Cambria High School - Comet Yearbook (Cambria, IA)

Text from Pages 1 - 64 of the 1955 volume:

.xmi -4 R' Annual Staff 5-of rf BJ 4 FRONT ROW Pearlene Cohen Ivlary Ellen Kxnser Kaye Carton Clara imclaxr julia Singleton BACK ROW joan Myers Warren Relph jumor Wxllxamson Roy New Dwxght Brown Carl Engle Walter Qtander Dedication We the Senior Class of 1955 ded1cate thxs volume of the COMET to the school board faculty and to our parents Thexr combmed under standmg and co operation have made our CdUCBtlOh posslble We smcerely thank them for thexr help IFACLUHLW IRVIN K. VAN FLEET RAYMOND MILLER 5UP0l'il'1l0hd9h! ' Coach, Mathematics II you are good, prove it and A Social Studies save your breath. When you think you are get- l ting to first base with a woman A you end up at home. CLARA SINCLAIR Commercial Kindness is her law MARY FAITH HENDERSON EVELYN Lhwlb Music English Seventh and Eight Never a dull moment Grades 'Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today NADUNE ZERKLL Fifth and Sixth Grades Life is no duller than you Second Third and Fourth Pf'm'U'Y and F1751 Grades Grades Quaint quiet and courteous I don 3 555' much buf I do a lot . . I 1 EDNA MCCOLLUM make it. LOUISE THOMAS . , - A . . 5 K X 1 .. . V . .H N I! I Y H H' . P' I 1 , v 1 Board of Education 941' Ross Woollxs Delbert Wxllxamson 'RX' M L Rigby Tommxe Sxlcott Guy Chapman Secretary Presxdent Treasurer Wallace Allred Ed Kxrchner ta-, as-' is Ar .res ROY NFW ga CARL, EINGLE I wart to be won t let me Annual Staff Class Offxcer Cornet Staff Wessed be 'he 'nan who lnvented sleep Annual btaff Class Play Basketball Manager Come! btaff Chorus Basketball Baseball bashful but the gxr ls ymx rv s FRS DWIGHT BROWN HL-'s tall and he's lankyg he's funny and he's thin, but he's a Jolly good fellow for the shape that he's in. 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' .. . . .. ------------------4 - ---------------- 1-z -------------------- z-3 ----- --.--------- 3-4 ' ....... ......,.. 4 Comet Staff -- ---------------- 4 , - --------------- - 4 B ------------ ------ 1 -Z-3-4 -f Q Q -- ........ ....- - -- l-Z-4 s - - ..,.......... -- 1 . 5 ......... 3-4 A 5 ------- '-- '- 4 ,' A 3 I . --------------------1 ---------------1 ------------------1 PEARLENE GOBEN Love as just around the corner and here I am at the mtersechon Annual Stuff Basketball Chorus Class Play Class Ofhcer Comet Staff WALTER STANDER Late hours are bad for one bu they are all right for two Annual Staff Basketball Class Offxcer Class Play Basketball Manager Comet Staff DONALD STOUT Not a flirt not a flirt seldom bothered by a skirt Annual Staff Class Play Comet Staff KAYE CART ON I m glad I am perfect Annual Staff Basketball Class Play Comet Staff Class Officer Chorus Baton Twxrler not an angel, they re .. . , . ----------------..-4 ------------- I-Z-3-4 ' ----------------- 3-4 ------------------ 4 ' ------------- 1-2-3 ---------------------- 1 1 ' '---'- '- 1-2 ------------------4 Band ---------------------- l-Z I V ------------- l-Z-3-4 ' 1 ---------------------- l W . ----------------- 3-4 4 ' ---------- l-2-3-4 I ------------------ 4 , A 2 A0 .. , t ------------------- 4 -----------------l-2-3 - ,,.,,,,,.......... 