Americus High School - Indian Scout Yearbook (Americus, KS)

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The Junior play was presented November 18, 1947. The play chosen was “Sadie Gets Elected , a three-act comedy. Mrs. Victoria Daily, our sponsor, directed the play. The cast was as follows: Sadie, owner of the town newspaper, Lorraine Long; Zeke Turner, town boss, Dale Grimsley; Sally Turner, Zeke’s niece who works on the newspaper, Romona Pickett; Willie Smith, the lazy news- boy who makes good, Glenn Graham; Chet Griswald, druggist who fell in love with Sadie, Bill Rollins; Silas Tate, the elderly town poet, Edgar Johnson; Mrs. Gray, the elderly lady who does not lose her farm, Gwendolyn Kerr; Lem Brown, may- or of Turnerville, Frank Nelson. On April 28 last spring we gave a banquet to the Seniors. “Hawaii was the theme; and we invited two Hawaiian boys, Arthur Seto and Jack Kanoa, to be the speakers. A special feature on the program was a hula dance given in swan- ky grass skirts and leis by Jim, Bill, and Dalmer. Mrs. Pearl Dirkman and the Sophomore girls cooked and served the food. There were no new members our Senior year; Don Pracht left our class for the Junior Class. Senior officers are; president, Frank McCullough) vice- president, Carl DeWeese; secretary, Wayne Leffler; treasurer, Bill Rollins; student council, Dale Grimsley; sergeant-at-arms, Jim North. Robert Dale Gordon was our sponsor. On Friday, September 10, 1948, the Seniors proved their seniority by initia- ting the poor Freshmen. The Freshman girls were required to wear nightshirts and a Panama or straw hat. The Freshman boys were required to wear Mother Hubbards and sunbonnets. All were required to wear corsages of onions or gar- lic. In the afternoon they did stunts for the Seniors. Following school they went on a scavenger hunt; counted railroad ties, counted houses, hunted tomatoes, and cleaned the sidewalk. Dick Sowers graduated at the close of the first semester, leaving ten boys and three girls. The class colors are red and blue; class flower-red rose; and class motto- We came, we strived, we conquered. 10

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Lorraine, a great saleswoman of the Long fc Short Horse Farm west of Americus on the Neosho River, married a young gentleman from California. They are raising horses and colts. We find Frank Nelson every night seated under Bessie Jean Fiant’s window strumming his guitar. Frank has repeatedly tried to get Bessie to come out be- neath the mellow moon, but she always refuses. Now we come to our great warrior of the class. Richard Sowers and Mrs. Sowers, formerly known as Barbara Nielsen, live in a trailer house at the edge of a Marine Camp. They have two little ‘‘grapefruits. HISTORY OF CLASS OF ‘49 Fifteen Freshmenbegan their high school days at Americus High on Sep- tember 3, 1945. Members of the class were Dalmer Daharsh, Delvin Delfs, Carl DeWeese, LaVerne Dieker, Lillie Fox, Mildred Fox, Dale Grimsley, Edgar John- son, Gwendolyn Kerr, Wayne Leffler, Frank Nelson, Romona Pickett, Russel Pickett, William Rollins, and Elizabeth Smith. Richard Sowers was also a mem- ber of the Freshman class, but he had had one semester of high school previously. Bill was elected president of the class, and Dalmer, vice-president. Dale was elected for secretary, and Frank Nelson for treasurer. Loy Mowery was our sponsor. At the end of the first week of school, the Freshman class was duly initiated into Americus High School. The girls had to wear men's overalls backwards, and the boys had to wear girls' dresses. LaVerne was our candidate for carnival queen. Earl Hormann was counted a member of our class for a few weeks. James North came to Americus from Emporia. At the time all were here that made a total of eighteen in our class, making the largest class in this school since we entered. Elizabeth Smith left A. H. S. before the year was over. When we returned to school the next fall, we found that Lillie and Mildred Fox were going to Emporia. That left a class of fourteen. After six weeks of school our Sophomore year, Lorraine Long joined our class. Near Christmas Glen Graham became the sixteenth member of the class. Officers that year-- president-Jim; vice-president-Edgar; secretary-Dalmer; treasurer-Russel. LaVerne was again chosen as our candidate for carnival queen. Opal Grinnell was our sponsor. The three girls, Romona, Lorraine, and Gwendolyn, helped Mrs. Jessie Birchett cook the food for the Junior-Senior Banquet. Dale, Bill, Jim and Dal- mer aided with the serving. Donald Pracht and Frank McCullough were the new members of the class of '49 the year we were Juniors. LaVerne left us for Bushong. There were six- teen of us that year—until Glenn left, nearly one year after he came. The three girls were chosen as class officers that year. Romona was picked for president, Lorraine for vice-president, and Gwendolyn for secretary-treas- urer. Romona was candidate for carnival queen, and Jim was the junior candi- date for carnival king. 9

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CLASS WILL I, Edgar Johnson, will my ability to set type at such a great speed to Doris Harmon, so she can get out many columns ol local news next year. I, Dale Grimsley, will my ability to argue for the Democrat party to Char- lie Bass. I, Gwendolyn Kerr, will my beautiful figure to Donna Jo Braiser. I hope you will use this advantage around the A. H. S. I, Romona Pickett, will my red face to the school. Maybe this will cut down on the electric bill I, Dalmer Daharsh, will my best ability to show off on the basketball court to Leslie DeWeese. I, Russel Pickett, will my big feet to Pearl Pracht. I, Carl DeWeese, will my ability to keep on the honor roll to Leonard Sowers. I, Frank Nelson, better known as “Tubby”, will my ability to keep three girls at the same time without the other two knowing about it to Earl Miller. I, Lorraine Long, will my ability to love horses to my beloved friend, Na- dyne Lyons, I, Frank McCullough, will my high tenor voice to that beautiful blonde junior, Dorothy Conrade. I, Jim North, will my perfect school attendance record to Pete Goodell who surely could use it. I, Bill Rollins, will my ability to catch for the Americus Baseball Team to Don Pracht. I, Robert Dale Gordon, will my ability to play basketball to the team of '50 being there are so many boys in the class. I, Wayne Leffler, will my ability to write such nonsense to some poor stu- dent of the journalism class of 1950. Here’s hoping you will have fun. I, Richard Sowers, will my ability to take my father’s car out without his knowing to Carol Shepard. 11