Slidell High School - Lariat Yearbook (Slidell, TX)

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DREAMS ABOUT THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1949 Dreams are strange things Psychologists tell us that a dream IS a compromise between conscious and uncounscious thoughts and desires Perhaps that will explain why this dream may seem too rldiculous for words one dream in particular l dreamed about the events of 1959 It was extremely absurd In the dream these things happened Flash Ch1na The big torpedo boat Slidell reached here from America at exactly 9 36 of the earth time Crew reported nothing excit ing on trip Distance between two continents cut may miles by new routing said to have cut through melted lava for 7000 miles of trip encountered no snow Crew captained by the honorable Jack Leake .Tack s one ouesfion m Physlcal Geography class in 1949 was Mrs Rudd if they can go around the world and over the ends of the world why can t they go through the world'7 Well .Tack d1d lt I-le is now proclaimed the most brilliant man 1n the world Podunk Center Sanitariurn Dr Charles Lynch today announced that the samtarxum staff had dlscovered a way to combat laziness in school ize the school records of the nation In this study Dr Lynch was assisted by Walter Ashley who served as the guinea pig for experimental purposes in the research work Slidell Word has Just been received here today that Miss Anne McDaniel famed metropolitan opera star who 11ved here will give a broad cast tomght over WHIZ She will s1ng Yes There Is No Fog In My Eyes But You Paras Madam Jolene Shaw world s foremost designer of dog s clothing announces that she will enter the fleld of designing for men and women s clothing next fall She predicts that her styles will set the pace or the whole world Johnny Masch is now president of the First National Bank at Slidell Margie Thomas a famous nurse has contributed to the scientific knowledge of the treatment of polio in her book Facts You Should Know About Polio Mrs Fortenberry has received a thank you note from Patricia Winder for all the English she has taught her in 1949 and 1949 Patricia was the Pulltzer Prize Wmner ll . sul. . . ' . . . . students. This new discovery of the small magic pill is expected to revolution ' ' . ' ' f

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The next year as Juniors we met several new faces and missed some old ones. The new ones were Neta Reynolds Kathleen Wilson Margie White Fern Stice and Bernice Wilson--all from Greenwood. This year Charles and Walter held their A string positions and Rondal and .Tack proved high score men on the B team When we became Juniors we really d1d become recognized There never was a class that gave such an excellent account of itself as we did in our class play A Ready Made Family Johnny Billy Moore Carroll Ray Jack Margie Anne Bernice Billie Fay and Patricia made up the cast And it was so favorably accepted that our community asked that it be presented a second time and Allison invited us to present the play in their community auditorxurn On April Z3 we honored the Senior class and the faculty wxth a banquet in the crystal room of Marquis Hall at North Texas State College After the dinner the theme of whxch was graduation we attended the stage show where we were spotlighted by Floyd Graham orchestra director We also enjoyed several other highlights during our Junior year Our candxdates won fxrst place in the carnival and so Charles and Neta were crowned king and queen of the whole school we spent an enjoyable evening on Clear Creek roastxng wxeners and marshmallows and we decorated the stage for the graduation of the Seniors W1n1fred Margie Fern and Patricia clad in evening dresses ushered for commencement and Ann and Jolene dressed in white pique ushered at baccalaureate During our Senior year we have worked hard At every ball game we have had the concessions and have sold candy cold drinks popcorn sandwiches and anything else we could find in our cupboards With this money we took a Senior trip All year we debated where we could go to San Antonio to Old Mexico to Carlsbad Cavern or to New York SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS President Billy Malone Vice President Jack Leake Secretary and Treasurer Neta Reynolds Reporter Charles Lynch Actxvity Committee Anne Bernxce and Winnxfred 10 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . ,l 11 . .. - at 11 , . . ,, - ng . p - 1 1 1 .1 1 1 1 I 1 1 . . . ,, . ,, 1 1 , . 1 1 - 1 1 1 I 1 p . , . 1 1 1 1 1 - , I -- . . , 1 1 1 ' ...................-.......... .......................... ........... ..... ............-.............. ... ... . . ............. , ,

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N B C Studxos headed by B1lly Malone announced today the fmd of a beautiful new star Bermce Wilson She w1l1 co star wxth Guy Madrson 1n the picture release Flame of Youth B1ll1e Fay Lang wrote the plot The picture IS adapted for television Flame of Youth w1l1 be televised Saturday evening .Tune l 1959 7 O0 8 O0 central standard t1me Gold Coast Africa The Annual Baptist World Convention is in session Mrs Milligan the former Neta Maurice Reynolds was the prmc1pal woman speaker Her subject All Men Are Brothers Th1s organization has the largest membership of all the rehgzous orgamzatxons 1n existence of inter nat1ona1 scope Hollywood Mr and Mrs Hightower announced the arrival of therr daughter Linda into the mov1es Lmda is expected to be acclaimed the Shirley Temple of 1959 Mrs Hightower was formerly W1nmfred Wh1tes1de Do you believe this? All right I warned you that lt was only a dream 12 here this week. President Rondal Milligan presided over the opening session.