4 ------------------ 3-4 ------------ 4 ------------------- 4 j Senior Class Roll oh Q 'qr lx arxm C 1- t 1 axe Carto orotlx r ere U x ll meer Clrolx 0 r l ers x ld rd e Varrer lee Reloh L11 lrg eton 'alter Charles Stander Dornld De fl tout loxd C arles llllamior 00 NK 1th The Ropes of the East Ne Rmg The Bells 01' The Future CLASS COL ORS Rose and Wh1te C1 l9 1lJ'lVTTLi Xmermwn We utx Rose SFNVWR CLAQ9 WFFICFRQ learlene Goben 'NICE Premdent Xllter Stander Secretary Carl Engle Treasurer ulla Smwletorm Reporfer L X 1 qv o' sec 1 l 1 1 O Dzfsin E lfrwicis 1- O'ffl'1 1 ' 'arl Fingle Nlif hr ,I H D 11' Eff-rl l . Bogen Marg' llnen K' ' if xi xl G 1 fmy ' R 01- A, 13 N X. A A A A xl le Ann 1 l ,, f. I1 1 f 5, 1, 5 W lf 1' h IV' ' . .,jr, I' 1' ' 7 ' - , , n ' - ' , . ' 1 . a I' Dwight Brown - -------------- - ---- President ft ----- --------- ' ' - .' lyff 5' ---,, ,--, , ,,,,,,,,, - if . J .K O ---------- ------ - ---- L ' jgglgg,-1 A,-11 Rffiiqfy- c111!xE1,iF'ffc1E Nil- Til' Xffy ll 1 'R Txlrax Ike, Wil N T 'P-' EQFR N 1 . ured Q' tive of P1.1l,.iC.11'o1 Class History On September l l94Z mne tots swarmed the Cambrla Consolldated School eager to start then' school career Thelr teacher was Loulse Condra Those who enrolled were Kaye Carton Margie McDougal joan Myers Marlanna Schmell Larry Sp1dle Bllly joe Farms Pearlene Coben Dan Mxner and Phyllls Carrol At the end of the flrst semester Phyllls Carrol moved to C110 but Dwlght Brown jomed us ln March Back agam the next year 1943 we had the same students w1th the exceptlon of Warren Relph who started wxth us ln March of the fxrst grade and we lost Larry Spldle Dwlght Brown left us m March and went to Corydon Agam the teacher was Louxse Condra At the begmmng of our second grade ln 1944 we were greeted by our teacher Betty ean Hollday The enrollment was elght puplls They were Kaye Garton Karmen Glbbs Pearlene Goben Roy McConnell joan Myers Warren Relph Larry Shrlver judlth 'vlartm and Dwlght Brown rejoxned us ln March In 1945 we were all back to start our th1rd grade wlth the exceptlon of Larry Shrwer and Pearlene Goben and jamce Buoy jomed us Our teacher was the same one that we had ID the second grade Betty jean Hollday Pearlene Goben rejolned us at the end of the flrst semester At the beglnnlng of our fourth grade ln 1946 we were all back Our new teacher was May Clark Those enrolled were Dwxght Brown Kaye Carton Karmen Glbbs Pearlene Goben joan Myers Warren Relph and Roy McConnell Our class decreased conslderably the next year There were only seven of us enrolled They were Dwlght Brown Kaye Garton Pearlene Goben Karmen Glbbs joan Myers Warren Relph and Rlchard Erb Karmen dropped out the second week of school Our teacher was Roberta Norrls Connle Moon junlor Wllhamson and La Veta Glllenwater At the end of the f1rst slx weeks we lost Connie Moon Our teacher was agaln Roberta Norrls As we entered the jumor Hxgh we st1ll had the same enrollment Wlth the addltlon of joe Moore Charles Boston jO1Ded us the thlrd slx weeks and Mary Ellen Klnser the flfth s1x weeks Our teacher was Mrs Evelyn Lew1s We entered the e1ghth grade wlth one add1t1on to our last year s enrollment Peggy Conn and agaln we had Mrs Evelyn Lew1s for our teacher