Searcy High School - Lion Yearbook (Searcy, AR)

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CLASS I-IISTGRY When this, the graduating class of I947, first began its long iourney up the road of knowledge, only thirteen of its present members started together. They were Jackie Canada, Martha Jane Fortune, Ora Delle Huffstuttler, Catherine James, Hazel Lee Martin, Marian Price, Dorothy Sanders, Bobby Armitage, Earl Dee Baker, Darol Bell, Walter Caldwell, Wilson Grissom and Nelson James. Under the patient direc- ur of Mrs. Wilson, we learned our ABC's and the ability to get along with fif+een .. twenty other students. After many struggles and hardships we passed into the second grade. Here we lost Martha Jane Fortune and Catherine James: but to comp ensate for these. Annette Williams joined our happy group. Miss Sidney Deener ir aduced us to many new problems of school, liff such as staying in after school or at recess and the ordeal of report cards. Mrs. Chamblin was our third grade teacher, and now we could look down on the first graders as the smaller children. A vey disappointing thing happened to us this year-Mr. Allen moved his bakery which had been only a half block from school. With two new members, Jane Langford and Norma Jean Yearby, we finished the year successfully. Our fourth year we sailed into grammar school in good spirits. Mrs. Chamblin went with us: and here we met one of our most difficult tasks, the learning of the multiplication tables. Mrs. Walker. principal of grammar school, taught us our fifth year. lt was here that we discovered how helpful arithmetic answer books could be but how terrible it was to be found using one. Then we went upstairs in the sixth grade and were divided into two classes. One class was under the direction of Miss Key, and the other under the direction of Miss Golden. We added to our group Charles Hart, Betty Miller and ' J. Sullivan. The first morning of school our seventh year found us standing out in front of the new high school waiting for Mr. Mason to open the doors. The upper classmen blamed us for everything from the violation of traffic rules in the hallmo any marks found on the spotlessly clean walls and chairs. We added Dorothy Collins, Betty Covey, Martha Jane Fortune, Jimmy Hart, Annidell Barger, Q. C. Grant, and Rodney Ramey. We learned to get from a room downstairs to a room upstairs in three min- utes, and also to work the combination locks on our lockers in those three minutes. With much confidence we entered the eighth grade. The juniors and seniors were extremely nice to us this year-at least twice-during the student body election and the Who's Who contest. We stumbled through this year under'the direction of Miss ,Ellis and Mrs. Hicks without too much trouble except for the addition of Billy Hendrix and Catherine James.

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CLASS POEM Some classes are lorgollen Bul when lhis one gels lo Heaven: People will still remember The class of '47. They will nol lorgel Jane Langford Who sold annuals by lhe score: Her price she said was 52.00 now, When you gel il, Sl.50 more! The boy who lhrilled lhe girls Wilh a voice lhal made lhem swoon Is one you knew as Mullens We called him Singing Moon. Dorolhy and Bob were engaged lheng Janie and Bill soon would be: Ora Delle and Gene were sleadies: Gordon said- Hmm-No hope lor me! Earl Dee and Darol drove lheir cars: Bolh were as cule as lhey could be: Bul il lhere was a girl while driving, They would park right up in a lree. When we couldn'l gel our lessons And we needed lhem a cerlain day. There was a genius lo help us: Her name was Frances Mae. Two girls always seen logelher Were Jackie and Hazel Lee- Anolher duel of lhe opposile sex Was Red Hendrix and Q. C. Two sludenls in lhe senior class, Neilher larger lhan a bean, We couldn'l lell lhem aparl: But lheir names were Dale and Dean. Dorolhy Collins played a saxophone Marion Price a clarinel- Eversole and Sullivan played drums They should have formed a quarlel. Marlha dragged you oul' of class And said Now wrile a lealure! We found oul from Forlune The edilor is a busy crealure. The largesl girls in lhe senior class- Beck, Covey and Barger- Took a Charles Allas course one day- Looking closely-lheir muscles were large Laverne Benlon and Anna Mae Adams Belly Saxon and Billie Jo Lane Sludied their lessons hard each day And logic proved lhem sane. F. Sue and Gloria were lhe quiel lype. Who seldom said a word. Wyall, Humble, Gamblin and Falk Were seen-bul seldom heard! We had some heroes in our class- Armilage, Musick and'Harl-- ln loolball games and baskelball They really did lheir parl. There were lwo Bobbie Jeans in lhis group And bolh were lols ol lun- From Searcy came Bobbie Jean Genlry From Walker came Bobbie Jean Dunn. Brains and beauly are nice lo have. When one combines lhe lwo- Clolene had bolh ol lhese She was one ol lhe very lew. Penny's claimed lwo ol our seniors Annelle Williams and Norma Jean: Bellye Miller worked al Smilh's Shoe Slore .Major Pickens made Yarnell'alice cream. Bobby Miller came back from lhe Navy And worked al Darden's cleaners: He was ollen seen wilh Wilson Who was noted lor misdemeanors. Nelson was presidenl ol lhe sludenl body And manager ol lhe foolball' leam: Calherine was Fluffy in Junior Miss And really was a cream. Bobbie Kale was lelephone operalor Treccie Lammers liked home ec.I We can'l 'Forgel lhal Rongey gal In whose car people risked lheir neck. Caldwell and his clarinel Ellenburg and baskelball. Glen and Holliman were typisls: Homard always skipped sludy hall. And lhere was our lailhlul sponsor: Dellinger was her name: She ollen would scold us: We believe she liked us jusl lhe same. And lhere you have lhe seniors: We're glad we made il, you knowg Bul if we lold you lrulhlully, We hesilaled lo go. .au-..L.x.ri.-Q 4.. ...L.. '

