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

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OFFICIAL ROBERT DRISCOLL BI MONTHLY JUNIOR HIGH he Prairie Press VOLUME IV CORPUS CI-IRISTI, TEXAS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1956 NUMBER 11 Driscoll Orchestra Girds For . usie Festival PR IRIE PRESS NNOUNCES H0 OR ROLL Standards for this Honor Roll were set by a faculty colnmittee. Standards for the First Honor Roll are: no grade lower than A: and no grade of S- or below in conduct. Standards for the Second Honor Roll are: no grade lower than a B and no more than one B: and no grade of S- or below in conduct. First Honor Roll NINTH GRADE- Edith Adams Vernelle Appleby Glenda Bennett Cecile Blackrnon Herby Booher Gareth Cayce Julie Dotson Juanita Harley Patricia Harrington Ada Lou Hartman Gary Hunt Betty Killen Jerry McKee Frances Neu Betty Noblett Pinina Norrod James Peterson Elvira Rios Mary Ann Rivas Glenda Roberts Saundra Smith Zoe Wilson Lynda Woorls EIGHTH GRADE- Jo Askey Sue Buford Bonnie Jo Collins Blanche Duff Patricia Edgeworth Barbara Eggleston Mabel Gunn Buzzy Hart Mildred Hill Sandra Johnston Willy Kuehn Bernadette Mclfeefer Betty Mull Yvonne Nen Gwen Porche Dinah Potts Sandra Riley Nancy VVhatley SEVENTH GRADE- Pedro Alvarez Sharon Belcher Nelda Bennett Olga Carrillo Lynn Cook Ramon Gonzales El Libro Talent Show VVednesday morning of last week a talent show was held as a school assembly by the El Libro Club, turing three of the four Aces. The three Aces Cone of them fea- WHS sickj included: Gary Espey on the washboard, Gerald Dyer playing the the ukelele, and Harvey Broyles with washtub. All of the three Aces sang! Others on the program were: Simon Gonzales and Tyrone Wenger playing the guitar and singing, Pat Harring- ton who did a modern dance, Shirley Walston and Florence Wright, who both did a pantomime, Ginger Beding- field sang, Trudy Sears did a mono- logue, Aurora Williams played the piano, and the Boy's Quartet, Charlie Noack, Douglas Raasch, Jim Weeks, and Alfredo Diaz, sang. The proceeds from this talent show will be used to send delegates to the Waco convention. Winner' Of Catchword Puzzle The winner of Catchword Puzzle No. 3, the staff is proud to announce, is Sandra Johnston. Sandra is in the eighth grade this year. She lives at 3406 Wellingtoii with her parents and one sister. Mary Mosel., the staff editor presented Sandra the 352.50 over the P. A., last Thursday. Sandra's comment: I thought Pinina fvvho made the puzzlej did a good job. We think Sandra did a good job, too. Con- gratulations from the staff, Sandra. Nancy Gootee Stanley Hutka I-Iyla Jean Pricer Jerry Rodgers Ernestine Rodriguez Susie Rodriquez Kathaleen Westbrook Second Honor Roll NINTH GRADE- Myra Jane Alston Johnny Barrera Ginger Bedingfield Judy Blackmon Betty Carter Linda Contreras Ann Davis Bertha Evans Elizabeth Evans Bob Finke Crystal Gandy Rubinoff Visits Driscoll School Rubinoff, a world known violinist, honored Driscoll with a program on Wednesday, February lst, and was well received in a school assembly. Eighth graders and members of the orchestra attended the assembly which started during second period. Other students listened to the program on the P. A. -Rubinoff pl a y e d an Academy Award song, Three Coins in a Foun- tain and phrases from several pieces he was to play at programs that after- noon and evening. The best-liked piece he played was Davy Crockett, fifteen different ways, as a mambo, a march, Jack Webb style, and others. He ended the program with a Latin- American song. Driscoll students enjoyed his pro- gram and were glad he came to Dris- coll as he went to other schools in the city. New Student Council Gfficers Are lnstalled Monday, January 30, your newly elected Student Council officers were installed. Beverly Couch. outgoing President acted as Master of Cere- monies. Everyone joined Lord's Prayer, led The scripture was Bender. The A Cappella numbers led by Miss Seiller. The numbers were As Torrents in Sum- mer and Holy Ghost. Mr, Parish, our principal installed the new President, David Irving who in turn installed the other officers as follows: Elizabeth Webb, Vice- President, Cecile Blackmon, who is serving for a second semester as Sec- retary, also Bobo Beynon who is serving as Treasurer for the second time. After the representatives and stu- dent body were installed, everyone joined in saying the Pledge of Al- legience. Congratulations to all the new offi- cers from the whole student body. in saying the by Buzzy Hart. read by Sidney Choir sang two Tremendous crowd at our church last night. New minister? Mr. Brunoff To Direct Festival This week we're interested in