The 1944 Corsican
Year Book of Corsicana High School
Navarro County Texas


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Front Cover

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Title Page

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Editors Note:
Bette Pierce

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Yearbook Staff

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Photo of High School

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Dedication:
Dr. Leslie E. Kelton, Jr.

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School Song

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Fly Page - Administration

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Corsicana Dads Club

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Corsicana Senior High School PTA

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Alumni Association

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Board of Education

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Superintendent of Schools:
Mr. W. H. Norwood

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Principal of Senior High School:
Mr. R. A. Armistead

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Counselors:
Miss Watson, Mrs. Elliott, Mr. Dickson

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Faculty:
H. C. Allen, Helen Bonner, Frances Broadstreet, Minnie Byrd, M. S. Cook, Hortense Davant, Louie D. Agnew Elliott, L. P. Forsythe, Hazell Hardage

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Faculty:
Tom Hays, Anne Belle Kiber, Corinne McClure, Lena Mae McClure, Movelda Rhine, Mrs. Gertrude Russell, Mrs. Lorena Bates Smith, Inez Stanley, Dorothy Sweatmon

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Faculty:
E. C. Watson, Eda Watson, J. G. Willard, Mrs. Murphy Williams, K. Manette Wilson, Lora Mize, Carol Wiggins, Mrs. Julia Tipton, Mrs. R. C. Marshall, Winona Stewart, Carrie Kenyon, Glenna O'Rourke

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In Memoriam:
Mr. G. T. Dickinson

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Fly Page: Classes

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These are Ours; The Present-Day Crisis; By and By

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Seniors: Class of 1944: President: Bill Newton; Vice-President: G'Nelle McWilliams; Secretary-Treasurer: Rowland Jernigin; Reporter: Billy Clowe; Sponsor: Helen Bonner; Honorary Sponsor: Louie D. Elliott

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Summer School Graduates:
Allene Woods, Roberta Taylor, Mary Bankhead, Bobbie Jean Wilson, Betty Jo Marr, Evelyn Lewis, Roselline Sharrer, Rose Marie Wilson, June Panton Hale, Mary Hadley, Gloria Burke, Mary Powell, Julia Budai, Violet Davis, Wanda Finch, Frances Sykes, Dana Rose Arnett, Adele Blucher, Ann Scarborough, Marie Oden, Suzanne Calhoun, Thurman Cobb, Billy Campbell, Burnett Shivers, Willie Marr, Billy Conant, Hugh Rouse, John Womack, Allen Golden, Harold Wilson

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Seniors:
J. R. Adams, Marcelle Allred, Dorothy Anderson, W. L. Ayers, R. L. Baker, Bill Balcom, Bonnie Lou Baldwin, Charles Barnes Jr, Lillian Barrs, Betty Frances Bass, Joe Baumgartner, Ruth Beavers

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Seniors: Dan Bee, Jeanette Benfield, Virginia Benfield, Billy Berrier, Kenneth Bobkoff, Rex Bower, Bettye Jean Bradley, Jack Brigance, Ben Brooks, Johnny Broussard, Billie Marie Brown, Cecile Anne Bryant

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Seniors: Harold Bryant, Carolyn Buie, James Bullington, Wanda Beth Carl, Doris Marie Caskey, Gwynn Christie, Wayne Christie, Billy Clowe, Teresa Coble, Lorabelle Coffey, Jessie Cohagan, Willo Jean Coley

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Seniors: Geline Conner, Juanita Cook, Edwin Daniels, Patsy Davis, Sue Davis, John Dempsey, David Denbow, Thelma Denny, Graham Dickson, Mary Alice Duvall, Pat Ellington, Billy Elliott

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Seniors: Dorothy Lee Ellis, Norma Jean Ellisor, Billie June Etheredge, Betty Evans, Mary Jo Floyd, Bertha Lee Garrison, Dorothy Gay, Winnie Lee Gilpin, Shirley Goins, James Gonten, William Goodwin, Bob Goulder

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Seniors: M. D. Griggs, Bennye Gulley, Ann Guthrie, Ruby Hanson, Marsylene Hardison, James Lester Harwell, Lila Harwell, James L. Heifner, Johnny Henry, Billy Herod, Wanda Holland, Geraldine Hollingsworth

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Seniors: Videlle Hopkins, Billie N. Horn, John Hugh Howell, Rowland Jernigin, Adele Johnson, Glenna Merle Johnson, Dorothy Johnston, Garlon Jones, Ruth Jones, Wesley Jordan, Helena Juengermann, Gloria Nell Keathley

