Sikeston High School - Growler Yearbook (Sikeston, MO)

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r 153.-it W, ff ,175 , , , , pf ' 7 ff? f zwfff fffif ir om xr the rson, nkins con- year. .mes- g ill- have year. year med. used rnake nc il- r the ICC S . ation ires. f the s the r the son- x the 'DCWAZQ ational Honor Society K' 'nl , IST ROW: Left to Right: Miss Jones, Sponsor: Donnie Gimlin, President: Larry Jenkins, Vice- President: David Morris, Treasurer: Virginia Blackwelder, Secretary: Mrs. Carl Walker, Sponsor. ZND ROW: Buddy Modersbach, Harry Blanton, Garland Castleberry, Bob Stearns, Don Keller, Ronnie Fagan, Bill Moll, Marilyn Grant, Joan Ensor, Carolyn Baughers, Arlen Crouch, Barbara Clinton. 3RD ROW: Ann Woodward, Shirley Foster, Linda Boyce, Barbara Schumacher, Don Webb, Debbie Mouchette, Abe Hunter, Jerome Huhlehan, Jo Ellen Standley, Carolyn Crenshaw, Nancy Bownam, Judy Murback, Carol McFerron. 4TH ROW: Sarah Potashnick, Tommy Murchison, Charles Limbaugh, Linda French, Jimmy Malone, William Scobie, Trudye Carter, Maurice McGill, Shirley Dickson, Sue Watkins, Barbara Lackey, Boykin McCaa. X 0 0 ' atlonal Honor Society The Veritas Chapter of the National Honor Society in Sikeston was organized in 1948. Since then it has been one of the most outstanding organizations of the school. The qualities con- sidered in the selection of members are leadership, scholarship, character, and service. The purpose of the Honor Society is to uphold these ideals and to en- courage others to do the same. On March 4, induction ser-' vice was held in the auditoriunu of the Public Library. Thirty-five new members were inducted, four- teen of which were provisional members. There was a total of forty-one members in the Society this year. Officers for the year of 1953- '54 were Donnie Girnlin, President: Larry Jenkins, Vice-Presidentg David Morris, Secretary-Treasurer. Miss Martha Howard .Tones and Mrs. Carlene Walker were the sponsors. Virginia Blackwelder 9 DONNIE GIMLIN Prebidenf 31

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K' 1 I r l 'ix Ji- i Aj -.,-. x X. , ,. -, to ,rf -- .. .. . , . -- K 1-, ,-,. fc.-,ner v--.s-' -1- ,-. -. U . A ,rs - '- , Student Council l r 5 1 . . x 1 J 5 1 4 v i 1 1 I 5 1ST ROW: Left to Right: Mrs. Coates, Miss O'Hara, Garland Castleberry, Presidentg Charlotte C . . , . . . alhoun Pearson, Vice-President, Donnie Gimlm, Secretary: Douglas Singleton, Treasurer: Larry Jenkins, Mr. Carl Walker, Mr. Carl Rodery. ZND ROW: James Shepard, Debbie Mouchette, Buddy Modersbach, David Morris, Charles Layton, Bill Moll, Fred Steward, Linda Boyce, Ann Woodward, Judy Murback, Tom Kendig. 3RD ROW: Jirn Ponder, Jerry Alley, Carl Rudisill, Don Nicholson, Abe Hunter, Rita Boardman, Judy Watkins, Sara Canedy, Sarah Potashnick, Mary Etta Duncan, Kay Thomas, Ina Claire Tate. 4TH ROW: Ronnie Fagan, Jerome Huhlehan, Bob Jines, James Oden, Jerry Baugh, Bing Limbaugh, Carolyn Albritton, Carol Joyner, Carolyn Crenshaw, Marilyn Grant, Joan Ensor, Arlen Crouch, Barbara Clinton. 5TH ROW: J' h W o n atts, Larry Tetley, Russell Tanner, Ann Hartzog, Diana Donoho, Jo Ann Rayburn. The Student Council 1953-' 54 K-Ti, ,ph n .,. .,,, gs., ., , .1--..,..1.j, -1-V-imgwg lg1 4n3fg,:'2 . .. . ., 4 . -,.,, ..- Q.. 'N-'lvrfai '. . -5 'f- ff fit -.NK 'FT if. .' 'f1 L Q' 1 ff- I 'Q -.li.t.,- - Q - ,, ' H--G..-'f wi4QW:-:'1-:rfial19Qr'a-f':4f:7'?'?.': ?': xvygfv'-f ff- -rfff-'fat A K. ff -.'Q ' - -if-,,4 f1t'7 'fe 'K . if-C3-Q ' - .X-. ' .l . V. . , -h -- I xy-4, , J.,-v.,L,,f..,L, ,,,r.,5-sf--gk,:.,:s,,,l.3,,p,,,',f .. , 4 H, .:..4M gli ,M LAM--,,, . ..-..:..'sz-1. . -- A I, 1 - - a'Q--,ni .' N-ff:-..aTr:.4x:'Q 344, i-- ,rs-,M H- --- 3 . ' A , A A 1 , ,,,,,, 14:-:.s4fsQ:x,.e,.l1 . M4 A f I 1 I I E I 1 i f I as GARLAND CAST LEBERRY President 3 0 A group of thirty-nine members, composed of a long and short term representativ i' e rom each home room in grades nine through twelve, made up a very active Student Council for the year l953-'54 school year. Officers for the year were Garland Castleberry, President: Charlotte Calhoun Pearson, Vice-President: Donnie Gimlin, Secretary: and Douglas Singleton, Treasurer. Larry Jenkins served as chairman of the lookout committee. ' Weekly meetings of the council were held to di scuss and act upon various problems, con- sider improvements, and work on the many projects the council sponsored during the year. The council, as in years past, maintained the Bulldog House at all home footba1l,games. The b k year oo , The Growler, was again published and sold by the council. The council took charge of the sale of lunch tickets in our school. The lookout committee, which sends remembrances to students out of school for lon ill- 8 nesses or bereavements in the family and sends books to students in th h ' e ospital or who have serious illness, sent a large number of cards and books to S. H. S. students during the year. Our lost and found department, sponsored and maintained by the Student Council, this year placed on display for owners to claim all objects in the department which had not been claimed. All objects not claimed were donated to Raiment Round-Up, a drive for the collection of used clothing for Korean people. ' The Council set up a beautiticatio e various improvements in the appearance of our school. The properties committee took care of equipment purchased by and belonging to the council- The Student Council Assembly committee sponsored and planned several asse bl' f m ies or the student body during the year, and the council also sponsored several after-football game dances. Th h ' ' ' e noon our recreation committee was organized for the purpose of providing recreation during the noon hour. The Student Council organized the new safety committee to help maintain safety measures. Preparations were made and work begun on a Student's Handbook to be published by the council, and plans for an orientation program in our school were begun. The council attended the Student Council Convention at Charleston this year and was the largest delegation present. At the meeting Sikeston was elected host to the convention for the year 1954-'55. n committee to take care of the school grounds and mak 'Sikeston has helped organize new Student Council groups in the vicinity and has given person- al help and advice to neighboring towns i.n beginning councils. Our council wrote letters to 62 high schools urging them, if not alreadyomembefs, to join the Missouri Association of Student Councils. The Student Council also helped with Career and Senior Guidance Day in our school. M ar ilyn Grant - ,, ,Q .. K e,-. - - C t 7. .., ..,-