We all graduated from the elghth grade together and were now ready to enter hlgh school At the begmnmg of our hlgh school career we lost several members of our class The remamlng members were Kaye Garton Dwlght Brown Warren Relph jumor W1l11amson Pearlene Goben joan Myers Charles Boston Mary Ellen Kmser and Walter Stander entered our class as a new member Begmnmg the tenth grade Carl Engle Roy New julla Smgleton Donald Stout james Sh1pley and Ell1s Cubbs jomed us We were all back to start the eleventh grade wlth the exceptlon of james Shipley but we lost Charles Boston and Ellxs Gibbs later ln the year At the begmnlng of our Senlor year we were back once more Those graduatmg ln the class of 1955 are Kaye Garton Pearlene Goben joan Myers jul1a Slngleton Mary Ellen Klnser Walter Stander Dwxght Brown Warren Relph Donald Stout Carl Engle Roy New and Floyd Wllllamson jr As each and everyone of us start on our prospectwe careers we w1l1 always treasure the memorxes of our school days Those startmg and f1n1sh1ng thexr school here m Cambr1a are Kaye Garton Pearlene Goben joan Myers and jumor Wllhamson -I . . . . D : , . , At the beginning of our sixth grade we were all back with three additions. They were: Class Prophecy May zo mes Dear Carl Iyyonder'1f you have seen or heard fronn any of our classnnates sxnce I got bulhday cardsfronmeveryone ofthenuexceptyou Everybody seenusto haxe a pern1anent honneexceptlVaHer Hels beguuunglds secondten yearternmlnthe Paratrooper Corps He seenusto hke M very welland plansto rehre u1ten years On the other hand Donald Stout has gamed many promotlons wlth the Burlmgton Rall road and IS now head engmeer of the Streak from Denver to Chmcago Dw1ght opened up a Nash agency ln Cambrxa Evzdently he got a llttle homesxck after belng away In the Alr Force National Guard for awhlle He has won respect from all other car dealers IH Southern Iowa As you know Kaye and Dwxght were marrxed and Kaye st1ll works part txme at the Cambrla Telephone Off1Ce The rest of the time IS dey oted to her three chlldren who keen her very busy Although Pearlene has neyer nuarrxed she has nuade a very good nanwe for herseH She 1S a very able prxvate secretary for the notable Jeneral A. G Van Dyke atlus elaborate offxce ln Washxngton D C I guess JU116 IS really up 1n soclety She nuarrled jacques hAont1er the fanuous I7rench deslgner They own one of the flnest mxllmery shops ln Pans CH course JUHIOT and hdary Ellen nnarrled as soon as we graduated 'They now owrxand operate a three hundred twenty acre farm In Northern Iowa Before long non thexr three sons vnll be a great help xn the f16ldS and the house work w11l dlmxmsh xx 1th the a1d of thelr three daughters Roy s the b1g one uuthe class As soon as he graduated he becarne a professxonal wrestler He now welghs a sohd hyo hundred fdty He has a yery Hnportantt1Ue bout ne'-ct month xy 1th the world s champion I-lapplly marrxed to Hal Sanders IS the smallest one of the class joan My ers She ms just a housewzfe butto a xery mnuportant nuan Ile nway soon beconne the yxce presxdent of johnson s Machme Shop I hear you re a sly one the only boy who dldn t get marrzedl a renowned bachelor llowfnuany nnen do you have under your SUPGTWISIOD there atllernuu slldl Orchard'7 I guess your products have becon1eyyeH knowxxthe nauon wlde As for nue xyell Iyyentlnto a new field I nw a Hylng telexnsmon salesnwan for the TG1hVIDd T6l6XlSlOH Conwpany Idlstrlbute colors for old faded color sets VVellI nwust close nov H has been nxce talklno to you IUon ttake any xxooden nn H nmax proxe fatal Sxncerelx ours KK 'arrtn , , . 