Burnet High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Burnet, TX)

Text from Pages 1 - 76 of the 1955 volume:

To one who has long deserved the honor, we dedicate THE FOOTPRINTS to MISS FAIRY SIMPSON, MR. J. C. PETTY Superintendent of Burnet Schools. MR. W. G. ANTHONY Science MISS PATRICIA BRANDT Band MR. JOHN CHAMBERLAIN Math MR. VERNE D. HARRIS Athletic Director MR. TOM HENRY Agriculture MR. HENRY HILL History, Assistant Coach MISS MARY JO KENNY Homemaking MRS. O. R. SCOTT English MISS FAIRY SIMPSON English, Librarian MRS. JOHNNIE SMITH Commercial MRS. WARD WILSON Journalism School Hoard J. C. Petty, Superintendent; T. C. Warren, Donald Edgar, Brownlee Fields, G. B. Carson, Edgar Seidensticker, Laymond Parks, H. V. Faris. Office Assistants MRS. W. D. HAIL Secretary REBA CASHEN Bookkeeper BETTY SUE ALEXANDER JEANETTE WARNER PEGGY SHELL KENNETH NELL WILLIAMS FRANK NICHOLS Editor ill DORMAN WHEELER PAULA FARQUHAR Assistant Editor ESTHER SPIEKERMANN Business Manager Seniors Senior Class favorites BILLY JOE McCOY - JANET COWAN BILLY JOE McCOY - President Football 4 years; Basketball 3 years; Track 2 years; All- District Football 2 years; All-Central Texas and All-State 1955; Class Favorite 2 years; FFA 4 years; President 1955; Class President 1955. RANDALL JONES - Vice President FFA 4 years; Basketball 2 years; Track 2 years; Volley- ball 2 years; FFA President 1953-54; Class President 2 years; Class Vice President 2 years; Who's Who 2 years. SHIRLEY EVERETT - Secretary Basketball 2 years. Captain 1955; Volleyball 4 years; Tennis 2 years; Track 1 year; FHA 4 years, Treas- urer 1 year; Football Sweetheart 1955; Class Favor- ite 1954; Pep Squad 3 years; Most Popular 1955; Class Secretary 2 years; Homecoming Queen Nominee 1955; News Club 3 years. CURTIS HOPKINS - Treasurer FFA 4 years; Speech Club 1 year; Class Treasurer 1955. CALVERT AMIDON FFA 3 years; Specan Club 1 year; Key Club 1 year. BARNEY BAKER Who's Who 1 year; FFA 4 years, Reporter 1954; Student Council 1 year; Key Club 1 year; Class Vice President 1954; Track 2 years; Football 1 year; Volleyball 1 year; Safety Club 1 year. KENNETH BASS Photo Club 1 year; Vocational Club 1 year; Spanish Club 1 year; Specan Club 1 year; School Projectionist 4 years. VIRGINIA BIBLE FHA 4 years; Pep Squad 4 years; BHA Sweetheart Nominee 1955; Tennis 2 years; Volleyball 1 year; News Staff 4 years. BILLY CLARK FFA 2 years; Football 1 year; Band 2 years; Choral 1 year, CAROLYN COVINGTON News Club 3 years; Speech Club 1 year; FHA 3 years; Harvest Queen 1953-54; Who’s Who 1 year; Choral Club 2 years; Outstanding Student 2 years; Class Reporter 2 years; Courtesy Student 2 years; FHA Pianist 1 year. JANET COWAN FHA 4 years; Pep Squad 3 years; News Club 2 years; Speech Club; Courtesy Student; Photo Club; Volleyball 1 year; Class Historian 1951-52; Class Favorite 1954-55. ROBERT DANIEL Vocational Agriculture 1 year; Speech Club 2 years. LA BLANCHE DAVIS Band 4 years; Majorette 3 years; FHA 4 years; Speech Club 1 year; Student Council 1 year; Choral Club 1 year; Tennis 2 years; Track 1 year; B. H. S. Sweetheart 1955. JACK DEBO Band 1 year; Volleyball 4 years; Tennis 4 years; Key Club 1 year; Key Club Secretary 1 year; Exchange Editor of News Staff; Photo