Westport High School - Herald Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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Hold High Her Tradition! Dear Westporters, We, the Senior Class of 1955, will be leaving in a short time, but be- fore we depart there are many things we must first say to you. Westport, the school above all others, has been the center of each of our lives in the past Hve years. We have lived and learned with one an- other within her walls and have become so much a part of her that leav- ing is a very sad moment to each and every individual. Here we have been transformed from happy-go-lucky eighth graders into young men and Women nearing maturity. A thing that we learned, that you, too, will learn, is that Westport is not just a school with students within her walls. No, she is much more than that! She has much tradition and heart that surround her red brick exterior. Memories, spirit, and a little bit of every class that has gradu- ated from here linger on forever in her halls. We have strived to keep high this tradition and Westport's name. And We shall keep striving to represent her well! You, too, must do the same, for you are Westport! Without you she could not be the real Westport, the one that is well-spoken of by all Kansas Citians. You must work diligently to always keep her on top. Here, where we have shared responsibility and duty, we also have cul- tivated the friendly and sportsmanlike attitude that her name stands for. She has supplied our every need for an excellent and well-rounded education by providing us with the finest of teachers, a studious atmos- phere, along with a spirit and will to learn. So, as we prepare to depart to the strains of Pomp and Circum- stance we ask you, Westporters, to guard and hold high her tradition and be as proud of her as we are of being a part of her. Once more we turn for a fleeting glance down these halls where many joyous moments have been spent. And though we may leave in body, New officers elected for next year our spirits and hearts linger on forever in the halls of Westport. Were You There? Did you attend Linwood Grade School? If so, this is your chance to come see your old school chums as well as roam the halls or sit in the seats you once occupied. Recently some of the old grads expressed a desire to go through the school and see it before it is torn down to provide playground space for the new school. -THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1955 Tiger Time MAY State Outdoor Track Meet at Co- lumbia Senior Tiger Den City Track Meet at Southwest Memorial Day Vacation JUNE Senior Day, Senior Luncheon, Sen- ior Assembly, and Junior-Senior All of you who ever attended Lin- wood are invited to come to the Open House Reunion which has been , planned for Sunday, May 22, from 2 7 Commencement Exercises at Mu- nicipal Auditorium Prom 5 Baccalaureate Services to 5 in the afternoon. Remember the date! See you there! 10 End of School Year E ' 115132 ei:-ftp nrt t ner 69-Jllt g w 315 East Thirty-Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri 5 2 I I Published bi-weekly during the school year by the news- ' 'if I writing class of Westport High School, Kansas City, Missouri. 1 Q fbsfgegi Entered as second-class matter April 4, 1928, at the post 6' ,QT oflice at Kansas City, Mo., under the Act of March 3, 1879. lu Shirley Baxley, Lillian Bowser, Bob Carpenter, Nancy Connelly, Joy Coughenour, Lucretia Gable, Jolene Harnmons, Carolyn Harrison, Beverly Hayes, Jeanne Lang, Barbara Martin, Sara Matchett, Lucille Miller, James Moore, Connie Motes, Patricia Mueller, Ann Rock, Conchita Reyes, Lucile Riegelman, Christine Ruf, Marilyn Sievert, Arlene Yadon, Lenore Yeager. 2 THEN f, ve! ' 'AND THE ina as One of the best teas in many years was given to Pundit by Promethean on May 6 in the girls' gym. The tea is an annual affair given by one of the clubs alternately each year. Sigmund Romberg's Maytime was the theme. The gym was decorated like a theater and the program which was in part excerpts from shows of Sigmund Romberg included numbers from each club. The food, served from concession stands, was arranged decoratively on trays. Lemonade, fudge, pink divinity, cookies, hors d'oeuvres and mixed nuts made up the refreshments. Stage and Screen is planning a pic- nic at Swope Park. After the picnic the members will take a tour through the Starlight Theater. Committees are very busy working onthe play. Chairmen of the stage sets committees are as follows: Bob Carpenter, lightsg Carl Carlson, sound effectsg Judy Rausin, Lynn Harrod, properties, Sara Matchett, make-upg Buddy Zimmer, curtain, Lynn Har- rod, cover design. Sunday, May 2, Dana Literary So- ciety held a tea in honor of their mothers at the home of Conchita Reyes. During the tea, corsages made by the girls were presented to each mother. Those on the program were: Barbara Coonce, Judy Waltman, Car- ole Potter, Marybeth True and Bar- bara West. are as follows: Darlene Johnson, Presi- dent, Winnie Gohnstrom, Vice-Presi- dent, Jo Ann Coyle, Secretary, and Judy Spellman, Treasurer. Novelty Westport will have a new and very different assembly early in May, which will feature modern dance. The Fresh- man, Sophomore, Junior and Senior girls in the physical education classes have been working hard for many weeks in preparation for this novelty. Since Westporters have little knowl- edge of this art, they are looking for- ward to its presentation. THE WESTPORT CRIER

