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2008 Homecoming Ceremony
The gathering for the Silverton Homecoming Program held during the Briscoe County Celebration on Saturday was filled with laughter and entertainment. Over 190 plus graduates and others filled the Silverton School Auditorium for the occasion. The Silverton High School Cheerleaders greeted and registered all guests. Emcee Dennis Tomlin started the program in returning with his football jersey after graduating in 1964. The Invocation was provided by John Francis and Boy Scout Troop 262 presented the American and Texas flags and led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Graduate Hosts for this year’s event were Doc and Sharon Simpson, Doug and Elaine Forbes, Calvin and Carolyn Shelton and Emmitt and Sandy Tomlin. Superintendent Jerry Birdsong welcomed the crowd while Jimmy Burson entertained with a few cowboy songs. It was then that the 2008 Homecoming Queen was announced.
Just after the Chicago Black Sox scandal and Poncho Villa’s attack on Juarez, and only a couple of days away from Prohibition, she was born, along with her twin sister, on Thursday, October 23, 1919, in the house of her grandfather, J.L. Francis. One of eight children, she attended school at Lakeview Grade School that was located where Rex Holt presently resides. After the seventh grade, she transferred to Silverton Schools. During her time at Silverton High, the school sent her sewing hand work along with that of her sister’s (Ruth Francis West) and Opal Chappell’s (Grabbe) to Austin to be judged for state accreditation. Her work was deemed excellent and the Silverton Home Economic Department was then duly recognized by the state of Texas. She graduated from Silverton High School the same month that Joe Louis knocked out Max Schmeling in 1938.
Just three weeks before the start of World War II, on Saturday, August 11, 1939, she married Milton Frizzell of Lockney. From that union of sixty-three years, three children were born; Jerry, Carolyn, and Lynn, all of Silverton. She has been a career homemaker her entire married life. She has 10 grandchildren, 29 great grandchildren and 3 great-great grandchildren. All of her children graduated from Silverton High along with six of her grandchildren. Two of her great grandchildren presently attend Silverton schools. She and her husband were avid supporters of the Silverton Owls and Lady Owls, attending ball games for more than forty years. She was a caretaker for her husband when he became ill and loves making quilts for her family for births, graduations and weddings. The 2008 Silverton Homecoming Queen is Margaret Frizzell. She received a summer bouquet of flowers for this honor.
The recognition of Silverton High Graduating Classes was announced and the winner of the bell was the Class of 1958. The oldest graduate attending the ceremony was Lallie Patton, Class of 1932. The graduate traveling the farthest to attend was Gene Clemmer, of Napa, CA. Briscoe County Judge and graduate of the Class of 1965, Wayne Nance, read the list of the thirty-nine deceased graduates, dating from 2006 to 2008. The High School Cheerleaders led the group in the Alma Mater. The Future of Silverton Fund Committee served refreshments of tea and cookies for all in attendance in the School Cafeteria after the ceremony. This year’s hosts would like to thank the Future of Silverton Fund Committee and the Cheerleaders and all that helped to make this Homecoming successful. See you in 2010!