Seniors Fashion at HHS Marks Last Year Highlights
A nostalgic survey of HHS seniors showcases fuchsia socks, plaid shirts, flower lapel suits, assorted belts, and winter sweaters. Descriptions include pale yellows, red outfits, blue crepes, and sun-back dresses, with prom formals and cotton outfits signaling seasonal fashion shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HHS
Conrad Grisham
John Yocem
Rooster Beard
Mary Carolyn Andrews
Troy Hammons
Frances Lewis
Mary Louise Brown
Liz Wilson
Clarice Brown
Mary Sue Phillips
Doris Urrey
Evaline Ward
Corrie Nell Rogers
Gerald Dingler
Ellsworth Bailey
Joe Cassidy
Carelyn Sue Stutton
Betty Ann Henson
Babe Williams
Linda Jones
Margaret Phippin
Pat Ellen
Kitty Tolleson
Mary Kay Betts
Bonie Sisson
Mildred Foster
Maxine Fowell
Marian
Stewart
Coming and Going in a Genius Hallway Life
A collage of high school hallways and student names captures daily life at Hope High. Notes mention patterns of fashion, lunchroom chatter, locker interactions, and the Library Club's activities with names of many students and staff reflecting school culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope High School
Billy Ed Basye
Jo Ann
Marian Stewart
Clarence
Betty Benson
Prissy
Hazel Spillers
Loree Hare
Raymond Johnson
Jimmy Cox
Aretha Mae Crosby
Gerald Dingler
William Beard
Library Club Active Throughout The Year At School
The Library Club sponsored by Mrs. Mason opened the year with a meet of old members led by Beason and officers Liz Wilson Sophia Williams and Betty Martin. Activities included creating a pansy bed decorating the auditorium for the 1915 reunion program and reading Scripture during the period. Mrs. Sparks served as librarian after Christmas with the club’s most notable event the April 24 banquet at the Barlow Hotel featuring outfits with jeans worn under dresses and mismatched heights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Library Club
Mrs. Mason
Liz Wilson
Kitty Tolleson
Nlazel Spillers
Sophia Williams
Clarlee Brown
Sue Sutton
Mary Sarolyn Andrews
Laura Ann Garanflo
Mary Adele Waddle
Betty Ann Benson
Alice Lite
Barbara LaGrone
Troy Hammons
Bonnie Anthony
Frances Lewis
Colleen Coffee
Ruby Nell Parsons
Martha Sue Moore
Mary Esther Edminston
Pat Ellen
Polly Anna Williams
Betty Martin
Prudence Parker
Effie Hyatt
Mary Louise Brown
Marian Stewart
Carolyn Hamilton
Doris Urrey
Dorothy O'Neal
Jo Ann Card
Offi- Beason
Mason
Sparks
Junior Class Play Draws Large Crowd
The Junior Class presented a comedy in three acts Shoot the Work to a full house in the high school auditorium with both matinee and evening performances. The cast included Lucinda Livermore Martha Sue Moore Homer Boylston Henry Green Kate Ashworth Alice Lile Laura Ashworth Bonnie Anthony Jud Clarendon Glen May Max Neal Johnny Gibson Lou Undine Betty Whitlow Sally Hunt Barbara La Grone Dex Newall Bill Willis Guy Priest Jack Duffie Jake Moore Ruth Bright Pally Anna Williams Joshua Perkins Al Williams Bessie Perkins Dorothy O Neal. The play was directed by Mrs Brents McPherson with Betty Martin as promoter and featured a piano solo by Pat Ellen. A Taster Parade and a trombone solo accompanied the intermissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucinda Livermore
Martha Sue Moore
Homer Boylston
Henry Green
Kate Ashworth
Alice Lile
Laura Ashworth
Bonnie Anthony
Jud Clarendon
Glen May
Max Neal
Jud
Johnny Gibson
Lou Undine
Betty Whitlow
Sally Hunt
Barbara LaGrone
Dex Newall
Bill Willis
Guy Priest
Jack Duffie
Jake Moore
Guy
Bill Morton
Ruth Bright
Pally Anna Williams
Joshua Perkins
al Williams
Bessie Perkins
Dorothy O'Neal
Jimmy Walters
Ralph Saunders
Perry Campbell
Bobby Franklin
Eugene White
Jack Wells
Horace Adkins
John Bagley
Charles Gough
Billy Milam
Charles Reed
Norma Sue Livingston
Steve Snell
Effie Hyatt
Pep Parade at City Hall Show Sponsored by VFW
The Pep Parade presented May 2 and 3 at City Hall auditorium under Miss Michel K. Dawn. Cast includes Augusta Peck Henry Peck Judy Peck and others with chorus girls and a blackface comedy skit by Alva Reynerson and Hollis Luck. Notably Fea Swedean Bufton Gwinnett's signature has sold for as high as 51000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars
City Hall
Michel K. Dawn
Peck
Augusta Peck
Alva Reynerson
Henry Peck
Wingfield Stroud
Judy Peck
Polly Anna Williams
Madame de la Clair
Eloise Smith
Keith Trevelyan
Richard Fenwick
Hortense Johnson
Jo Rene Evans
Raseela Ricketts
Lois Amesey
Dora Druggins
Norima Jean Archer
Sue Livingston
Linda Jones
Reya Morris
Norma Jean Uazzard
Ruby Nell Parson
Mary Kay Betts
Elizabeth McConnell
Dora Lou Franks
Mavine Rogers
Metba Jo Kimberly
Maxine Bowden
Hollis Luck
Colleen Casteo
Winfred Hueckabee
Reynerson
Nfea Swedean
