Stamps High School - Hilltopper Yearbook (Stamps, AR)

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Raymond Wallace wills his cotton hair to Johnny Hickman Junrors thrs rs all that we have our trarts our abrlrtres and our dreams so take good care of them and use them well U15 561410 Z7 zfplzecy One day as I came out of a conference wrth my Parrs desrgner on my way to the bar I mean car my busrness manager COTTON WALLACE came mnnrng toward me wrldly wavrng a tele gram You ve made rt at last You ve hrt the top now You are requested by the PRESIDENT LUTHER GRANT DAVIS better known as Red to desrgn the costumes for the World Prerruer to be held at Stamps Whatabreak Gettrng to Stamps the next largest crty rn the Unrted States The next thrng you know I ll be gettrng mto Buckner to desrgn After a few mrnutes whrch seemed lrke hours rn my new Rrggrns' desrgned Jet Shrp I landed at Stamps As I walked mto the burldrng Iran rnto BILLY RIGGINS Telhng htm of my recent trrp he at once asked rf I en1oyed my space shrp I of course told hrm I had and even told hrm hrs planes and shrps had taken the place of Fords After checkrng rn at the Knrghton P Hotell asked where most of the celebrrtres would be and upon takrngasecond glance the proprretors turned out to be IDYCE KNIGHTON and DOROTHY PEEVYKn1ghtor1 two of my old classmates After hearrng about therr frve boys I was told how to reach the new Phoney Island located on beautrful Lake June recently constructed by the world reknownengrneer JOHNNY SHEWMAKE upon whrch stands the famous nrght spot Johnny Ray s Whrle standrng on the bank contemplatrng on how to get out to Phoney Island a splash of water announced a boat After the Jets were turned off a slow easy talkrng guy sard Are you lookrng for a taxr out to Phoney Island? My memory churned as I looked at thrs odd character and trred to hold on at the same trme It was only after we made a curve on one rudder that rt came to me rn a flash' BUDDY FARLEY' l He and hrs partner THOMAS PELT had opened ajet speedway down the lake about a mrle and durrng therr spare trme they ran a water taxr on Lake June Johnny Ray sturned out to be owned and operated by JOHN RAY HART another of my old class mates By the trmelhad reached the bar the frrst floor show had started and JOYCE KNIGHTON another graduate of 52 was srngrng Crazy Heart and makrng eyes at brg trme gambler DALE FAIN Upon feelrngadraft on my tonsrls I closed my mouth and turned amrd a clatter of crga rettes to frnd MICKEY HART better known rn the olden days as MICKEY STRANGE yellrng at her husband It seems that the crgarette grrl BOBBIE NELL COOK had run off wrth HEART BREAKER BEENE left three other members of the act wrth a broken contract JO ANN CAMP and ALICE JEAN KNIGHTON were pretty upset about the affarr but MARY NELL MCDONALD drdn t seem to mrnd for she has a dramond on her frnger whrch looks lrke rt mrght be the Magnoha type JOHN RAY decrded to go shoot a game of pool whrle he studred about rt and he drsappeared rnto a nearby door Orderrng my chocolate Jet frz Iwas about to rnqurre rf the Head Bartender was not DOYNE GRAl-lAMwhen a frantrc well dressed lady came dashrng through askrng of the where abouts of MR CHARLES WILLIAMS I turned to see who the cyclone was but she had drsappeared so I turned agarn and drscovered Doyne had been workrng ever srnce he had sold hrs darry to CHARLES DICK SON All of a suddenlheard two gun shots runnrng I saw they had announced the arrrval of Cattle Krng CHARLES DICKSON After loudly declarrng drrnks were on hrm he collected hrs malt came over and began talkrng over old trmes Retha and George grocery charn store typhoons also came over to say hello They have to travel most of the trme seerng about therr stores Charlre told me that MARION DAVIS, famous opera srnger was to be here for the premrer I would see her tomorrow As the orchestra began to play I was surprrsed to learn that the famous band leader wasthe husband of MARI ANN JONES Seerng my gloomy look Charhe sensed my srngle blessed ness and began to tell me of the fates of three other un marrred classmates ALLISON KEITH had rt seems been marrred four trmes but was unattached at the present Charhe explarned that Allrson had become a very wellknown psychiatrrst I ignored the hrnt of my payrng a professronal vrsrt to her and he went on to tell me ofthe success of PAT ROTON who had gone to New Mexrco that fateful day after graduatron The same day Sue and Morgan had been marrred Oh yes I 1 1 1 1 1 0 I 1 1 1 ' 1 11 1 - 1 - I I U 11 11 - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 . . . ,, .1 . . 1 1 1 1 1 ' ' ' ll 1 fl 1 9 I 1 . . . ,, - 1 1 . . ,, . 1 . . . , , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - ' 11 11 1 - - 1 1 ' 1 1 - ' - :. 1 1 . . , 1 1 - 1 X . 1 ' Y - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - . - ' 1 1 1 ' ' U' Y' . 1 1 1

