Travels Of Whitewright Class Of 1953 Alumni
Former Whitewright High School senior class member G T recounts letters home from air hostesses years after graduation. The narrative follows classmates Aubrey Burnham James Ayres Gene Stephens Beverly Bassett Pat Russell Mildred Clem Norman Harper and others on travels from New York Madison Square Garden to Idaho Colorado Nevada and Hawaii. The piece blends gossip with glimpses of former students now in engineering aviation paratrooping acting farming and teaching careers.
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Whitewright High School
Aslo
Myra Nell Scott
Don Biggerstaff
Cleve Anderson
James Ayres
Otis Bass
Larry Cooper
Norman Harper
Kenneth Jones
Dearle McKnight
Joe Morris
Billy Partridge
Pat Russell
Leon Simmons
Gene Stephens
Mary Alexander
Beverly Bassett
Margie Brownfield
Mildred Clem
Ruth Ann Cummings
Martha Garner
Betty Jarvis
Joy Ann Layman
Mazelle Musser
Marjorie Neathery
Shirley
Miss Neathery
First Flight
Aubrey Burnham
Atlantic
New York
Africa
Cleve Anderson Jr
Germany
London
England
America
U. S
Madison Square Garden
Kilgore Rangerettes
American Medical Association
B. R. Tilger
Beverly
Ruth Ann
Jimmy
Vincks Blocker
Idaho
Otis Lee Bass
Hunter
Colorado
Waco
Benny Rye
Madamoiselle Simpson
Carol Ryan
Kenneth Ray Jones
William and Leon Simmons
J. Don Biggerstaff
Martha Ann Garner
Sara Montgomery
Hicks
Mary Lou Alexander
Kirby
Herman Bedford
Sallye Hamilton
Gayle Taylor
Lucyle Sanders
Lenora Gray
Sewell McKinney
Helen Sinor
Corral
Unusual Senior Talents Willed in WHS Class of 1953
Whitewright seniors bequeath talents and personal items to underclassmen in a playful farewell. Wills include Margie Brownfield passing lessons to Delores Whipple and Ruth Ann leaving cheerleader duties to Babe, plus endearing notes from many classmates. A Denison Chamber of Commerce event honored graduates J. Don Biggerstaff and Beverly Bassett with a Lake Texoma outing and interviews, while a 1953 court citation for divorce precedes notices in Sherman.
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Lake Texoma
Whitewright
J. Don Biggerstaff
Beverly Bassett
S. T. Montgomery Jr
Denison Chamber of Commerce
State of
Texas
Alverta Ruth Pierce
A. D
15Th District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Curtis Ray Pierce
Texse
S. W. Earnest
Nancy Drake
Whitewright Sun
Old West Themed School Roundup Names Teachers and Guests
A 1949 to 1953 roundup lists Pedro Aubrey Lee Burnham Pat Russell Ruth Ann Cummings Lillian Roberson Betty Jarvis Cleve Anderson Shirley Pool and others as part of a school group. The last round-up occurred 1952 53 with no new additions. After graduation May 29 the group disperses to various parts of the world.
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Down South
Pedro Aubrey Lee Burnham
Pat Russell
Ruth Ann Cummings
Lillian Roberson
Betty Jarvis
Cleve Anderson
Shirley Pool
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William Simmons
Hog
Billy Wayne Partridge
Bill
Lyndal Pierson
Lyndal
Safeway
Betty
el Paso
Joy
Jerry
Nevada
Las Vegas
Golden Nuggett
Roddy
Leon
California
Hawaii
Dearie
Myra
Larry
Kenneth
G. T
Mr. Vestal
Delores Whipple
Marjorie
Babe
Mary Pennell
J. Don
David Reeves
Jack Ayres
Joyce Mullins
Lillie Carpenter
Joy Neal
Foy
Clydean
WHS
J. B. Mullins
Johnny Paul
Larry Conley Cooper
Johnny Paul Stephens
Betty Harris
Ralph Hughes
Dearle
Mary Ola Lewis
Mary Lou
Melba Dean
Doris Wallace
Anette Smith
Lewis Clem
Pete
Delbert
Garland
Jackie
John
Ralph
Kenneth H
Jimmy N
Edward McDowell
Jackie P
Jerry Thornhill
J. Nossaman
Cleve
Huff
Otis
Ann
Dora Lou
James A
Glenda
Mazelle M
Gald
Smith
Connie A
Mr. Montgomery
Vestal
Texoma
The
Fl. JM
Dearle McKnight Myra Nell McKnight
Mary Lou Alexander James R. Ayres
Aubrey Lee Burnham
Beverly Ann Bassett
Betty Jean Jarvis
Joy Layman
Neal Marjorie V. Neathery
Pat Lyndal Russell
Ellen Carol Ryan Gayle Taylor
Helen Lois Sinor
Leslie Leon Simmons
William Loyd Simmons Walter Gene Stephens
Kingston’s Drug Store
C. D. Kingston
Denison
Charles Harris
C. H. Beseda
van Alstyne, Texas
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