Driscoll Middle School - Ranger Yearbook (Corpus Christi, TX)

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OFFICIAL BI-MONTHLY PUBLICATION ROBERT DRISCOLL The Prairie Press VOLUME IV comius CHRISTI, TEXAsfTUi3si5A7Y,' I5E'cE1viBeiiWQtiIiis55 A ' A' C I 'im 'MWMw'CivpMsm i . l il t i 1 3 ,fm tli, i. j ,S X . 1 3-1 V it 5, A1 ff? Q ZA: i a -xg' g , ., ' . s i - 0 ',,. C r , 4 gf' 'f .- if ' ' Ii J 'K' A 1 N 4 X f A . l Ntffifif ' ll I I ,L 1 J ,, . Aixam., JZ. I-,C . WI , Ir. V i t ,C 5 , .-. - H V fg , f- f' - ' 1 'se ' 71? it if-', 'X il' wwf ' J' ' , . fa Iii' f Ns.. reee Pri' s' if fi 1 0 , 6:i.,t.,4,1,t ilitaj, .hifi ,lt thi .1 155 .. ju :.' K i 7- ' wi 4 .V A A . ' A f. 4 A i -at fe r--sf , lliflptfvlf if . rx ss., - ' . a I .. 5, flex , t , 5 ,lx?qg,W,,. X ,A 5 .qfyw-gin ,Vt 7 NX i X ' -fl! in l ! i .fs ' V :C M xii i.:--if C lim-'N 5' 1 I A SX ful A el E i 'fl if A: 'N,- ef- Ml ' dv-vw 1 A A i. . I J f l -'it e A ' ' - i X 0 . i A ' W' .4 1 Wu 5 I 1 I 'Lx I , X I 'w T H X . rrrr lr .3 . it fax, sf-1, A, K .aj 6 ,J g M 'if hw... , f'. 1, ,,:' ft ',' ,. ' M . A.:V:,. Q -A--gf, 3 A A, - i fe se farms as f f u ,jf R61 U' I A . A -',r.r . I if . -V I v V 1 , .ls M RRY SWA t 'N If ' 5 .. li' 'vi' V, ' vi W '- ., Num i 1 A i ' 1, lit I f S' ' M. . sz t ' is il, 'W i j, . A--A-an eeee im- -I 3 et i -all Wm ' . I 'sees i 'Nu ,f i fi ffl, X 7 1,4 5 ' 5 xv f i .71 g O tl iii? LL in i 'f ' l . xx il I I wil ,y I NN, ly..- 'fd l 1 I V ' i XZP3 'i 'f f t f A Q, T . liglwfy lv! . ingot ll ff. at THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS Most of us, by the age of six, had reluctantly given up our greatest hero-the jolly old gentleman with the red suit and flowing white beard. And with him went a large part of the joy of Christmas. But an' old friend of ours, who looked somewhat like St. Nick himself, gave Santa back to me. Here's what he said: Why, honey. who ever told you there is ino' Santa Claus? When a group of children sing carols, and their soft: voices sing of the Babe in the' manger, if you listen closely you can hear the fai'-off tinkle of sleigh bells. He s nearby. VVhen ai little boy holds out si lone nickel in fi' grubby little hand for Momniy's present-five licorice sticks , who can deny the gentle chuckle heard by those who believe? Wlien the elderly lady, obviously very poor, ,drops Santa who says dren decorate a within the room, for this is his domain. spirit of Christmas-of loving and giving, and peace on these things are, so is he. And when you wake on Christ' coins into the Salvation Army pot, it isn't the make-believe Thank You. lt's his -voice, deep and joyous. When chil- Christmas tree, with laughter and gay trinkets, he stands He is the earth. Wherever mas mo1'n'in'g, with pence and joy in your heart, and love for your fellow- xnan, who can deny that that well-remembered figure has some down your chimney and blessed your house with his presence while you slept? I sensed the truth in this old fr.iend's words, so I searched for Santa Clause. And, to my everlasting joy, I found hint. A little girl, aged three, peeked through a keyhole and spied her long- awaited baby doll and buggy beneath the Christmas tree. She pounded the door with a small fist and cried, Tanty Kause, Tanty Kause, let me in. You can hand me my dolly yourself. A naughty little boy, when told by his mother to behave because Santa was listening, looked up at the chimney and said, lf you are up there, Santa Clause, I wish you'd throw my toys on down here. I'm getting pretty tired of waiting. A dying child celebrated 'Christmas in July, because there wasn't time to wait for the real one. And the whole town joined in with all the decora- tions and celebrations. Many photographers and newsmen were present to record the words of the happy boy for a sympathetic world. And he said, Gee, Santa is making two trips this year, isn't he? A group of school children saved their pennies for months to make Christmas a brighter day for less fortunate children. An elderly bachelor who lived in our ,town