Central High School - Centralian Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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Weyve had a lot of fun this year, haven't we? Remember how hard we cheered for the Eagles and how hard they fought for Central? Hard enough that they won the footloall pennant. Rememher how proud we were to see it on our flag pole the day we had our outdoor assembly? And how we argued about the presidential election, when Mr. Roosevelt ran for a third term with Mr. Willkie opposing him? We all wore campaign lauttons. Some of them said things like uVVe don't want Eleanor either and, ul want to he a captain, too. while others said Hcarry on with Rooseveltn and Youth for Rooseveltf' And then the day after election, when Mr. Roosevelt was re- eipctecl, some of us were glad and some of us had loets to pay o . We had our first douhle mixers, using hoth gyms. We danced to Chuck Nelson's hand and to recordings of tunes like: Only Forever, Five O'Clock Whistle, Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar, Frenesi, You've Got Me This Way, Ferry- hoat Serenade, and all the others we liked so well. The girls were all trying out the new pompadour hair style and some of them looked very nice. Every Friday in Home Room we got our Luminaries, and teachers kept telling us all the rest of the day to put them away and read them later. Page I4

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HSS H1 741 hall, while Tloycl Mc- 1 VVatson, en lettered l Dietrich, fy. Peggy ier, drum nson, Mar- : Jarvis in ne Wills, and Don oundupf' tersociety, lamationg L Shirley s, in Ex- :ond gold iile Dick ind Rola- vas Cen- jonstitu- The officers elected to lead the class were: President . . . Bill Dietrich Aide . . . Beverly Bash Aide . . . . Diclc Kelly Aide .... Marilynn Williams ln the senior year, Hazel Jones was elected to lead the Girl Reserves and Bolo Bottenlyerg and Diclr Parsell led the Boys' Hi-Y. Don Nielson and Bob Bottenloerg were senior cheerleaders and once again drum majorettes Roslouise Yancey, Peggy Ryan. and MHFCC Rogers marched with the hand. Major Howard Shryoclc toolc command ol the Central battalion of R.O.T,C. Later in the year Major Shryoclc was promoted to Colonel, and John Egelston toolc over as Nlajfbr- Norman Wright and Dick Brown were the fW0 Presidents of the Student Council. Don Nielson and Jael: Jarvis shared the part of the Voice ol Prophesy in ltwalqe-Upl America the 1940 production of Variety Night, While TUHUY other Seniors Def- formed in it. Top ww: Dick Pmell. sauna ww: Beverly Bash. Bottom ww: Bob Bonenberg, Nlarilynn Williaiiis, Joan Lane, Nonnan Wright. Senior test scores showed Marilynn Williams high with a score ol 156 and Connie Perslcy second with 155. Spring play, this year 'Spring Fever, was April 4 and 5. .laclc Jarvis, Paul Morris, Stuart Thompson, Raymond Gordon, Lester Kessler, Don Nielson, Roslouise Yancey, Marilynn Wil- liams, Joan Lane, Darlene Swan, Shirley Wright, and Bonnie Whitaker had the leading parts. lnto the few remaining weelcs were crowded our last lntersociety, the senior ballot, the R.O.T.C. hop, and Natonal Honor Society. The memlners of the class of '41 were graduated, sad- dened loy the death of Alloert Clarlce, Jr., and missing Betty Jean Davisson, Wayne Wills, Loraine Hutchins, and Diclc Kelley who had moved out of town, and Bill Dietrich and Bula Vvilliams who, laecausc ol illness, were forced to remain out of school all year, lout very proud to have spent their four years oi' high school at Central.