Forney High School Yearbook for 1922

The Jackrabbit

1922

 

Board of Education

J.M. Davis – President (James M.)
J.C. Griffin – Secy-Treas. (James C.)
M. Spellman (Michael)
W.O. Pinson (W. Ollie)
C.W. Boone (Charles W.)
R.M. Linn (Richard M.)
P.W. Dozier (Paul W.)

 

Superintendent of Forney Schools – J. Nelson Andrews

 

Instructors

Womack – Principal-Math
A. Jenkins – English-Latin
Bridges – History
Ford – Science-Domestic Art
McCain – Sixth-Science
Wray – Fifth
E. Jenkins – Fourth
Royal – Third
Peters – Second
Slaughter – First

 

Jack Rabbit Staff

Louise Keith – Ed.-in-Chief
Phil Holloway – Business Manager
Bill Pinson – Ass’t. Manager
Ben Brooks – Athletic Ed.
Catherine Yates – Society Ed.
Carnes Enas – Art Ed.
George Coates – Associate Art Ed.
Louis Irl Dietz – Ass’t. Art Ed.
Louis Hatley – Ass’t. Art Ed.
Linn Crawford – Class Ed.
Jack Criswell – Joke Ed.
Lloyd Adams – Associate Joke Ed.
Antoinette Reagin – Literary Ed.
Jack Crawford – Ass’t. Literary Ed.
Louis Chapman – Junior Class Ed.
Jessie Ruth Drake – Sophomore Ed.
Mary Linda Porter – Freshman Ed.
Miss Jenkins – Facility Supervisor

 

Seniors

Zada Antoinette Reagin

President of class of ’22. Literary Editor of 22 JACK RABBIT. Member of High School Orchestra.

A living proof that “precious goods come in small packages.” Sweet, wholesome and dainty.
“She never yet no villainyne said
In all her life unto no manner wight.”

 

Phil Holloway

Member of class of ’22. Member of Debating Team ’20. Member of Foot Ball squad ’20, ’21. Business Manager of ’22 JACK RABBIT. President of Thrift Bank ’21.

Phil is the fortunate possessor of good looks, a happy disposition, a magnetic personality and a frank, cheerful smile that invites the confidence and trust of all his associates. He works at what he undertakes early and late.

 

William Meredith Pinson

Member of Foot Ball squad of ’18, ’19, (capt.) ’20, ’21. Member of Basket Ball Team ’18, ’19, ’20, ’21. Member of Base Ball ’20, (capt.) ’21, ’22, Tennis ’21. President of Literary Society ’20. Class Reporter ’21. President of Board of Directors of Thrift Bank ’21. Member of Class of ’22. Ass’t. Manager of JACK RABBIT.

A splendid athlete, a loyal friend, an all-’round boy. We call him Bill ’cause we don’t dare say Billy. Has been “teacher’s pet” for eleven years and bids fair to bring honor to the school.

 

Mary Louise Keith

Member of Class of ’22. Secretary of class in ’21. Winner of Essay contest in county and district Track Meets ’21. Member of High School Orchestra. Editor-in-Chief of ’22 JACK RABBIT.

A sweet, old-fashioned girl on a 1922 chassis. She combines all the virtues of our grandmothers with all the practical capability of modernity.
And she is fair, if that our sight be true,
And being fair, as such we cherish her.

 

Linn Crawford

Secretary of class of ’22. President of class in ’21. Member of Girls’ Basket Ball Team ’20, ’21, ’22. Secretary of class in ’19. Member of Girls’ Track Team ’19. Class Editor of ’22 JACK RABBIT.

Linn suffered a severe blow with the grocery business called one of our star Foot Ball players from the path of learning. She recovered gradually and has been the mainstay of the class of ’22. Pretty, practical and you’ve got to love her.

 

Richard Lloyd Adams

Member of class of ’22. Joke Editor of ’22 JACK RABBIT.

The best-looking, ugly boy in school. The girls adore him. Miss Jenkins worships him and the boys like him. Clever and obliging as the day is long.

 

Anna Catherine Yates

President of class in ’20. Secretary Literary Society ’20. Winner Senior Declamation county Track Team ’21.Class Reporter ’22. High School Reporter ’22. Member of class of ’22. Society Editor of ’22 JACK RABBIT.

Bring on a dictionary of synonyms, for Catherine requires them all. She is lovable, true-hearted, witty, studies when she has to, an’ everything. Words fail us – look her up on the popularity page.