had 'forty invitations to spend Christmas day in the homes of kindly friends. And I watched a first grade class put on their Christmas play. Ma1'y Caged sixj proudly rocked the infant Jesus doll in a cradle, and surely the serenity and innocence of her 'face must have been much like th'at which shone on the Virgin Mary's face. Tommy was a wonderful Joseph, even though his nose was slightly skinned from a tricycle-spill the day before. The three little wise menis faces held all the reverence and worship ini the world. And as the faltering voices. sang Silent Night, Holy Night those of us who watched forgot that it was just a first grade play. Suddenly we were back nearly two thousand years ago-where a Babe lay in the manger and a Star burned with a light so bright it illuminated all the world. And Santa Clause was in all these places. If you believe, you can hear his jolly chuckle many times. And your own gay heart will echo Peace on earth, good will to men. 4CECILE BLACKMON.

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Page4f THE PRAIRIE PRESS 3.,T-.mT---W. ,.-, .----..........-..-..i,-................-.-U......-...,i.,,,..,,,,, -, ,, , , Monday, December 5, 1955 MR. INTRAMURAL We would like to introduce a coach who you probably have seen working himself out before school, and after school. Well this man is making a lot of kids happy. He's staying after school to referee games. He stays dur- ing football, baseball and basketball seasons. So We suggest that you thank him for his help. ln case you still haven't guessed who he is. It's Coach Weldon Richard- son. He came here from Howkin, Texas. He has brown hair, green eyes, and weighs 170 big strong pounds. He attended North Texas State College. His fa- vorite hobby is fishing and golf. He lives at lO06 Shiels Drive, with two sons that he plans will make All-Ameri- cans. We wish him luck for the rest of the season. MR. BASKETBALL We would like you to meet one of the best basketball coaches in the city. If you don't believe us look it up in the record books. Since he came here six years ago he has kept the Championship here for five years. His name is Coach Ray Nicol. He came here from New Orleans, La. He has black hair, hazel eyes, and weighs 175 healthy pounds. He attended North Texas State College, Stanford University and Tex- as University. He lettered in basketball and swimming. His hobby is flying and has one son that he plans will make All-American at Stan- ford University. We wish Mr. Nicol all the luck in the world this year. Driscoll Starts Season With Impressive Record The Driscoll .Junior High Rangers will start their 1955 basketball sea- son with a very impressive record. Since coach Ray Nicol first came here six years ago, Driscoll has won the City Junior High Champion- ship. It has also won a great num- ber of tournaments. In its last two years Driscoll has yet to lose a con- ference game. VVhen Coach Nicol was asked who he thought had been the greatest player he said, That would be hard to say, because players such as Ray Garcia, Tommy Ballew, George Hen- ricks last year, and Rueben San- chez, Robert De Leon, Benito Yanez the year before last were all good players. But one of the best who came here was Johnny Hill who made All-State last year at Miller. About this year, he says that our team will be good with the returning of Sammy Garza, Eloy Romero, Lloyd Lester, and Roland Zepeda. Our team was hurt when Daniel Leya broke his arm. No matter if we win or lose this year we'll know that Coach Nicol tried his best. So let's all go and support your Ran- gers trying to win for their SIXTH STRAIGHT YEAR. MAX'S SHOE SERVICE Expert Shoe Repair 705 Oak Park Corpus Christi AA Basketball Season Beginning Soon Yes, the basketball season is here again and this year. Driscoll's going to have a championship team. But we can't expect the Rangers to win if we aI'en't even interested enough to go to the games. Come on, Ran- gers, you did it for the football team, let's show the basketball boys were appreciate them, too. Here are