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Welcome
Fair Park High School Alumni Association
This is an invitation to all Fair Park High School alumni, staff, faculty, and friends of the school, to unite and join the reestablished Fair Park High School Alumni Association.
In the fall of 1928, our school opened its doors to students for the first time. The history of our tribe and reservation is a rich one, created over the past 80 years. With the formation of this Alumni Association, we have an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of the current and future students and to preserve the fine traditions of Fair Park High School.
A heartfelt thank you goes to Coach and Mrs. Henderson for their love and dedication to Fair Park High School. We are grateful for their diligent work in forming the original Fair Park High School Alumni Association, in May 2006. Our sincere appreciation goes to each member of that organization. Their accomplishments were truly remarkable in funding numerous projects to aid the students. In August 2006, that organization was disbanded after the Caddo Parish School Board announced a plan to make Fair Park a K-8 grade school. Thanks to all of you, our voices were heard and as a result, Fair Park will remain a high school for the foreseeable future.
The original organization has provided the foundation for the current Fair Park High School Alumni Association. It is an honor and humbling that Coach Henderson has asked me to become the Director of the Alumni Association. He will be on the new organization's Board of Directors and play a vital part in the association. The help Coach and Mrs. Henderson continue to give me is immeasurable, always our teachers.
The time is ripe for us to move forward as we pursue our mission to foster the academic excellence, enthusiasm, pride and tradition of Fair Park High School. Our vision is to unite all alumni, faculty, staff and friends, and motivate them to support and promote the school. The major purposes of the Association are to cooperate with the school administration and other groups in promoting student success and continuing the school's long traditions. With the outstanding efforts being made by our current principal, Bruce Daigle, we truly have an opportunity to assist him in helping the students of Fair Park High School.
It is my sincere hope that you will join with us, as proud Fair Park High School Indians, in this endeavor. The Alumni Association is a developing organization, we ask for your prayers, support, ideas and suggestions. Together, we can make a difference and for fill the vision, mission and purposes of our organization.
Below you will find a link to our membership application.
I look forward to working with all of you.
Best regards,
Cathy Ridley Bonds
Director
Join the Alumni Association
FPHS is now listed, officially,
Click on Link above to National Registry, then enter "LA" and "Shreveport" then execute and scroll until you find Fair Park.
Our Fair Park Alumni Association
SUMMARY
Mission: Foster the academic excellence, enthusiasm, pride and tradition of Fair Park High School
Vision: Unite all alumni, faculty, staff and friends, motivating them to support and promote the school
Purposes: Cooperate with the school administration and other groups in promoting student success and continuing the school's long traditions
The Fair Park High School Alumni Association has received its Letter of Determination. All contributions made to the Fair Park High School Alumni Association are tax deductible.
Membership is open to alumnus, faculty, staff and friends of the school and is secured by payment of dues. There will be an annual dues payable by December 31st of each year, and if not paid by March 1st the membership will be dropped. The Association will have a lifetime membership option for anyone 70 years of age or older and a separate lifetime membership option for anyone 69 years of age or younger. Anyone joining the Association in the first six months of our existence will become a charter member and will remain so with uninterrupted membership. Those holding a membership in the original Fair Park High School Alumni Association will become charter members of the reorganized Fair Park High School Alumni Association. Only the Board of Directors will have voting rights.
The organization will be governed by the Board of Directors. The board will have a Director, Deputy Director, if selected, Secretary, Treasurer, and Membership Recruiter, if selected, and ten at large board members. All board members must be from the alumni classes, retired administrators, or retired faculty of Fair Park High School. Members of the board will serve a term of two years. Future board members will come from nominations of the alumni classes or nominations from the board of directors.
The Director will meet with the principal to identify needs of the students and school, bringing these suggestions and ideas from the membership to the board of directors. The board will vote on the projects to be undertaken. Committees will be formed, funds solicited, and projects completed.
All funds received by the Association will be deposited in the Fair Park High School Alumni Association bank account. Disbursements will require the signature of three board members.
Information will be shared with the classes through class liaisons. Our goal is to have a representative from each class or group of classes to act as a class liaison. These liaisons will work to disseminate official correspondence from the Association to their class and from the classes to the board. The class liaisons will also solicit funds, recruit members, and maintain class rosters.