 

Homer William Adams

Member Foot Ball squad ’18, ’19, ’20, (manager) ’21. Member of Basket Ball Team ’19, ’20, (capt.) ’21, ’22. Member of Base Ball Team ’20, ’21, ’22. Member of Track Team ’19, ’20, (manager) ’21, ’22. Member of class of ’22.

‘Member the way he crossed his eyes, made them touch-downs, how he parted his hair in the middle and vamped us all with his Jellybean airs? ‘Member? How could we ever forget?

 

Mary Margaret Myers

Member of class of ’22. Member of Girls’ Basket Ball Team ’22.

Her name is Margaret –
It should have been Merry,
For she is so sprightly,
So winsome and cheery.

 

Dick Moore, Jr.

Member of class of ’22. Member of High School Orchestra. Vice-President of class of 1920.

He loves his violin, his jazz whistle, anybody’s hardwood floors and – “Hello, Dick, where’s Marguerite?”

 

Clem T. Pinson

Member of class of ’22. Member of the Foot Ball squad ’18, ’19, ’20, ’21. Member of the Basket Ball Team ’18, ’19, ’20, ’21. Member of the Base Ball Team ’19, ’20, ’21, ’22. Tennis ’21.

Clem, better known as “Runt,” is an all-’round athlete, a good friend and is well-liked by all who know him. The class roll would not be complete without Clem’s name.

 

Marguerite Nichols

Member of the class of ’22. Member of Girls’ Basket Ball Team ’20, ’21, ’22.

Marguerite has had a love affair with almost every handsome boy in school and could have another any time. She boasts the only Titian hair we ever saw with accessories to match. And yet she pulls down good grades withal.

 

Lucille Pinson

Member of class of ’22.

Lucille is a capable girl: she ramrods a Franklin with one hand and Happy with her little finger.

 

Clifford Owens

Member of class of ’22. Captain of Track Team ’21. Manager of Basket Ball Team ’21. Member of Base Ball Team ’21, ’22. Member of Foot Ball squad ’19, ’20, (capt.) ’21.

Clifford, a good-natured, friendly kid; answers to the name of “Chiffie.” He is popular with the girls, especially Kate. Good luck, old top!

 

Velma Adams

Member of class of ’22.

Pretty, petite, and altogether precious. We plan some fifteen years hence to take our jaded souls to the Majestic to be refreshened with her nonsense.

 

Perry Summers

Member of class of ’22.

Here’s to “Tony,” a good-looking, good-natured old scout. “Tony” holds a warm place in the hearts of all his classmates as he has been a member of the class since its origin.

 

Ruth Frances Tune

Member of class of ’22. Member of Girls’ Basket Ball Team ’19, ’20 (mgr.), ’21 (mgr.), ’22 (mgr.). Yell Leader ’20-’21, ’21-’22. Member of Track Team ’19. Press Reporter ’20, ’21. Asst. Press Reporter ’21, ’22. Vice-President of the Literary Society ’20.

Oh look not on this beauteous maid,
For this way madness lies.

 

A.J. Farmer, Jr.

Member of class of ’22. Member of Foot Ball Squad ’19, ’20. Member Base Ball Team ’20 (capt.), ’22 (capt.). Member of Basket Ball Team ’21. President of Junior Red Cross ’21, ’22. Member of Spelling Team ’19.

A good student, a true friend, and a scatterer of sunshine and goodwill. “Chick” is full of “pep” and the class has never lacked for life and enthusiasm since he became a member of it.

 

Eva Lou Witte

Member of the class of ’22. Member of the Girls’ Basket Ball Team ’22.

She was a stranger among us, but by her sweet and open frankness won the girls and by her lovely smile the boys.

 

Lois Yorke Riter

Member of class of ’22. Member of High School Orchestra. Member of Girls’ Track Team ’19. Member of Girls’ Basket Ball Team ’20, ’21. Tennis ’21.

Her acts belie her brown eyes’ meekness;
Expressive gestures are her weakness.

 

Ulla Yates

Member of class of ’22.

Ulla has been with the class since the beginning; she might almost be called its founder; an infallible resort in time of Book Keeping troubles, and custodian of Blondie’s heart.

 

Matty Lou Browning

Member of class of ’22.

All words that faithfully depict graces and virtues true,
Are found, when finally resolved, to rhyme with Matty Lou.

 

Rubye Elizabeth Lowe

Member of class of ’22. Member of Girls’ Basket Ball Team ’19, ’20.

If still waters run deep, Rubye is the sea. A pleasant, quiet sea, however, that seldom is disturbed by storms.

