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

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Page 2 T H E P B AI HIE P R E s s Monday, January 16, 1956 - , l 1 ' f I THE PRAIRIE PR I ' . ESS STAFF Hoop-Crazy Drlscoll Gets -- Edlf0l'-in-Chief --...v .......,................... I .,..........,...,,.....,........... ......... M a ry Mosel 0 Assistant Editor ,,,,,,, ,,A.,,,,A P min., Nom Hlllsdale New Teachers Business Manager ..... .......... B etty Mull PART VII We would like for you to meet four 'S0C19fY Eqltol' -------------- 4-..--- A HI1 DOHHMS011 by Billy Howell new teachers. We hope that by know- 'SP0f'tS F-d1t01' ..-...... Z ...v.... .Q ..,.,,... Joe Vickers Coach let the team off early next ing where they came from, and how Asslsfanhf SPOVIS E-fl1t0I' - -' -- --v--,----v---------V----..--------A--,A---------------4------- Billy Howell day because of the fine game that they look you might understand them Reporters .,.......... Cecile Beporter .....,,.,..... .. ....., .,,....,.,..................,...,,,.,..,........,,.. , . Advertising Staff ..... Sponsor .....,.......... .. Blackmon, Beverly Couch, Sylvia Herrera, Betty Sue Chandler, Gwen Porche, Manuel Cano .Bay James .......Judy Blackmon, Sue Ann Gore . .......... .............. M rs. Cappi Adams STAFF STU TTERS FROM THE ASSISTANT EDITOH'S DESK '... , Foruthe past few weeks, campaigning for the officers of the Student Council has been fast and furious. At least twice a day you've probably been confronted with someone running for an office or one of their friends, either giving you a short campaign speech or a card saying, Mary for President. In fact there's been so much controversy about all the candi- dates you're wondering who to vote for. Say Mary and Joe are both running for President. Mary was cute, and real popular, but wasn't very efficient. On the other hand. Joe worked hard and was smart. Although he didn't run around with the popular kids, everyone who knew him, liked him. Lots of kids voted for Mary, just because she was cute and popular, even though Joe would have made a much better president. In another instance your best friend might be running for secretary. Even though the candidate running still voted for your friend. Remember this: THINK! I.et's against her was better qualified, you elect officers for their integrity, hon- esty, ability, and willingness to work to help make Driscoll the best school in the city. -Pirzina South Texas Student Activities Conf. Saturday, 'January 14-. 1956, Mrs, Adams, sponsor of our paper and annual staff, and three members of our staff attended a special conference on Journalism in Kingsvilfe, The program went something like this: newspaper reporting 8:0O- 8:30 Registration v 8:00- 9:15 General Assembly Introduction of Consultants and Staff Welcome 9:15-10:30 General Session 10:30-11:00 VVorkshop No. I- a. Tips on Makeup and Headlines b. 'lCommon faults in high school c. The Mimeo way is here to stay - d. Toward better Yearbooks 11:30-12:30 Workshop No. II a. Stay ahead with features' b. A Business Proposition c. The Mimeo 'VVay d. Toward better yearbooksn Thev all felt this was a worthwhile conference and gained more knowl- edge onihow to give you a better school paper and yearbook. F.H.A. Beau Is Crowned Tuesday night at a formal dance, James Peterson was crowned F.H.A. Beau by his escort Myra Jane Alston. Nominees and their F.H.A. escorts included Gerald Creel-Blanche Duff, Freddie Cuevas-Judy Blackmon, Char- les Noack-Sue Ann Gore, Butch Bray- Elizabeth Webb, James Kemp-Becky Steele, Tyrone Wenger-Sandra Riley, Harvey Tinnell - Jeanne Maurer, Douglas Baasch-Joyce Jackson, Billy Howell-Joyce Byrd. After the crowning James and Myra started a' -dance in which the nomi- nees and their escorts ioined. 1956 Football Sweetheart Elected We'd like for you to meet our '56 Football Sweetheart, Mineiya Car- ranza. She's 15 years old and has short black hair and brown eyes. She goes steady with Julian Garza. Her phone number is TU 2-4-439. She lives at 4-20 Mohawk and has lived in Corpus three and one half years. She enjoys playing and collecting rccords. We hear she has quite a col- lection. Congrats, Minerva! they had played against Podee. He knew that if the team would sharpen up on third defense that there wasn't a team in the conference that could beat them. He had the best shot in the league in the league in Stumpy and Tip was the possessor of one of the smoothest and most