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CHS Class of 1965
Class History WHATEVER HAPPENED TO ..............? When
the school census was taken in January of 1954 (during our first grade year),
164 were enrolled in the first grade (both West Ward and South Ward Schools),
and that was before Burkett School closed and many of those students transferred
to Coleman. And don't forget, the Class
of 1965 was the last segregated class in Coleman, with Humphrey High
consolidating with CHS the fall after we graduated. At the end of our eighth grade year, there were one hundred and
forty-one students, plus one that had died in the seventh grade, that made up
what would four years later be the CHS Class of 1965. We ended our freshman year at Coleman High
School with one hundred and twenty-eight classmates, more or less. Over the
next three years, some moved, some married, some dropped out to work, and
others moved in to join our Class of 1965. In all, one hundred and fifty-three were
together at one time or another during those four years at CHS. These students are, primarily, the ones we
have included in our class listings.
One hundred and three graduated on May 27, 1965 to bring that time of
learning, heartbreak, love, playing, and growing to an end. But all in all, it was a very good
year. The Class of 1965 was and is the
largest graduating class in the history of Coleman High School, and before
integration, at that. We were called "The War Babies."
And that, my friends, was the CLASS
OF '65 ..... >>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<< AND THERE WERE OTHERS THAT WE SHARED EARLIER TIMES WITH...... Following are lists of kids (with their birthdates in parentheses) that were (or should have been, according to their birthdates) in school with us at the times indicated, but dropped out, were advanced, failed back, or moved away, somewhere along the line. Remember that circumstances and our education system was alot different then. These are in addition to those who were in the Class of 1965 during high school. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<< FIRST GRADE CENSUS: Taken January 1954 - (Remember, there was West Ward and South Ward then): Eddie Wayne Adams (Aug 28, 1946), Dollie Aguirre (Oct 4, 1946), Joyce Ann & Doris Jann Allen <twins> (Oct 4, 1946), Juanita Andrews (Aug 9, 1947), Ronnie Baccus (Mar 17, 1947), Dorothy Baker (Oct 1, 1946), Claudia Barnett (July 18, 1947), Suella Barnett (April 18, 1947), Tommy Ray Brooks (Oct 13, 1946), John Buell (Dec 25, 1946), Linda Gay Bundick (June 12, 1947), Nancy Faye Campbell (Dec 19, 1946), Lynda Cathey (July 20, 1947), Martha Fay Coleman (Sept 14, 1946), Carolyn Crawford (Oct 5, 1946), Alexander De Anda, Jr (June 22, 1946), Virginia De Anda (May 3, 1947), Billy Jack Dobbins (Dec 9, 1946), Linda Ann Donaldson (Jan 17, 1947), Martha Ann Eldred (Sept 11, 1946), Jerry (Henry) Espitia (Jan 7, 1947), James E. Gilliam (July 1, 1947), Vicky Jean Goodwin (Aug 13, 1947), Linda Sue Griffin (April 14, 1947), Nancy Handy (Mar 3, 1947), Lanice Harrison (Mar 4, 1947), Hugh Cheyenne Hester (Aug 11, 1947), Gary Holcomb (Sept 24, 1946), John Isenhower (Jan 28, 1947), Daniel "Danny" V. Jameson (May 19, 1947), Sammie Kenney (Aug 30, 1947), Deloras Lanham (Nov 11, 1946), Delta Sue Mankin (Aug 21, 1947), Shirley Martinez (Sept 27, 1946), Larry Mason (Aug 30, 1947), Thomas McAlister (Sept 13, 1946, shown in 3rd grade), Kathy McAlister (Oct 30, 1947, shown in 1st grade), Harlan Metts (Oct 16, 1946), Arvel L. Miller (Oct 18, 1946), Alcario Nunez (July 3, 1946), Rebecca J. O'Briant (Sept 25, 1946), Jane M. Padgitt (June 13, 1947), Roy Parker (Nov 16, 1946), Janet Priddy (June 7, 1947), Billy Hugh Roberts (Dec 28, 1946), Pamela Roberts (Dec 20, 1946), Martin Rodriquez (Jan 4, 1947), Willie Rodriquez (Aug 31, 1946), Janice E. Rowe (Dec 2, 1946), Andrew A. Rutledge (Aug 12, 1947), Wade Scott (Nov 7, 1946), Gary Lee Seals (June 1, 1947), Johnny Seay (Jan 10, 1947), Robert L. Sedwick (April 7, 1947), Linda Ruth Short (Sept 30, 1946), Dora Jane Simpson (Dec 1, 1946), Peggy Ann Sossaman (Feb 10, 1947), Sherwood J. Spretz (Feb 28, 1947), Philip W. Strength (Oct 9, 1946), Dana Zane Terry (May 25, 1947), Linda K. Turner (May 1, 1947), Jimmie D. Upton (Sept 29, 1946), Raymond Vasquez (Aug 3, 1947) - Judy E. Wasson (Jan 17, 1947), Ann Willmon (June 14, 1947), Bradford L. Willmon (Oct 18, 1946), Jimmy Wright (Nov 10, 1946), Charles F. Young (Dec 5, 1946). >>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<< SIXTH GRADE CENSUS: Taken January 