 

Juniors

Emmett Adams
Ruby Ball
R.C. Blake
Eldon Boone
Louis Chapman
Willie Chapman
Ruth Chapman
Ben Brooks
Della Blanche Chenault
George Coates
Jack Crawford
Carnes Enas
Ada Lou Dozier
Frances Jones
Tha Liles
Nettie Mae McMahan
Emmette Stuart
Gordon Yates
J.F. Yates
Agnes Wynne

 

History

In nineteen hundred and twelve the education of the present Junior Class was begun. Although the class is somewhat smaller than it was ten years ago, it is distinctly the same. Our first day at school will be long remembered, no doubt, by all the members of the class – the strange room and our fellow classmates stranger still. Miss Anthony was our teacher, and her faithful labors have been rewarded; for all members of the class are efficient in the essential “three R’s.” Misses Bryant, Royal, Hill, Cooper and Johnson followed in the swift flight of time as our teachers.

Special mention should be made of Miss Ellen Douglas, Miss Frances M. Johnson, and Mrs. C.C. Crittendon, who gave the class, in the seventh grade, an excellent foundation for a high school career.

The class lost two of its most valuable members when Winnie Bunn and Marie Haley left us. Miss Bunn went to Dallas and Miss Haley to Wichita Falls.

If we judge the future by the past, the present Junior Class will doubtless produce some great characters. More medals in track events have been won by members of this class than of any other. Last year we supplied three of the four debaters who represented Forney High School in the county track meet. We are always well represented in athletics as well as in literary activities, and more is expected of us in the future.

The Junior Class last year thought they were IT. But the Junior Class this year is IT.

 

Sophomores

Valta Anderson
Jeffie Ball
Raymon Browning
Louise Crowell
Marguerite Davis
Roddy B. Liles
Ethel Proctor
Marion Dozier
Nell Garrett
Lucille Richman
Dora Cohen
Virginia Crawford
Eugene Dozier
Mary Nell Jenkins
Lenoir Lindsay
Grady Taylor
Jessie Ruth Drake
Adelle Pinson
James Tune
Jesse Hawks
Jack Criswell
Henry Guynes
Hattie Garrett
Iley B. Coates

 

History

by Jessie Ruth Drake:

Speaking of classes, how about ours?
Over all others it looms and it towers;
Pretty as a pictures are all of our girls,
Handsome our boys, and as lavish as earls.
On quizzes we’re brilliant, superb and exact,
Multiplied quantities of wisdom and tact.
Our Jack was elected a popular man,
Running ahead of all Seniors who ran.
Ever we’re striving to set a new pace,
Catching the stride of your James in a race.
Lest you forget that we are surely the class,
All of us are firmly determined to pass.
Soon we’ll be Juniors, our class kept intact; as
Seniors, we’ll show all the world how to act.

 

Freshmen

George Newton
Louise Smith
Eugene Salmon
Richard Adamson
Eldis Kemp
Alonzo Yandell
Carrie Smith
James Daugherty
Bessie Taylor
Birdie Townshend
Frances Wilhoit
Louis Hatley
Mary Linda Porter
A.J. Mason
Nellie Gilky
Henry Robertson
Josie Coates
Charles Leonard Arnold
Vivian Russell
Carl Doak

 

History

The Freshman Class entered high school this year with only eight of the pupils who started to school here in the first grade. The rest of have dropped out and others have taken their places.

The class has quite a remarkable record, only two pupils having failed to make the next grade, within the last three years. It also has the honor of being counted among the teachers as the quietest room in the building.

The class is composed of fifteen boys and thirteen girls, with Carrie Smith as president, Bessie Taylor, vice-president, and Frances Wilhoit, secretary and treasurer.

 

Football

Homer Adams (Manager)

Left half

“Crook” is an old timer with an abundant supply of fight, as was seen quite clearly in every game of the 1921 season. With his speed and weight he was a consistent ground gainer. On offense we had no better player. Whenever a yard or so was needed for a first down, “Crook” could be relied upon to make it.

 

Clifford Owens (Captain)

Left end

Owens, acting as captain, has proved his ability by his leadership and his knowledge of the game. He has made some of the most beautiful runs seen on the local field. He was one of the lightest men on the squad; yet he held his end with more than ordinary efficiency.

 

Ben Brooks (Captain Elect)

Right end

This is Brooks’ third year on the team. He has played the position of the right end the last two years, and played tackle the first year. He has proved to be one of the most consistend ends Forney High ever had. He is a sure tackler and a valuable man on the offensive. We are all glad Brooks has one more year to play on the team. It was he who make the only touch down against S.M.S.

 

J.F. Yates

Left tackle

J.F. was the heaviest man in the line, and this combined with the ability to use his hands efficently enabled him to break up with the offensive formations of the opponents. He is as good as the best and will be heard from next year.