Newly Organized Glee Club Presents Spring Concerts
The Glee Club formed last September under director Thomsa Lavin. It performs with 40 members including Colleen Coffee as president and Effie Hyatt at the piano. After a Thanksgiving pageant and Christmas carols, the group, led by Thomas Cannon, gave its first spring concert May 1 and a large May 12 concert at the Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomsa Lavin
Mary Lois Ames
Norma Jean Archer
Bertha Barr
Frances Bearden
Mary Kay Betts
Bobbie Bright
Paula Burns
Norma Jo Chaney
Maxine Clark
Colleen Coffee
Nell Coffee
Betty Collins
Joy Collins
Mary Ellen Downs
Macelyn Duffie
Louise Elder
Mary Sue Easterling
Joyce Fincher
Bobbie Gulliam
Carolyn Hamilton
Patsy Hatcher
Effie Hyatt
Virginia Magness
Nancy Martin
Dorothy May
Mary Rose_ Miller
Betty Murphy
Nell Parsons
Margaret Phippin
Louise Porter
Dora Lou Partie
Billie Ramsey
Dorothy Ray
Sarah Simmons
Pansy Smith
Alda Smith
Helen Somers
Virginia Sutton
Marian Taylor
Mary Thompson
Joan Walker
Carolyn Westbrooke
Kathleen Pickering
Mary Lou Moore
Ruby Nell Parson
Glee Clay
Thomas Cannon
Hope
Glee Club
Methodist Church
Hope FFA Club Thrives In 1945 46 Program
Hope FFA reports strong activity in the 1945 46 year with fifty members from vocational classes. Officers include Dennis Chesshi president Bil Morton vice president Garnett Zimmerlys secretary Hal Porter sner Johnnie Brannan reporter Bill Beard program chair. Highlights feature Sears Pig Show in Texarkana Magnolia district contests and visiting day at Hope Experiment Station. Members excelled with John Hackler winning second place in the Texarkana show earning one hundred chickens and an electric brooder while Raymond Byers and Harry May won fifty chickens each. The group plans a two day Camp Couchdale fishing trip on Lake Catherine. Also noted are Class 1 railroads spending 104000 in 1945 for fuel and supplies and German factory output in the DL sone of occupation at only 10 to 2 percent of capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FHA
Dennis Chesshi
Bil Morton
Garnett Zimmerlyssner
Hal Porter
Johnnie Brannan
Bill Beard
Sears
Texarkana
Magnolia A & M College
Hope Experiment Station
Raymond Byers
John Hackler
Harry May
Raymond
Harry
Magnolia
Garnett Zimmerly
Bill Morton
Tra Porter
John Yocom
James Morrow
Rayiat Byers
Bill Jack Porer
Camp Couchdale
Lake Catherine
Know Your Teacher Know Your Teacher
A list of teachers with brief notes praising each as kind neat or strict and effective in class and church. Highlights include Mrs Dean Miss Payton Mrs York Miss Crabtree Mrs Davis Mrs Jackson Mrs Mason Mr Holt Mr Beaty Miss Drake Mrs Perkins Mrs McPherson Mrs Martin Mrs Amour and Coach Tollen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin
Amour
Jackson
Tollen
University Music Conductor Delivers School Concert
William Hacker, conductor pianist from the University of Arkansas Music Department, gave a concert in the high school auditorium on January 30 afternoon. He performed Andante by Haydn, a medley of Russian songs, Spanish Dance, a boogie woogie by Martin Gould, and Chopin Polonaise as encore. Hacker hopes for a city symphony orchestra of local musicians under directed supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hacker
University of Arkansas Music Department
Haydn
Martin Gould
Chopin
Hacker
Dreamy-eyed girls and town’s hard-working teachers
A roster-like portrait lists Mrs. Hanegan, Miss Winberry, Mr. Whitten, Mr. Jones, Mr. Cannon, and coaches Tollett and Dildy. The piece highlights quiet practice, cheerful wit, strict but fair discipline, and a passion for music and sports in a small town setting.
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Patricia Eflen
Hempstead Motor Co
Pontiac
W. R. Herndon
Jessie Clarke Brown
Lawrence Martin
Helen Troy Hammons
Joe Keith Cassidy
Charles Hyatt
Dennis Chesshir
Maxine Owell
Ape Clarice Brown
Bonnie Sisson
Ira Porter
Gwendolyn Churchwell
Clarence Walker
Mary Catherine Craine
Ronnie Gates
William Uuckett
Doors
Charles
Patty Talleson
Mary Carolyn Andrew
Mary Esther Edminston Grinny
Trav Hammons
Melba Jo
Milayed
Miss Drake
Margie Lou May
Johnnie Gibson
Norma Jean Wazzard
Miaitha Ann Atkins
Mary Sug Phillips
Schout
Margie Loy
Seenigns
Evalene Ward
Daphine Crawford
Leneta Sutton
Melba Jo Kimberly
Virginia Ann Magness
Betty Sue Ed‘minston
Patsy McPherson
Lowise Wiggins
Falln Grisham
Jane Dodds
Sara Lou Simmons
Marie Ellis
Patsy Collier
Helen Marie Franklin
Catherine Cox
Peggy Pentecost
Virginia Sue Sutton
California
Keith
Mrs. L. A, Keith Wanda Lee Burke
Mary Louise Keith Deward D, Bell
Jessie Brown
M. S. Bates
VFW
Laura Garantilo
Organization of Hope Ffa
Arlene Smith
Diamond Cafe
Herman Smith
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