Menard Texas High School Class of 1960 Through the Years
In this album I have pulled together pictures of the Menard High School Class of 1960. Some were taken by my mom, some were provided for school events, some are of events like birthday parties and school plays that include a number of class members.
November 11, 1948. First grade class. Looks like we have all indians here. From back - Cecil Collier, Unknown girl, Karen Brace, unknown boy, Joe Speck, teacher Mrs. Hilley, Sam Short, Nancy Frazier, Mary Jane Doll, unknown boy, Max Surber.
Aged 6 years, 11 months, 20 days. May 9, 1949. First grade class. Front row - J. R. Sparks, William 'Duck' Menzies, Orville Wright??, Sam Short, Patrick Higgins, Carylon Williamson, Chapman boy???, Donald Roberts. Second Row - Sandra Sue Smith, Mike Wheeler, Dephane Wilkerson, Harvey Ray Low, Mary Jane Doll, unknown boy, Jim Bob Hodges. Third row - Sydney 'skunk' Flutch, Scott Waddell, unknown girl, unknown girl, teacher Mrs Hilley, Nancy Frazier, Sie Rhea Ellis, Gayla Miller.
Age 7 years, 1 day. May 20, 1949. Birthday party. Back row - unknown girl, Brawley boy, Mary Jane Doll, Mike Wheeler, Dephane Wilkerson, Nancy Wagoner, Patsy Tipton?, Decker boy, Johnny Hodge, Sie Ellis, Po Ellis(below), Gayla Miller, Jimmy Decker, Unknown girl. Front row - unknown kid, Kenneth Hudson, unknown kid(between heads), Sam Short, Harvey Low(kneeling), Donald Kothman(kneeling), Max Surber, Patrick Higgins, Sandra Sue Smith
Aged 7 years. Probably April 1950 Second Grade Class Mrs. Slaughter teacher. Front Row - Donald Roberts, Mike Wheeler, Carlton Pearl, Patrick Higgins, Sally Gainer, Sunda Callan?, Sam Short, William Menzies, J. R. Sparks, Melinda Mears. Second Row - Alan Amos, Billy Castleberry, Scott Waddell, Mary Jane Doll,, Unknown boy, Orville Wright (between heads), Harvey Ray Low, Unknown girl in back, Nelly Wright, unknown girl in back , Unknown girl, Mary Jane Chapman, unknown girl, Margie Davis, Namcy Frazier, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, Cecil Collier.
Age 8 years, 10 months, 21 days. April 9, 1951. Front row - Carlton Pearl, Billie Stockton, Donald Roberts, unknown, unknown, Sam Short, Patrick Higgins, Max Surber, Melinda Mears, Sandra Sue Smith. Second Row - Ben Ray Lovelace, Cecil Collier, Karen Brace, Sie Rhea Ellis, Mary Jane Chapman, unknown, Donald Kothman, Mike Wheeler, Duck Menzies, unknown. Third Row - unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, Orville Wright, Brian Davis, Curtis Leggett. Teacher - Old Lady Murchinson.
Aged 9 years, 5 months, 24 days. November 12, 1951. We actually won first prize in the parade. I am the kid on the front fender with the feathers on his head. From the back - Setting on truck bed is George Bean, Standing with gun is Brian Davis, in back of wagon is unknown boy, Donald Kothmann and Ramior Sanchez, on side of truck looking is Duck Menzies. Note that the chickens in the coop are real and the guns - those babies are every one real guns. Probably not loaded.
Aged 9 years, 10 months, 7 days. March 26, 1952. fourth grade class - teacher Mrs Tomlinson. Front row - Nellie Wright, Margie Davis, Melinda Mears, Scott Waddell, Mike Wheeler, George Bean, Patrick Higgins, Karen Brace, Sally Gainer. Back row - Joe Brawley, unknown bow, Possibly Sunda Callan, Two unknowns in back, Donna Jean Smith, Joy Speck, Jetty Sutton, Mary Ellen Chapman, Ben Ray Lovelace, Carlton Pearl, Joe Speck, Possibly Donald Kothman in back, Jim BOb Hodges, George Tomlinson, Billy Castleberry, Sie Rhea Ellis, Olivia Sifuentes, Unknown Girl.
