Ball High School - Purple Quill Yearbook (Galveston, TX)

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GVQDUQZZ Graduation time has arrived. The time has come for the seniors to say farewell to three happy years of fellowship. The time for part- ing can never break the bonds of comradeship, welded during these years by the memory of the shared joys and sorrows of school days. In 544, we came over to Ball High as frightened fish from the junior high schools. We were greeted by the new Ball High princi- pal, Mr. Hill. VVe were uncertain about what to do and where to go under the watchful eyes of juniors and seniors. After a few weeks of hard studying, we gained a degree of confidence. In the same year, the Student Congress was organized. This was a great stride forward in our school development. In '45, we attained the title of juniors, next to the top. We were getting braver and having more fun. Football, basketball, track, dances, and other activities began to attract our attention and to be enjoyed more than our studies. Seniors! What a nice word. We attained this title in '46, after two years of long and hard studying. During our senior year, we lost our superintendent, Mr. Graham, and our principal, Mr. Hill, assumed the duties of that position. Taking over the principal's duties was our able vice-principal, Mr. McFarland. The senior year has no doubt been the best of our three years in Ball High. Our happy, carefree days of high school are over, and we must now go on into the future. Some members of the class will con- tinue their studies in colleges, while others will enter the business world. We will never forget the cooperation, interest, and guidance given to us by our principals, dean, and teachers. We, the graduating class of '47, bid farewell to a pleasant past and look forward to a bright, prosperous future. Joe Willhelm, President, Class of '47 - Seniors You can always tell a junior You can always tell a freshman By the way he swells his chest, By his loud ways and suchg You can always tell a sophomore You can always tell a senior- Because hels so well dressed. But you canit tell him much. -Georgia Lynn Eaves 41

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A pilot or engineer is the ambition Robert Smith reports: It's likely some day he'll turn up building airports. Books, plans, and math for many a year, But now Jack Somers is an aeronautical engineer. A lovely lap full to ponder up, Is private secretary Rena Sonderup. Dody Sparks has plans by which, If she's lucky, she'll get rich. For feeding a patient and calming his nerves, Give Nurse Shirley Spilman the smile she deserves. Doreen Stephens makes a wonderful steno, When she's not busy looking for men-O! For1Mirilyn Stovall it's medical work. That's looking for muscles where corpuscles ur . As a research chemist, Rose Mary Strain, May find the cause for our lack of brain. Norma Strickland would like to travel the world over, Be a. writer or social worker in Glocca Mora or Dover. Behind an easel stands Shirley Stroud, Painting a tree, a cow, and a cloud. Holding a music degree from T. U., Jane Switzer may sing an operatic yoo-hoo! Margaret Taormina takes shorthand in no time at all: Her boss promises a ten cent raise some time in the fall. Those beautiful chests are works of Norman Tarver: In all the world there's no bet- ter wood carver. Mary L? Taylor will study floral design. Let's hope her flowers don't wilt in the suns ine. Bettye Lou Teitelbaum is going to college, To acquire some book larnin' and everyday knowledge. We hate to roll her over the barrel, But that's all that will rhyme with Glendola Terrel. Architect Marion Terry will be no fool: In fifty years, she'll build the new high school. Around at Star sipping a malt, We see none other than Barb-ara Tevault. Filling the Telephone Company's quota, Mary Katherine Thlem will work in South Dakota. As a wxiiter, Pat Thomas is doing quite well, The funnies on bubble gum wrappers are swe . After mastering piano and electric guitar, In her one-piece band, Betty Jean Tobelman is a star. As an undertaker, Bobby Tocker, Doesn't mind robbing Davy Jones' locker. Shirley May Townsend a good wife will be, If she gets a husband before 1963. All dolled up, Evelyn Unbehagen, Makes a quick trip to Copenhagen. T. C. U. has nary a worry, Alvaro Vaiani wins their games in a hurry. Move over, Powers' models, for Ramona Veale, Who models a coat of ermine and seal. Poor Sarah Villamil wanted to be a nurse: Because of just one little pill her patient's in a hearse. Joyce Mairie Ward was secretarially inclined, Until all employers unconditionally de- cline . Rose Ann Wegner wished to be a secretary: But she's married to a milkman and works at the dairy. I-Iere's a gem who's really terrific: It's Ruby Welch, to be specific. Rose Marie Wells looked for a goal, And ended up at the North Pole. Lillian Wentzel a husband would snare: Let's hope that her temper won't be like her hair. Stuart Werner knows not when or where, But we're sure he'll soon get there. To be a machinist is Estin WhippIe's career: The machines of this country have some- thing to fear. Gloria Whitcombe is a traveler of fame: ln places remote is scribbled her name. Albert White is really up to par, Driving around in his brand new car. Eugenia Wigbels is nursing the ill: She discovered her talents while taking a pill. Milkinglfhe cows from morning till night, Joe WillheIm's a rancher whose future is brig t. A diesel engineer named John Henry Williams, Started out on a liner and is now mak- ing millions-fof knots every yearb. Joan Wilson thought she was quite a musician: The audience thought she was best at intermission. Bobby Wimberly is a business success, And living alone gives him home happiness. Flyinkg a space ship right up onto Mars, Jack Witt started as pilot and reached for t e stars. A skilled musician is Raymond Witt: We love his music and want all we can get. Ray Womack hoped to leave B. H. S. Did he?-Yes! This cake was made by Berthie Wood: Taste it, and tell us if it's good. Carol Wood's a secretary eight hours a day. But it's always the ninth hour that she's really gay. Ursula Wulf wrote a book on nutrition, Ended up as a lab technician. Bobbiye Deane Wythe is an expert bookkeeper: Into debt she keeps getting deeper and eeper. Nathan Zainfeld, a C. P. A., Embezzles more money day by day. For Edward Zambon there will be success, In the field of engineering, no less. To be a research chemist is the desire of Harold Zeller: He'll probably be a swell one 'cause he's such a reg'lar feller. An artist we know who's really in , Is none other than Anita Fay Zinn. The great geologist, Robert Zinn, Tells us exactly what has been. Well, now you know just who'll be what So give them all a toast: And heaven help those who wrote this mess, For they will need it most! 40

