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EMHOUSE SCHOOL
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EMHOUSE SCHOOL
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THE 1953 PIRATE PUBLISHED BY THE SENIORS OF
EMHOUSE HIGH SCHOOL, EMHOUSE, TEXAS
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DEDICATION – THE BOARD OF EDUCATION –
SUPERINTENDENT – L. G. Kammerdiener, Lee Mahoney, John Gillen,
Charlie Joe Armstrong, A. C. Gray, Fate Brown, Charlie Watkins,
Lester Pattison
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ADMINISTRATION FLY PAGE
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SUPERINTENDENT – Leonard George
Kammerdiener
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FACULTY – Miss Beulah C. Kent, James O.
Bronstad, Preston T. Fitzgerald, Susie Kammerdiener
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FACULTY - Sidney A. Massey, W. P. Orme,
Miss Julia Stewart, Miss Pattye Hobbs, Miss Lois Hobbs
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SENIOR FLY PAGE
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SENIORS – Betty Bob “Bird Legs” Collins,
Donald “Spike” Pike, Harry “Hot Tamale” Palos, Patsy “Pat” Gray
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SENIORS – Ray “Glamour” Owen, Leonard
“Cowpoke” Harper, Jackie “Jo” Armstrong, Bernard “Sonny”
Pattison, Robert “Bob” Watkins
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SENIORS – Thomas Earl “Tom” Melton, Freddie
“Buddy” Eastland, Earl “Bird Dog” Middleton, Bobby “Trigger”
Armstrong, Ray Deen “Shadow” Brown
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JUNIORS FLY PAGE
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JUNIORS – LaVonne Ray, Sam Horvath, Leonard
Norman Kammerdiener, Roy Don Holcomb, David Richards, Sue
Maggard, Barbara Richards, John Wayne Thompson
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SOPHOMORE FLY PAGE
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SOPHOMORES – Luther Palos, Geraldine
Farmer, Larry Melton, Carol Stewart, John Kammerdiener, Billy
Ann Gray, Kenneth Ray, Sue McNeel
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FRESHMEN FLY PAGE
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FRESHMEN - Linda McCann, Grace Ratliff,
Richard Freeman, William J. “Sonny” Armstrong, Christine Wilson, Reeda Joe Reid, Wayne Morgan, Jim Roy Brown, Daisy Henley,
Louann Collins, Billy Horton
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SPORT FLY PAGE
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EIGHTH GRADE - Kathie Kammerdiener, Shirley
Loper, Joyce Armstrong, Edgar Lee Montgomery,
Martha Gray,
Marlene Shows, Darrell DeRusha, Wilma Morgan, Kenneth Drain,
Isabell Palos, Jeanette Maggard, Loretta Armstrong;
SEVENTH GRADE – Bobby Gene Freeman, Linda
Carol Harper, Buddy Johnson, Betty Jane McCann, Shirley Horton,
Shirley Ann Morgan, Nancy Sue Morgan, Pat Cheney
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SIXTH GRADE – Donald Richards, Joyce Bell,
Bobby Don Brown, Barbara Vyers, Jaynie Gillen, Joe Palos, Linda
Reid, Sue Loper, Donald Owens, Sandra Drain, David Shows,
Dorothy Henley, Charles Knott, Shirley King;
FIFTH GRADE – Faye Vyers, Calton Horton,
Madge Ward, Jerry Eastland, Ida Pearl Mathis, Donna DeRusha,
Wilbert Whitt, Linda Nagy
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FOURTH GRADE – Joyce Prickett, Jane Watkins,
Martin Anderson, Betty Lou Gray, Claude Maggard, Fredna Moore,
Walter Prickett, Leona Armstrong, Richard Whitt, Kay Drain,
Robert Ellis Drain, Jeneise Morgan;
THIRD GRADE – Johnny Pattison, Janice Sue
Vest, Philip Horton, Shirlyn Thomas, John Paul Maggard, Bonnie
Whitt, Jerry Bell, June Ray, Gene Allen McCann, Kathryn
Armstrong, Ronnie Stewart, Roger Seely
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SECOND GRADE – Gloria Vyers, Terry Brown,
