Connors State College - Con Rah Yearbook (Warner, OK)

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R p fn Klub THE COMMERCE CLUB of Connors State Agricultural College sponsored the Christmas Dance, which was held in the recreation hall. There are twenty-four members of the Commerce Club with five officers as follows: Lody Wortham, President, Lenna Mae White, Vice-President, Dorothy Cornelius, Secretaryg Lenna Mae White, Student Senate Representative, Joyce Sanders, Reporter, members, Pearl Rector Coldiron, Jean Collings, Ruth Cole, Jerry Anderson Mabray, Francis Simeroth, Mary Lou Ford, Wanda Gentry, Amos Terry, Dennis Cash, Yvonne Stinnett, Juanita Johnson, June Ballinger, Lavonna Cook, Georgia Spradley, Jo Sparks, Co- leta West, Doris Fine, Louie Gibson, Melvin Short. Mr. J. P. Arnspiger is club sponsor. 3-T , I x ' :FZ 'ei' ' ' l 2 CT . C5 L f E s Y jf X 1-3 A A L -4 fl-JL Q S-.j ,A . 4534. :4'-'t - . . xl'f' r Jim gvuqqm THE CONNORS COLLEGIAN, a member of the Oklahoma Collegiate Press Association, began its 23rd year last fall in reporting the happenings and events on the College Campus. The staff includes editors, Earl Miller and Bob Crinerg business manager, Melvin Eakensg secretary, Charlene Edwards, and sponsor, Mrs. Helen B. Kline. - u 7, Besides publishing the Collegian, the journalism department presents Connors College Calling each Wednesday at 4:45 p.m. over radio station KMUS in Muskogee and sends publicity releases to area news- papers. ' D ' '

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THE GIRLS TRIO has been very busy this year. Its members are Yvonne Stinnett, Jeannie Shamblin, and Jeanie Vann. These girls are all students in the voice department and each one is a soloist. They have appeared at the Sallisaw Lions Club, the Checotah Lions Club, The Muskogee Pilot Club, the teachers meeting at Okla- homa City, the Sallisaw area meeting for the lake project, and many other places. The Vocal Department has furnished soloists for many occas- ions. Jeannie Shamblin and Tom Ruck, have appeared in Oklahoma City at the teachers meeting, the Tulsa Soroptomist Club, the Mus- kogee AAUW, the Business and Professional Women's Club of Mus- kogee, and were auditioned by the Philharmonic Orchestra of Tulsa. They were also invited to audition for the Wichita Falls, Texas, sym- phony orchestra. The Glee Club has been asked to ive the concertized edition of the O era Carmen by Bizet in Vian E P 1 Sallisaw, Stigler, Eufaula, Checotah, Spiro, and Muskogee. Yvonne Stinnett, Jeannie Shamblin, Jeanie Vann, Rucker Blankenship, June Ballinger, and Tom Ruck are the soloists. Those taking part from the glee club are: Ruth Cole, Lavonna Cook, Dorothy Cornelius, Betty DeFoor, Rita Ford, Pat Goodner, Juanita Johnson, Bonnie Ledford, Doyle Reading, Bobby Schultz, Jack Treat, Jennifer Wells, Lena Mae White, and Torn Wood. Members of the Glee Club are: Jack Treat, J. R. Jacobs, Colonel Stites, Tom Ruck, Tom Wood, Dorothy Cornelius, Reba Turner, Bonnie Ledford, Nan Kennedy, Jeanie Vann, Louise Mills, Shirley Har- key, Virginia Scriba, Lenna Mae White, Jeannie Shamblin, Mary Jo Sparks, Lorene Wortham, Juanita Johnson, Yvonne Stinnett, June Ballinger, Alice Emerson, Wilma Rector, Ruth Cole, Jerry Anderson Ma- bray, Doris Archer, Jean Collings, Barbara Roork, Lavonna Cook, Wanda Williams, Pat Goodner, Coleta West.

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rj c n itj j is ,gr Us ix a- mff S .Ae H r ' 9 Pictured irom left to right, BACK ROW, are: Jennifer Wells, Coleta West, Shirley Harkey, Alice Emerson, Pat Goodner, Jean Collings, Virginia Scriba. SECOND ROW: Mrs. White, Mae Carr, Doris Fine, Louise Mills, Barbara Roork, Yvonne Todd, Lavonna Cook, June Ballinger, and Nan Kennedy. FIRST ROW: Georgia Spradley, Bonnie Ledford, Doris Archer, Wilma Rector, Pearl Rector Coldiron. Juanita Myers failed to get into the picture. THE TRI PSI CLUB for Sophomore women chose for the 1952-1953 year, sponsor Mrs. Ruth White, Art Instructor, and elected the following officers: President, Jean Collings, Vice-Pres1- dent, Shirley Harkeyg Secretary, Pearl Rector Coldirong Treasurer, Mae Carrg Reporter, Vir- . . ginia Scribag Student Senate Representative, Coleta West. ' .7ju Activities of the club included Freshman week which ended with an all-school mncer super- vised by the Student Senate, and the Valentine Dance which was a semi-formal affair. For the dance, Mrs. White presented each member of the club with a red-and-white Carnation corsage. In return the members gave Mrs. White a corsage of red roses to symbolize their affection for her. In.Septernber, 1952, Russell Belles re-organized and elected the following officers: Presi- dent, Reba Turner, Vice-President, Jeannie Sharnbling Secretary, Florence Greenwoodg Re- porter, Charlene Edwardsg Student Senate Representative, Wanda Gentry, and Sponsor Libby Marshall. The outstanding activity of the club was sponsoring Sadie Hawkins Week, climaxed with the annual Sadie Hawkins Dance. Sue Nell Fisher and Bill Bunch received prizes for the BE tk I best costumed Little Abner and Daisy Mae. The Belles pictured are, FIRST ROW, left to right: Emma Sue Amos, Anna Mae Galbraith, Wanda Gen- try, Jo Ann Mitchell, Florence Greenwood, Dorothy Cornelius, Reba Turner, Lenna Mae White, Sue Nell Fisher, and sponsor Miss Libby Marshall. SECOND ROW, left to right: Mary Jo Sparks, Lorene Wortham, Yvonne Stinnett, Charlene Edwards, Betty Ann Williams, Leavinna Jamison, Peggy Jordan, Thelma Moore, Wanda Williams, Delores Payne, Ruth Cole, Joyce Sanders, Juanita Johnson, Jeannie Shamblin, and Peggy Reavis. f ' 1 4' ' M tg, G M 55.