Ardmore High School - Spectrum Yearbook (Ardmore, OK)

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The Sophomore class enlered lhe halls of AHS led by Ed Parry, Harry Todd, and Donna Johnnigan. They losl no Time in learning lo make lhe Song of Ardmore vibrale fhrough lhe air and in learn- ing +ha+ lhey could lead in lhe number of sludenls malcing The honor roll and S'rraighr A's. A num- ber of lhem 'fools parf in foolball, baslcefball, rraclc, band, debale, speech and The all-school play. Miss Gail McWilliams, 'rheir well-loved English feacher and sponsor, did an excellenf iob of orienling 'rhe class of '54 info high school life. Wilh her help, lhe fufure upperclassme if AHS d ning. n o ma e a fine begin- ' Y ' if f . 'A-' U-an si. : '

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7 A DRUM MAJOR Jack Locke rind BAND QUEEN Loraine Yeomans Wirh 'rhe srirring roii of cirumf, rhe Pride of AHS srepped inio a iuii season. Mr. Gabe bard spenf hours oi hard work and fhouqhf i'n capabiy direcrinq 'rhe bono which won a 'rrophy af Madili and marched in fhe qianf homecoming parade ar 0. U. Jack, our hand' fome drum maior, and Loraine, our iovely queen, led ihe band ar public appearances. ix 4 ,.f Z' . -.--fx' EN' Y .-f-- N , .gg J -W 13 x 4 f ., .XSL R .3 hx ,,.,-lv' fs-v I sp, i i It --4 .-L. ,..a' 8 O 1 i i ,,.,,,N BAND DIRECTOR Mr. R. Gabbard MAJORETTES Caroiyn Conweil Lyn Pebbles Ah-Mays rhev were cioseiy ioiiowed by our pranciriq maiorefres, Carolyn and Lyn. Led by ihese carabie sfudenis. rhe AHS band performed coun?'ess ciriiis during ihe half- fimes af ioo+ba'l games and helped boosf our Eighrinrg Eorfyw rhrough a fhriiiing sea- son. The band aiso cooperafed wirh orher de- parfmenfs fo produce more cc'orfui and ef- fecrive programs. Truly, ihe band is one of our essenrial exrra-curricuiar aciivifies.

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Q 6 1 fe Q 'refi 1. KA ,-.s A . 6.1 KENNETH BEARD-End BTLL HARRIS-eTack5e GEORGE DAYW-Fullback Fine deTensive end, runs BesT husTier on Team, Tikes iT Very good passer and run- hard, good husTTer, Tine pass rough: sTrong confedg-r,3+e, ner, big and TasT, one QT Top receiver, biocks welT. Tearns TasT. Scorers. good coTiege pi-05. '11 In SepTember our mighTy Tigers began The TooT- bai' season by Tying Ciassen 6 To 6. NexT The Tigers Toppied The Frederick Bombers by The score OT 35-O. On SepTember 28, Hoihs marched Trom The shorT grass counTry To Try To mar The Tigers' record buT were Turned back 26-6. STarTing slow in The TirsT OcTober game, The Ardmore eieyen warmed up To sTomp HeaidTon 35-O. In one oT The mosT exciTing games oT The year The home Town crew losT a hearT- breaker To Ada 20-I8. On OcT. I9 The Tigers in Their TirsT disTricT game edged The pride oT Pauis Valiey 7-6. Fohowing Thaf The Tigers were hosT To Duncan, The Top Team in The sTaTe, and when The smoke oT The baTTie cieared, They had been edged in a hardToughT score oT 20-IZ, AT The Duncan game haTTTime The TooTbaTT queen oT AT-TS was crowned. Georgiene PuTnam, Marian CoTTey, and Doris Ward waged a vigorous campaign in which Doris was vicTorious. She was crowned by robusT Bob BeTTes, Tiger guard. BOB BETTES-Tackfe Big and sTror'g, Tai-mer wresT!er, noT easy To mcye, Tries hard. ' ff