Shallowater High School - Corral Yearbook (Shallowater, TX)

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My l A T AUGUSTUS F. Reese, JR. First Lieutenant Augustus F. Reese, jr., was born in Josephine, Col- lins county, Texas, in 1917. He moved with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Augustus F. Reese, Sr., to West Texas in 1929. He, attended Shallowater High School, graduating in May 1955. Graduated from Texas Technological College August 1959 with civil engi- neering degree. Joined Army in january 1941. Transferred to Air Corps November 1941. Received his wings at Stockton, California, May 1942. Transferred to England, October 1942 and later to North Africa. Killed in action at Cagliari, Sardinia May 14, 1943 while flying a volun- teer mission to destroy an enemy supply train. Reburial services held at Fort Sam Houston National cemetery, San Antonio, Texas, March 28, 1949. Renaming Ceremony S t At RAFB ' In Memory of FIRST LIEUTENANT AUGUSTUS F. REESE, JR. Who gave his life for his country Cazliari Sardinia--May 14 1943 ' a DURING THE REVIEW-The color guard passes a g ou f ff' 1 f reviexving stand during renaming ceremonies Sundliay LeitoReci2sc-icirliidFidcevlaragealipgdjifgzfgy-Rglovg officers and mcnmarched by 1n review, to the accompaniment of the 514th Air Force band ish, at right. In addition, a spectacular aerial show was presented. CStaff Photo.J ' own

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Shallowater School 6 sc oolg fthe other member of the 128806. won second Place with its I 9 llVms Play Contest 3 Shallowater I-ligh school Thurs- iday night won first placet in the lblstrict B Interscholastici league competition for one-act plays held at' O. L. Slaton Junior Higlr school. ' The winning play, 'The.-Patch- lwork Quilt,' was directed bv -Mn. production l of 'Blue Teapot. di- rected by Mrs. A. F. Ruor. Novella Crump, .-Sballovyater, andtnmmy Pottet, Frenship: were named as the outstanding perform- ers in the meet. , - They plays were Jud b ,. '- 2 sed y E Mrs. Rem Thompson. or .. Lub- boclr.. ' li hallowafer Students I. . . Dei-ren Murphy, ,the ex-siiaii ,lowater star who has been going 'great guns with the SMU fresh lman cage sguadg now weighs 185 pounds. H-s six-two. And Lub- ' Two Shallowater High schoolboclds Charles Galey, also a top :students, Peggy Arnold and Molhd performer with the Colts, is .rated 'Newmangwere named winners of as one of the'-club's top. players the District 7-B debate contest ol. the' Interscljolasfic league lasg night in 'Lubbocki-county C0113 jhouse. . f Second place winners.were Joa Naylor and Jerrell Isbell, wh represented Frenship High scho ,at Wolfforth in the contest. ' The winning team, directed b Mrs. Dee Hancock, will compet lin the Re 'onal Interscholasti B1 league debate contest, to be held K . April 22-23 at Texas Tech. Active In Dramatic: Miss Arnold, daughter of Mrs. Edna Arnold of Sha1lowater,. is a junior in Shallowater High school. She has been active in high school. dramatics and ath- letics. Miss Newman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Newman, is a 'Shallowater High school sopho- more, where she has participated Yin dramatics. Both winners are 'honor students. g Mrs. A.-F. Rasor, member of the Frenship faculty, directed the second-place team. Alternate team for Shallowater High school was composed of Sammie Clark and Harold Clark. Alternate team members- of -the Frenship school were Dorris Willi- ford and Noma Sue Goodpasture. Mrs. Varina Putman, district di- rector, was in charge of the con- test. Clubs To llleet Shallowater '5' Tuesday Night The Brownfield Cub A and B basketball teams will play return games here tonight iTues- dayl with the strong Shallowater cagers, whom they defeated last Thursday night in a pair of games on the Shallowater court. Their loss to Brownfield was the third defeat of the season for the Shallowater A team and they are expected to be out for revenge in tonight's game. An overflow crowd is expected. The only other teams to defeat Shallo- water this season were Hollis, Okla., and Samnorwood, Tex. lnlthe A game last Thursday night at Shallowater, the J score was tied, 32-32, with two minutes to go. The Cubs forged ahead on two field goals and a free'ft0SS while holding thqir opponents to two free throws.-The final score was 37-34. .ee we 1 1-1+ ii, ... l I l I . fe .., ,, .. :- ,ga it .Jazz E. Ann Vaughan And'.limmy Clark Exchange Vows At Shallowater SHALLOWATER lSpecicill-Double ring rites united Ann Vaughan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Voughon of Shol- lowater, ond Jimmy Clark, son of the Mr. ond Mrs, William Drew Clark of Hollis, Oklahoma, ot twilight Saturday evening ot the First Methodist church. officioted. Greenery banked the altar ar- ranged with tall baskets of yellow gladioli and fern and illuminated by yellow tapers in candelabra. Nancy and Mary Jim Ashburn lighted the candles as Mrs. George Leftwich played The Rosary. Pre- nuptial selections included Indian Love Call, Spring Song, Bar- carolle and A Dream. I ,Love You Truly' by Bond was sung by Robert Sport and Cyrus Brown sang Because by D'Hardelot. Trau- mei-i was offered during the repe- tition of the vows. Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a gown of white bridal lace and satin designed with a full net over-skirt, fitted bodice anfl long sleeves that came to points over her hands. Her fingertip veil fell from a pearl tiara and she car- ried an arm bridal bouquet. Sue Putman, cousin of the bride and maid of honor, wore a yellow taffeta gown, styled with fitted basque cap sleeves and a full skirt of taffeta net. She wore a head- dress of yellow carnations. Mrs. Scott Vaughan, sister-in-law of the bride, and Sammie Joan Clark, niece of the bridegroom, wore dresses fashioned identical to Miss Putman's. Each attendant car- ried a colonial bouquet of yellow carnations. GJ en .4 ... R.G's t..