong' He IS now head of Forgys Cultural School for Debutants ln a fashlonable sectlon of New York PYICIC Arrlngton has glven up the undertalclng buslness He IS now the head of Monsleur PTICIC s Beauty Salon He belleves that lf people do not dle ln one way that they wlll dye ano her By the way Calvln Nash IS head of that department Lola o O Brlant IS chalrman of the Cruelty to Anlmals Soclety Her maln alm IS to put a cat IU every chalr and a wolf at every door By the by Charlle and l thlnk tha the red and whlte jacket that she has been Weaflng IS pretty snazzy! Dld you notlce the all day sucker craze back ln February3 Every FlSh had and hear The colorful Mexlcan ackets that the Spanlsh group brought back from MEXICO boys Wlth unusually cl.rly halr relndeer sweaters and moccaslns There were a number of thln s to speculate about also Dld the Sophomore Best All Around glrl really hate rren or was It just a cover up3 Who was the Senlor Klnk s Freshman heart throb3 SCBCIC Markham and B Summer all seemed lnterested ln Engllsh Let s brlng It up to the present and look at some trlangles Who IS gettlng certaln mysterlous letters from Tarleton3 And what does Lardo thlnk about ltu There are two congruent angles ln plane geometry class letterd P H and M H What does Helen Mooney thlnk3 Wlll she blsect3 The Rlves boys seem to be havlng trouble Look at Bllly' Fred Byerly and Genelle Smlth know all about that' Somebodys mlsslng a blg chance now that Roy Carter no longer holds ,lo Ann s lnterestl There s an art ln fllrtlng ask LOIS Curry' Art remlnds me of Ruth Hlgglns You have l suppose seen the Dutch Clenser ads3 Well Ruth draws the feet on the llttle Dutch boy She IS pro gresslng rapldly ID the world of art and wlll soon do the knees also lmogene Ellls IS head of a women s suffrage group called Equallty for Redheads Must we dye3 Charlle thlnks It s a good ldea The group not dyelng' Fay McSpadden and lnez Neely h ve gone to Afrlca to hunt for llons for thelr CIICUS They recently bought out Barnum and Balley Wanda Hlll IS stlll ln Rotan although she has graduated from Rotan l-llgh She IS basket ball lnstructor ln the school Because of the school s wealth the , - , - . , u V 1 1 Q , - . A A Y . y . . , tt 1 u Il I . I - 4 1 Y i ' , . . 1 . L . 4 D , L one and even a few upper-classrrren. There were lots of things in th hall to see . ' . V . , . , . . . U . 3 . - . - - , , , . . , , . , - ' , . ' I . . ' 1

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the letter E And oyce Blgharn who found at very easy to run mto B R Allen ln the hall l could have asked Charlie why a certam Shxpp sails the streets untll three A M but l thought l knew Could oyce Harnson have anythmg to do wxth 1t3 Charlie also made me remember that Lots Curry and Kitty Burk wlth their out of school boy friends made nlce toplcs for hall dlscusslon That brings me around to those two They are now m New York where they have gone to seek thexr fortunes Lols found hers m a wealthy old banker and Kltty IS working ln a Broadway musical l think that she pulls the curtam Bully joe C-reen has really come up ln the world He IS now nn Sun Valley where he IS making hrs latest movie entitled Whats Snew5 He IS the present Idol of the movie world Van ohnson went out of style three years ago And speakmg of success ane Gray has made her mark ln the world She IS now third assistant editor of TRUE CONFESSIONS MAGAZINE Dons Crawford has just returned to Rotan She IS head of Chltter Chat ter the gossip column of the Chlcago Sun One of the names mentioned rr'ost ln the column IS that of former Barbara Smith She has just been granted her fnfth divorce Rumor has It that the next will be an lndlan prince The word lndlan always remmds me of the Freshmen ln the halls and speakmg of Fish It seemed to be a fad to be seen with a Freshman boy last year Look at lnny Leon and Blllle Taggart for example! l ll bet you dldn t know that Billie ns now rn England! She has an lmportant and dangerous job wlth the kmg s cm rt She t stes the food before the klng eats It to be sure that lt IS free from poison She seems to be enjoying her job mny Leon IS stlll ln Rotan however She has just opened an Old Maids Sanctuary there One of the lnmates IS Ava Nell Deel who has sworn off men Edwin Hull has martyred himself for science He IS the subject of an ex perlment to see how much food one human can hold Charlie says that he IS stlll gomg strong essle Ramerlz IS ln Cuba on a secret mlsslon for the government and she IS due back some time next year That 18 lf she gets back And speakmg of secrets guess who Blllre Parker wanted to go wlth'9 Kenny no less! ls there a secret reason why Harold Roberts dlsllkes Chester