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-i--National Honor Sooiety---- Kb? 1 xx .Sli NATIONAL HONOR SUEIETY X I :rg 1 U'Men1bers elected in April, 19471 CLASS OF JANUARY, 1947 Hilda Boyle Victoria Oballe Vlfanda Green Charles Perricone CLASS OF JUNE, 1947 Betty Jean Andreason Doris Elaine Andreason Beverly Benson Ruth Bodansky :kNorman Braslau :kDorothy Breslin Betty Dampier Caroline Duncan il1Joel Eeigon Sigmund Forman Virginia Frank Pat Gray Joan Grossman XFelicia Jacobs Clara Kaplan Lois Mendle Lou Mendle May Louise Milligan Carl Nau Edith Nelson Nancy Nesbit Elinor Olson Drusilla Ann Parr 'klrving Pozmantier Louis Reasonover Joyce Reifel Lois Scott Gloria Sharp Rose Mary Strain Bettye Lou Teitelbau lTl Mary Helen Kivch tkJoseph Arthur VVillhelm Eddy Lou Lobenstein Robert VVimberly Jo Claire McNeil Raymond llfitt 3':Shirley Ann Biffle Augustus Cotera Elaine Felix XCarol Janice Vlfood CLASS OF JANUARY, 1948 Mary Agnes Antichevich Mary Elizabeth Grace :l1Arlene Kay lCora Mcllwaine Robert Ryberg Aaron Fradkin Melvyn Schreiber Marvin Shwiff CLASS OF JUNE, 1948 t'fBillie Gwen Montgomery Uames Marvin Brady :kXochitl Carmen Cano tklrene Gertrude Cotton :kDoris Mae Denke XBette Alice Dixon fJohnny Mark Johnston d'Milton Muehlberger l:Jean Nesbit YShirley Robinson YJeanne Shearer bk Betty Lou Trapani