Caruthersville High School - Cotton Blossom Yearbook (Caruthersville, MO)

Text from Pages 1 - 140 of the 1956 volume:

1 CONTENTS ADMINISTRATION OUR ACADEMIC LIFE OUR EXTRACURRICULAR LIFE OUR ATHLETIC LIFE OUR SOCIAL LIFE HERE WE ARE OUR ADVERTISERS 6 10 24 46 58 72 105 . . . And we remember how our school appeared to us in the winter . . . the lirst big snowfall settling quietly over the campus . . . the footprints of frolicking teen agers making a pattern on its smooth surface . . . these scenes are a part of our memories of life at C. H. S. Our school life is made of memories ... As each day passes, we add another memory ... a memory of our life at Caruthersville High School. We remember that first day feeling . . . the lump of excitement in the freshman's throat . . . the look of importance in the senior's eyes. We remember the excitement of football season . . . throats hoarse from cheering . . . the beginning of basketball season with lights beaming on the court . . . the track boys stretching their legs and triumphantly running away with the State championship. We remember the many club activities making our growth inevitable . . . the excitement of the S. A. C. election . . . traveling to drama and music contests and conventions. We remember the fun . . . the crowd standing on tiptoe to catch a glimpse of the Varsity Queen . . . the yearbook queen . . . and her court reigning over the gala Cotton Blossom Ball . . . We remember the last week of school . . . students staring dreamily out of the classroom windows wondering what's ahead . . . seniors trying on caps and gowns and becoming sentimental at the thought of graduation . ,. singing the Alma Mater for the last time . . . But most of all we remember that another year is over leaving us with many fond and treasured memories. THIS IS YOUR LIFE, C. H. S. 5 MR. DELMAR A. COBBLE, Superintendent Even though he is not in direct touch with C. H. S. students. Mr. Cobble knows each one personally and takes a personal interest in their activities. In addition to his local school work, Mr. Cobble has served this year as president of the Southeast Missouri Athletic Conference and as a member of the State Committee on Teacher Tenure and Salary. He is also active in Rotary, the American Legion, in his church, and his hobbies are fishing and reading. Administration Furthers Progress in C. H. S. The success and growth of any organization depends upon careful and efficient management. Our Board of Education and administrative staff have r shown their efficiency and desire to progress as evidenced in the many new additions to C. H. S. depicted on the next two pages. This splendid team of workers has strived to see that our needs were met. Their tireless efforts have kept C. H. S. progressing, and thus, we have maintained our record as a Triple A school and a member of the North Central Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION examine the blueprints of the future high school music building. Standing: Mr. Frank Slentz. Mr. Wayman Foster. Mr. Dalton Teroy. Superintendent Delmar Cobble. Seated: Mrs. J. Thomas Markey, Mr. Dale Bracey, Mr. Willard Collins, President, and Mrs. Frances Walton. Secretary. MR. EDWARD J. SHELTON. Principal You can find Mr. Shelton almost the year around at the high school, ready to help rearrange any student's schedule or aid in any other way possible. His interests and activities also extend beyond our local school. He is president of the Southeast Missouri Secondary Principal's Association and an active member of Kiwanis Club and his church. His hobbies are photography, fishing, golfing, and travel. MRS. WALTON AND MRS. TRAINOR stop to rest a minute from their secretarial duties. In addition to their regular office work they are always generous with their time and effort in helping both individual students and organizations in C. H. S. MRS. FRANCES WALTON MRS MELVIN TRAINOR As head maintenance man and bus driver with a perfect record of no accidents. MR. OTTO GOING is one of the indispensable members of the hiqh school staff His hard working assistant is MR. MAURICE LAWRENCE ON REGISTRATION DAY. Mrs. Trainor and Virginia Ann White, yearbook business manager, are collecting registration fees from Barbara Klinkhart and Sue Cole. The fee of S10 included textbook rentals, activity ticket, and a Cotton Blossom. MR. SHELTON, Mr. Cobble and Barry Trainor look with pride at the S433 contributed by C. H. S. organizations for the purchase of our new stage curtains. C. H. S. Qrows in 1955 - '56 1955-56 was a year of growth and of many improvements in C. H. S. The largest enrollment in our history, 422, the adding of three new classes, school publications, secretarial practice, and senior science, and the addition of a new secretary to the principal and an additional teacher in science and math to the staff, were all indications that C. H. S. is growing. The most gratifying of the changes to both students and the public was the extensive building program begun this year. A new high school music building, a new cafeteria which high school students will share with the Southside students, and a new track and football field - all in sight for next year, were all evidences of progress in C. H. S. Another improvement this year was the setting up of a textbook rental and activity ticket system which meant a substantial saving to students. In the equipment line, five new electric typewriters, an electric adding machine and an electric mimeograph were bought. Athletes were benefited by the addition of a master masseur or Medcotron and a whirlpool machine. A weekly radio program over KCRV, jointly sponsored by the elementary and high schools, was both a good public relations project and a worthwhile experience to the students who participated. Probably the improvement of which the students are the proudest is the beautiful velvet curtains for the stage since it was through their efforts that they were purchased. THE NEW BUILDINGS are still in the blueprint stage. Here the members of the Board of Education and the architect study the building plans. Below: The high school music building begins to take shape. STUDENT SIDEWALK SUPERINTENDENTS watch the laying of the foundation of the much needed high school music building. In the group are Tommy King. Jerry Butler, Mike Keeton. Bobby Tanner. Don DePriest. Jan Martin and Rosalie Brooks. Above: The new Southside School cafeteria nears completion. 1: We Qrow in Knowledge We remember . . . that first day feeling . . . the rush of registration . . . the confusion of changing schedules . . . the amused glances of upperclassmen as they watched the wandering, lost freshmen . . . that uncertain, uneasy feeling we all had as we made our adjustment to new courses and new teachers. But, we remember, too, the quick settling down to a familiar, daily routine ... a routine of homerooms, classes, assignments, exams. We remember these busy, study-filled hours ... that part of our life that helped us grow in knowledge and stature. This is an important part of our life, C. H. S. REGISTRATION DAY. September 2, was the beginning. Here Mr. Redman Dunham and Mrs. Nathan Wood help freshmen Woods, Ferrell, Vails. Slaten and Klinkhart register for their first year at C. H. S. 12 WE QUICKLY SETTLED DOWN to the familiar routine of classes - and exams. Here American history students Alexander, Copeland. Beecher, Bruce. Reeves, Pool. King and Dean are taking their first history exam. Special Services Are Offered Students A speech correction service, offered for the first time this year, has been of invaluable aid to many C. H. S. students. The work of Mrs. Lyman Dillard, correctionist, in this, her first year, included interviewing and testing 1,401 students, working once or twice weekly with the 248 students who needed correction, giving numerous tests with the telebino-cular and audiometer. While much of Mrs. Dillard's work was with elementary children, a number of high school students also profited from her work. Because a trouble shared is half cured, Mr. Thomas Mock, guidance counselor, made an important contribution to C. H. S. Personal counseling, help in vocational and educational planning, and testing are all a part of his service to our students. MR. THOMAS MOCK, guidance counselor, advises Georgia Goodale. sophomore. Mr. Mock is also adviser to the newly organized Conservation Club, a co-sponsor of the junior class and instructor in world problems. In addition to his school work, he is active in the Kiwanis and Key Club and is president of the District Guidance Counselors. Mr. Mock's hobbies are hunting, fishing and reading. Each year our students are using the library more and more, said Mrs. Dwight Moodie, librarian. This year a thousand more books were used than ift the previous year, and as a result about 175 new books were added to the library. The thirty different magazines to which the library subscribes are thoroughly read before being placed in the files for reference. Mrs. Moodie. who heads the library staff, is one of the few trained librarians in southeast Missouri. Mrs. George Brown, study hall supervisor, also assists in the library. MRS. LYMAN DILLARD, oui new speech correctionist, works with Otis White, senior. Although new in our community. Mrs. Dillard is already active in the SeMo Club and is director of her church choir. Her hobby is music. MRS. DWIGHT MOODIE. librarian in both the high school and Southside School, is also sponsor of the Honor Society and Spanish instructor. She is vice-president of the District Classroom Teachers Association. Her hobbies are reading and bridge • and Colorado where she spends the summer working as a hostess in an Estes Park resort hotel. MRS. GEORGE BROWN, (right), study hall supervisor, is also adviser to the Future Teachers Club. Mrs. Brown's many interests include her church, sewing and flower gardening. 13 MRS. THOMAS MOCK (right), teaches Enqlish I and III and journalism and is co-sponsor of the Pep Club and of the freshman class. Tiger Rag adviser, and literary adviser of the Cotton Blossom. Mrs. Mock's community interests include her church and the Business and Professional Women’s Club, and her hobbies are fly-fishing and reading. MRS. LOUISE PARKER (left), teaches speech and English I and is adviser to the Thespian Club and the Forensic Club and a cosponsor of the junior class. Mrs. Parker's community interests include her church, the Rebekah Lodge and the Theta Rho Girls' Club. Her hobbies are going to school and taking music. MRS. HOWARD CUNNINGHAM (center), teaches English II and IV and world problems and is co-sponsor of the S. A. C. and of the senior class. As a senior class sponsor, she directed the winning senior play at Play Night. Mrs. Cunningham's community interests are her church and P. E. O. and her hobby is flower gardening. English Department Adds Journalism Class This year the English department was enlarged to include a course in journalism, taught by Mrs. Tom Mock. The outstanding project of the new class was the publishing of the Tiger Rag, by-weekly mimeographed newspaper. The class also did the literary work on the Cotton Blossom and presented a radio program on the beginning and growth of journalism. The speech class had a full year as they studied play production, debate, and drama and attended student congress meetings and traveled to several schools viewing their plays. A radio program built around the Anglo-Saxon literature and times was a first quarter project of English IV. During the fourth quarter for a grueling period of six weeks, the same students worked on research papers. The fundamentals of grammar, literature and composition were taught in English I, II, and III. Spelling was also stressed in English I. SPEECH STUDENTS J. While. Walker. Carter. O. White. Hayden. Dugger and Ferrell study makeup in the hard school of experience. ENGLISH IV STUDENTS Streete. Christian. Jones. Lauck and Figqins comment on each others term papers. MR. JACK HOPKE teaches general science, chemistry. and the new course in senior science. He is also a sophomore homeroom sponsor and coach of junior high basketball and football. Mr. Hopke's outside interests are his church, his family, and gardening. MR. PAUL PRICE teaches general science, biology, and general math, and is the adviser to the Projectionist Club and a freshman sponsor. Mr. Price's hobbies are hunting, fishing, camping and reading. Science Links With Daily Living TRYING AN EXPERIMENT with a light bulb are science teachers Jack Hopke and Paul Price. This is life! So say Mr. Jack Hopke and Mr. Paul Price, our science teachers. EDNA PAULINE COBBLE, a dead cat. is dissected by Mr. Price and biology class students. Pictured are Figgins. Bishop, Bracey. Wallace. Mr. Price. Thompson, Clayton. Jones, and Grooms. General science gives an overview of the three major natural sciences and many different applications of science in daily life. In biology, an advanced course, the class studied all living organisms, both plant and animal. The cat, frog, and euglena are familiar to all biology students after two quarters of study. In chemistry the students learned what a vital part this science plays in life, in the home, on the farm and in industry. Projects included the blending of ingredients into shaving cream, lipstick, insect repellent and library glue. Senior science, or physics, is offered for those students interested in some phase of engineering. TESTING THEIR HOMEMADE shaving cream are chemists Trainor and Marlin as other class members. VanAusdall, Miller, Lauck. Lyell, J. Streete. and Jones pay close attention. MISS MARY ELLEN HORNER, social studies instructor, congratulates Jerry Figgins who was honored as the outstanding social studies student in the senior class. Social Studies Students Learn By Doing Social studies aren't all studied out of a textbook, the students in civics, American history, world history, and American problems found this year. Panel discussions, interviews with community leaders, the first-hand study of county government through a visit to the county offices in the Court House, presenting panel discussions over KCRV and to local civic groups, holding a mock election and convention, daily discussion of current affairs, and the use of moving pictures and recordings - all these activities varied class procedure and made learning both easier and more fun. PRESENTING A PANEL DISCUSSION on the United Nations to the Woman's Club are American problems class members Woody. Hughes. Walker. Figgins. Clark. Adams and White. All freshmen, sophomores, and juniors as well as several seniors were enrolled in the eleven social studies classes taught by Mrs. Howard Cunningham, Mr. Thomas Mock, Mr. Joe Parkinson, Mr. John McGuire, and Miss Mary Ellen Horner. Miss Horner teaches American history, American problems and civics. She is also a sophomore sponsor and adviser to the Cotton Blossom Staff and the Photography Club. Her other interests are her church, fly fishing, photography and flower gardening. AMERICAN HISTORY student. Bill Collins examines transportation models which he and other class members made as projects. PARTICIPANTS in a mock presidential primary are American history students Brown, Hopke, Davis. Richardson and Mollett. Art Activities are Varied The varied projects exhibited at Open House by the art department were evidence of the fine work done this year by the students in Art I. II. and advanced art. This year students especially enjoyed their work on a mural which depicted life in C. H. S., making jewelry for Christmas presents, and doing the art work for the Cotton Blossom. Other activities included cartoons and caricatures, weaving, basketry, copper enameling, lettering, costume designing, and free hand drawing. MRS. ERNEST HAZEL, art instructor, examines a free hand drawing by Kay Summers. Behind her is the mural depict ing life in C. H. S. made by the advanced art class. Mrs. Hazel, art instructor, has received wide recognition for her work in the educational field of art. Her articles have appeared in numerous professional magazines, and she has sold designs to McCall's Magazine and to Frederick Hershner Company. She is a member of the Missouri State Art Council and the production staff of the State Art Curriculum Guide. Mrs. Hazel teaches Art I. II, and advanced art, 8th grade art, and supervises art in grades 1-7, she is also the adviser to the art staff of the Cotton Blossom and co-sponsor of the S. A. C. LOOKING at Martha Lauck's tree hand drawing are first place winners Swiggart. Davis. Dodd. Summers. Lauck. and Dickson in the District Art Contest. PREPARING TO FIRE their copper jewelry are art students Dick Prost and Wayne Hardy. Christine Reichert cleans a copper ash tray for enameling. ADMIRING Billy LaForge's third place design in the Centennial Emblem Contest are art students Martha Lauck. tied for third; Kay Summers, second place; Carolyn Davis, first place winner. WRITER KEYBOA K Commerce Department Adds Secretarial Practice Commercial courses were added to the high school curriculum because parents began to say, Why not teach typing and shorthand in the high school and save us the expense and worry of sending our sons and daughters to business school? Long since the vocational side of the picture has changed and students now take commercial courses for their own personal use. However, C. H. S. is proud of her many graduates who, without further business training, successfully have held jobs, have become accountants, executives, secretaries, owners of businesses, typists, and are filling their niches in the business world of our town as well as other communities. MR. REDMAN DUNHAM MISS BONNIE FEARS Mr. Dunham teaches beginning typing, bookkeepinq. business English, and business law. He is bookkeeper lor the hiqh school athletic fund, and a co-sponsor ol the senior class. As every C. H. S. student knows, his hobby is his birthday book of C. H. S. students and friends • and fightin chickens. This year the commercial department included courses in bookkeeping, typing, shorthand, general business, business law, business English, and a new course, secretarial practice. The department had two instructors, Mr. Redman Dunham, who has headed the commercial department since 1928, and Miss Bonnie Fears, who was employed to meet the ever increasing student enrollment in commercial classes. WORKING at the new electric adding machine is Janie Kindred. Other bookkeeping students pictured are Hedge. Hicks and Lay. Miss Fears teaches shorthand, general business, typing and secretarial practice, and is a co-sponsor of the junior class and Honor Society. Her hobbies are crocheting, sewing, and collecting earrings. BUSY waxing, dusting, and cleaning typewriters as a part of their office training are secretarial practice class mem bers Ball. Danley. Greer and Thompson. Math Students Learn Basic Science Since mathematics is used in everyday life, our four mathematics units are an important part of our curriculum. This year Miss Lena Walk and Mr. Paul Price instructed students in qeneral math, Algebra I, plane geometry. Algebra II, and trigonometry. General math students learned the simple principles of arithmetic, informal geometry, Algebra, graphs, charts, and numerical trigonometry. Algebra I and II are taught because they are the shorthand methods for solving problems and provide a background for higher math. Geometry and trigonometry are taught as practical tools for academic and engineering math fields. MISS LENA WALK Miss Walk teaches Algebra I. Algebra II. plane geometry general mathematics, and trigonometry and is a co-sponsor of the senior class. Her outside interests are the Korean war orphan whom she supports through the Christian Children's Fund and her African violets. GEOMETRY STUDENTS are working on units which apply geometry to their field of interest. Pictured are Britton. Fig-gins. Davis. Snow. Coleman. M. Berry, Gortner. Mollett and Jones. IN TRIGONOMETRY class. Jim Southern explains a problem to Jim Leslie while oth � r class members J. Streete, T. Streete, Johnson. Jones. Figgins look on. MR. JOHN McGUIRE, right, tenches classes in civics, health and physical education, and is head football coach and assistant coach of track. He is also an adviser to a sophomore homeroom and to the Varsity C Club. His hobbies are fishing, horseback riding, and travel. MR. JOE PARKINSON, left, teaches classes in civics, driver education and physical education, and coaches basketball. During the summer months, he will continue to work with young people as summer playground director. Mr. Parkinson's hobbies are gardening and playing ball. Drivers Training Is New in C. H. S. This year something new was added to the curriculum in the way of practical knowledge, drivers training. The course, taught by Mr. Parkinson, involved learning the laws of the road, proper driving habits, coordination and a healthy attitude toward the other fellow's rights on the road. The new addition to boys' physical education this year was weight lifting, started because the coaches thought it might help keep the athletes in shape after their particular sports had stopped. P. E. continued this year to include the regular team sports such as softball, soccer, basketball, ping-pong, croquet, tennis, archery, kickball, badminton and volleyball. The classes also did calisthenics and twice yearly tests were given to measure our improvement in this field. MR. HARRY. DARR, instructor in industrial arts, is also track coach and assistant football coach. Mr. Darr's vocation is also his avocation, for his out-of-school interests are woodworking and sports. He is active in the work of his church and is an ardent fisherman. Industrial Arts Qives Diversified Training A sheet metal machine was the new addition this year to the ever-expanding industrial arts department of our high school. COACH HARRY DARR, shop instructor, helps Frankie Nelson read his blueprint. Washing their prints are Michie, Keeton. Edgerton. Johnson and Watkins. TEMPERING METAL at the forge are Curtis James and Larry McCoy. Working at the acetylene welder is Darrell Dugger. WORKING ON WOOD WORKING projects are shop students King. Tate. Swiggart. Sawyer and Wood. This year, as in previous years, the boys taking shop exhibited their projects - furniture, metal work, lamps, boats, and architectural drawings - at Open House. Among the larger projects completed by these students were the pouring of the concrete for the new cinder track and making four work benches and twenty-four drafting tables for the shop. Industrial arts courses, taught by Mr. Darr, only instructor, are general shop, wood and metal work, electricity, welding, lathe work, advanced wood working, mechanical and architectural drawing and boat building. MR. EDGAR I. AILOR is the director of the three school bands, beginners, junior and senior. He also directs the vocal groups in the high school, the girls' glee club, mixed chorus and the various small vocal groups. Mr. Ailor is active in the work of the Southeast Missouri Music Educators Association and his church, and is a captain in the National Guard. His hobbies are hunting, fishing, model railroading, and coin collecting. MR. AILOR directs the girls' glee club (above) and the senior band (right). JOSE PEREZ autographs programs for Spanish class members at their annual supper. SWING HIGHER. BETTY.” yell Spanish students Foster, Brown. Hill. Speight. Prost. Rodgers. Bishop. L. Foster and Bracey. After eating a delicious meal of Spanish food, class members enjoy a Spanish game, knocking down the pinata. Music and Spanish Lend Spice and Color The music department was one of the busiest places in C. H. S. this year. The activities of the band, glee club and chorus are described in the extracurricular section. However, Mr. Ailor, music director, also worked with a number of small groups and soloists. The boys' double quartet, two girls' sextets, a brass sextet and a clarinet quartet gave generously of their time and talent to churches and local service clubs. The boys' double quartet and clarinet quartet received 1 ratings at the district contest, while the brass sextet won a first rating at both the district and state contests. The Spanish class, taught by Mrs. Dwight Moodie, was made more interesting this year through the presence of a special student. Jose Perez, a Venezuelan, attended C. H. S. classes to learn English before entering business school. The class members also enjoyed their annual Spanish supper which is held to acquaint the students with Latin American customs and food. MR. FLOYD BARNHART teaches Vocational Agriculture I, II. Ill and IV and is the F. F. A. and a freshman homeroom sponsor. Mr. Barnhart is not only a teacher in his field, but has the distinction of being the author of two widely used textbooks on cotton and soybeans. His community activities include active membership in the Rotary Club, farm activi-ities and directing the choir of his church. His hobby is music. AGRICULTURE STUDENTS Hardy. McClanahan. Medlin, White and Malone are studying seed samples for future use in a F. F. A. seed identification contest. Practical Arts Students Work With Head and Hand Students in vocational agriculture and home economics work with head and hand, according to Mr. Floyd Barnhart and Mrs. Nathan Wood, instru-tors in those departments. Vocational agriculture primarily concerns training boys to become better farmers. In addition to regular class work the boys get practical training in shop and supervised farm practices. The farm projects required of all students net them a nice profit each year. Girls in home economics study sewing, cooking, home management, child care, family life, good grooming, marketing, and budgeting. The home economics courses train future homemakers as well as girls who would like a career in this or a related field. In addition to regular classwork, many other activities kept the department bucy this year. During Home Economics Week in March, the girls' mothers and grandmothers were their guests at a tea. The department also presented a radio program on careers in home economics, and as a money-making project served lunch to the Lindenwood Choir. MRS. NATHAN WOOD samples the prize-winning cake made by home economics student Virginia Ann White at the County Fair. Mrs. Wood teaches Home Economics I. II. and III and is adviser to the F. H. A. and a co-sponsor of the Pep Club and the freshman class. She is also active in her church and the Business and Professional Woman's Club. Her hobby is sewing. 4 % 4 ' I H r ' Vf , ■ rt I a % - |fc ' 4 . - r 'try mo ;• • I vfV . t;_I i � i v:-Vln ; ■- v « ! . ■$ v V N fj SjV -% - - - s' yt ♦ - . 4 1 • V •« 4L-' V _, v mpv . • ♦« v‘ i ,. V c. f -r 1% V 7lfs r J .--3 v M?% + . •■'f ? - j Vi-.. fc-v f i' K vr- ' - '- nr 3 ,' 4 - V Jl -■••■fc. 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We remember the sense of belonging our clubs gave to each of us. We remember an extremely busy and profitable year with a full schedule of assemblies, club activities. contests and campaigns. These, too, are an important part of our life, C. H. S. 3. A. C. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES Sue Bader and Robert Jackson with their campaign managers Ted Streete and Sonja Vick, smile with relief after the S. A. C. election assembly. syv V FDh 26 Student Activity Committee Backs Two Big Projects The Student Activity Committee backed two new and important projects this year - the Juvenile Decency Campaign and the Curtain Drive. In both drives the twenty-one S. A. C. members had the full cooperation of every organization in C. H. S. Other S. A. C. projects included Freshman Week, S. A. C. Installation Ceremony, Christmas baskets, Sno-Ball Dance, Christmas Alumni Assembly and Tea, Students-of-the-Quarter, Ten Top Events, Intramural Sports, Noon-hour dancing. Play Night, Babe Ruth Sportsmanship Awards, S. A. C. Election, and Honor Recognition Day. The members of the S. A. C. are democratically elected representatives of the student body. Each junior and senior homeroom chooses two representatives while each sophomore and freshman homeroom is allowed one representative. The president and vice-president are elected the previous April, and then the student body waits impatiently for Honor Recognition Day in May when the results are revealed. AT THE IMPRESSIVE S. A. C. installation ceremony. President Barry Trainor installs members Christian. Kindred. White. Butler. Parrott, lones and Lauck as officers. OFFICERS President ............... Vice-President .......... Recording Secretary Corresponding Secretary Treasurer Reporter Historian ....... Scrapbook Keeper Sponsors ............... Barry Trainor Elizabeth Christian Janie Kindred Virginia Ann White Jerry Butler ..... Connie Parrott Lee Bennett Jones Martha Lauck Mrs. Cunningham Mrs. Hazel FIRST ROW: Trainor. Butler, Kindred. Lauck. L. B. Jones, White. Christian. SECOND ROW: Payne. Sawyer Bader. T King Bartholo-mew. Hollowell. Collins. THIRD ROW: Southern. Mrs. Cunningham. Bruce. Mrs. Hazel. Jackson. Trantham. Mollett. Cheek. Not Pictured Parrott. Cotton Blossom Staff Pictures Life of C. H. S. EDITOR JANIE KINDRED and Assistant Editor Jane Ellen Markey confer over the preparation of yearbook copy. The Cotton Blossom staff presents, This Is Our Life, C. H. S. as the theme for the 1956 annual. Shortly after the first of the year, the various staff divisions were selected. The new journalism class served as the literary staff, and the art staff was composed of the advanced art students. Members of the business staff were chosen from applications made to the sponsors. In November, preceding the first work meeting, a dinner was held for the entire staff. Then, in an after-school session, the group selected the theme. The week of December 12-16 was set aside as Cotton Blossom Week. In an assembly on December 15, four lovely girls were presented to the student body and a panel of adult judges. At the Cotton Blossom Ball that night, the attractive young Queen was crowned. As money-making projects, the staff made and sold Christmas corsages during the special week and solicited ads from the local merchants. For their contribution to the Juvenile Decency Campaign, the staff conducted a religious census among the students and sponsored Religious Emphasis Week during the week preceding Easter. COTTON BLOSSOM ADVISERS prootread the tinal year-book copy. Miss Mary Ellen Horner (left) is over-all adviser and photographer for the staff and Mrs. Ernest Hazel is adviser to the art staff. Mrs. Thomas Mock, who is not pictured, is adviser to the literary staff. MEMBERS OF THE BUSINESS STAFF plan their advertising campaign. Seated: Mary Sue Hunt. Sue Chris Mehrle, Business Manager Virginia Ann White. Jerry Figgins. Standing: Ted Streete, Linda Hopke, Billy Collins. THE LITERARY STAFF ol the yearbook is composed of the members of the journalism class. Seated: Ann Phillips and Connie Parrott, editor. Standing: Mary Ann Walker. Linda Going. Nancy Roebuck. Inis Danley. Janie Kindred. Shelby Pri-vett. Jerry Lyell, Barbara Copeland. Sonny Sanders, Mrs. Mock, adviser. Lola Dean. Jackie French, and Ruth Hughes. THE ART STAFF MEMBERS work on the yearbook division pages. Seated: Maxine Woods. Martha Lauck. editor. Bution Brantley. Carolyn Davis. Standing: Kay Summers and Ann Richardson. GETTING READY to dig into the dessert at the Cotton Blossom dinner are staff members Kindred, Hunt. Houston. Phillips. Butler and White. THE DISH-WASHING CREW. Houston. Streete. Lauck. Figgins, and Woods, seem to be enjoying cleaning up after a sumptuous yearbook dinner. OFFICERS President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Reporter Sponsors Mary Etta Speight Janet Thompson Carolyn Davis Nancy Foster Sonja Vick Mrs. Nathan Wood Mrs. Thomas Mock SHAKE A-ROOS AND PROGRAMS are thrown into the air as the Pep Club members cheer the football team on to another victory. Pep Club Boosts Team Morale Come on, Tigers, yelled the red and white clad figures at every game and pep rally at C. H. S. They were the 70 girls making up the Pep Club. The biggest project of the year for the girls was preparing for the crowning of the Varsity Queen, Bunnie VanAusdall. In addition, the club sponsored dances after the football games, pep rallies, car parades, two assembly programs, and sold shake-a-roos and football programs at the games. Guided by Mrs. Nathan Wood and Mrs. Thomas Mock, the group got into the spirit of the Juvenile Decency Campaign by sponsoring a Courtesy Week during which time courteous students were chosen and presented to the student body. Each student rated as courteous also received a courtesy button. In May the cheerleaders were chosen for the coming year. Those selected were Sue Bader, Ann Taylor, Patty Sawyer, Carolyn Davis, and Jane Ellen Jones. CHEERLEADERS: Sawyer. Bader. B. VanAusdall. E. Christian. Taylor. FIRST ROW: Vick. Richardson. White, Moore. Southern. Lafferty. Gloxier. McCormick. Wilson. Ferrell. Henley. Murff. Epperson. Markey. J. Jones. Greer. Lay. L. Van Ausdall. Cole. Clay. G. McCoy. Cobb. McCallum. Reel. SECOND ROW: Mrs. Wood. Waldron. Hundhausen. Brown. Hopke, Mehrle. Stovall. Bernard. Wilks. Rushing. Parrott. Ball, Daulton, Burrus. Lauck. Brooks. Coble, Davis, Foster, Hughes. Collins. French. Turner, Mrs. Mock, THIRD ROW: Luckenbach. P. Roebuck. Ward. Miller. C. Reichert, Keyes. Richards. McAdams. Mitchell. Thompson. Trantham, Burns, Buchanan. Meredith, C. Hicks, Woods, Dodd, Camp. Speight, Danley. Summers. N. Roebuck. FIRST ROW: White. Meredith. C. Hicks. Brantley. Hundhausen. Bader. Lauck. Markey. Payne. SECOND ROW: Southern. Hedge. Payne. M Jones Lay. McCoy. Glower. Collins. Slaten. Richardson. J. Jones. Lafferty. Greer. Avis. THIRD ROW: McCormick. Hopke. Dav“' b i?' llCk8'r rJ°0kS' S°VaU' Waldron. Hughes. Coble. Rushing. Daulton. Mrs. Wood. FOURTH ROW. Dugger. W. Jones. Bradford. Dodd. Dickson. Dodson. Thompson. McAdams. Clark. Turnbow. Luckenbach. Future Homemakers Named Merit Chapter As evidence of the excellent work done by the F. H. A. organization this year, the chapter was cited for outstanding work by being named a Merit Chapter by the State Department of Home Economics. Three F. H. A. members, Clara Ellen Hicks, Sue Bader, and Jane Ellen Markey, were awarded their State Homemaking Degree, the highest honor conferred in F. H. A. work. Under the capable supervision of their adviser, Mrs. Nathan Wood, the girls participated in many local activities which included the observing of the National F. H. A. Week, a Mother-Daughter Dinner, a style show displaying the Maid of Cotton Wardrobe, sending a $10 gift coupon to UNESCO, working for the March of Dimes, a radio broadcast, attending sub-district and district meets, presenting of their emblem service for the Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs, observing Brotherhood Week, and giving a tea in honor of the eighth grade graduates. OFFICERS President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Historian Reporter Parliamentanan Song Leaders Sponsor Janice Hundhausen Sue Bader Bution Brantley Martha Lauck Mary Payne Jane Ellen Markey Clara Ellen Hicks Mary Emma Meredith Virginia Ann White Mrs. Nathan Wood MAYOR DYER BYRD signs the proclamation for F. H. A. Week, as F. H. A. President. Janice Hundhausen. and Vice-President Sue Bader look on. PRESIDENT: Robert Lynn. FIRST ROW: McClanahan. Medlin, L. McCoy. Leek, D. Dugger, W. Dugger. Avis, Green way. SECOND ROW: Mitchum, Gurley, Travis, Malone. Hudgins. Bizzle. Dodd. Crosser. THIRD ROW: Hardy. Totty. Rogers. Vaughn. Carter. Payne. Constant. FOURTH ROW: Mr. Barnhart. Petty. Bruce. Future Farmers Participate in Many Contests The F. F. A. has participated in a number of activities this year and won numerous awards. Probably the most important award was the receiving of the Standard Chapter Award which was presented to the boys in May. One member of F. A. A., Jimmy Payne, also received the Star Farmer Award. The boys held a Self-Improvement Contest among themselves, giving points for each category. This contest was won by Robert Lynn, with Otis White only one-half point behind. Other contests participated in were the sub-district spelling contest in which they won first place; the seed identification contest in which a freshman team of three boys won first place with each boy on the team correctly identifying 100 seeds. The chapter held its annual initiation ceremony for the greenhands in December. This ceremony was preceded by a Parent-Son Dinner. OFFICERS President .................................... Robert Lynn Vice-President ................................ Jimmy Payne Secretary ...................................... Otis White Treasurer Darrell Dugger Reporter ...................................... Bobby Rogers Sentinel ..................................... Alford Hicks Sponsor Mrs. Floyd Barnhart SERVING THEMSELVES at the F. F. A. Parents Night Supper are James Adams. John McClanahan. with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. McClanahan, and Superintendent Cobble. COACH JOHN McGUIRE awards graduate Bob Bartholomew the Best Athlete trophy, which is the first of its kind to be given by the Varsity C Club. OFFICERS President ..................................... Jim Leslie Vice-President .......................... Bob Bartholomew Secretary Treasurer .......................... Jack Taylor Sponsors .............................. Coaches Parkinson. Darr, and McGuire Varsity “C” Club Honors Best C. H. S. Athlete The Varsity C Club, although only in its second year, proved its worth in the work it did throughout the year. The members sold popcorn, candy, sodas and gum at the basketball games and profits were used to start a towel rental svstem for the athletes. The main objective of the Varsity C Club is to promote better sportsmanship and to encourage better relations and understanding between the old-timers and the young boys just entering high school athletics. FIRST ROW: Coach Darr. Collins. Cook. Hinton. L. McCoy. Taylor. Warren, Woody. Coach McGuire. SECOND ROW: Hinze. Tanner. Jackson. J. Streete. Watkins. Hicks. Leslie. Edgerton. King. THIRD ROW: Grooms,. Tate. Bynum. Ward. Jones. Caruthers, Figgins. L. McCov. T. Streete. FOURTH ROW: Hollowell, Clayton, Bartholomew, Peters, Patterson, Burge. Southern. DURING THE HONOR SOCIETY installation. President Clara Ellen Hicks and Secretary Martha Lauck induct the new members. OFFICERS President .............................. Clara Ellen Hicks Vice-President ..................................... Jerry Figgins Secretary .................................. Martha Lauck Reporter............................... Bution C. Brantley Sponsors ............................ Mrs. Dwight Moodie Miss Bonnie Fears Honor Society Introduces New Membership Plan Leadership ability, good character, co-operative service and an S scholastic average are necessary qualities for membership in the Caruthersville Chapter of the National Honor Society. Twenty-four students met these qualifications and were initiated into Honor Society in October. A new plan concerning prospective members has been put into effect whereby each serves a probationary period for one semester. Those who maintain their average during this period then become full-fledged members of the society at the end of the year. Various activities and projects were sponsored by the Honor Society, among them the Valentine Dance in February, Who's Who Contest, Honor Society Induction in October, awarding of the scholastic banner, supervision of noon-hour study hall, and Career Day. FIRST ROW: Brantley. Hicks. J. Figgins. Lauck. SECOND ROW: Hunt. Beecher. Richardson, P. Johnson. Markey. Christian. French. Bader. A. Taylor, Hudgins. M. Payne. V. White. Sawyer. THIRD ROW: McDowell. Mehrle. Hopke. Brown, Kindred. Summers. Parrott. King. Phillips. Davis. Van Ausdall, N. Foster. FOURTH ROW: Miss Fears, McAdams. J. Taylor. J. Streete. C. Figgins. T. Streete. B. Figgins. L. Foster. J. Johnson. Adams. Meredith, Speight. Mrs. Moodie. FIFTH ROW: Berry. Bratcher. L. Jones. Lynn, Hill. Gortner. W. Taylor. J. Payne. D. Clark. Mollett. Projectionists Provide Audio-Visual Services In this, their fourth year, the Projectionists offered their services on the projector for visual education in all classes, the tape recorder for the production of school programs for radio broadcasts, the public address system, the spotlights and the inter-communication system. The group also worked with other organizations for the Curtain Drive, Juvenile Decency Campaign, and other special weeks. OPERATING THE INTERCOM has been the chief responsibility of these two reliable projectionist members, Dick Swiggart and Jerry Butler. OFFICERS President ......................... Jerry Butler Vice-President .................. Jerry Figgins Secretary ............ Bobby Figgins Reporter ........................ Dick Swiggart Sponsor ............................. Mr. Price PROJECTIONIST CLUB MEMBERS, Sitting: Fields, Trosper, E. Grigory, King. Standing: Hardy, B. Figgins. Cole, Lyell, J. Figgins, Prost. Butler. SHOWING A FILM to American history class is projectionist Don Snow. Class members are Larry McCoy. Don Woody. Mary Ann Brown, Mary Payne, and Peggy Watt. TWIRLERS Music Department Helps School and Community The music department, again under the leadership of Mr. Edgar I. Ailor, made great progress this year. Its contributions to the over-all school picture added spice, color, and harmony to the life of C. H. S. The band presented half-time shows at football games, participated in community projects such as the American Legion Fair, National Soybean Festival, the District Rotary-Convention Parade. They polished their performance by entering such events as the Marching Band Festival, Southeast Missouri High School Band Association, the Spring Band Concert, and district and state music contests. Left to right: Sue Cole. Drum Major Betty McAdams, Head Twirler Dorothy Miller, Dorothy Lay, and Kay Burns (kneeling). FIRST ROW: S. Henley. Jones. Coble. McDowell. Cook. Greer. Grooms. Hiqhlev. McTernan, Martin. Southern. Mehrle. SECOND ROW: Hopke, Beecher, Sawyer. Stovall. McAlister. Thomas. Frakes. L. Henley. Hill. C'onan. Bracey. Dau’ton. Ailor. P. Roebuck. Glozier. THIRD ROW: Watkins. Graham. Figgins. Sellers. Privett. Gentry. Thompson. T. King. Jackson. Trainor, J. Taylor. McAlister. Murff. Waldron. Lafferty. FOURTH ROW: W. King. J. Taylor. Chitwood. Clayton, Hendricks. Thomasson. DePriest. Norman. Worsham. Caruthers. Barnett. Berry. C. Grooms. Medlin, Bishop. Gortner. FIFTH ROW: Woody. Keeton. Pool. Perez. C. James, D. James. Going. Dodson. N. Roebuck. McAdams. Miller. Burns. Ixiy. Cole. Mr. Ailor. ACCOMPANIST. P. Roebuck. FIRST ROW: Mr. Ailor. Clay, Wilson, Payne, Adkins. Green. Phelps, Hudgins. Turner, Southern, Cobb. SECOND ROW: Dugger. P. Johnson. Martin. Robinson. Thomas, Thurman, Warren. Bernard. G. Alexander. McCallum. THIRD ROW: P. Dodson, Stine. Moore. Hayden, Hayden. Terrell. King, Summers. B. Alexander. T. Young. Watt. FOURTH ROW: Franklin. O'Keane, W. Jones. Ward. L. Figgins. Buchanan. Speight. Burns. Churchill. Trantham, Moodie. N. Dunavant. Qirls’ Qlee Club Mixed Chorus ACCOMPANIST. V. White. FIRST ROW: C. Jones. Reel. Privett, Richardson. Lay, H. McTernan. Ferrell. Moore. Markey. Payne. Sawyer, Vick. Crosser. Mr. Ailor. SECOND ROW: Moodie. G. McCoy, Wheeler, Rushing, D. Hicks. Taylor. M. Brown. N. Roebuck. Camp. Ball. C. Davis. Hopke. Brooks, Hundhausen. French. M. Jones. THIRD ROW: McClnnahan. J. Streete. McCullough. Odom. Turnbow, M. Reichert. Richards. Thompson, J. Dunavant. Meredith. C. Hicks. Danley, A. Going, Kindred. Keyes, Dowell. Martin. FOURTH ROW: Medlin. T. Streete. J. White, Joslin. L. B. Jones, Collins. Bartholomew, Swiggart. Gortner, Grigory, J. Figgins. Camp, Walker, Foster. Butler. Chitwood. SINGING A HILARIOUS number at the Spring Choral Concert is the boys' double quartet consisting of Foster. Gortner. Chitwood. Dowell. Jones, Streete. Figgins. and Butler with Director Ailor and accompanist Linda Hopke. This group won a 1 rating in the district contest and a 2 rating at the state meet. THE FLAG RAISING AT IWO JIMA is depicted by members of the band at one of their regular half-time performances during the kotball season. THE ENTIRE CAST appears in the finale of The Gypsy Rover. presented by the mixed chorus in November. Upperclassmen who made up the membership of the mixed chorus presented an operetta, The Gypsy Rover, assisted in the Spring Band Concert and the Spring Choral Concert, and entered district and state music contests. Their numbers enriched the programs for meetings of various civic and religious groups. The girls' glee club was a training ground for other smaller musical groups and rendered services where needed. This group appeared in assembly programs, the school radio program, and the Spring Choral Concert. A number of individuals in the music department distinguished themselves in music contests. These students received 1 ratings in the district contest: Linda Hopke and Patty Sawyer, piano; Harold Gortner, vocal and trombone; Don Woody, bass horn; Jack Taylor, cornet. Linda and Don won first ratings at the state contest also. After an absence of a year, the Tiger Rag was again printed this year. With the addition of a school publications class, the publication of a newspaper became an easier task than in the past. The new class was composed of 16 members who were interested in writing and in learning about newspaper work. This group put out 16 issues of the Tiger Rag during the year. The paper was mimeographed and distributed free bi-weekly to the students. The class also served as the literary staff of the yearbook, The Cotton Blossom. Tiger Returns to Rag Publication TIGER RAG ADVISER. Mrs. Thomas Mock, stands with class members Going. Privett. Lyell. Copeland and Dean. Seated are French, Parrott, and Sanders, Tiger Rag Editor. HURRYING TO MEET THE DEADLINE lor the distribution of the Tiger Rag are journalism students Danley. Hughes. Roebuck, and Mrs. Mock, sponsor. RUNNING OFF THE PAPER is an enjoyable task lor stall members Ann Phillips. Mary Ann Walker, and Janie Kindred. STAFF Editor Sonny Sanders Assistant Editor ................... Connie Parrott Adviser Mrs. Thomas Mock Class Members: Inis Danley. Jerry Lyell. Nancy Roebuck. Shelby Privett. Barbara Copeland. Lola Dean. Ann Phillips, Mary Ann Walker. Ruth Hughes. Demetra Reeves. Linda Going. Jackie French, Charles Dowell. Janie Kindred. 39 Five New Clubs Result From Student Poll UNDER THE DIRECTION of Mrs. Stanley Bush, dance instructor, the members of the Dance Club practice new steps during their after-school session. DANCE CLUB OFFICERS To increase student participation in extracurricular activities, a poll was taken in C. H. S. to determine how many students belonged to clubs and whether to organize new clubs. As a result of the poll, five new clubs were formed and immediately began working on various activities. The new clubs are Dance, Drama, Conservation, Photography, and Future Teachers of America. Earlier in the year a debate team was formed within the speech class which later was formally organized into the Forensic League. Letters were awarded to these debaters in recognition of their 9 debates won this first year. President Vice-President Secretary-Treasurer Sponsor Walter Hinze .... Ann Going Mary Faye Meyer Mrs. Tom Mock DEBATERS in the Forensic League: First Row: Hicks, Hundhausen, Walker, Ferrell. Second Row: Dugger, Murff. Carter. Not pictured: O. White. FORENSIC LEAGUE OFFICERS President ......... Vice-President Secretary-Treasurer Historian ......... Reporter Parliamentarian Sponsor ............ Clara Ellen Hicks Janice Hundhausen Nancy Ferrell .... Bobby Carter Mary Hayden Joe White Mrs. Louise Parker FUTURE TEACHERS OF AMERICA members: Brown. Sawyer, Markey, Hopke, Mrs. Brown, sponsor. Davis. Taylor. Moore. Richardson. McAdams, seated. F. T. A. OFFICERS President ...................................... Linda Hopke Vice-President Carolyn Davis Secretary-Tieasurer Ann Richardson Librarian ............................................. Patty Sawyer Song Leader Mary Etta Speight Sponsor ................................ Mrs. George Brown THESPIAN CLUB members: First Row: Bernard. Bradford. Henley. Teroy. Ward. Second Row: Martin. Roebuck. Summers, Reichert, Copeland. Third Row: Dunavant. Wilks, Meredith. Mrs. Parker, sponsor. Lyell, Dickson. Daulton, Dugger. Lafferty. THESPIAN CLUB OFFICERS President .... Vice-President Secretary Sponsor ...... ... Kay Summers Demetra Reeves Barbara Copeland Mrs. Louise Parker CONSERVATION CLUB members: First Row: Hall. T. Abbott, Fisher. Culp. Foster. Second Row: Mr. Mock, sponsor. Summers. Chaffin. D. Abbott. Bracey. Third Row: Taylor. Hamby. McCullough. Speight. Clark. Nunnery. CONSERVATION CLUB OFFICERS President .... Vice-President Treasurer .... Secretary .... Sponsor ...... . Frank Hamby Wickie Taylor Richard Chaffin .. Don Abbott Mr. Tom Mock WORKING IN THEIR NEW DARK ROOM are Photography Club members Hunt, Figgins, De-Priest, Adams. Moody, Brooks, Richards. Sales, and Tommy King, seated. PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB OFFICERS President .......................... Mike Keeton Vice-President............. Tommy King Secretary Regina Moody Treasurer Donald DePriest Reporter Jan Martin Sponsors Mr. Edward Shelton Miss Mary Ellen Horner 41 Special Weeks Emphasize Important Events C. H. S. had many weeks which were designated for special events. SHOWING OFF their most original hats to S. A. C. members Connie Parrott and Robert Jackson are freshman Sally Henley. Margaret Johnson and Dennis Brown at the Freshman Dance. The first week of school was Freshman Week, sponsored by the S. A. C. The purpose of the week was to welcome the freshmen and to make them feel at home. The Big Brother and Sister idea was used with upperclassmen being responsible for one new student, to help him in any way during the first few weeks of school. A freshman dance climaxed the activities of Freshman Week. PARTICIPANTS Harold Gortner. Ann Richardson and Jerry Figgins listen intently as Jack Streete speaks to the large group of students who attended one of the noon-hour religious services held during Religious Emphasis Week. In December came Cotton Blossom Week with the yearbook staff working hard at their job of making and selling corsages and preparing for the Cotton Blossom Assembly and Dance, climax of their activities. The week preceding Easter was officially termed Religious Emphasis Week. Religious services held at the noon hour were open to all faiths, and were conducted by the students. THE BIG RUSH IS ON! Regina Moody. Modelle Keyes. Martha Lauck. Dorothy Lay. and Peggy Rushing seem interested only in getting the prettiest Christmas corsage. The corsages were all handmade by energetic members of the Cotton Blossom staff. Varied Drives Take Time and Effort The students oi C. H. S. participated in various drives and campaigns for many worthy causes. In some cases the students gave money and in others, time and energy. In October, the S. A. C. sponsored one of its big projects, the curtain drive, to raise enough money to replace the old and partially worn out curtains in the auditorium. The student body was very proud of the redecorated look that the auditorium wore after the curtains were installed. Christmas found the students gathering toys and enough food to fill boxes for the needy. In January students contributed nearly seventy dollars to the Polio Drive. HELPING CONNIE PARROTT. Christmas basket chairman, with the delivery ol the lood and toys lor needy families, are Larry Barnett. Jerry Britton and Frank Hamby. The Juvenile Decency Campaign got underway in February in response to the nation-wide cry that went up earlier in the year concerning juvenile delinquency. Contests were held for the best slogan in accordance with the theme of the campaign, and newspaper stories and posters were used to tell the public that the majority of teenagers are decent and not delinquent. AFTER SPEAKING in Ihe Juvenile Decency Campaign Assembly. Connie Parrot!. Reverend James D'Woli and Barry Trainor look at the prise-winning posters made lor the campaign. MARTHA LAUCK displays her poster which depicts the individual contributions ol the participating organizations in the Juvenile Decency Campaign. 43 SPEECH CLASS presents the play. Youth Adds a Dash of Pepper. The cast includes J. White. Carter. Walker. O. White. Hicks, N. Ferrell. Hundhausen, and L. Ferrell. Assemblies Vary Day to Day Routine To vary the day to day routine of our lives we have had many assemblies throughout the year. These were presented for the most part by classes and organizations. However, four programs were given by the Southern School Assemblies which included a drummer-commedian, stringed music, aerial stars, and a magician. Two assemblies were presented by college groups, one by the Cape College Choir in January and the other by the Linden-wood Choir in April. Other assemblies were the S. A. C. Installation in September; the Honor Society Induction and S. A. C. Talent Show in October; Thanksgiving and speech assemblies in November; Cotton Blossom and Christmas Alumni assemblies in December. Throughout the fall and winter seasons pep assemblies were held, usually one each week. During February various assemblies pertaining to the Juvenile Decency Campaign were given by organizations. In March the annual Easter assembly was held and in April the speech class presented its second play. S. A. C. Election, also in April, and Honor Recognition Day on May 15 ended our assemblies for the year. TRUMPETERS Caruthers, Clayton and Taylor start the S. A. C. Installation Ceremony on a musical note. THE FILTHY FEW - Keeton. Trainor. Camp. Taylor. James and Woody, add a touch of fascinatin' rhythm” to the S. A. C. Talent Show. S. A. C. TALENT SHOW winners Gortner. Taylor. Burns, and French receive awards from S. A. C. President Barry Trainor and Lee Bennett Jones, master of ceremonies. Outstanding Students Honored in Special Assembly On May 15 the annual Honor Recognition Day Assembly was held to honor outstanding students of the year. Awards were presented to winners of athletic events, district and state music contests, district art contests. Babe Ruth Sportsmanship award, and Harper's Senior Award. The new members of Honor Society, Boys' State and Girls' State representatives, honor graduates, students making the honor roll for three quarters, students having perfect attendance, students of the quarter and of the year, D. A. R. best citizen, sophomore Pilgrim, F. H. A. and F. F. A. president and vice-president for 1956-57, cheerleaders and majorettes for 1956-57 were announced. The big announcement - the winner of the S. A. C. Election held in April - was not made until the end of the program. Barry Trainor, S. A. C. President, finally revealed that Sue Bader would be the new president for 1956-57 with Robert Jackson as vice-president. LUCKY WINNER Jackie French eagerly accepts the Harper's Senior Awaid. a watch, from Mr. Shelton, principal. KEY CLUE MEMBER Jack Taylor, presents the Safest Driver of C. H. S. award to Virginia White. Looking on are the Teenage Driving Rodeo winners: Bill Greenway, third; Mike Keeton, second; and Jerry Butler, first. THE SECRET IS OUT! After weeks ol anticipation President Trainor reveals that Sue Bader is the new S. A. C. president with Robert Jackson as vice-president. Vt w'fis, J .Vf ■ t' ' 4 7 .'� vfV-' “'• k .V'rv 1 B - j ? ♦ 4V 3 - t • “ . , ♦ h 3 't . � r '■ £ •■ ?•+'+ J- p i. 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Bill Watkins and Jack Taylor, football captains, are Coaches Harry Darr and John McGuixe. 1955 FOOTBALL SQUAD FIRST ROW: While, Hinze. R. King, G. Bynum. Sawyer. Grooms. Woody, Rayburn. L. McCoy. Davis. B. Figgins. B. King. SECOND ROW: Coach Darr. Collins, Caruthers. Michie, C. Snow. Edgerton. A. Bynum. Taylor. Leslie. J. Streete. Chaffin. Tate. Cook, Ward. Coach McGuire. THIRD ROW: Martin. Bartholomew. T. Streete. Southern, Peters. Tanner, Trainor. Clayton. J. Figgins. L. McCoy. Jackson. Watkins. Hollowell. T. King. Burge. POINTS SCORED TD EP TP Cook 13 78 Bartholomew 5 1 31 Leslie 5 30 Edgerton 5 30 Taylor 1 19 25 Woody 1 6 Watkins 1 6 Martin 1 6 Bynum 1 6 Clayton 1 1 Totals 33 21 219 WATCHING with keen interest nre Tigers Bartholomew. Trainor. Marlin. Clayton and Coaches Darr and McGuire. Football Record Shows Successful Season Caruthersville's Tigers tied for third place in the Big Eight Conference with a conference record of four wins and three losses and a complete record of seven wins against three defeats. The Tigers closed out another successful season Thanksgiving with a win over the Kennett Indians. That was the fifteenth win for Caruthersville in the annual battles. Kennett had won seven and two had been tied. Head Coach John McGuire was assisted by Coach Harry Darr in training the team for victory and fine sportsmanship. ANOTHER VICTIM ol the hardhitting Tigers is Jack Taylor, senior guard, was selected to the Missouri fhis speedy back. Sportswriters Association mythical All Big Eight Conference first team. He was awarded a trophy for being the outstanding linesman of the conference too. Bob Bartholomew and George Cook were selected to the second team, Gerald Clayton and Jim Leslie the third team, and Bill Watkins received honorable mention. MEMBERS OF THE ALLCONFERENCE TEAM. Watkins. Bartholomew. Taylor. Cook. Clayton and Leslie, read the sports page of the Tiger Rag. CARUTHERSVILLE 21 - PORTAGEVILLE 14 With just 10 minutes to go in the fourth quarter, Caruthersville's Bob Bartholomew raced 91 yards for a surprise touchdown and a victory to open the Tiger's 1955 season in a non-conference game at Portageville September 9. CARUTHERSVILLE 33 - HAYTI 10 Coach John McGuire's team racked up a second non-conference win at Hayti September 16. The Tigers whipped Hayti's Indians 33-10. George Cook, a junior, scored four of Caruthersville's five touchdowns. SIKESTON 27 - CARUTHERSVILLE 13 In the opening Big Eight conference game, Car-uthersville suffered defeat to the powerful Sikeston Bulldogs September 23. Sikeston topped the Tigers 27-13 after Caruthersville held a 13-7 halftime advantage on the Caruthersville field. CARUTHERSVILLE 21 - DEXTER 7 The Tigers journeyed to Dexter and trounced the Bearcats 21-7 September 30 in the season's last non-conference battle. The Tigers rampaged ahead after a 7-7 score at the end of the first half. CARUTHERSVILLE 14 - CAPE GIRARDEAU 6 Caruthersville beat Central of Cape Girardeau 14-6 at Caruthersville October 6. After a period of about 25 years for Central to better the Tigers, the game was Caruthersville-'s second consecutive win over the team from the North. CHARLESTON 20 - CARUTHERSVILLE 13 The strong Bluejays of Charleston once again won over Caruthersville October 13. Charleston scored the 20-13 victory on their home territory. CHEERLEADERS Taylor, Bader, Christian, Sawyer and VanAusdall lead a lootball pep parade. CARUTHERSVILLE 25 - POPLAR BLUFF 13 Caruthersville swept over Poplar Bluff's Mules 25-7 to spoil the Poplar Bluff's homecoming October 21. The game had been sized up to be a close contest, but the Tigers showed their power with the win. CARUTHERSVILLE 26 - JACKSON 0 The Tigers made their own homecoming a happy one with a 26-0 shutout over Jackson's Indians on October 28. CAIRO 28 - CARUTHERSVILLE 26 The Cairo Pilots took a 28-26 win from Caruthersville November 4, but the Tigers fought hard and had a 19-14 lead in the third quarter. Two of Caruthersville's conversions in the first half were not counted good at Cairo and that put the Pilots ahead 14-12 at the half. CARUTHERSVILLE 27 - KENNETT 7 Caruthersville closed out a successful season with a 27-7 victory over the Indians at Kennett in the traditional Thanksgiving contest November 24. VARSITY QUEEN Bunnie VanAusdall receives flowers from Captain Bill Watkins. Looking on are Jim Leslie, Janice Hundhausen, Barry Trainor and Patty Sawyer. DESPERATELY attempting to catch the forward pass is end Gerald Clayton. Cagers Compete in Close Qames Although the basketball season results were only fair, the fight and spirit that is traditional with the Tigers was still present. The A Team won four and lost thirteen, while the B Team won three and lost thirteen. Many close games were played, some with only a margin of one or two points. EDGERTON jumps high to get the shot away as Clayton and Michie watch. FIRST ROW: Clayton. Gortner. Bartholomew. Green. Collins. Patterson. SECOND ROW: Edgerton. Cook. Grooms. Sawyer. Thompson, Coach Parkinson. THIRD ROW: Britton. Michie. Barnett. Lauck. BARTHOLOMEW drives through the middle for 2 important points. A TEAM SCORERS Points Scored Percentage of Free Shots Clayton 223 61.5% Bartholomew 177 64.6% Green 167 48.2% White 125 49.3% Patterson 115 44.0% Michie 94 48.2% Edgerton 91 49.2% Collins 12 40.0% Cook 12 40.0% B TEAM SCORERS Gortner 165 51.0% Barnett 105 51.0% Wyatt 102 34.6% Mitchell 62 53.4% Pool 60 68.2% Thompson 48 40.4% Rayburn 42 Collins 36 38.2% Grooms 18 44.6% Cook 10 Hollowell 7 41.8% TOURNAMENT RESULTS Christmas Tourney Bragg City 78 .................... Caruthersville 37 County Tournament Cooter 53 ........................ Caruthersville 74 Bragg City 77 .................... Caruthersville 57 Regional Tournament Dexter 70....................... Caruthersville 40 TIPPING THE BALL through the basket for 2 points is Captain Bartholomew. CHEERLEADERS Sue Bader. Ann Taylor, little Susie Taylor. Libby Christian and Patty Sawyer give moral support to the Tigers. SEASON'S SCORING A TEAM 1018 OPPOSITION 1197 B TEAM 662 OPPOSITION 797 FIGHTING FOR THE REBOUND are Gerald Clayton. Bob Bartholomew and Jimmy Michie. LEAPING HIGH off the floor to take the rebound is Bartholomew. DRIVING THROUGH for a lay up is Jimmy Michie. Tracksters Are Indoor State Champions The Caruthersville Tracksters started off with high hopes, worked hard and finished the season as champions of Pemiscot County, the Big Eight Conference, Indoor State, and Northeast Arkansas-Southeast Missouri. The Tigers, under the direction of Coach Harry Darr, won the Indoor State Championship in early April. The Tigers scored 44 Vi points, the second highest number ever racked up at the meet. High point man was Leslie with 12. The 880 yard relay team set a record-1 minute. 39 seconds. The mile relayers set a record of 3 minutes, 43.4 seconds. Leslie tied the old state record of 6.4 seconds for the 60 yard dash. COACH HARRY DARR points out our 3 to 2 lead over Charleston to Captain Leslie and other track members. Jones. Bartholomew. Streete. and Assistant Coach McGuire. Caruthersville took first at the Pemiscot County meet in April with 125% points. Leslie was high with 29. He set a record in the 440 dash in 52.5 seconds. Jones set a record of 21.3 seconds in the 180 low hurdles. Jones set a 15.6 second's record in the 120 highs. The Big Eight Conference champs were the Tigers as they won over Charleston's Bluejays 883 -88. Leslie continued his record setting streak by breaking the 100 dash record in 10.05 seconds. He tied the conference record, 22.7 seconds, for the 220. Leslie was high with 29. Edging the Bluejays for the second time in the season the Tigers took first in the Northeast Arkansas-Southeast Missouri Invitational 46-42Vi. Jones set records in both high and low hurdles. The 880 relayers set a record of 1 minute, 35 seconds. Caruthersville's thinclads placed fourth with 26 points in the Outdoor State meet in May. Leslie placed first in the 100 yard dash and second in the 220. Patterson won the mile run, and the 880 relayers won second. RECORD BREAKERS Jones. Patterson and Leslie look at the trophies won by the 1956 track team. COACH HARRY DARR happily receives the Pemiscot County Track trophy while jubilant Caruthersville boys watch. BREAKING THE TAPE in the 100 yard dash of the Northeast Arkansas-Southeast Missouri Invitational is Jim Leslie. Running second is Gift Edgerton. PATTERSON leads the pack at the end of the first half mile of the Northeast Arkansas-Southeast Missouri Invitational mile run. WINNING THE HIGH HURDLES in the county meet is Lee Bennett Jones. FIRST ROW: Coach Darr. Thompson. B. Cook. Harper. Lyell. Patterson. Cobb. Schultz, Dowell. Hendricks. Gurley. SECOND ROW: Edgerton. T. Jones. Cook. Warren, Thompson. Coleman. Rayburn. Hinze, Sawyer. Collins. Coach McGuiie. THIRD ROW: Leslie. Owens. Figgins. Hinton. Tedder. J. Streete. Maxwell. Lauck. Howell, Simms. Bynum. FOURTH ROW: Figgins. Grooms. Patterson, Bush. Tate. Ward. Wallace, Boyd. Norman. G. Jones. Scales. McCoy. FIFTH ROW: Hollowoll. Caruthers, Clayton. Burge. Patterson, Bartholomew. McCutcheon, Mitchell. L. Jones. SENIOR TRACK MEMBERS Bob Bartholomew Lee Bennett Jones Jack Streete Jim Leslie 880 RELAY TEAM Jim Leslie George Hollowell Gerald Clayton Gill Edgerton MILE RELAY TEAM Morris Patterson George Cook Bob Bartholomew Jim Leslie THE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT provides noon-hour entertainment for C. H. S. in the first weeks of spring. Intramural Sports Provide Noon - Hour Recreation The noon-hour intramural sports sponsored by the S. A. C. and supervised by Coach Joe Parkinson, provided a source of enjoyment for all students this year. Such thrilling tournaments as basketball, soft-ball, volleyball and soccer, kept the fans on the edge of their seats. Miss Walk's senior girls and Mrs. Cunningham's boys were the basketball champs. The annual tennis tournaments were won by Jerry Cheek and Frankie Nelson and Jackie French and Connie Parrott. Homeroom teams receiving the most points in all the tournaments were Mr. Mock's junior girls and Mr. Dunham's senior boys. These homerooms were presented cups on Honor Recognition Day. PITCHING HORSESHOES was one of the popular intramural sports this year. Here bystanders watch as Billy Collins tries lor a ringer. A BREATHLESS moment as the crowd waits to see which team will get the ball. The teams are Hopke and Cunningham. A TENSE MOMENT in a tournament game between Mr. Barnhart's freshman girls and Miss 4 ! V « V1 We Have Fun WE REMEMBER THE FUN ... the parties and receptions where we had fun together . . . the gaiety of decorating and attending the dances where everyone had such a wonderful time . . . the school spirit that prevailed over the exciting intramural games ... We remember the breathless anticipation as we awaited the announcement of the Cotton Blossom Queen . . . the crowning of the Varsity Queen . . . the juniors decorating for the Junior-Senior Prom, transforming our gym into a make-believe ballroom. We remember most of all the fun as we strolled around the campus or sat on the lawn talking to our old friends and making new ones. AT THE HONOR SOCIETY'S Valentine Dance. Clara Ellen Hicks awards the title King and Queen ol Hearts to Madeline Clay and Jerry Malone. This, too, plays an important part in our life, C. H. S. ENTHUSIASTIC JITTERBUGGERS. VanAusdall, Peters, Hundhausen, White, Cole, and King, try out their dancing shoes at the Student Council Sno-Ball Dance. 60 SHOWING HIS MERRIMENT. Mr. Dunham and other masked characters watch Austin Conway taking part in one of the many fun-filled games at the Halloween Party. MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS alike seem to thoroughly enjoy the menu served at the Mother Daughter Banquet sponsored by the F. H A S. A. C. MEMBERS Payne. Christian. Bader, and Lauck register guests before they enter the auditorium for the annual Christmas Alumni Assembly. SERVING PUNCH SEEMS to be an easy task for Elisabeth Christian as she serves guests at the reception following the Honor Society Installation. AN AIR OF FRIENDLINESS is apparent as Kindred, Lauck, and Bader register students from Portageville and Morehouse at the meeting of the tenth annual Southeast Missouri Federation of Student Councils held here on Nov. 9. licet ? Clara Cite Cl I ‘IS MEMBERS OF THE CAST for the Cotton Blossom Crowning: candidates and escorts. Burns and Swiggart, Hughes and Tate; Queen Clara Ellen and Greenway. Crown bearer McGuire and Editor Kindred; Trantham and Hollowell: and Assistant-Editor Markey. QUEEN CLARA ELLEN and her escort. Bill Greenway. lead the queen's dance at the Cotton Blossom Ball. Clara Cllen Kicks COTTON BLOSSOM BEAUTIES Kay Burns, freshman; Ruth Hughes, junior; Queen Clara Ellen Hicks, senior; Jane Ann Trantham. sophomore; Vicki McGuire, crown bearer. On December 15, amid the glitter and tinsel of the yearbook Christmas Ball, Clara Ellen Hicks was crowned 1956 Cotton Blossom Queen. The excitement and suspense of waiting for the announcement of the judges' selection was felt throughout the crowd. Finally the crowning ceremony began and the candidates and their escorts made their way toward the stage. After a brief breath-holding moment during which Janie Kindred, yearbook editor, tore open the sealed envelope, the crown was placed on the golden head of Clara Ellen. An approving round of applause burst from the audience. With this another joyous memory was added to our lives, C. H. S. Crowned u)jj - j6 WITH TEARS OF JOY. Queen Clara Ellen receives the congratulations of Editor Janie Kindred. ueetn 63 Queen un me 0 resented in cl i [Varsity TCssembly Hurrah! The shouts of the Pepsters and the approving Homecoming Game spectators broke through the hushed silence as Captain Bill Watkins crowned Bunnie VanAusdall Varsity Queen of 1956. Usually the peppy little miss, as a senior cheerleader, is leading the Pepsters in a spirited yell, but not this time. The cheering was all for her and her court. With all the grace of a royal lady, Queen Bunnie stepped to her throne, and another colorful event was added as a happy memory in our lives at C. H. S. IT IS A HAPPY DAY for Queen Bunnie and her court. Cole. Bader. Hundhausen and Sawyer, with escorts Streete. Bartholomew. Watkins. Leslie and Trainor. The occasion is the Varsity Assembly in which the 1956 Varsity Queen and Court are presented to the C. H. S. student body. FLASHING THEIR WINNING smiles are Queen Bunnie and her attendants. Sue Bader, junior; Sue Cole, freshman; Patty Sawyer, sophomore; and Janice Hundhausen. senior, after the long-awaited Varsity Assembly. ON THEIR THRONE after the crowning ceremony are Bader. Hundhausen. Queen Bunnie. Sawyer, and Cole. 65 SMILING HIS APPROVAL. Bartholomew beams as Mrs. Don Yost presents the awards ol best actor. Otis White; best supporting actress. Diana Daulton; best actress. Mary Bernard; and best supporting actor, Jerry Lyell. Play Night, Annual Open Houst IN THE SUSPENSE-FILLED play. Submerged, Jerry Lyell, pleads to White, Trainor, Jones. Figgins and Taylor for his life. Three important events always looked forward to are Play Night, Career Day. and Open House. On March 27, Play Night, an event sponsored by S. A. C.. presented three one act plays. Judges chose the senior play, Submerged. directed by Mrs. Howard Cunningham, as the winning play. The second place winner was the freshman-sophomore play. The Laughing Ghost, directed by Mrs. Lyman Dillard. Awards were presented to Otis White, senior, and Mary Bernard, freshman, as the best actor and actress. Jerry Lyell, senior, and Diana Daulton, freshman, won awards as the best supporting actor and actress. To help students in the selection of a career, 23 local business and professional men and women cooperated in the second annual Career Day held March 8. Each student in C. H. S. chose two careers to hear, and attended one-hour sessions on each of the careers. The event was sponsored by Honor Society with the help of the guidance department. RECEIVING INFORMATION about armed forces as a career are Bob Carter and Bob Tanner and Pete Nunnery. A GROUP OF would-be secretaries listen to Mrs. Ray Stroud as she explains the gualifi-cations of a good secretary on the annual Career Day. Career Day, and Draw Large Crowds More than 350 parents and interested visitors attended the annual Open House held May 8. As the guests entered, they registered and received a directory of the exhibits. Each classroom was open and had displays of the student's work arranged attractively around the room. IS IT POSSIBLE? Parents and children alike gape at one of the prize-winning art displays shown during Open House. INTERESTED PARENTS carefully study the beautifully designed woodwork that was handmade by industrious shop students. HANDWORK AND SKILL paid off for boat-builder Alford Hicks as he proudly shows off' his boat to guests that attended Open House. 67 The industrial arts display of furniture, blueprints, worktables, and boats was set up in the gymnasium, and was the first stop for most of the visitors. Also in the gym was an exhibit by the guidance department of pamphlets, books and other materials used in the field of counseling. The latest addition to the music department, a set of timpani, was also displayed. The art department was the center of attention for many, with its display of paintings, posters made by students for various drives, handicrafts, and various designs. Refreshments of punch and cookies were served in the home economics department by girls in the home economics classes. Junior - Senior Prom Carries Out Underwater Theme RELAXING BETWEEN DANCES are Arlie Lee Wattle and Mary Reichert, juniors, and Janice Hundhausen and Jim Southern, seniors. EVERYONE GETS INTO THE MOOD as they dance beneath the sea to the music of Tom Lonardo. THE TABLES with their fish net overlay, the flying fish on the walls, and the pictures depicting sea plants help set the mood. A GIANT SEA SHELL, one of the lovely features of the Prom, forms an attractive background for Morris Patterson and Joan Prost. juniors, and Maxine Woods and Johnnie Bratcher, seniors. April 21 - that magical night, the night of the Junior-Senior Prom. Underwater Fantasy was the theme of the Prom, and the gymnasium was beautifully decorated in an array of glittering sequined fish, mermaids, dripping seaweed and fish net. King Neptune reigned over the gala affair, and the largest group ever to attend a Junior-Senior Prom danced to the music of Tom Lonardo's orchestra. Additional entertainment was given by Virginia Ann White and Barbara Copeland who joined the band to sing solos. Our Teachers Have Fun Too The school faculty enjoyed a number of social events during the school year under the sponsorship of the local Classroom Teachers Association. The new members of the faculty were welcomed into the system at a picnic supper held on the school lawn during the first week of school. In December the faculty entertained their wives and husbands and the members of the administration at a Christmas dinner. The monthly meetings of the C. T. A. were both educational and social in nature. THE HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY work together for the last time in 1955-56 as they record information on student permanent records. Later they adjourned to the home ec room for a farewell party honoring Mrs. Wood. Miss Fears, and Mr. Price who will not teach in C. H. S. next year. EVERYONE gets into the act of helping themselves cafeteria style at the Classroom Teachers Christmas dinner. (At left) Guests of the classroom teachers enjoy the delicious dinner. Baccalaureate and Commencement End School Activities For 1956 Qraduates On the night of May 13, at 8 p.m., eighty seniors solemnly marched up the aisle at the C. H. S. Baccalaureate Service. These young men and women felt excited yet tense at the thought of reaching another important milestone in their lives. The Reverend C. K. Gortner opened the service with an invocation, followed by selections by the mixed chorus and the inspiring message, Honor To Whom Honor Is Due, delivered by the Reverend John L. Sennett. Reverend Gortner concluded the program with the benediction. For the graduating seniors, the next Thursday night, May 17, came too soon for it was the last time this huge group would march into the C. H. S. auditorium as a class. Everyone was slightly nervous not only because of the importance of the occasion, but because an entirely different program was to be given this year. At last the processional, played by Mrs. Redman Dunham, began and the seniors again marched up the aisle to their assigned places. The thirteen honor graduates were seated on the stage while the rest of the class sat on the bleachers facing the audience. Jack Streete, class president, opened the program with a message of welcome. SUPERINTENDENT COBBLE, the Reverend C. K. Gortner and the Reverend John L. Sennett visit as they wait for the beginning of the Baccalaureate processional. Mr. Redman Dunham then presented Seniors in Review. In this part of the exercises outstanding students in the academic fields of English, mathematics, science, social studies, practical arts and fine arts, and in the various school organizations were recognized. A surprise feature of the program was the honoring of Mr. Lee W. Rood, 92 year old founder of Caru-thersville's first high school. By action of the Board of Education of the school building occupying the site of the first high school was named the Lee Rood Junior High School. All former and present school board members were also recognized. Last came the climax of the evening—the presentation of the diplomas. As the class then sang the alma mater for the final time many eyes filled with tears as the graduates realized that their life in Caruthersville High School had ended. Watkins. THE CROWD WATCHES AS the Senior Processional advances toward the stage. CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN ORDER for these weepy seniors as they wait in line for their friends and relatives to give their sympathetic joy for the graduates' future success. RECEIVING HIS DIPLOMA from Mr. Collins and Mr. Shelton is Lee Bennett Jones. AFTER ACCEPTING HIS DIPLOMA. Johnny Bratcher strides across the stage to receive his congratulations from other seniors. Fl Siiyv'i'A'i r I i v W'i � ■ iw ■ 4l .V' . . Vv MW,- V� 4y f« SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Reporter lack Streete Jerry Figgins Ed Peters Lee Bennett Jones Bill Watkins NEED ANY HELP? ask senior class officers Figgins. Jones. Peters and Watkins as they try to assist President Jack Streete. Our Life in C. H, S. Ends CLASS COLORS Blue and Pearl Grey CLASS FLOWER Forget Me Not CLASS MOTTO Less Than Our Best Is Failure CLASS SPONSOR Mrs. Howard Cunningham Mr. Redman Dunham Miss Lena Walk NAMED STUDENT-OF THE YEAR by the S A C. are seniors Lee Bennett Jones and Virginia Ann White. BABE RUTH SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD winners. Janice Hundhausen and Jerry Butler admire the plaque on which their names will be engraved. Holding the plaque is Coach McGuire who presented the award on Honor Recognition Day 74 As seniors, we remember the fun at ballgames and dances . . . special weeks and the activities we participated in . . . our homerooms winning scholarship banners and intramural awards . . . the days we received our cards and invitations . . . senior tests . . . the Junior-Senior Prom. But most of all we remember . . . trying on our caps and gowns . . . Baccalaureate Exercises . . . and then that long awaited event, both happy and sad—graduation. SENIOR CLASS ACHIEVEMENTS First Place at Play Night Intramural Championship - Mr. Dunham's Homeroom Scholarship Banner Four Quarters - Mrs. Cunningham's Homeroom SENIOR AWARD WINNERS: White, music; Lauck. art; Kindred, citizenship; Streete, citizenship; Taylor, industrial arts; Hicks, homemaking; and Butler. Babe Ruth Sportsmanship Award. FOR FOUR YEARS, graduates Frank Nelson. Bobby Carter. Jerry Figgins. and Maxine Woods have had a record of perfect attendance. THE 13 HONOR GRADUATES: Seated: White. Lauck. Kindred. French. Phillips, and Brantley. Standing: White. Lynn, Jones. Christian. Streete. Taylor, and Figgins. SENIOR RECITAL PARTICIPANTS are Shelby Privett, Virginia White. Ann Phillips. Nancy Roebuck. Mike Keeton. Jack Taylor, and lerry Lyell. Seniors PAT ALLEN JANE BALL Band, Girls' Sextet, Operetta, Mixed Chorus, Pep Club. BOB BARTHOLOMEW S. A. C„ Key Club, C Club Vice-President, Operetta, Football-Big Eight Conference, Track, Basketball, Mixed Chorus. JOHNNY BRATCHER Honor Society, Track, Junior Class Reporter. PAT BROCK Pep Club, F. H. A., Operetta, Mixed Chorus. BUTION BRANTLEY F. H. A. Secretary, Pep Club, Cotton Blossom Staff, Honor Society, Reporter, Junior Class President, District Art Contest, Honor Graduate. LOUISE MITCHUM BRYANT Pep Club, F. H. A., Operetta, Mixed Chorus. BONITA BURRUS Pep Club, Glee Club. JERRY BUTLER Key Club, Treasurer, S. A. C„ Tiger Rag, Cotton Blossom Staff, District and State Music Contest, Projectionists, Babe Ruth Sportsmanship Award, Freshman, Sophomore, Junior and Senior Plays, Boys' Double Quartet, Winner of Teenage Road-E-O Contest. ALVIN BYNUM Football, Track, and C Club. Seniors JERE CAMP Band, Mixed Chorus. BOBBY CARTER F. F. A., Speech District and County Contests, Track, Thespians. ELIZABETH CHRISTIAN Tiger Rag Staff, S. A. C. Vice-President, Reporter, Freshman and Sophomore Basketball Attendant, Cheerleader, Cotton Blossom Staff, Honor Society, Pep Club, Girls' State, District World History Contest, Southeast Missouri District S. A. C. Secretary, Honor Graduate, Glee Club. DONNA CLARK F. H. A., Pep Club, Glee Club. MARION CLARK BOBBY CONSTANT F. F. A. INIS DANLEY F. H. A., Pep Club, Tiger Rag Staff, Cotton Blossom Staff, Operetta, Mixed Chorus. CAROLYN DODSON F. H. A., Band, Glee Club. TRYING DESPERATELY to find their invitations among the stacks of cards and invitations. Jere Camp. Johnny Martin, and Billy Greenway. reach to pick up a stack they hope is theirs. 77 Seniors CHARLES DOWELL Cotton Blossom Stafi, Tiger Rag Staff, Double Quartet, Freshman Class Secretary, Sophomore Class Reporter, Operetta, Double Octet, Mixed Chorus. JERRY DUDLEY WAYNE DUGGER F. F. A., Forensic League. JACKIE FRENCH F. H. A., S. A. C., Historian, Cotton Blossom Staff, Glee Club, Mixed Chorus, Junior Play, Tiger Rag Staff, Operetta, Pep Club, Honor Society, Harper's Senior Award, Honor Graduate. JERRY MAC FIGGINS Honor Society Vice-President, Key Club Secretary, Senior Class Vice-President, C Club, Boys' State, Double Quartet, Football, Track Manager, Operetta, Projectionists Vice-President, Best Actor Award Junior Play, Cotton Blossom Staff, Mixed Chorus, Honor Graduate. LARRY FERRELL LINDA GOING Tiger Rag Staff, Cotton Blossom Staff, F. H. A., Band, Pep Club. BILL GREENWAY Projectionists, Track, Band. LORITA GREER Pep Club, F. H. A., Band, Glee Club. JIM GRIGORY Projectionists, Mixed Chorus, Operetta, Glee Club. Seniors SHERRY HEDGE F. H. A., Transfer from Steele, Band, Glee Club, Mixed Chorus, Anthology Club, Library Club, Pep Club. ALFORD HICKS C Club, F. F. A., Projectionists, Football, Track Manager. CLARA ELLEN HICKS F. H. A. Treasurer, Historian, Parliamentarian, Honor Society President, Forensic League President, Pep Club, Mixed Chorus, Cotton Blossom Queen, Cotton Blossom Staff, Basketball Attendant, Junior Play, Operetta, Senior Home Economics Award. MARY JORDAN JONES F. H. A., Pep Club, Operetta, Mixed Chorus. JANICE HUNDHAUSEN F. H. A. President, Southeast Missouri District F. H. A. Vice-President, Operetta, Pep Club, Varsity Queen Attendant, Fall Festival Queen, Forensic League, Vice-President, Mixed Chorus. CURTIS JAMES Band, Dance Club, Track. LEE BENNETT JONES S. A. C. Historian, Treasurer, Honor Society, Key Club, President, C Club, Boys' State, Double Octet, Boys' Double Quartet, Basketball, Track, All State Track Team, District Algebra and Music Contests, State Music Contest, Operetta, Freshman Class Reporter, Senior Class Secretary, Student of the Year, Freshman and Senior Class Plays, Honor Graduate. CAROLE HILL HURRAY FOR THE CHAMPS is the cry that sounds tor Miss Walk's senior qirls' basketball team which consists of Brantley. Thompson. Wheeler. Woods. Privett. Lay. Burrus, Lauck. 79 Seniors CAROLYN JONES Mixed Chorus, Glee Club, Operetta. GENE JOSLIN Operetta, Mixed Chorus, Double Octet. MIKE KEETON Photography Club President, Basketball and Football Manager, Band. JANIE KINDRED Cotton Blossom Editor, Pep Club, Honor Society, S. A. C. Recording Secretary, Tiger Rag Staff, Cotton Blossom Candidate Freshman and Sophomore, Operetta, Mixed Chorus, Glee Club, Sophomore Class President, Woman's Club Citizenship Award, Honor Graduate, Chairman Jr. Sr. Prom, Manager for S. A. C. Candidate. DOROTHY LAY Pep Club, F. H. A. Majorette, Mixed Chorus, Glee Club, Operetta. JIM LESLIE Key Club, C Club President, Football, Track All State Team, S. A. C., Key Club Best Athletic Award. MARTHA LAUCK S. A. C. Scrapbookkeeper, Honor Society Secretary, F. H. A. Treasurer, Pep Club, Art Editor of Cotton Blossom, Tiger Rag Staff, District Art Contests, Freshman and Sophomore Plays, Citizenship Award, Betty Crocker Homemaking Award, Vice-President Junior Class, Honor Graduate, Senior Art Award, S. A. C. Candidate. BILL LAFORGE Football, Halloween Art Contest, Transfer from Shawnee-Art Illustrator for Shawnee School Paper. ROBERT LYNN Honor Society, F. F. A. President and Reporter, Field Crops F. F. A. Contest, Spelling Contest, F. F. A. Public Speaking Contest, Honor Graduate. JERRY LYELL Thespian Club, Projectionists, Tiger Rag Staff, Cotton Blossom Staff, Best Actor Award Senior Play, Sophomore Play Best Supporting Actor, Hobby Show, Band. Seniors JOHNNY MARTIN Football, Basketball, Track, Band C Club, Key Club, Operetta, Mixed Chorus. REGENA MOODY F. H. A., Pep Club, Photography Club, Secretary, Glee Club, Mixed Chorus, Operetta, Girls' Sextet, Bamwarming Queen Candidate. DICK MURRAY HERBERT MURFF Track Manager, Mixed Chorus, C Club, Thespians, Forensic League. LEON McCOY C Club, Football. KAY McCULLOCH Pep Club, F. H. A., Photography Club, Operetta, Mixed Chorus. BETTYE McTERNAN Band, F. H. A. Pep Club, Senior Recital. FRANKIE NELSON C Club, Basketball, Football. ORDERING INVITATIONS is the subject in mind for seniors Brantley. Wheeler. Keyes. Walker. Brock. Martin. Figgins. Christian. Dudley, and White. 81 Seniors JIMMY PAYNE F. F. A. Vice-President and Treasurer, Honor Society. ED PETERS Football, C Club. Transfer from Harrison, Basketball, Track, P. A. Club. ANN PHILLIPS Honor Society, Cotton Blossom Staff, Tiger Rag Staff, Honor Graduate. SHELBY PRIVETT Pep Club, F. H. A. Band, Operetta, Girls' Sextet, Brass Sextet, Tiger Rag Staff, Cotton Blossom Staff, Junior Play, Senior Recital, Mixed Chorus. LONNIE RIGGS F. H. A. � Pep Club, Photography Club. PEGGY RICHARDS F. H. A., Photography Club, Girls' Sextet, Operetta, Pep Club, Glee Club, Mixed Chorus. NANCY ROEBUCK Operetta, Pep Club, Glee Club, Bond, Mixed Chorus, Sophomore and Junior Play, Cotton Blossom Staff, Tiger Rag Staff, Senior Recital. PEGGY RUSHING F. H. A., Pep Club, Operetta, Majorette, Glee Club, Mixed Chorus, Treblettes, Double Octet, Choraliers. SONNY SANDERS Tiger Rag Editor, Cotton Blossom Staff, Projectionists, Honor Society, Sophomore'Play, District Art Contest. JIM SOUTHERN Band, F. F. A., C Club, Football, Basketball, Track. Seniors JACK STREETE Key Club, C Club, Honor Society, Senior Class and Freshman Class President, Football, Track, S. A. C„ Double Quartet, District and State Music Contest, Band, Mixed Chorus, Honor Graduate, Rotary Club Best Citizen Award. DICK SW1GGART Projectionists Club, Basketball, Track, Band, Operetta, Mixed Chorus. BOBBY TANNER Football, Track, Photography Club Reporter, C Club, Key Club. JACK TAYLOR Band, Honor Society, C Club, Secretary,, Key Club, Vice-President, Mixed Chorus, District Music Contest, Brass Sextet, Track, Football-Big Eight Conference, Honor Graduate, Senior Industrial Arts Award. JANET THOMPSON F. H. A„ Pep Club Vice-President, Operetta, Mixed Chorus, Glee Club. BARRY TRAINOR S. A. C. President, Boys' State, Clarinet Quartet, Key Club, District and State Music Contests, C Club, Football, Track, Band, Senior Play, President of Southeast Missouri District S. A. C. BUNNIE VANAUSDALL Honor Society, Pep Club, Cheerleader, Glee Club, Band, Football Attendant, Cotton Blossom Attendant, Varsity Queen, Cotton Blossom Staff. DALE WALKER Football Manager, Operetta, Mixed Chorus. “HOLD STILL laughs Bution Clark and Lonnie Riggs as they make last minute primpings on Carolyn Dodson and Pat Brock before Baccalaureate begins. 83 Seniors EXPRESSIONS OF HUNGER and satisfaction are shown on the faces of Joe White and Jere Camp as Virginia White and Carolyn Dodson serve a delicious-looking cake to Mr. Dunham's homeroom. MODELLE KEYES Pep Club, Mixed Chorus, Glee Club, Operetta, Girls' Sextet. MARY ANN WALKER Debate Team, Forensic League, Cotton Blossom Staff, Tiger Rag Staff, Thespians, Junior Play. BILL WATKINS Sophomore Class Secretary, Junior and Senior Class Treasurer, Key Club, C Club, Dance Club, Band, Football-Big Eight Conference, District Music Contest, Track. PEGGY WHEELER F. H. A., Operetta, Mixed Chorus, Glee Club. JOE WHITE Operetta, Mixed Chorus, Basketball. OTIS WHITE F. F. A. Secretary, Honor Society, Honor Graduate, Sophomore Pilgrimage, Football, Track, Junior Class Secretary, Debate Team, Senior Play, Thespians. VIRGINIA WHITE Cotton Blossom Business Manager, F. H. A. Secretary, Honor Graduate, S. A. C. Secretary, Pep Club, Secretary, Sophomore Class Vice-President, Cake Baking Contest, Operetta, Girls' Sextet, Glee Club, Mixed Chorus, Sophomore and Junior Football Attendant, Senior Music Award. MAXINE WOODS Pep Club, Glee Club, District Art Contest, Cotton Blossom Staff. 84 JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS: Sue Bader, Mary Etta Speight, Gilf Edgerton, Eddie Adams. Our Life in C. H. S. Takes on New Meaning JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS President .................................... Eddie Adams Vice-President ....................................... Sue Bader Secretary Ruth Hughes Treasurer ...................................... Mary Etta Speight Reporter .......................................... Gilf Edgerton Sponsors ................................. Miss Fears, Mr. Mock. Mrs. Parker Looking back, we, the juniors, remember most of all . . . working in concession stands at football games . . . selling pennants, book-covers and pencils in the homerooms . . . the hard work we put forth planning and decorating for the Junior-Senior Prom. We also remember that we excelled in many fields, both individually and collectively. JUNIOR CLASS ACHIEVEMENTS CREATING the underwater mood for the Junior-Senior Prom are juniors Davis. Streete, Speight, and Richardson. S. A. C. Representatives—Sue Bader, Robert Jackson, Tommy King, Bobby Mollett, Connie Parrott, and Martha Payne. Cotton Blossom Queen Candidate—Ruth Hughes. Varsity Queen Attendant—Sue Bader. Cheerleaders—Ann Taylor and Sue Bader. Girls' Intramural Championship Trophy. Boys' State—Robert Jackson, Gerald Clayton, and Ted Streete. Girls' State—Jane Ellen Markey and Ann Richardson. State Homemaking Degrees—Sue Bader and Jane Ellen Markey. REPRESENTATIVES to Boys’ State and Girls' State: Gerald Clayton, Ted Streete, Robert Jackson, Jane Ellen Markey, Ann Richardson. EDDIE ADAMS JEAN ALEXANDER SUE BADER PAT BEECHER MARY ANN BROWN GRACILE BRUCE JERRY CARUTHERS GERALD CLAYTON SHIRLEY COBB BILLY COLLINS GEORGE COOK CAROLYN DAVIS JIMMY DEAN NANCY DODD DARRELL DUGGER JO ANN DUNAVANT ORDERING THEIR SENIOR RINGS is a big occasion for juniors Vick, Speight, Richardson, Edger-ton. the Payne twins, and Sergeant. Juniors 86 GIFFORD EDGERTON NANCY FERRELL NANCY FOSTER DEMETRA FRANKLIN JERRY GAMBLE LARRY GRAHAM DENNIE GREEN MARTHA HAYDEN MARY HAYDEN BETTY HICKS PAUL HILL LINDA HOPKE RUTH HUGHES ROBERT JACKSON JOE JOHNSON LEE JONES ELVIS JONES BILLY KING DORIS KING WAYNE KING TOMMY KING BETTY McADAMS LARRY McCOY JIMMY MICHIE DOROTHY MILLER JAMES MITCHELL BOBBY MOLLETT GENETTE MOORE SHIRLEY ODOM CONNIE PARROTT MORRIS PATTERSON MARTHA PAYNE MARY PAYNE CARL POOL JO ANN PROST CAROLYN REEL DEMETRA REEVES MARY REICHERT ANN RICHARDSON BOBBY RODGERS IT'S DELICIOUS ' say Mr. Mock's homeroom members as they enjoy their cake won for having the best parent representation at Play Night. Juniors KENNETH SARGEANT WAYNE SEABAUGH CHARLES SNOW DON SNOW MARY ETTA SPEIGHT TED STREETE CECIL TATE ANN TAYLOR BARBARA THOMAS AGNES THURMAN SONIA VICK ARIE LEE WATTLE PEGGY WATT DON WOODY THELMA YOUNG FAYE YOUNG BARBARA COPELAND LOLA DEAN JANE ELLEN MARKEY HARLAN GARNER RELAXING ON THE CAMPUS are juniors Billy Townsend. Barbara Crosser and John Scates. Juniors 89 SOPHOMORE CLASS OFFICERS Gelt to right) President .......... Vice-President Reporter ........... Secretary-Treasurer Sponsors Walter Hinze George Hollowell ............. Pat Avis Jerry Thompson Mr. Hopke. Miss Horner Mr. McGuire We Become An Essential Part of a h. s. After spending two years of our high school life in C. H. S. we sophomores feel we have become an essential part of our school. As we remember the events that have happened during these years we can see the progress we have made and look forward to an even brighter future. We have been very fortunate in receiving many honors. They are ... Football Queen Attendant—Patty Sawyer. CUTTING CAPERS at the Halloween Party are Manford Lauck and Wayne Burch. As Barry Trainor announces them to be the winners for the most original costumes. Cheerleader—Patty Sawyer. Cotton Blossom Queen Attendant—Jane Ann Trantham. S. A. C. Representatives—Jane Ann Trantham, Patty Sawyer, and George Hollowell. Sophomore Pilgrimage—Mary Sue Hunt, Alternate—Wicky Taylor. Courtesy Slogan Contest Winner—Kay Summers. REPRESENTING THE SEMO CLUB. Mrs. Denver Fike pre sents a certificate of merit to Mary Sue Hunt for being chosen to attend the Sophomore Pilgrimage at Jefferson City. Missouri. PAT AVIS LARRY BARNETT CINDIA LOU BENNETT DENNIS BRACEY DAVID BISHOP JERRY BRITTON ROSALIE BROOKS MARTHA BUCHANAN WAYNE BURCH MARTHA CAMP CHRIS CHITWOOD REBECCA CHRISTIAN BONNIE CHURCHILL DORSEY CLARK MADELENE CLAY JERRY COLEMAN WAYNE COLLINS DARLINE CRUM DONALD DePRIEST BOBBY FIGGINS CHRIS FIGGINS LOWELL B. FOSTER GEORGIA GOODALE ANNE GOING MARY SUE HUNT M ales r. Hinzo rVQtai rGre s° q d Probl DONALD LATIMER MANFORD LAUCK JERRY MALONE PETE MEALES DON MEDLIN SUE CHRIS MEHRLE MARY EMMA MEREDITH MARY FAYE MEYER JAMES MITCHELL WANDA MOODY JUDY MOORE MARTHA MURFF ruth McAlister JOHN McCLANAHAN GLENDA McCOY james McCullough ADDING AN ARTISTIC TOUCH to the Christmas boxes to be delivered to needy families are sophomores Georgia Goodale and Barbara Stine of Miss Horner's homeroom. Sophomores 93 AUDRY McCUTCHEON LILA DARE McDOWELL CHARLES PETTY SUE MEYER HELEN McTERNAN DICK PROST DONALD ROBERTSON BRENDA ROBINSON PHYLLIS TERRELL RONALD SALES BILLY SAWYER PATTY SAWYER 94 THIS GROUP OF SOPHOMORES who are enjoying a minute of relaxation on the stairs are Martha Wilson, Wilma Gentry, James Adams and Jerry Thompson. Other sophc mores not pictured are: Franklin Bratcher and Milton Berry. Sophomores JOHN SHEPARD BARBARA STINE JEAN STOVALL KAY SUMMERS PATRICIA SWIGGART STEVE TATE WICKIE TAYLOR LARRY JOE THOMPSON HASSELL TOTTY JANE TRANTHAM JUDY TURNBOW MELBA TURNER DONNA WALDRON DONALD WALLACE WAYNE WALLS RUDY WHITE WINFORD WORSHAM EDDIE WYATT FRESHMAN CLASS OFFICERS (left to right) Secretary-Treasurer President .......... Vice-President Reporter Sponsors ........... ludy Luckenbach Jerry Burge Betty Collins Diana Daulton Mrs. Mock. Mrs. Wood Mr. Barnhart. Mr. Price Our Memories of C. H. S. FOR THEIR ORIGINAL hats. Dennis Brown and Sally Henley are presented first and second prizes by Lee B. Jones. Begin As freshmen, we have gathered some of our most important memories. We remember the lost, wandering, embarrassed feeling of that first week . . . the first time we marched into assembly . . . the feeling of pride in being a part of C. H. S. . . . dances, parties, sports, each one new, each one more exciting and more important than the last ... As freshmen we look back on a year filled with many priceless memories that will be cherished forever. OUR FRESHMAN ACHIEVEMENTS Cotton Blossom Queen Attendant—Kay Burns. Varsity Queen Attendant—Sue Cole. Best Actress Award—Mary Bernard. Best Supporting Actress Award—Diana Daulton. Freshman Week Slogan Contest Winner—Pat Roebuck. Winner of Original Hat Contest—Dennis Brown, Sally Henley, Margaret Johnson. AT THE FRESHMAN DANCE. S. A. C. member Sue Bader presents Pat Roebuck an award for her prize-winning slogan. My all—no less -for C. H. S. DON ABBOTT TOBY ABBOTT JOYCE ADKINS GAIL ALEXANDER BILLY AVIS RONNIE BECK JACK BENNETT MARY BERNARD PETE BIZZLE BRENDA BRADFORD CAROLYN BRANTLEY SARA BRISTER DENNIS BROWN TOMMY BRUCE JERRY BURGE KAY BURNS GLENN BYNUM RICHARD CHAFFIN JERRY CHEEK PEGGY CLARK JERRY COBB PAT COBLE RAYMOND COLE SUE COLE BETTY COLLINS AUSTIN CONWAY DON CULP DIANA DAULTON CLARK DAVIS MARIE DICKSON GERALD DODD PHYLLIS DODSON JOE DOWNING LINDA DUGGAR NANCY DUNAVANT PAT DUNAVANT EVA DURHAM JUDITH EPPERSON JERRY FERRELL JOHN FIELDS ENJOYING A FEW MINUTES rest before afternoon classes are Joe Crosser, Arby Cobb, Johnny Jones, Pat Horrell, and Milton Bomar. Freshmen 98 LORENA FIGGINS JERRY LEE FISHER MAXINE FORD TONY FOSTER CAROLYN GLOZIER BARBARA GRAHAM JO ANN GRAHAM JERRY GREENWAY HELEN GREEN EDDIE GRIGORY CHUCK GROOMS JOE GURLEY SONNY HALL RAY HALL BOB HAYDEN ANN HAYNES SALLY HENLEY DONALD HINTON SHIRLEY HINZE JOYCE HOUSE MARGARET JOHNSON ROBERT JOHNSON BILLY JONES JANE ELLEN JONES TOMMY JONES WANDA JONES BILLY JORDAN GRACE KEYES RICHARD KING BARBARA KLINKHARDT TAPIAN LAFFERTY BARBARA LANE JIMMY LEEK JUDY LUCKENBACH BARBARA McCALLUM CHARLOTTE McCORMICK 100 A TENSE MOMENT in the freshman play. “The Laughing Ghost. is presented by Pat Roebuck. David Bizzle. Diane Daulton. Don DePriest. and Judy Luckenbach. Freshmen RITA McNIEL JAN MARTIN BOBBY MAXWELL LYNN MEDLIN JAMES MIDDLETON TRESSIE MILLIKAN BOBBY MITCHELL NELLIE MITCHELL JOHNNY MITCHUM SANDRA MORSE CLEATUS MOTT ADAIR NELSON GLEN NORMAN PETE NUNNERY REEDA O'KEANE EL WOOD PATTERSON MARTHA PHELPS LEROY PRINCE JERRY RAYBURN MARTHA REEVES CHRISTINE REICHERT PATRICIA ROEBUCK DOROTHY RODGERS DONNA SHARPMACK CHARLES SIMMS BENNA SLATEN SANDY SOUTHERN EARL SPEIGHT LUDELL SPENCER TED SUMMERS JOE TATE JO ANN TAYLOR JOE J. TAYLOR KENNETH TEDDER JUDITH TEROY FAYE THOMAS PHILLIP THOMPSON BEN TRAVIS JIMMIE TROSPER DONNA JEAN VEILS MORE FOOD and toys are added by Jerry Cheek and Mary Bernard to their well tilled homeroom Christmas Basket. 102 Freshmen LINDA VANAUSDALL JOHN VICK MARTHA WARREN KENNETH WARREN BOBBY WARD SUSAN WARD DORIS WATKINS ANITA WILKS JEAN WILLIAMS DOYLE WOODS JAMES WOODS GLORIA JANE WOODY SUNWORSHIPPERS, freshmen Patsy Jackson. Shirley Abbott, Gaye Roper and Carolyn Johnson enjoy a choice spot on the campus during the lunch hour. Freshmen 103 PHOTOGRAPHS by Ward Studio Smith Studio Jack Taylor Jerry Butler Miss Mary Ellen Horner 104 Compliments of Crow’s Super Market 950 Laurant Caruthersville, Mo. Compliments of THE GEM THEATER “The Best and Most in Movie Entertainment’ Air Conditioned by Mechanical Refrigeration for Your Comfort Compliments of TWO Names to Remember Top Hat Cafe K. and S. Hardware Good Food Good Service and MacGregor Sports Equipment 1370 K C 1000 Watts First In - - -News — Music — Special Events Compliments of KCRV Caruthersville, Mo. Pemiscot County’s Only Radio Station Coppage- Long Gin and Delinting Company VanAusdall and Gilmore, Inc. “Your Friendly Ford Dealer” Buyers of Cotton and Soybeans Growers of Mo. State Certified Cottonseed and Soybeans Braggadocio, Mo. Phone 4371 104 East Third St. Phone 382, LD 8 Caruthersville, Mo. Jordan’s Grocery Market Open Every Day 1117 Ward Ave. Phone 171 Caruthersville, Mo. Wallace Buchanan Company Frigidaire RCA Maytag 300 Ward Phone 462 Caruthersville, Mo. 107 Milk Bar Compliments of Rouss Mmp|l Yard Ice Cream - Dairy Products “Black Business Handled White” 1503 Ward Ave. Phone 364 Compliments of Southeast Missouri Compress Company Caruthersville, Mo. Compliments of Standard Oil Company F. C. Kindred, Agent The Ward Studio 510 Ward Phone 276 for Appointment Caruthersville, Mo. 108 Commercial Work Artistic Portraits Barnes Grocery Market 803 West 11th Phone 974 Compliments of Bernie Lay siGjis Peoples Oil Company Wholesale - Retail Phone 148 Highway 84 Caruthersville, Mo. George’s Plumbing Heating Company Phone 444 1411 Laurant 24 Hour Service Phillip Hamra’s Store “Where Price and Quality Meet” Caruthersville, Mo. Van Johnson’s Y XntSrAuftAHTy “Your Place to Eat” 5th and Ward C’ville, Mo. Ben Franklin Store Locally Owned • Nationally Known Wm. F. Morris 109 International Harvester McCormick Farm Equipment Neely Bros. Implement Company Phone 42 Lumsden Super Market “Your Jack Sprat Store” Fruit and Produce Our Specialty Phone 360 504 Ward Ave. Compliments of Clevidence Machine Works Highway 84 Phone 134 Compliments of City Furniture Company Complete Home Furnishings “A Square Deal for All” Berbage - Bryant Real Estate and Loan Company Dealer In Good Southeast Missouri Farms Phone 1557 1225 Ward Dr.J. M. Booker Optometrist Phone 267 Caruthersville, Mo. no Sigma Delta Chi Compliments of Martha Lauck Carole Hill Janet Thompson Bonita Burrus Lorita Greer Elizabeth Christian Bunnie VanAusdall Dorothy Lay Virginia White Jane Kindred Sue Bader Sonja Vick Ann Taylor Mary Ann Brown Nancy Dodd Ruth Hughes Connie Parrott Pat Beecher Sue Chris Mehrle Patty Sawyer Kay Summers Jane Ann Trantham Janice Hundhausen Clara Ellen Hicks Shade Equipment Company Compliments of “For Better Ginned Cotton” Shade - Slentz Motor Company Crews Reynolds Gin Company Gaither Furniture Appliance Company Fine Furniture for the Home Satisfaction Guaranteed Gin at Shade Switch Phone 1325 Caruthersville, Mo. 513 Ward Phone 448 Caruthersville, Mo. Compliments of Faculty of 1955-’56 Delmar A. Cobble Edward Shelton Redman Dunham Mrs. Dorothy Wood Edgar I. Ailor Miss Bonnie Fears Mrs. Lorene Cunningham John McGuire Miss Mary Ellen Horner Floyd Barnhart Jack Hopke Paul Price Mrs. Irene Hazel Tom Mock Miss Lena Walk Mrs. Louise Brown Mrs. Artie Moodie Mrs. Louise Parker Mrs. Ruth Dillard Mrs. Dorothy Mock Joe Parkinson Harry Darr Lauck Service Station Best Wishes from Phone 141 907 Ward Ave. Ward - Coppage Gin Hayden’s DRUG STORE 5 10c STORE Compliments of Arl J. Dillman Son “Gifts for All Occasions” Auto Parts and Garage Supplies Stanfields Jewelry Phone 176 C’ville, Mo. 112 Compliments of John S. White National Life Insurance Agent Dr. C. 0. DeHoff Optometrist Phone 205 Caruthersville, Mo. Wright Home Furnishing Co. Phone 17 314 Ward Caruthersville, Mo. Better Furniture for Less All Leading Lines in Carpets Gordan Wright Francie Nelson Dusty’s Steak House Steaks - Sea Food - Fish Dinners Highway 84, West Phone 810 Caruthersville, Mo. Essary’s Vogue Shop Ladies’ Ready-to-Wear Caruthersville, Mo. Compliments of Joplin’s Floral Company Phone 73 Caruthersville, Mo. Pay Cash Pay Less City Cash Market 519 Ward Ave. We Stack ’em High And Sell ’em Low 113 Pemiscot Oil Co., Inc. George Cook Motor Co. tixaco “If it rolls on wheels we have or can get it.” ((8)) Your Lincoln and Mercury Dealer Bulk Plant Steele, Hayti, Kennett, Risco Authorized Distributor for Collins Rexall Store THE TEXACO CO. 418 Ward Ave. Caruthersville, Mo. TAYLOR SAND AND GRAVEL BUSHY AND RIVERFRONT 114 Bentz - Tipton Veneer Company Manufacturers of Finest Quality Southern Hardwood Rotary Veneers Egg Case - Wirebound - Commercial Caruthersville, Mo. The Globe Clothing Store First in Fine Clothes for Men Compliments of Chris Mehrle Paul Mehrle Cyril Hendricks City Dry Cleaners Compliments of Compliments of Monan Sales Company May Concrete Company Pontiac Cadillac Penney’s G. M. C. ALWAYS FIRST QUAUTYll 115 Herff - Jones Company Class Rings - Graduation Announcements - Medals - Trophies D. W. Blakeney Phone 210 Dexter, Missouri Howard - Swan Athletic Goods Company 900 Broadway Phone 5-7729 Cape Girardeau, Missouri Dionysius Cato Prescribed: “MINGLE YOUR CARES WITH PLEASURE NOW AND THEN.” - Disticha De Moribus MAKE THAT PLEASURE AN ICE COLD COCA-COLA AND YOU’LL TIP THE SCALES FROM CARE TO CHEER 116 Compliments Compliments of of McCarty Gin Company McClendon Lumber Company 6 Miles South of Caruthersville on the Cottonwood Road Chaffin Brothers Agency John R. Bader Robert C. Mehrle Real Estate and Insurance Compliments of CARUTHERSVILLE SAND AND GRAVEL COMPANY Caruthersville, Mo. 117 Daulton’s WALGREEN AGENCY DRUG STORE “We Fill Any Doctor’s Prescription” Phone 57 Caruthersville, Mo. Adair’s Grocery Home of Best Dressed Chickens Compliments Phone 1189 or 1190 Caruthersville, Mo. Baxter Southern, Owner of Southern Oil Company Brown Shoe Company Distributors of Petroleum Products Post Office Box 911 Caruthersville, Mo. Bernard Insurance Agency Personnel Mrs. Jean Gooden - Sanford 0. Bolin Lawanda Waggoner - Robert McGraw Walter Bernard 118 Berry Welders Supply Company Welding Supplies Mercury Outboard Motors Chris Craft Boats J. W. Hicks General Store Open Every Day Phone 1481R2 Cottonwood Pt. Road Reed’s Tin Shop Authorized Dealers for Lennox Heating and Air Conditioning Caruthersville Custom Gin Phone 39 Buyers and Ginners of Cotton Modern Ginning Equipment Mabel Parkinson Frank Wilks LaForge Undertaking Co. Noel C. Dean; Director Caruthersville, Mo. Compliments of Logan’s Phillips “66” Service Station Trop-Arctic Flight Fuel 602 Ward Tel. 9649 Caruthersville, Mo. 119 Compliments of First State Bank of Caruthersville “We Like for You to Bank With Us” Member of F. D. I. C. Bennett Radio Television Service All Types Antenna Installation Quick Service - Quality Parts Phone 51 1310 Ward Avenue Caruthersville, Mo. H. S. Smith Funeral Home Ambulance Service 808 Ward Phone 468 Caruthersville, Mo. SENIORS! Compliments May you have the best of luck Always of Brown’s Grocery Market Charles Dorroh Sawyer’s Pharmacy Prescriptions our Specialty Reg. Pharmacist on Duty at All Times Compliments of John Sawyer John Sawyer, Jr. Caruthersville, Mo. Moore’s Insurance Agency 120 Gas and Gas Appliances Compliments of Traders Mercantile Company Hardware - Paints - Gifts Standfields Hardware Bendix and “G-E” Appliances Caruthersville - Bernie, Missouri The Occasion Shop Our Many Years of Experience Brings You Quality and Style Minus Extravagance 109 East Third Street Caruthersville, Mo. Wolfs Fashion Shop Caruthersville, Mo. THE NATIONAL BANK OF CARUTHERSVILLE A. B. RHODES, Vice-President and Cashier “A GOOD BANK WITH A LOT OF GOOD CUSTOMERS” 12.1 Watkins Plumbing Jesse (“Pidge”) Watkins Phone 629 1406 Walker Compliments of Bruce’s Caruthersville, Mo. Star CARUTHERSVILLE MOTOR COMPANY Dodge Cars Sales - Service Job-Rated Trucks L. K. VanAusdall, Owner Phone 49 LD-7 Cooperman Sons A. P. Neifind Lurniture Exchange, Inc. Steele - Caruthersville, Mo. Phone 168 Phone 269 Insurance Agency “Two-Big-Stores-Selling Better-Values-For-Less-Money” Caruthersville, Mo. 122 Compliments of Pierce and Horner “Just A Good Local Newspaper” The Democrat Argus 0. W. Chilton, Proprietor Commercial Printing Insurance Office Supplies Tarps Electric Service Compliments of Phone 739 1543 301-B Carleton Caruthersville, Mo. Home Oil Gas Company 123 Compliments of Compliments of Popham Buick Company Missouri Soybean Company Caruthersville and Hayti McCoy Brothers Nelson Feed and Seed Coal - Feed - Fuel Oil 107 East Fourth Phone 92 Phone 250 Caruthersville, Mo. Cliff B. Smith, President Juanita P. Smith, Secretary - Treasurer PEMISCOT LUMBER AND SUPPLY COMPANY Pittsburgh Paint Products - - “Smooth as Glass” Roofing - Asbestos Siding - Insulation Highway 84, West P. 0. Box 870 Caruthersville, Missouri 124 Best Wishes Seniors Independent Oil Company Phone 9662 Caruthersville, Mo. Baskins Super Drug Prescription Fountain Service 1111 Ward Ave. Phone 153 Compliments of National Farm Loan Assn. Francis Waggoner, Sec.-Treas. Phone 20 T. R. Nelson Grocery Phone 296 1004 Adams Caruthersville, Mo. Dale - Thomas Radio Philco Sales Radio - Television Repairs Phone 945 Caruthersville, Mo. Overstreet Dry Cleaners Tom Overstreet, Prop. Phone 765 1223 Ward Ave. Caruthersville, Mo. 125 Teroy's Grocery Market —A— Abbott. Don 41,97 Abbott, Shirley 40,103 Abbott. Tony 41,97 Adams. Eddie 16,34.41.85.88, Adams. James 20,32,94 Adkins. Joyce 37,97 Alexander. Betty Jean 12.37,39.86 Alexander. Gail 37,97 Allen, Pat 76 Avis. Billy 32.97.113 Avis. Pat 31.40,90.91 —B— Bader. Sue 26.27.30.31.34.45.49,52,61.65.85. 86.96 Ball. Jane 18.30.37.70.76 Barnett. Larry 36.43,51.91 Bartholomew, Bob 27.33,37,38,48.49.51.52. 53.54.55.56.65.66.70.76 Beck Ronnie 97 Beecher, Pat 12,34,36,86 Bennett, Cindia 20.91 Bennett, Jack 97 Bracey. Dennis 15,22.41,91 Bradford, Brenda 31.40,97 Bernard. Mary 30.37.41.66.97.102 Berry. Milton 34.36 Bishop. David 15.22.36.91 Bizzle. Pete 32,40.97.100.113 Bomar, Milton 98 Brantley. Bution 29.31.34.71.75.76.79.81.83 Brantley. Carolyn 97 Bratcher, Franklin, not pictured Bratcher. Johnny 34,68.71.76 Britton. Jerry 19,43,51.91 Brister. Sara 97 Brock. Patricia 38.76.81.83 Brooks. Rosalie 9,30.37.41.91 Brown, Dennis 42,96.97 Brown, Mary Ann 16,22,30,34.35.37.38.40,86 Bruce, Gracile 12,86 Bruce, Tommy 27.32,97,113 Bryant. Louise 76 Buchanan, Martha 30.37.91 Burch. Wayne 90,91 Burge. Jerry 33.48.49.55,96.97 Burns. Kay 20.22.30.36.37.44.63.97 Burrus, Bonita 30.57,70,76,79 Butler. Jerry 9.27.29.35.37.38.45.74.75.76. 111.118 Bynum. Alvin 33.48.76 Bynum. Glen 48.55,97 —C— Camp. Jere 37,44.68.77.84 Camp. Martha 30.37,91 Carter. Bobby 14.32,40,44.66.75.77 Caruthers, Jerry 33,36,44,48,55,68,86.108 Chaffin, Richard 41,48,97 Cheek. Jerry 27.97.102 Chitwood. Chris 32.36.37.38,60.91 Christian. Elizabeth 14,27,30.34.50.52,61. 71.75.77.81 Christian. Rebecca 30.91 Churchill, Bonnie 37,91 Clark. Donna 16,31,77 Clark. Dorsey 34.41.91 Clark. Marion 77 Clark. Peggy 97 Clay. Madeline 30.37.60.91 Clayton, Gerald 15,33.36.44.48.49.50.51.52. 55.56.85.86 Cobb. Arbie 98 Cobb, Jerry 97 Cobb. Shirley 30.37.86 Coble. Pat 20.30.31.36.97 Cole. Raymond 35.97 Cole. Sue 8,20.30.36.60.65.97 Cole. Jerry 19.55.91 Collins. Betty 20.27.30.31.96.98 Collins. Bill 16.28.37.51.57.86.123 Collins. Wayne 33,48,54.55.91 Constant. Bobby 32.77 Conway. Austin 60,98 Cook. George 33.48.49.51.55.56.86.89 Copeland, Barbara 12.29,39,41,89 Crosser. Barbara 37.38,88,89 Crosser, Joe 32,98 Crum, Darline 91 Culp, Don 41.98 —D— Donley. Inis 18.29.30.37.39.70.77 Daulton. Diana 20.30,31.36,41.66.96.98.100 Davis. Carolyn 16.19.29.30.31.34.37.38.40. 85.86 Davis, Clark 48.98 Dean, Jimmy 86 Dean. Lola 12.29.39.88.89, DePriest, Donald 9,22,36,41,91.100 Dickson, Marie 17,31.41.98 Dodd. Gerald 32.98 Dodd. Nancy 17.30.31.86 Dodson, Carolyn 31.36.70.71,77.83.84 Dodson. Phyllis 37.98 Dowell. Charles 37,38.78 Downing, Joe 98 Dudley. Jerry 77.78.81 Dugger, Darrell 21.32.86 Dugger. Linda 31,37.41.98 Dugger, Wayne 14,32,40.78 Dunavant, Nancy 37.71,98 Dunavant, Joan 37,38.71,86 Dunavant. Pat 41.98 Durham. Eva 98 —E— Edgerton. Giff 21.33.48.51.54.55.56.71 Epperson. Judith 30.98 —F— Ferrell, Jerry 12.98 Ferrell. Larry 44, 78 Ferrell, Nancy 14.30.37.38.40.44.87 Fields, John 35,98 Figgins, Bobby 19,34.35.36.48.91.108 Figgins, Chris 15.34.41.55.91 Figgins. Jerry 14.16.19.28.29.33.34.37,38.42. 48.49.54.55.66.70.74.75.78,81 Figgins, Lorena 37,99 Fisher. Jerry 41.99 Ford. Maxine 67.99 Foster. Lowell B. 22.30.34.37.91 Foster. Nancy 22,30.34.87 Foster. Tony 41.99 French. Jackie 29.30.34.37.38.44.45,70.71. 75.78 Franklin. Demetra 37,68.87 Garner. Harlan 89 Gentry, Wilma 36,94 Glozier. Carolyn 30.31.36,57.99.110 Going. Ann 37.40.91.92 Going. Linda 29,31.36.39.78 Goodale. Georgia 13.91.93 127 Gortner, Harold 19.22.34.36.37.38.42.44, 51.91 Graham. Larry 36.87 Green. Dennie 51.87 Graham. Barbara 99 Graham, Joan 99 Green. Helen 37.99 Greenway. Bill 45.63.77.78.111 Greenway. Jerry 32,99.113 Greer. Lorita 18,30.31.36.78 Grigory. Eddie 35.99 Grigory. Jimmy 37,78 Grooms, Chuck 33.36.48.51.55.99 Grooms, Vivian 15.22.36,92 Gurley. Joe 32,99.113 —H— Hall. Ray 99 Hall, Sonny 41.99 Hamby, Frank 41.43.92.108 Hardy. Wayne 17.23.32.35.92,113 Hayden, Bob 99 Hayden. Martha 37,87 Hayden, Mary 14.37,66.87 Haynes, Ann 99 Hedge. Sherry 18.31.79 Henley. Sally 20.30.36,40.42.99 Hicks. Alford 33.67.79,86 Hicks, Betty 87 Hicks. Clara Ellen 18.28.30.31.34,37,38.40. 44.60.62.75.79 Hicks. Dorothy 31,37,92 Highley, Elizabeth 36.92 Hill, Carole 79 Hill Paul 22.34.61.87 Hinton. Donald 33.55,99 Hinze, Shirley 40.99 Hinze, Walter 33,44.55.90.92 Hollowell, George 27.33.56.63.90.92 Hopke. Linda 16.22.28.30,31.34.36.37.38. 40.87 Horrell, Patrick 98 House, Joyce 99 Howell. Jackie 92 Hudgins. Janice 34.37.92 Hudgins, Jerry 32 Huey, Jerry 99 Hughes. Ruth 6.29.30.31.39.61.63,87 Hundhausen, Janice 30.31.37.38,40,44.50.60, 65.68.70.74.79 Hunt. Mary Sue 28.29.34.41.90.92 Huntley. Jean 92 Hutchison. George 40,92 Houston. Opie 29 —I— Ivy, Ethel 40,92 —J— Jackson. Patsy 9.103 Jackson. Robert 26.33.42.45.48.61.85.87.108 James. Curtis 21.36.44,79 James. David 36,99 Johnson. Carolyn 103 Johnson. Joe 16.19.21.34.50.68.87 Johnson. Margaret 42.100 Johnson. Pricilla 34.37.92 Johnson. Robert 100 Jones. Billy 100 Jones, Carolyn 15.37.38,80 Jones, Elvis 87 Jones. Jane Ellen 20,30.31.36.100.110 Jones. Johnnie 98 Jones. Lee 19.38 Jones, Lee Bennett 14.15.19.27.33,34,37,38. 44.45.54.55.56.57.61.66,68,71.74.75. 79.96 Jones. Mary Jordan 31.37,79 Jones. Tommy 100 Jones. Wanda 31.37,100 Jordan, Bill 100 Joslin. Gene 37.38.80 —K— Keeton. Mike 9.21,36.44.45.71.75.80.111 Keyes. Grace 100 Keyes. Modelle 30.37,42.70.81.84.119 Kindred. Janie 18.27.28.29.30.34.37.38.39. 61.63.68.71.75.80 King. Billy 21.33.49.87 King. Doris 34.37.87 King. Richard 48,60.100 King. Tommy 9,27.35.36.41.48.49.87.88 King. Wayne 12.36.87 Klinkhart, Barbara 8,12.100 Lafferty, Tapian 20,30.31,36,41,100 LaForge. Bill 17,80 Lane. Barbara 100 Lane. Kay 92 Latimer. Donald 93 Lauck. Manford 51.55.90,93. Lauck. Martha 14.15.17.27.29.30.31.34,42. 61.66.68.71.75.79.80 Lay, Dorothy 18.30.31.36,37.38.42.79.80.109 Leek. Jimmy 32,100 Leslie. Jimmy 19.33.45,49.50.54.55.56.65. 77.80 Luckenbach, Judy 30.31,96.100 Lyell. Jerry 8.15.29.35.39.41.66.75.80 Lynn. Robert 32.34.70.71.75.80.86 —M— Malone. Jerry 23.32.60.93.113 Markey, Jane Ellen 28,30.31.34.37.38,40, 63.85.88,89.110 Martin, Jan 9.37,41,101 Martin. Johnny 15.36.37.38.48.49,71.77.81 Maxwell, Bobby 55,101 McAdams, Betty 22.30.31.34,36.40.71,87.109 McAlister. Ruth 36.93 McCallum. Barbara 30.37.66.100 McClanahan. John 23,32.37,38.93 McCormick, Charlotte 30.31.100 McCoy. Glenda 30.31.37,38.93 McCoy. Larry 21.32.33.34.35,48.55.87 McCoy. Leon 42,48,81 McCullough, James 41,93 McCulloch. Kay 37,38.70.81 McCutcheon, Audrey 55,92,94 McDowell. Lila 34,36,94 McNiel, Rita 101 McTernan, Hettye 35.81 McTernan, Helen 37.38,94 Meales, Pete 92.93 Medlin. Don 23,32.36.37,38.93 Medlin, Lynn 101 Mehrle, Sue Chris 28,30,34.36,93 Meredith. Mary Emma 30.31.34.37,41.93 Meyer, Mary Faye 20.93 Meyer. Sue 94 Michie. Jimmy 21,48.51.52.87 Middleton. James 101 Miller. Dorothy 15,30.36.71.88 Millikan, Tressie 101 Mitchell. Bobby 101 Mitchell, James 55,88 Mitchell. Nellie 30,101 Mitchell. James Ed 93 Mitchum, Johnny 32.40.101.113 Mollett. Bob 16.19,27,34,88 Moody. Regena 37.38.41.42.81 Moody. Wanda 37,66.93 128 Moore. Geriette 37.88 Moore, Judy 30.37.38,40,93 Morse. Sandra 66,101 Mott. Cleatus 101 Murff. Herbert 40.81 Murff, Martha 30.36.68,93 Murray, Dick 14,81 —N— Nelson. Adair 101 Nelson, Frankie 21.75,81 Norman, Glen 36,55,101 Nunnery. Pete 41.101 —O— Odom, Shirley 37,88 O'Keane, Reeda 37.101 —P— Parrott. Connie 27.29,30,34.39,42.43.88 Patterson. Elwood 55.101 Patterson. Morris 33.51,54.55.56,68,88 Payne, Jimmy 32.34,82 Payne. Martha 27.31.37.38.61.71.86.88 Payne, Mary 31,34,35.37.61,71.86,88 Perez, Hose 22,36 Peters. Ed 33.48.60,70,74.82 Petty. Charles 32.93 Phelps. Martha 37,40.101 Phillips. Ann 29.34,39.71.75.82 Pool. Carl 12.36,88 Prince. Leroy 101 Privett. Shelby 27,36.37.38.39,70.75.79.82.118 Prost, Dick 17,35,94 Prcst, Joan 22,68.88 —R— Rayburn, Jerry 48,55,101 Reel, Carolyn 30.37,38,88 Reeves. Demetra 12,88 Reeves. Martha 40.101 Reichert. Christine 17,30,40.67,101 Reichert. Mary 37,38.41,68.88 Richards. Peggy 30.37,41,82 Richardson. Ann 8.16.29.30,31.34.37.38.40. 42,85.86.88 Riggs, Lonnie 30.82,83 Robertson. Donald 94 Robinson, Brenda 37,94 Roebuck. Nancy 29.30.36.37.38.39,75,82. 118.119 Roebuck. Pat 30,36.37.41,96.100.101 Rogers. Bobby 22,32,88 Rogers. Dorothy 101 Roper. Gaye 22,103 Rushing. Peggy 30,31,37,38,42.82,109 —S— Sargeant, Kenneth 86,89 Sales. Ronald 41.94 Senders, Sonny 29.39.82 Sawyer. Billy 21.48.51.94 Sawyer. Patty 22,27,30.34.36.37,40.50.52. 65.94 Scates, John 55,89 Seabaugh, Wayne 89 Sharpmack, Donna 101 Shepard, John 95 Simms. Charles 102 Slaten. Benna 12.31.102 Snow. Charles 48.88.89 Snow, Don 19.35.68.89 Southern, Jim 19,33,68.82 Southern, Sandra 27,30.36.37.48,101 Speight, Earl 41,101 Speight. Mary Etta 22.30.31,34.37,85.86.89 Spencer, Ludell 101 Stine, Barbara 37,93.95 Stovall. Jean 30.31.36,61.95 Streete. Jack 14.19.33.34.37.38.42.48.54,55. 56.57.65.71,74.75.83 Streete. Ted 16.19.26,28.29.33.34.37.48.57. 85.88 Summers. Kay 17.30.34.37.41.95 Summers. Ted 41.102 Swiggart. Dick 21,37,63.83 Swiggart, Pat 17.95 —T— Tanner. Bobby 9.33.48.66.70,83.108 Tate. Cecil 33.48,55.88 Tate, Joe 102 Tate. Steve 21,95 Taylor. Ann 30.34.37.38,40.50.52.68.89 Taylor. Jack 14.33.34,36.44.45,48.49.66.71,75. 83.86 Taylor. Jo Ann 102 Taylor Wickie 34,41.44,95 Taylor, Joe J. 36,102 Tedder. Kenneth 55,102 Teroy. Judy 41,102,108 Terrell. Phyllis 37.66.94 Thomas. Faye 102 Thomas. Barbara 37,89 Thompson, Janet 18,30,31,37.38,70.79.83 Thompson, Jerry 36,51,55,90,94 Thompson. Larry 15,95 Thompson. Phillip 102 Thurman. Agnes 37,89 Totty, Hassell 32,95 Townsend, Bill 38 Trainor, Barry 8.15.27.36.43.44,45,48.49.50. 65.66,77.83.90 Trantham, Jane Ann 27,30,31,63.95 Travis, Ben 32.102 Trosper. Jimmy 35,102 Turnbow, Judy 31,37.95 Turner. Melba 30.37.95 —V— VanAusdall. Bunnie 15.30.34.50.60.64.65.70. 71.83 VanAusdall. Linda 30.103 Vaughn, Charles E. 32 Voiles. Donna 12.57.96.102 Vick. John 103 Vick. Sonja 26.30,37.86.89 —W— Waldron. Donna 30.31,36.95 Walker. Dale 37,38.83 Walker, Mary Ann 14.16.29.39.40.44.68. 81.84 Wallace. Don 15,55 Walls, Wayne 95 Ward, Bobby 33,49,55.103 Ward. Susan 30.37.41,103 Warren. Kenneth 33.55,103 Warren, Martha 30,37.103 Watkins. Bill 21.33.36.40.48.49.50.65.70.71. 74.84 Watkins. Doris 103 Watt. Peggy 35,37,89 Wattle, Arie Lee 68.89 Wheeler. Peggy 37.38.57,70.79.81.83.84 White. Joe 14,37,38.44.60,70.81.84.118 White, Rudy 23,48.95 White, Otis. 13,14.16.44.66.75,84 White. Virginia Ann 8.23.27.28,29.30.31,34, 37.42.45.61.66.71.74.75.84 Wilks. Anita 20.30,41,103 Williams. Jean 103 Wilson, Martha 30.37,94 Woods. Doyle 12,103 Woods. James 103 Woods. Maxine 21.29.30.57.68,75,79.84.119 Woody, Don 16,33.35.36.44.48.89 Woody. Jane 103 Worsham. Winford 36.95 Wyatt, Barney 99 Wyatt, Eddie 95 9 ers Ailor. Edgar I. 22.36.37.38.69 Barnhart. Floyd 23.32.69,113 Brown, Mrs. George 13,40 Cobble. Delmar 6.8,9.32.69.70 Cunningham. Mrs. Howard 14.27.44.69 Darr. Harry 21.33.48.49.54.55 Dillard, Mrs. Lyman 13 Dunham, Redman 12,18.60.69,84 Fears, Miss Bonnie 18.34 Going. Otto 7,69 Hazel, Mrs. Ernest 17.27.28 Hopke. lack 15.69 Horner, Miss Mary Ellen 16.28 McGuire. John 20.33.48.49.54.55.74 Mock. Mrs. Tom 14.29.30.39 Mock. Thomas 13.41.69 Moodie. Mrs. Dwight 13.34 Parker, Mrs. Louise 14,41 Parkinson, Joe 20,51.52 Price. Paul 15.69 Shelton. Edward 7.8.45.69.71 Trainor, Mrs. Melvin 7,8.69 Walk. Miss Lena 19 Walton. Mrs. Frances 6.7,69 Wood. Mrs. Nathan 12.23.30.31 Who’s Who FRESHMEN JUNIORS Girl most likely to succeed Boy most likely to succeed Most school spirited girl ... Most school spirited boy ...... Wittiest girls................. Wittiest boy ...... Prettiest girls ... Handsomest boys Best-all-round girl Best-all-round boy Neatest girl....... Neatest boy ....... ........ Pat Roebuck ........ Jerry Cheek ........ Betty Collins ........ Jerry Cheek ...... Diana Daulton, Judy Luckenbach, and Charlotte McCormick ............ Joe Tate ........... Kay Burns and Sue Cole ........ Jerry Cheek and Jerry Rayburn Betty Collins ........ Jerry Cheek ..... Jane Ellen Jones ............ John Vick Girl most likely to succeed ........... Boy most likely to succeed ............ Most school spirited girl Most school spirited boy Wittiest girl ......................... Wittiest boy........................... Prettiest girl ....................... Handsomest boy ........................ Best-all-round girl.................... Best-all-round boy ................... Neatest girl .......................... Neatest boy ........................... SENIORS Jane E. Markey Eddie Adams .....Sue Bader Robert Jackson Demetra Reeves ... Jimmy Dean Ruth Hughes ... Jimmy Michie ..... Sue Bader .. George Cook .... Jo Ann Prost .... BUI Collins SOPHOMORES Girl most likely to succeed ............. Boy most likely to succeed .............. Most school spirited girl ............... Most school spirited boy ............... Wittiest girl ........................... Wittiest boy ............................. Prettiest girl ........................... Handsomest boy .......................... Best-all-round girl ..................... Best-all-round boy ...................... Neatest girl ............................ Neatest boy .............................. Mary Sue Hunt Lowell Foster Patty Sawyer ...... Billy Sawyer ..... Judy Turnbow Wayne Walls .. Sue Chris Mehrle ...... Larry Barnett Patty Sawyer Walter Hinze Sue Chris Mehrle John B. McClanahan and Larry Barnett Girl most likely to succeed ........................... Martha Lauck Boy most likely to succeed ............................ Lee B. Jones Most school spirited girl ........................... Libby Christian Most school spirited boy ............................... Jerry Butler Wittiest girl Carolyn Dodson Wittiest boy ........................................... Jerry Butler Prettiest girl ...................................... Libby Christian Handsomest boy ........................................ Jerry Dudley Best-ail-round girl............................................ Janie Kindred Best-all-round boy ..................................... Jerry Butler Neatest girl ......................................... Janie Kindred Neatest boy ........................................... Johnny Martin 130 WALSWORTH Lill a«it;K«4 Bound by WALSWORTH BROTHERS HumIim, Mo . U B A