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AUBREY W. KEELING SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS

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Here'. to thee, dear Purdy High School, You're the school we love the best,

Because of his tireeffort to produce the est and highest standards in our schools and commuty, we, the Senior clas spectfully dedicate the Eagle to our Supe V~I'lU~'lt, Aubrey W. Kee

Every loyal son and daughter Know you rank above the rest, When we sing your praise and honor, There is one thing always true, You're the school we love the best,

Purdy High School, here's to youl

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P. A. ROLLER

President

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Juanlta Heagertr

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WALDO EDEN

Clerk

The Board of Education has labored throughout the year to

make possible a successful school year. We commend these public

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RAY HIGGS

John Williams

Secretary

Spirited men for their efficient

service. The untiring efforts of such patrons as these have enabled

Purdy to build a good school system.

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FLOYD HOWARD

Juanita Abston Home Ec.

Sadie Ballenger

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L. N. Bartelsmeyer Soclal Studies

EVERETT COX

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OPAL HENDERSON

DORIS WILLIAMS

Mrs. Heagerty, Sponsor, Velma Lea Wilson, Artist, LeRoy Howard, Business Manager, Robert Thompson, Artist, Norman

Gibbons, Advertising Solicitor, Robert Hemphill, Advertising Solicitor, Vesta Nations, Associate Editor, Hazel Roller,

Senior Representative, DOrthula Higgs, Editor, Rudolph Hess, Junior Representative. 11a Phae Bottorf, Sophomore Represen-

tative, Lillian Rupp, Freshman Representative, Mr. Keeling, Faculty

Advisor, Merilyn Bennett, Typist,

JEWELL KEELING

Edith Nickle, Typist SARAH BELL RAY

II./LRZELLA MILLER

LeROY Howard Dorthula Higgs

Mrs. Heagerty BERNICE SAMUELS

Vesta Nations WILLADEAN GRAY

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Left to Right-Back row: Mary Jane Bump, Richard Seth, Elburn Wormington, Warren Swindell, LeeHoy Petlltzer, Morris Moudy, Donald Rasmussen, Betty

Ray, Carolyn Grimm. Second row: Mrs. Carl Tinklepaugh(substitute) Mias Ballenger, (sponsor) Betty Lou Pritchard, Wylma Swaffar, Mary Eden, Georgia Hemphl11,·Nadean Bennett, Garmen Meadows, Lillian Rupp, Dorothy Schad,

Wilma Lee Terry, Frist row: Billy Black, Maxine Meier, Estelle Block, Jessilyn Young, Juanita Marie Haddock, Martha Seth, Norma Lasley, Vivian

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Sexton, A. L. Kirk.

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'!HE CALAMITY KIDS

Cast of Characters Midge Starr

Merilyn Bennett

Mickey Starr··· · ··· The Calamity Kids·······················LeRoy Howard Emily Hoskins, '"Em" who loves orphans ••••.....•••..•••.•... Hazel Roller Clara Clagg, with a nose tor news ••••••..••.••.•.•.••.•.•• Vesta Nations Hezekiah Hoskins. "Hez". Em's worse halt •.•.•..•.•....•.••• Doyle Bowman Brad Rivers. who hates girls •••• • ••.••.••••••• • •.......• Robert Hemphill Bonnie Blue. a lovable pepper-pot .••••••••.••••••....••••••• Geneva Gray

Gideon Garvey, the twin.' uncle ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Rex Elgin Opal Ludlow, the twins' aunt •••••••••••••• ••••••••••• • • ~.Dorthula Higgs

Loraine Ludlow, her daughter •••..•..•••.••.•.••..••••••••••• Lorene Rhea Elmer Ludlow, her son •.•••..••..••.•••.•.•.••••...•....••• Lewis Latshaw

SYNOPSIS OF ACTS Act 1.

The living room of Hezekiah and Emily Hoskin8'

home, about ten o'clock

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Riddle, Christine Sexton, Sponser Mr. Bartelsmeyer Second row-YLUde~ ou GIP8Hon'dElmer Geske, Cl~ra Mae Rassmu8sen, Frances'Wl1ey Maxine Stubbs Don en erson, Virglnnla Mae Shephe d La 3m! t h ' ,

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RUBY Hl!:NNETT DOROTHY SCHAD DARRELL BUCHANAN