dependable he had ever seen. Also Tip, Slick, Stumpy, and Tommy were all among the top ten scorers in the league. As the season wore on the team seemed to improve more and more. The games with Suncleft, Hoefield, Norkton, Plakenton, and Oxford were fairly easy. The first string played about three-fourths of the first quar- ter and the second string and subs finished out the game, in fact the second string out scored the varsity in almost every game. The practices the week after the Oxford game a little heavier than usual. The VVCVC team th ey com - was in very high spirits and were in very good shape. The ing game with Cypress was to be a very closely contested affair. Coach Simpson was very pleased with their over-all playing. He knew that they were mentally set and physically able and that they were the better team, but he also know that Cypress would be up for this game and he also knew that the Cy- press coach was a stinker. The Cy- press coach was sure to have a trick up his sleeve and he had no idea what to prepare for. So, the only course to take was to keep his team at the peak of shape, both physically and 'men- tally and hope that their superior stamina would whip Cypress. fTo be continuedj Meet The Press This week I finally made my way to Beverly Couch who has been on the staff this making the second year. Beverly is 14- years old and her birthdate is September 19. She is 5'1 tall and lives at 1915 Palm Drive. Beverly's hobby is talking on the telephone. CHint, Hint. Her phone number is TU 3-3004l!j She likes buying clothes and dis- likes conceited boys, NOTICE: Bev- erly is not going steady with anbody. But knowing Beverly - she sure would like Zo. Well, I'll let you there. go on from tell me how there are? Teacher: Can you many commandments Student: Ten. Teacher: And what happens when you break one? Student: There are nine left. better. First we would like you to meet the man who replaced Mr, Al- lard. He is Mr. Don Parrish, who has brown eyes, brown hair, and is 5' HM tall. He comes from Flint, Michigan, and attended Abilene Christian College, and after that he attended Baylor University. He lives at 4001 King Richard. Next we would like for you to meet Mrs. Marbeth Lee. She has black hair, brown eyes, and is 5' 3,' tall. She comes from Meridian, Mississip- pi. She attended William Cary and Livingstone State Teachers College. She lives at 5220 Neff Lane. Miss Buth Osgood is also a new teacher. She has brown hair, blue eyes, and is 5' 9 tall. She attended St. Cloud Teachers College and Bay- 'lor University. She hails from Hut- achinson, Minnesota. Also 'joining the group of new ,teachers is Mrs. Donna Cox. She has eyes, brown hair, and is 5' I brown ' She comes from nearby Taft, ,aa mu. Texas, and attended Baylor Univer- sity. Let's give them a hearty welcome. A Surprise Party dill you all know that Elia Perez had a surprise Birthday Party? :It was really something. Susanna Nfartinez and Elia's sister were in Hey, charge of the party, and she was really surprised. They had the dance tat the K.C. Hall on Leopard. The Seranaders Orchestra played for the party. They played until nine and then we kept on with records until ten. The persons that attended the par- ty were: Gilbert Balli, Delia Torres, Arthur Gonzales, Budy Olivares, Bo- sio Guerra, Yolanda Guerra, Alex Muro, Gloria Sanchez, Alice Balli, Sammy Garza, Julian Garza, Danny Falcon, Simon Gonzales, David Joe Falcon, Nlary Guzman, Maria Gar- cia, Senaida Nfartinez, Sylvia Her- rera, Bose Mary Garza, Salvador Es- cochea, Fred Alanis. Some former Driscoll students were there too. They were Eddie Barrera, Sabas Tor- res, Bobert Fernandez, Gonzalo Ta- mez, Minerva Benavides, Odilia Ben- avides, and Alex Muro. Every one had a wonderful time, and fun was had by all. as-we i V M 3 i t t T 3 M it is 666666 mf. lNGLE'S GROCERY The Friendly Super Market fl, -aaa-aaa-2 ?- 1 2 2 2 2 2 f 2 ft E 802 FEABODY - Phone TU 4-6472

