Atchison High School - Trailblazer Yearbook (Atchison, KS)

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SENIORS Class OF 1952 Another year has passed in the halls of old AHS. . . a year of fun, work and excitement for the seniors. Soon we'll be out in the world working on our own. We won't see each other very often, but we can always look back into our memories-- of a favorite class or that exciting homecoming football game which we won from Leavenworth, 17to 7, for instance. We'll remember the football games when the cheerleaders, Marilyn Mertz, Mary Kay Dowell, JoAnn Moeck, Helen Gibson, Joan Noble and Shirley Denny led the Thunderbirds in cheers for the team, and when we sang the school song, We're Loyal and True, AHS as the school band played. We welcomed the holiday season, and once again many of us took part in the Christmas program at Memorial Hall. Our chorus and orchestra, directed by Basil Roark and W. G. Altimari, took part in this program. Then after the holidays, back to the old grind. . . but it wasn't so bad. Every day of the week seemed to bring a special activity or event for us. . .club meetings, plays, assemblies and other activities kept us jumping. In our junior year, we proved our ability as thespians with the production of Our Miss Brooks. This year, we returned to the stage with Men Are Like Street Cars. To entertain our senior classmates last year, we carried through the theme Harbor Lights in the Junior- Senior Prom and we were their guests at the junior-senior picnic. But this year it was our turn to relax as the juniors presented the Junior- Senior prom, and we treated them to their first real sunburns and a lot of good food at the picnic. Kid day found us in our second childhood as we dolled up in our grade school togs for our last fling as youngsters before the big day. . . graduation day. As we marched down the aisle to the strains of Pomp and Circumstance to receive our diplomas, unforgetable memories lingered with us, and we know they always will, for we'll never forget our high school days. Officers of the senior class are shown talking things over at the Stanton home. PICTURED LEFT TO RIGHT ARE: Mary Kay Dowell. President Bill Holmes, Bob See and Ruth Stanton. Bill Alyea Carol Anslinger Marlen Askren Kenny Bailey Jackie Bean Wanda Behner 29

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JUNIORS Harold Cowan, LaQuita Petry. Neal Boatright, Mary Meranda, Charles Collins, Kay Hartman, Don Neil. Joyce Brittain, Tom Gorrell, Joan Noble, Dean Perussel, Mateel Wood, Mac Dickson, Evelyn York. Willis Armstrong, Jan Foley, Jim Taylor, Connie Zschoche, Bill Cooley. Martha Stanton, John Bechtold. Marge Van Liew, Mike Brown, Ruth Barber, Wayne Carter, Carol Campbell, Jim Martin, Lois Rasmussen. Don Brown, Louise Cooley. Bob Baird, Marilyn Purdum, Dick Ruhlman, Ollie Barker, Lupi Gonzales. RED-E-MIX CONCRETE 28

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Melvin Birch Bill Bledsoe Delores Bond Lois Braun Gretchen Brittain Jo Ann Bruce Gilbert Bruns Eddie Burdette Kenneth Burdette Henrietta Caldwell Ramona Caraway David Carey Harold Carpenter Pat Carter Don Cloves Marvin Cloves Bonnie Davenport Joan Demmon Carol Sue Dittemore Mary Kay Dowell SEYBOLD GROCERY - THE FOUNTAIN 30