Special thanks again goes out to Brad Thorpe for loaning this yearbook out. This was his senior yearbook. Brad came back to to teach here for more than 30 years. He has a passion for history about as deep as mine and that is going pretty deep. He said that he and the superintendent did not get along so the Super put him in the library as retaliation. Brad loved it. His daughter came in and helped him set-up the bar codes. He began teaching history in the library. This bothered the Super so much that he put Brad back into the classroom, which was fine to him. HOWEVER…they eventually did mend their ways. The past is what it is, the past.
When you see the older folks around, remember…this is what they looked like at one time. Notice the clothing styles in here; the girls hair styles. On one page the girls are in short dresses while wearing long, formal gowns with gloves. And take notice of the advertisements. They are, too, are a reflection of the sage days of the community. What businesses are still there? What did the community look like? Even look at how the phone numbers-if there were any- and addresses were written. Was the zip code being used yet?
I believe that yearbooks are more for the later generations to ooo and aahh than the ones that provided it. We already lived it. And with the advent of Google, it is easier to simply look someone up to see where they might be.
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Angel Prairee 