1959 - (with grade given, if not 6th - Special Ed was not graded): Eddie Wayne Adams (Aug 28, 1946 - Sp Ed), Charles Adian (Aug 13, 1947 - Sp Ed), Claudia Barnett (July 18, 1947), Tommy R. Brooks (Oct 13, 1946 - 5th grade), Velva D. Crowder (July 19, 1947 - 5th grade), Ray De Anda (June 26, 1947), Vonda J. Dempsey (Sept 19, 1946 - 7th grade), Oralia Diaz (Aug 25, 1947 - 4th grade), Raymond Diaz, Jr (Mar 24, 1947 - 5th grade), Joe Espitia (April 9, 1945 - 6th grade), Jerry H. Espitia (Jan 7, 1947 - 4th grade), James Gilliam, Jr. (July 1, 1947), Marcilea Graham (Sept 22, 1946 - 7th grade), Gary Crosby (Sept 24, 1946 - 5th grade), Daniel Jameson (May 19, 1947), Delta S. Mankin (Aug 21, 1947), Larry Mason (Aug 30 1947), Thomas W. Mc Alister (Sept 13, 1946 - 7th grade), Harlan R. Metts (Oct 16, 1946 - 5th grade), Jesse L. Mills (Feb 19, 1947 - 4th grade), Lloyd Parks (Nov 17, 1946), Delmer Parks (Sept 18, 1945 - 6th grade), Robert Rosales (Feb 7, 1945 - 6th grade), Mary Salas (Mar 17, 1945 - 6th grade), Alex Salas (Mar 29, 1943 - 6th grade), Adella M. Sanchez (April 10, 1946 - 6th grade), Gary L. Seals (June 1, 1947 - 5th grade), Dora J. Simpson (Dec 1, 1946 - 5th grade), Anita Slack (Sept 4, 1947 - 5th grade), Shirley Spivey (Dec 1, 1946 - 7th grade), Patricia A. Tadlock (Sept 21, 1946), Raymond Vasquez (Aug 3, 1947 - 4th grade), John B. Wallace (Jan 2, 1947), Karen F. White (July 1, 1947 - 6th grade), Bradford L. Willmon (Oct 18, 1946 - 7th grade), James T. Womack (Nov 16, 1946 - 5th grade). >>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<< ELEVENTH GRADE CENSUS: Taken January 1964 - (those that should have been in the Class of 1965, by age). Gary Crosby [Holcomb] (Sept 24, 1946 - 9th grade), Harlan Metts (Oct 4, 1946 - 9th grade), Larry Musick (Sept 8, 1946 - 10th grade), Lloyd Parks (Nov 17, 1946 - Sp Ed), Gary Seals (June 1, 1947 - 8th grade). >>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<< EIGHTH GRADE CLASS ROLL: Taken May 1961 - (these dropped out or moved before entering Coleman High School): Eddie
Wayne Adams, Francine Beal, Wanda Lois Blanton, Bessie Brown, Helen Burton,
Carolyn Cox, Glenn Draper, Richard Hill, Doris Low, Paula Nunez, Marie Sanchez,
Vernon Stamper, Ray Taylor, Glenna Walker, Grady Wilkins. AS IT WAS IN MAY 1965..... VALDICTORIAN AND SALUTATORIAN: John Eddie George - Vanita Bunt -------------------- THE SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS: Ken Pope, President - Lynn Prater, Vice-President - Faye Lynn Needham, Secretary -------------------- SENIOR CLASS SPONSORS: Mrs. Cecil Chandler - Mrs. R. H. Stainback - Len Steakley - Miss Violet Durrett -------------------- SENIOR STUDENT COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES: Bennie Flynn - Jamie Dieterich - Lynn Prater - Sara Taylor -------------------- SENIOR CHEERLEADERS: Sandra Garner - Ellen Crain - Jamie Streetman - Jamie Dieterich ------------- SENIOR TWIRLERS: Ina Jo Roberts, Drum Major - Diann Dunn, Assistant Drum Major Jo Carroll Boyle - Becky Jones -------------------- MISS AND MR. C. H. S.: Sandra Garner and Bennie Flynn -------------------- SENIOR FAVORITES: Sara Sue Taylor and George Byerly -------------------- C. H. S. GOOD CITIZENS: Sara Sue Taylor - Hobby Woodward - George Byerly - Ellen Crain -------------------- FOOTBALL, BAND, AND DECA SWEETHEARTS: Linda Amburn - Ina Jo Roberts - Novella Hamilton -------------------- STUDENTS OF THE MONTH: Richie Lee - Ellen Crain - Carlie Hargett - Carol Wilson - George Byerly Sara Sue Taylor - Larry Don DeBusk - Georgene McCullough - Joe Burkett -------------------- OTHER WHO WAS WHO AMONG THE SENIORS: John Eddie George, Monroe Cheney Award - Vanita Bunt, T.C.U. Scholarship Alan Wood, F.S.A. & N.T.S.A. Scholarship Nell Brown, Kiwanis Good Citizen & E.S.A. Scholarship & Jesse Jones Scholarship Larry Don Debusk, Kiwanis Good Citizen & F.T.A. Scholarship Jeff Justice, Lone Star Farmer Degree - Sara Sue Taylor, D.A.R. Good Citizen Gaylon Harris, Lone Star Farmer Degree - Becky Dela Rosa, B&PW Scholarship Joe Burkett, Pepsodent Presidential Scholarship -------------------- COLEMAN HIGH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION: W. T. Graves, Superintendent - E. W. Scott, Principal - Mrs. Hap Aston, Secretary -------------------- There were many other seniors, as well as those that left along the way, that made their marks, in both sports and academics, those years at CHS .... too many to list here .... but we remember it all, each in our own way .......
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