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OFFICIAI ROBERT DRISCOLL BI MONTHLY JUNIOR HIGH he Prairie Press v0r.UME1v coariis CI-IRISTI, TEXAS, MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 1956 NUMBER 9 ff EL LIBRW' ACT! CATCHWORD PUZZLE NO. 2 In this issue of our paper we have our second Catchword Puzzle. Since no one won the first puzzle, the prize money has been raised to 855.00 in cash. No entries will be accepted before Tuesday 8:00 A.M. and after VVed- nesday 3:15 P.M. Turn your entries in to lVIrs. Adams in Room 20, not to staff members. Staff members are not eligible to enter, The first correct entry will be awarded the S5.00. ....E........ I 3 x i ,. 1 i .. Q. I 'lwfwt ? 7 l 1 1 ACROSS . lVlan's nickname , , E l h N. f z ' 1. Title of nobility pmsllilcnmmmdel 6. To box Latch 10. Utmost extent 15. Scene of combat 16. Portion 17. Rise up 18. To put down 10. Drink to the success of 21. Dined 22. A ship tabbreviatedj 23. Same as 22 IICFOS 24. Coming after all 25. To contend 26. A conjunction 27. Ailments 28. A pronoun 30. To look 31. Wearing shoes 33. To stay or await 344. A pronoun 35. Head covering 36. Man's name 38. Sicilian volcano 4-1. Egg-shaped s the others Toward A p:'eposit,ion Sound reflected from distant surface Near To carry or pass on by stages Short for Samuel Female chicken Sun coming up Senile Tanglcs Meadow Southern State Cabbreviatedj Kind of meat A thick. dark, sticky substance Possible weather forecast A To glide on ice Unrefined metal Abel's murdered Cpossessivej Cereal grain Organ of vision Nlistake CLB E To O I I BUSY GEL LIBRO' MEMBERS PLAN TRIP TO STATE CONVENTION In spite of the fact that it was only organized last school year, El Libro is one of the most active clubs in our school. Sponsored by Miss Jackson, our librarian, it is open only to stu- DOWN 1. Fish 2. French measures 3. To steep 4. Upon 5. Pertaining to one's birth 6. Quarrel 7. A step 8. Skill 9. Rural address fabbreviatedj 10. Tardy 11. Anger 12. 1001 Clioman numeralsj 13. Consequence 14. Examination 20. Office of Strategic Services 21. Goal 24. Doctor of Laws 25. A ballot 26. Vegetables 27. Very small quanitiy 28. Side of a room 29. Masculine pronoun 30. A safe place. 31. To display 32. Possess 33. Gun. for instance 37. Registered nurse Cabbreviationj 39. Negative 40. Article 42. Article 43. Every 46. Merit 49. Feminine pronoun 5'l. Slang for tuberculosis 51. Bi-valve mollusk 56. Sing in a cheerful manner 57. On the ocean 58. Measure of time 59. The sun 60. Northern territory of the U.S. 61. Doctor of Medicine 64. We 66. Mr. ri Maverick 67. To he of one mind 70. Drunkard fslangj 71. Dread or great fear 72. United Fund Cabbreviatedj 73. Shrub-also called blackthorn 76. Short for Nathaniel 77. Frozen water 78. Organ of hearing 79. Term of address 80. Therefore 83. Abbreviation for number 84. Elder Cabbreviatedj dents who work in our library. E1 Libro is a member of the Teen Age Library Association and last year delegates attended the state T.A.L.A. convention in Fort VVorth. With oth- er members of T.A.L.A. from all parts of Texas, El Libro members stayed at the Hotel Texas in Fort Worth. Betty Cavanna, famous au- thor of books written especially for teen-agers, was guest speaker at the luncheon and final day of the con- vention. Members who attended the convention say that it was a never- to-be-forgotten experience, and they are looking forward to attending this year's convention which will be held in Waco in February. On November 5, over 200 mem- bers of T.A.L.A. from fifteen dif- ferent schools were the guests of Aransas Pass High School for a day. The entertainment began with a wel- come by Mayor Pat Kendel of Aran- sas Pass, followed by amateur ma- gician entertainment from Aransas Pass schools. Then the Aransas Pass Library Chapter sponsored a treas- ure hunt and picnic at Port Aransas. Brass figure fours provided clues in the treasure hunt, which was cli- maxed by the discovery of the treas- ure -an old sea chest containing sea shell souvenirs for all the participants. Just before Christmas, two mem- bers, Linda Smith ,and Ellen Mc- Caughn, attended an open house given by the library club at Baker Jr. High School for the other Corpus Christi T.A.L.A. groups. El Libro members and Miss Jack- son held their Christmas party the week before Christmas. After dinner at the Chicken Shack, an evening of games and refreshments was held at the home of Janice Pulliam. On January 6, a business meeting, attended by Miss Jackson and El Libro members, was held at the home of Cecile Blackmon. The meeting was called to make plans for a forth.- coming talent show. In order to raise money for the trip to the Waco con- vention, El Libro hopes to present a talent show by and for Driscoll stu- dents in the near future. Members of E1 Libro are very en- thusiastic about the guidance and leadership of their sponsor, Miss Jack- son. They feel that the amazing suc- cess of their club can be credited to her.