Dowell and vlce versa5 Charlie says maybe Francis Thomas has something to do with lt' Tell me Charlie won t why dxd Patsy Neves move to Roby? lt makes me kind of wlsh that my days ln Rotan High were not over when l remember Bettye Nlorrls trlps to the postofflce the luck of the Gruben glr. when It came to men Evenelle lVlcGrew s Startlmg hanr and Mr Rush mg s many tles l had almost forgotten how dlvertmg they were l am reminded here of the little moron who was afrald to go through the screen door for fear of stramlng himself That remmds me of Frankie SoRelle He now owns a large ranch that covers New Mexlco and part of Texas lt 19 called The Sure Shot Ranch and one of the best hands I5 e Mack Hargrove and hrs faithful horse Catsup Ruta Branscum has gone out for polltlcs m a bug way She ns runmng for President of the U S on the Democratic ticket Her energetic campaign man ager IS oe Harns who rs rumored to be m reality the brams behmd the candidate Thmgs are still happening back m Rotan however Mrs Rallsback IS qurte wealthy now as well as Miss josxe who has retxred and rs now llvmg m Brazil on a coffee plantation A gusher spouted up from under dear old Rotan Hugh and so the bulldlng was removed to make room for the oll which was seepmg even mto the sacred English room A new school has been erected with the oxl money and a bowl so splendid ' ' . J ' ' . Q u . u 1 'J . . ju Q Q u iv . ' l s 0 1. for life. . y - . .I u u.a.o . u. I ' . . ' . JU I .1 J n., I u 1 ' s ' 4 0

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basketballs are gold plated and MISS Hlll IS the only lnstructor ln the U S who has mastered the use of a gold plated basket ball Somehow that remlnds me of a conversatlon l overheard the other day between ohn Bostlc and MISS Rogers ohn asked lf Mlss Rogers knew what a good llne was No she replled The shortest dlstance between dates he answered By the way why IS lt that Sh Hasta IS so often seen followlng MISS DIXODB It seems that there IS a certaln Freshman boy that IS maklng SCDIOI glrls as well as underclassmen swoon l heard from Charlle that hls lnltlals were R L R CSSIC Crow IS Spendlng a great amount of tlme Wlth out school lnterests and so Charlle says are a number of other people And tell me Charlle s stuck agaln whlch one of the brothers that flnlshed last year IS ane Cray lnterested ln the blond or brunette3 Remember the last football game of the season3 How could anyone forget and the Whlte pep squad unlforms that turned tattle tale grey ln the end The dlscovery of the year was udy Cllft s cute personallty as well as her ablllty to put over a song and runner up was the fact that Alton Klngsfleld could make good grades under Mr Rushlng Hls mascullne charms were futlle there! Back lnto the future to see what we can dlv up' Dld you know that Dlnky Cave Kenneth lVlcCrlght and Tyrus Harrlson are runnlng a day nursery ln Pasadena3 They are dOlHg very well tool Fay Gregory IS a HBIIVC daughter who has made good She and Laverne C1ruben are runnlng a well establlshed nlght club ln Reno Nevada the G and G Grub House Robert ones IS now superlntendent of the Rotan School System He also teaches Trlg GCOTQIH Lovlng IS drlvlng a taXl ln San Antonlo She IS also studylng taxl dermy bellevlng that they are related subjects That llttle Bettye MOIIIS You certanly wouldn t know her now' She IS a model and Charlle says that she poses for the Catrer s Llttle Llver Plll ads CSSIC Crow IS a blg lndustrlallst HIS flrm IS Crow s Blrd Seed Corporatlon Darrell Underhlll IS stlll ln the falr Clty of Rotan Se IS however rather famous He IS noted for hls rare collectlon of butterflles Butterflles remlnd me of Wllma Rushlng o Ann Rallsback Llllle Mc Clesky and June Keener always seen together Bernard Weems of The Man Who Comes to Our House fame IS belng seen at the Klker s house Seems as lf he IS taklng the place of Ewell Adams the other member Coo Boy Dnnls seems to love upper classmen or rather upper class women He also loves to stand them up! Have you gotten ln on any of the elght perlod card games IH room one3 They re fun try lt some tlme Charlle and l had a very good tlme and l have glven you all the genulne revelatlons so l guess ld better close shop What happened to Charlle3 Oh well he got homeslck for the mystery of the east and so l sneaked hlm back lnto the fortunetellers tent lf you ever see hlm around tell hlm Hello for me wlll you3 3 3 SNOOPY 1 . - . .1 -. . .. . 11 - 1 - 1 . , - 1 , . .I 1 , . . - . . . . 1 1 .I 1 - . . 1 . J 1 1 - - - t. . 11 , . 1 1 1 1 - , . . . ,Q - . . 1 . . . J . . . . . . . . . 1 . . - 1 , J , - 1 I ' rl 11 . . 1 . , . . . . 1 .. 1. . - , - 1 . 1 , . - 1 1 . . . . . .. .1 . , . . .