North Kansas City High School - Purgold Yearbook (North Kansas City, MO)

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And nusual Firsts Nan Kavisic went to a National Y-Teen Con- ference . . . Diane Gray represented NKC in national drama competition . . . Kay Andrews returned from Sweden and as- sumed presidency of Student Council lfirst femme in many yearsl. The Pep Squad opened its membership . . . We added a crest to the Hornet Halls . . . Sandra Carroll and Dave Ban- ner were semi-finalists in the National Merit Tests . . .

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- -'B I Ar ekiwfw car manufacturers answered the little car challenge Ike and Nixon V1S1t6d RUSSIC Hawaii and Alaska became the 49th and 50th states The steel stnke The beatmks The coffeehouses atlonal News . Eating pizza became the national pastime . . . Mr. Khrushchev visited the United States . . 5

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Dedication In h1s iourteen and a half years as a teacher counselor and fnend to the students of North Kansas C1ty Mr Merton Hoch has won permanently the respect and admlratlon of hrs pup1ls and fellow teachers Besrdes the teachmg of Plane Geometry and h1s actxve counselmg he has helped sponsor H1 Y and the Sophomore Class The genulne concern he evrdences for h1s pup1ls makes us proud to say he 1S a member of our faculty The Sen1or Class of 1960 takes extreme pleasure 1n dedrcatmg 1ts 1960 Purgold to you Mr Hoch