Cat's Claw (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, May 19, 1961 Page: 8 of 10
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Mrs* Trent’s eighth
grade class would like to
thank all of the teachers
and room mothers for pre-
paring our banquet for us.
Everyone had a very nice
time and we enjoyed the
beautiful decorations.
Our graduation is May
17 at 2:00 p.m. We xmnt
to invite everyone to it.
Marsha Lewis is our
Valedictorian and Michael
Fall is the Salutatorian.
We want to congratulate
Marsha and Michael because
they have worked hard to
earn these honors.
Mrs. Trent has been ab-
sent for about four weeks.
She has been very ill, and
we hope that she gets bet-
ter so she can come back
to school and give us our
final tests.
My, we have some messy
eaters in the eighth
grade! At the banquet
Saturday night, Barney
Oliver spilt barbecue all
over Judy Me Mur try’s dress,
’’Barney, aren’t you ashamed
of yourself?"
Talent Show
Presented
Everyone that turned
out for the Talent Show
Friday night, May 5>,
saw a very good show.
One of the outstand-
ing acts was presented
by Charles Brock and
Jill Bledsoe. They
did a twirling duet.
Mazie Johnston
played a very good pia-
no solo.
Big things come in
"Small" packages. Vic-
ki Small has a wonder-
ful voice to be so
young. She sang and
danced to "Happy Talk."
Raymond Frerick
played several selec-
tions on the organ. It
was very beautiful.
The three Caballeros,
Phillip Martin, John
Crain, and Ronnie
Wright, played "The
Merry Minuet."
The Wa-No-Ki-Yo Ho-
rizon Club presented a
comical skit called
"The Corn Huskers."
Bonnie Linscott and
Mr. Floyd*s News—No-
thing much is happening in
our class so we thought we
would do something differ-
ent. Since this is pro-
bably the last edition of
the Cat’s Claw, here is
what we did.
I’ve asked some of iqy
classmates what they would
do with a perro^ Here is
their reply1
Jack Kirkland--Give it
to Mr. Dunagan.
Sheryl. Haigood—Wear it*
Buddy Knox—Give it to
B.
Sue Brock--Give it to
B. D. M.
Larry Graham--Drive it.
Connie Atchley—Make a
certain Coach eat it.
Jim Horany—Keep it,
Jane Wright* * Kiss it
and give it to Teddy Bear*
David Wright--eat it.
Kathy Seay—Kill it be-
fore it multiplies.
Mickey Horany—Sell it
for a profit.
Sue T i dwell- - Thr ow it
at bones!
Harold Smitson—Put it
in Coach Harcrow’s shoes.
Bobby Vieth--Give it to
Canada•
Melissa Powell—Give it
a bath.
Just think what all
these people are doing to
a poor little dog.
John Crain played "Tom
Dooley" on their gui-
tars.
Then came the main
event, the beauty con-
test. There were quite
a few beauties entered
in the contest.
The Wildcat Stage
Band furnished the
pre-program music and
music for the beauty
contest.
The whole show was
very enjoyable. We
are sure that everyone
is looking forward to
next year’s show with
much enthusiasm.
Coach (to player stretched
out on the ground): ’’Are
you a contortionist?”
Player: "No.”
Coach: "Then you have
a broken arm.”
All of Mrs. Brothers’
class ere looking forward
to the 22nd of May. T e
will get 'out of school for
three months.
Three people out of ties
room, Kathy Wright, Gayle
Maagj and Joy Walsh went
with the Archer Brush-
poppers to Wichita Falls
to the parade and rodeo,.
Gary Lee Pitts was’hit
with the bat last Friday.
He got the stitches taken
out Tuesday afternoon.
We are 'reading our new
book Secret of the Old
Post Box by Dorothy Ster-
ling. We are members of
the Children’s Book Club
and all of the books that
are sent to us are new and
very good reading for all
of us.
Everyone has been here
and on time everyday this
week, We hope they are
all studying hard and will
be ready to make perfect
test-grades this week,
Doffinitions
Skeleton—A pils of bones
with the people scraped
off.
Quarterback—A small refund.
Climax—An ax used by moun-
tain climbers.
Army Haircut—A hair raid.
Marsh—What an army does.
Band Aid—A fund for needy
musicians.
Alibi—legal way of prov-
ing that a man was not
at the place where he
really was.
Sneeze—the explosion of a
tickle.
Steam—water ■' gone crazy
with heat.
Circle—a round straight
line with a hole in the
middle of it.
Hogwash—Pig’s laundry.
Autobiography—History of
a car.
Optimist—Almost any woman
who is on her way to a
beauty parlor.
Legally separated— Pulled
apart by a policeman,
Nightmare—A horse who
keeps late hours.
Ocean Liner—Sand.
Dancing—The art of piling
your feet out .before
your opponent cqn step
on them.
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Cat's Claw (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, May 19, 1961, newspaper, May 19, 1961; Archer City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth836398/m1/8/: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Archer Public Library.