The Grass Burr (Weatherford, Tex.), No. 16, Ed. 1 Monday, May 18, 1953 Page: 4 of 6
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PAGE FOUR
THE GRASS BURR
MONDAY, MAY 18, 1953
—We'll Always Remember—
SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS LEAD GRADS ON. Class
officers, left to right, President, Bob Park; Vice-President,
Clarence Culwell; Secretary, Ola Faye Stroud; Treasur-
er, Trevor Mabery. —Dennis Norton Photo.
Senior Officers Reveal
Individual Plans for Future
By Pat Neel
Bob Park who is the Senior
class president is 6’2” tall and
weighs 230 pounds. Bob has been
class president for two years. He
also holds the office of president
in his home room.
Bob plans to enter A&M Col-
lege next fall. There he will stu-
dy petroleum engineering. He
hopes to complete four years
there.
When asked what he liked most
about the Senior Class, Bob said,
“They always work together—at
anything they do.” In talking
about the amusing incidents
which took place while he was in
office, “The time Mary Hall sec-
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onded a campaign speech seemed
to top them all,” he said.
Clarence Culwell, the Senior
class vice-president is 6’1” tall
and weighs 150 pounds, Clarence
plans to marry this summer and
then start to college in Septem-
ber on a track scholarship. Clar-
ence is president of Mr. Brown-
lee’s home room, business man-
ager of “The Grass Burr” and
track co-captain.
Ola Faye Stroud, the Senior
class secretary is the girl in Clar-
ence Culwell’s future. Her fu-
ture plans are on the same order
as Clarence’s. Ola Faye plans to
marry Clarence this summer. She
is secretary of Mr. Skiles’ home
room, editor of the Melon Vine,
and is a member of the volley
ball team.
Trevor Mabery, the Senior class
treasurer, is 5’10” tall and weighs
170 pounds. He is a basketball
letterman, band president and
vice-president of Mrs. Emmon’s
home room. He played in the all-
region and all-state band. Trevor
plans to go to Baylor and study
accounting.
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Congratulations, Seniors!
Rankin Cleaners
By Shirley West
Well, we finally finished our
Senior Day by going to Shangri
La last Monday. We were begin-
ning to think it just wasn’t meant
for us to go. Of course, it did
rain just a little but we still had
a good time!!
Let’s see now! There was Ola
Faye and Clarence, who seemed
to be having a pretty good time.
Ola Faye spent almost all after-
noon teaching Clarence to play
tennis, didn’t you champ?
Mr. Brownlee’s versatility was
really amazing. Let’s see—first,
he went horseback riding—then
there were a few games of horse
shoes. Oh, yes! He seems to be an
“old timer” at tennis. He only lost
two games and he says it was all
his partner’s fault. (Incidentally,
he only played two games.) He
finished up with a couple of
games of pool. Some fun, huh?
We couldn’t possibly let the
ping pong champs slip by un-
recognized. Ernest Williams, Gar-
land Dixon, Betty Downs, Flor-
ene Baxter, Alleyne Gilbert, Sam-
mie Listenbee, Billie Jean Neill,
Billie Stephenson, and Roberta
Jones seemed to take top honors.
Hal Hayter, “captain of our
side,” and Coy Stinnett, “captain
of their side,” led their baseball
teams through a fierce battle re-
sulting in—“gong”—There’s the
supper bell—We’ll finish the
game later. Head for the chuck
wagon, gang! Soup’s on!! (OOPS!
—almost fbrgot — Mr. Wilson
caught two long high flies.)
Might as well tell you a few of
the others who played, too. There
were: C. B. Fletcher, Jimmy Hall,
Jo Thomas, Peggy Fondren and
George Hubbard.
Croquet was apparently quite
popular with Mr. Hamilton, Mick-
ey Purdy, Venita Glenn, Dessie
Gentry, Danice Carroll, Betty
Ford, Claudine Mullins, Glenna
Ferguson Jackson and “oh, so
many others!” How about it?
Mrs. Emmons almost took a
turn swimming with her clothes
on with the help of Trevor, Okie,
Arthur, Travis and a few others.
