| CHS OF 1947 |
F. L. MOFFETT R. J. EDDINS
TRAVIS BUSH VIRGINIA HANNA
ELOISE HESTER MRS. JOHNIE JOHNSON
MRS. STANTON MENEFEE DONECE RAMSEY
MRS. GEORGE SLAUGHTER JIM ANN TAYLOR
MRS. ROY WOOLLEY W. R. WYATT
VALEDICTORIAN
SALUTATORIAN
BOBBY MOSBY TOMMY FONTAINE
THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE APPEARED IN THE SHREVEPORT JOURNAL ON MONDAY MAY 26, 1947
CLASS LEADERS---BOBBY MOSEBY, (above, left), DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. G. R. MOSEBY OF CENTER, TEXAS, HAS BEEN NAMED VALEDICTORIAN OF THE 1947 GRADUATING CLASS OF THE CENTER HIGH SCHOOL WITH A GRADE OF 95.45, WITH TOMMY FONTAINE (right), SON OF MR. AND MRS. T. J. FONTAINE, FOLLOWING WITH A 95.25 TO BECOME SALUTATORIAN. BOTH STUDENTS HAVE ATTENDED CENTER GRAMMAR AND HIGH SCHOOLS.
Note: The spelling of Bobby Moseby should have been Bobby Mosby.
Miss Trudy Nicholson Miss Viola Adkinson Miss Martha Price
Iva Nell Conway Mae Barron Mr. W. B. Hawkins
Ruth Alexander Dixie Nethery Miss Robertson
Shirley Middleton Mrs. Inez Poole Miss Anna Claire Voorhies
Robert Malone Mrs. Spencer Warren Mrs. Dura Roberts Martin
Mrs. Edwin Liem Mr. Gara Cooper Miss Laverne Cheshire
Alf E. Day Sam Williams Miss Coller (Art)
Mrs. Frank Campbell Miss Wilma Westmoreland Miss Betty Henderson
Nellie Day Mildred Carriker Annette Penman
Oran B. Wheeler Tommie Griffin T. O. Scales
Mr. Spencer
PRESIDENT - Tommy Fontaine VICE PRESIDENT - Bobby Stewart
SECRETARY - Bobby Mosby TREASURER - Reba Beavers
REPORTER- Peggy Neal
MISS C. H. S. - BOBBY JEAN MOSBY MR. C. H. S. - BOBBY STEWART
MOST POPULAR SENIORS - MARGARET SMITH & BOBBY STEWART
BEST ALL AROUND SENIORSANNA FAYE PERMENTER & TOMMY FONTAINE
FIRST SEMESTER - KENNETH BAUCUM
SECOND SEMESTER - BERTIE KOONCE
SENIORS: BOBBY MOSBY J. W. ADAMS KATHRYN GLENN
BETTY GUNNELS RAY JACKSON PEGGY ANN NEAL
ALONZOLA COVINGTON JUNE STOLEBARGER
JUNIORS: MARYLYN SLUDER MARY JEAN JETTON BRUCE FAULK
BOBBY ROSS
STAFF SPONSORS: MRS. GEORGE SLAUGHTER & MRS. STANTON MENEFEE
THE ANNUAL STAFF
SPONSOR: MISS ELOISE HESTER EDITOR: TOMMY FONTAINE
ASSISTANT EDITOR: BEN ADAMS ART EDITOR: PEGGY ANN NEAL
SNAPSHOTS: UVADELL METCALF ORGANIZATIONS: DOLLIE ROGERS
BUSINESS MANAGER: RAY JACKSON ASS'T BUSINESS MGR: SUE MOSES
BY JAY TOBIAS
CAST OF CHARACTERS
BOBBY MOSBY................................................MISS LETTIA GUNDY, "TISH"
TOMMY FONTAINE........................................GILROY GARFIELD GUNDY, "GIL"
DOLLIE ROGERS.............................................CLARICE BORLAND
JOANN HOWARD.............................................GERTRUDE BORLAND, "TRUDI"
RAY JACKSON..................................................HAROLD HAZARD, "HAP"
KENNETH BAUCUM........................................FRANK FULTON, "FATS"
BETTY GUNNELS..............................................SUE PRENTIS
CHARLES PATE.................................................HOTCHKISS
KATHRYN GLENN............................................SAPOLIA PIPP
REBA BEAVERS.................................................MADAME GASPARILLA
LYNN PAUL.........................................................DR. JONESBY
REPRINTED FROM THE CHAMPION- APRIL, 1947
THE THREE-ACT COMEDY, "BRIDES TO BURN," WAS PRESENTED TO A CAPACITY HOUSE ON MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 28, AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM. THE PLAY, DIRECTED BY MISS ELOISE HESTER AND MISS JIM ANN TAYLOR, WAS FULL OF FUN FROM THE TIME THE CURTAIN WENT UP UNTIL THE CLOSE AND BROUGHT APPLAUSE AND LAUGHTER FROM THE LARGE AUDIENCE.
BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND ACTS, A GROUP OF SENIOR GIRLS, TUCKER HOLT, PEGGY NEAL, MARGARET ANN SMITH, NADINE GREEN, HELEN SCHILLINGS, JOAN CRAWFORD, DOROTHY JOHNSON AND ZELMA ASKEW, ALONZOLA COVINGTON AT THE PIANO, GAVE A FAVORITE POPULAR SONG "WHAT DO THEY DO ON A RAINY NIGHT IN RIO."
BETWEEN THE SECOND AND THIRD ACTS, "ST. LOUIS BLUES." IN BLACK FACE A QUARTET OF GIRLS WAS RECEIVED WITH MUCH APPLAUSE.
THE PLAY WAS ONE OF THE BEST EVERY GIVEN BY THE SENIORS AND REFLECTED MUCH CREDIT ON THE DIRECTORS AND ON THE ACTORS WHO WORKED DILIGENTLY TO MAKE IT A SUCCESS.
HALF BACK - MARVIN TAYLOR FULL BACK - "LEFTY" FAULK
QUARTER BACK - BILLY MCCOLLUM BERTIE KOONCE
GUARD - S. L. HUGHES CENTER - JAMES SCHOFNER
GUARD - KENNETH BAUCUM END - ELLIS WILBURN
TACKLE - BOBBY STEWART TACKLE - BOBBY ROSS
END - B. B. RUDD MANAGER - BOBBY SMITH
COACH - TRAVIS BUSH COACH - DONECE RAMSEY
HAIL CENTER HIGH SCHOOL
HAT'S OFF TO YOU.
EVER YOU'LL FIND US
LOYAL AND TRUE.
FIRM AND UNDAUNTED
EVER WE'LL BE
HAIL TO THE SCHOOL
WE LOVE
HERE'S A TOAST
TO THEE.
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