Cherokee County Community High School - Checoukan (Columbus, KS)

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r L., . S E N I O R S 5. wif lil l' gs Viv 'k'- l Fifi? 5 fp ' gf f l 'Sig N5 Q 1 Ir? Bob Robbins Rubye Rae Robinson Maxine Sizemore Deana Skahan Gloria Thornburg Jack Tinney class Who took part in the all- school play, Brother Goose were Tennie Lay, Marjorie French and Virginia Payne f Members of our class who played on the 1944 championship basketball team were Henry LaRue, Jack Myers, Galen Christiansen, Ed Bradney, Alfred Blunk and Jack Tinney. Track stars included Donald Hefley, Dale Richards, Galen Christiansen, Bob Atkinson, Jack Myers and Henry LaRue. .The most important social event of the year was the junior-senior banquet. The theme chosen was Thank your Lucky Stars. Music was furnished by Ab Sell and his Blackfriars. During our junior year several ambitious members of our class, Harriette Gallagher, Thomas Thompson, Eleanor Newton, Fred Armstrong and Betty Lou Heavin, became seniors by deciding to finish high school in three years. The fourth and last page of our history tells of our final accomplishments. Our sponsors were Mrs- Mima Turill and Mrs. Jane Evans. We elected Ed Bradney president, Gordon Hale vice president, Beth McCleery treasurer and Maedeen Elliott secretary. Page Twelve

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K Wil- 'vqaaaw- 'ami' . -V Dale Jones Billie LaMarr Henry LaRue Tennie Lay 'T- Edward Lee Martin Marcelene Martin William Mercer Neva Nell Merrick Bob Miller Jack Myers Mildred Noeth Virginia Payne Mary Helen Poore Edith Pursley Dale Richards Juanita Riley Maxine Murray Riker Lois Roam Prominent football athletes included Galen Christiansen, Dick Bell, Henry LaRue, Jack Myers, Bob Atkinson, Dale Richards, Don Hefley and George Bell. With their assistance the team won five games, tied one and lost two. This record was the best for several years. A major portion of the energies of the class was devoted to earning money for the junior- senior banquet. This was accomplished by selling popcorn at the games, sponsoring an all- school dance and by selling magazine subscriptions. Champion magazine salesmen were Bruce Holmes, Margaret Ann Benson and Norma Jean Holmes- Our dramatic production that year was the junior play, i'Growing Pains. Rubye Rae Rob- ' inson, Bob Sanford, George Bell, Margaret Ann Benson Dorothy Dugger., Janice Allen, Claire Lee McElroy, Bob Miller, Jack Catlett, Henry LaRue, Viginia Clouse, Maxine Size- more, Floyd Bottorff, Ted Hamlet and Barbara Hale made up the cast. Members of our Page Eleven L M... as B- J.

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Q21 Mary Louise Sampica Harold Sanders Bob Sanford Louis Schreiner Imogene Scroggins Olive Sexton Donna Skahan Mona Clair,Skahan Mary Allene Smittle Jack Spradling. Donald Stover Bob Teele Walter Waggoner Dora Alice Wallace Fern Westervelt Lorene Williams Donald Hefley Joe McClure We planned an assembly at the beginning of the year and had a class party. Again this year we were well represented in athletics as Well as in other activities. Gordon Hale and Donald Hefley have applied for their state farmer degees in the FEA. Among the cheerleaders were Bob Sanford, Paul Castagno, Evelyn Cassell and Maedeen Elliott. The first dramatic production of the year in which members of our class participated was Headed for Eden. Included in the cast were Dorothy Dugger, Mary Allene Smittle, and Vir- ginia Payne. The senior play was Young April which was a sequel to our last year's junior play. The annual Kid Day was one of the main attractions of the year. Roller skates. dolls and scooters were in order on that return to our younger days. The highlight of the year was the junior-senior banquet which was in May. Having answered Uncle Sam's invitation, several members of our class were absent at these final activities. Those who entered the armed forces during the year were Harry Albertson, Joe Davis, Jack Catlett. Jack Bennett, Donald Stover, Maurice Goldsberry, and Dale Jones. Page Thirteen