Blairstown High School - Comet Yearbook (Blairstown, MO)

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-3' .Q 5 Ant. , Wilma Neihardt THE C O M E T SCHOOL QUEENS By an elimination held under the super- vision of Ghz Gomez staff, Wilma Neihardt was selected Beauty Queen of B. H. S. for the third consecutive year. Wilma is five feet six inches tall, weighs one hundred fifteen pounds, has light brown hair, blue eyes, and a fair complexion. She is un- usually attractive, having fine well-balanced features, and a ready smile for everyone. Basketball .Queen It was on Rowena Martin that the Comets bestowed the honor of Basketball Queen. Her interest in the game, and her support of the team prompted this choice. She has been an active member of the Pep Club for four years, being yell-leader the last two years. She was a member of the girls' basketball team in '35-'36, playing both guard and forward on the team. The queen was crowned by a representative of the basketball team at an all-school party. Rowena Martin B. H. S. EB u PAGE 55 38

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PAGE 54 THE COMET OUTSTANDING STUDENTS Outstanding Scholar Due to her excellence in general class work and extra-curricular activities, Marie Tietjen, sophomore, was selected outstand- ing scholar by the faculty. Marie has won one Hrst and two thirds in the County Sub- ject Matter contest. Marie fGietjen Maxon Brown, senior, was selected the year's outstanding athlete by the faculty. Maxon's excellence in basketball, tennis, and softball prompted this choice. He has been a member of the basketball squad for four years, playing forward and center. He climaxed his four years of softball by pitch- Outstanding Athlete ing for the '38 team. fBest School Gitizen 1- W, Raymond Newman f7Yfa3con Brown By vote of the student body, Raymond Newman, junior, was chosen best school citizen. His qualities of good school citizen- ship and a likeable personality prompted this choice. BH X X ll XX r ..,.x-xwxxgy . .S. 1 9 XXX XS an

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PAGE 56 19 4. ...I-1-J .JZ .JI 5 ,ri I ini , .Ir 'V' 4.1 gl' THE COMET CQUNTY CURRICULAR CCNTESTS fBack fRow: jenkins, '5ietjen, BTOWT1, Wise, Martin middle Row: Ward, Duke, Hunter Front fRow: Newman, Gallihugh, Horne, Klopfenstein The Henry County school organization for several years has held contests among the schools in the various types of school work, near the end of the year. B. H. S. was entered in each of this year's contests except music. Of the entries in the subject-matter contest at Shawnee Mound, April 22, three placed. Marie Tietjen, sophomore, won first in the general science test and third in English II. Chester Klopfen- stein, sophomore, placed second in -advanced algebra. Mildred Jenkins, senior, was first in the English literature and biology tests. The other entries were William Gallihugh, Mary Elizabeth Wise, Betty Jean Ward, Maxine Duke, Raymond Newman, Maxon Brown, Edgar Hopkins and Billy Horne. M Our entry, Rowena Martin, in the commercial contest was ranked first in typing I, the only commercial subject taught at B. H. S. These rankings gave Blairstown High School a total of twenty-three points. This was sufficient to place Blairstown third in the entire curricular contest which includes spelling, commerce, music, and the subject-matter contests. B. H. 5. E! 0