Deerfield High School - Spartan Yearbook (Deerfield, KS)

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CLASS HISTORY September, 1944 found the Senror Class of 1956 enterrng school for the flrst time Our eight years of grade school were enjoyable ones but we constantly yeamed to graduate and enter hrgh school At long last the Sprrng of 1952 and the nrght of graduation arrived Receiving diplomas were Janice Bachand, Mary Ann Barer, Alben Bonrlla Dave Brownlee Dorothy Castoe Gene Corbett, hours DeKeyser Tom Grauberger. Adeline Hemandez, Donna Iske, Stanley Jones Donna Jordan Torlblo Marttnez Shirley Mathias Karen Rrxon Marte Smith Peggy Swords and Evelyn Witman The followrng fall wlth the exceptron of Ianrce Bachand who enrolled rn St Mary s of the Plains Mary Ann Baier. a student at Great Bend Prep School Albert Borulla a resrdent of Salma and Donna Iske, a resrdent of Monte Vista Colorado but wrth the addrtlon of two new members, Pattle I-Iawkms and Brllte Sheperd the erghth grade proudly entered Deerfield Hrgh as green freshmen However by the end of the second week our ego had been lowered consrderably by the Seniors who explatned to us by the use of lrpstrck and food coloring that we were just underclassmen In this new world Dunng this year we were very proud to be able to follow our basketball team through a highly successful season cllmaxlng with the State Tournament at Hutchinson Although our treasury had not grown by leaps and bounds by the end of the year we had managed a few penmes in antlclpatlon of our Sentor trip Guiding us through our freshmen year were Dave Brownlee as president Tom Grauberger vice president Karen Rixon secretary treasurer and Mane Smlth as reporter Our Sophomore year proved to be a year for additions and drop outs ln our enrollment Janice Bachand and Mary Ann Barer were back tn the fold again Bessie Mustard was a new member but left shortly after school started Dorothy Castoe left to become Mrs Gene Griggs Toriblo Martinez dropped out of school and transfers to other schools throughout the year included Stanley Jones, Gene Corbett Evelyn Wrtman Tom Grauberger, and Brllie Sheperd A hlghlrght of the year was the honor of serving the lunror Senior banquet Offtcers for this year were Pattre Hawkins presrdent Peggy Swords vice president Shirley Mathias secretary treasurer and Iantce Bachand reporter ln 1954 we had reached one of our goals We were now Junrors and a part of the upperclassmen 'lhrs was a brg year frrst, the magazrne sales campaign ordertng and first glrmpses of our class nngs our ftrst attempt at dramatics the Junior Play A Lrttle Honey a chill supper for a ftnancral venture and for a frttrng clrmax to a brg year we entertarned the Seniors at the annual Junior Senior Banquet wrth the theme of Southem Plantatlon and held at the Irvrng Brownlee resrdence We lost one member during the year but garned a new one Pattie Hawkrns transferred to Garden Clty and Eddie Anderson joined our ranks Lours DeKeyser carrred out the dutres as presrdent for thrs year Mane Smlth, vice president Adelrne Hernandez secretary treasurer and Mary Ann Barer class reporter September of 1955 and we are now Senlors Donna Jordan and Eddie Anderson had moved away and one of our former members returned but with a new name Mrs Pattle Maddux We were qurte busy wtth pictures to be taken graduation plans to be made financtal ventures such as the Mexrcan Supper the Senror Play Let Me Grow Up musrc festlvals scholarshrp tests belng entertained at banquets by both the Llons Club and Iunlor Class publishtng an annual and plans for our Senior Tnp to Mexrco wrth Sponsors Gray and Hayhurst All this and frantically trying to maintain grades to enable us to graduate on that nrght of nrghts May 24 1956 Tlus year was an exceptionally busy one for our officers, Marle Smlth, president Pattie Maddux, vice prestdent Janice Bachand secretary treasurer and Peggy Swords, reporter CLASS WILL The members of the Senlor Class of Deerfield High School, being of unsound mind, and weak heart and having but a few short hours to dwell rn the horrors of the trlals and tribulations of our high school days and being on the verge of deparung for realms unknown. do make, publish and declare this our last will and testament Shirley Mathras do bequeath my first chair ln band and the iob of getting the music stand musrc, and chairs to Patty Landon and my abrltty to get along wrth Mtss Conway to Mary Sue Rigdon Dave Brownlee will all the han- on my legs to Carol Sue Jones and my A s to Frank McKedy to use next year ln Constitution Peggy Swords wlll my basketball ability to Nancy Creamer Tape your ankles Nancyl l Also my wlttlness and Joke telling abtllty to Lelloyce Hanneman I, Adeline Hemandez will my qutetness to Nancy DeKeyser and my mlschlevous moments to Charles Cannon I Pattie Maddux wrll all of my household responsibilities and husband to Karen Rae Downing and my job of chaperonmg the class on trtps to Ann Fross Coates I Mane Smrth wrll my abrlity to get along wtth all the boys all of the time to Paullne Debes and my speakrng ability to Gary Kraft who hasn t yet had the opportunity I Janice Bachand will all my drrvmg