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

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SENIORS KENNY PFLUG R A DT—Nothing succeeds like success. R.O.T.C. 1. 2. ROBERT RATLIFF—He lives to build, not boast. Crafts 4: Football 2; Track 2. 3. 4. LYNNE KAY—A face with gladness overspread. Citizen- ship B 1. 2; N.H.S. 3. 4; Red Cross 4; Band 1. 2. 3. 4; Orchestra 1, 2. 3. 4; Pep Band 1, 2. 3. 4; District Music Contest 1, 2. 3; State Music Contest 1. 2. 3; District Contest Solo 1. 3; State Contest Solo 2, 3; “B” Club 1, 2, 3. 4; Midyear graduate. CHARLES RIGA—A moral, sensible, and well-bred man. R.O.T.C. 1. 2. 3; Saber Chain 3; Honor Guard 1, 3; Hillyard Vocational 4. HELEN RIVERA—She is as a full-blown flower of glori- ous beauty. Sacred Heart Convent 1; Chorus 2; Glee Club 3. Mixed Choir 4; District Music Contest 3. 4; G.R.A. 2. 3; F.H.A. 4. CATHERINE ROCK— Tis true that golden character wins the prize. Majorette 3, 4; Prom Committee 3; Art 2; Annual Art Staff 3; Glee Club 3; Mixed Choir Reporter 4: District Music Contest 3; Y-Teens 3; G.R.A. 2; F.H.A. 1; Bentonian 4; Concessions 4. CHARLENE SAUNDERS—Long have I known glory in it all. Library Asst. 1. 2. 3; F.H.A. 3; Y-Teens 1. 2; Band 1, 2. 3; District Music Contest 2. 3; State Music Con- test 3: Concessions 4. TWILA HERBERT SEEK—Not a graduate. LARRY SHl'C’K—I started as an average kid. I finished as a thinkin man. R.O.T.C. 1. 2. 3, 4; Colonel 3. 4; Saber A Chain 1. 2. 3. 4 ; Honor Guard 1. 2; Rifle Team 2. 3; B” Club 3. 4; Outstanding First Year Cadet 1: Best Drilled First Year Cadet. City 1: Outstanding Second Year Cadet 2: Outstanding Third Year (Sons of Am. Rev. Award) 3; Citizenship Trophy 3; Student Council 2. 4 . B.F.S.A. 1, 2. 3. 4; Library Asst. 1; Con- cessions 4. BETTIE NELL SINCLAIR—The voice so sweet, the words so fair as some soft chime had stroked the air. N.H.S. 3. 4; Jr. Red Cross 3, 4; City Council Secy. 4; Area Camp 3; Community Chest Contest III 3; Orchestra 1. 2, 3. 4; City Music Festival 1; Band 1, 2. 3; District Music Contest 1. 2. 3; Oboe Solo I 1, 3; State Music Contest 1, 3; Oboe Solo I 3; Office Asst. 3, 4; “B” Club 1, 2. 3. 4; Dramatics 4: Annual 4; Senior Play 4. JERKY SMILEY Ah. happy years! once more who would not be a boy? Citizenship B 1. 2; Jr. Red Cross 3; R.O.T.C. 2, 3. 4; Honor Guard 3. 4; Rifle Team 3. 4; All-City 3; Saber Chain 3, Commander 4; Art 1; Crafts 4; “B” Club 3. 4. LARRY SONNEK -He who secure within can say: tomor- row, do thy worst for I have lived today. N.H.S. 4; Citizenship B 1, 2: Boys State 3: Student Council 1. 2. 3. Pres. 4; Prom Committee 3; “B” Club 3. 4; Basket- ball 1, 2, Varsity 3, Captain 4; Track 1, 2; Varsity 3. 4; Dramatics 4: Annual 4; Concessions 4; Senior Play 4. (eighteen)