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Seniors: Carrolyn Kelton, Janell Kelton, Flora Nell Knotts, Elizabeth Labban, Bobby Lang, Elizabeth Laseter, Mary Jo Lassiter, Inez Laudan, James Little, Chester Loftis, Bobby Love, Don Love

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Seniors: Exa Claire Love, Betty Lew McColpin, Ella McMichael, Marjorie McMullan, Tom McMullan, G'Nelle McWilliams, Lurene Marlow, Alda Ree Marsh, Juanita Marsh, Annie Belle Mitcham, John Montfort, Mary Bird Moore

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Seniors: Roy Myers, Bill Newton, Henry Nieper, Almeda Northern, Inez Odom, Dorothy Osborne, Dickey Parker, Thomas Paschall, Joe Patrick, Paulene Peacock, Joseph Pearson, Leon Phillips

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Seniors: Bette Pierce, Lucian Pinkston, Norma Dean Price, Alvin Prince, Mary Frances Prince, Thomas Pritchard, Billy Pugh, Jayne Ellene Pulley, Winifred Rankin, Betty Jo Rash, Mary Ellen Reed, Dorris Reedy

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Seniors: Calvin Renfrow, O. P. Renfrow, Billie Jean Rhodes, Peggy Rothe, Mary Rylie, Tommie Scoggins, Mary Seay, Virginia Lee Sheerer, Glenn Skinner, Betty Ruth Smith, Gerald Smith, Jerry Smith

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Seniors: Stephania Frances Smith, Bradley Speed, Frances Spurlock, Cora Nell Stanley, Glenna Starks, Thelma Stokes, Billy Joe Tally, Rubye Nell Taylor, Alvin Thompson, Bobby Thompson, Mary Frances Thompson, Louis Todd

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Seniors: Billy Bruce Tucker, Bill Turner, Cora Van Varley, Elizabeth Vaughn, Bobby Waddell, J. G. Ward, Felix Washburn, Gus Watson, Dorothy Marie Whitener, Mary Jo Whorton, Billie Joe Williams, Willie Faye Yarbrough, David Daniel

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Juniors: Class Officers:
Betty Crain, Ballard George, Billie Anne Cheney, Anabel McBroom, Owen Smith, Tom Johnston

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Junior Class:
Ben Acock, Shirley Anderson, T. M. Anderson, Margaret Andrews, Kenneth Aston, Sammy Jean Barton, Milton Bates, Lester Baumgartner, Radford Beale, Charline Beauchamp, Janice Berry, Beverly Bohmfalk, Willis Bonner, Josephine Bostwick, Robert Bower, Betty Jo Boyte, Eleanor Bragg, Lois Bristol

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Junior Class:
Ray Bristol, Doris Brown, Virginia Brown, Annie Mae Broussard, Geline Brustein, Dwane Bryson, Betty Jo Bunch, Jack Dale Bunch, Jack Burke, Joe Lee Burke, Edwin Calhoun, Kenneth Carver, Bettie Champion, Marie Chapman, Billie Ann Cheney, Wayne Clark, Billy Clayton, Betty Nell Crain

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Junior Class:
Hallie Croft, Mary Ann Currington, Frances David, Margie Ann Davis, Cladie De Moss, Doris Donoho, Carolyn Dublin, Donald Dunbar, Mary Dycus, Jimmie Dyer, Walter Eckert, Bettie Ellisor, Helen Elmore, Eugene Ewing, Claudia Farish, Mary Katherine Fleming, Barbara Flood, Bill Flynn

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Junior Class:
Billy Ford, Joyce Franklin, Mary Ella Franks, Albert Frey, Louise Fuller, Hugh Fullerton, Ballard George, Martha George, Mildred Giles, J. Y. Golden, Loudell Gordon, Roy Earl Greer, Ida Grimes, Joan Gulley, Edsel Gunn, Bert Gutherie, Ruby Hammock, Altus Hart

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Junior Class:
Glen Hardin, Merle Herrington, McCurrin Harwell, Billy Hendon, Carl Hester, Ida Hodgden, James Hodges, Joe Hopkins, Barbara Howell, Donald Humphries, Enelda Jones, John Henry Juengermann, Rita Faye Kent, Nerine Levins, Joe Lewis, Nellie Sue Lewis, Minnie Lee Low, Mamie Matthews

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Junior Class:
Ruth Mayfield, Robert Maxwell, Anabel McBroom, Travis McCall, Mary McKinney, Elinor McNeil, Charlsie Michaels, Mary Edith Milburn, Earl Miles, Dora Jean Miller, Douglas Minor, Howard Minyard, Garland Montfort, Marilyn Moore, Thomas Murphy, Edna Neese, Clarence Ne Smith, Helen Frances Odom