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Q V avls, cl' ' 1 , , 'X ,- ' 1 r Class Poem just a lxne about each lad and lass They belonv to the flfty fue class Each of them dlffer ln yarlous yy ays just thlnk' They ll be Gone one of these days A very good player 15 Dv. 1ght Brown He drlves a Chey 16 and llves ID town Usually happy and seldom blue Hxs fr1ends are many hxs enemles few A quiet and mlschlevous boy IS Carl Fngle To most of hls frxends he s known as Prlngle He studmes hard but has h1s fun And goes w1th a gxrl from Corydon We re sure Kaye Carton wlll go down a Cambrla star When lt comes to basketball she never fa1ls but goes far Wxth dark brown hazr and pretty green eyes She l1kes the boys but IS very wlse Pearlene Goben our tallest lass ls also Vlce P1-esldent of our class She plays guard on the basketball team She s a good sport and her frxends call her Pean Mary E llen Kmser a damty lass ls always at the head of the class We can t predict what her future wxll be '3ut xt ll depend on -Iunlor walt and see joan Meyers our shortest lass ls also artlst ofthe class We all are sure she ll wm much fame lf Hal s the one to change her name When there s laughmg and Joklng Roy New wlll be there He s not so tall and has dark brown ha1r Also a manager for the basketball team Talkmg to the g1rls IS a pastlme It seems lxext comes Warren Relph a studlous lad He d l1ke all sports that could be had College xy 111 be hls next achlevement IH llfe And we re sure he ll do good as he chooses a xufe ulla Slngleton IS qulet and yery shy She tr1es real hard and always gets by Wxth dark red hamr and neatly dressed For a frlend she IS one of the best A 1 O 1 . . 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V y 1 1 1 Class Wall We the Sen1o1 Class of 195: of the Cambrla Consolxdated Hlgh School ln the county of Wayne State of Iowa bemg of questlonable mmd and character also realxzxng the uncertalnty of our school days do declare the followlng to be the last w1ll and testament of the sa1d class I Carl Engle wxll my strong wxll power whxch enables me to reslst alcohol tobacco reckless dr1v1ng and profane language to Rex Mead and hope he can develop It a l1ttle stronger than Idld I Dwlght Brown belng of sound mind do hereby bequeath my typewrlter to Els1e Brmer and hope she doesn t have to use the hunt and peck system I Pearlene Goben w1ll my downstalrs locker and ab1l1ty to get along wlth people Marlene De jong so that when she IS late to the games llke I she can dress ln a hurry I Roy New w1ll my typewrlter to Raymond Newell and hope he checks the o1l before he uses xt and he doesn t have to overhaul lt I junior Wlllxamson do hereby bequeath my desk m the back of the studyhall to someone who wants to use hxs braln to sllp out unnoticed I Mary Ellen Klnser wlll my shorthand pad to JGYIICE Klrchner and hope she has more luck readlng the chlcken scratches than I d1d I Warren Relph do hereby wlll those two very good combs whlch have been m my locker for the last two years to the 55 56 Cambna basketball teams so they wlll look better after practlce each day I Kaye Carton wxll my basketball sult number 45 and my ablllty to play to Sandra Danlels and hope that she does better than I dld I Donald Stout w1ll and bequeath my abxllty to forget my lessons to anyone who can remember thelrs and would llke to forget them I 511116 Smgleton w1ll my desk 1n the front of the studyhall to Mary Lou Klrchner and hope she doesn t get caught whlspermg as many tlmes as I d1d I oan Myers w1ll all the good tlmes I have had durmg my four years of h1gh school to Nancy Kay K1rchner and hope she can leave out the bad tlmes I Walter Stander w1ll and bequeath my eraser flghts to Rex Pollock and hope that he does not get caught as many txmes as I d1d We the Senior Class w1l1 our studxous attltude and co operatwe nature to the Class o 56 We the Sen1or Class w1ll our 1nab1l1ty to make qulck d6ClS1OnS frequent class dxsagreements and uncontrolled class dxscusslons to the Class of 7 We the Senlor Class do hereby wxll another three years of tests uhlch we passed by superlor 1ll1teracy to the Class of 58 and hope that the tests mcrease respectnely ID dlfflculty wlth each comlng year We the Senlor Class w1ll all of our en1oyable tlmes IU class and at partles and our ab1l1ty to retreat from the studyhall promptly at 3 38 p m to the Class of 5 We the Senior Class wlll the stock car race track mcludlng the grax el to the future I-lot rodders of C H S Slgned sealed publlshed and declared by the members of the Senlor Class on thxs Frlday the 13th day of Nlay 1955 0 ,. , . . . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 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To ffm future: fire hfuurxd, ,am 2. 'f,'e'11 ef- 3.- vw mg V ', .-:.i.T.f f UINNWEIRGIRAUS Mary Lou Kxrchner lf gxggles were golden I d be a mxllxonaxre Ly e Van Fleet Unpredmtable as fu-ecracker 5 'Z frxf' Dean Ellxs The only way to have a frxend is to be one Francxs Snook There are two sxdes to every questxon my sxde and the wrong sxde Moneta Allred Fun xs the spxce of life and Ilxke alot of season IB 103 Judy Orner She 15 not a card She s a whole deck Loren Spoon Gwe me the gurl and the moonlxght and leave the rest to me jerry Barton lm m favor of seven day weekends Carolyn Sllcott Mardell Newton Kay Mead HSI' friends ther' A quiet tongue shows a Dlghlflido Almost are many her foes are wxse head untxl you get to know there any'7 ' her 17 D! QQ .I I x -f , . fi , . if :Q X- I xl , v -. .nu . g,1v Ja rf- 459 v , f if 114' ' .515 ' -. ' s.4,1j' 4 1 , Ii l H 3 H A . ' 7 T57 ' 4? , X 5 R A ? Y X 1 .l OPHOMORE ClASS Elsxe Exleen Dxck B,-mer Carlson Holmes Charlotte Naylor Loyed Smgleton Don Burnham 5 Sue Mead Raymond Newell s 34 Lmda Newton Rex Perkins jamce Kxrchner Lmda Relph QU! It Mary Jo Wendell Stander Terrell FRE HMA ClASS Marlene Dejong Glen Goben LaVonne johnnie Stout Tilton Rex Mead Gary Sheet: Donald Wullxam s Gerald Grimes Sharon Tuttle lghth Grade , 1 135.2 joyce Dany Mae Sandra Ruth Ann jerry Cloule Cook Danxela Frulzer Grimes Shar on Luca: Verna Chxlel Kenneth Naylor joanne Rex Ronnie Delores Nancy Kirchner 1' Rf' 'zz .:'l Carolyn Perkins Pollock Tuttle Van Fleet Williamson Seventh Grade Vxvxan Anneta Knren Lqg-ry Cook DIIUCII Ellli Evgrmgn Carol Karen Mary Craxg Newton Paugh Stout Street Floyd Gibbs Wayne White 19 Lyle Allred joyce Myers Virginia Cook Ernest Stander Ni 'V x Patricia Thomas Isabel Cook Harriett Rigby Diane Morris LAX' ry Tuttle I 1 Sixth Grade Karen Gibbs Janice Sheets Fifth Grade u .k 4. zu it-1' Alice Kenneth White White Marilyn Kost Gary Swainey Z- Charles Garton Joyce Silcott '. I xl. Dale White Loren Langford Richard Williams Leland Perkins jimmy Sears Mary jane Williamson -nf Fourth Grade Beverly Iw alee Stout Keith Kost Marxlyn Glbbs Allred Judy Wllhamson Earl Cherryholmes Harold Evermarx Q. Sc james Lewis Susan Mxtchell Thlrd Grade Louxse Larry Grimes De Vore Larry joan Pearson Snyder Second Grade Lmda Rxchard Honn Dana Harvey Garton Lyle Carlos Perkxns Puugh 4 i Dennis Laffy White Lmda joann ale: Street Thomas l Dav1d Swamey Frumbo If ll june Ann Halferty Tom Rees Timmy Donald Whlttaker IN ona Langford Duvxd Street jamce Lucas Steven Wxlkey Z! Linda Mxtc hell n',f Linda Sears David Wxllxams . 4 -Aa .E 4 4 ' 9 I K J ' . . x , i y ' 4 4- . , 1 , 19 u I D 4 . I Z: Q h , 1 1 - .Af 4 Q. O J 8 ' A g 4 A 4 .' 1,1 3 A L I C, I 5 ZA , S 2, 'I m V 4 ' 1 5' af is ' n .i r v ' .V ' ' dflj . A KJ? 1 ff 4 'S V. ' 1 G ' .4 ' Q - xl 1 L Connie Kathy Cherryholmel Burley Lmda Bxrlxngmaxr Carolyn Mitchell ZZ Fir t Grade 4 5 .4 - Q Betty ohn De Vore Grimes Steven Laura Chester Lucas Lewis Mitchell Prnmar Ronnie Garton Chuckle Everman 1 ju' ry Pear non Stephen Paugh 3 C Shirley Guerin' Rosemary Donald Swainey jackson joyce Halferty johnny Sears 1 v W4 Q Ruth Ann Hughes Jewell llonn Txmmy Wilkie ' l A A J ' 'Q ft-V Y ' , Jf 4' I . , C -1 I7 1. .I 452 13x .t 1 ' Y ' 41 ff- 1 I 1 4 L '- Q 1 i ATHLETTUQQ Girl Basketball quad N1- Z9 1 jamce Krrchner Kay Mead Pearleae Goben Raymond Mxller Kaye Garten Lmda Relph Betty Sue Mead FRONT ROW -lanxce Kxrchncr Fax Mead Pearlene Goben Kaye Carter Lmda Relpl Betts Sue Mead BACK ROW Clara Smclanr 'can Mxers Elsxe Brmer Monera Allred Carolwn Qxlcot Marlene De -long Slaron Tuttle Marx Lou Kxrchner Coacl' Rasrrond Mxller NOT PICTURED: Charlotte Naylor. Boys' Ba ketball Squad Coach Raymond Muller Warren Relph Raymond Newell jumor Williamson Dwxght Brown Loren Spoon Not plctured Dick Holmes FROIV1' ROW Raymond Newell Warren Relph Dwxght Brown Loren Spoon jumor Wxllxamson BACK ROW Roy New Donald Wxllxams Glen Goben Rex Perkms Lyle Van Fleet Walter Stander Coach Raymond Mxller NOT PICTLJRED Gary Sheets Duck Holmes Rex Mead . I I U b ' I I I I . f - -J' f' f ' . , Wi I , , . f V 8, 3 , T . 5 1 . V 4 1 i' l x V 5 f n l r - I . . - 5 1 . ' e 1 n 1 a v v . - Glrls Sports Record Basketball season began thxs year wtth seventeen glrls reportlng for practlce Mr Mxller was our coach aga1n thls year Out of the seventeen glrls the following twelve were chosen Kaye Garton Pearlene Goben Kay Mead Moneta Allred Carolyn Sxlcott janxce Kirchner Llnda Relph Elsle Brlner Charolette Naylor Sue Mead Sharon Tuttle and Marlene De Jong joan Myers and Mary Lou Kxrchner were chosen our managers Mlss Slnclazr was our chaperon Twenty s1x games were played out of whlch we won 15 and lost ll The forwards scored 1254 polnts with an average of 48 pomts per game The defenslve team held the opponets to 1019 polnts wlth an average of 39 polnts per game Thxs ended the basketball seasons for our captams Kaye and Pearlene because they are our two Semors Kaye made 676 pomts ln her Semor year of playlng wlth an average of26 pouns per ganae We played Sewal for our flrst game ln the County Tournament and won Next we played Seymour but were defeated Allerton were our opponents for the Consolatlon game They were the v1ctors The G1rls Sect1onal started us off playmg Corydon They led to the last few seconds then Kaye Garton scored the wmnlng basket leavmg us vlctors by 2 polnts Seymour unable to wm We beat Lmevllle for our last game and brought home the Consolatlon Trophy Boys Sports Record The members of the boys basketball squad of 1954 55 are as follows Dlck Holmes Dwlght Brown Loren Spoon Raymond Newell jumor Wzlllamson Warren Relph Rex Mead Gary Sheets Rex Perkms Donald Wllllams Lyle X an Fleet and Glen Goben The Comets won 10 and lost 10 of thelr regular season s games They were defeated by Seymour ln the County Tournament and lost to Lmevmlle the County Champs ln the Sectxonal Dxck Holmes lead the team s scorlng wlth 246 polnts Dwlght Brown was second wlth 223 polnts Dlck Holmes was elected the Captaln Walter Stander and Roy New were the managers for the year P11 ofthe boys played yery well th1s year and they were good sports whether they won or lost The managers were busy all of the t1me and dld a good job of keeping the team ln good shape SCORES THEY Le Roy Weldon Lucas Russell Derby Allerton Lucas Sewal Llnevllle Russell Weldon Humeston Allerton Le Roy Garden Grove L1nev1lle Humeston Garden Grove Derby Sewal Sewal C T Seymour C T Allerton Corydon Lmevxlle S T SCORES THEY Le Roy Weldon Lucas Russell Derby Allerton Lucas Sewal Llnevxlle Russell Weldon Humeston Allerton Le Roy Garden Croy e Lxnevllle Humeston Garden Grove Derby Sewal Seymour C T Llnevllle S ' 7 ' ' WE ' ' ' . . ' 56 31 ' ' . ' ' 51 73 I - , 35 36 . . ' , ' ' - 42 32 ' , ' ' , . . 53 38 . . 62 51 ' . ' 50 27 ' ' . 75 16 - ' ' 53 ' ' 2l . ' ' 42 46 ' . ' 36 56 ' ' 48 60 ' . 42 44 ' ' . 39 Z5 ' . 55 52 . . . . . 38 . . Z8 ' . 33 48 ' ' 43 50 . 71 21 . ' 92 17 . ' . 51 . . 14 ' ' ' ' . 31 . . 67 . 35 C.T. 42 . . . . . . 44 S.T. 42 was our next game, Everyone played hard but we were 34 Seymour S,T, 49 ' . ' ' 43 ' ' . . 33 7 ' ' - WE : ' , ' , , 47 39 ,' ' , ' ' ' . , 44 47 A . , ' . ' ' . 49 57 ' . . 25 61 ' 47 46 ' . ' 56 34 ' ' ' ' , 50 66 ' , ' ' . 57 40 ' ' ' ' 58 ' ' 60 ' . ' ' . 36 67 ' ' . 46 57 7 ' . 45 41 . ' ' 52 35 ' ' . 48 50 ' ' ' 53 1 ' 69 ' ' ' , 46 ' ' 45 32 49 44 39 58 49 67 42 41 . . 52 37 ' ' .T. 71 Gettmg Ready The Happy Moment Really Playing Ball if ax. Dvnght Scores Two junior Scores Q 3 fr .su Cheerleaders ff 'k Pean as Forward jurrp Dvugh! junxor Hxgh Cheerleaders 1 v- A h Q 1 - , s J 6 V ,L ' ' 7 1' ll . V- ' J , . 1 . g ' X V ,,. , Z . s J 9 . A e .: f l I C r I ' Q. 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