Valley View High School - Eagle Yearbook (Valley View, TX)

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On the opening day of school, September, 1935, twelve little first graders tripped toward that institution of lea.rn- ing called school. Those standing in line that bright morning were John McCuistion, Bobby Anderson, Billy George Highfill, Gertrude Rauschuber, ' , Peggy Myers, Reubelene Wilson, Eugene Miller, Betty Lou Klinglesmith, Harvey Dick Hammons, Wanda Lou Switzer, and T. J. Carson. Eugene Miller decided he liked Mrs. Brown, our teacher, and stayed behind a year. T. J. Carson, who also liked Mrs. Brown, decided to spend another year in the second grade. Miss Frisby was the teacher part of the time in the second grade. Wanda Jean Davis joined us that year from Elm Grove but she liked two little boys in the grade below so she waited for them. In the fourth grade we had a man teacher, Mr. Hetherington, and we moved to the new school build- ing. Reubelene Wilson moved to Littlefield but came back later in the year because she missed us so. In the fifth grade Chester Calhoun came from Hays to be with our lively class. Mr. Preston was our fifth and sixth grade teacher, assisted by Mrs. Edge and Mrs. Sims. Beatrice Hassenpflug and Lavelle McFarlin joined us in the sixth grade from Elm Grove. We skipped the seventh grade when the twelve grade school system was begun. In the eighth grade Charlie Mae Christian came from Sanger and the highlight of the year was our graduating into high school. Vera Herin came from Era that year also. When we were Fish Harvey Dick' Hammons moved to California and Wanda Lou Switzer moved to Sanger. Mac Williams was our sponsor. Our teachers when we were Sophomores were Bro. Batchelor, Mr. Wilshire, Mr. Blackard, Mrs. Precise and Mrs. Hart, our sponsor. In our Junior year Mrs. Violet Hudspeth was our sponsor and we will never forget our play or the Seniors of 'Z,5. Dorothy Nell Springer came from Sanger and Mitzi Minnis came from Gainesville. Both came to join the fun! Our Senior year was marred sadly with the death of Betty Lou on the second day of school. But we gained two members of the class. Roxie Dean Henly came from Pilot Point and Martha Ann McCollum stepped up a grade by a little extra work in the summer. Our play, People Are Funny , was presented and the burrying of the hatchet was an event we won't forget. That ends our high school history but not our success, we 4 Qfizm hope!

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WWW Maybe you are a little surprised to hear from us, but we thought you would like to know how your WSENIORS OF 'l,6 are getting along and what they are doing. First or all, Reubelene CDeanj Wilson, who has ma.rried since the war, is living in Malad, Idaho, and is owner of DEAN'S Jewerly Shop. Billy Joe fSatchelJ Highfill has now moved to the West Coast and has taken up dancing and is now starring with Yvonne De Carlo. Martha Ann CMackyD McCollum is now living in California and is the number one Debutante of Los Angeles. Mitzi Ann Ullickeyl Minnis is a Woman in White and she likes all of her male patients. John CMacD McCuistion now weighs 200 pounds and has become a favorite of the rodeo patrons from Madison Square Garden to the West Coast. Recently he set the world's new record for bulldoging steers. Chester fSolku.ml Calhoun, who loved the Navy so well his Senior year, is now an admiral of the largest transport afloat. As we were walking down Main Street, we noticed from an attractive sign that Dorothy Nell QRedD Springer had risen to fame as the owner and operator of the Pugsy Beauty Saloon. Gertrude CTrudyJ Rauschuber is now married to a guy in khaki and is living in Gainesville ami for her past time works in the U.S.0. Doyle Wade has become noted in still another field. He is a great stage actor and has filled the title made famous by John Barrymore, The Great Profileu. Vera Herin has finished a Pharmacy College and is a licensed phar- macist. She now owns a chain of Drug Stores throughout the United States. J o Ann H31 Flint is still the same old Ju operating an Advertising Agency in Norman, Oklahoma. Bobbie CCookieJ Anderson is gaining publicity as a comedian on a weekly hook-up over station N-U-T. ' Charlie Mae Christian, who now owns Mikes Cafe' in Denton, special- izes in 'Chicken Salad Sandwichesu. Why not go down and eat with her? We hear that Billy George Highfill has risen to the height of a professor of English in the Texas State College for Women and doing cfiite well among the women. Roxie Deene CTerryl Henley, who is happily married to a tall hand- some MANN, still lives on the farm near Pilot Point. Bill Floyd married recently and moved to Gainesville and has taken the seat as District Attorney of Cooke County. We have told you about all the boys except Lavelle CMusclesJ McFarlin. He is now 'the manager of the football team at T. C. U. As for ourselves, we are reporters for the New York News . Peggy is married to the admiral of the largest transport afloat and Beatrice is the wife of one of New York's wealthiest men. We hope you have enjoyed hearing about your former Seniors . Dear Mr. Blackard: Very best wishes, 727