"THOSE MATCHLESS DAYS"
CHS CLASS of 1951
"EVERY ONE OF THEM WAS DEAR TO
MY HEART!".....JIMMY BLAIR
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"SO MANY FRAGMENTS OF THE SPIRIT
HAVE I SCATTERED IN THESE STREETS..."
.......K.G.
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"BREAK, BREAK, BREAK,
ON THY COLD GREY STONES, O SEA!
AND I WOULD THAT MY TONGUE COULD UTTER
THE THOUGHTS THAT ARISE IN ME.
BREAK, BREAK, BREAK,
AT THE FOOT OF THY CRAGS, O SEA!
BUT THE TENDER GRACE OF A DAY THAT IS DEAD
WILL NEVER COME BACK TO ME."
-----ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON, 1835
(Elegy written in memory of a dear friend,
A.H.)
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We little Clovis kids began our journey in life
together in 1939 at two grade-schools---Eugene Field
and La Casita.
In 1951, we ended our days together and set out
to tackle life...but we never forgot our earliest friends
on the journey...reunions were held in 1961, 1976,
1981, 1986, 1991, 1996; the Fiftieth was in 2001,
then three more---2003 at Kerrville, Texas, and 2006
and 2008 in Albuquerque.
The CNJ recently carried some short remarks
regarding our class: We graduated "126 on May 17,
1951,"
Once a year it is fitting to remember our friends from
"THOSE MATCHLESS DAYS," as our friend Donald
Todd has so aptly characterized them.
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IN MEMORY OF:
Jimmy Abernethy
Jimmy Blair
Don Campbell
Zeno Crosswhite
Bruce Davis
Geraldine Edwards
Billy Harwell
Billy Hasty
Thomasina Ingram Murrell
Charlotte Kelly
Marlene Lancaster
Donald Mardis
Robert Roberts
Jerry Robert
R.G. Snipes
Pat Thompson
James Timmons
Jimmy Whatley
Bobby Wilhite
Jo Ann Williams
Sherman Williams
Noel Douherty
Vera Lou Priddy
Engle Southard
Dorothy Trigg
Dixie Sanderson
Jerry Crook
Wanda King Snipes
John Thorn Marshall
Rita Gayle Delaney
Charles Mason
Marcia Stebbins
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SOME TEACHERS, from '39...
Ms. Tennyson, Ms. Bledsoe, Ms. Ballou, Dr. Gaddis
Ms. Holloway, Ms. Broiles, Mr. McDougal,
Ms. Jenkins, Mr. Elms, Ms. Macfarland, Mrs.. Martin
Ms. Buchanan, Ms. Atchley, Mr. Stockton,
Mr. Norman, Ms. Barton, Ms. Clarke, Mr. Norman
Mrs. Putnam, Dewey Miller, Coach Brock, Mr. Moser
Mr. Barton, Beloved Senorite Dora Russell,
Dave St. Clair, Ms. Bayless, Coach Harmon...
Mr. Hudson....
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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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BY MIL
MEMORIAL DAY, 2016
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