Benton High School - Wahwahlanawah Yearbook (St Joseph, MO)

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CORONATION PRINCIPALS Seated: Michael Annigian, Peggy Gabriel. Barbara Baldw n. Don Turner. Standing: Shirley Coy. Elaine Kemper. Frances Bunten, Jewell Dean Brown. Queen Kay Norris. Neil Nielsen. Ruth Ingram Young, Barbara Meade. Carol Black. D nna Williams. (twenty-eight) QUEEN, ATTENDANTS, ESCORTS Seated: Frances Bunten, Jewell Dean Brown, Queen Kay Norris, Barbara Meade, Ruth Ingram Young. Standing: Gene Lytle, Eddie Christman, Bill Culver, Jack Turner. Norman Halpain. THE BIG SHOW'S UNDER WAY September 22, 1950 The Big Parade, heralding the first open air show of the season was on. Under the blazing floodlights, the R. O. T. C. color guard marched; the Pep Squad flaunted new cos- tumes; the band went through its maneuvers; the big crowd buzzed with excitement. The trumpeters. Don Turner and Michael Annigian, sounded a fanfare. Neil Nielsen, student body president, stepped out followed by the honorary class attendants: Shirley Coy and Carol Black, tenth grade; Elaine Kemper and Donna Williams, eleventh grade. Next came the maids of honor, Frances Bunten. Jewell Dean Brown, Ruth Ingram, and Barbara Meade walking arm in arm with their managers, Eddie Christman, Gene Lytle, Jack Turner, and Norman Halpain. Members of the senior class, these young ladies, lovely in formals of pastel shades, carried arm bouquets of chrysanthemums. Barbara Baldwin and Peggy Gabriel, in pages’ regalia, as representatives of the eighth and ninth grades, carried the crown. Climaxing the procession came the queen. Kay Norris, in a white formal under a full red velvet cape, escorted by her manager, Bill Culver. Passing through an aisle formed by the Pep Squad and the football men. she ascended the throne set up under the goal posts. There with Neil Nielsen doing the honors for the school, she was crowned Miss Benton. 51. After accepting the charges of the duties and responsibilities of her office, in a charming little speech she thanked her friends for their assistance in making the honor possible and paid a pretty tribute to the gridsters who were all set to meet the year in their first home battle.

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MISS BENTON '51 SUSAN KAY NORRIS This is Kay—ia rare compounds of sparkling beauty, warm friend- liness, and infectious enthusiam. Recognizing her exceptional versatil- ity as well as her grace and charm, her fellow students eagerly accord her a place among the “special'’ lovely girls who, through the years, have worn the Cardinal crown. (twenty-seven)

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JUNIORS SPONSOR THREE-RING SHOW Setting a high mark for entertainment was the first indoors performance of the year, on November 9, when the dramatics department under the direction of Miss El- liott presented an evening of one-act plays. Each sketch was excellent-character por- trayal. timing, and incidental “hits” show- ing careful and intelligent preparation. Three Pills In A Bottle, a fantasy by- Rachel Field, was a real appeal to the imag- ination. Dale Ditteniore as the little in- valid, cared for by his hardworking widow- ed mother, Frances Bunten, could see through the material bodies of his neigh- bors and find companionship with their souls. Jack Jones, the pompous gentleman, attended by a ragged soul. Bill Pugh : Jackie Smock, the awkward charwoman blessed with a fairy-like dancing soul, Shirley Tur- ner: and Franklin Gilmore, the scissors- grinder, endowed with a soul with a song. Kenneth Landers, all visited the hoy to he improved by his gift of the pills. Eudora Banker served as student director. The second play, Three’s A Crowd (Mc- Carty-), an amusing exposition of youth’s tragedies, was presented before the curtain, the stage crew setting up the props—a park- scene—as Vernon Mallory gave the pro- logue. Frank Seever had run out of money on the way to a dance with his date, Glenda I’oteet and her kid sister, Jo Ann Sauter, who was forced to tag along. When Cousin Orman Brooner arrived on the scene with a car and a pocketful of dough to take Glenda off with him, things looked bleak to Frank until little sister Jo Ann’s loyalty restored his morale. Shirley Ditteniore was student director. Sugar and Spice (Ryerson-Clements) the third offering, involved a present-day Top: Sugar and Spice Center: Three Pills in a Bottle Below: Three’s a Crowd family in the teen-age doings of their own and neighbor families. Don Mathews and Rose Ann Parrish, the parents, took a rather dim view of the affectations of their guest, Kay Norris, just hack from a six months’ “culture-course” in Paris. But their daugh- ter, Pat McCray, and Bill Culver, the hoy- next door, were completely enraptured— until sad reality caught up with them. The student director was Virginia Ames. Mr. Nurski directed the school orchestra in a musical program before and between acts. The junior class sponsored the affair, taking charge of ticket sales and assisting with ushers and properties. (twenty-nine)