some suggestions for im- proving our basketball games from some good Ranger supporters: Patsy Graham: Pep rallies before the games would help. Billye Koenig: We should have our cheerleaders there to lead the yells. Josie Cantu: The Student Coun- cil should continue to sell pom-poms and ribbons. Janice Pulliam: Maybe more peo- ple could go if we got out at 2:15 on Fridays to have a pep rally and then go on to the game instead of having them at night. Barbara Johnson: We need more publicity before the games. Betty Killen: We need to organize a student section to improve our yells and make the cheerleaders' job easier. 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Page2 THE PRAIRIE PRESS Tuesday, December 20, 1955 THE PRAIRIE PRESS STAFF Edit0r-in-Chief ........................................................................., ...... M ary Mosel Assistant Editor ......... ...... P inina Norrod Business Manager ..... ............ B etty Mull Society Editor ................ ........ An n Donaldson Sports Editor ........................................................................................ Joe Vickers Assistant Sports Editor ...................................................................... B111y Howell Reporters ........ Cecile Blackman, Beverly Couch, Sylvia Herrera, Betty Sue Chandler, Gwen Porche, Manuel Cano Reporter .................,......................................................................... ,........ R ay James Advertising Staff ----l-Judy Blackmou, Sue Arm Gore Sponsor ....,....,.....,.. ......................... Mr s. Cappi Adams Hoop-Crazy Hillsdale By BILLY HOWELL PART VI Coach pushed them hard the next week because he was anxious to get the kinks ironed out. If he could get the little mistakes and miscues grad- ually worked out in the next couple of games he was sure that they would be ready to take just about anyone in the conference and give them a pretty good time of it. Snuffy Simp- son was awfully glad that Hil1sdale's schedule was arranged so that the games began to get a little harder as the season progressed. This week's games with Carling would be a big- ger test to his team than Blimpton had been and they would have to improve a lot to beat them. Tip dicln't know if coach was satis- fied with their playing, but after the Blimpton contest they had more poise and confidence. In practice they worked the ball around with sharp passing and the offensive formations were becoming smoother and against the second string they seemed to go fine. Although he wasn't sure, he thought that he noticed a faint smile on Snuffy's face during the practice session every once in awhile. After the last practice they all Went whooping and hollering off to the showers in high spirits and con- fident that they could take Carling. In the locker room the kidding and horseplay was more spirited than usual, and when coach came in to give them a short it took awhile for them to simmer down. VVhen they finally settled he said, Now, gang, let's all be in bed by ten tonight, eat a good breakfast and lunch and be sure to get here in time to be dressed and ready in plenty of time. You guys lmow that you are in fine shape and are fit mentally, you can take this game if you play heads-up. You're improving very nicely on your plays and I have confidence that you'11 Win. And with that he strode out of the locker room. The players went on their separate ways in small groups talking and laughing and in much better shape mentally than on the eve of the Blimpton game. The tip-off went to Phil who shot it down the court to Millchick, with a baseball pass, who flipped over to Tommy. Tommy came through with a nice set shot from the comer for the first two points of the game. Carling came right back has their star guard, Jones slipped in a net lay-up. And so it went with the lead seesawing back and forth all through the first quarter and most of the sec- ond. In the latter part of the second quarter Carling pulled away to a sev- en point lead, and that's the way the half ended. In