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SENIORS DIXIK MARTIN—Life is not life at all without some fun. Library Asst. 1, 2; Y-Teens 1, 2; Mixed Choir 3. 4; Dis- trict Music Contest 3. (•KKAI.I) MEJIA—He wears his duties but as the fashion of his hat. R.O.T.C. 2. 3; Honor Guard 2, 3. MARYLIN MILLER— Her very tone is music's own, like those of morning’s birds. N.H.S. 4; G.R.A. 3; Jr. Red Cross 3; String Ensemble 1. 2; District Music Contest 1, 2; State Music Contest 1, 2; Office Asst. 2, 4. UH'liAKI) MITCHELL—I put myself in the way of things happening and they happen. Dance Band 2; Orchestra 2, 3; Football 1, 4. SHIRLEY MILLER MOREY—The sweetest thing that ever grew beside a mortal’s door. Y-Teens 1, 2, 3; Glee Club 3; District Music Contest 3; Mixed Choir 4. JIM NELSON—Master who crown’st our days with flow’er of perfect speech. R.O.T.C. 1, 2, 3. VIRGINIA NICHOLS—She was our queen, our rose, our star. Miss Benton '53-’54; N.H.S. 4; Cheerleader 4 ; Concessions 4; Mixed Choir 4; Glee Club 2, 3; City Music Festival 1; District Music Contest 2, 3; Benton Singers 4; Bentonian 4; Y-Teens 3, 4; G.R.A. 2, 3; F.H.A. 1; Dramatics 4; Senior Play 4. MEREDITH NIGH COLWELL—Pretty to walk with, and witty to talk with, and pleasant, too, to think on. Concessions 4; Mixed Choir 4; Glee Club 3; State Music Contest 3: F.H.A. 4. WESLEY NIGH— He might almost seem to be made for the benefit of men. Football 1, 2; Track 1, 2; Crafts 4. ROBERT O'NEILL—He hath a heart as sound as a bell. R.O.T.C. 2, 3. Major 4; Honor Guard 3; Saber Chain 4; Band 1; District Music Contest 1; State Music Con- test 1. ROGER OSBl'RN—Born to converse and live with ease. R.O.T.C. 1, 2. MAJOR PARKER He came to earth for all fair maidens. Prom Committee 3; Football 1, 2, 3, Letter 4; Basketball 1, 2. 3; Track 1, 2; B Club 4. (seventeen)

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SENIORS WILMA STAGNKK She did but dream of heaven, and she was there. Gower H. S. 1, 2; N.H.S. 4; Office Asst. 3. 4; Jr. Red Cross 3. 4; Mixed Choir 3; District Music Contest 3; 3rd Place (City) Oration: The Constitution, a Dream of Freedom; Concessions 4. KAY STAMPER—She in beauty, education, blood, holds hand with any princess of the world. Mixed Choir 3. 4; District Music Conlest 3. GARY STAN DEFER Lives to have his joke and laugh. R.O.T.C. 1. 2, 3. 4; Honor Guard 1, 2. IRENE SODOWSKY STOUT She's a woman like a dew drop. Citizenship B 1, 2; N.H.S. 3, Secy 4; Office Asst. 1. 2. 3; B” Club 3. 4: G.R.A. 1, 2; Y-Teens 1, 2: Band 2. 3. 4; Orchestra 2, 3, 4: Benton Singers 4; Mixed Choir 3. 4; District Contest 2. 3; State Contest 2, 3: Solo II 3. JACK STOl’T—Who does the best that circumstance al- lows does well, acts nobly. Student Council 3. Vtce- Pres. 4; State Convention 3; Hi-Y 1, 2; Basketball 1. 2. 3, 4; Track 1, 2. 3. 4; Football 1. 2. 3. 4; B Club 2. 3. 4. BOB SWYHART None but the brave deserves the fair. Lab. Assistant 1; Prom Committee 3; Mixed Choir 4. ALICE THOMAS—A lovely being, sweetly formed and molded. Y-Teens 1, 2. 3; G.R.A. 1, 2; Majorette 3, 4; Orchestra 1, 2; District Music Contest 1, 2. 3; Mixed Choir 3, 4: Girls Quartet 4; Benton Singers 4. DON TURNER Born for success he seemed: with grace to win. with heart to hold. Class Vice-Pres. 2, Pres. 3; Trumpeter 8, 1; B” Club 2. 3, Pres. 4: Football Var- sity 2. 3: Captain 4; All-City 3, Captain 4; Second Team All-Conference 3: All-Conference 4; All-District 4: Sec- ond Team All-State 4 ; Track Varsity 2, 3, 4. ARCHIE WELCH He has ability for good service. R.O. T.C. 1, 2. 3; Honor Guard 2. 3! INEZ WHITCOMB—Charm strikes the sight but merit wins the soul. Queen Attendant 4; Student Council 2; State Convention 2; Jr. Red Cross 1, 2, 3: G.R.A. 2. 3; Y-Teens 1, 3; Mixed Choir 3, 4; Glee Club 2; District Music Contest 2, 3. BILL WHITTLE—All youth's lively senses keen and quick. Pep Band 2. 3. 4; Band 1, 2, 3. 4; District Music Contest 1. 2. 3. 4; State Music Contest 1, 3: Brass Sex- tet 2; B” Club 3, 4; Annual 3, 4; Concessions 4. TERRY WICKHAM—Metal unmarred whereof to fashion a perfect life. Projectionist 2: R.O.T.C. 2, 3; Captain 4: Honor Guard 2. 3. 4 : Saber Chain 4; Mixed Choir 4; Annual 4: Stage Crew 4. (nineteen)