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

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BEN CASEY BLOUSES AND DRESSES are new fashions of 1962 WEARING RACCOON COLLARED COATS is a winter fashion, worn here by Cecilia Hamilton, Gail Bennett, and Ruth Ellen say Beth DeHoff and Sherry Cagle. Cooperman. THE TWIST takes hold at C.H.S. as shown by these lively dancers. Barbara Latimer, Jimmy Hazel, Henry Hayden, Becky Burns, and Don Snow.

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New fads and fashions make 1961-1962 distinctive 1961-62 was a year to remember. The U. S. held its breath when Alan Shepard led the way into space. All Americans felt renewed national pride over the historic flights of John Glenn and Scott Carpenter. Rut it was also a year of continued anxiety. The Cold War was still with us; there was much talk of bomb shelters. It was a year of increased civic spirit in our town. Caruthersville “patted itself on the hack” when it approved school and factory bond issues bv large majorities and saw two new factory buildings begin construction. C. H. S. teenagers shared in the excitement of these world and local events—they were a part of their dailv lives. But 1961-62 was also a vear of new fads and fashions in C. H. S. The twist reached C. H. S. dances. Bouffant hair-do’s with hows. Ben Casev and “twistin’” blouses, raccoon-collared coats, and tennic chocs were the “tons”. Historic events and new fads and fashions made this year distinctive. C.H.S. STUDENTS Mary Estes and Jo Lynn Corbin read with pride of the historic flight of John Glenn. BOTH COLORED AND WHITE TENNIS SHOES are tops with male and female teenagers of C.H.S. in 1962. WEARING BOWS IN THEIR HAIR • • °ew feminine fad at C.H.S. shown by Donna Hensley, Bonny Shaeffer, Mary Estes, and Jackie Stewart.

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C.H.S. goes to the annual American Legion Fair Autumn brings fair time to Pemiscot County. Exhilarating rides, grandstand shows, and cotton candy are all a part of the excitement students anticipate from year to year. C. H. S. felt they had a big share in the success of the 1961 fair, for their own Donna McGimpsey was American Legion Fair Queen, and two booths were exhibited bv the F. F. A. and F. H. A. Clubs. F. F. A. boys exhibited samples of crops taken from their own farms. F. H. A.’ers displayed a fallout shelter revealing necessities for a two-weeks’ survival in case of a nuclear attack. This idea was so appealing that a picture of the F. H. A. booth was shown in the National F. H. A. magazine, “Teen Times.” and also in “The Missouri Vocational Association Newsletter.” LOVELY Donna McGimpsey happily poses with the queen's bouquet after being chosen American Legion Fair Queen. PROUDLY DISPLAYING the F.H.A. booth are these club members: Nora Treece, Linda Vaughn, Beverly Tedder, Vicki Cravens, and Mrs. Ralph Pinion, the club sponsor. Page 14