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The Monarch

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Contents

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Dedication Mrs. Wanda Gillen

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Staff- Editor Reba Nell Daniel, Asst. Editor Judith Gillen, Bus. Mgr. John Reid, Asst. Bus. Mgr. Rachel McGraw, 2nd Asst. Bus. Mgr. Freddy Southard, Class Editor Lucy Brister, Soc. Ed. Bobbie Bryant, Asst. Society Ed. Clara Montgomery, Sports. Ed. Jane McGraw, Asst. Sports Ed. Doug Melton, Snapshot Ed. Raymond Gorden, Asst. Snapshot Ed. Virginia Trussell

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Administration Ralph Vinson, W. A. Haden, Grady Finch

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Grady A. Finch, Jr., Superintendent, W. A. Haden, Principal Grade School, Ralph Vinson, Principal High School

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Faculty Mr. Ralph Page Vocational Agriculture, Mrs. Billy Gillen Commercial, Miss Opel Allmon Homemaking Mrs. J. O. McSpadden Mathematics, Mrs. G. E. Ramsey, Sr. English, Mr. Bob Kelley Science Seventh Grade

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Faculty Miss Beatrice Price Eighth Grade, Mrs. Hollis Pitts Fourth Grade, Miss Ollie Campbell Fifth Grade, Mrs. Marshal Magers Second Grade, Mrs. J. U. Page Third Grade, Mrs. Lula Westbrook First Grade

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Classes

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Senior Class Officers President John Reid, Vice-President Freddy Southard, Secretary Reba Daniel, Treasurer Rachel McGraw, Reporter Judith Gillen

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Seniors Faye Brister, Bobbie Bryant, Macel Crawford, Reba Daniel, Joe D. Ellis, Judith Gillen
 

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Seniors Raymond Gorden, Bevie Grounds, Jane McGraw, Rachel McGraw, Douglas Melton, Clara Montgomery

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Seniors Dorothy Minefee, John Reid, Elwyn Rhodes, Freddy Southard, Virginia Trussell, Verna Easterling
 

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Junior Class Officers President Roland Haden, Vice-President Kent King, Secretary Mary Tipping, Treasurer L. M. Tipping, Reporter Jerry North

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Juniors Nancy Childress, Belva Daniel, Brenda Dunaway, Doris Eddlemon, Barbara Grounds, Roland Haden, Sandra Hiler, Diane Hinkle

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Juniors Kent King, Sandy Mahone, Diann McGraw, Don McGraw, Shirley McSpadden, Mollie Moore, Jerry North, Kenneth Northern

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Juniors Margie Orme, Barbara Sheppard, Thomas Sheppard, Jerry Sykes, L. M. Tipping, Mary Tipping, Linda Turner, Freddy Wiley

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Sophomore Officers President Kenneth Southard, Vice-President Ronny Hiler, Sec-Treas. Billy McGraw, Reporter Patsy Cobb

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Sophomores Alice Barham, Bobby Gene Barham, Leslie Barham, Bobby Dan Bell, Joe Biggar, Jimmy Don Bryant, Carole Burleson, Patsy Cobb, Johnnie Gilliam

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Sophomores Robbie Grounds, Ronald Hale, Andrew Hewitt, Ronny Hiler, Dwayne Jones, Billy McGraw, Jayne Minefee, Percy Morton, Kenneth Southard

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Freshman Officers President Eldon Hiler, Vice-President Carolyn Dugan, Secretary Carolyn Armstrong, Treasurer Jimmy Garrison, Reporter Richard Hinkle

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Freshman Carolyn Armstrong, Jean Brister, Wanda Dozier, Carolyn Dugan, Bobby Ellis, Darlene Farmer, Henry Faulkner, Myrtle Fuller, Jimmy Garrison, Judy Haden, Nancy Hatley, Eldon Hiler

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Freshman Richard Hinkle, Jo McGraw, Jane McGraw, Martha Johnson, Linda McGraw, Gerald McSpadden, Darrell Northern, Norman Scales, Reda Scoggins, Emma Thompson, C. L. Ward, Bobby Warren, Pat Woodland

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Snapshots

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Fly Page - Grade School

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Junior High Officers Eighth Grade- President Jimmie Jones, Vice-President Jimmy Page, Sec.-Treas. Mickie Widener, Reporter Patricia Barham Seventh Grade-President Jimmy Nicholson, Vice-Pres. Pat Hammonds, Secretary Raydean Ellis, Treas. Jimmy Haden, Reporter Raymond McGraw

