Cannon Returns to Direct Band Through Half Season
The Wope High School band of fifty nine members began the year under Thomas Lavin, marching at all home games and traveling to Nashville Camden and Pine Bluff. After Lavin’s resignation, G Thomas Cannon took over at the start of the second semester. The group held clinics in Smackover Magnolia and performed a Christmas concert, a January concert, and a final April 13 program, with appearances at the Kiwanis Minstrel and the State Musical Festival in Little Rock.
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Wope High School
Thomas Lavin
Nashville
Camden
Pine Bluff
Smackover
Hope Fligh
Glee Club
Lavin
Valley Forge
Mr. Lavin
John Gibson
T. Lavin
Magnolia
Magnolia A & M College
Hope
Hope High School
Thomas Cannon
Kiwanis Minstrel
Little Rock
Rotary High School Lectures Spotlight Global Leaders
Rotary International sponsored a speaker series at the high school this year. Mr Younghill King, a Columbia English professor and Korean native, spoke on October 32 about seizing opportunities and shared his journey from learning English to scholarship, plus experiences in Seattle. Dr Meyer followed on November 7, discussing aviation careers and his plastic face due to an airprime accident. On November 21 Mr Leon Godshall from Lehigh University examined Japan’s history, occupation policies, and international ties. The lectures emphasized worldwide issues and training future leaders.
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Rotary International
Younghill King
University of Columbia
Korea
United States
King
University of Rome
Meyer
Rotary
Avia
Dion
Leon Godshall
Godshall
Bethlehem
Pennsylvania
Leigh University
Japan
Continued From Page One School Room Decor and Traditions
The piece details room decorations for Arlene Smith and others, with lockers adorned in blue and yellow crepe, candy, and lamb decorations, and Mary Carolyn Andrews chairing Mrs. Andrews home room. It notes pink and cerise colors, baby pictures, and junior boards carrying on senior tradition, plus a brief era tip on removing lipstick using hot water, bleach, and lard.
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Arlene Smith
Norma Jean Carr
Martha Ann Cao
Helen Somers
Mary Dell Tomlin
Daphine Crawford
Mrs. Martin
Mary Carolyn Andrews
Pat Ellen
Hazel Spillers
Colleen Coffee
Mrs. McPherson
Mary Kay Betts
Mary E. Edminston
History of 1946 Graduating Class Proves It One of Most Successful
The piece traces Hope area school history from 1934 to 1946, detailing students, teachers, and events. It highlights early education at two Hope schools, notable teachers, grade-level adventures, football enthusiasm, and wartime shifts. It notes senior activities like homecoming queen Bonnie Sisson and senior day trips, ending with mentions of reduced male class size.
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Hope
Brookwood
Paisley
Sadie Allen
Bessie Greene
Oglesby
Washington
Arkansas
Missouri-Pacific Railroad Company
Little Rock
Memorial Service Honors Students Who Lost Lives
A memorial service at Hope High School on November 18 honored former students who died in service. The program featured white chrysanthemums, twenty-one crystal bud vases, and twenty-one crystal candle holders in a V pattern. R. E. Jackson, Major Royce Weisenberger, James H. Jones, Reverend K. Moore, Miss Beryl Henry, Paul Power, Thomas Lavin, and Mrs. Thomas Lavin were among those seated on stage. awards, prayers, a Lord's Prayer, taps, and a moment of silence concluded the ceremony.
