School Week Advances as Interscholastic Meet Recaps
This week marks the last six weeks of school with campus events filling the calendar. At the Interscholastic League meet in Nederland our students placed in events like declamation and poetry reading, with Herman Adams Carolyn Baker and others earning spots and Melinda Cullinan noted as a regional meet contender.
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Baptist
Methodist
Nederland
Herman Adams
Elizabeth Wilson
Betty McInnis
Nelson Bruns
Sallie Dee Cole
John Hartman
Jerry McMicken
Lyndal Blackmon
Carolyn Baker
Senior Class Banquet Honors at Deep South Theme
Friday night April 10, 1959, Baptists honored the Senior Class with a banquet. The Deep South theme decorated walls and tables with minstrel faces and dolls. The program began with a prayer and a verse of Dixie followed by a Sou menu.
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the Baptists
Beaming Banquet Honors Beaumont Graduates With Southern Flair
A Baptist Church group served fried chicken, black eyed peas, candied yams, tossed salad, rolls, peach cobbler, and iced tea. Entertainment included a skit, songs, and a minstrel show featuring Darell Shine and Lenox Hawthorne. Reverend James Ray from Beaumont gave an inspiring talk about challenges after graduation. Seniors praised the banquet and thanked the organizers.
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The
Baptist Church
Darell Shine
Lenox Hawthorne
James Ray
Beaumont
National Thespians Plan Upcoming Thespian Party
The executive board met Tuesday to outline the Thespian Party set for the near future. With about $110 in the club treasury the event should be nice. Mrs. Hough will post membership points Friday for those who worked on Beauty and the Beast and The Perfect Idiot.
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The
National Thespians
Nine top ten picks show sentimental rock still leads
Record Rock Review notes nine of the top ten songs lean sentimental with Jackie Wilson's That's Why a fast love track. John Barrett and Eddie Denard visited Saratoga for a seniors talent show. Kansas City by Wilbert Harrison tops with 50 000 first week sales in Houston. Ricky Nelson praised as a singer with acting questions. Brice St Aubin's singing of She Says raises debate on pleasure versus obligation.
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Sidney Ester
The
Dreamers
Brook Benton
Lonesome Old House
Don Gibson
Kansas City
Wilbert Harrison
Ivory Joe Hunter
Record Rock
Jackie Wilson
John Barrett
Eddie Denard
Saratoga
Houston
Ricky Nelson
Brice St. Aubin
False leads to Boola-Boola village roles
The list assigns roles to Richard Worley Herman Adams Judy DeHart Susan Wingfield and Don Spell in Boola-Boola, noting Worley as head meat tenderizer, Adams as French teacher for natives, DeHart teaching native girls hula, Wingfield surveying a baseball field, and Spell serving as chaplain at Sing-
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Richard Worley
Boola-Boola
Herman Adams
Herman
Judy DeHart
Susan Wingfield
Don Spell
Sing
Fragmented Portraits in a Patchwork Local Page
Readable items include Ruth Ann Watkins doing homework and David Blake a KH.S. senior. Melinda Cullinan hosts parties for US Congress members against the President. Johnny Johnson enjoys leisure life at Boola Boula. Wayne Cerniglia hides as a native girl to learn the hula. Kenneth Parker in a straight jacket and ex baseball player, recall of a fly swatter incident. Homer Yarbro and Mike McMahon on UH football, Ellen and Bill saving for marriage. Barbara Kirchhoff as hat and gun check girl at the Cattleman Club. Basar Holt jailed for killing an Alaskan over an iceberg. winter attire contrast noted. Social banquets noted at Baptist and Methodist events.
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Ruth Ann Watkins
David
David Blake
Kh.s
Melinda Cullinan
United States
Johnny Johnson
Boola-Boola
Wayne Cerniglia
Kenneth Parker
Kenneth
Homer Yarbro
Mike McMahon
University of Houston
Ellen
Bill
Barbara Kirchhoff
Cattleman Club
Basar Holt
Fashions by Barbara Ann Clark
In the middle of April, Barbara Ann Clark presents seasonal styles and trends likely to appeal to readers seeking wardrobe updates. The column highlights fabrics, colors, and accessory ideas for a spring wardrobe refresh.
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Barbara Ann Clark
Funny Events That Happened Wednesday In The Rain
Local column by Melva Eilers and Betty Edwards reports on humorous incidents from a rainy Wednesday. Vivid anecdotes capture small mishaps and lighthearted mishaps in daily life, reflecting community whimsy and everyday resilience despite wet weather.
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Melva Eilers
Betty Edwards
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Danna Holmes
Sherry Hinke
Paula Mosely
James Cawley
Johnny Dietrich
Janet Denson
Rose Marie Wishard
Beverly
Field, Barbara Hough, Sheila Donelson
Barbara Clark
Connee Baten
Anelle Poshataske
Jeanne Cottier
Mattie Wells
Bobby Puntes
Nan Miller
June Hartman
Elizabeth Barclay
Mary Bledge
Norman Rucker
Peggy Bradshaw
Pat Richardson
Jackie McMillen
Cheryl Markham
Alicia’ Ann Ragan
Jerry Peavy
Sally Cole
June Wilson
Ronnye Cones
Betty Cravey
Patricia Hare
Kay Gossett
Dorothy Miller
Shirley Perry
Jolo
Va Pilers
Cecile Werdine
Myrtis Skinner
Judy Reeves
Mary Crain
Kathleen Long
Sherry Smyly
Billie Jo Brewer
Rachel Tanton
Barbara Kirchoff
Sandra Walker
Gwyn Stephens
Sally Joe Jones
Charisse Collins
Gloria Harville
Cornelia Cook
Rita Willermin
Cecile Benly
Margaret Bell
Shirley McNeeley
Silsbee
Bill Benson
S$.u. Co
East Texas Pulp & Paper Mill
Evadale
East Texas Pulp & Paper Company
Southwestern Settlement and Development Division
Thespians
David Milstead
Lone
Buna High School
Bob Cummings
Cotton Robinson
Northend Lumber & Building Supply
Mi. N
Hardin County Savings & Loan Ass
N. Sth
St. Silshe
Chevy
Univac
Southern Bakeries Company
Southern Bakeries Co
Atlanta
Stern
Chevrolet
Miller-Dunbar Motor Company
Silsbee, Texas
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