Brackenridge High School - La Retama Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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Wm .Ea Refama Page successful ad campaign Allene Aszmann and Mildred Smith became champion ad salesmen. The staff has Worked hard all year but our social side has not been entirely omitted. At Christmas time the annual-salesmen banquet Was held at the Original Mexican Restaurant at which time we presented Eleanor Thoma and Martin Iones with silver trophies. When the copy was sent to press We celebrated our relieved spirits with a picnic. In May the annual Was hostess to the gala formal "All-Publications Banquet" Which is held each year by the Times, Hueben und Drueben, and La Retama staffs for the purpose of announcing the staffs of the following year. Our Working side by side and our recreation has created a stronger feeling of friendship among the staff members. We are hoping our humble efforts will serve as a reminder that inter- national friendship begins With each individual. -Imogene Tampke. LA RETAMA STAFF IMOGENE TAMPKE. .Editor-in-Chiei LOGAN SMILEY. .Business Manager LOIS LITTLETON. . .Circulation Mgr. ALICE NEAL ......,..... Club Editor BERTHA GRUNDMANN . Senior Editor GRACE ANN MCCRELESS Iunior ALLENE ASZMANN. . .Feature SHIRLEY MAIERHOPER Senior MILDRED SMITH ......, Iunior MRS. ZORA MELTON Publications MISS BETTY IEANNE -DOBBINS Faculty Sponsor Editor Editor Typist Typist Treas. Assistants: Frances Budge, Iohanna Huey, Volney Ellis, Bobbye Sue Iackson, Alton Grimm, Annabelle Sullivan, Colleen Benson, Lupe Garza, Pat Maloney. The five winning advisories who had the highest percentage in the taking of class pictures. They are Arthur McDougall, Audrey Faye Scarbrough, Ieannette Lovell, Anna Borer, and Mary Virginia Davis. Our Senior Typist, Shirley, is still pleasant with her tedious job. Purple Iackets and still more Purple Iackets had their pictures taken this day. Miss Dobbins taken oft guard. These four young misses are waiting patiently for the photographer to finish with his last victim. Caught gossiping. This caused the rush at the last ot the season. 121

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7441 annual 6060i X 1 Q Z , Jil s fmaqene 7am7:,ke Sam-m-GAJ4 With the closing of another school year La Retama has passed another milestone. lt has been no easy task to uphold the traditions of the past and attain the standards which in the last twelve consecutive years have placed our annual in the All-American or Superior ranks by the rating of the National Scholastic Press Association. ln spite of the fact that our faithful friend and ad-- visor, Miss Olga Scholz, could not help us with this tremendous undertaking, we met our tasks with courage, knowing that our new advisor, Miss Betty leanne Dobbins, had had much experience. The staff chose as its theme, "Friendship," which is so needed with the world in a turmoil as it is at the present time. Having chosen our theme, we immediately began taking class pictures. ln October, we began our successful sales campaign owing much of our success to Eleanor Thoma, who sold l26 annuals, breaking all previous records, and to Martin Iones, who sold 83 annuals. The staff would like to express our appreciation to our many friends in the Student Council and the Debate Class who aided in this campaign. In March the annual began to take shape as we began mounting the proofs of the lay-outs that Alice Neal, Bertha Grundrnann, Grace Ann McCreless and others had devoted hours to plan- ning and constructing. The copy was typed in the dummy by our untiring and dependable typists, Shirley Maierhofer and Lois Littleton, aided by Frances Budge and Iohanna Huey. During our Page 120

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L+! Annual Jaya ! Every annual salesman and staff member has loads of fun at the "Dinky-Diddle" Banquet. ln case you're Wondering, "dinky-diddles" are little verses dedicated to the staff members and the salesmen. The Banquet was held in the Original Mexican Restaurant. The Salesmen en masse: Front Row. lett to right, Hoentsch, Younger, Luker, Tampke, Saunders, Brauer, Lott. Second Row. left to right, Gerhardt, Neal, Grundmann, Scholz, Thoma, Maierhoter, Tiedtke, and Smiley. Those not pictured were Aszmann, Byler, Burger, Fahrenthold, Gravis, M. Iones, Kizer, Seidemann, Thomson, Wahrmund. These were the energetic students Who scouted the student body for prospective custom- ers in the early months, collected down payments, and tinally collected the completed payments. In honor of the Annual Salesmen, a banquet was held tor them in November when Eleanor Thoma received a first place silver trophy tor breaking all previous sales records With a total ot 126 sales, While Martin lones received second-place trophy, with Al- lene Aszmann close behind him in number ot sales. Page 122