Aged 10 years, 11 months, 2 days May 15, 1953. Fifth grade class - Miss Louise Alexander teacher. Front row - Allan Amos, George Bean, Carlton Pearl, Donna Jean Smith, Nellie Wright, Sandra Sue Smith, unknown little boy in front, Sally Gainer(with glasses), Jouce Davis??l, Melinda Mears, Sunda Callan, Patrick Higgins, William "Duck" Menzies. Back row - Unknown, unknown, unknown, Joy Speck, Karen Brace, Mike Wheeler, Curtis Leggett, George Tomlinson, Sie Rhea Ellis, Pierson Brummett, Ralph Kidd, Donald Kothmann. We had obviously put on some kind of play and were still in costume.
6th grade class. Mrs. Loretta McDonald teacher. April 1954 is my guess. Front Row - Joe Speck, Mike Wheeler, Donald Roberts. Second Row - Joyce Davis, Sally Gainer, Nelly Webb, Carolyn Williamson, Sunda Callan. Third Row - Jetty Sutton, Ben Ray Lovelace, William Menzies, Scott Waddell, Olivia Sifuentes, Pierson Brummett, Donald Kothmann, Patrick Higgins, Melinda Mears. Back Row - Unknown girl, Mary Ellen Chapman, Pedro Vargas, Eugene Fraizer, Unknown boy, Curtis Leggett, Allan Amos, Joy Speck, Sandra Beth Jackson.
Aged 11 years, 11 months, 1 day. April 20, 1954. Sixth grade class - Mrs. McDonald teacher. Front row - Donald Roberts, Joe Speck, Mike Wheeler, Sally Gainer, Melinda Mears, Sunda Callan, Carolyn Williamson. Second row - Patrick HIggins, Scott Waddell, William "Duck" Menzies, Ben Ray Lovelace, Donald Kothmann, Nelly Wright, Jetty Sutton. Third row - Allan Amos, Sandra Beth Jackson, Joy Speck, Mary Ellen Chapman, Olivia Sifuentes, Erline Saiz, unknown girl. Back row - Pierson Brummett, Pedro Vargas, unknown boy, unknown boy, Curtis Leggett, unknown boy, Eugene Frazier.
April 22, 1955. Seventh grade class - Mr. McInnis teacher. Front row - William "Duck" Menzies, Patrick Higgins, George Tomlinson, Sandra Sue Smith, Carolyn Williamson. Second row - Willie Tomlinson, Cecil Collier, Elizabeth Yates, Nellie Wright. Third row - Unknown boy, unknown boy. Elaine Saiz, Joy Speck , Gretchen Nolke, Karen Brace, Marilyn Wheless. Back row - Danny Baker, Pierson Brummett, Brian Davis, Billy Castleberry, Sie Rhea Ellis, Curtis Leggett. I should point out that this teacher was one of the great influences in my life. He was the first to promote my interest in math and with him I discovered that I was just as smart as the 'smart' and more wealthy kids. Maybe more so. That realization was a turning point in my life.
Aged 13 years, 11 months, 16 days. May 4, 1956. Eighth grade class - Mr. Humphrey teacher. Front row - Patrick Higgins, Joy Speck, Curtis Leggett, Mike Wheeler, Eugene Frazier. econd row - William "Duck" Menzies, Sandra Beth Jackson, Sie Rhea Ellis, Dephane Wilkerson, Karen Brace, Florentine Perez, Donald Kothman(almost out of sight). ack row - Allan Amos, Olivia Sifuentes, Sandra Sue Smith, Fay Brown (in back ) Karen Davis, Elsie Layton (in back), Joe Speck, Donald Roberts (inback), Harvey Ray Low. Of interest - after I graduated college I ran into Mr Humphrey in Huntsville Alabama while I was on temporary assignment there by IBM from Kennedy Space Center. I had a nice meal with him and his family at his home and we discussed 'old' times. Coach Humphrey died not many years after that from I believe was an immune disorder like Lupus.