Sterling City High School - Eagles Eye Yearbook (Sterling City, TX)

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 In the year 1942, Miss Bernice Alexander and Mrs. Mary Crossno were our first grade teachers. (Only eight of the original twenty-one are graduating this year.) Duke and Duchess were Billy Joe and Shirley. At the end of school, we had our first school picnic. In the second grade, teachers were Miss Alma Richardson and Miss Lucille Hodges. Dan and Jackie were Duke and Duchess. This year we had a May Day program. Teacher in the third grade, Mrs. Mary Crossno, said we MUST learn our multiplication tables, and WE DID. Duke and Duchess were Dolores and Hal, Jr. The fall of 1945 ushered in the fourth grade. Miss Mary Brammer was our teacher. We learned many interesting things in science. Billy Cain and Jackie were Duke and Duchess. Miss Nettie McMasters was our teacher in the fifth grade. Billy Cain and Betty were Duke and Duchess. The highlight of the year was our first formal dance given at Bill Swann's home, on Valentine's Day. In the sixth grade, Jackie resorted to violence, and as the result, Hal, Jr. received a knot on his head from a baseball bat. Mrs. Imogene Blackburn was our teacher. Bobbie and Gene were Duke and Duchess. Mrs. Bena Davis was our teacher the seventh year; we had a- Texas History Club which we all enjoyed. Shirley and Clinton were the Halloween Duke and Duchess. We gave a Western party for the eighth grade. Earl Blair and Betty Dunn were our Halloween Duke and Duchess, and Walter Duff was our teacher in the eighth grade. This year we all visited the insane asylum at Big Spring. Betty Dunn and Jacque Foster were grade school cheerleaders. Graduation was the highlight of the year with Bill Swann having the highest grade and Betty Dunn and Celia Ruth Hanson the second highest. Our Freshman year is one we will never forget. Especially initiation! Madell Ben-ningfield and Earl Blair were Prince and Princess. Miss Jo Shinn was our sponsor. Sophomore year Burr Reynolds was our sponsor. June and Gene were our Prince and Princess. Remember playing hooky our Junior year and the weeks that followed? Halloween was certainly fun, too! (Will we ever forget Hood and the skunk?) Memories of the Atomic Blonde (Junior Play), linger also. Mr. D.L. Haralson was our sponsor, and Betty and Earl were King and Queen of Halloween. Here we are Seniors, and Mr. Haralson is still our sponsor. Jacque and Don were King and Queen of Halloween. Outstanding events of 1954 are Kid Day, Junior-Senior Day, the Senior Play, House for Sale—Haunted; the trip to Mexico(M.O.P.), and of course, graduation.

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DELMAR RADDE Senior Play; Junior Play; FHA Sweetheart; 4-H Club 50-54; 4-H President 53-54; 4-H Reporter 51-52; Gold Star Award 53; Leadership Award 52-53; Farm and Home Electric Award 51-52; Soil Conservation Award 50-51. GENE SMITH Football 50-52; Basketball 51-53; Track 50-51-53; State Track 52; Halloween Prince 51; FHA Sweetheart 51; Junior Play; Senior Play. D.L. HARALSON Commercial Economics M.A., Texas Tech BILL SWANN Junior President; Sophomore Vice President; Annual Business Manager 51-52; Annual Editor 52-53-54; Junior Play; Senior Play; First Place Interscholastic League Spelling 1953. CLARA TINDALL Basketball 51-54; Volleyball 51-54; Track 51- 53; FHA 51-54; FHA Parliamentarian 53-54; J.C.L. Latin Club 50-51; Junior Play; Senior Play; FHA Play; Pep Squad 52- 54.

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 Time: 1974 Setting: In the future Cast: Senior Class of 1954 FOREWORD This is a drama taken from real-life and meant to portray the circumstances that certain intelligentsia of Sterling High School find themselves in twenty years from that great moment of graduation in 1954. In order to understand this story better, it is necessary to introduce each character of the cast individually. EARL NORMAN BLAIR—One of the younger generals making his mark around the Pentagon. He's made his millions on patents for commercial jet airlines. He is President ex-officio of TWA. PEGGY JEAN BOATLER--Eccentric philanthropist who is chief executive of the NCFOA (National Canine-Feline Orphans' Aid). WILLIAM JOSEPH SWANN--Jr.—A graying, 39-year old, 250-pound executive. Asa top engineer in his field, his main offices are on the top floor of the Pan-American Union Building in Caracas, Venezuela. PATTY JUNE BOATLER--A distinguished novelist whose name is under consideration for the Pulitzer Prize. She is often seen dashing around New York City in the favorite of her six Cadillacs, a pink convertible. JOHN HAMILTON—Hon—Head coach of basketball at Baylor University. He is also doctor of philosophy. SHIRLEY MITCHEL—Wife of Admiral Loy Mitchell and mother of four daughters. DON MARTIN—A prosperous rancher and hog raiser on 2,000 acres in Arkansas. CLARA TINDALL—The foremost income tax computer in the U.S.A. She has a system which completely reverses the present tax system—the government pays the peoplel DELMAR RADDE—Retired rancher—owner of ten times world champion bull—a jer-brangusteen. CELIA RUTH HANSON--Head nurse at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Recently awarded a medal for curing a person of the hiccups which had lasted for three months. JOYCE DEW—Chief advertising executive for Louisiana Hayride and an important figure in the government of Louisiana. DOLPHUS EUGENE SMITH—An international playboy who somehow manages to pay alimony to four glamorous ex-wives. JACQUE FOSTER—Happily married, this young matron is very active in the civic affairs of Miami, Florida, and mother of two talented children. BETTY DUNN—Wife to one of the foremost ranchers in west Texas. This couple is very well known for their fine breed of race horses, a flourishing enterprise in Texas now. (Continued)