The Kerens Tribune (Kerens, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, January 14, 1944 Page: 3 of 4
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THE KERENS TRIBUNE
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Editor
Associate Editor
Sports Editor
Humor Editor
Society Editor
Sponsors
James Lee Watt
XSREjaKE R£NS Hi GH SCHOOL
Patsyrene Murphrey
Bev. Hension
Sue Mills
Shipley Henson,
Mrs. M. D. McCormick,
Mrs. Clifton 'Ciaringfcon, Mrs. Wade Price
Typists Jack Bain. Ross Cog gins,
Elowee Bates, Thomasine Wright, Bey. Henson.
Reporters—Lamefca y<qy Dixon, Betty Jan® HPasctial,
Wayne Po in defter, Jack Kirkla.nd, JaCk Westbrook^
Bobby Brister, Jacqueline Reese, Ross Coggins,
Eleanor Norton, Dorothy Dee Quinn,, Polly "Marshall,
Dixie Spurlock, Catherine Grant, Jo Ann Seale,
Riahard Sanders, Jack Bain, Elowiee BaEtes, Lottie
Mae Sh irey, Bettjy Jo Crawford, Joaifihe Smith,
Annie B. Ford, 'Darrell Mabry, Jeanette Coggins,
Jack Conger, Billy Perrymam, Reita June Perry man,
Cljyff ©dates, Jr., Bobby Fern Smith.
K. H. S. CARRIES 00N
Disaster struck K H JS last
Tuesday night, "iaist our .building
burned.
Doi say stinething mow is indeed
a task, as our ih carts are sorrowed
by the lass lofMoiur school proper-
ty, our possessions, the many
books and abtoiYe'all the thoughts
of what K. H. S. means to uis:
the i'niner s'ptrft thait we can't oon_
trol as we tMnk tof the study hall,
the auditorium where we have
held some wioaderful (pep rallies,
tpilays and iO.£her swell programs.
Above all, the Seniors feel this
more thajn, any one else. We have
planned and .thought together for
a number of years in K. H. S.
We c«uld all see the night that
we might ..be i allowed the privilege
(of marching across the auditorium
stage and receive 'oiur diplomas
fuDiTn old K. H IS We Planned many
good times,, the May Pete, Senior
Day the Sc-nio.r Play and all the
rest. But it now all go;n,e and we
•wonder about the future. It looks
as if the seniors; will have t|ol fin-
ish High School under a piecan tree
in front of K. H. S., roped off by
a nope with apple boxes as seats.
•Seriously ?peaki;ng , we are for-
tunate that t'lhc f"ire was no worse
than it was.
17. Be'vatly Bruner—Same o.ld.
thing.
18. Polly Marshall—Be right
quite.
19. Fred Jr- Almend&rvez—.Be
good in Spanish.
20. Douglas May—The best -I
can.
WE PAY TRIBUTE
This week, we are adding a isp.ee-
ial column to our paper, to. pay
tribute to the superintendent of
Kerens High School, Mr. G.. H.
Wilemom.
To express toiur feelings on pap-
er is most,, difficult and words are
not at our command to tell yiuu
readers just, how we feel about
this iincllividual.
True, there have been .great
people in this wicvrld and they
have xeieeived their just recogni-
tion, but .this man as to us, as
great & .character as ever existed.
He 'has taken mo credit fi>r his ac-
a-c com,p lis b ments what, sio! ever—
a.:id yet they have been countless
in .number",
Mr. YYiiemon, you are not only
en s'UiPerlnten'den!!"! to us, but almost
a second faher as well. You keep
us out of .trouble, help us, advise
us and in.our time of need you are
there and willing to aid.
Remember the New London dis. j We, 'the stu'de'nts, thank .yau
aster several years ago? Some 200 from the bottom of oiur hearty,
students lost their lives, and all j for the help you have given Us
their property. We are glad to. be' in the pasit, .years, but your coiur_
able to face the future with our
lives and the willingness to,rebuild
K. H. S. baick jas it was.
May il say ta word here about the
amazing organizational ability of
Mr Wilemon and the school .facul-
ty ?