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Junior Class:
Billy Joe Owen, Dorothy Jo Owen, Ina Belle Pafford, Stanley Palmer, Preston Panton, Ruth Park, Frances Perry, Douglas Phillips, Brooks Porter, Frances Powell, Wilburn Raby, Tommie Ratliff, Betty Rawlinson, Harvey Ray, Travis Redden, Mary Frances Reedy, Helen Richardson, Sam Roberts

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Junior Class:
Bettye Robinson, Jo Ann Robinson, Charles Russell, Arnold Sanders, Mary Lois Seale, Billy Shivers, Tommy Shivers, O. L. Slaughter, Anne Smith, Jack Smith, Owen Smith, Peggy Smith, R. M. Smith, Charles Stanford, Helen Statham, Thomas Tallant, Buddie Taylor, Dale Taylor

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Junior Class:
Vernon Taylor, Frances Territo, Patsy Terry, Jerienne Thompson, Jimmie Ruth Thompson, Joyce Tramel, Betty Travis, Roy Lee Turner, Earl Turns, John Wallace, Nita Washam, Lorene Watts, Al Westbrook, Dorothy White, Mary Lou White, Faye Wilds, Gladys Wilson, Patricia Wilson

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Junior Class:
Billie Jo Womack, Ollene Woods, Gaynelle Wright, Joe York, Beatrice Aldama, Martha Boyd, Jimmie Nell Gray, Tommy Hutchins; Where Are Such Things ?; A Desperate Situation

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Why Not?

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Sophomore Class:
Officers: Jack Bunch, Willis Bonner, Mary Ann Curington, Joe McAdams, Mrs. Gertrude Russell

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Sophomore Class:
Manuel Ablon, Sara Allen, Yvaughn Anderson, James Ard, Billy Armstrong, Almeda Aston, June Auld, Sammy Baggett, Jennie Mae Beavers, Tommy Blakeney, Julia Blizzard, Alton Bohn, Annie George Bonner, Frances Bonner, Patricia Borg, Melba Bower, Dorothy Boyd, Edwin Boyte, James Bradley, Marion Bragg, Paul Bristor, Ruth Borwn, Betty Butler, Bobbie Sue Cagle, Wilma Cessna, Chester Clay, Donald Cobb, Mary Lou Cocke, Newton Coley, Norma Fae Collins, Vernon Conn, Bobby Corley, Jimmie Cox, Pauline Crawford, Don Cummins, Beatrice Daniel

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Sophomore Class:
Ann Deaton, Lavelle Denbow, Joezelle Denn, Annie Jo Deupree, Hilda Dillard, Joy Dillard, Joe Bob Dixon, Elmer Douglas, Jackie Earley, Edna Louise Ellis, Elaine Emery, Dorothy Eron, Bobby Ferguson, Charline Floyd, Dorothy French, Joy French, A. H. Ganze Jr., Bill Garlington, Jackie Garner, James Glasgow, Darwin Green, Hallie Hall, Joy Hall, Christine Hanks, Marvin Hanks, Kathleen Hardin, Marjorie Hart, Jack Hedrick, Mary Henderson, Virgie Mae Henry, Zelda Holley, Genelle Hopwood, Johnny Horvath, James Howell, Katherine Hutchins, May Jackson

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Sophomore Class:
Margaret Jane Jackson, Lois James, Wayne Johnson, Betty Jo Jordan, J. H. Justice, Mattie Lou Keel, Ann Kenner, Bobbie Jane Kent, A. Y. Kilcrease, Ala Mae Lafayette, Donald Lake, Thelma La Rue, John Laseter, Janice Levy, Betty Ruth Lewis, Dorothy Faye Lewis, Priscilla Lively, Johnny Love, Ruby Mann, Veta Markle, Joe McAdams, Julia McClung, Andrew McColpin, Palmer McDowell, Daniel McLeod, Susie McMichael, Franchelle McWilliams, Bobbie Miller, George Montfort, Garland Morton, Bobby Murphree, Margaret Murphy, Bernice Murrell, Peggy Jo Myers, Nelda Ne Smith, Troy Nokes

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Sophomore Class:
Sybil Nutt, Lila O'Rourke, Wanda Nell Page, Mary Lou Phelps, Raymond Pittman, Ann Polk, Betty Price, Wesley Pryor, Lowell Ramsey, Bill Reed, Marguerite Reeves, Geraldine Ross, Maruine Scoggins, Ruth Ellen Scott, Jimmie Sheerer, John Henry Sisson, Frances Slate, Dorothy Smith, Louise Smith, Teddie Snider, Milton Spurgeon, Imogene Standard, Allen Still, Floyd Stubbs, Joe Stroube, Alma Tackett, Don Tekell, Ethel Trice, Bobbie Jo Tucker, Nell Wafer, Bobbie Jane Walker, Shirley Wallace, Geraldine Warren, Marianna Warrington, Barbara Watson, Harold Watson