the third quarter Stunlpy laid in a set shot, Slick dropped in one from the corner, Tip put in a jump shot and a hook. Carling countered with a free shot and a basket, but it was in vain for the Hillsdale play- ers were hot and nothing would stop them. Hillsdale built up a 49-37 lead and the second and third strings fin- ished out the game. They had won another game and both coach and players were satisfied, although they knew that it would take more than that given tonight to win some of the garnes they would play later. CTO Be Coutinuedj Meet The Press Your weekly Meet the Press is introducing Gwen Porche. Gwen is on the staff this year for the first time and is really making good time. She lives at 3626 Shell Road with hex' parents and brother that goes to Miller. CGwen's a good friend of ours isn't she!j She also has two older sisters. Gwen has blonde hair and is 5'2 short with blue eyes. Gwen told me not to tell you that she's 14- years old. COops I goofed!j .... Well Gwen says that she is really enjoying being on the staff and we are enjoying having her. Well., F11 see you next issue with another personality. Congratulations To Coach Tanner Looks like Coach Tanner got his Christmas present early this year. It was a tiny 6 pound, 13 ounce bun- dle by the name of Paula Kay Tan- ner. Congrats, Pop! The Year Before Christmas 'Twzzs the year before Christmas, When all through the town, Not a jet was stirring, But a T.W.A. was just leaving. The stockings were hung by The chimney with care, In hopes that Daddy Would wake before morning. The children were nestled All squashed in their bed, While visions of algebra Cluttered their sawdust heads. And mom, in her shorties, And I in my P. f.'s, Had just settled down for A long win.ler's nap. When downstairs there Arose such a clutter, I sprang from my bed To tell Daddy to get out of the iceboz. Down to the kitchen I flew Like ti flash, Tore down the door and it Hit Daddy's cabesa. The moon on the breast of the Old melterl snow, Gave lustre to rrzid-day- Although it was still night. When what to my wondering Eyes should appear, But a miniature sleigh with Everything, and the kitchen sink. With iz little old driver So lively and quick, I knew in zz moment-i Gosh! Where's MOM? More rapid than eagles, His coursers they came, And he whistled and shouted, And I can't repeat the words he used. Now Dasher, now Dancer, Now Prancer and Vixen, On Comet, on Cupid, on Donder, And you too, donkey! To the lop of the porch, To the top of the wall, Now dash away, dash away, Oops, how about Rudolph? As I drew in my head, And was turning around, Down the chimney Daddy Came, upside down. He was dressed in his P. I.'s, From his head to his foot, And his beard was not white, But black with the soot. A bundle of toys he had F lung on his back, And he looked like a pedcller, Trying to sell something. His eyes-how they twinkled, His dimples-how merry, His lips were like peddles, Bicycle peddles. His droll little mouth was Drawn up like a bow, And the beard on his chin Needed trimming. The stump of his pipe, He held light in his teeth, QSO Ihafs what happened, To that grapez1ine!j He had a broad face and A little rounrl belly, That shook when he laughed, Hope everyone likes butter! A wink of his eye and A twist of his head, Soon gave me to know, Junior WEREN'T in bed. He spoke not a word, But went straight to his work, And filled all the stockings, Until they almost burped. And laying his finger aside Of his nose, He sneezed and the sneezed until, He found a Kleenez. He sprang to his sleigh, And with that they flew, But I hauerft figured out yet, Just where they got wings. But I heard him ezclaim As he drove out of sight, Merry Christmas to all, Until next year! I-ll-I.l-I-I-l-I-IIl.l-I-I-l-I-l-l-l-I-I-I-I-I l I- Z- l I I: BARNETl S GROCERY I: :I THE LITTLE STORE WITH :- -: THE BIG VALUES I: l I E: Ph. Tu. 2-2597 - om noas'rowN nn. E: I l l:l-l.l-l-l-I-l-l-l-l-l-l-I-l-I-l-l-l.l.l.l-l.il: I For Correct Time . . . 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