-ni lc.. Q-WGJ Cn da.. R..gQDAl-mfjfn Rev. Cecil Attinger pastor, Harold Clark served his brothel as best man. Rheaford Coaly ol Hollis. Oklahoma, nephew of the bridegroom, Thomas James, Tec Simpson and Scott Vaughan were ushers. -Wedding guests attended a recep- tion in Fellowship hall at the church immediately following the exchange ff nuptials. Receiving guests were 'Mrs J C. Putman, Mrs. Joe Boozer, ltllilrs. Garland Boozer, Mrs. L. J- 'Yaughan and members of the wed- ding party. Centering the lace-laid table was the two tiered wedding cake em- bossed in yellow roses and lilies of the valley and 'topped with a min- iature bride and bridegroom. Cry- stal candelabra bearing yellow tap- ers flanked the centerpiece. Bas- kets of gladioli were placed through- out the reception hall. For a wedding trip to Houston, Galveston, and other points in the south, Mrs. Clark chose a navy blue gabardine suit with ivory ac- cessories. A corsage of yellow roses completed her ensemble. Both Mr. and Mrs. Clark are graduates of Shallowater high school. They plan to make their home on a fafrm near Shallowater. 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MORE THAN 15,000 ATTEND RENAMING PROGRAM RAFB Holds Ceremony By EMMETT SHOCKLEY Avalanche Staff Writer MORE than 15,000 South Plains residents Sunday were guests of Reese Air Force base at an open house after which ceremonies were held in honor of First Lt. Augustus F. Reese, jr., Shallo- water war hero for whom the base is named. High Air Force officials and base personnel staged a five-hour program for visitors, beginning at 11 a. m., with an open house and ending shortly before 4 p. m., with a spectacular aerial acrobatic exhibition by a quartet of jet fighter planes. Estimates ranging from 15,000 to 20,000 were made on the num- ber of visitors who attended cere- monies, although the official count at the gate numbered approxima- tely 15,000 including base person- nel. Over 3,000 cars entered the base, and many were turned away at the gate because of lack of parking space, military police said. ' Parents Honored At Ceremony pated, began at 2 p. m. The air- men marched into position before the reviewing stand after which the general order renaming the base was read to them by Capt. Clyde W. Bradley, jr., cadet squad- ron commanding officer. SCHEDULE OF EVENTS ll a. m.-Open. house. All office buildings, hangars and clubs open for inspection until 5 p. m. Engineering mockups and other displays ln base shops hanger untll 5 p. m. Aircraft open for Inspection on ramp. I2 noon-Lunch stands open ln building T-70 until 5 p. m. I p m.-Concert by 5ltth Alr Force band. on ram . ll . l:3ll p, m.-Unveiling of m arble plaque honoring Lt. Reese at Flag. pole. 2. p. rn,-Squzulruns march to pnsl- tion for rcvicu. Band music. 'l' F I l .. .i p. m.- orma rev ew. Renam- lng ceremony and presentation of nr- ders to Mr. and Mrs. Reese, sr. Fly- over ln' 18-25 formation. 3:15 p.in.-'l'l2-25's land. -1 p, rn.-Agrojets fr 0 in Williams ', Al-'B and :fr :ll display over flight line. 5' 'l Mr. and Mrs. Augustus F. Reese, sr., of Shallowater, parents of the wartime flier, were guests of hon- or during ceremonies, which in- cluded the unveiling of a marble plaque by the flag pole in front of base headquarters, and a formal review on the ramp, with the pres- entation of the renaming orders to Mr. and Mrs. Reese by Col. G. W. Pardy, commanding officer of the base. Reese was killed in action at Cagliari, Sardinia, on May 14, 1943, while flying on a volunteer mission to destroy a railroad sup- ply train. His plane was enveloped in the explosion resulting from his successful bombing and strafing of the train. The plaque, which commemor- ates the renaming of the base on Nov. 5, 1949, was unveiled in a simple ceremony at 1:30 p. m. 1 Presented By Local Groups It was presented by Homer D. Grant, president of the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce, on behalf of that organization, and the Lub-- bock 'chapters of the American Legion. Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the Disabled American Vet- erans. Col. Purdy accepted it on behalf of the base. The ceremony ended with a prayer by Lt. Col. James M. Becker, base chaplain. The marble plaque. mounted on a limestone base. reads as follows: Reese Air Force Base, Dedicated . in memory of Lt. Augustus F. Reese, jr., 1949. The review, in which about 2,000 officers and men. all available personnel on the base, partici- 'k'k'k CONUMENT UNVEILED AT REI-'ISE AIR FORCE BASE-Mr. and Mrs. Augustus F. Reese, sr., of Shallowater, right, parents of First Lt. Augustus F. Reese, jr., are shown beside the marble plaque unveiled Sunday at Reese Air Force base, commemorating the renaming of the base for their son, who was killed in action in 1943. Maj. Gen. Robert W. Burns, left, and Col. G. W. Pardy, commanding officer of the base, are shown at left. Gen. Burns, deputy commanding general for organization of the air training command at Scott Field, Ill., spoke briefly at the review held shortly after the un- veiling of this plaque. The plaque has the following inscription: Reese Air Force Base, Dedicated to memory of Lt. Augustus F. Reese, Jr., 1949 iStaff Photo by Emmett Sh0Ck19Y-9