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Sophomore Class:
Ed Wendorf, Helen Wills, Hazel Womack, Lena Jo Womack, Thelma Wooten, Margarie Worsham, Paul Borden, Marquita Carnell, Wendell Cook, Earl Davis, Venita Davis, Curtis Garrett, Jo Alice Harmon, Juanita Long, Mary Jewell Lowe, Bobbie Sue Williams

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Fly Page - Favorites

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Best Looking Boy:
Alvin Prince

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Most Attractive Girl:
Carolyn Buie

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Sweetest Girl:
Rowland Jerrigin

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Best Like Boy:
Sam Roberts

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Miss Personality:
Betty Smith

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Mr. Personality:
Bobby Waddell

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Most Scholary Boy:
Bill Newton

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Most Scholarly Girl:
Bette Pierce

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Then and Now; Ballad of the Spark

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Fly Page - Who's Who and Why

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Who's Who:
Ruth, Carolyn, Betty, Ballard

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Who's Who:
Martha, Sonny, Billy, Rowland

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Who's Who:
Ella, G'Nelle, Bill, Bette

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Who's Who:
Sam, Peggy, Helen, Bobby

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The Rain

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Fly Page - Athletics

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Football Team and Coaches

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Cheer Leaders & Pep Squad

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Football

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Football

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Football

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Football

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Basketball Squad

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Basketball

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Tennis Club

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Fly Page - Features

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Senior Class Play

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Senior Class Play

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Coronation of the Corsicana High School

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King of C.H.S.:
Billy Herod; Queen of C.H.C.; Rowland Jernigin

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Candid Photos

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Candid Photos

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Candid Photos

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Candid Photos

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Candid Photos

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Candid Photos

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Candid Photos

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Candid Photos

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Candid Photos

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Candid Photos

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Candid Photos

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Fly Page - Clubs

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Library Assistants

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Office Assistants

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Corsicana High School Band

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Mixed Chorus

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A.Y.L.I.

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Chess Club

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Corsican Staff

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Crossword Puzzle Club

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Fine Arts Club

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Free Hand Drawing

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Spanish Club

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Handcraft Club

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HI-Y Club

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Hobby Club

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Home-Making Club

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Lettering Club

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Library Club

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Non-Athletic Club

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Personality Club

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Service Club

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Spelling Club

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Variety Club

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Quiz Club; Foolish Females

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Scholarship Club

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Calendar of C.H.S.

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Calendar of C.H.S.

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Advertisements: The State National Bank

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Advertisements: Buck's Cafe; Navarro Hotel; Johnson's Pharmacy; A.W. Levermann & Son

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Advertisements: Corsicana Cotton Mills

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Advertisements: Rex. T. Bounds, Sutherland McCammon Funeral Home; Leonard Brothers

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Advertisements: Simon Daniels, Nobel's Drug Store; Corsicana Coca-Cola Bottling Co; Firestone

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Advertisements: George's Grill

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Advertisements: Poem, Sam Iaiches; Harwell's Hi-School Station; Barq's

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Advertisements: West End Flower Shop; Willette Greenlee; Morton Printing; High School Cleaners; Stop and Eat

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Advertisements: Corsicana Interstate Theatres; Harris & Jacobs; Oil City Iron Works

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Advertisements: Navarro Laundry and Cleaning; John C. Calhoun

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Advertisements: Dyers

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Advertisements: Texas Power & Light

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Advertisements: City Office Supply; American Well and Prospecting Co.; Cason Floral Company

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Advertisements: Paul & Middleton Insurance; Corsicana Dr. Pepper Bottling Co

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Advertisements: Whiteselle Brick and Lumber Company

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Advertisements: Willmann Creamery

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Advertisements: Collin Street Bakery; Wm. Cameron and Company

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Advertisements: First National Bank

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Advertisements: Sears Roebuck & Co; Burson and Pearson; Corsicana Laundry and Cleaning Company

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Advertisements: P & S Pharmacy; McPherson Drug Company

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Advertisements: K. Wolens

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Advertisements: J. C. Penny Company; McKinney and McKinney; McColpin's Grain Company; Roedericks Dyers and Cleanders

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Advertisements: The Carter Fashion Store; Skilern's Drug Store; Poems

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Poems

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Index

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Index

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Index

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Index

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Autographs

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