Cedar Bayou Bears State Run Tops Texas Interscholastic Power
Cedar Bayou Bears excel across football basketball andTrack with a 10–3 record in district play and overall success. Coach Bob Barfield’s squad reached the state quarterfinals in Class A, defeated Giddings in playoff action, and topped district foes while securing championships at Lib erty and League Invitation Tournaments. Bayou claimed multiple invite titles and posted strong showings in relays, with White Oak, Groveton, and Barbers Hill among strong district rivals. The 1951 grid season noted a 4–2 district mark and deep playoff run under Head Coach Bar Ford with assistants Louis Davis Watkins and Warren Burk.
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Cotton Watquintet
Bnisfortune
Bears
Bruin
Liberty
Bayou
Atle
Fas ‘Paints
Star Bayou
Barbers Hill
Cedar Bayou
Bar Ford
Louis Davis
Watkin
Warren Burk
Supt Akridge Career Began 193 L Years Ago in Cedar Bayou
Superintendent R W Akridge of Cedar Bayou schools rose from Texas teacher to principal at Cedar Bayou High in 1942 before returning as superintendent in 1945. A Bell county native, he taught in Youngsport Nolanville and Cedar Springs, studied at Southwest Texas State and the University of Houston, earning a master’s degree and pursuing a doctorate. His wife Jewel teaches second grade, daughters Patsy and Carolyn are mentioned, and he is listed in Who’s Who in American Education this year.
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R. W. Akridge
Cedar Bayou Schools
Bell County
Cedar Bayou High
Humble of and Refining Company
Cedar Bayou
Akridge
Texas
Youngsport
Nolanville
Cedar Springs
University of Houston
Jewel Akridge
Patsy
Carolyn
Cedar Bayou Junior High Graduation May 29
Cedar Bayou junior high will hold graduation at the high school auditorium at 8 pm Thursday May 29. Supt R W Akridge announced Rev Clyde Foltz will be principal speaker with valedictorian Georgia Pitts. Patsy Akridge will give the invocation and welcome. diplomas to 64 graduates presented by Principal E V Barefield. Georgia Pitts had top honors with 94.52. runner up Patsy Akridge 93.71. Graduates entering high school listed. profits from prior year dinners funded class activities and club support.
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Cedar Bayou
R. W. Ak
Tidge
Clyde’ D. Foltz
First Christian Church
Georgia Pitts
Patsy Akridge
Akridge
Principse E V
Mary Beth Richardson
Ice Frank Robins
John Schatz
John W. Singer
Mitchell Singleton
Gwendolyn Skipper
Gene Smith
Johnny Smith
Wanda Ruth Taylor
Patricia Ussery
James Wagner
Jo Billy. Warden
L. C. Wilburn
Norene Williams
W. Jerry Wilson
Dorothy Winningham
Charlene Wood
Graduates Plan Deep Sea Fishing Trip Next Saturday
Members of the 1952 graduating class plan a Gulf of Mexico deep sea fishing trip next Saturday. They will be accompanied by sponsors W. I. Tadlock and Mrs. Nona Hatchell along with several other faculty members.
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Gulf of Mexico
W. I. Tadlock End
Nona Hatchell
Cedar Bayou Bears Name 1917 Districts Finest Year
Seniors hail Cedar Bayou Independent School District formed in 1917 as a landmark. Athletes and teams excelled in football basketball and track while the FFA program and band earned state honors under Ben Fitzgerald and L C Williamson. District records since 1928 are kept at the superintendent’s office after a fire damaged earlier records.
