W W Samuell High School - Torch Yearbook (Dallas, TX)

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Crlssy Ortlz and JIII Tucker are Owners of a Lonely Heart at summer practice. 4-i 5, 4 A ..--'F X.tf ' J - Q ,n - '. . 7.-Lf Scot Chapman and Carl Campbell putt for the fun of It at the falr. 'U 2 r -' KV. Blue JBCKSYS DOOM, DOOITI, b00ll'l Bl the M8SqLlif8 gHm6. I 3 A ' QE as ' N e C T - ...,,,,,-H gifff: my 1,5-f - C ji ' Vegas. V n 'L gig Renee Manes and Barbra Gregg con- centrate on their chapter test over the Roman heritage in world history. lt's not the high class part of town I'm sure you've heard that before, but we are proud of the PIT and that's for sure. There's nothing here to be of shame: we speak hightly of our town's name. I live right smack dab in the middle of Pleasant Grove. H. if Q-. '-5 , 'L E W 'Q WWI' 'M Fifa '-all-. ' 5 it ?ig7:Tf1 . FS, Darnella Ford calculates her assets in math. CHORUS: , , Ah, Pleasant Grove is My Home Town, no matter how much they put it down. Oh, no, you can't take me from the Grove. Beginnings 5

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2, Pleasant Grove ls My Home Town W w Kyle Money 1 at Just south of Highland Park three miles from Mesquite there's a passel of people that you would like to meet. These people you will find in a town that's one of a kind, when you get there you can call it Plea- sant Grove. Well they call us Grove Flats but that don t bother me. You can lock me up in the Grove and throw away the key. It s just as good as the best and better than the rest. I wouldnt live anyplace but the Grove. In the Cotton Bowl Susan Davis twirls to the Theme from lce Castles at the SOC game. . ..... N T ,af . K WMF ' 'ars H 1 s l f ' The butterfly stretches Danny Powell for l 1 V g soccer practice. , x F u if I l g, ..,. . lm b R g . Slifitq I 4 K s. K. . 4 Beglnnlngs Cedric Hollins and Stephen Wee-Bee Miles trap Lake Highlands for a two pointer.

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E ' JUN i' B is 2. . ft, Jessie Friday, Angie Martel, Deanna Brown, and Stephanie Beers can't decide which way to turn at the fair. , W, ,-has- 'ffiA Jeff Danny Boy Kirkwood blows the blues. Pleasant beginnings The roots of Pleasant Grove reach deep into the early 1800's, establishing it as one of the oldest communities in Dallas. Several families in- cluding the Elams, Brutons, Conners, Umphresses, and Blairs contributed to the early settlement. Charlie Blair, a senior, felt very proud to be a descendant of one of the pioneering families. The land that Samuell stands on was 6 Beginnings once a part of the Blair three hundred and sixteen acre tract. He said, lt also gives me a sense of roots to know my fami- ly has stayed here all these years. What the future holds for me and my descendants, however, remains unknown. Dan Lebow, the first teacher in the little one-room schoolhouse, gave Pleasant Grove its name. One day he was gazing out the window and ex- Joel Ballew strikes up the band at the SOC game.