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THGEE3 TTWGDSQDM - 1 'H ' 'w In t -gf 3- N., ,I C e' 5 Arlene Yadon and Jerry Parsons The two main characters in the last chapter of Tiger TWosorne of the Senior Class of 1955 are Arlene Ya- don and Jerry Parsons. Arlene Delores Yadon entered West- port as an eighth grader in 1950 and has, since that time, received many honors. This green-eyed redhead is a member of the Pep Club and the Ciuen-HERALD Staff. She is a past president of Pundit Literary Society, Sergeant-at-Arms of Stage and Screen, and the holder of a gold pin with one pearl in the Honor Society. Arlene, who has been an office assistant for two years, has the honor of being the first basketball queen of Westport. She acted as City Traffic Engineer in City Hall Day of '55. Among her favorites she lists fried chicken, the record, Harlem Noc- turn, and Ray Anthony. Arlene plans to major in Business Administration at Drury College. The last chapter of this book is closed by Jerry Lee Parsons. Jerry's Westport honors explain themselves as he was elected Comedian on the Sen- ior Ballot. For example he lists as his favorite food, garlic butter over MAY 19, 1955 boiled squid, frozen milk from a sperm whale and fried cactus thorns. If not at school, Jerry can be found at the Rainbow Drive-In listening to the record Most of All, or at the ball park. Jerry plans to go to work for the Santa Fe Railroad in the near future. Honor to Latineers Commonly known as the Lat- ineers, Conchita Reyes, Sam Perez, Xavier Moreno, and Jesse Sanchez rep- resented Westport at a dinner held at the American Red Cross Center. Among the guests present were in- ternational officers and representatives of the Red Cross, and also foreign of- ficers from the Commanding School at Leavenworth. The Latineers ex- pressed that it was a thrilling sight to see the colorful uniforms and to meet the oificers in person. This honor came to the Latineers after having been chosen from all other high school talent acts that have gone to perform for the Air Force Hospital in Topeka. Among the numbers they played were Amor, Crei, La Bamba, and Mi Tentacionf' State Music Contest Once again the Missouri state music contest was held at Missouri Univer- sity. On April 29, 1955, twenty-five Westporters were entered in this con- test. They did a great job and should be commended for their fine work in upholding the name of Westport. The ratings of those entered are: Conchita Reyes-Violin-II Keytha Sharp-Alto-II Girl's Sextette-II Boy's Quartette-I Clarinet Quartette-II Fred West and Dave Masovero- Clarinet and Basson Duet-II Sax trio-III Fred West-Basson-III Shirley Waters-Oboe-I Bob Carpenter-I Virgil Broyles-II Lyle Wyly--II Barbara Coonce-II Westport Seniors Make Plans! June 3, 1955, an important day in the life of Westport's graduating class is fast approaching. Senior Day ac- tivities will include a police-escorted procession of cars going from West- port to the Trinity Methodist church where the luncheon will be held. Fol- lowing the luncheon they will return to school for the Senior Assembly after which the Heralds will be distributed and seniors will enjoy a mixer in the girls' gym. After this full schedule, if possible, a deep breath and a short nap will help to keep you alive until the Junior- Senior Prom which will begin at 9 o'clock. To bring their high school career to a close, Tuesday, June 7, seniors will at last receive their diplomas at the grad- uation exercises in the main arena of the Municipal Auditorium. Team to NKC Westport's track team went to North Kansas City May 6 to partici- pate in a dual track meet with North City High School. The score Kansas was 79M to 39M their favor. 120-yd. High Hurdles: Howard Bar- num, 1st place. 100-yd. , 2nd place, Herb Sneddon, 3rd place. Mile Run: Eugene Oglevie, 2nd place, Marvin Braden, 3rd place. 880 Relay: Westport, 1st place, 1:37.7. Wayde Fredrickson, Jeffrey Sheldon, Hank Ruf, Clint Kelly. 440-yd. Dash: Herb Sneddon, 3rd place. Dash: Wayde Fredrickson 180 Low Hurdles: Eddie Fisher, lst place, Fred Redd, tie for 3rd place. 880-yd. Run: Clint Kelly, 1st place. 220-yd. Dash: Wayde Fredrickson, 2nd place, Hank Ruf, 3rd place. High Jump: Bob Brewer, tie for 2nd place. Broad Jump: Wayde Fredrickson and Duane Shannon, tie for 2nd place. Cheerleader Tryouts A definite date for the tryouts for cheerleader will be announced the lat- ter part of this month. From this try- out, which will be held after school, the girls will be chosen for the final tryout. Jeans or shorts are to be worn by those participating. Cheerleaders give instruction on cheers to the students who so desire after school. 3

