Bowling Green High School - Speaker Yearbook (Bowling Green, MO)

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For the bflef Pffriod of this year, we enjoyed the brief friendship of Ruth Ellen.Hamm, Fern Dixon, Helen Tillotson and Gould Morefield. Much to our surprise, john Earl Henderson again returned to acquire more knowledge with us. Our highly esteemed supervisor this year was Mrs. Willard Middleton, It was with deep regret that we could not take our teacher with us as we moved on to the next grade. Our interests this year were greatly increased by tihe publication of a class paper, through which we learned the highlights of the activities of the different members. One of the many outside activities was the writing and presentation of a play by the members of our class. This year as seventh graders our ship carried the emblem B. G. H. S, Although we then felt ourselves on equal footing with'the high school students, we now kinow how inferior we seemed to them. We were introduced to depart- mental work and even though we. had fewer subjects, it was hard for us to con- centrate enough to do justice to our work. With the addition of Roger Howard, who is gradua.ting with us, our class roll totaled twenty-five. We also enjoyel the friendship of Helen Spurgeon and john Allen Muller during this year. Miss Jessie Sanderson was our first sponsor who guided us faithfully and carefully through the year. , Our eighth cruise began our last one in elementary school. With the exception of the addition of Betty jane Chamberlain and the loss of Ruth Ellen Hamm, who moved away, our ranks remained the same. We put forth our best efforts to attain good grades that we might be eligible for high school entrance. Our steward was Mr. Ballance who helped us to have a successful and enjoyable year. We enjoyed many outings including a trip to Hannibal the last day of school prior to eighth grade graduation exercises that evening. VVe were now ready to take up our high school duties. With the advent of our ninth cruise, the ship was filled almost to capacity. Eleven new members were added who are graduating with us this Year. These were: John Adams, Luther Gillum, Carmen Lindsay, Evelyn Lewis, Amy Gamm, Darlene Scheer, Kemble Tinsley, Leland Gillium,ajulia Whiteside, Betty Ogden, Bowen Rogers and Lawrence Wright. Others who joined us this year were Daffron Givens, Virginia Lindamen, Lester Wickel. jacqualin Moxley, jay Thomas, Rita Boston, Lola Mae Branstetter, Lee Butler, Virginia jordan, Hazel Petty, Dayton Schmidt, Rosa Nell Wright, Mary Willis, Bill Green, Bill Hufty, Ray Bohan and Higgins Taylor. With the addition of Mansel Dawson, Charlene Harness, Betty Ann Hast- ings, Cash Bowen, Charles Brewster, Kirby Hudson, David King, Marion Nicholson, Marvin Moss, Vivian Stroker, and Ruth Lewis, we started our cruise through the Sophomore year. Our sponsor for this year was Miss Blanche Edna Hestwood. During the year our class members began taking their place in the school's activities. We enjoyed several excursions, the finale being a trip to Hannibal. We began our Junior year without Norman Barger, Virginia jordan, and Ray Bohan, who moved away. Those who were added to our list were Amanda. Burbridge, Alline and Lucille Hammack, and junior Hustedde. Our participa- tion in school activities and in class functions motmted steadily this year. Several picnics and sunrise breakfasts, the junior play, the junior-senior banquet, and our trip to Quincy provided us with a pleasant and profitable school term. It was now only a step until we should have our highest ambitions realized, that of becoming dignified seniors. ' Our short senior year began with the loss of Lola Mae Branstetter, Frances Fitzgerald, and junior Hustedde. Mary Elizabeth Wright, Frances Peabody, james Stevens, and Grenville Lemmons joined us to make their final cruise. As our senior year drew to a close we were swamped with the usual ct' ities of senior week Although we have had many hard knocks fhardships- a iv A . increase sturdinessj, we look back upon our school days sorry that they are o'er yet duly proud that we have the backing of our dear old B. G. H. S. - - - Here's to you and the future seniors.

