Talco High School - Trojan Yearbook (Talco, TX)

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The k1ck off The hlgh hght of the day bexng the football game between the Talco Trojans and the Bogata Bulldogs Thzs 15 the fxrst game ln the new s tadxum deslgned by Freddle Rodgers The stadxum was dedmcated to the Talco TroJans D1str1ct Champ1ons of the past and present Coach Bobby Mart1n s rugged Trojans are mn good shape and he w1ll have no trouble wznmng the game lf he can just keep h1s former te ammate s off the be nch Wlth the1r helpful suggestlons of 52 when we ran the T w The squad wxll know how the old grads won D1str1ct1n and how thexr coach was an All State Half Back Another welcomed v1s1tor on the bench was Dr George Leake now a dentxst 1n Naples H1SW1fe W1ll1e Mae was m the stands chatt1ng wlth Sue Elhott a former cheer leader who IS now sponsor of the Pep squad The Trojan Band under the dlrectxon 0 f Clara Hoffpau1r presented an 1nterest1ng and entertalmng program at half txme After half tzme act1v1t1es everyone went to the concessxon stand for refreshments and were served by Dorothy Blalock and Patsy Prxce who were ln charge Gerald Harms was sell1ng peanuts Th1rd Quarter ' Gerald Stansell sports reporter for the Dallas news could be seen ln the press box Garne ' The old trad1t1on was carrxed out by another vlctory over Bogata THE TROIANS WIN AGAIN The home c om1 ng dance at the classxc mght club owned by Duke Wyatt was qulte an event The club was decorated wlth carnatlons ln the class colors of red and blue Mus1c was presented by Spanky H3Wk1nS and h1s Texas Playboys Douglas Parker and Eugene Warren were the featured gultar players Thls brmngs to an end another chapter ln the l1fe of our class May God bless and keep you ln all the years to come SENIORS OF 53 , . In ' , e----------! ' ' ' ' '52, ' - - . I Y ... , , ' . . . u ,, 1 ' I

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CLASS PROPHECY Homecoming 1963 At last the graduatmg class of 1953 will be tog e the r again Ten years is a long time, many events have taken p lac e since those happy go lucky kids bade fa rewe ll after the Senior Trip to New Orleans There w a s much rejoicing as old classmates were recognized Names have been changed but faces are the same The halls again rang with fam1l1ar laughter After reglsterlng the group assembled in the auditorium The choral club presented a musical program under the direction of Sally Taylor and her assistant Iennett Stephenson Both were active in choral work while in high school Noon The mad rush to the cafeter1a not even the sands of time could change that A dehcious lunch was served by Mattie Lou Martin and her efficient staff After lunch the students were ushered out to the front steps by two teachers on hall duty Mavis Dyke the girls Physical Education Director and Bobby King of the Industrial Arts Department As the bell rang to begin afte rnoon classes the Class of 53 met for a class meeting in the Homemaking Department with Mary Dryden the Homemaking teacher as hostess The meeting for once was carried on in an orderly fashion Mr Giddens and Miss Kyzer would have been pleasantly surprised Melba Hearron a very effxcient secretary took minutes of the meeting the following Doyle Price a wealthy cattleman and his wife Wanda of Dallas Jean Russell and her twin sons of Longview Cynthia Ritcherson Registered Nurse of Mt Pleasant Miss Cornelius also interviewed Joyce Richeson the school secretary When the meeting adJournedG1lbert Burks invited all his ole classmates to visit his theater where the latest movie of Marilyn Monroe and Jack Smith was having its Premier After bemg most hand some boy in Talco High for three years Jack went to Hollywood as a top movie actor Time for pep rally was drawing near and Jerry Worden hurried to finish his work Thanks to his pull with the school board Jerry 1 s now Janitor Pep r alll e s are still held in the gym The Trojan spirit has not dimmed s1nce the yea r the Blg Six le d Fifteen For Coach at each pep rally The guest speaker Jimmy Stewart, proprietor of The Trojan Sporting Goods Store had a hard time read ing the notes p re pa re d by his secretary Patsy Swope He tried to start his collection of Athletic equipme n t while in high school but Lu Worthington and I M. Fussell tracked down all the missing equipment They are now detectives employed by the Athletic Department of Talco High , . . . 0 . .. 1 . I . I , . . . . I ' ' if M ' N ' ! . . I . , . , , D . 1 a . . . . , . . I . . . Peggy Cornelius, society reporter forthe Talco Times, was covering the meeting and interviewing . : . , ' . . I . . . 1 . . . . . ,, . . ,, ,, . ,, , . . . . ' . -

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