 

James Tune

Right guard

“Jim,” with his combination of good humor and hard fighting, gained the respect and admiration of all his fellow players. If the opponents gained, it was around him, for they never succeeded in going over or through his position. In thinking of the future, it pleases us to know that he will be in the next year’s line-up.

 

Gordon Yates

Full back

Shorty’s experience in track work is a great asset to him on the gridiron, adding greatly to his speed and ability as a side-stepper. He is a sure and hard tackler. With his experience and tireless fighting spirit, he has a great football career ahead of him.

 

Bill Pinson

Quarter

Bill has been a member of the team for four years, and is one of the “headiest” quarters in High School Foot Ball. He has proved to be a splendid line plunger and was as strong on the defensive as on the offensive. His sure arm was very effective in Forney’s aerial attacks.

 

Clem Pinson

Right half

“Runt” has ended his High School career this season. For four years he has been a mainstay on the Forney High School Team. He has made himself famous for his ability as a broken field runner. “Runt’s” head work and playing in the back field have been invaluable to the team during the past three years.

 

Phil Holloway

Center

Phil held down his position at center in a manner which gained him fame this past season the way in which he passed the ball was always sure. He was a ready tackler and hard worker and always kept the ball was always sure.

 

Louis Chapman

Left Guard

Louis’ ability was recognized and he was given a berth in the line. This was his first year on the team, and next year he will be a power on the eleven. On account of injuries, he did not play in the last few games.

 

Jack Criswell

Left Guard

Jack played the last four games of the season in the place of Chapman, who was injured. He played in a strong and determined way, and we are counting on him for the “stuff” on the Twenty-two squad. His “pep” and encouraging remarks helped to keep up the spirit of the team.

 

Raymond Browning

Right Tackle

“Happy” could always be depended upon to open a hole in the opponents’ line whenever the signal was called for a play through his position. From start to finish he always fought a clean, hard battle, and with his nerve and scrap he will be even a stronger linesman next year.

 

Sports

Basket Ball

G. Yates, Adams, Brooks, Chapman, G. Newton, J.F. Yates, Tune, Newton.

 

Track

G. Yates, C. Pinson, Tune, B. Pinson, Brooks, Adams, Owens (captain).

 

Base Ball

Criswell, Tune, Brooks, Taylor, G. Yates, B. Pinson (captain), Adams, C. Pinson, Yates, Farmer, Yandell.

 

Girls’ Basket Ball

Nichols, Davis, Riter, Jenkins, Tune, Crawford, Witte, Trail (captain).

 

Domestic Arts

Lois Riter, Ruth Tune, Matty Lou Browning, Margaret Myers, Louise Crowell, Marguerite Davis, Lucille Richman, Mary Nell Jenkins, Frances Jones, Ada Lou Dozier, Linn Crawford, Velma Adams.

 

 

Titles

Ruth Chapman  —  Prettiest Girl

Catherine Yates  —  Most Popular Girl

Dick Moore, Jr.  — Handsomest Boy

Jack Criswell  — Most Popular Boy

Louise Keith  —  Cleverest Girl

Lloyd Adams  —  Ugliest Boy

 

Our Faculty

Instructor	Nickname	Their Opinion	Our Opinion	Why They Teach	Favorite Saying
Mr. Andrews	Prof	That life is earnest.	That he is too.	Instinct for “bossing.”	Throw away your gum.
Mr. Womack	Mr. Womack	That girls should be seen and not heard.	That a little “pep” would work wonders.	Refuge from the fair sex.	Kindly stop talking.
Miss Bridges	Miss Viaduct	That life is not all play.	That under her there is no play.	To correct her dimples.	Hand in your note books.
Miss Jenkins	Big ‘Un	That themes are essential to life.	That life is non-essential.	To avoid the income tax.	Why don’t you read the Bible.
Mrs. Ford	Mrs. Lizzie	That Domestic Art room is “No man’s Land”	That Art is long and time is fleeting.	To intimidate her suitors.	Please take these notes.
Miss McCain	Too Dignified to have one.	That Miss McCain is THE teacher.	Not so good.	To furnish a hope chest.	Never in all my life—
Miss Anne Claire Wray	Little Sunshine	A smile in time adds nine	Why won’t she stand up?	For exercise	Straighten out that line.
Miss Ethel Jenkins	Baby	That life was made for happiness	That it’s good.	To be with her sister.	Don’t you know.
Miss Royal	Leler	Good	Better	What would Ye?	I’m going to settle down.
Miss Peters	Al	That a fellow can’t work forever.	That her’s will have to.	As a prelude.	I’m leavin’ here.
Miss Slaughter	Avis	That the world owes her a husband.	That she’s a vampish lady	“Suffer the Little Ones”	And-and-and-Charlie.