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY D In September 1927, the ship Learning launched forth on the sea of life with an entirely new crew and with Miss Laura Sanderson as Captain. They were unversed in their new work and t-he ways of life. The crew, forty-two in numbers wa '- - - Y Gladys Mae Alcorn, Bobby Bankhead, Nzrliigittglziiyagalrgi-rec:-raBISi1e 33:23, Constance Bushman, Dora Elma Cox, Josephine Cunningham Aliyee Louise DlX0l1, Barney Eastin, Frances Fitzgerald, Kathryn Foster Margie Ann Fra Virginia Gaines, Dorothy Ernesteen Gooch, Helen Hamlet: John Earl Hendeii: son, Margaret Huckstep, Wallace Hitt, Charles Ingle, Martha Anne Johnson Mary Joseph, Catherine Knouse, Nina Mae Lindsay, Grover Morris Emojeari Murray, Carl Patrick, Edna Fay Peecher, Hazel Pettey, Anna Lee ,Potasnick Nancy Ellen Smiley, Rebecca Irene Tinsley, John Howard Watson Lucille Wilson, Mary Eleanor Woods, Don Weimer, Joyce Bushman, Eugena Simpson, Minnie Mae Stoner, Edith Stoner, Paul Abraham, and William Todd. Of these hearty beginners, six have braved storms and sickness and have reached the the,last port, ready to transfer the bulk of their loyalty, somewhat. They are Martha Anne Jolmson, Nedra June Adams, Ernesteen Gooch, Edna Peecher, Nancy Smiley, and Mary Eleanor Woods. During our first year, it was hard to conform to our new rules and regulations, however, we were willing to conduct ourselves so as to be able to sit in the red chairs. With twenty-nine pupils and Miss Velma Hendrix, we began our second cruise. Our new members were: George Hamm, Junior Weimer, Glen Towell, Ruth Ruby, William McCallister, and Robert Oney. By the end of the year we lost Anna Lee Potasnick, Margie Fray and Don Weimer. Having elevated our position in life, we could now look upon the first graders with scom. It was during this year that we advanced in the knowledge of spelling and writing and attempted to bar the foxes from our language garden. The next year our port was across the hall under the supervision of Miss Helen Owings. Robert and Billy Asquith, Kenneth Lewis, Susie Martin, Junior Slater, Sarah Smith, LeRoy Aclmire, Terrace Boudinier, Mary Rose Besterfeldt, Junior Hustedde, Dorothy Williams and Wayne VVerges came into our midst. T his made a total of thirty-one. During the year William McCallister moved to Troy. Some of our accomplishments of the third grade were learning to tell time and count money correctly through experience in a miniature store. Twenty-five of us overcame all obstacles, lifted anchor, and embarked on our fourth cruise. This time the ship was in charge of Miss Martha Blair. In addition, Ora Bell Lovell and Burley B. Lacy joined our group. This was a memorable year, for we learned the requirements for good health. through practice. Our teacher was strict regarding our cleanliness and dress. This year two of our members left us, Susie Martin, through illness and Ora Bell Lovell, who moved to Eolia. Therefore with the addition of Anna Marie Mackey, Irene Graver, Emma Jean Sandifer, Richard Traynor, Joseph Williams, and VVilliam McCallister, who came back from Troy to be with us again, we sailed on to the fifth grade, numbering twenty-seven. This year we were under the guidance of Miss Dorothy Lewis. It was in this stage of our education that we acquired our first knowl- d of art The acute issue this vear was that of deportment. This year we laoietwo of' our comrades who had been with us through the first five. years. ' dt California P H k t moved to Green City and Emojean Murray move o i , ariegglas ciiie Bfiljhe many who experienced the horrors of the earthquake. Richard T , Jose h Williams, and John Earl Henderson also moved away from raynor p OUT community. The rest of the class, numbering twenty-two traveled on together to the sixth grade. o

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PROPHECY OF CLASS OF '39 . I I had just completed the filming of one of my classmates, Kenrble Smith I'1nsley, ip his search for all our former classmates. The story is told in Kemble's own words, wi-th your producer, Betty Edna Ogden, acting as commentator: Rags! Newspapers! Any old junk today, - - Yes, lady, be right up. I stopped right there for who should it be but Ruth Lewis Lemmons, the wife of Granville, standing in the door of a stately mansion. Granville had fallen heir to the millions of his oil magnate uncle. A 'Why Kemble Smith Boone Tinsley! lt certainly is a surprise to see you driving a junk wagon. Why, yes, I have some old newspapers. Nedra, wilt! you collect all the old newspapers for me and do come see whom we have wit us. And when Nedra appeared she was none other than our school pal, june Adams, working as maid to Ruth. Why, june, 1 wouldn't have known you, I said. June wiped a tear from her eye and said, Oh, Kemble, I suppose you have not heard of my recent loss of poor, dear Ralph. After his death I was forced to seek employ -nent to care for little Cicero. After a brief conversation. I passed on down Main Street and as the horse jogged along, I oicked up one of the old newspapers which I had just received. ln blaring headlines on the first page my astonished eyes saw: World Speed Record Broken By Ace Pilot and in smaller print Luther Gillum sets all-time speed record with his new Rocket Ship and just below that a large picture of him. Well, blow me down, I didn't think Uncle Luther would ever get his feet off the ground. But who was that trick little figure in the co-pilot's suit? It was none other than our former B. G. H. S. Class Treasurer, Dorothy Mae Williams. And there was the President of Southern Air Lines walking toward Gillum with the trophy. And it looked like a woman. It was a woman! It was none other than Mary E. Wright, known as Dixie by her business associates, as she still uses her Southern brogue as an advertisement to the company. My horse finally turned in my familiar driveway and I was met at the door by my little 268 pound wife, the former Lois Chamberlain, who grabbed the newspapers and ran into the house to catch up on some back news while I put away the horse and ate the supper fixed by my wife's loving hands. After supper I got settled in the one easy chair and started reading, when litztle Sammie came up clamoring for me to read him the comic strip, Briscoe Kids , which is in every popular newspaper in the United States and is written by another former classmate, Lawrence Andrew Wright. My attention was next attracted to the front page of another paper by a piece which I read to Lois: The eyes of the world were centered on the illness of Marvin Moss yesterday. The noted archeologist lately entered the pyramid of the mighty Egyptian pharoah, Suztenchamet. It had been said that anyone entering the tomb would live only ten days. Yesterday was the tenth day and Moss's illness startled the world. Physicians reported today that it was an attack of acute indigestion. - Later on, one of our good friends, who is Bowen Rogers, the sodajerker at the corner drug store, came calling. On Sunday morning we attended church to hear our beloved pastor, Reverend William McCallister and his little wife, Amy Gamm, who is an efficient choir leader. - On Sunday afternoon we calfed on the I-Iammack Sisters who are the aristocratic old maids of our community. VVe were entertained during our visit by the performing parrots the two sisters had trained. Monday morning I went to a neighboring city to deliver my wares to Cash Bowen, owner of the large paper factories of Apex. I was led into Cash's spacious office by his private secretary, Mary Eleanor Woods. e,G::mdIl2Jm1.-zlnflo