We. students, fully
se'veral days' leave of absence but
•due to 'their efforts we were able
to resume school .after mtisisjng
only toaie day. That's ta reoord .in.
.deed.
The classes are functioning al-
most as usual, e^gn though we
have no equipment or books.
The high school .students appre-
ciate the fine and wonderful Wloirk
done by 'these people and our1
hearts are tout to them.
'Tbis its why K. H. S.is carry-
ing Wb anid will iccmtinue to do. so
•come or high water..
The Seniors indeed wish to
thank Mr. Wilemon and the group
who assisted him in saving tour
permanent records. We would
have been in a jam if they had
burned.
•So in (Closing may I say !to each
and every student w'iuo has ever
been, to K. H. S wr expects to go—
.We tare going to do our best to
rebuild K. H. S. into its old self,
that the younger students may en,
joy the swell times that we have
had, and that the past students
may continue to remember K.H.3,
as it has always been.
This is lour aim and :t,ur goal in
1944, sioi let's cooperate with the
faculty and work till K. H. S. is
restored once more. We can ido it-
and we will
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
What do yo'u plan to do % the
present crisis..
X. D. Walker—Take a ichair a-
lOund with me. Because chairs
are hard to find'.
2. Joe Seale—Set in the study
hall (agg building) for the next
year or two.
3. "Chicken"—Start my sign in
grammar schicol.
4. Ruby—.Xiothing as usual.
5. William Earl—Join the Navy.
6 Billy Ferryman—The best I
qon.
7. Charles Blissett—Be quiet as
I possibly cain so as not to disturb
anybody in Grammar School.
8. Billy Ray Allen—Nothing as
usual.
9. Darrell—Do the best I lean.
10. J. B. Floyd.—Do what we pan
with what we have
11. George Bradley—Make the
best .of what we have.
12. <Sue Mills—Whatever Shirley
does,
13. B. Paschal—Whatever Sue
Does.
14. Shirley Henson—Make the
best of it
15. Jerry Jones—Do the best I
can, I guess.
16. Marion Campbell—Do every-
thing 1 oan to help.
age and determination during our
present crisis inspires us greatly..
We as seniors know that it is
going to be difficult t'he rest *.f
this year and our graduation will
mot be the same, .but with you
guiding us as no one elise can
We're iraot going ;i(o worry too much
about that. We will .achieve our
goal we kaiow..
WHO'S WHO: ,
You're in the i^itny now.
That's What Uncle Gam is staying
•tjSs oiur personality of this week.
He, yes it's one i»f our male
teachers, is really going to be
missed by everyone- I'm not go-
ing to Sell you for a while ex-
actly who this man is. If you
can't guess by the disicription
you're bad off.
He is aboluc, five feet, eleven
inches tall and has bloade, curly)
halir, blue eyes, wears glasses and
dresses very .nice. Have you guests,
ed yet? Well, here is some more.
He is ft, Jr. very well liked and
friendly.. His personality and way
with people have gained him
many friends and the .admiration
lOlf the entire student body. His a.,
bility and willingness to help at
anytime has also made him whet
he its today. This next, statement
will no doubt give him away.
But—He teaches bookkeeping, typ-
ing, and Jr. Business, and is dot
ing a swell job. To those uinfor
"tanate few who haven"t guesised
it is Mr. W. L. Bain, Jr.
Seriously, Mr. Bain, the army's
gain (will be oiur loss and a loss
that we will all realize. We want
lo take this space and time to
wish yo!u the best of luck because
you certainly deserve it. We think
you're "fops."
HOW A (SENIipR FEELS ABOUT
KERENS HIGH BURNING
I doln't guess any of us ever
realized just 'how very much a
building could mean to us until
January 4 when we saw the scene
of' so many happy and' memorable
events in our lives going Up in
Ilames. It was as though we
were watching about three years of
Dur lives vanish. Most of us in
the senior class started out in
grammar sichool together, .and
ever since those first years tour
One aim and ambition has been tjoi
receive our diplomas in the audi-
torium of Kerens High School.