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Eighth Grade Charles Adcox, Patricia Barham, Theresa Berryhill, Mary Cagle, Johnnie Daniel, Jon DeRusha, Nellie Fuller, Jeanie George, Polly Grounds, Don Hale, Jimmy Hall, Dan Hampton, Jimmie Jones, Claude Lane, Linda Mahone, Adelaide McCormick, Joe McGraw, Carol McSpadden, Ralph McSpadden, Patsy Montgomery, Jimmy Page, Sharon Rasco, Tommy Slater, Jerry Thompson, Carolyn Ward, Charles Warren, Mickie Widener

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Seventh Grade Kenneth Berryhill, Raydean Ellis, Sue Farmer, Jimmy Faulkner, Carolyn French, Ruthie George, Jimmy Haden, Pat Hammonds, Raymond McGraw, Jimmy Nicholson , Mary North, Leon Pickins, Eddie Rhodes, Roy Scoggins

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Sixth Grade Brenda Allen, Billy Bell, Walter Biggar, Sarah Britton, Carolyn Bryant, Carolyn Carroll, Leroy Ewing, Jackie Farish, Lavonne Fitzgerald, David Frederick, Garland Gantt, Jill Haden, Pamela Johnson, Freddie Lopez, Patsy Melton, Joyce Minatra, Patsy Minefee, Tommy Northern, Linda Slater, Melba Staggs, Billy Tipping, Betty Whitener, Marcus Williams

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Fifth Grade Patsy Boyd, Sue Britton, Harold Burleson, Marsha Childress, Stan Dugan, Danny Faulkner, Dwayne Grounds, David Haden, Douglas Holliefield, Jerry Jones, Oda Lee Minefee, Beauford Lane, Adela Lopez, Mary Lopez, Danny Mahone, Carl McGraw, Doris McGraw, Mack McGraw, Joyce McMullock, Sherry Meadow, Tommy Neville, Linda Pickens, Sharon Watkins

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Fourth Grade Patsy Barham, Donald Boyd, Bobby Brown, Judy Burleson, Jane Garrison, Bill Gillen, Linda Hall, Toni Humphries, Sandra McClure, Donnie Minefee, Johnnie Minefee, Susan Murchison, Hugh Nicholson, Benny Northern, Eddie Page, Marguerite Rhodes, Pat Scales, Jo Ann Tipping, Carlos Warren, Gary Watkins, Kaye Watson, Wanda Whitener, Bonnie Whitfield, Jimmy Widener

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Third Grade Jane Armstrong, Shirley Berryhill, Vickie Blancet, Ruby Boyd, Betty Brown, Marilyn Bryant, Bill Carroll, Verlon Ewing, Kenton Ferrell, Jimmy Fuller, Royce Haggard, Danny Jones, Ronald Lynch, Gary McGraw, John McGraw, Danny Nicholson, Tommy North, Diane Ragan, Ross Rhodes, David Tipping, Mary Venuto, Dean Vinson, Vivian Ward, Donna Warren, Joe Wiley, Phyllis Williams

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Second Grade Vicki Barham, Danny Cobb, Lavon DeRusha, Peggye Farmer, Tommy Gantt, Michael Garrison, Robert Griffith, Eliza Guerro, Johnny Lopez, Sherry Mahone, Linda Minefee, Janice Northern, Danny Patterson, Clark Putman, Glenda Trussell

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First Grade Ronnie Adcox, Jackie Armstrong, Nickey Burleson, Susan Eddlemon, Carl Fuller, Sandra Garner, Tony Guerrero, Gloria Lopez, Marguerita Lopez, Tina Humphries, Melissa McCormick, John Nicholson, John Phillips, Doris Putman, Shirelene Rasco, Janis Rhodes, Linda Ryno, Roland Southard, Marilyn Springer, Rickey Sykes, Stephen Tipping

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Athletics

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Coach Ralph Vinson, Water Boys Dan Hampton, Don Hale, Co-Captain Elywn Rhodes, Co-Captain Doug Melton

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B. G. Co-Champs 1956—Football Team-Coach Ralph Vinson, Kenneth Southard, Roland Haden, Freddy Southard, Joe Ellis, Kent King, Jimmy Bryant, Norman Scales, Bobby Barham, John Reid, Eldon Hiler, Raymond Gorden, C. L. Ward, Ronald Hale, Kenneth Northern, Richard Hinkle, L. M. Tipping, Ronny Hiler, Darrell Northern, Billy Wayne McGraw, Joe Biggar, Bobby Warren, Jimmy Garrison, Co-Captains-Elwyn Rhodes, Doug Melton

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Seniors-Doug Melton, John Reid, Raymond Gorden, Elwyn Rhodes, Freddy Southard, Joe Ellis, Juniors - L. M. Tipping, Don McGraw, Kenneth Northern, Roland Haden, Jerry North, Kent King

