White Oak High School - Roughneck Yearbook (White Oak, TX)

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AGNES ANDREWS--Friendly and sin- cere--Member of F. H. T. club, choral club, Girl Scouts, and Pep Squad--Favorite subject, history-- Plaus to enter T. S. C. W, after finishing Senior year. JAMES BARNETT--Quiet and steady-- Favorite subject-math--member of science club, letterman's club-- Plans to join Army Air Corps after graduation. HILDA JEANE BELL--Always happy- member of science club, commercial club, and band for four years. Physical education, ranks first among classes. PATTY BOYLE--A sport--well liked for his way of making people laugh, a joker--likes to imitate people--s baseball star--on roughneck squad--an able player of football, softball, horse shoes ping pong, track, and tennis--a good friend, capable, just being Patty. MABLE CORNING--A quiet but deter- mined person--Favorite subject, bookkeeping.---Has attended Florence, Poseyville, Longview, and White Oak Senior High Schools. MAVANEE CUMBIE--Shining eyes, gay and cheerful--Member of band for four years, science club, press club, Gauger staff, majorette in band--Plans to attend college after graduation.

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'5 1' 1 V fJF Vi ',.'i'Wf'4f 'I :3'7T,,?'.: Seniors, BETTY J. STURGIS and ROY MILLER, won the Beauty and Beast Contest of 1944. A The Senior Class Favorites of '44 were BOB OVERLY and LOUISE McWHIRTER. ' When the Hall of Fame was chosen, the Best All-Around were COY McGEE and GLORIA HOLLEYMAN3 Most Popular were MARGARET GIBBONS and BOB OVERLY3 Most Attractive were PATTY BOYLE and EARLINE YOUNG, Scholastic were GENE KERN and BETTY JO MORRISON, Most Athletic were JURL HICKEY and NORMA JEAN PURSLEY5 Most Dependable were ROY MILLER and MARY LOUISE MASON3 Courteous were WILLARD SPRINGER and BETTY JO STURGIS. One of the main events on the Senior Class calendar is the tradit- ional WKid Dayn which is usually celebrated on April 1. The Class of '44 celebrated their day on March 31 and came to school dressed as slall children and acted the same. The ggggmbly program in the morning was devoted to the HKid Dayn antics and after the noon bell rang, the class went on a pcinic and spent the rest of the day enjoying their freedom with a show party and a class party that night to end up the fun. MISS EDITH ADKINS and MR. R. H. DOBBS were the Class Sponsors for the Senior Class until MR. DOBBS went to the Navy, then MISS GWENDOLYN HEMBREE became a class sponsor. Officers of the Freshmen Class of '40-'41 were: President, COY McGEE3 Vice-President, JOLINE STEWART, Secretary, GENE KERN. Heading the Sophomore Class in 1941-42 were GENE KERN as Presidentg FLOYD TAYLOR as Vice-President, and GLORIA HOLLEYMAN as Secretaryg MARY STEWART was Treasurer. Officers of the Junior Class of '42-'43 were: President, BILLY PHILLIPS, MARGARET GIBBONS, Vice-Presidentg LaDOT WHITE, Secretaryg and GLORIA HOLLEYMAN was Treasurer. ! -I ? 4 ,. 9 I

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AMY DAVIS .... Companionable to those who know her .... Quick smile. ...Capable in choral, pep-squad, band, and volley ball .... Faith- ful to the GAUGER, and the junior class play .... Plans and ambitions include commercial and business world MARGARET GIBBONS .... Dark hair and eyes .... Musical and dramatic traits .... Best actress award in One-Act Play '41. Junior Play, choral club, class officer, Scouts, science and commercial club .... Diligsnt worker on publi- cations, THE GAUGER and THE ROUGHNECK. PEGGIE GOOD .... Shortest girl in the senior class, gay, and always wide awake .... Member of the choral club, F. H. T., Pep-Squad .... Wants to attend a business school and become a secretary. JURL HICKEY .... Well deserving of the title Nbsst atlllete in the Hall of Fame .... Three year letterman for football, two years for basketball ..... officer in lettermsns club. Hopes to attend a business school. DORTHEIA HICKS .... Short tricky blond who likes to talk .... and able drummer and commercial student .... likes tsnnih BEATRICE HIGGINBOTHAM .... Quiet, yet she sees the bright side of life .... Member of the F. H.'T. two years and ready to dig up a story for the school paper .... likes bookkeeping, football and choco- late pie. lla