Wynne High School - Stinger Yearbook (Wynne, AR)

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Senior Class Historyof 1927 By Hazel McKnight X ssa HAVE been chosen to give the history of the most illustrious class, the Seniors of 1927. Our class history began in the year 1924, when twenty-one of our present class and thirteen others began our High School career. The following are charter members of our class: Herman Elkins, Catherine Scruggs, Virginia Quessenberry, Jack Richardson, Mary Jane Ellison, Russell Bailey, Carl Crain, Bessie Robinson, Helen Foster, Mary McCorkle, Robert Fisher, Treva Jane Ogan, Bev- erly Cogbill, Block Tyre, James Hannah, Margaret Lancaster, Dorris Hammett, Vir- ginia Graham, Dorothy Wilkins, Roy Wilks, Hazel McKnight. Among these charter members, high honors have been attained, not only in the liter- ary world, but also in the musical world. Catherine Scruggs, who will some day be a famous musician, won first place in violin contests in the years 1923 and 1926. This Class of 1927 contains a poet, a famous beauty, musicians, a math, shark, singers, foot- ball stars, and, greatest of all, a true lover. We must not forget that the members added from year to year did their part in mak- ing this class the class it is. Dovie Hallsted came to us from Coffeyville, Kan., in our Freshman year. She has proved to be a valuable addition to our class, as she is one of our honor students and is always ready and willing to do her part in helping our class attain higher standards. It was that year that Dovie brought fame to us by proving her ability to entertain. She won first place in the piano contest. Marcella Hamilton was a valuable addition to our class in our Sophomore year. Nothing more of note happened during the year 1925. However, our class, like all other classes in the Sophomore year, suffered from the tyranny of teachers, who seemed to have no pity on us. Marie Williams, plodding along in Poplar Bluff High School, heard of our wonderful class in Wynne and determined to join us. She came to us in our Junior year, and has become a very welcome member, for she serves to keep us in a good humor. Whatever our troubles, Marie is ready to ward off all seriousness with her ready wit. Jethro Harrell also came to us during this year. He, of course, had heard all about us, and at his first opportunity he came to join our class. He has proved to be the most dependable member of our class. Another who came to us in our Junior year was Ben Cooper, who brought added fame to our class by starring in the Thanksgiving football game. Ben found the class very at- tractive for several reasons. One reason seems to be a very magnetic one, and he has determined to finish so that he may be ready for whatever might come the following year. Franklyn Kelley came to us in our Senior year. From the far-away North he came southward and stopped at Memphis. Not finding Memphis as he would like it to be, he came to Wynne, and here he found his ideal class. Pauline Howell also joined us in our Senior year. Due to illness, she was unable to finish with her class. We are very glad to welcome her as one of us. Her thoughtful- ness and pleasantness have caused us to appreciate her more than ever. We were deeply grieved at the beginning of our Senior year by the death of a mem- ber of our class—Marcella. After a brief illness, she left us behind to mourn her de- parture. In all our activities we miss Marcella, for she was always ready to do her share in carrying on the work of the class. Four years ago our ideal was to become a Senior. We have now reached that goal. We will go forth in our chosen walk of life, but we will ever look back with pride and appreciation on the school where we learned the principles of true manhood and woman- hood. Hinh School days, we bid you farewell. We may never attain, as school pals, meet: But may we each in our life’s work excel. And may none know the atinsr of defeat. Twenty-three

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