Austin High School - Comet Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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1954 1. BARNHART, NORMAfSamba Club '52-'53: F.H.A Historian '53: Intramurals, '51-53. 1'm sure care is an enemy ol lite, 2. BARRON, IUDY -Samba Club '52-53: Accounting Club '53-'54: Intramurals, '51 We should try to succeed by merit, not by Iavor. 3. BASFORD, BOB-- Radio Club 51552: German Club. President 53: Poet Laureate 53: Math Contest, First Place '53, An acorn trom the tree ot knowledge, 4, BATTLE, MARGARET--Advisory Treasurer '5l: Vice'President '5l: Mathematical Recreation Club '52-'54: Greek Club '51: Orchestra '50-'51 She has a singing heart, and spills smiles wherever she goes. 5. BAYER, ROBERT HOWARD-Football Club '53. Be merry 11 you are wise, 6. BEALL, MARGARET CLAlREfAdvisory Secretary 51553: Tennis Club '51-52: Bridge Club '52-'53: loker Club '54: Student Council '51: Girls Ensemble '51-'52: Intramurals, Letter '51. Lite is a comedy. 7, BECKER, LAURENCE ALBERT-Astronomy Club '52: Student Council '52-53: Maroon Band '51-'54, Assist- ant Drum Manor '53-'54: National Honor Society '53-'54: Varsity Tennis Team, Letters '52-'54: Intramurals, Letter '5Z. It is a rough road that leads to the height of great- ness. 8. BENBOW, MARY PAIGE-11A Secretary, 11B Sgt,- at-Arms, 12A Treasurer: Bridge Club '51: Handicraft Club, Vice-President '52: Ioker Club '53: Red Iackets '52- '54, Treasurer '53: National Honor Society, Historian '53: Student Council 51354: Comet Staff, Art Editor '53: Quill and Scroll '54: Intramurals, Letter '51: May Fete Court '53: Beauty Revue 53: Sweetheart Nominee '54. The most essential thing for happiness is the gift of friendship. 9. BENNETT, MIKE- The haPPY only are the truly great. 10. BENNEY. ALEX He- 'Though he was rough he was kindly. 11. BENNIGHT, PEGGY-Advisory Treasurer '52-'53, Secretary '54: E.l'1.A. 52553, Vice-President '53. A smile reveals a friendly nature. 12. BERGSTROM, BONNIE BETH-Advisory Presi- ient '5Z: Musicians Club, Secretary '52: Adda Dabba Dolish Club '53: Mixed Choir '52f'54: Beauty Revue '52, Fine things come in small packages. 13. BEST, STEVE-Maroon Band 51354. Not merely good, but good for something. -A if 14. BETHUNE, KAYfAdvisory Treasurer '51-'52g Latin Club 51353: Ioker Club '53: Red Iackets '53-54: National Honor Society '53-'54. A sweet smile and a gentle disposition. 15. BLACKSTONE, MARGARET- F.H.A. '51-'53. What I say, I stick by, 16. BLAIR, LEE ROY eDance Club '51: Mathematical Recreation Club, Reporter '53: Maroon Band '5l. Nothing good is accomplished without enthusiasm. 17. BLANCHARD, DAVID RUSSELL-Advisory Presi- dent '51-'52, Vice-President, '53: Football Club '51-'52r Varsity Football Club, Sgt.-at-Arms 53: Student Council '52-'53: Mixed Choir '53-'54: B Football Team '5l4'52: Varsity Football Team, '53. An all-round good sport, 7 y,,...m.. ., 1 M 18. BLEDSOE, BONITAWBal1room Dancing '5l: Ac- counting Club '5l-'53: Intramurals, 51352. Full ot l1fe's toy. 19. BOSTIC, EDDIE-e Advisory President '53, Vice' President '5l: Mixed Choir '53-'54, Why worry? The more we study, the more ignorance we discover. 20. BOUNDS, BARBARA-Nursing Club '52-'53, Sec- retary '53: Adda Dabba Polish Club '54: F.H.A. '5l: Red Iackets '52-'5-4: Intramurals, '51-'53, A sweet and quiet kind ol grace. 23 151