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CLASS HISTORY Then came our iunior graduaTion in The ninTh grade wiTh Miss Forresf as our sponsor. We were really geTTing inTo the swing of Things by This Time: and Tor supporT we added Laverne BenTon. Sue ChrisTian, Bobbie Jean Dunn. Bessie Lee Huble. Billie Jo Lane. Gene HighTower and Gordon QuaTTlebaum. During The lasT Two weeks of school. everyone was exciTed and wondered iT he would graduaTe or geT a blank diploma. DoroThy Jean Shaw was our valedicTorian: and Ora Delle HuTTsTuTTler, The saluTaTorian. Our TirsT year in senior high school was under The direcTion of Mrs. Fuller. We now ioined wiTh The oThers To complain abouT The sevenTh graders sTampeding The halls. We had become very dignified. Now we walked around The hall moniTors instead of running over Them. Hazel Lee won'TirsT place in The DisTricT and Area OraToricaI conTesTs and Third place in The sTaTe meeTing. Four new members joined :xr class This year-Evelyn Bamblin, Bobbie KaTe Sawyer, Frances WyaTT and Simon oye. We were much excifed when we began our iunior year wiTh The choosing of our class rings and The iunior-senior banqueT before us. Bobby ArmiTage was elecTed mosT sTudious boy in The Who's Who contesT. and Hazel Lee was chosen as one oT The CAVALIER beauTies. Miss STroud was our sponsor: and wiTh The aid oT nine new members Malva Lou Falk. Treccie Lammers, Gloria Jean Milchell, Oma Lee Rongey, Ocie Holliman. and Olen Mullens we made iT Through The year. AT lasT we became seniors. We had worked eleven years Tor This, and we cer- Tainly made The most of iT. All of The sTudenT body oTTicers were from our class and also The band drum-maior. Miss Dellinger sponsored us: and To our class we added Anna Mae Adams. Eloise Beck, Inez BrewsTer. BeTTy Saxon, CloTene Williams. J. R. Eversole, Eugene Glenn, Jimmy Musick, Bobby Miller, Simon Moye. Major Pickens, Bill WaTson. Dale Wilkerson and Dean Wilkerson. The senior play, Junior Miss, was a compleTe success: and we eagerly looked forward To oTher big evenTs such as The junior-senior banqueT, senior day, The senior prom. dedicaTion of The annual, and ofcourse The baccalaureate service and commencemenT. Now ThaT we have compleTed This imporTanT parT oT our lives, we will go inTo The many differeni' walks of life: buT we will never TorgeT The years we spenT in This school and The fun we have had here. QT? LOIL7 'LX X A-If.. I, - 0.9 is Lg . I ,I