Rusk High School - Aerie Yearbook (Rusk, TX)

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DAVID J. BELDON Blondy . Science Club 9, 10, 113 Hi-Y 10, 11, 123 FFA 9, 103 4-H 9, 10, 11, Eagle Re- view 123 Camera Club 123 Chorus 9, 10, 11, 12? Booster Club 10. SENIORS MARY MARTHA DOME Honor Society 11, 123 Latin Club 10, 11, 123 Science Club 113 SSS 11, 123 FHA 10, 11, 123 GAA 10, 11, 123 Eagle Review 123 Aerie Staff 123 Chorus 9, 10, 11, 123 Band 9, 10, 11, 123 Librarian 123 Booster Club 10, 11, 12. RALPH A. ATKINSON Pud Latin Club 10, 11, 123 Camera Club 123 Hi-Y 10, 11, 123 Eagle Review 123 Chorus 11, 123 Booster Club 9, 103 Basketball .9, 10, 113 Baseball 9, 10, 11, 12. JOYCE JERVIS Joy SSS 11, 123 FHA 9, 103 4-H 103 Eagle Review 123 Chorus 123 Librarian 12. MARION ADKINSON Adkie Science Club gQ Camera Club 123 Hi-Y' 10, 11, 123 Eagle Review 123 Aerie Staff 123 Chorus 10, 11, 123 Librarian 9, 10, 11, 123 Booster Club 9, 103 Basketball 9, ,10, 11, 123 Baseball- 9, 10,11,12. ROBERT DULIN Do-Little Hi-Y 10, 11, 123 FFA 9, 10, 11, 12 4-H 9, 10, 11, 123 Eagle Review 12.

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VIRGINIA RUTH MILLER Ruthie Honor Society 11, 125 Latin Club 10, 11, 125 SSS 11, 125 FHA 9, 10, 11, 125 4-H 9, 105 Eagle Review 125 Aerie Staff 125 Chorus 10, 115 Librarian 10, 11, 125 Lunchroom 12. SEN IORS JON DAVID SHARP Sharpie Latin Club 10, 11, 125 Science Club 10, 115 Hi-Y 10, 11, 125 Eagle Review 125 Aerie Staff 125 Chorus 9, 10, 11, 125 Librarian4125 Booster Club 10, 11, 125 Camera Club 11, 125 Patrol 9. MARTISHI Rose BoFFo Tish Latin Club 10, 11, 125 SSS 11, 125 FHA 9, 10, 11, 125 Eagle Review 125 Aerie Staff 125 Chorus 10, ll, 125 Li- brarian 10, 125 Office 11, 125 Booster Club 10, 11, 125 School Reporter 12. ROBERT V. Moonn Bob Science Club 9, 10, 115 FFA 9, 10, 115 Aerie Staff I2. WILLIAM D. KASER Elmer Hi-Y 10, 11, 125 FFA 9, 10, 11, 125 4-H 9, 105 Aerie Staff 12. , mgmmv, , .,... . W ........,. . .ln - -..,,.....m.,,i,,, KENNETH GENE ATKINSON Red President 9, 10, 11, Vice President 125 Hi-Y 10, 11, 125 FFA 9, 10, 11, 125 Eagle Review 125 Aerie Staff 125 Chorus 9, 10, 11, 125 Student Council 9, 10, 115 Librarian 9, 10, 115 Booster Club 9, 10, 11, 125 Basketball 9, 10, 11, 125 Baseball 9, 125 Cross Country 10, 11.

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HISTORY OF Z.H.S. CLASS OF '55 September 2, 1943, was Discovery Day for 52 pupils who streamed into Mrs. Bessie Smith's room for their first experience with textbooks. While we were trying to adjust ourselves to the ways of school, the faculty and officials were trying to provide adequate facilities for our education. The problem was ultimately solved when Mrs. Eloise Corbin was hired to teach half of us. Thus even in the first grade we began to make history as the first divided class. Twenty-one of us graduating this year enrolled that historical year. Those in Mrs. Smith's section were: Betsy Atkinson, Bob Atkinson, Gene Marsh, David McCray, Bob Moore, Sandra Sanders, Jerry Smith, Suzanne Stewart, John Venard, and Don Westg in Mrs. Corbin's were: Ralph Atkinson, Bill Barger, Carl Crane, Nancy Harmon, Joyce Jervis, Bill Kaser, Jack McClellan, Ruth Miller, Don Pavey, Lloyd Sadler, and .lon Sharp. . We began the second chapter of our education with Miss Euva Harvey as our teacher. Mary Dome and Ralph McFarland joined us this year. Sonny Smith and Ronald Hudson became mem- bers of our group in the third grade, when Miss Janet Schuetz was our teacher. V In the fourth grade Mrs. Irene Sprong was our teacher, and Kenny Atkinson entered the class. We believed ourselves quite grown-up this year, for we had recess with the fifth and sixth grades instead of the first and second. Mrs. Margaretta Davidson was our teacher in the fifth grade. At this point in our progress Bob Dulin joined us. I Two who linked their names with ours in the sixth grade, when Mr. Verne Moore was our teacher, were Marion Adkinson and Sonny Smith, who re-entered from Clay Center. As we entered the seventh grade and junior high, with Mr. Jenkinson as our first sponsor and a different teacher for each subject, we lost some of our self-confidence and again felt some of the uncertainty of our beginning year. ' In the eighth grade we re-entered the limelight when we won the Junior High Basketball Cham- pionship. Our sponsor this year was Mr. DePeugh. As freshmen we entered the third phase of our schooling. Among other things we won another Basketball Championship, which impressed the en- tire high school and made us feel quite important. Mr. Dome was our sponsor. Martishi Boffo, Joan Neese, Dave Beldon, and Marylin Daglish entered our class. Sonny Smith re-entered, this time to remain. Miss Dorothy Roby and Mr. Walter Harmon became our permanent sponsors in our sophomore year. Thelma Turner, Larry Smiley, and Don Buskirk all entered the group this year. We looked forward to our junior and senior years with great enthusiasm. The boys joined Hi-Y, and the girls gazed admiringly at junior rings. As juniors we learned how to work as a real team, and Winona Hummel joined us in our efforts. First we sold candy and ice cream during noon hours and at basketball gamesg then we received our long-awaited class rings, and finally our dreams of an outstanding Prom came true through more planning and hard work than any of us had thought possible. The theme was Paris in the Springtime. Only one thing dimmed the joy of this busy year, and that was the death of our beloved class- mate, Karen Lee Fox, to whom this book is dedi- cated. All of our activities and aspirations have cul- minated in this final year. With the knowledge that our time to make history in Z.H.S. is short, we strive to improve our school record, earn money for our class fund, and shoulder a senior's share of responsibilities. We have made many choices, in- cluding rose and charcoal as our colors and a pink carnation as our flower, and we shall make many more momentous ones in the months to COIIIC. We can still look forward to many activities to- gether-our trip, our class play, the Prom, Bacca- laureate, and finally Commencement. To our par- ents, our teachers, and the people of our com- munity we extend our thanks for twelve memorable years in school. Our past is summed up in the pages of this book. We sum up our feeling for the future in our motto, Today we followg tomorrow we lead. '