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Cedar Bayou Independent
Cedar Bayou Bears
Giddinggs
Giddings
Cedar Bayou
Bears
Cedar Bayou High School
Future Farmer
Ben Fitzgerald
Cedar Bayou Band
L. C. Williamson
Cedar Bayou No
Harris County
Schilling No
Morgan
Chambers County
Houston
Class of 1952 graduates list names and alumni notes
A scanned roster shows the Class of 1952 with numerous graduates including Earl Minter Dealon Cole Betty Hart Sue McNeil Edward Gunn LaVerne Bittick Dorothy Coon Joyce Wonds Adell Geiger Ruby Schatz Polly Locke Jewitt Smif Bobbie Chance Betty Lou Walters Etta Winningham Betty Stolander Doris Brown Faye Compton Adela Krizak Faye Carlton Bettie Sexton Willie Plocheck Dorothy Pitts Tommy Carpenter Bert Gene Pace C 8 Great Richard Todhunter Eddie Gaing Jerald Fanestiel.
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Earl Minter
Dealon Cole
Betty Hart
Sue McNeil
Edward Gunn
LaVerne Bittick
Dorothy Coon
Joyce Wonds
Adell Geiger
Ruby Schatz
Polly Locke Jewitt
Smif
Bobbie Chance
Betty Lou Walters
Etta Winningham
Betty Stolander
Doris’ Brown
Faye Compton
Adela Krizak
Faye Carlton
Bettie Sexton
Willie Plocheck
Dorothy Pitts
Tommy Carpenter
Bert Gene Pace
Richard Todhunter
Eddie Gaing
Jerald Fanestiel
Cedar Bayou Sponsors Help Senior High Teachers
Cedar Bayou seniors benefited from faculty sponsorship since 1940 with Mrs. Nona Hatchell and Tadlach directing all activities. Mrs. Hatchell, wife of Baytown Refinery worker Bob Hatchell, teaches homemaking and has credentials from Texas State College for Women and the University of Houston. Tadlach, a University of Houston alumnus, joined Cedar Bayou after 1949.
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Cedar Baydu
Nona Hatchell
Hatchell
Bob Hatchell
Baytown
Cedar Bayou
Senior Play Netted $140 at Cedar Bayou High
The Cedar Bayou High Senior Play titled The Camp Bells Are Coming was staged on April 18 and drew strong school and community praise. The event earned 140 dollars to fund year end activities, with W J Tadlock and Nona Hatchell directing, Betty Hart as stage manager, Jewitt Smith as promoter, and a cast including LaVern Bittick Deaton Cole Faye Compton Eddie Going Bert Pace Earl Minter Adell Geiger Jerry Fanestiel Betty Lou Walters and Albert Joe Zucha.
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Cedar Bayou High
Campbells
W. J. Tadlock
Nona’ Hatchell
Betty Hart
Jewitt Smith
LaVern Bittick
Deaton Cole
Faye Compton
Eddie Going
Bert Pace
Earl Minter
Adell Geiger
Jerry Fanestiel
Betty Lou ‘Walters
Ell
Albert Joe Zucha
Jinniors
Juniors and Seniors Dine at Cedar Bayou Banquet
On Saturday May 3 Cedar Bayou juniors and seniors dressed in Sunday best for the annual Junior Senior banquet. Wyman Fisher presided as sponsor and host with Bert Pace reading the class will Edward Gown presenting a prophecy Betty Lou Walters giving the class history. Earl Minter led a feature titled Festival Arts.
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Cedar Bayou
Wyman Fisher
Bert Pace
Edward Gown
Betty Lou Walters
Earl Minter
Cedar Bayou plans summer school improvements and expansions
Cedar Bayou schools will add classrooms and remodel existing spaces this summer. No major new buildings are planned by Superintendent Akridge, but several large projects will be completed. The high school science room and library will be converted to classrooms, and the science room moved to new quarters.
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Cedar Bayou
R. W. Akridge
Cedar Bayou to Add Teachers Under Gilmer-Akin Act
Cedar Bayou schools will gain three more teachers next year under the Gilmer-Akin act after a state survey showing 860 students enrolled daily. The current faculty under Supt. Akridge and Principal Barefield lists numerous regular and specialized staff, with 46 teachers named and more to be added for the upcoming term.