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Sophomores-Bobby Barham, Billy McGraw, Ronald Hale, Joe Biggar, Kenneth Southard, Ronny Hiler, Jimmy Bryant Freshmen-Bobby Warren, Eldon Hiler, Jimmy Garrison, Richard Hinkle, Darrell Northern, C. L. Ward, Norman Scales

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Cheerleaders-Belva Daniel, Clara Montgomery, Nancy Childress, Mary Tipping, Reba Daniel, Sweetheart-Jane McGraw

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Blooming Grove Pep Squad-Sandra Hiler, Doris Eddlemon, Linda Turner, Nancy Hatley, Barbara Sheppard, Carolyn Armstrong, Glenda McGraw, Shirley McSpadden, Rita Scoggins, Jean Brister, Faye Brister, Judith Gillen, Carolyn Haden, Ann Orme, Diann McGraw, Brenda Dunaway, Sandy Mahone, Linda McGraw, Diane Hinkle, Carolyn Dugan, Bobbie Bryant, Rachel McGraw, Virginia Trussell, Myrtle Fuller, Wanda Dozier, Emma Thompson, Judy Haden, Jane McGraw, Verna Easterling, Mollie Moore, Johnnie Gilliam, Pat Woodland, Sponsor-Mrs. Wanda Gillen

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Girls Basket Ball Team Co Captain Brenda Dunaway, Co Captain Mary Tipping, Seniors-Reba Daniel, Rachel Haden, Judith Gillen, Jane McGraw, Virginia Trussell, Clara Montgomery, Juniors-Linda Turner, Sandra Hiler, Mary Hiler, Nancy Childress, Brenda Dunaway, Diane Hinkle, Sandy Mahone, Shirley McSpadden, Belva Daniel, Manager-Barbara Sheppard, Manager Doris Eddlemon, Freshman-Glenda McGraw, Martha Johnson, Linda McGraw, Carolyn Dugan, Judy Haden, Wanda Dozier, Jane McGraw, Pat Woodland, Emma Thompson-Coach Grady Finch

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Boys Basket Ball Team –Seniors-Joe Ellis, Freddy Southard, John Reid, Juniors-Roland Haden, Kenneth Northern, Thomas Sheppard, L. M. Tipping, Sophomores-Ronny Hiler, Kenneth Southard, Joe Biggar, Freshmen-C. L. Ward, Darrell Northern, Jimmy Garrison, Bobby Ellis, Eldon Hiler, Coach Ralph Vinson

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Junior High Sports

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Personalities

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Sweetheart –Freshman Jane McGraw-Co-Captains Elwyn Rhodes and Doug Melton

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Fair Duchess and Escort-Senior Jane McGraw and Senior John Reid

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F. F. A. Sweetheart Mary Tipping

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Queen of High School Rachel McGraw

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Freshman Class Favorites Carolyn Dugan and Jimmy Garrison

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Sophomore Class Favorites Alice Barham and Kenneth Southard

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Junior Class Favorites Don McGraw and Linda Turner

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Senior Class Favorites Virginia Trussell and Raymond Gorden

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Most Representative Girl Judith Gillen

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Most Representative Girl Reba Daniel

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Most Representative Boy John Reid

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Lion’s Club Boy of the Month Group John Reid, Freddy Southard, Don McGraw, Roland Haden, Kenneth Northern

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Special Honorees- Honoree of Navarro County Teacher’s Association –Mrs. G. E. Ramsey Sr., Homemaker of Tomorrow-Reba Daniel Future Teachers of Tomorrow-Faye Brister and Bobbie Bryant

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D. A. R. Representative-Faye Brister

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Who’s Who and Why—Carolyn Dugan, Jimmy Garrison, Jane McGraw, Ronny Hiler

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Who’s Who and Why—Kenneth Southard, Mary Tipping, Belva Daniel, Don McGraw

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Who’s Who and Why—Judith Gillen, Reba Daniel, Freddy Southard, Senior Jane McGraw, John Reid
 

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Activities

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Grade School Coronation

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High School Coronation-Queen and King Rachel McGraw and Doug Melton—Duke and Duchess Elwyn Rhodes and Clara Montgomery—Duke and Duchess Freddy Southard And Judith Gillen --Court

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Future Homemakers of America-President Reba Daniel, Nancy Childress, Judith Gillen, Barbara Sheppard, Belva Daniel, Rachel McGraw, Sandra Hiler, Virginia Trussell

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Future Farmers of America-President Freddy Southard, Elwyn Rhodes, L. M. Tipping, Don McGraw, Ronald Hale
 

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Librarians’ Club-President Judith Gillen, Carole Burleson, Robbie Grounds, Doris Eddlemon, Jane Minefee, Diane Hinkle, Bobbie Bryant, Percy Morton, Faye Brister, Diann McGraw, Virginia Trussell, Thomas Sheppard, Clara Montgomery, Freddie Wiley

