Atchison High School - Trailblazer Yearbook (Atchison, KS)

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vJenior CLASS HISTORY SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS Don Johnston, President Phil Momon, Vice-President (not in picture) Joanne Martin, Secretary Marilyn Gorrell, Treasurer Hail the class of '50! Seniors cannot tcke all credit for this — not in print, at least! Yes, we were the big shots this year and we strutted our stuff . We headed the Opty, the Year-book, the Senior Play, the Hi-Y, the Y-Teen, and numerous other school activities and events. But now our school years are ending, some will go on to college, some won't; but either way, on our high school days we will look with many memories, both happv and scd. Happy for all the good things we had and did. Sad because we had to leave and because one of our classmates wasn't destined to enjoy our senior year with us. In 1946 we entered senior-high with a class of 178 members. Even though we were greenies we didn't do so badly. We struggled through that first yec and came back in '47 with a class of 150 as sophomores. Now we could go to Senior Assemblies, be in Pep Club and lock down upon the little green freshmen. Our sophomore class consisted of more boys than girls, but you could never have told it by the class officers. Joanne Martin was president, Barbara Johnson, vice-president, Leta Mae Burdette, secretary, and Joan McBrcmey was treasurer. We took part in basketball, football, track, A club, Pep club, Orchestra, Band, Hi-Y, and Y-Teen. Phil Bruce, better know as P. B. , made us proud by winning the photo- graph contest sponsored by the Camera Club and judged by John Falter. In 1948: we had c class of 147 and we were the upper classmen, Juniors, that is. We had the Junior Play and the Junior-Senior Prom to tackle and we were raring to go. We did fine too, what with Mick Denny, president. Gene Messy Noland, vice president, Peggy Larson, secre- tary, and Don Johnston, treasurer, leading us. The play, Calling All Ghosts, went off fine and had cm ape instead of ghosts in it. Esther Shumaker, Dick Dun- ning, Joanne Martin, and Fred Hale starred in our first class play. Joanne Martin represented our class in the Oratorical Contest sponsored by the Rotary Club and took second place honors. Mary Louise Ball was selected as our representative to Girls' State; Mick Denny and Don Johnston to Boys' State. We ended our Junior year by attending the Junior- Senior Picnic given in our honor by the king pins . Of course we all got our first sunburns and looked beautifully red carrying oak leaves for the Seniors. The Seniors will remember the prom we gave for them with Loveland as our theme. The Class of '50 came back with an enrollment of 137 and a queen in our midst and a sad memory in our hearts. Miss Mary Lou Hill was chosen Miss Atchison and Queen of the Atchison Beauty Contest held at our new Lion's pool last summer. The same summer happy, smiling Katherine Griffin left us for another world. As we trudged down the last mile we had leading us Don Johnston, president; Phil Moman, vice-president; Jo- anne Martin, secretory; and Marilyn Gorrell, treasurer. We began to feel our Senior responsibilities and expens- es as we edited the Yearbook, hounding everyone to buy sub- scriptions, and had our pictures taken. In football season we froze while we watched Carl Lef- fingwell, Dick Wilson, Mick Denny and Jim Weatherford romp down the field to help beat Leavenworth at our Home- coming game for the first time in eleven years. Afterwords we all went happily to the gym where Peggy Larson reigned over the triumphant Homecoming Dance with Leta Mae Bird Burdette and Imogene Berry as her attendants. In basketball season we watched the Redmen team make the baskets to bee» Lawrence with Mr. Wolfe, our old superintendent, now Lawrence's, looking on. The Valentine Dance was reigned over by Don Dewey, King, end Pat Green, Queen. It was held in the gym February 1 1. (Cont'd on Page 1 5) 6 C, G G C-5 c 6 C, is 5 6 5

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SENIOR JUNIOR SOPHOMORE FRESHMAN SEVENTH and EIGHTH

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SENIOR BALLOT DON JOHNSTON Versatile Van Most Active Boy EARL BLAIR Mr. Einstein of '50 DEAN PRATT Musical Mr. PEGGY LARSON Emily Post of '50 JACKIE McCOOLE Athletic Ann INA DAVIS Friendliest Miss MARILYN GORRELL Girl Most Likely to Succeed Most Active Girl PAT GREEN Versatile Valerie PHIL MOMAN Boy Most Likely to Succeed LILA COWLEY Musical Miss DICK DUNNING Thespian He JIM WEATHERFORD Gentleman Jim MICK DENNY Athletic Al SONNY OSBORNE Tuxedo Tim LOUISA THOMAS Fashion Plate ESTHER SHUMAKER Thespian She JOANNE MARTIN Miss Einstein of '50 GENE NOLAND Friendliest Mr. i