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hr Htratpnrt Glrivr Vol. 43, No. 14 KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI May 19, 1955 Dream Girl Anxiety of the Westport students mounted as the five beautiful contest- ants for Dream Girli' walked to the throne, Saturday night, May 7, at Ti- ger Den. Vicky Bowen who was escorted by Jack Ross, wore a gown of yellow taf- feta and net of ballerina length. Mari- lyn Bure, escorted by Ronnie Frakes, was attired in a floor length baby blue net dress with royal blue velvet bows scattered around the skirt. Bob Mace accompanied Betty Ann Gant in her powder blue waltz length eyelet dress. Gary Gardner entered with Alice Trigg who was wearing a toasted brown ballerina net formal topped with sequins across the bodice. Then came JoAnn Walker in a strapless lime green waltz length taffeta gown. She was escorted by Marvin Braden. These beauties followed the entrance of the 1954 Dream Girl, Joy Coughe- nour, escorted by Mr. Gilford. Joy wore a pink net waltz length gown with pink opera pumps. Joy made the presentation of three dozen American Beauty roses to the 1955 Dream Girl, Marilyn Bure. Aft- er the crowning the attendants were presented with orchid corsages. The ceremony was beautiful and five prettier girls could not be found anywhere. All of Westport wishes to say hearty congratulations to Marilyn and may your reign be one of beauty and joy. Scholarships Several seniors have received scholar- ships to colleges: Christian College-Marguerite Hay- den COE-Bruce Houdek Central Missouri State-Rose Marie Darling Drury-Sara Matchett, Lucretia Ga- ble, Lenore Yeager, and Arlene Ya- don Junior College-Christine Ruf, Rob- ert Myers, Rhonda Moore, and Lu- cile Riegelman Missouri University-Gary Teegarden and Robert Myers Phillips-Peggy Bullock and Con- chita Reyes Ripon College-Leonard Perkins Kansas University-Leonard Perkins Alice Monson received the Sears scholarship to be used at the college of her choice. Pundit Wins First The winners in the Inter-society Literary Contest read their winning entries at an assembly on May 10. In the essay division, Lou Ella Spencer of Dana was the winner with her essay entitled Racial Prejudice Within Our Schools. Also introduced were Jolene Hammons of Promethean and Mar- garet Morsinkhoff of Pundit who tied for second place, and Ronnie Field of Wilson who took third place. Barbara Shadwell of Dana was the winner in the poetry division. She read her two winning poems Lots of Time and Hour of Prayer. Lu- cretia Gable of Pundit captured sec- ond place and Barbara Church of Promethean, and Kenny Pollock of Wilson took third place. The first place in the short story division was a tie between Charles Sampson of Wilson who read his story I Shall Fear No Evil and Keytha Sharp who won with They Know Not. Joan Frazier of Promethean landed second place and Bill London of Browning took third. Pundit was the winner of the Con- test this year and Promethean and Wilson tied for second place while Dana took third. Also presented in the assembly were the winners of the city-wide Daugh- ters of the Revolution essay contest. Westport was proud to have her stu- dents take first, second and third place. The girls were Alice Monson, first, Marilyn Bure, secondg and Sarah Lit- tle, third place. Lovely -Music The annual Choir Festival was held at the Television Playhouse, Tuesday evening, May 10. Each choir in the Kansas City public high schools was featured. Westport's two selections were Salvation Is Created by Tschesnokoff and Rain and the River by Fox. Each choir presents two num- bers individually and all are repre- sented in the two mass numbers at the end of the program. This year the two mass numbers were Let My Soul Rise in Song by Rhea and Now Let All the Heavens Adore Thee by Bach. These numbers are directed by a guest conductor. This year Mr. Clayton Krehbiel, director of the Kansas Uni- versity Choir was our guest. A large audience was in attendance. Captain Applejack Lights, camera, action! So rose the curtain on the Spring play, Cap- tain Applejack' last Friday and Sat- urday, May 13 and 14. This Arabian night's adventure in three acts was composed of mystery, intrigue, comedy and romance. The players turned in excellent per- formances. The cast included: Gary Teegarden, Lenore Yeager, Paul Jones, Barbara Church, Jerry Slonecker, Diane Haywood, Lucretia Gable, Waymon Elledge, Charles Sampson, Buddy Zimmer, Paul Newcomb, and Pat Wymore. The first act introduced Barbara fPoppy Fairej, Charles QLush-the butlerj, Lucretia QAunt Agathaj, Gary fAmbrose Applejohnj, Lenore fAnna Valeskaj, Paul Jones flvan Borolskyj , Diane Haywood and Jerry Slonecker fMr. and Mrs. Pengardj. The entire second act was a dream as interpreted by Gary and enacted by the cast. In this scene Gary dreams he is Captain Applejackn and captures the treasure. The pirates were: Paul Fowler, Larry Seale, Paul Newcomb fhead piratej, John Hoyle, Patrick Hill, Bob Dakey. The third act introduced Waymon Uohnny Jasonj and Buddy QDen- netj. In the final episode the hidden treasure is discovered by Ambrose, Poppy, and Jason. The crook's scheme fails and in the last scene Borolsky is led off by his friends leaving the treas- ure to Ambrose. Captain Applejackn was under the direction of Mr. Edwin King. Many thanks go to Stage and Screen Club and members of the Stage Craft Class for the fine job they did. -Attention Seniors! Thursday, May 20, is the last day for all Westporters to have their chests x-rayed. The Seniors especially will want to have this done if they plan to get a job or continue school after graduation. This x-ray will be required in most all cases. Have this done from 4:00 to 7:00 at 1020 Mc- Gee. Don't miss this chance to be x-rayed FREE!