MEMORIAL DAY: CLOVIS HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1951

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"EVERY ONE OF THEM WAS  DEAR TO MY HEART."
      -----Jimmy Blair, circa 1996
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"I returned and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill, but time and chance happeneth to them all.  Ecclesiastes 9:11
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That spring day in Clovis,
Early in 1951
The Senior Class of Clovis High School
Stood on the front steps of
Our beloved old school building
For our final picture as a class---
We were soon to graduate
And make our mark on the world!
I remember that day well!

We were so full of
Vim, vinegar, vitality, energy
And fun that day---after all
We were really not that long
Removed from the rowdy, restless
Recess days of the playgrounds
At La Casita and Eugene Field!

When we were little kids
At those schools, we never
Thought much about high school...
Or growing up, or graduation...

Except high school people
Looked awfully big and grown,
And downtown was a funny place
To put a school.

Now there we were, out front
For our Senior Class picture!
And we felt grown-up, ready
To tackle the world.
It was our oyster!
We thought we'd live forever!

Little did we realize---
We'd fall one by one
Along the way...
Or little suspect
That our old beloved CHS building
Would precede us.

A history of that class.
Life by life, would be amazing
To watch or read---
The careers, the work, the good
Each person has done in life
Would seem almost unbelievable.

That was a most-talented group
Of depression kids, taught
All the way from the first grade
To the twelfth, by likewise
Amazing teachers!
We remember them gratefully,
Respectfully, and fondly.

Equally as incredible as the class
Itself, are the sons and daughters
Of the Class of '51 members.
Follow them, their education,
Their lives, their careers, and
One is totally impressed!

One by one, as the years
Have passed...
So have our members
Passed on.
And the remaining ones
Are nearing the "eighty" mark.
"How did that happen?"---
More than one member has said
To me.

Who really knows how many
Class members
Are left?

Most of our class, I think
would say:
"Those school days were good days,
A good hometown, good friends,
Good fun, and good memories.;
And we've all had
A "good run."

Clovis High School Class of 51

Reunion 2008

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BY MIL
MEMORIAL DAY
MAY 27, 2013
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IN MEMORIAM....

Jimmy Abernathy
Jimmy Blair
Don Campbell
Zeno Crosswhite
Bruce Davia
Geraldine Edwards
Billy Harwell
Billy Hasty
Thomasina Ingram Murrell
Charlotte Kelley
Marlene Lancaster
Donald Mardis
Robert Roberts
Jerry Roberts
R.G. Snipes
Pat Thompson
James Timmons
Jimmy Whatley
Bobby Wilhite
JoAnn Williams
Sherman Williams
Noel Dougherty
Vera Lou Priddy
Engle Southard
Marcia Stebbins
Dorothy Trigg
Dixie Sanderson
Teddy Blair
Jerry Crook
Wanda King Snipes
John Thorn Marshall
Rita Gayle Delaney

          Charles Mason

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