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ZYP' ' 5926: Leif Qyfai I 3 Z 1. ational Forensic League IST ROW: Left to Right: Travis Calhoun, Susie Martin, Marilyn Lewis, Dotty Steward Carol Joyner, Sue Woodward, Harry Blanton, Ann Woodward, Sue Watkins, Barbara Clinton, Charles Limbaugh, Troy Calhoun. ZND ROW: Judy Hunter, Rhoda Bernstein, Debbie Mouchette, Sarah Potashnick, Linda Boyce, Trudye Carter, Garland Castleberry, Maurice McGill, Charlotte Calhoun Pearson, Jo Ellen Standley, Judy Mui-back, Tony Heckemey , Elizabeth Slinkerd, Marie Johns, Harold Ragains, Frank Edmiston Bing Limbaugh, Barbara Ellis, Jo Ann Rayburn, James Moore ROW: Glenn Joyce, Diane Donohoe, John Genins, David Morris, McCaa, Bob Limbaugh, Larry Jenkins, Tom Murchison. 5TH ROW: Kay Tetley, Margaret Coates, Anne Fugate, Harold Tetley, Alfred S er Francis Schumacher. 3RD ROW: , Don Webb, Barbara Schumacher, , Tom Kendig, Dick Vaughn. 4TH Jim Malone, C. F. Cline, Boykin Richard Rowe, Linda Daugherty, ikes, Carol Page, Marsha Moore. ational Forensic League The National Forensic League is composed, of students who have earned twenty points in debate or public speaking. This ye-ar there were approximately fifty active members with the following officers: Harry Blanton, Presidentg Ann Woodward, Secretaryg Sue Watkins, Treasurer. Our greatest honors for the year were winning the Southeast Missouri Debate League cham- pionship for the secondstraight year, and winning second place in the state tournament. The presentation of the Leading Chapter award was also a highlight ofthe year. Mr. Bruno Jacob, national secretary of the Forensic League, 'who presented the award, announced that our N. F. L. , members had earned atotal of 10,189 points over a period of thirteen years to rank first among the twenty-eight chapters in Missouri. - The subject for debate this year was, Resolved: That the President of the United Stat es should be elected by direct vote of the people. Tournaments were held at Sikeston, Jackson Ber Le, Gray Ridge, Gideon, Oran, Kennett, and Dexter with our debaters winning first place in nearly all of them. Our Larry Jenkins, Tom Murchison Maurice McGill G 1 and David Morris. The N. F. L. Stud Webster Groves with Larr Jenk' h , y ins c osen as presiding officer and Maurice McGill as best speaker. Mr. Robert Walker was our coach and sponsor. A team debaters were , , ar and Castleberry, ent Congress for eastern Missouri was held in Ann Woodward HARRY BLANTON President