To give our Senior Play on that
stage Where s,o many other sen-
ior classes had. given their plays
was something to look florward to
ever since we saw our first senior
play. Those are things that just
arein't possible now. And' the study
hall, where we've had so many e_
lections; the classrooms where
we've studied and worked and had
more fun than we realized'; the
halls through which we've walked
to classes so many times; even
the office, where we've reported
for conference or to receive pun-
ishment for something .we'd done
wrong, and where .we always
flound someone who'd help and'
understand us—those are all gone
mow. In a way the senior class is
more fortunate than those other
dasses whe haven't .been in high
school as long as we. We've had
just that much morc fun and we
have just that many more memo-
ries than the others.
The feeling we all hail for Kerens
High isn't something to be ex_
pressed' in words, but it's some-
thing that every one < of :us feels.
Maybe it' under the heading of
school spirit; maybe it's the lump
in 'our throat when we hear «Hail
to Kerens", and then -again may.be
it's the determination,, which has
grown Up in each of us to oaope-
rate and t,o settle down and make
this, our last yeia?, as successful
and' happy as our .other sichool
years have been. It's up to us now
and we realize if!
Bev fior has good job of typing j
Orchids To:
the "Bobcat -1Scr.atch".
The Corsicana fire departme.nt
for .being sio ■-'helpful Tuesday night
Mr. Wil'sraioin. (He deserves
them.)
Grammar school for letting us
share their building.
George Hay for staying with the
fire all night.
The Engraving Company for
not sending ,o:ur senior rings and
bo the makers Of the football
jackets foir .not sending them.
J B for being so helpful to
Jaiiies (Visa versa)
James .for having such a swell
office for his study hall (Compli-
ments of Mr. Cloud)
REM EMBER WHE N-
We had a high scheiol?
Paschal went with Calvin and
they got al(0ing. (I'm kidding 'em
because .1 don't think they ever
got,along.)
Ruby moved to Kerens and went
with 'Tommy P. (I'll s^yO
We beat Trinidad at the first
■of this year. •
We had a desk in which to p'ut
our fecioks and books to put in
.our (desk,
Dixie d'idn't have dates;? .Now
she's a big girl.
Lameta went with Bobbie :Dobbs.
Ross worked dn Corsicana and
nv?s hardly ever seen in Kerens.
Shirley arul Bev moved back
from iLufkin.
All the ex-senior's were still in
school. : ;
We were practicing ior the iaue-
act pl.:>y last year -
No one had a red cost. N©w
everyone has, almiost.
George Ray didn't go witla
Rita Jung.
Miss Hardwick . kept the seven-
th period study hall.
Betty Sipruell and 'Bev went to-
gether.
John Murphrey first started
making eyes at June Inmon. (
Jack Burleson took Betty Smith
to the football banquet.
James didn't edit the Bobcat
Scratch.
Betty Crawford gave those
slumber parties at her house.
Those were the good old days.
Patsy didn't go with Billy Shel.
ton.
Tillman's stayed open late-
Mrs MoCnrmick was Miss Short.
Mr No land was band director
and when he married Miss Bioesch.
Butch came home on his fur-
lough.
Chili and Calvin were the cD-
captains .of the 'Bobcat team.
Jack Bain didn't like Jea'n Hardy
(Or is your memory that long?)
Jerry Jones started to school in
Kerens.
We found out about Mr. Bain
going to have to go to the army.
Jack Conger was going t.-ci school.
Harold -and Polly were really
clicking, (il could add something
else to this but I wcn't.)
(We had suioh a good time New
Year's Eve, last year, at the club.
The Methodist Church gave the
Bobcats the chili supper.
The pipe liners were here. More
boysi more fun!!
Joan 'had long hair.
Billy Joe had his car here.
J. B. played the bass drum-
(What am I saying, he still dloes.)
Carolyn first started going with
Charles.