The Alumni Association will maintain a web site, www.geauxto.com/fpalumni. The Alumni Association's membership list will not be posted on the web site. Class web sites will be requested to provide a link to the Association's web site.
Honorary and Memorial Gifts
Memorial Gift Margery B. Rhodes (Cecil 1955) from Clem and Martha Henderson (FPHS Faculty)
Memorial Gift John F. "Joey" Brown (1953) from Jerry A. Brown (1955)
Honorary Gift 1950's Fair Park Teachers from Members of Class of (1953), Johnie and Betty Bacon Crumpler, Dr. James and Carole Ann Hunter Carter, Dr. Charles and Mary Ann Moe Connaughton, Patricia Ward Faludi, Beverly Woodward Langford, Joe Maxwell, Jenny Kendrick Patterson, Janeil Ward Schultz, Fred Westergaard/Lt. Col. USAF (Ret.), Julia Sauer Williams
Honorary Gift Clem and Martha Henderson from Wade (1964) and Cathy (1966) Bonds
Memorial Gift Ed Herron (Principal) from Clem and Martha Henderson (FPHS Faculty)
Memorial Gift Venita McLain Taylor from Marty Taylor (1973)
Memorial Gift Mary Speights Jimmerson from Melva Sasser (1958)
Honorary Gift Clem and Martha Henderson from Virginia (Ginger) Bryan (1964)
Memorial Gift Dr. Antoinette Tuminello Price (1947 & teacher at FPHS) from Clem and Martha Henderson (FPHS Faculty)
Memorial Gift Marie Williams Bonds from Clem and Martha Henderson (FPHS Faculty)
Honorary Gift Edgar Bland (1936) from James E. Henderson (1935)
Memorial Gift Jacque Stephens (1964) from Richard Sokolosky (1965)
Honorary Gift Coach and Dr. Henderson from Rev. Dr. James H. Lewis (1964)
Honorary Gift Mary Bryan from Sandy Cummings-Hotard (1966)
Memorial Gift Billy Cummings from Sandy Cummings-Hotard (1966)
Memorial Gift Bill Cummings from Sandy Cummings-Hotard (1966)
Memorial Gift Wesley Hampton (1954) from Clem and Martha Henderson (FPHS Faculty)
Honorary Gift A. L. Williams (1953) on Induction into the Louisiana Tech Athletic Hall of Fame from Clem and Martha Henderson (FPHS Faculty)
Memorial Gift Roy Bossier (1938) from Eleanor Bossier Matthews (1935)
Memorial Gift Barry Wilkinson (1966) from Sam L. "Charlie" Wilkinson Jr. (1960)
Memorial Gift Sibyl Murphy Fair Park High School Administrator from Clem and Martha Henderson (FPHS Faculty)
Memorial Gift Donald E. Wolfe M. D. (1947) from Patsy S. Wolfe
Honorary Gift Camisa Brown and Racquel Brown-Davis from Nellie Davis (Faculty)
Memorial Gift Coach Roy Wilson from James C. Farrar (Faculty)
Honorary Gift Dottie Lord from Carolyn W. Gore (1966)
Honorary Gift LaReva Manghelm Morton from Madge "Johnnie" Anderson Ward (1954)
Memorial Gift Stephanie Ward Pitts from Madge "Johnnie" Anderson Ward (1954)
Honorary Gift Clem Henderson (Administrator and Faculty) from Bob McAllister (1958)
Memorial Gift Bob Hart from Anne Pickering Hart (1955)
Memorial Gift Mary Jimmerson from Melva S. Sasser (1958)
Memorial Gift Curtis N. Tanner (1943) from Ray U. Tanner (1949)
Memorial Gift Dorothy Shaw Crenshaw (1960) from Tommy G. Crenshaw, Sr. (1956)
Memorial Gift Jerry B. Harwell (1955) from Patty P. Harwell (1958)
Memorial Gift W. B. Calvert (1949) from Clem and Martha Henderson (Administration and Faculty)
Memorial Gift Dr. James Earl Turner (Faculty and Administration) from Clem and Martha Henderson (Administration and Faculty)
Memorial Gift Tillman Netherton (1937) from Cathy and Wade Bonds (1966 and 1964)
Memorial Gift Dr. Earl Turner (Faculty and Administration) from Cathy and Wade Bonds (1966 and 1964)
Memorial Gift Michael "Mike" Parks from Clarice S. Parks and Family
Memorial Gift Oneta Stevens Eason (1937) from Clem and Martha Henderson (Administration and Faculty)
Memorial Gift Howard Wimberly from A. C. Flory (1942)
Memorial Gift Malvis Teach from Peggy Jean Crosby Flory (1943)
Memorial Gift Katie Smith Farrar from Cathy and Wade Bonds (1966 and 1964)
Memorial Gift Wesley Hampton (1953) from Rogers Hampton, Sr. (1952)
Memorial Gift Mrs. Nema Henry from Camilla Fulco Doughty (1961)
Memorial Gift William C. Graff (1938) from Larry Graff (1966)
Memorial Gift Judy Barnhill Krouse from Mary Brinkley Waters (1965)
Memorial Gift Odom Sikes from Coles Thomas (1938)
Honorary Gift Martha and Clem Henderson (Faculty and Administration) from Martha "Snookie" Pruett (1935)
 FAIR PARK TRIVIA
Questions:
1. Fair Park High opened in 1928. Who was the first Principal of the school? For bonus points, do you know his address?
2. The Fair Park band played on NBC Radio, red network radio, on January 18th. What year?
3. He was a senior at Fair Park in 1947. Later he was a pro football player. What's his name?
4. The first year that Fair Park played Byrd in football? Bonus points, do you know the score of the game?
5. He would later become Shreveport's Chief of Police (1932 fall graduate). Who was he?
6. The first Fair Park football coach (it is not Coach Pendergast). Who was he?
7. Its time for Be-Bop! The basketball team was coached by Clem Henderson, they won the North Louisiana AAA championships and they went 23-10. What year was it and what future Fair Park coach was a guard on the team?
8. 1950 Senior Class President. Who was he? Bonus points, another guy was Pelican State in the same year, he likes for folks to smile?
9. The year loudspeakers were added to every room connected to the office?
10. What school did Fair Park beat to win the state football title in 1953? Bonus, what was the score?
11. Tommy Davis was an All American at Fair Park in 1953 but who else made All American that year in football?
12. Class president, Junior Class, 1936-1937. Who was she?
13. What year did Fair Park win its first state basketball championship?
14. Restaurant- It was west on Greenwood Road from Triple XXX and had those smokers our front. You loved the smell and its name was?
15. It is the site of a McDonald's on Greenwood Road now but what was it before then?
Answers:
1. First principal- James Water Ward, who died in 1937, lived at 3111 Alabama across from the State Museum.
2. 1942- NBC Red Network through KTBS and KWKH Radio.
3. 1947- Leo Sanford
4. 1932- Byrd won 20-0.
5. Harvey Teasley
6. A.T. Ratliff
7. 1955- Jimmy Orton
8. Glenn Davis and Dr. Jack Ratley likes for you to smile.
9. Spring, 1953
10. St. Aloysius
11. Harley Brown who played tackle
12. Marguerite Godwin, Junior Class President, 1937
13. 1963
14. Foley's Pioneer Bar BQ
15. Shreveport trolley bus turnaround
Questions and Answers by Ernie Roberson
 Information Quest
Who drew this logo and when?
What is the meaning of each symbol?
Please e-mail answers to:
On a recent visit to Fair Park High School a mug, as the one pictured above, was seen sitting on a file cabinet in the main office. After a brief inquiry, this is the information obtained: The mug was dated 1998 to 2000. It was made for the school to be sold at a cost of $3.00 per mug to defray the cost of Homecoming. Not many mugs were sold. On two other occasions, Fair Park mugs and sweatshirt have been made and sold for fundraising. The mug pictured was purchased at Goodwill Industries in the summer of 2007 by a 1940's graduate.
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Contacts
Director
Cathy Ridley Bonds
281.893.0117 Home
713.412.0904 Cell
Secretary
Pam Daughtry Ybos
318.925.9342 Home
318.455.1048 Cell
Membership Recruiter
David Stanford
318.207.2371
Treasurer
Patsy O. Foster
318.230.1344
Write
P. O. Box 18525
Shreveport, LA 71138
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