Mrs. Emmons is now nursing an
injured finger back to health. It
got hung in the wire fence when
she tried to keep from getting
thrown in the pool. Pat Neel
didn’t succeed in staying out. She
got thrown in and came up drip-
ping. Other people braving the
cold to go swimming and show
off their new swim suits were:
Janet Uphoff, Mary Gail Worden,
Jane Basham, Betty Doris Moore,
Joyce O’Donald, George Hub-
bard, Wayne Alexander, Barbara
Dalton, Margaret Greene, Jimmy
Hall, James Simms, Jimmy Tho-
mas—and just a whole pool full
of people. It was really fun to
play tag in the water!
Everybody seemed to get a
kick out of dancing or at least
watching the others. Doing the
shag were: Frances Strain, Tra-
vis Sparkman, James Webb,
Charles Stephens, Barbara Hagar,
Martha Miller, Tommy Mize,
Graham Compton, Lonnie Young,
'Mary Hall. Pat Neel, Margaret
Greene and Marshall Mitcham.
Lou Ann Lowry and James
Simms were really cutting a rug
—(concrete, I meant to say)—
doing the jitterbug. James Webb
and Shirley West introduced the
“polka” and had everyone patt-
ing their feet before the day was
over.
Oh, my goodness!—We just
couldn’t forget the jolly horse-
back ride. Among the very large
group of “saddle-sores” were:
Arthur Stockstill, Bill Yeats,
Darla Pharo, Dorothy Werner,
Lonnie Young, Tommy Mize, Wil-
lie Mae Hodges, Garland Dixon,
Jerry Kelly, Coy Stinnett, Fran-
ces Strain, James Webb, Trevor
Mabery, Wanda Key, Norma
Coates, Shirley Bradley, Carmitta
Hoover, Wanda Carter, Wanda
Howell—ooh!—I could go on and
on — “Click” Stockstill returned
from the ride with a scratched
arm and face and a bruised foot
and leg. Some “big ole” horse
named Trigger gave him a gentle
shove into a tree.
Clarence. Ola Faye, and Mr.
Brownlee weren’t the only ones
who played tennis. Some of the
other “champs” were: Gary Fos-
ter, Bob Cogburn, Albert Hipp,
Peggy Fondren, Martha Fulks,
Laquita Harris, Pat Hurlburt,
Royce Vick, Margie McAllum,
Simona Valtierra and Bill Hob-
son. All of them lasted at least
four points per game.
Lonnie Young got quite a kick
out of playing “Under the Dou-
ble Eagle” on the piano. He play-
ed it while some other “less pop-
ular” recording artist played it
on the juke box. The only major
difference was that Lonnie play-
ed it in a different key.
Bill Yeats and Gary Foster
practiced popping the bull whip.
Pretty good, huh!!
Horse shoes wasn’t quite so
popular a game but there were
a few who really enjoyed it.
Claude Freeman, Okie Herring,
Wesley Clark and Mr. Brownlee
got a “big bang” out of it.
Theron Ragle, Mr. Hamilton,
Mr. Wilson, Garland Dixon, Bill
Best Wishes to the
Senior ’Class of 1953
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107 N. Main
Weatherford
Yeats, and some of the other
“pool sharks” stayed behind the
eight ball most of the afternoon.
Of course, there were very,
very few who didn’t take part in
the barbecue supper. Some of
them seemed to enjoy it more
than others. Frances and Lonnie
especially enjoyed an ice fight.
Theron. Ragle, Theodore Burke,
and Graham Compton upset a
couple of tables ’ and splattered
barbecue on one another. Some
fun, huh? Pat Neel made a “rash”
statement about the delicious
meal. She said it was the best
horsemeat she ever tasted if
they’d just taken the saddle off.
Bobby Culwell, Bobby Downs,
Lewis Wayne Ellis, Don Holder,
Cecil Hardin, Bob Park, Dan
Thomas, Jon Vandagriff, Billy
Dan Welch, Bruce Wiggs, Duard
Ruland, Alfred Woodle, an#.
Wanda Wright “Chickenee out”
and didn’t go for one reason or
another. *■
Mrs. Martin went along with
us and seemed to have a nice
time just watching to see what
everyone else was going to do.
There was hardly a minute
when there wasn’t something ex-
citing and extraordinary going
on. Senior day was really “our”
day and—“We’ll Always Remem-
ber.”
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Upon Their Graduation”
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