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Lions’ Roar Staff-Editor Judith Gillen, Clara Montgomery, Jane Minefee, Macel Crawford, Jane McGraw, Reba Daniel, Virginia Trussell, Faye Brister, Rachel McGraw Sponsor- Mrs. Wanda Gillen

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Snapshots

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Sports Snapshots

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Snapshots

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Snapshots

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One Act Play Cast-Jimmy Garrison, Faye Brister, Judith Gillen, Roland Haden, Bobby Barham, Kenneth Northern, Shirley McSpadden, John Reid, Mary Tipping Senior Play Cast-Faye Brister, Freddy Southard, Reba Daniel, Bevie Grounds, Judith Gillen, Elwyn Rhodes, Rachel Haden, Joe Ellis, Bobbie Bryant, John Reid, Clara Montgomery, Raymond Gorden, Virginia Trussell, Jane McGraw

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Advertisement-Reid’s Drug Store-Judith Gillen, Jimmy Garrison, Virginia Trussell, Miller Reid-Owner, John Reid-Son

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Advertisements-First State Bank, Shirley McSpadden, Jerry North, Diane Hinkle, Billy Wayne McGraw-Bank President R. C. Smith Shell’s Variety Store-Doris Eddlemon, Rachel Haden, Macel Crawford- Clerk Quality Food Store-Darrell Northern, Linda McGraw, Owner Dorsey McGraw

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Advertisement-Magee House-Judith Gillen, Emma Thompson-Owner Jewel Magee

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Advertisements-Cruse Café-Verna Easterling, Clara Montgomery ,Joe Biggar—Owner Mrs. Bertha Cruse Humble Station-Sandra Hiler, Doris Eddlemon, Kenneth Northern, Kent King, Manager-Joe McGraw Caroll Hardware-Sandra Hiler, Freddy Southard, Owner Sam Carroll

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Advertisement Grove Co-op Gin-Joe Ellis, Raymond Gorden, Eldon Hiler

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Advertisements-R. S. High Insurance-Mary Tipping, Bobby Barham, Bobbie Bryant, Owner R. S. High Grove Beauty Shop-Patsy Cobb, Carolyn Dugan, Owners Alene Haden and Flo Dugan Senior Methodist Youth Fellowship-Rachel Haden, Reba Daniel, Diane Hinkle, Belva Daniel, Shirley McSpadden

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Advertisement-Gillen Chevrolet Company-Freddy Southard, Jane McGraw, Linda Turner, Ronny Hiler, Owner-Billy Gillen

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Advertisements- McCormick Burial Association-Blooming Grove Times-Jane McGraw, Reba Daniel-Owners son-Jimmy Crawford Whorton’s Service Station-Nancy Childress, Belva Daniel, Doug Melton, Don McGraw, Manager-Carroll Lee Saunders

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Advertisements-Sinclair Service Station-Owner Carl McGraw
Huff Cleaners-Owner Pete Huff
Hartford Fire Insurance-Agent R. B. McCormick
Garrison’s Food Store-Elwyn Rhodes, Owner Dwayne Garrison

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Advertisements-Hubbard Auction Sale Co Owner Doug Magee in picture-and Jeff Holly
William and Griffis Gin Frost, Tx.

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Advertisements - Boswell Dairies-L. M. Tipping, B. G. Representative Buford Armstrong
Barry Co-op Gin
Taylor’s Studio-Jane McGraw

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Advertisements-Lone Cedar Gin-Manager George Green, Sam Daiches Jewelers, Texas Power and Light Company

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Advertisements-Velvet Ice Cream. Conoco Gas and Oil Distributor, Whiteselle Brick and Lumber Company

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Advertisements- The First National Bank of Corsicana, Texas, Mayo’s Office Supply, Corsicana Dr. Pepper Bottling Co.

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Advertisements - Town and Country Motors, Rhoads Jewelers, Oil City Iron Works, W. C. Wilks & Co.

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Advertisements - Coca-Cola Bottling Co, Sanitary Laundry and Cleaners, Stroube Implement Co., J. M. Dyers

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Advertisements – Norris-Hamilton Motors, Miles Furniture Co, Harris and Jacobs, Navarro County Tractor Co.

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Advertisements – Bill Wright Ford Inc., Joe York Furniture, K. Wolens Department Store, Harris Lumber Co.

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Advertisements – Corsicana Dodge Motor Co, Golden Bros. , Griffin Tractor Co., B. G. Palace Barber Shop, Dairy Queen, F. C. Stewart Oldsmobile Used Cars and Appliances

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Reflections-University Supply and Equipment Co. –Greatest name in Yearbooks

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