abrlity to Bob Taylor and Dorothy Baier and my Shakespearean talent to Noel Taylor I Mary Ann Barer wrll my abrlrty to get to shorthand on trme to Bobby Tackett and my ballroom dancing abllrty to Rich Elliott We, the Senior Class of 1956 will to the freshmen the ablllty to get out of class for meetmgs Also our ability to agree with each other To our frrends the sophomores we leave one worn out pencil eraser They wrll need rt to cover up and erase the many mistakes they make If how ever they should show any slgn of tntellrgence by the trme they reach the Junior year they are to be permitted to entertarn the sentors at an eloquent banquet To the ,tumors the Class of 1957 who are soon to assume the drgnity that was ours, we leave those of our ranks who through srckness or other dlsa bility will pursue therr studtes rn Deerfield High School for another year before they, too, Join us in the world beyond We want to leave to Miss Smtth our perfect basketball record To Mr Gray our perfect attendance record We are quite proud of lt To Miss Conway we leave our loyalty to always manage to get to her class no matter what the activities were We want to leave to Miss Hayhurst our ability to clean the kitchen after actlvitles We leave the panence, excellent co operations and courtesy to Mrss Ryman especially for future play practrces The Senrors leave the ablllty to take care of therr own worries to Mr Johnson To Mr Iaudlck we leave the splendtd ability to organize the band for the upper classmen We want to leave to Coach Story the athletic ability of all our Senror boys, we hope he wins every game with lt next year To our Alma Mater the only high school which has been a home to us we will our lasting thanks and expression of appreclatron In Witness whereof we have to thls, our last will and testament afflxed our frnger pnnts, and flourishing signatures CLASS PROPHECY China May 25 1960 The big torpedo boat Ztpprt arrwed from America at exactly 9 36 center of the earth time Crew reports nothrng exciting on the tnp Consumed one quart of milk and three sandwiches on the way Distance between two continents cut many mrles by new routrng Sard to have cut through melted lava for 7000 miles of trip Encountered no snow Crew captalned by the honorable Pattre Maddux well known among students of Deerfield Hrgh School as member of class of 1956 Capital City Governor Dave Brownlee conferred with Speaker of the House Gray and Presrdent of the Senate Johnson today regardrng the burldrng of 30000 miles of highway across the Atlantic Ocean m the near future Cluef engineer Story, and his assrstants Laudick and McKedy who wrll have charge of the constructron of the watery hrghway were also present at the conference Podunk Center Word has been recerved here that Mtss Shirley Mathias. famed Metropolitan opera star who formerly lrved here wrll grve a broadcast tomght over XYZ She will slng Yes, There Is No Fog In My Eyes But You Hollywood May 24 1960 Fairmount Studios headed by Mary Ann Baier announced today the finding of a new star They discovered her maktng sauer ltraut wt of garlic in an east side apartment ln the slum drstrtct of New York Sie wrll co star with Rock Hudson in tl1e ptcture release, Flames of Youth Srakespeare wrote the plot Ltghtrng effects by Mrss Ryman This prcture has taken three days to produce at the stupendous sum of S6 50 Chicago Mr and Mrs George Novotny announce the entrance of their daughter in Miss Abigatl s Select School for Girls at Sunny Slope on Chicken Creek Mrs Novotny was formerly Miss Marte Smrth Des Moines Iowa The Annual convention of the Wrndy Lrars Club ls in sessslon here this week President Adeline Hernandez prestded over the openlng session Miss Hernandez who won the prize last year for tellmg the biggest lie, was a guest of honor at a banquet glven at Statler Hotel last evenlng The princrpal speaker of tl1e evening was Miss Ieluan Smlth, past presrdent of the club and present Internatronal President of the club This club has the largest membership of all the clubs rn existence of tnternatronal scope Paris Madame Janice Bachand, world s foremost designer of dogs clothing announces that she will enter the field of deslgnlng for men and women s clothing next fall She predicts that her styles will set the pace for the whole world Rattle Creek Sanltarlum Dr Peggy Swords today announced that the sanltarium staff had discovered a way to combat laziness rn school students This new discovery ls expected to revolutionize the scholastic records of the natlon In her studies Dr Swords was ably assisted by Mr McKedy who used Deer field High School Students for experimental purposes in the research work. Speedway Run Str Louls DeKeyser set a new world's record here today for an automobile speed when he went down the course at 500 mrles an hour. You know how Louis used to make everyone eat his dust back there ln his hlgh school days' He's stlll doing it. What speedl More mlles to the gallon next time. Louis. MESCI-IKE'S MEN'S AND BOY'S WEAR l. ' . . - ' ' ' ' l. . ' ' - I, Louis DeKeyser, will all of my Garden City girl friends to James Anderson and Charlie Creamer, and my height to Elaine Duncan. 1. . . . ' '