Kirkwood High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Kirkwood, MO)

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SEEM A Pie in the Face It was sticky, sweet and smashed all over. Perched atop a ladder in the Denver Miller Gym, Paul Grandpa Fraser, walking counselor, was the first re- cipient of a pie in the face at a pep assembly honoring the state playoff-bound football team, Nov. 14, 1983. Fraser represented the sophomores and juniors in a cheering contest against Dave Holley, social studies teacher, who represented the seniors and freshmen. The latter emerged victorious. lt was a good way to jazz up the pep assemblies and give people an incentive to cheer, said Holley. Although this began at a playoff pep assembly, it has been repeated annually at the daytime Turkey Day as- sembly ever since. This year, Bob Teson, social studies teacher, and Dave Shapleigh, math teach- er, received the pies. Shap- leigh represented the seniors S LIKE OLD TIMES and freshmen, and they de- feated Teson's juniors and sophomores. At the evening assembly, pies were also a part of the activities. Students partici- pated in the traditional pie- eating contest which David Gravens, senior, won. I've never felt so sick in my life. It was so sugary and sticky all over my mouth and chin, Gravens said. Another traditional even- ing activity, the Boys' Pep ClubIBPCJ-sponsored bon- fire, was not in its trad- itional place. The polypropane surface on the new track caused the administration to relocate this year's fire to the football practice field. Principal Franklin McCallie also requested a smaller fire than in recent years. We don't need to have a bonfire as big as a small house to have fun, said McCallie. BPC also helped the Girls' victory Pep Club IGPCJ make the traditional signs for the players' doors. We made 'good luck' posters personalized for each player and put them on the doors of their houses after the bonfire, said Robert Bryant, Spirit Man. Doors were not the only thing decorated for Turkey Day. Hours of preparation were necessary to garnish the school halls, Nov. 24. The Junior Class' 'Battle- star Gallactica' won 'Most Creative' while the freshmen received 'Best Theme' for their hallway depicting '101 Ways to Roast a Statesman.' The band, however, took top honors, 'Best Overall', with its rendition of the California Raisin commer- cial I Heard it Through the Grapevine. Decorating hallways has been a tradition for over 30 years, according to Mrs. Helen Ballard, forrner prin- cipal's secretary. . Y I - I r ' ' .f I Cut off in her conversation, Libby Klimek, senior, cannot believe that someone shoots her picture. jon Nelson and Greg Bopp. seniors, tell Jon's sister, Mary, that they shaved their heads for the game. 2 Turkey Day

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Decorative reeds for the swamp in the sophomore class' Turkey Dafy Hall load down Tricia Hof man, soph- omore, as she hauls them to the Science Building. ,Sara Landers, GPC officer. throws the pie at Bob Teson. who represented the sophomores and 'uniors in the most spirited J class contest. ,faq jill x.. ' C X -, ,- That's just the way the bell began in i E I , ? F , L, J L U 1 T-L 'T T Tl U It was a product of technology. The replacement of steam locomotives with more advanced diesel units provided a Turkey Day trophy, the Frisco Bell. Mr. Robert Stone, vice president of the Frisco Com- pany railway lines, offered former principal Murl Moore a brass bell from one of the steam locomotives that the company would no longer use. Moore and Stone had lived for several years in the 1930's in the same apartment complex in University City, and when Stone offered the trophy in 1954 for the annual game, Moore was flattered. I hadn't talked to him in months, so I was surprised, said Moore. Needless to say I accepted readily. This token of friendship became the traditional and coveted trophy of the game--the Bell. It came as mys- teriously as it went. The Litt1e Brown Jug, the consola- tion prize in the annual Turkey Day game, disappeared in 1976 while in the possession of the Webster States- men. No one knows the origin of the jug. According to Murl Moore, former prin- cipal, the schools exchanged the jug before Kirkwood ac- quired the Frisco Bell 1n 1954 lllllljlllllI 8 Turkey Day QM

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