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The Panther ~ 1928
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Copyright, 1928 Sheldon Bell Laurance Whitehead Editors Lois Gray Granville Moore Murray Johnson Managers
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Foreword In this, the fourth edition of the Panther, we have endeavored to give, in word and picture, an expression of the school life, spirit, accomplishments and aspirations of the Class of '28. If, as you later turn these pages, you catch a true glimpse of our Stockton High School in all its tumult, true effort, and fun, we shall feel amply rewarded. We hope this year book will be a source of many happy memories in the years to come.
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Dedication To the Business Men of Fort Stockton, without whose whole-hearted support this year book would have been a failure, we dedicate the fourth edition of the Panther. We take this means of thanking you for your financial backing and many courtesies.
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IN MEMORIAM Frank Rooney Richardson Died February 15, 1925 Beloved Member of Senior Class Superintendent H. H. Crain Died, May 6, 1928 The sad news of Mr. Crain's death reaches us as the Annual goes to press.
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Order of Books THE SCHOOL Faculty Classes ACTIVITIES Features Athletics Organizations FUN AND ADS
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The Old Pecos County Court House |
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Fort Stockton High School |
Classes |
H. H. Crain, Superintendent J. Floyd Reeves ~ Bryon Durham Miss Ann Hall ~ Austin S Bratcher Mrs. Isabel Winter ~ Mrs. R. D. Blaydes Miss Helen Tipton ~ Miss Ruel Turner
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Class of '28 President ~ Sheldon Bell Sponsor ~ Mrs. Winter Nancy Moore Ruth Brown Mary Gibson Lois Gray Helen Dorr
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Vice-President ~ Ward Winter Secretary-Treas ~ Lois Gray Ward Winter Frank McSpedden Clifford Odom Millan Brown Frank Nevans
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Granville Moore Murray Johnson Nonis Reed Alene Frazier Ara Smith
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Helen McDowell Marian Morehouse James Ogle Doc Foster Orville Gilkerson
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JUNIORS |
Sheldon Bell Lawence Whitehead |
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Class of '29 Dan Crump ~ Lazy Charles Rollins ~ Impulsive Recie Moore ~ Unobtrusive Walter Butz ~ Candid Noble Boydstun ~ Nobe Edna Ricks ~ Optimistic Paul Valentine ~ Industrious Ella Pierce ~ Capable
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Mildred Price ~ Peppy Paul Crone ~ Intelligent Charles Ogle ~ Nervy Celeste Carll ~ Modest Foster Binion ~ Indescibable Jack Downs ~ Odd Beatrice King ~ Dependable Thomas Bobo ~ Reserved Beulah Lewis ~ Patient Charles Harral ~ Unsophisticated Morris Pheister ~ Droll
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Bernard Rooney ~ Athletic Jessie Moody ~ Ambitious Wilma Rooney ~ Quiet Martha McSeddon ~ Competent Bill Winter ~ Cheerful Josephine Moody ~ Friendly James Rooney ~ Popular Patty Harral ~ Clever Lois Pace ~ Cute Louise Furgason ~ Pretty
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Junior Who's Who Look where you may, And as long as you please, A better looking bunch, You'll never find than these. Hurrah for the Juniors! For instance, there are our vaudeville actors, Foster, Jessie and Jimmy. We defy you to produce three others who can compete with them. Our Ella's themes will hold you spell-bound. We are counting on her to leave her footprints in the sands of the literary world. We will put our class wit, Paul Valentine, up against any of them. Even if his picture isn't over the title, "Wittiest Person," it wasn't the lack of his ability but of our funds. Where can you find a better yell-leader than Louise? She, TOO, is a Junior. I haven't room to declaim on each Junior's good points; but they each have an abundant supply, and I have them all in mind. Well -- we don't mean to be conceited, but we are a pretty good bunch, after all. ~Patty Harral
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UNDERCLASSES |
THE CLASS OF '28 (Toast given by Patty Harral at the Junior-Senior Banquet) Tonight we're here assembled, 'Tis my pleasure to relate, To honor our beloved Seniors, The Class of '28. We're glad to have you with us, Our friends and our classmates, A happy evening we've wished you, Our Class of '28. Here's to your president, who's our Mickey (With our Lois's consent!) Let us say that he's first rate. Who could ever find one better For the Class of '28? Good luck to your Athletes, Sheiks and Shebas, Who have flirted so hard with fate, That to keep up with them was impossible For the Class of '28. Should any of these eats we've offered, Though by then they will be "ate," Well -- we hope digestion will deal kindly With our Class of '28. And when in final glory In caps and gowns you shine, None will be prouder of you Than the Class of '29.