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Bobby Nrx vwrlls hrs 26 rnch vvarst lrne and h1s long black wavy ha1r to Brlly Jo Tatum Arnell Hollrs w1lls her abrlrty to get marrred to Tommre Roberts Bllly Rrggrns leaves h1s abrhty to plaw hookey and be tardy and get by wrth rt to Mrlton Allums Retha Hand wrlls her ab1l1ty to catch ex senrors to Lou Dean Graham Buddy Farley leaves hrs ab1l1ty to make A s under Mr Dollarhrde toJ C, Burke A11ce Jean Knrghton wrlls her long frngernarls to Ellen Wallace Jesse Sanders wrlls hrs 215 lbs to Bugs Rogers fwho needs rt J Pat Roton wrlls her drgnrfred manner to Dorrs Faye Vrnes and to Tommre Roberts her ab1l1ty to get along w1th Mrss Strong Marr Anne Jones wrlls her pastel sweaters to Bonnre Mae Cearley L G Dav1s leaves h1s ab1l1ty to play every POSIIIOU on the football fxeld to Bobby Lovell Bobbye Lynn Brrehn wrlls her extra 50 lbs to Shrrley Gay Saucer and to Joyce Marre Dav1s her plarness boyce Kmghton wrlls her abrlrty to be the Presrdent of the FFA to Herman Hudgens Barbara Roper w1lls her abrlrty to catch a tall dark and handsome man to Patsy Cleveland and to Joyce Mane Dav1s her ONE talent Jovce Kmghton wrlls her loud VOICC to Cozette Daugherty Joann Camp wrlls her straxght ha1r to Etola Reynolds Doyne Graham w1lls h1s abrhty to be good rn Physrcs toJ1mmy Langley Bobbre Nell Cook leaves her ab1l1tx to work rn the lunchroom to Emma Bolton and her halr to the Juntor Class grrls Iohnny Shewmake wrlls hrs abrlrty to get out of school at m1d term to Roger Wrndfreld and to Don Langley he leaves h1s long legs Alhson Kerth wrlls her ab1l1ty to always be prompt and never be late for elther a date or a class to Mary Sue Scott and to Shrrley Hrgdon her passron for Jewelry Frank Wl1llS leaves hrs abrlrty to cut up ln class to Terrel Fuller Helen Kestner wllls her abrlrty to get out of tak1ng m1d term tests to Harold Hrckman and Allen Lemay lenora Wrse leaves her abrlrty to get along wrth Robert Beene to Jo Ann Vrckers Thomas Pelt wrlls hrs abrlrty to draw prctures of Mr Dollarhrde toJ C Burke and hrs abrhty to pay attentxon rn class to Bobby Lovell Vera Lee Johnson wrlls her abrhty to stay 1n school all of the trme to Patsy Cleveland . . . I Jr. - c . . - V. A . I . I c . . .

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exclaimed What happened to them? Then he told me that they were furnishing the Jr High cheerleaders all four of them' But what happened to Pat after she got out to New Mexrco I asked Oh she has worked her way up It seems she had such a wonderful knowledge of short hand that now she IS secretary to the Foreign Ambassador of the U S o Mexico and she is engaged to a bullfrghter which turned out to be yes you guessed it another product of the class of 52 JIM OXFORD As I turned to set my milk UQ glass down the same cyclone came through and knocked the glass out of mv hand but she stopped thts time to apologize and also asked Where IS Charles Williams? Then I recognized her to be BARBARA ROPER I could see she was in a dither soltold het to have a seat and order a double butter SCOTCH soda As soon as she could get her breath she told me she had been working for CHARLES WILLIAMS for two years private secretary keeping records and dates of all his girl friends straight Six hours ago she explained he had leftwith HELEN KESTNER, ex major of the W A F to take some private flying lessons but a call out there assured her he was here So here she was LENORA WISE a famous movie actress arrived a day early for the premier and Charles 15 for wasj to be her escort As we sat there sipping our sodas I learned that FRANK and BENNIE owned and operated the Willis Brick Manufactormg Company and lived in their own brick made mansion Just outside Texarkana JESSE and JOANN have their television show over the world wide network K O R N Barbara explained that this was a popular varietv show in which Jesse did bird calls and played the har for the boys and the elephants which are a part of the show According to radro commentator for colummstj HAZEL JACKSON who had taken over Hedda Hopper s program and column a few years back the program ran neck and neck in Screen Guild s contest for most popular television show with JACK PARKER S show featuring VERA LEE JOHNSON the Modern Dagmar Barbara suggested we go back to the hotel and catch a few winks as the Premier was officially opened at a breakfast later on in the morning at 10 30 Back in Buddre s crurserwe bumped 1nto BILL RIGGINS and BOB NIX with their glamorous dates They are the famous detectives who have branch offices in San Diego New York and Houston and we dlscovered they had acquired even more fame recently when they solved the case of the Miss ing Magazine for Miss Syble Tatom The next morningl woke to the music of children playing Space War on the floor above As I crawled over a big silver saucer like object I ran face to face with one of my old chums MARY JO HATFIELD Now she was trying to corner an even dozen chlldren She and her husband now furnish the panelofprrvate quiz kids As we walked down the hall and talked over old times I asked about ARNELL HOLLIS and hubby Mary Jo laughingly told me that they were having trouble with therrdaughterwho had fallen desperately in love with the son of GLENDON NICHOLAS who was a world renowned hot rod driver coming up rn his father s footsteps or rather ure tracks Arnell and Horace Lynn were trying to persuade their daughter to wait until she was a few years older she was nrne years old As I made my way down the hall I couldn t help wondering at the drastic changes that had come over mx old classmates But I drdn t have to wonder for long Because up the walk came a young man looking very much like the man that was principal at Stamps and on his arm a very pretty young girl who farntly resembled the Superintendent As they went by I heard the girl say Ronnie , ' .. - , ., v p I - . . . , I I I U . n . 1 l , H , . . y . . - . . . l ' . . . . . , . monica while his two sons did tumbling tricks. Joann is manager of the show as well as trainer . . ' . . , . . . , . , . . . , , . . . . - - . . , . I ' Y 0 I I I - . . . . , . - ' . . , . , . . Y ' ' -