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Monday. January 16, 1956 THE PRAIRIE PRESS Page 3 Beliefs Wins 15 to 10 Over Youngman,s Class On Friday, January 6, Mrs. Bon- ey's -11th period Sith grade .P.E. class played a basketball game with Mrs. Youngman's 8th grade class, It was an exciting game, and the players on both teams played a good game. In the first quarter Nlrs. B0ney's class led the game with an 8-4- score, but in the second quarter Mrs. Young- man's class tied their score. In the third quarter Mrs. Boney had a score of 'IS t.o Mrs. Y0l1l1glI'lZ1I1,S 8, and at the end of the last quarter, lVIrs. Boney's class came out on top with a score of I5-10. High pointman on Mrs. Boney's team was Patsy Cryer, who made six of the fifteen points. Following Patsy was Ginger Bedingfield. with five points. On Mrs. Y0llllgllT8l1'S team, Mildred Hill was high point man, making 8 out of the ten points. Players on Mrs. Boney's tean1 were as follows: Patsy Cryer, Vernelle Appleby, Elvira Bios. Betty Killen, Elva Quintinella, Cecil Kemp, Ellie Walters, Mattie Wiggins. Ginger Bedingfield, Barbara John- son, Sarah Smith, Margaret Wooters, Ann Donaldson, Lucky Roberts, Vir- ginia Quintanella. Mrs. Y0llIlgIl1ilI1lS team was: -San- dra Johnston, Sherry Lynn VValden, Barnadette McKeefeI'. Mildred Hill. Diane Sweeiiy, Janice McNeil, Sally Cochran, Lydia Castro. Both teams showed good playing spirit and sportsmanship. -' 'i4 :4':' ,g rw. ef -...,,.4,.-'gtg Y.:-:i v ,x g , tw f.-QW S ot., vi' . 'i .-'xx . 'I .PIP ' X I 1 'Q' fI i?'.-'V' . 'Q 1 A ., :j u sir. -,,-- -4v.Jlf,.9,e.,,' 43 1: - .. ' , if - F - -E-s. - ,-sa., f W., .1 - .f .. vi, - ei- i ' ,fi 7 2 V. X 1 1 ,' X -'ti . , fm-.-E' z ' .- , . I A-'iii' it ' me ., .N ..a...,xs,3r,-fm... , ., Q. , High Pointmen Patsy Cryer and Mildred Hill. After-Midnight Party Most teachers around Driscoll are not in the habit of receiving visitors around 3:00 A.M. But most 'teachers don't include Mr. and Mrs. Boney. It seems that Mrs. Boney mailed a warning slip to Mrs. Bennett, about Glenda, as a big joke, and for her conference period put 3:00 A.M. Of course Glenda took it seriously and decided she had better get it straight -so she gathered a group of girls in her fifth period P.E. class for com- pany. They met for a slumber party at .Judy lVIcNeil's house at about 7:30. So they could be sure and get Mrs. Boney's address right, they looked it up in last year's student directory. Since Bobo Beynon and Charlie Noack happened to be hanging around Cyou might have knownj, they went along for the ride with about seven girls. Soon as they came to the right house Cor so they thoughtj, they ran up and rang the doorbell and er . . . ah . . . Well, anyway, the Boney's have moved since last year's student direc- tory came out. Cl'0Sl..f?lllCIT, but not defeated, they found a VVlli'tl,i1lJ1.U'gEl' stand witl1 someone in it, and used a telephone directory, Cthis year'sj to find the Boney's. present address, which they finally found, but not without Char- lie Noack's help. CHe felt of all the house numbers until he found the right onelj At long last, they found the Boneys, where hot chocolate and doughnuts were waiting for them. CMrs. Boney had been tipped off.j BARNETT'S GROCERY :I THE LITTLE STORE WITH :- -: THE BIG VALUES I: u I' Ph. TU. 2-2597 - OLD ROBSTOWN RD. I' I: In nnnuuununuuuunuununn up glior Correct Time . . . DIAL TU 4-2811 E Corpus Chrighuriliziltionul Bank Q D-7-DB-52+2955-IH'J-DD-?E'?39-BEWEQE'-D-D5-?2f5'D3-?D9'D9E'2+53939959-P5B9g'?PB'B9Ii L TEMPLE LUMBER COMPANY t The Whispering sands Q s i You know Linda Shoemaker and Charles Steele are still going.strong. Good Luck .... We hear from the sands that Harriet Wood likes G.M. What about that Harriet? Give! . . . The sands are whispeiing that Diane Tinlay likes a certain boy by the name of Wayne Burns. Could this be true? . . . VVho does Nancy Bed- ingfield .have her roving eye on now?