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CLASS OF '31 Julia Mae Bihl ~ President Geraldine Pace ~ Vice-President J. B. Blalock ~ Secretary-Treas Coral Miller ~ Lucille Furgason Ruth Baverly ~ Bob Blalock Louise Beeman ~ J. B. Blalock Pauline Bierschevale ~ Quay Clark Julia Mae Bihl ~ John Crone Lola Conger ~ Charles Flynt Ella Blanch Davis ~ Milton Gehlen Roberta Douglass ~ Walton Harral Madell Frazier ~ Ray Lannom Maxine Gibson ~ Harllin Martin Doris Irvin ~ Ralph De La Moniere Kathryn McSpeddon ~ Edward Nieman Geraldine Pace ~ Joseph Rodgers Ethene Nevill ~ John W Rotan Jessie Jewel Patterson ~ Myrel Storey Lorene Pfister ~ William Wall Evelyn Smith ~ Johnnie Dyche Gladys Sullivan ~ George Morehouse Jerusha Willingham ~ Bill Cartmell Reta Hale
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CLASS OF '30 Sammie Dee Thomas ~ President B. H. Warnock ~ Vice-President Lillian Johnson ~ Secretary-Treas Robert Bennett ~ Herbert Rigsbee Myrl Borron ~ Dan Crump Clyde Cook ~ Wright Heeves Bill Duncan ~ Lewis Hale Ronald Henderson ~ Lula Allen Eugene Mitchell ~ Fay Biershwale Donald Moffatt ~ Laurell Frazier E. C. De La Moniere ~ Maurine Hatchett Marshall Neville ~ Elaine Jackson George Reeves ~ Lillian Johnson Robert Stevens ~ Ann Nita Perry Sammie Dee Thomas ~ Cassie Smith B. H. Warnock ~ Louise Trower Vernice Paul ~ Prebble Adams Victor Douglass
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GRADES The following are the organizations of the grades: SEVENTH GRADE "Busy Bee Literary Society" - President, Cuthbert Carll; secretary, Vivian Odneal "Honest Workers' Literary Society" - President, Ivagene Trent; secretary, Chester Parke SIXTH GRADE President, Virginia Douglass; Secretary-Treas, Roy Pheister FIFTH GRADE "City of Fort Stockton" - Mayor, Carey Durham; President of Chamber of Commerce, Margaret Bennett; Sheriff, Carl Courtney; Deputy Sheriff, Leslie Bobo; County Judge, George Baldwin; Cith Health Officer, Jo Ann Montgomery; Fire Chief, Glenn Gowen FOURTH GRADE Four Leaf Clover Club (Music and Literary) - President, Shelby Blaydes; Secretary-Treas, Margaret Odneal
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LITTLE CHILDREN (With apologies to Robert Louis Stevenson) First grade children are very little And their bones are very brittle. If they would grow great and stately They must try to walk sedately. Second grade children must be bright and quiet And content with simple diet, And, remain through all bewild'ring Innocent and honest children. Third grade children have happy hearts and happy faces, Happy play in grassy places. That was how in ancient ages, Children grew to be kings and sages.
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MEXICAN SCHOOL Miss Edith Cooper, Supt The present school building was purchased in the summer of '26, and the three Mexican schools of Pecos County were consolidated that fall. After consolidation, we had an enrollment of 248 pupils and six teachers. Larger enrollment and more teachers are employed now than ever before. A Domestic Science Department has been added this year. Also the first Mexican Parent-Teacher Association has been organized and federated, containing at present about 70 members. "Hope ever urges us on, and tells us Tomorrow will be better."
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MEXICAN SCHOOL BUILDING FACULTY Mrs. Byron Durham Mrs. Marlin Kastner Miss Marjorie Stansell Miss Oro Smith Miss Maurine Stansell
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FORT STOCKTON SCHOOL HISTORY |
FEATURES |
A few of our track stars. We are proud of their work this year.
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When noise was made on the sidelines this year, Louise Furgason, Jimmie Rooney and assistants might be seen in characteristic conditions of good yell leaders. You could also see our boys in action.
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Explanations are in order - Merely Senior Day. What strange spectacles stalked through study hall and later repaired to Tunis Creek on that memorable day.
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A few scenes of Fort Stockton, including the Court House, the Spanish Grotto, and the historical guard house of the army fort once stationed here as a defense against the Indians.
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Some Scions of Sophomoric glory, including the Sophomore's proud letter man. Also our sponsor's favorite son.
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And these? A few of the Juniors in their saner members, and our exceedingly dignified joke editor.
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This was originally dedicated to the tender Fresh men, but as the Senior letter men mysteriously appeared at the bottom of the page by mistake, we have nothing to say.
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Mexican Boys Playing Football Domestic Science Class These are snaps taken from the campus of the Mexican School.