the Driscoll Stringed Orchestra. It's split up into three different periods: first, second, and third, all meeting for class in Room 6. The first and second pe- riods are the MAB Orchestra and third period the beginning orchestra. Mrs. Anita Gaedcke teaches and directs all of them, -Each orchestra period has it's own officers, elected at mid-term and have a disciplinary system set up. The offi- cers for first period are: President, Pinina Norrod, Vice President, San- dra McLeod, Secretary-Treasurer, Sandra Cornet. Walter Gernandt is the President for third period, Robert Wells the Vice President, and Ruben Acuna, Secretary-Treasurer. Next week starts the grind with extra rehearsals to get ready for pro- grams coming up. Approximately 80 persons will be attending these re- hearsals. Twenty-one of these students will be wind instruments from the Driscoll band, the others the stringed orchestra. The programs mentioned previous- ly will start with the coming Music Festival in March. Some students who are studying strings plan to be judged on solos. Later in the festival the complete orchestra will play for a group of judges. A P.T.A. program is planned for April. The last con- cert will be the Spring Concert in May. The orchestra will also be pre- sented at other programs that can be arranged. The orchestra is really looking for- ward to a visit from Mr. Brunoff, the assistant director of the Dallas Sym- phony. Mr. Brunoff is going to be in Corpus Christi for the Music Festival in March and will listen to and direct the various orchestras in the city. I-Ie was here several years ago and was greatly appreciated. Mr. Brunoff will help the orchestra to approach new goals. The orchestra has worked hard this year and we'll expect to hear more from them. Mrs. Snell: Dubbie, would you give the principle parts of the verb swim. 1' Dubbie Morrison: f'Swim, Swam, Swumf' Mrs. Snell: Very good, now give me the principle parts of dim. fcgntinued gn page -ty No, it burned down. Dubbie: Aw, Pd rather not!

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The Page 4- CContinued from ors for the students at and Christmas. They Christmas trees for the library and during the THE PRAIRIE PRESS Monday, January 30, 1956 v Daze 13 Thanksgiving supplied the cafeteria and first semester they served refreshments at two fac- ulty meetings. Student Council sponsored sev- eral dan.ces for the students and at Christmas a special dance was held for Student Council members and their guests. For training, nine Robert Driscoll School Council members attended an All-City Student Council workshop at Roy Miller High School in Octob- er, and about twenty-eight members attended a district conference in San Benito. Movies and books were avail- able to aid in parliamentary pro- cedure. Several meinbers had previous experience and three of the officers attended a workshop during the sum- mer. ,The persons responsible for the .success of this semester-'s Student 'Council were: Sharon Belcher, Bobo Beynon, Cecil Blackmon, Johnny Sue Burns, Beverly Couch, Carolyn Crecy, Ma ria lVIargaret Crockett, Bob Finke, Garcia, Carey Griffin, Gloria 2 3302 LEOPARD - PHONE TU 4-8861 Platter Chatter Dear John When Autumn Leaves fall I hear you knocking at my front door, just like you used to do. I'll have these Moments to Remember. I had known you as a Man in the Raincoat and had thought I had to be alone for Seven Lonely Days . When I first met you, 1'lVIy Boy, Flat Top',, one night I Took the Longest Walk to your front door and back. Memories Are Made of This. 4'Love ls a Many-Splendered Thing if you have someone to love. L'Because of You I'l1 do anything. I'd f'Climb the Highest Mountain . I've even lost Sixteen Tons . D0n't Stay Away 'Too Long for I still love you. Why Don't You Write Me I keep asking myself but you wouldn't answer. I remember the Rock and Roll Waltz we danced to and the Hummingbird Song. Then you wrote me and said you were getting married, You always said 4'Love and Marriage go to- gether like a horse and carriage. Two days ago some friends saw me crying for you. And they all heard me say I xi Cool Cats Can Cook Cake All you gone kids, come-a-running, Listen to this cake recipe. First you take a cup of Vernelle Appleby and a cup of Freddie Cueves, then add dough of Lynda Woods for creaminess. Sweeten with Enola Skipper Bishop, but if too sweet add Dubbie Morrison for a touch of bit- ter-sweet. Spice well vey Tinnell, put in huge Bedingfield. apples with Zepeda, or nice pears like Glenda Roberts and Leland Freeman. And be sure to use Judy Black- mon and Charlie Noack for dates. Don't forget Bill Walliex' for fun and flavor with Zoe Wilson. Pour it into Robert