Club 1 year; Softball 1 year. WILLIS EVANS FFA 3 years. Vice President 1 year; Livestock Judging 1 year. GARRY FELLERS Football 1 year. Captain 1954; Basketball 2 years. Cap- tain 1955; Key Club 2 years, President 1954-55; Lieutenant Governor of Division IX 1954-55; Track 2 years; Speech Club 1 year; Who’s Who 2 years; Choral Club 1 year. BILLY FOSTER Football 1 year; Camera Club 1 year; FFA 3 years; Track 2 years. JANICE GERMANY Band 3 years; Band Sweetheart 1 year; FHA 2 years; Stu- dent Council 1 year; Choral Club 2 years; Class Secretary 1 year; News Staff 1 year; Pep Squad 1 year. PEGGY GIBSON SHELL Student Council 3 years; Corresponding Secretary 2 years; Harvest Queen 1 year; FHA 2 years; Annual Staff 2 years; Speech Club 2 years; Homecoming Queen 1953; Who's Who 55; News Staff 1 year. ELDON HAMMOND Football 3 years. Lettered 2 years; Basketball 3 years; Lettered 2 years; Track 2 years; Baseball 1 year; Key Club 2 years; Vocational Club 1 year; Volleyball 3 years. LELDON HAMMOND FHA 4 years; Volleyball 4 years; Pep Squad 3 years; Basketball 1 year, Lettered 1 year, Captain 1955; Senior Play. CAROLYN HARING Basketball 2 years. Lettered 2, Captain 2 years; FHA 4 years. Parliamentarian 55; Historian 52; Who's Who 2 years; Class Favorite 1 year; Speech Club 1 year; Class Reporter 55; Track 1 year; Hi-Life Staff 1955. LESLIE HOLDER FFA 3 years; Specan Club 1 year. DALE HOLLAND Student Council 2 years; FFA 3 years. VIRGINIA HYMAN FHA 3 years; Basketball Manager 1 year; Volleyball 3 years; Pep Squad 2 years; Speech Club 1 year. BILL KINSEY FFA 1 year; Basketball 1 year; Football 3 years; Lettered 1 year; Key Club 2 years; Who’s Who 1 year; Track 2 years; Speech Club 1 year. MONA GAYLE LEWIS MORGAN Who's Who 1955; FHA 4 years; News Staff 4 years; Cour- tesy Student 1 year; Homecoming Queen Nominee 1955; Pep Squad 4 years. DORIS MALLETT Basketball 1 year; Volleyball 1 year; FHA 4 years; Assis- tant Librarian 3 years; Courtesy Student 3 years; Pep Squad 3 years; News Staff 1 year. ODELL McCOY Football 2 years; Co-Captain 1 year; Basketball 1 year; Baseball 4 years; Track 2 years; FFA 2 years. BOBBY MORELAND Band 3 years; Key Club 3 years; Secretary 1 year; Who's Who 1954. FRANK NICHOLS Class Historian 1951-52; Class President 1952-53; Class Vice President 1953-54; Student Council Vice President 1954-55; Annual Staff 3 years; Editor 1954-55; News Staff 1 year. Editor 1954; Senior Play; Safety Club 1 year; Softball 1 year; Football 3 years. Lettered 1 year; Manager 2 years. Captain 1954-55, Fighting Heart 1954-55; Track 2 years; Tennis 4 years; Who's Who 3 years. PAUL NORRIS Band 3 years; Drum Major 1 year; Key Club 2 yean; Baseball 1 year. BILLY PARRISH Band 1 year; Basketball 1 year; Student Council 1 year; Key Club 1 year; Baseball 1 year; Specan Club 1 year; Tennis 1 year; Choral Club 1 year. KAY PETTY FHA 4 years; Band 4 years; Majorette 2 years; Student Council 3 years; Recording Secretary 1952-53; Tennis 4; years; Speech Club 1 year; Harvest Queen 1955; Softball 1 year; Senior Play. ROBERT JOE POGUE Class Treasurer 1951-52; FFA 4 years, Secretary 53-54; Student Council 1 year; Who's Who 1 year; Volleyball 1 year. WAYNE RHODES FFA 4 years; Speech Club 1 year; Football 1 year. JANE SCOGGINS