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Cedar Bayou
Gilmer-Akin
State Department of Education
Supt
Akridge
E. V. Barefield
Jewel C. Akridge
James R Bailey
Marie B. Barefield
Robert E. Barefield
Lula F Benes
Mildred Birdwell
Katie M. Boothe
Warren L. Burkett
Christine G. Davis
Louis G. Davis
Florence A. Dunkin
Ada L. Jones
Aliso Merritt J. Fields
Wyman
Thurso
C. Poston
Zachery T. Poston
Mildred ©. Smith
Charles J. Stuth
W. J. Tadlock
Martha .W. Thompson
Mildred R- Walker
Elma L. Wanzer
David H. Watkins Jr
Lc, Williamson
Daisie M. Wooten
Clare B. iConnor
Alva E. Davis
Cedar Bayou Schools Plan to Add Bus as Enrollment Grows
Supt. R. W. Akridge announced Cedar Bayou schools operated six buses last year, each averaging 36 miles per school day, with plans to add another bus when school resumes in September. Daily attendance is about 860, with 818 students bused.
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Cedar Bayou
Betty Hart Salutatorian of Cedar Bayou Class of 1952
Betty Hart, named salutatorian and noted as the most likable student, hails from Baytown and Kilgore Road. Daughter of Mr and Mrs J Le Hart, she attended Baytown Elementary before Cedar Bayou. Four years of English and a year of speech shaped her. she plans college next year but remains undecided on major and school.
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Bretty Betty Hart
Cedar Bayou
Betty
J. le Hart
Kilgore Road
Baytown
Baytown Elementary
Minter Earns Top Honors as Cedar Bayou Student
Earl Minter, son of Mr and Mrs H Minter, tops Cedar Bayou high with a 1952 valedictorian grade average of 93.25. He served as Student Council president, halfback, senior play cast member, on the commencement program, and led the Cedar Log staff while holding multiple senior-year offices.
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Earl “Minter
Orror
Texas
Cedar Bayou
Earl
H. Minter
Cedar Log
Rev Jordan to Speak at Cedar Bayou High Baccalaureate
The Cedar Bayou High School baccalaureate and commencement events will be held in the high school auditorium with Rev. A Jordan of Memorial Baptist Church Baytown delivering the baccalaureate sermon. The program features student speakers Earl Minter and Betty Hart, musical selections, and diplomas awarded by Supt. R. W. Akridge with principal J. Barefield and advisers Nona Hatchell and W. J. Tedlock.
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Cedar ‘Bayou
Earl Minter
Torian
Betty Hart
R. W. Akridge
W. Barefield
Nona
Jordan
L. C. Williamson
ER. Burns
Cedar Bayou’ Baptist Church
Mics
E. V. Barefield
Akridge
Edward Gunn Honored as Popular High School Senior
Edward Gunn 15 year old son of Mr and Mrs Gunn of Cedar Bayou is celebrated as the most popular boy in his class. A polio survivor who uses a wheelchair, he completed his Cedar Bayou schooling with a 90 average and served as senior class prophet. He led the Cedar Bayou Future Farmers of America chapter for two years and acted as livestock judge at the Houston Fat Stock Show. Edward has outgrown many wheelchairs and now uses a collapsible chair for bus trips with classmates, joining them on frontier fiestas and deep sea fishing trips. He and Earl Minter plan to attend the University of Houston next year where Edward hopes to become an optometrist.
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Edward Gunn
Houston
Edward
Earl
Minter
University of Houston
Seven Trustees Make Up Board
The Cedar Bayou Independent School district trustees, seven members strong, are led by President Lamar Jones a Baytown barber. D. C. Mangan is secretary replacing G. Oy Grube who did not seek re election at term end May 3. Other trustees include H. Singleton who runs a chemical plant at Highlands Boyd Hill a Humble Oil employee Baytown plant W. G. Wilson a Baytown life insured agent and Omar Shoemaker a Chambers County rice farmer.
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Cedar Bayor- Independent School District
Lamar Jones
Pioneer
Baytown
Dent
Cedar Bayou
D. C
Ir. H." Singleton
Highlands
Boyd Hill
Humble Oi and Refining Co
W. G. Wilson
Baytown Life Instance
Omar Shoemaker
Chambers County
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