Jake stopped going hunting for
anything except girls. (We can
dream, anyway.)
Miss Edmonson came to teach
school here. Woo Woo!!!
ORCHID.S AND ONIONS
Onions to:
The bad weatbe'r. (It's cold s*\>
i'ng from building to building.)
Jake for going hunting so miuich.
All damages caused by fire-
Us for .being so crazy!
Paschal for staving her Texas
History book.
Someone fo.r saving a Plane
Geometry book.
MID-TEHM MUSDNGS
Good morning, everyone Here's
your ^would-be' genius and mor-
on to muse around on our" com-
ing mid term tests and show you
how a itypical K. H iS student
crams for the exams (Rhymed,
didnt it?)
Now let's take a student, no
particular one; they're all alike.
They come to the conclusion that
since tests are in the morning
(incidentally, its probably 8:00 p.
m now)) they had better glance o„
ver their books.
Sooo—the lug promptly seats
himself,-'or 'herself (or is a girl a
lug?) iNioi harm meant; nnly kid-
ding) in front of the lire with all
his bosks on the table.
Well, he picks up his Algebra II
book; now let's See 21 y_4 equals
what, or is it the other way? Oh.
heck, Pll get that later. Mrs. Price
won't mind, (or will she?)
Next cpmes English literature.
The student promptly reads a
page or two and then picks up a
Saturday Evening Post and reads
a thirty minute novel. Oh, yes, my
literature—Now let's see; Shakes-
peare wrote "MacBeth" or was
it ''Paradise Lost' or "Ode -to a
School Teacher" or What was it?
Oh, well, Pll ;get that before the
test. Bought Mrs. McCormick a
sloda the other day; may pass any.
how.
The next stop in this complicat-
ed' procedure is to find something
to make .sandwiches. After the
third ione he picks up 'his typing
mtanuel and promptly drops must
ard on page 3. Now lets see- I
can't study this stuff without a
typing book or a typewriter. I
ought to have studied two months
ago. "
Well, next subject' is Teals, His-
tory; better learn this stuff. So
studying for at least, .ten, minutes
of aolid concentration intermingl-
ed With Kay Kyser—ioh: well, may_
be Mrs". Curington will ,be ta lit
tie leiiient. (Brother, she won't
and dtont say ybu werent warned)
and' we don't blame her.
Well, so ends a solid, session cn
sensible isubjects with a sap.
He yawns a couple of times
and kicks his books on the floor
and goes to bed—with the thought
of passing the last thing in h's
mind. Happy landings, ,bud! You'-
re likely below the Sea (C) level
by now- .
Ki^SUAL KOMMENTS
Well, here are the latest gossip
and news comments and as usua
t'heres lots of inside dope on the
current nomances.
How 'bout this Eleanor and W.
E. deal? Chicken, how long are
you going to put up with that?
Carolyn and Bubba istill have
lots .of fun. But of all the unex-
pected friendships—"course that's
old news tnow, but I'm still dazed.
i3ue,-was ki'nda mad Thursday.
It concerned a date she hadn't
had with Bcibby Brister. He must
have dreamed it or something.
Shirley has. some new shoes.
Jerry doe&n't like them, but it's
still Polly who dresses to please
HIM.
Paschal has a new hair.do—to
Tommy Oliphant's relief-
Bev and Jean Seale—Hmmm—
we'll have to let you know later
what we think about that, after
we See how things turn out.
Jakie. Sigh. Period.
Has everybody seen Gene Phil-
lips' mustache? Just another
Clark Gable.
Redfiord—our local swcon icrcon
er—was plenty burned u'P Thurs-
day night because Joianne prefer-
red Pas dial's donipany to his.
When it comes to Kerens girls
Jack Bain just "ain't' interested.
He spends his time mailing letters
to Waico.
I LA CLASE DE ESPANOL
Since the loss of our school
building the Spanish Class has
been carried on in the typing room
and due to the loss of our hooks
we have had a great deal ol
practice on conversational Span-
ish. That is, when 'Sinora Wile.
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