Driscoll Jr. Hi and allow to set. Ice generously with Linda Crofford and put James Peterson and Linda Shoemaker on top for eye appeal. It serves hundreds of people and makes with, Sandra Jones, Har- and Nancy McCool, and slices of peachie Nancy Don't spare the good Crystal Gandy, Roland any party a success. Driscoll Wins 'In Overtime The Driscoll cagers kept on their victorious way by downing North side Jr. High, 28 to 25. The Hurri- canes led in every quarter. They were leading 9-7 in the first quarter, and kept their lead at half time 16-15. During the third quarter it was a nip and tuck affair with the Hurricanes again coming through, and leading at the end of the quarter 20-19. The fourth quarter was really a thrilling one. With less than a minute to play, North Side was winning 26-24-. Then Sammy Garza got the tying two points to make it 26-Q6 at the endof regular time. During the 3 minutes over time, both 'teams had plenty of chances at the basket. Nobody could find it until David Leyva sunk his 'two free shots to make Q8-26. The game ended shortly after. David Bre- mer was high point man for Driscoll with 8 points. The B Team also won 27-26. Dialing Is G0d0Y-, Beth H3111 Lynda HHTITIOTI, Go on VVith the Wedding . Will he 3 A -h BLIZZY I'Ial'iZ, Sylvia H9l'l'EI'H, D8Y'ICl Love MQ or Leavg Mfg was the :L995.5299EI,95.y2IyE.Bb+E.yE.?2',9iE II'ViUS, Billy? Kos-His, Judy L3f1Sfl0T1, question I always asked myself. A C M E Dial-If you dmft have anything Sue Ma-son, Rose Ann Martinez, Nan- 'tAin't That a Shame , 4'How Im- 2 RADIO 8: TELEVISION Disc 11, do' Vvhy 11051 you C311 some CY MCC00l, Ja'-ik PYHYL Angie Puente. portant Can It Be now that YOU are T Sb of these numbers and relieve your Bobby Rice, Adolph Schmidt, Rosa- gone! Q 3305 AQHGS STYGST 3 1. pun-TU 97300 linda Villareal. Elizabeth Webb, Rob- H5inCe1.e1y YOUPSA11 3 Phone TU 3-2232 Ab 2. Cute-TU 2-5128 ert Wells, and Bobby Williams. And i'The Lonesome Polecaf' 51K4,qH,K+5e6K+eC.e56qQ:,a6e,K,Ca,E 3. Witty-TU 33094. the person responsible for this Stu- 4, lIt,lly,..TU 3-5574 dent Council and all those in the past I I I I I I I I I I II I I I I 5. gqugrt-TU 3,309.1 which have done so much for the Memories Are Merle of This - 5, Ta11m111vQ.TU 2.5232 school is Mrs. Teeny Adkins with the CB1ancl1e Duff and Gerald Creell. PLIMPEWS HARDWARE 7. M1,SC1eS-TU 2.3794 able assistance this year of Mr. Rus- The Great PI'9f91'1df31 'fT0 BGVCIJY 8, R911 Hair-TU 2-4870 Sell Bogey, Couch and her secret boy friendj. 619 Shell Center Ph' TU 4-5520 qw T311-TU 2-8274. This evaluation was prepared by all ROCli and R011 Waltz-CTO RHF curiosity. the members of the Student Council mond BHTFOII and A1111 D0UF1lCl50Tll. --------------- 44.2-r - a I Y and submitted by its secretary, Cecile Band of Gold-CTo Aftlitll' GOD- ::'I' . -'.'-'-'I '.'- '-'. ' ' '.':: 1 ' ' ' 'T' Blackman, zales from Yolanda Guerraj. :. 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Page2 THE PRAIRIE PRESS lVIonday, February 13, 1956 l U A THE PRAIRIE PRESS STAFF Hoop-Crazy e Editor-in-Chief ..,...................,...,..,......................,,,......,,,..,.,,,.....,,.,,,,,., Mary Mosel I-I I Wh. . S d Assistant Editor ...... .... . . Pinina Norrod S H e lsperlng an S Business Managel' --------- B etty Mull yCONCLUSIOND Josephine Fores and Robert Fernan- Society Editor .......v.. .. Ann Donaldson ' Joe Vickers Sports Editor ,......, ....,...,....,...... ....... ...,....., ...,......,.,. . . . .,.. . . ,. Billy Howell Reporters ...Y........ Cecile Blackmon, Beverly Couch, Sylvia Herrera, Betty Sue Chandler, Gwen Porche, Manuel Cano Assistant Sports Editor ......,...........,........,.............................,,. .......,. Reporter .................... .,..v.........v..................................... R ay Jamcs Advertising Staff .,....... ......., J udy Blackmon, Sue Ann Gore Sponsor ...................... ...........,............ M rs. Cappi Adams STAFF STUTTER . . . Off Society Editor's Desk Oh, Oh! My billfoldls' missing! . Someone took my P. E. shorts! Oh, dear! I just can't find my lunch money! Boys and girls this is just some of the many, many, things that happen all the time. Someone just shall we say borrows cer- tain things that don't belong to us. Wouldn't it be nice to be able to trust everyone at school? Or do you like going around and not believing anyone at school? Once I talked to a young lady over at another school. She was in her homeroom and started to leave. Some one said, Don't forget your billfoldf! CWell, kids, do you know what she said?4j Don't worry, no one in here would take anything that wasnlt theirs. It is really and truly wonderful to be able to say that and know for sure