- Tell us Nancy, don't keep us in sus- pense .... Thei-e's an awful lot of cute seventh grade girls running around loose. What's the matter boys? You'd better start hustling .... Say we have a new couple going steady. Gail Galle and James Hamm. Like I say dolls do go together .... Who does William Booth like now? I Wonder! . . . I hear Lynn Smith has her eye on a certain' ninth grader. Here's hoping she gets him .... Ohhh. the sands have been whisper- ing again. This time it's Linda Creel. She likes a boy in her homeroom. . , . Claud Ellen Hill really thinks Judy Blackmon's brother, Perry, is cute and Perry thinks the same about Claud Ellen .... Jeanne Narter is going steady with Frank Pearce from Wynn Seale, too .... Whoo, VVhooo, we have a real cool cat by the name of Stacy Barton who likes Bernadett McKeefer .... Ann Porter has real- ly flipped over St. Theresa's Ronald May. Thats vice-versa, too .... VVhy is Mike Lucas going around with a VV'ynn Seale iacket on? . . . VVho's the cute chick that Joe Mike gave his football jacket to? . . . Connie Johnson and Direce Palmer' have really been hitting it off great. Been going together for some time. Oh, my, what's this we hear about Janice Gore liking Bobo Beynon? Yep, hear it's true. How nice really .... Some of you kids ask Charles Noack why he was up at 3:00 in the morning with two blondes. Not iust one, but two! . . . Did any of you know that Fiona Ingle likes .lack Pratt? . . . Don't Gail and Ricky Holiday make a darling couple? You'd better be- lieve it .... Leonard Haman likes Myra Bridges. Quote Ann Porter .... NOTICE Support Your Rangers The Rangers basketball team has played several games now and are Well, what do you know? Leon' Giddens is going with Olga Dugger! They really do make a nice couple. don't they? . . . Who were the girls that Ward Piper and Mike Naylor had dates with the other night? May be some of you should ask therni , . . Wonder what kind of trick 'Edwin Williams has up his sleeve now. I don't know but I'm sure it's .going to be good. Ha, Ha .... Glen Calvin and that car of his certainly is get- ting around here lately .... Ruth Gilleland, Patsy Cryer, Myra Jane Alston, and Sue Ann Gore will be awfully glad when they're able to go to Miller next year. I know I will. There's some mighty cute boys over there .... 'Wonder who James Pet- erson likes? I'm sure there's a few girls who'd like to know .... You know I'd better put an end to this column, but quick, but first I want to mention the fact that Linda Smith, Linda Crofford and Heidi Hutton Sure do talk about Jim somebody and Bobo Beynon a lot. T6HCll6P,S Column fPeople Are Funnyj Calling fourth period class for fifth period, VVl1o else do you think I'd be talking about but Mrs. Youngman. Mrs. Boney coming to school in her car, then when school's over, walking home. Say, about 30 min- utes later coming back for the car. Seems Mrs. Boney's mind is on other matters..- Mrs. Sone seems to want to win her game. She brought out a baseball bat for a tennis racket, when playing tennis the other day. Mr. Holloway going to church with shorts on. Ha, Ha! Miss Nixon has two lovely pup- pies. She has a sweet mischevious puppy that reminds her of her first period class. And the other is a little puppy who is a regular little tyrant. And of course that's the one and only Judy Clark. I. ' BUDDY WHEELIS HARDWARE Phone TU 2-7689 IN THE HEART OF SHELL CENTER Always Supplied With Q2 doing good. 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