Jena High School Class of 1958

Home of the Giant Tribe

 

Everyone traveling, have a safe trip to Jena.  Hope all can help Friday morning to decorate the float and ride in the parade, Friday evening social & finally, Saturday for get together and Lunch.  Looking forward to seeing everyone to enjoy good food and renew old friendships?

Give us a "J" "E" "N" & "A" -- Go Jena Giants!  

This is our 50th year anniversary!  We want you to come celebrate.
 
There will be three opportunities to get together with class members.  The first will be on Friday, October 10, at the High School preparing the '58 Class Float for the parade after tea  about 10 a.m.   The second will be on Homecoming night  at Nolley Memorial Methodist Church on Highway 84 from 7 p.m. til.
We wrap it up on Saturday October 11 at Nolley Memorial from 10 a.m. with lunch at 1 p.m.   Food for the events will be catered by the Brisket House.  Tickets for the events are $50 for couples and $25 for singles.  Please confirm as soon as you can so we can let the caterer know much to prepare.  It will be a great time for getting reacquainted and talking over old times and good times. 
 
Write your check to: Barbara Bridges
Send your check to: Barbara Bridges
                            P.O. Box 755
                            Jena, La. 71342
 
There will be decorations, old class memorabilia,

 and 1950's music. 

Same Day, Same time...just 50 years later.

(Program cover sent by Elby Taylor)

Do you recognize the "Midway Boys" above?  (Guess first, then check your guess on the "Pictures to Remember" page.) 

Any farmers in this group above??

Be sure to check for more new pictures and news (historical 1958) on "Pictures to Remember" page!

Click here if you would you like to hear some of the top'50's songs while you work.

Come join the fun!!! 

Do you remember what this was?  Think '45s!

 

A few things that happened in 1958:

• Jena High School graduated its brightest class of students, yet....
• Cocoa Puffs is introduced by General Mills; it contains 43% sugar
• The Chevrolet Impala is introduced
• This is the peak year for drive-in movies with 4,063 outdoor screens nationwide

• 

  By now, more than 45 million American households have television sets. Do you remember where you saw your first COLOR TV?

• American will import 430,808 passenger cars.
• Rice-a-Roni, The San Francisco Treat, is introduced.
• Sweet n' Low is introduced as an artificial Sweetener, using saccharin instead of sugar. Sweet'N Low received U.S. trademark patent no. 1,000,000.
• Crest toothpaste inaugurates the "Look, Ma! No cavities!" ad campaign.
• The Jolly Green Giant appears on TV with less than stellar results! In his first incarnation he looks like a monster which scares kids. So they lightened him up and added "Ho, ho, ho" and the lilting "Good things from the garden" song.
• It's Here! The Hula Hoop!
• Eighteen-year-old Frank Carney sees a story in the Saturday Evening Post about the "pizza fad" among teenagers and college students. With $600 borrowed from his mother, he opens the first Pizza Hut in Wichita, Kan.
• The price of 1st class US postage is raised to 4¢ from 3¢ where it had been for 26 years. Hard to believe - only a penny in 26 years!
• Modern consumer credit is born. The American Express Company introduces a charge card meant to compete with the successful Diners Club card. The Bank of American introduces the BankAmericard, which will become the Visa card.
• 31.3% of all domestic passenger travel was by railroad; 27.7% by bus; and 38% by air.
• NASA is created and Explorer is launched. A big year for the US in the Space Race.
• Sterophonic recordings, which use two separately recorded channels of sound to recreate a sense of space, come into commercial use. Now this is progress!

Anyone have a few pictures from the Class trip to Gulf Coast or any other pictures that could bring back a few memories?? If you do, please e-mail a copy to richardsonhomer@bellsouth.net.  It would be nice to post some on our website.