Las Animas High School - Trojan Yearbook (Las Animas, CO)

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY We, the present Senior of Bent County High School, started our high school career in 1941. There were 87 of us and we were the greenest of all the green freshmen that have so far entered the portals of this school. Our first year was spent under the sponsorship of Mr. Robert McKee and Miss Lillian Claar and the following officers: Dwight Dale................President Billie Knight.........Vice-President LaVerna Tillman.........Secy.-Treas. Keith Christeson............Boy Rep. Glessner Munn...........Girl Rep. Activities enjoyed by this class were a picnic and dance, both given in the spring. Our Santa Fe Trail Day queen was Qma Jean Armstrong. We entered before initiations were organized under faculty and Student Council supervision. Therefore, our initiation was very informal and a little embarrassing. There were 80 of us startihg in our Sophomore year in the fall of 1941. The class chose John Anderson for their President, Leo Lockhart for Vice-President, Mary Beth Phillips for Secretary-Treasurer, La Verna Tillmenfor Girl Representative, Robert Hutson, Boy Representative. The class sponsors were Miss Jean Lunkley and Mr. Max Mills. Helen Orwig was Santa Fe Trail Day queen. We made our grand bow our Junior year with 73 members. As Junioro we chose David Davis for President, Garnett Robertson, Vice-President, Jean Marshall, Secretary, Glessner Munn, Treasurer, Bernita Talbot, Girl Representative, and Keith Christeson, Boy Representative. The outstanding activities included a Christmas dance, the sale of Victory pins and soda pop, and also noon dancing. The class play was, One Wild Night , presented on December 4, under the direction of Mrs. Virginia Ebert. Our Junior-Senior Prom Carried out a Patriotic Theme. This year, as seniors, there were 45 of us to hold up the good old traditions of Bent County High. We chose the following persons for class officers: Claude Tucker.......President Leo Lockhart...Vice-President Bernita Talbot...Secy.-Treas. Keith Christeson.....Boy Rep. Glessner Munn.......Girl Rep. After our Vice-President joined the U. S. Navy, Garnett Robertson was elected to take his place. Also, when our Boy Representative joined the U. S. Navy, Carroll White was elected to fill his vacancy. We are exceedingly proud of the boys from our class who are already in the service and those who are going in. Those already in are: Keith Christeson, U.S.N. Leo Lockhart, U.S.N. Bill Marlman, C.A.P. Woodross Roberts, U.S.N.

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SENIOR CLASS WILL We, the Seniors of Bent County High School, City of Las Animas, County of Bent, State-of Colorado, Year, One Thousand Nine Hundred, Forty-four, being sound of mind (?) do hereby bequeath the following articles to the following people: HELEN ADAMS leaves Glenn Faucett to the school, MAXINE ARMSTRONG leaves her quiet ways to Iola Schroeder, MARGARET BELL leaves her capacity to work to Marge Gilliland. TOMMY BROCKERT leaves his job at Safeway to Paul Hicks. WALTER BUETTGENBACH leaves his crutches to Fred Crabtree, who uses them all the time anyhow. KEITH CHRISTESON leaves his ability to tie a sailor’s knot to Jim Peterson, DWIGHT DALE leaves Patty Wright, because he can’t take her to the Navy with him. DAVID DAVIS leaves his good looks to Joe Dan Baublits, who really doesn’t need them. BETTY ELLIOTT leaves her extra soldiers to Geraldine Kinder. RUBY FIELDS leaves her ability to be a maid to Annette Elliot. RITA HUNKE leaves her Twirling ability to Betty Howe. ANNABEL JACOBSON leaves her sweet and quiet ways to Dema Marsh. MARGIE KOGA leaves her scholastic ability Alleh Maruyama. LEO LOCKHART leaves his manly stride to Joe Ashcraft. FLORENCE LUCERO leaves her typing ability to Betty Bray. WILDA MARION leaves her height to Dorothy Rawlings. JEAN MARSHALL was going to leave J. E., but he will probably leave first. BILL MARLMAN leaves his quiet ways to Jack Hicks. EILEEN McCALLUM leaves her ability to collect men to Doris Lesher. JOE MOONEY leaves his brains to Kent McCauley. ELEANOR MOORE leaves her spot in the U. S. 0. to Myrtle Brockert. GLESSNER MUNN leaves her peppiness to Norman Gradoville. DONALD NEECE isn’t leaving anything; he is taking Bernita with him. ALBERT OTTO PENNINGTON JR. leaves the length of his name to William Robert Jenkins Jr. JUDY PHILLIPS leaves her ditching ability to anyone who needs it. •JANET PRUETT leaves her jitterbugging ability to Agnes Ellis, MARGIE QUARLES leaves her hair-do's to Wendel Reid. DOROTHY QUINN leaves her love for the Navy to Doris James. DONALD RAMSEY leaves his innocent ways to all BCHS boys; girls, too, W00DR0SS ROBERTS leaves his good football playing to Tommy Moore. GARNETT ROBERTSON leaves her Baby talk to Wilma Horn, PAUL SAMUELSON leaves his self-confidence to Joe Pat McKnight. JOE SEAKON leaves his Casonova ways to Lawrence Brunken. RUTH SANCHEZ leaves her place as Editor to Ignatius, so it will stay in the family. LOIS SHANNON leaves her vocabulary to Walter Hobgood and Monte Stewart,