CLASS HISTORY

BY LUCY JANE BARNETT

THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1935 ENTERED PARAGOULD HIGH SCHOOL IN SEPTEMBER 1931 .WE MET WITH THE SAME CRUEL COMMANDS AND THE SAME BELT LINES THAT ALL FRESHMEN ARE DOOMED TO ENCOUNTER . NOT ONLY DID WE MEET WITH THE HORRORS OF A FRESHMAN YEAR BUT WE ALSO LONGED FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS FOR THAT YEAR WHEN WE WOULD BE ALLOWED A "SNEAK OFF" AND GO TO BANQUETS AND EVEN TO TEA . OUR OFFICERS THAT YEAR WERE PRESIDENT ; LUCY JANE BARNETT , VICE-PRES. , PAUL ELMORE , SEC. JOSEPHINE MARSHALL , TREAS. JIMMIE MOORE , SPONSOR , MRS. JAMES STARR.

IN 1932 NO CLASSES , EXCEPT THE SENIOR CLASS , WERE ORGANIZED IN PARAGOULD HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE ALL STUDENTS WERE PAYING TUITION.

HOWEVER , IN 1933 , WE LOST THE LESS DIGNIFIED NAMES OF FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE AND DONNED THE MORE SOPHISTICATED TITLE "JUNIOR" . WE ELECTED SARAH ELLEN AMOS CLASS PRESIDENT . THE OTHER OFFICERS WERE PAUL ELMORE , V.-PRES. , JOSEPHINE MARSHAL , SEC., CRATA BLANCHE WALKER , TREAS. , JIM GRAHAM , REPORTER ; AND MISS MARY WOOSLEY , SPONSER . AFTER MANY CANDY SALES , ROBBERIES , AND SUICIDES WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE TO THE SENIORS OF '34 A FORMAL BANQUET AN HOTEL VANDERVOORT.

THE YEAR 1935 HAS BEEN MOST EVENTFUL AND IT WILL LONG BE MARKED STEPPING STONE IN THE LIVES OF THE CLASS OF '35. OUR MOST IMPORTANT ACTIVITY WAS THE FOUNDING OF THE PARAGOULD HIGH SCHOOL ECHO. WE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED THE HOSPITALITY OF THE JUNIORS -SENIOR BANQUET . OUR OFFICERS HAVE BEEN ; PRESIDENT , ELLEN CARPENTER , VICE - PRES. CHARLES WOOD ; SEC. EDWINA JOHNSON ; TRES. ROBERT RATTON ; REPORTER , ELIZABETH ADAMS AND SPONSOR MISS CLARA STEPP.

AND SO P.H.S. THE TIME HAS COME WHEN WE THE SENIORS OF '35 MUST SAY TO YOU ,

GOOD-BYE , GOOD LUCK AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU !