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

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CONTENTS ADMINISTRATION AND FACULTY 8 SPECIAL EVENTS 16 Fall . . . Winter ... Spring ORGANIZATIONS .. 36 Publications . . . Clubs . . . Music ATHLETICS .. 56 Football . . . Basketball. . . Track Intramural Sports STUDENTS AND CLASSES 70 Seniors .. . Juniors ... Sophomores Freshmen ADVERTISERS 109

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FOREWORD A centennial year is a time for looking back . . . for remembering the ways of living, the fashions, the ideas, and the achievements of long ago. It is a time for remembering our town’s history . . . the small river trading post carved from the wilderness, the frontier boom lumber town, and the thriving farm community of 10,000 of today, with its progressive business district and 82.200.000 school system. The celebration of the 100th anniversary of our town, Caruthersville, revives the golden days of yesteryears. A centennial year is not only a time for looking hack: it is a time for looking forward, too . . . for reviewing the ways of living, the ideas, the happy events, the fine achievements of today. The centennial celebration of our town also spotlights the Caruthersville of today. It is for these reasons that we, the 1957 Cotton Blossom staff, have chosen for our yearbook theme. TODAY AND YESTERDAY. In this, our centennial edition, we have tried in words and pictures to capture the special events which were the happy remembrances of this 1957 school year — our TODAY . . . against the background of the past . . . our YESTERDAY. With pride in our past and with hope for our future, we dedicate this 1957 Cotton Blossom to our town in its centennial year.

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Caruthersville Celebrates 100 Years of Progress One hundred years ago in 1857, John Hardeman Walker and George Bushey laid out a town on their farmlands in the Missouri “bootheel” and called it Caruthersville. The name honored a Madison County lawyer, judge, and representative, Samuel Caruthers. An earlier French trading post. La Petite Prairie, founded about 1790 at the present site of Caruthersville, was destroyed by the 1811-12 earthquakes. As the desolated land again became habitable, settlers slowly returned to the “bootheel.” Caruthersville was replatted in 1857 and in 1899 became the county seat of Pemiscot County. Our location on the Mississippi River and our C.H.S. STUDENTS examine the centennial exhibit at the County Fair. vast timber resources and fine farmlands were the keys to Caruthersville’s steady growth. Today, a town of 10,000 population, Caruthersville is known for the richness of its surrounding farmlands and the friendliness of its people. Our town’s centennial celebration has provided good fellowship and fun for C.H.S. students, as well as for the entire population of Caruthersville. From the opening parade in October to the final events of Centennial Week in June, C.H.S. students were in the midst of the planning and the fun. We paraded with the band, designed the official centennial seal, served time in the stockade, hawked centennial products, participated in the pageant, “La Petite Prairie Chronicle,” and thoroughly enjoyed the continuous activities of Centennial Week. It was a year we will always remember. WEARING THEIR CENTENNIAL COSTUMES, C.H.S. students Collins. Roebuck, and Dean pause before the old hearse during the burial of “Uncle Jim Razor.” SCHOOL DISTRICT 18—YESTERDAY, sponsored by the schools of Caruthersville, typifies school life as it was 100 years ago. Miss Pat Swiggart, wearing authentic clothes, portrays a teacher of that era. 6