Roy Moore, Jimmie Sue Richards, Barbara Prickett, John Palos
Jr., Jimmy Stewart, Billie Dobson, Mary Farmer, Martha Farmer;
FIRST GRADE – Mary Jo Anderson, Tommie
Whitt, Michael Drain, Sarah Gray, Janice Colquitt, Emmett
Prickett, George Ann Drain, Patrick Seely, Gene Morgan, Patricia
Baker
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ACTIVITIES FLY PAGE
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BOYS BASKETBALL- Bernard “Sonny” Pattison,
Harry Palos, Leonard Harper, Freddie “Buddy” Eastland, William
J. “Sonny” Armstrong, Roy Don Holcomb, Donald Pike, John Wayne
Thompson, Jim Roy Brown, Thomas Earl Melton, Sam Horvath, Luther
Palos, Manager- Bobby Armstrong, Coach – James O. Brostad; GIRLS BASKETBALL –Betty Bob Collins,
Geraldine Farmer, Betty Sue Maggard, Patsy Gray, LaVonne Ray,
Jackie Armstrong, Luann Collins, Christine Wilson, Sue McNiel,
Carol Stewart, Linda McCann, Billie Ann Gray
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ATHLETICS SNAP SHOTS – Jim Roy Brown,
Freddie Eastland, Billie Ann Gray, Leonard Harper, Betty Bob
Collins, John Wayne Thompson, Christine Wilson, Thomas Earl
Melton, William J. Armstrong, LaVonne Ray, Bernard Pattison,
Geraldine Farmer, Sam Horvath, Donald Pike, Carol Stewart, Betty
Sue Maggard, LaVonne Ray, Larry Melton, LuAnn Collins, Jackie
Armstrong, Linda McCann, Roy Don Holcomb, Patsy Gray
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GIRLS 4-H CLUB – Linda Nagy, Madge Ward,
Donna DeRusha, Jaynie Gillen, Shirley King, Nancy Morgan, Wilma
Morgan, Jeanette Maggard, Gale Gray, Shirley Morgan, Leader-Mrs.
T. L. Harper, Asst. County Agent- Miss Peggy Wilsford, County
Agent- Mrs. Gertrude Dryman, Dorothy Henley, Joyce Bell, Linda
Reid, Pat Cheney, Kathy Kammerdiener, Isabelle Palos, Marlene
Shows, Loretta Armstrong, Reeda Reid, Shirley Horton, Linda
McCann, Linda Harper, Betty McCannj; BOYS 4-H CLUB - Darrell DeRusha, Buddy
Johnson, Bobby Freeman, Charles Knott, David Shows, Donald
Richards, Calton Horton, Donald Owens, Wilbert Whitt, Jerry
Eastland, Edgar Montgomery
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F.F.A- Bobby Armstrong and his prize heifer; CHAPTER PICTURE – Teacher-Preston T.
Fitzgerald, Melton B. Eastland, Jim Roy Brown, John Wayne
Thompson, Harry Palos, John Kammerdiener, Sam Harvath, Wayne
Morgan, Larry Melton, Bernard Pattison, Luther Palos, Ott Loper,
Norman Kammerdiener, Donald Pike, Leonard Harper, Bobby
Armstrong, William J. “Sonny” Armstrong, Roy Don Holcomb, Billy
Horton; GREEN HANDS TEAM- Billy Horton, Jim Roy
Brown, William J. “Sonny” Armstrong; William J. “Sonny” Armstrong and his Master
Standard Dale Winner
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NEWSPAPER STAFF – BUSINESS MANAGER –Donald
Pike, EDITOR – Patsy Gray, JOKE EDITOR –Betty Bob Collins, ART
EDITOR –Bernard “Sonny” Pattison, SPORTS EDITOR –Thomas Melton,
FRESHMAN REPORTER –Reeda Reid, JUNIOR REPORTER – Sue Maggard,
SENIOR REPORTER – Freddy “Buddy” Eastland, SOPHOMORE REPORTER –
John Kammerdiener, SPONSOR – Susie Kammerdiener; YEARBOOK STAFF – ASSISTANT EDITOR – Freddie
“Buddy” Eastland, ART & PICTURE – Jackie Armstrong,
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF – Donald Pike, SPORTS EDITOR –Harry Palos,
ADVERTISING MANAGER – Betty Bob Collins, SNAPSHOT EDITOR –
Thomas Melton, BUSINESS MANAGER – Patsy Gray, FACULTY ADVISOR
– Mrs. Susie Kammerdiener
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LIBRARIANS –Billie Gray, Sue McNeel, Louann
Collins, Christine Wilson, Robert Watkins, John Kammerdiener,
Linda McCann, Grace Ratcliff; GOOD PICTURE OF SCHOOL; CUSTODIAN – A. E. Beard; STUDENT COUNCIL –Billie Gray, Sam Horvath,
Robert Watkins, Louann Collins, Leonard George Kammerdiener,
Superintendent
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GOOD PICTURE OF LUNCHROOM; COOKS – Mrs. Ed Montgomery and Mrs. J. P.