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Lois Gray Most Beautiful Girl Murray Johnson High School Shiek
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Mary Gibson Cutest Girl Jimmy Rooney Most Popular Boy
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Nancy Moore Wittiest Student Clifford Odom Best Athlete
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Our Pet Project |
West of the Pecos |
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Athletics |
Football Write-Ups |
Football Write-Ups |
Football Write-Ups |
Season's Results |
Panther Yells |
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Basketball |
Basketball |
Organizations |
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Girl's Glee Club You have always heard that a "good beginning makes a good ending," but we say, "a good beginning means no ending." The girls have certainly made a good beginning, and we feel assured that there will be no ending to the work they have started. The Girls Glee Club will go ever onward and their singing will be truly "a thing of beauty and a joy forever."
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Boy's Glee Club "Since singing is so good a thing - I wish all men would learn to sing." The boys of our high school are learning to sing, and while they have not done the things this year they would like to have done, they have made a good beginning. They have laid the foundation for future classes, and they deserve praise. Let's boost them and back them as the "Sing Along the Way."
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Dramatic Club Alene Frazier ~ President Sheldon Bell ~ Vice-President Lois Pace ~ Secretary-Treasurer The first Dramatic Club was organized this year, under the sponsorship of Miss Turner, its charter members consisting of the students of the Public Speaking Class. Its purpose is to promote the appreciation of Dramatic Art among the members of the club and in the community, through the study and presentation of the best dramas of all lands and all times. There is a real need for a club of this sort in our high school, and let us hope that its organization will be more than justified.
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Athletic Association |
Debate We have indeed reason to be proud of our debates, as this is the twelfth consecutive year in which we have won the District Meet. This year, after interesting preliminaries, the heavy responsibility of upholding our reputation fell to Helen Door, Nancy Moore, James Ogle and Foster Binion. The boys responded gallantly by defeating El Paso and Marfa and winning a beautiful silver loving cup, beside a trip to Austin. The girls were defeated by Marathon, but were excellently prepared and were a credit to the school
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The Panther Staff Lois Gray, Granvill Moore Co-Editors Sheldon Bell ~ Manager Lawrence Whitehead ~ Manager Murray Johnson ~ Manager Mary Naomi Gibson ~ Literary Helen Dorr ~ Art Ara Smith ~ Chronology Clifford Odom ~ Sports Frank Nevans ~ Jokes Ward Winter ~ Snap Shots Ruth Brown ~ Snap Shots Nancy Moore ~ Society
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Student Council A Student Council, if it is at all worth while, should be a real power of the school. The present council consists of two members from each class in High School and is presided over by the President of the Student Body. This Year, however, the honor of being a member has been rather a shifting one, as several have been eliminated by the demerit system. Meetings are held on Tuesday of every other week. The members are: Ward Winter ~ Lois Gray Bernard Rooney ~ Louise Furgason Marshall Nevill ~ Geraldine Pace Quay Clark
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Fun and Ads 1928 |
Senior Will |
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Senior Will, Page 2 |
Topics of the Year |
Topics of the Year, Page 2 |
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Topics fo the Year, Page 3 Questionaire |
Our Ideal Teacher You See (Poem) |
Around The Table |
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Prophecy of Class of '28 |
Senior Razz |
Of Course You've Read These Before |
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The Gang's All Here |
Memories Live |
Bell & Carr Builders |
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Stockton Realty and Abstract Co. Stockton Service Station |
Popular Dry Goods Co. Stockton Hotel |
Gray's |
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Baker Drug Store Harry Durham |
Ellis Grocery Rodgers Motor Company |
Fort Stockton Insurance Agency |
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Palace Theater New Rooney Hotel and Cafe Pecos County Abstract and Title Co |
Valetor Corder Motor Co |
Pace Auto Company |
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Fred Cliett Real Estate and Insurance First National Bank Alamo Filling Station Texas-Louisiana Power Co |
Rooney Mercantile Co Morris Winkler Dry Goods Judge Howell Johnson and Son, Atorneys Gowen Furniture Store E. I. Tippett Jeweler Mrs. Pearl E. Cranford |
Fort Stockton Laundry Len Smith and Co. Continental Oil Co White Lily Meat Market Sanitary Barber Shop The Hawk R. D. Blaydes, Attorney |
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Stockton Bakery H. W. Butz, Realtor Aaron Meat Market Stockton Lumber Company Serve-U-Station Butler Barber Shop Lone Star Garage Burton Lingo Co. |
Art Craft Studio Comanche Hotel M. R. Gonzales Dry Goods Young's Cafe J. R. Bennett Cash Store Heid Bros. Inc. City Transfer Company Story's Place |
The Electric Chair Also Contributed |
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High School Honors Won By Fort Stockton Boy |
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