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Hope High School
R. E. Jackson
Royce Weisenberger
James H. Jones
Hope Schools
Kk. B. Moore
First Methodist Church
Beryl Henry
Hope School
Paul Power
Thomas Lavin
Mr. Jackson
American Legion
Moore
Miss Henry
Library Club
Henry
Frank Mason
Fifty Seniors Honor Points During School Year
Over fifty seniors maintained 100 honor points in one or more grading periods. First nine weeks honorees include Colleen Coffee, Mary Lou Brown, Gladys Jones, Eva MacIreram, Lou Elta McIntosh, Wanda Massey, Jimmy Cox, Virginia Amos, Louise Porter, Yvonne Sanders, Lorene Smith, Mary Leneta Sutton, Maxine Powell, John Hackler, Mary Carolyn Andrews, Betty Benson, Clarice Brown, Pat Ellen, Mildred Foster, Margie Givens, Troy Hammons, Loree Hare. Second nine weeks honorees include Mary Louise Brown, Gladys Jones, Sophia Williams, Eva Mae Ingram, Wanda Massey, Jimmy Cox, Virginia Amos, Louise Porter, Yvonne Sanders, Lorene Smith, Hazel Spillers, Nancy Spruell, Carolyn Sue Sutton, Mary Adele Waddle, Evalene Ward, Flizsher son, Maxine Powell, Ira Porter, Tenn Neil Vornwasler, Mary Carolyn Andrews, Martagann Atkins, Norma Dean Carr, Martha Ann Cag Tan Churchwell, Catherine Craine, Mary Esther Edminston, Pat Ellen, Mildred Foster, saaiyee Givens, Jewell Dean Hair, Troy Hammons. The following had 100 honor
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Bronor
Colleen Coffee
Mary Louise Brown
Gladys Jones
Eva MacIreram
Lou Elta _McIntosh
Wanda Massey
Jimmy Cox
Virginia Amos
Louise Porter
Yvonne Sanders
Lorene Smith
Mary Leneta — Sutton
Maxine Powell
John Hackler
Mary Carolyn Andrews
Betty Benson
Clarice Brown
Pat Ellen
Mildred Foster
Margie Givens
Troy
Martagann Atkins
Norma Dean Carr
Martha Ann Cag Tan Churchwell
Catherine Craine
Mary Esther Edminston
Saaiyee Givens
Jewell Dean Hair
Troy Hammons
Ary Louise Brown
Eva Mae Ingram
Mary Leneta Sutton
Norma Jean Hazzard
Ghidys Jones
Iva Mae Ingram
Lou Etta McAnlish
Mary Sue Philipps
Margret Phippin
Myrtle Sue Shope
Martin Anderson
Arlene Smith
Hazel Spillers
Billy Ed Basye
Carolyn Sue Sutton
Mary Lenete Sutton
Rachel Yates
R. L. Ponder
Ira Porter
John Neil Yocum
Garnett Zimmerly
Gerald Dingler
Martha Anne Atkins
Betty Bensen
Norma Jear Carr
Catherine Crainé
Joyce Crider
Aletha Mae Crosby
Mary lLeneta Sutton
Veterans Remembered as Students Face Wider World
The passage lists graduates and names including Harold Cumbie Joe Rooker Wilson Britt Gearid Belk Virgil Skinner Ellis Perryman and Blake Scholer who finished school at mid term. It notes the war is over and the world ahead is unstable. It calls for following knowledge like a sinking star beyond human life.
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Harold Cumbie
Joe Rooker
Wilson Britt
Gearid Belk
Virgil Skinner
Ellis Perryman
Blake Scholer
Seniors honored for high honor points and citizenship
The list names many students including Virginia Amos Louise Porter and Yvonne Sanders who achieved 100 honor points in the third nine weeks and throughout the year and a note that California ranks as the second largest state by land area at 156,800 square miles.
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California
The
Union
Library Club Christmas Play Is Success
The Library Club presented Children of the Inn in the high school auditorium on December 14 directed by Mrs. Frank Mason. Cast included Abiathar Blake Schooley Rachel Mary Esther Edmington Miriam Laura Ann Garanflo Isaac Bob Hyatt Deborah Martha Sue Moore Ashbel Gorham Jack Wells Ellsworth Bailey and shepherds. Miriam, a cripple, walks after the Christ Child birth moment revealing virtue over wealth. Angels sing carols enhance the spiritual emphasis. Eh ts of Egypt's 350,000 square miles, 337,664 are desert.
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Jewell Bothwell Tull
Frank Mason
Library Club
Abiathar
Blake Schooley
Rachel
Mary Esther Edminston
Miriam
Laura Ann Garanflo
Isaac
Bob Hyatt
Deborah
Martha Sue Moore
Ashbel
Gorh
Christ
Egypt
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Margie Lou May
Elizabeth Wilson
Eva Mac Ingram
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Francis Lewis
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