 

 

Lest We Forget

Name	Nick-Name	Ambition	Entertainment	Favorite Saying
Bill	Billy	Gridiron star	Vamping the girls.	According to Hoyle.
Homer	Crook	Professional Wrestler	Combing his hair.	Heck, yeah.
Lois	Hon	Enter the movies.	Driving an Overland.	Good evenin’.
A.J.	Chick	To be popular.	Writing love letters.	Yat-yaw-yate.
Louise	Lisha	To be loved.	Pawing the ivories.	Heavens.
Antoinette	Ant	To be married at twenty three.	Victrola	Oh, you all hush up.
Eva Lou	Scoots	To be graceful	Billy’s Sunday sermons.	Oh, kid, lemme tell you.
Perry	Tony	To be a star swimmer.	Inventing	Aw, I dunno.
Ruth	Rufus	Ask Rex	Looking at the mirror.	Oh, I’ll say.
Lucille	Gramma	To learn everything – that’s going on.	To tell all she knows.	She told Papa.
Phil	J.P.	To edit the 1923 Cactus	Antoinette	Yaw-he-Mr. Bill.
Rubye	Rube	To be a typist.	Making candy.	Aw, Good night.
Margaret	Madge	To arrange a becoming coiffure.	Dolling up.	Girl, if you breathe this.
Dick	Dickie	To rival Kreisler	Violin	Aw, shucks.
Clifford	Tishy	To drive on an average of 70 an hour.	Kate and Lizzie.	Aw, you don’t say so.
Matty Lou	Mat	To bob her hair.	Primping.	I caint.
Clem	Runt	To be a second Bo McMillan.	Teasing the girls.	Now do you really think so.
Velma	Gipsy Girl	To go on the stage.	Singing and dancing.	Oh, Kip.
Ulla	Uller	To graduate from F.H.S.	Blondie	A certain person said.
Linn	Linnie	To get an A.B.	Dodging.	Lemme see.
Marguerite	Red	To make the powder stick.	Making goo-goo eyes.	Girl, I’ll tell you what.
Catherine	Cat	To be somebody’s kitty.	Rockin’ the cradle.	Say, old dear.
Lloyd	Goof	To become better looking.	Reading books on physical beauty.	I’ll jab you over the head with a gimlet.

 

 

Our Instructors

Our Teachers	Their Ambitions	What We Think About ‘Em
Mr. Andrews	To abolish gum-chewing.	That he’s hard-boiled.
Mr. Womack	To find an Eveless Eden.	The only kind there is.
Miss Bridges	To ride the railroad on a pass.	A laudable undertaking.
Miss Jenkins	To go to a Sanitarium for a rest cure.	Age will tell.
Mrs. Ford	To make a model mother.	That she has a model child.
Miss McCain	Carrol.	That would help some.
Miss Wray	Who knows.	Not us.
Miss Royal	To be queen of hearts.	She’s a Royal flush.
Miss Ethel Jenkins	To scatter gladness.	A howling success.
Miss Peters	To find a Ray of sunshine.	Not a Ray of hope.
Miss Slaughter	To teach a Kindergarten.	The best thing she could do.

 

 

Who Should Have Written Famous Books

Painted Women	Marguerite Davis
Main Street	Lucille Pinson
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse	Bill, Clem, Jack, Homer
The Hoosier Schoolmaster	Mr. Womack
Freckles	A.J. Mason
Much Ado About Nothing	Gordon Yates
The Comedy of Errors	Catherine Yates
Love’s Labours Lost	Lois Riter
A Lover’s Complaint	Lenoir Lindsey
Vanity Fair	Marguerite Nichols
Reveries of a Bachelor	Jack Crawford
Daddy Long Legs	Alonzo Yandell
Sunshine and Awkwardness	Catherine Yates
Whizz Bang	A.J. Farmer
Two Little Savages	Gordon Yates and Raymon Browing
Wild Animals I Have Known	Louise Keith (An Essay on Instructors)
The Worn Doorstep	Linn Crawford
The Wrecker	Josie Coates
Care and Management of Rabbits	Louise Keith and Phil Holloway
How to Be Beautiful	Ruth Chapman
Housewifery	Antoinette Reagin
The Pathfinder	Perry Summers
The Great Outdoors	Ben Brooks
Our Mutual Friend	Miss Jenkins
The Iron Woman	Miss Bridges
The Brook	Margaret Myers
Paradise	J.F. Yates