The Wood County Record (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 5, Ed. 1 Monday, April 25, 1949 Page: 2 of 8
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with 1000 marks to pay for it. The war intervened, and not a People’s Car reached the people. But
now the Volkswagen plant at Wolfsburg, Germany, is roiling the cars out for civilians at the rate of
40,000 a year. The rear-engine autos seat four or five, are economical on fuel, and hit a top speed
of' about 62 mph. Above, completed cars line up in a parking lot behind the Volkswagen factory.
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THE WOOD COUNTY RECORD APRIL 25, 1949
The Yellow Jacket
PERMANENT YELLOW JACKET STAFF
Editor _______________________________________________________________________Bina Lu Barnett
.Assistant Editor __________________________________________________________________Lawana Reese
..Agriculture ________________________________________________________________Alfred Robertson
!$ome Economics ________________________________________________________Marjorie Shelton
(|)orts ______________________________________Jimmie Flynt and Roy Dickerson
Advisor ________________________________________________________________________Tommy Barrett
Lfrpist ----------------------------------------------------------------!— Evelyn Wells
Assembly -----------------------------------------------------------Jane Killingsworth
?Bandits for Breakfast?
What is it? The Senior play,
of course. When will it be?
It will be May 6, 1949. Where?
In the Mineola High School
Auditorium. Why is it being
given? To raise money to fin-
ish paying for the new piano.
Now you will want to know
A little about the actors and
actresses who will be in this
play. This week we will tell you
about six of the performers.
First we will tell you about
Jimmie Flynt as Albert Bayes,
a wealthy cereal monufacturer
cf sixty. If you have seen
Jimmie act before in any of
the other plays he has been in,
you will not want to miss his
Keep Cool! Hot Weather Is Here!
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HAGGAR SLACKS
★ Give him a
HAGGAR SLACK-PAR
with Gift
Certificate...
Let him choose
his own
Dad can always use another pair of slacks
,.. a practical gift he’ll be glad to get. The
Haggar Gift Certificate lets him choose
from our large stock of better fitting Haggar
Slacks in rayons, tropical worsteds,
gabardines.
LADIES, GIVE YOUR MAN A PAIR OF SLACKS
MILLER'S
THE STORE FOR MEN
performance this time; and if
you have not seen him act be-
fore, you will really miss some-
thing, if you do not attend this
j Play.
Then there is Bobbie Smith
1 as Stella Dickson, his sister,
} who is a comedy part that only
j Bobbie could play,
j Kathryn Collins as Helen
Dickson, Stella’s daughter, plays
a very strong-willed young lady
of twenty-three who likes to
dictate to everyone. Don’t miss
her love scenes!
Tom Wade played by Jimmie
Malone is a well-groomed young
businessman. Jimmie is a most
confused person as he is in
love with one girl and is sup-
posed to marry another.
Orchestra leader, Larry Hart,
by Tommy Barrett has orches-
tra trouble as well as girl
trouble; thereby disproving the
J saying that love and music
j work together.
Spike, Herbert Dckey, is a
I member of the orchestra one
minute and one of the bandits
the next. Herbert as usual is
always good for laughs and
excitement.
This play offers a variety
of entertainment. It offers
comedy, romance, and excite-
ment. Never is there a dull
moment from the opening cur-
tain to the closing curtain. Do
not miss it! Undoubtedly this
cast will win an academy
award for their performances.
—MHS—
Senior Class Meetings
Last Wednesday the Senior
class had a class meeting. The
purpose was to see the proofs
of our pictures in the caps and
gowns. Some of them were
good but others were horrible.
Thursday we had another
class meeting to decide what
we would do with the proceeds
of the Senior play. It was de-
cided we would pay the balance
; on the new piano which is $225
: and if we have any left over it
| will be applied to our Senior
! trip. A committee composed of
: Henry Nuss, Alfred Robertson,
| Ruth Reagan, and Dorsey Er-
: win will decide among several
: places where we "might go and
! present it to the class in several
| weeks. We also decided that
! Senior Day will be Friday, May
; 20th.
Plans were discussed for the
annual Senior assembly pro-
! gram. A, committee composed
of Fredda, Horton, Bebe Shel-
j ton, Bina Barnett, and Betty
j Grimes will plan the program.
Bobby Streety will compile a
i list of celebrities to be voted
on before the assembly.
—MHS—
Program For Band’s Last
Appearance This Season
j The last program for the
Mineola Band this season will
| be given Thursday night begin-
ning at 7:30. Many new faces
j have been added to the band
I since we last played for our
i school assembly. The numbers
jin order to be played are:
1. Honor Band—a rather easy
march with a good counter-
melody by the basses.
2. Blue Moon Waltz—a quiet,
soft number with special em-
phasis upon the flutes.
3. Babs Overture—one of the
best accomplishments this
season, is played in both
waltz tempo and two-four
time with a good final by
the cornets.
4. Jericho—a saxophone quar-
tet, consisting of Rosalie
Evans, Tommy Barrett, Patsy
McDade and Sandra McClin-
ton, to be played for the
first time Thursday evening.
5. Jealous—an old time hit giv-
ing the nod to the reed sec-
tion along with a good cor-
net background.
6. Prairie Jump—a fairly good
swing number and a very
good sclo by Bill Dickerson,
trumpet man, and good
backing by those trombones.
A short intermissiin o intro-
duce the cast of the Senior
play.
7. Sunbeam Overture—the hard-
est accomplishment we have
undertaken but sounds rath-
er well with plenty of clari-
net and bass and a goad
cornet solo by Francis
Hamman.
8. Trombone Toboggr i—gives
the trombones a chance to
exercise their playing skill
along with a good cornet
backing.
9. Tree Trees—a novelty num-
ber with narration by Bobby
Duke.
10. Sweet Rosie O’Grady—old
time waltz favorite is given
new polish by all sections.
11.Stardust favorite of all time
is given fair treatment with
a nice solo by the reeds and
cornet sections.
12. Star Spangled Banner—our
National Anthem, to con-
clude this final review of a
vast improvement under a
new and hard working band
director.
—MHS—
Personality
This week’s personality is one
of the eighth grade class’ wit-
tiest boys who, because of a
keen sense of humor and swell
personality has numerous
friends, both boys and girls.
He’s five feet five inches tall,
has brown hair, blue eyes, and
a constant grin. Our mystery
boy wears size eleven socks
and will be fifteen next June.
We are told that his favorite
subjects for conversation are
football, baseball, and Dot Free-
man.
Now it’s evident that he is
none other than Jerry Martin.
—MHS—
Heels, Hose, or What Have You?
Yes, Thursday April 21,
brought a change of scenery
to dear Ole M. H. S. About 25
girls came to school with high
heels, hose, and silk dresses.
They rated quite a few looks,
j which pleased them; but no
i one really knew what it was all
| about. The only answer they
j would give was “It’s Thursday.
I April 21. Haven't you heard?”
Although they created ex-
: citemer.t their feet, shall we
say. were tired.
But. girls, please no more
heels and hose this year.
' The next clay it was the very
opposite. Tiie girls wore blue
jeans rolled to the knees with
their seeks pulled a.s high as
possible. To go with this they
wore one cf their Dad's shirts
which was a perfect fit. ?Jos
of the shirt tails came about to
the knees.
The boys were trying to kce
up with the girls so on Friday
they wore white shirts, and
tics. Poor boys! Just couldn't
wear the ties to the end of the
second period.
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The Wood County Record (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 5, Ed. 1 Monday, April 25, 1949, newspaper, April 25, 1949; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth757732/m1/2/: accessed May 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.