LEROY PETLITZER

JUNIORS

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AUNT SAMANTHY RULES THE ROOST CHARACTERS Aunt Samanthy Simpkins, an old maid ••••••••••••••••••••••• Muriel Roller Serena Simpkins, her oldar niece •••••••••••••••••••••••••• Velma England Sophie Simpkins, her younger niece ••••••••••••••••••••• Betty Lou Nickle Polly Paine, maid at the Simpklns· ••••••••••••••••••••••••• Elaine Young Annie Ambrose, the village dressmaker ••.•.••.••.••••••.•••• Edna Nickols Blanche Bowers, a woman of very rew words •••••••••••••• Virginia McNeill Lucien Littlefield, a farmer ....................... .. .... Robert Thompson Blair Boswell, who likes Serena ••••••••..•....••.......•.•• Rudolph Hess Frank Fairfield, who likes Sophle ..•.••.••..•••....•••••• Norman Gibbons Lawrence Lovewell, a stranger .•••••••••••••.•••.....•• Wllbert Petlltzer

TOMMY RAY

Buddy Baskins, the grocery boy •••••••••••••••••••••••••• Frankle Simpson

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Hazel Rolier

Doyle Bovman

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JUNIORS

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First row ~eft to riLh t- Jack Chas t ain, Edward Stubbs, Imogene Jaster V/ilma Worml ngton" Charles Tate, Rena Nickle, Neil Buttram Glendell B~nnett Rosalie Hukrlede, and Carl Buchanan. Second row; Mrs. Sam~el Shirley Carney Lavern Sheph~rd, Jimmie Bowman, Joe Lauderdale, Benny Hender;on" Eldon McCracken, Billy Swaffer, Leon Kackley, Louise Spears Verian Haworth Patsy Ann Miller. Third row: RUBsell Hemph\t ll, Bobby iee Vansandt, Ca~l Moudy, Eddie Bowman, Bobby Buchannan, Joyce McCracken Marjorie Sexton Betty Henderson, and Gale Webb. . , ,

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Dickie Brown, Billy Gray, Wilma Moudy, Eileene Goetz, and EJe ine Goetz.

Third row; Velma Vansandt, Lorene Haworth, Ruby sutton, Reva Ray, Morris

Holloway, Billy Carney, Phyllis Mackey, Willard McCracken, Thone Joe · S~8, and Betty M. Lasley .

F1rst roVi left to right- , Jlmrf!.Y Baldwin, Carl Henderson, Jimmie VlorDllqgton, Nolan Gene Mclleil, Pauline Phettepi{lce, Rockfbrd Sims, Faye Sutton, Ruby McCrack~n, Ruby Faye Meyers, J1mm;y tarae,l . Seco{ld row; Betty Ldu Rodgers, Wilma Snil.th, V/anda Moudy, Ellene Bledsoe, Nancy Gibbons, Bobby Hayward, Juanita . .Bartelameyer, Lewi.s Able, Betty Lou Wa+lln, Graden Rehwlnkle, MisB Miller.

Third row; Anna Mae Ghan, Helen Purdom, Mary Lou Eden, Lois Larkin,

Junior It,yers, Willa Dean Carlin, Charles Kirk, and Frankte .Kack1ey. Front row; Charles Wormington, Alvin Wolfe, Stanley Marbut, Leland May, and Gay-Ion Henderson.

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First row left to right- Nina Rose Prier, Rose Ann SwindeJl, Ruby McCracken

Pirst row left to right- Joe Hughey, Grace Stephens. Carl Hukriede, Billy Stine, Vergel Shelly, Arlene Nickle, Bobby Swindell, Lucia Sutton, Dayton Swearinger, Wayne Worm1ngton.

Second row; Doris Mackey, Ocle Mae Kirk,

Howard Shepherd, Maynard saloga, sallluel Swaffar, Ester Pet11tzer, Bonnie Lou Gray, Teddy HeLlPhill, Ol11e Belle Swindell, and John Israel, Miss Ray. Third row; Sylvia Moore, Wana Lee Purdom, Jackie Lee Hull, Patsl' Sue England Bobbie Lee Hemphill, Rex Coffey, Lavon Vlormilll!lton, James Edwards, and Martha Lou Engle nd.

Martha Lou . Howard, Charles Pritchard, Bonnie Hemphill, Eve~yn Stine, Phillip

Henderson, J. B. Nations. Second row; Mrs. Opal Henderson (teacher) Rhada Lasley, Evelyn Childress, Jed Terry, Ruby Moore, Marearet Pierce, ,Billi. FranCiS, Marianne Israel, Dorris Moudy, Bobbie Call, Richard Saloga. Third row: Maxine Wormington, Janyce Blakeslee, Vera Thomas, James Eden, Wanell Smith, Roy Kackley, Betty Lou Antle, Loria Stewart, Nora Dean Stubbs, Max Henderson. Dayton Mackey_

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to right- Verlin watki ns, Marjorie Young, Mary Margaret

Marbut, Anna Caroline Bledsoe, Paul McCracken, Ethel Webb. Second row: Mrs. Keeling,(teacher) Norma Dee Sexton, Jerry Davia, Raymond Wallin, Joe OWens, Dorothy Bennett, Bertie ward. Third row: Geraldine Taylor

Wilma Ruth McCracken, Imogene Simms, Pauline Lansdown Roy Wallin.