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sexi I As 1 'Visa l. ABNEY, IAMES-A The life of the party. 2. ACOSTA, ESPERANZA HOPE - Ballroom Dance ing Club '5l 52g Girls Handicraft Club '52g F,H.A. '53. Human nature is fond of novelty. 3. ADAMS, ERNEST EARLfAdvisory Treasurer '52- '53: Football Club 'Sl-'53g Treasurer 'Sly Basketball Club '53p Baseball Club '52-'53g Maroon Football Team '53, Letter '53g Maroon Baseball Team '51-'53: Letters '52-'53, Maroon Basketball Team '53. l am as sober as a Judge. 4. ADAMS, LaVERNE ANN-Intramurals Club '5ly If'.I'l.A. '53: Reporter '53, Great oaks from little acorns grow. 22 5. AHRENS, ELAINEfAdvisory President '51-'527 Sec- retary '5lg Bridge Club '51-'52g Popular Records Club '52s '53, Ioker Club '53-'54g Student Council '5l 52y Intrae murals '5l. The gentle mind by gentle deeds is known. 6. ALEXANDER, CLAIRE LOUISEeAdvisory Treas- urer '5l, Bridge Club '52-'53: Susan-Be-Smooth Club '5l '52p Ioker Club '53-'54g Bel Canto Singers '53 54g P,T,S Planning Board '53-'54y May Pete '52-'53y Comet Staff '54. Can we ever have too much of a good thing? 7. ALEXANDER, VIRGINIA IOYCE-Tennis Club 'Sl Bridge Club '52, Ioker Club '53q Red lackets '52-'54 Intramurals, Letter, '51-'52, Beauty Revue Finalist '53. God loves them all, so why can't I love a dozen? 1. -- , 1 -3 ' My - mkwxwmwm-W ,I- SENIORS 8. ALLEN, BARBARA IANE fAdVtsory Secretary 'Sl- '52, Vice-President '52-'53, Sgt -at-Arms '53y Tennis Club '51-53: Tumbling Club, President, Secretary '53, Intra' murals, Letter '52g Varsity Tennis Team '53-'54. Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great. 9. ALLMAN, EDGAR LYNN' Photography Club 'SZ' 53: Rod and Gun Club '53-'54. Oh, this learning. What a thing it is. 10. ALMANZA, EZEKIEL Worth made this man. ll. AMSLER. IOYCE- Sweet as the perfume of roses, l2. ANDERSON, CHARLENEffSusan-befSmooth Club 'Sl-'53p Adda Dabba Polish Club 53: El-I.A. 'Sl-'53: Comet Staff '53-'54s lntrarnurals 'bl-'53. The wise are never without friends, l3. ARLDT, SHIRLEY ANN --Nursing Club 'Sl-'5Z: Anatomy Club '53: F.I'l.A. '53, A quiet mind is richer than a crown. l4. ATWOOD, ALISON f- Latin Club '5lf'53: Opera Study Club '52g Comet Staff '52-'54q Maroon Staff '53-'54z Red Dragons 'Sl-'54g National Thespians '53-'54: Intra- murals '5l-'547 Varsity Tennis Team '54. She enyoys life to its fullest, l5. AVILA, MARY ELIZABETHA-Los Amigos en Las Americas Club '51-53: Ballroom Dancing Club '52. l'm charmed with distant views of happiness. l6. AYERS, IANE l.OUlSEfBrldq9 Club '52-'53: Pop- ular Music Club '52-'53g F.H.A., Vice-President '53. Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. l7. BAAS, IOHN4 I-Irs face reflected pleasant thoughts. 18. BAILEY, IACK-F.F.A. '5lf'54, Parliamentarian '53, President '54, District Vice-President '54, Maroon Band 'Sl-'52, lt matters not how long we live, but how. 19. BALAGIA, ROSELEE-Music Club '5l: F.I-I.A. '52 '53, Songleader '53: Bel Canto Singers '53-'54: Intra murals '51-'52. Ever ready to help a friend. 20, BARNES, KAY-Ballroom Dancing Club '5l-'52 Samba Club '52-'53g Ioker Club '53A'54g Red lackets '53 '54, Maroon Staff '52-'53: Intramurals, Letter '5lf52. Gentle in her manner.