Thompson; GROUP LINED UP FOR CHOW – Harry Palos,
Donald Pike, Jackie Armstrong, Betty Bob Collins, Patsy Gray,
Thomas Earl Melton, Robert Watkins, Freddie Eastland, Leonard
Harper
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WHO’S WHO FLY PAGE
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SENIOR FAVORITES – Jackie Armstrong and
Donald Pike; JUNIOR FAVORITES – Don Holcomb and Sue
Maggard
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SOPHOMORE FAVORITES – Sue McNeel and Larry
Melton; FRESHMAN FAVORITES – Jim Roy Brown and
Linda McCann;
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BEST ATHLETES –Patsy Gray and Bernard
Pattison; GOOD CITIZENS – Jackie Armstrong and Harry
Palos; SCHOLARSHIP –Louann Collins and Donald Pike; ALL-ROUND GIRL & BOY – Sue Maggard and
Freddie Eastland
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KING & QUEEN OF HIGH SCHOOL – Thomas Melton
and Patsy Gray
CROWN BEARER – Pat Seely, TRAIN BEARER
–Sarah Gray
KING & QUEEN OF GRADE SCHOOL –Kenneth Drain
and Marlene Shows
CROWN BEARER – Gene Morgan, TRAIN BEARER –
George Drain, FLOWER GIRLS –Patricia Baker and Mary Anderson
F.F.A. SWEETHEART –Patsy Gray
DUCHESS OF CORSICANA RODEO –Louann Collins
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SNAPSHOTS
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SNAPSHOTS
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SNAPSHOTS
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ADVERTISING FLY PAGE
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ADVERTISING – Tinkle’s Ranch, Emhouse
Cotton Yard Ott Loper weigher of 1952, State National Bank, R.
E. Ross Lumber Co., Sharpley Humble Service Station, Blackburn
Bros. Navarro Hotel Barber Shop, Griffin Funeral Home
Ambulance Service
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ADVERTISING – Fullerton’s Shop, J. M. Dyer
& Co., Sears-Roebuck Co., W. C. Wilks & Co., Harry’s
Flowers, T. A. Harris Produce, Sydney W. Barley Groceries and
Service Station, Adams Grocery, J. F. Taylor & Co.
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ADVERTISING - Swint Huling Store, W. D. Vyers Grocery & Service Station, Frank Seely & Son Service
Station, Callaway & Davis Gulf Service Station, Alton H. Eddins Humble Station, T. R. Red’s Pharmacy, Townsend Office
Machine Co.
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ADVERTISING – R. B. Brown Mgr. Farm Labor Union Co-op Gin, Macray
Department Store, Kamen’s, College
Inn Skateland, Looney Drug, Smart Shop
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ADVERTISING – Piggly Wiggly, C. J. &
Sonny Armstrong Dairy Farm, Sam Daiches Jewelers, Blackford
Printing Co., Beaton ST. Market, Miles Furniture, Corley
Funeral Home
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ADVERTISING – W. R. McKee Lumber Co., Air
Way Coffee, Silas G. Fry Motor Co., Burson and Pearson
Flowers
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ADVERTISING - K. Wolens Department
Store, Buie Implement Co., Dr. Pepper Bottling Co., Texas
Power & Light Company, John F. “Speedy” Adams Mobil Oil,
Alva Taylor Studio
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