Majorette 4 years; Band Secretary 1 year; FHA 4 years; Basketball 1 year; Speech Club 1 year; News Staff 1 year; Choral Club 1 year; Who's Who 1 year; Volleyball 1 year; Senior Play. ESTHER SPIEKERMANN Volleyball 4 years; FHA 4 years; Softball 2 years; Pep Squad 4 years; Annual Staff 1 year; Basketball 2 years; Track 1 year; Who's Who 2 years. JAMES D. TARVER Band 3 years; Key Club 1 year; Specan Club 1 year; News Staff 1 year. Editor 1954; Courtesy Student 1 year. PAT TIPPIE Key Club 1 year; Football 2 years; Basketball 2 years; Baseball 2 years; Track 2 years. KENNEDY WARDEN Football Manager 4 years; Basketball Manager 3 years; Track 4 years; FFA 3 years, Reporter 1954-55. JIMMY ZIMMERMAN Photo Club 1 year; Softball 1 year; Key Club 2 years; Treasurer 1954-55; News Staff 3 years. Sports Editor 1954; Class Reporter 1952-53, 1953-54; Senior Play. junior Class favorites BEVERLY YOUNG - KELLY THOMAS DORMAN WHEELER President JANICE RAY Secretary BEVERLY YOUNG Reporter WIMPY CLENNDENEN Reporter CHARLES SHELBURN Sergeant-at-Arms GLENDA ADAMS BETTY SUE ALLEXANDER LAQUITA ALEXANDER SHIRLEY BIBLE MELVIN CAMPBELL JOE E. CHAMBERLAIN SUZANNE CHANEY GLENDAL CHISM JAMES CRAIN JO ALICE EDELBROCK JILL ELLETT PAULA FARQUHAR LYNDA FIELD GLEN GILMORE HUDSON GLIMP GLENDA GLOVER ANN HOLLAND NELDA JEAN HOWARD BILLIE IRVIN BUCK JONES ANDY KINCHELOE DIANE KINCHELOE JIMMY KIRK JAMES LAWRENCE CARMONCITA LYNN BILLY RAY MADDOX JIMMY MILLER FRANCES MONTGOMERY MAUDIE NORRIS DOUGLAS OVERSTREET BOBBY PAFFORD BILLY PENDLEY BARBARA RAY CARROLL REICH LA VELLE RUSH DE LYSE SMITH DORIS SMITH JOHN DEE STOCKMAN CHARLENE TAYLOR JUANITA TAYLOR KENNETH NELL WILLIAMS MARY LEE MARX VIRGINIA MATHER Sophomores Sophomore Class favorites MARY ADA ZIMMERMAN - LEONARD HOLD Picture Not Available v Dalton Bennett Barbara Bird Lonnie Birkelbach (President) Patsy Gibbs (Vice President) Donna Parks (Secretary) Jamye Roach (Treasurer) Jimmy Cox (Sergeant-at-Arms) Rayburn Ashabranner v Bud Boyd Arnold Burton Lawrence Crain Daymond Crawford John Ellett Jimmy Everett Donald Fawcett David Foster James Hoover David Humphreys Paul Hyman Clifton Lewis Lloyd Lynn Wanda Martin John McCullough Larry Meador Peggy Meredith Bonnie Miller r„ ifS ' X Mike O’Donnell James Price Johnny Ray Morris Ray Jo Ann Ricketson Pat Smith Shirley Smith Ervin Spiekermann Billy Stinnett Anna Tatum Bill Teasdale Jeanette Warner Theodore Weaks Ted Woodcock Picture Not Available Picture Not Available Mary Zimmerman Sreskmen freshman Class favorites CAROL ANN McDOUGAL - REX JONES Anne Seidensticker President Rex Jones Vice President Helen Chism George Crawford Sarah Pogue Secretary Carol Ann McDougal Reporter i Jimmie Daniel Judy Edgar Kathryn Amidon Walter Earl Anthony Jessie Ellett Margaret Evans Darrell Baker Nancy Bibles Sylvia Evans Carroll Faris Charlene Bingham Doyle Bird Jim Finnegan Saundra Fluitt Lelwin Brizendine Charles Bullard Neva Nell Gibson Lela Jo Glimp Rex Glover Larry Hall Kay Beth Keele Norma Dee Keele Mary Lucille Hall Ben Hardaway Erma Leta Kinsey Judy Kuykendall Kenneth Harned Janie Hendersen Nelson Lynn Jamye Mayhall Rebecca Henry Billy Holder Jerry Meador Sue Moore Eugene Hoover James Hyman Nedra Moreland C. G. Morton Jan Kassaw Jerry Kassaw Aubrey Newman