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Dollie Fay Thomas, June Akin, Betty , Loren Webb, Donnie Roller. Second row: Mrs. Williams, Phyllis GIbbons, Laveta Haslip, Wayne Shepherd,

Billy Highberger, Jimmy Chastain, Carl Parks, Bobby Rogers, Irene Ray. Third row: Irene Rupp, Verna Mae Miller, UliRa Buchannan, George Shelly, Joe Daugherty, JLm OWens, Nadine Saloga, Jane Caruthers.

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Bump, Presl~an representative, Elmer Geske, Sophomore representative, Robert Hemphill, Vice president, Mr. Bartelsmeyer, adVisor, Lorene Hhea, Senior representative, Muriel Roller, Secretary-treasurer. ~ II

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Back row left to r1ght--Ray, Bottorf, Gr1mm, Rogers,Schad, McNeill. England, Gray, Nations, Rupp, Bennett, Nickle, Shepherd, Burg, Sexton. Second row: Bennett. lasley, Young, l.!1er, Bennett, Terry, Hemphill, Eden, Pr1 tchard, Boyd. First row: v. ~exton, A. Sexton, Block, Riddle, Haddock, Seth, Kackley M. Sexton, Swa.ffer. Wilson. Rhea, MathiS,. Marbut. Dodson, Gipson, Nickol, and Young. Mrs. Heag erty, Dirac tor

Ruby Bennett, Virginia Shepherd, Muriel noller, Dorthula Higgs, Vesta

Nations, t-tarc aret Sexton, Hazel Roller, Marilyn Bennett, Mrs. WillIams, Coach

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Back row le£t to right--Richard Seth. Morris Henderson. Virgin1a Shepherd Norman Gibbons, Robert Sm.dYlell, Rose Ann Swindell, Betty Ray, md Mrs. ' He~gerty. First row; Wannell Sln1 th, Martha Lou Howard, Owen Stockton

Elburn Wormington, Rudolph Hess, Warren Swindell, Geneva Gray W1lson, and l1uby Bennett.

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First row left to rlght--Meadow8, Rasmussen, McComas, Gibbons, Seth, Wormington, Buchanan, Moudy, Swindell, Tl1ompson, Ray, Hemphill, Elg1n, Ghan, Henderson, Stockton, Sandwell, Bethune. Second row--Mrs. Heagerty, C. Sexton, Block, V. Sext on, A. Sexton, Riddle, Haddock, Seth, Kackley, M. Sexton, Swaffer, Wilson, Rhea, Marbut, Nickols, Young, Burg, Dodson, Gipson, Mathis. Third row--Petll tzer, 'Hemphill, Bennett, Lasley, Young, M1er, Bennett, Terry, Hemlmill, Eaen, Pritchard, Nations. Back row- - -Ray, Bottorf, Gr1~1, Rogers, Schad, McN1 11, England, Gray, Boyd, Block, Bennett, N1ckle, Bump, Shepherd, Miller, Hess, Howard, Simpson.

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Back row. 1 e t:t t 0 rlght--Morrls Hender son Richard Seth Warren Swlnctell Virginia Shepherd, Norman Gibbons, Betty and Ruby Bennett. First' row; Wannell Smith, Martha Lou Howard, Geneva Gray, Velma Lee Wilson Elburn Wormington, and Rose Ann Swindell. '

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Rudolph Hess Forward

Jerry! Medlin, Lewis Latshaw, Coach, John Will iams, Norman 01 bbons. Petlltzer, Rex Elgin, Gene Bethune, and Darrel Buohanan. ~Yilbert

Mr s. Bennet.t, sponSOI'; Bo Thomps on, artist; No rman Gib bons, s ports re porter; Hazel Roller, assi s tant ed it or; Vesta Nations, Senior reporter; Dorthula Higgs, editor; Velma Lea Wilson, artist; Iia Phae Bottorf, artist; Ruby Benn e tt, mu s ic reporter; Vir£ lnla She pherd, Sophomore re porter; Jessalyn Young , Fre srullen re porter, Edna Nickols, .Tnn'n~ reporter; Typists: Merilyn Bennett, Edith Nickle, If.ttri e l noller.

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Gene Miller Guard "

Bob Hemphill Forward

Robert Hemphill Center

Christene Sexton, Robert Thompson, Jessalyn Young, Norma Ruth Lasley, Jessie Fenix, Nadine Bennett, Muriel Roller, Mrs. Tinklepaugh, Ila Phae Bottorf, Vivian Sexton, and Helen Swearingen. Instructor Miss Ballenger

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