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UH 'tk ,. Q c ,4 '15 st 'Y 51 ...ls .av 5, .,5 tg t C A l. BOWEN, IOHN -Dance Band Club '52A'53q Basket' ball Club '53-'54g Maroon Band '51-'54g Intramurals, '52- '54. Llf9'S too short for worry. 2. BOYD, NAOMI RUTH--Adda Dabba Polish Club '53g Intramurals '5l-'53, Volleyball Champ '52, Tennis doubles Champ '52, Letter '51 The wisest often speak least. 3. BOYER, LESTER DURST -f Football Club '5l-'53: B Football Team '5lg Varsity Football '52-'53: Varsity Baseball '53. Hang sorrow, let us be merry. 4. BRACAMONTE, SALVADOR-Pan-American Club '53: Intramurals '53. Success comes to those who labor. 24 has I 5. BRADEN, ALYSfMusician's Club '5lg Opera Study Club '52-'54g Maroon Band '54g Comet Staff, Advertising '52-'53, Life is a serious proposition. 6. BRADEN, MARGARET ANN-Student Council '52- '53y Nurses' Club '5l-'52, Samba Club '52-'53p Adda Dabba Polish Club '53-'54q Red Iackets '52-'54. Bearing ill-will against no one. 7. BRAMBLE, DAVE - Football Club '52-'54, Vice- President '53-'54, B Football Team '52-'53p Varsity Foot' ball, Letter '53-'54. As goodfnatured a soul as ever trod on shoe leather. 8, BRAND, DONALD-Debate Club '5l-'52, Track Club '52y Popular Music Club '53, Extemporaneous Speaking '52: Varsity Track '52-'53, Letter '53, What is well done is done soon enough, SENIORS 9. BRANSON, MARTHA LEEfAdvisory President '52, Treasurer '52-'53, Sgt.-at-Arms '53, Iunior Red Cross '5l- 527 Bridge Club '51-'52: Handicraft Club, Sgt.-at-Arms '52-'53p Ioker Club '53, Bel Canto Singers '5lq Mixed Choir '52-'54q Student Council '5l: Intramurals '5l. He who finds not love finds nothing. IU, BRATTON, DOROTHY DALE-Advisory President '51, Secretary '52, Handicraft Club '52: Bridge Club '527 Anatomy Club '53g Student Council '5lq F.H.A., Historian '53, Red Iackets '52-54: Mixed Choir 53: May Pete '53. A merry heart maketh a cheerful mind. ll. BREED, BENNIE RAY--German Club '52: Science Research Club 53: Radio Club '54. Only solitary men know the full lays of friendship. l2. BRIAN, RAYMOND EDWARD-H Life is what your thoughts make it. l3. BRISCOE, IO SHERIA Susan-Be'Smooth Club '5l- '52g Ballroom Dancing Club '53, F.H.A. '52g Intramurals '53. Her friendship is the wave of life. l4. BRISENO, PRISCILLA PRISSY ffBallroom Dancr ing Club '5l-'52g Handicraft Club 53. It is not often you meet the likes of her. 15. BROWN, AGNES MAGGIE fF.H.A. '52-'54, Vice President '53. Patience is a remedy for every sorrow. 16, BUGG, DONNA LOUISE -- Adda Dabba Polish Club '53-'54g Mixed Choir 53554. A light heart lives long. 17. BURCH, LO ANN--Advisory Secretary '5l, Treasf urer '52-'53p Popular Record Club '51-'52, Ioker Club '53, Bel Canto Singers '53: Madrigal Singers '53: Beauty Revue '53, A tiny, pretty, witty, charming, darling she. l8. BURDINE, IOHN ALTONW-Advisory Vice President '53g Iunior Red Cross, Sgt.-at'Arms, '53y Basketball Club '5l-'53: Track Club '5ly Football Club '52: Student Coun- cil '52, Mixed Choir '53g Comet Staff '53g Intramurals '5l- '53, Letter '53, A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men. 19. BURNETT, IESSE GORDON-Rodeo Club '50'5l: Vocational Agriculture Club '49f'53, Parliamentarian '52f '53. Give me the open range. 20. BUTLER, IOHN RUSSELLfAdvisory VicePresi- dent 'Sl-'53p Tennis Club '5l: Fairways Club '52: Rod and Gun Club '53: Dance Band Club 533545 Intramurals '5l-54. A cheerful companion.