Wayne Nickels Sandra Phillips Billy Jay Ray Willy Stinnett Karen Thomas Betsy Reed Cecil Rhodes Nancy Warner Barbara Warwick Pat Riddell Mildred Riley Jack Wilson Pete Whittaker Monte Ross Martha Russworm Frances Wooten Patricia Wooten Erlene Shelburn Charles Seiber Wanda Wooten Jo Ann Zimmerhanzel Picture Not Available Valedictorian and Salutatorian CAROLYN COVINGTON - RANDALL JONES n.n.s. LA BLANCHE DAVIS BEVERLY YOUNG UM.S. Sweetheart Nominees DIANE KINCHELOE VIRGINIA BIBLES Homecoming Queen Nominees SHIRLEY EVERETT - DIANE KINCHELOE - CAROL McDOUGAL - MONA GAYLE MORGAN Harvest Queen Nominees JAMYE ROACH - MORMA DEE KEELE - BEVERLY YOUNG .Harvest festival Queen KAY PETTY w h o s W h o Most Popular SHIRLEY EVERETT - BILL KINSEY Best Personality BEVERLY YOUNG - GARRY FELLERS Most Athletic ESTHER SPIEKERMANN - BILLY JOE McCOY Most Bashful JESSIE ELLETT - O’DELL McCOY Friendliest LAQUITA ALEXANDER - BARNEY BAKER Cutest MONA GAYLE LEWIS - FRANK NICHOLS Most Dependable PEGGY GIBSON SHELL - BUCK JONES Most Likely to Succeed CAROLYN COVINGTON - RANDALL JONES Most Courteous BETTY SUE ALEXANDER - DORMAN WHEELER BUCK JONES—President Student Council--District 17 GLENDA GLOVER State F. H. A. Degree M.H.S. Maud Hand Sweetheart Hand director MARY ADA ZIMMERMAN MISS PATRICIA BRANDT Concert Hand Majorettes JANE SCOGGINS, KAY PETTY, KAY ELLISON, DIANE KINCHELOE, LA BLANCHE DAVIS. Drum Major PAUL NORRIS Cheerleaders CARROLL REICH - BEVERLY YOUNG - ANN HOLLAND - LYNDA FEILD Buck Jones President Council ’55 Frank Nichols Miss Simpson Laquita Alexander Vice President Sponsor Secretary J.KA- Officers, Sponsor, and 'Dreamboat Carolyn Haring Shirley Everett Carolyn Covington Jill Eilett C arm on Lynn Miss Kenny, Sponsor Pat Riddell, Dreamboat Laquita Alexander Ann Holland Glenda Glover Suture Momemakers of America 33Ji. Sweetheart CAROL ANN McDOUGAL Key Club Speech Club Cibrary yAssistants CunchrooM Staff Sports Outstanding in Sports ESTER SPEIKERMANN - BILLY JOE McCOY Assistant Coach HENRY H. HILL ODELL McCOY ELDON HAMMOND DORMAN WHEELER, Back End - Captain Guard - Captain - H. Ment. Hon. Ment. - All-Dist. BILLY JOE EVERETT Back JIMMY EVERETT Back JAMES HOOVER End PAT RIDDELL Back BILL KINSEY Tackle - w. 5- - ii GLEN GILMORE Guard PAT TIPPIE Back KELLEY THOMAS Back john McCullough Guard All-District Managers JAN KASSAW - J. W. GALBREATH KENNEDY WARDEN GARRY FELLERS - Guard Captain DORMAN WHEELER Center BILLY McCOY - Forward Captain RANDALL JONES - Forward Captain KELLEY THOMAS Guard BUCK JONES Forward JIMMY EVERETT O'DELL McCOY ELDON HAMMOND ■ Guard Guard Forward Qiris’ basketball Squad ESTHER SPIEKERMANN CAROLYN HARING SHIRLEY EVERETT Qiris’ Zrack Zeam Keys’ Volleyball Zennis ftoys' baseball A Message to junior High We, the Seniors of ’55, wish to install the foresight and initiative unto those of Junior High to study for a higher degree of learning. Set for yourselves a high goal and work towards that goal and let nothing stop you. When you at Junior High get to be Seniors may you uphold the name of Seniors with all the honor and dignity the class of 55 did. Sincerely, Class of '55 { unior Migh MR. ROUNDTREE faculty MISS GIBBS MR. PALMER MRS. GARRETT MRS. 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