that it's true. It really hurts to go to your locker and find your lunch money or something else that is of value to you, gone. It not only hurts but it makes you angry, very angry. I'm sure, quite sure, you wouldnlt like it if someone took a notion to latch on to some- thing of yours. Why not put yourself in the other fellow's shoes. Stop and think, '1Would I like that to happen to me? If only more people all over the world would do that, I believe, weid have a pretty different world today. There most likely would be less teen-agers in trouble with the law. You canlt break an old horse of tricks he did long ago and the same goes for humans. If you do little things while you're young. what will you do, when you're older????? -Ann. 'Y 1 'f r Ugh! Oh! Whew! Made it. Is this what you hear while walking down the halls? Most of the students here at Driscoll don't seem to realize that this year at Driscoll we are providing class rooms built for only about half the 1590 students at Driscoll. Due to the forced crowdiness at Driscoll we have tried to make the best of this and provide each and every individual student with his or her own locker. This has only added to the confusion in the halls because many extra lockers have been added to every hall. The Administration has put a lot of their time in trying to help solve this problebm. A way this problem has been helped is by having different passing periods for the boys and girls before and after school. None of us help the matter any by pushing and shoving so we can be the first to our next class. We all have ample time to go to and from our lockers and on to our next classes without pushing and shoving. So next time we want to push or shove while walking down the halls just stop and think that manners show in the halls, too. Remember! Consideration pays. -Beverly. The competition would be tough and would bear down on every play every second of the game. The first round of the State Tournament would be played Tuesday, starting at ll p.m. The Hillsdale team had drawn a bye. This enabled them to get an extra dayls practice. Coach Simpson was thankful for this, for in the last game with Lineingford the second and third stringers had played most of the game and the regulars had become a little ragged on their shooting. The team spent the whole last practice shoot- ing. They left late Tuesday afternoon and arrived late that night at Cen- tral City where the tournament was being held. The first game played Weclnesday was with the home team, Central City. The game was a closely played contest all 'through the third quar- ters, then as the fourth quarter ap- proached, as in so many games be- fore, Hillsdalels stamina and endur- ance began to tell. The game WOUI15! up with Hillsdale winning by a score of 57-49. .The second game with Banning was an entirely different story. The Ban- ning team was ahead all during the game, although never ahead. more than two or three points, they were always in the lead. Finally in the middle of the fourth quarter Hills- dale got within one point of the leafl- Then Tip sank a hook shot. Stumpy stole the ball and went all the Way in for a lay-up. Moments later Tommy sank a shot from the corner. Then Banning countered with. two free throws. To set this Slick sank a jump shot and a free throw awarded him when he was fouled. by a Ban- ning guard while he was shooting. The final! The game for the State Championship! Hillsdale was rated as an underdog as they were playing Enter-Falls from up state. The game was a repeat performance of last night's game for Hillsdale. That is as far as the first half. 'ldien Tip, Tommy, and Stumpy began to get hot, they sank shots from all over the court and were demons on defense. As the last of the fourth quarter Hillsdale pulled ahead by a socre of 65-58. This won the game. A few moments later it was all over and they were the State Champs. THE END. HOLLIS-NEESE A U T O P A R T S ALL ORDERS GIVEN PROMPT ATTENTION Ph. TU 3-8595 - Shell Center dez are still going strong. They've going steady for over a year Say! Did any of you know been HOW. . . . that one of our teachers is a chorus girl. If you want to know who, ask Mrs. Boney. . . . My, speaking of some real cool kittens plus high-heels, you should have been at the Centre Theatre last Sunday afternoon. Flor- ence VVright, Becky Steele, and Pat- sy Hobbs should h.ave a pretty good idea who they were, too ,... VVonder who Jane .Plimper has her eye on now? . . . Charles Steele real- ly thinks a certain seventh grader is cute. And seeing who she is I can't blame him .... Boys, I'1n telling you now, we have the cutest eighth grader over here by the name of Eve Allen. . . . Who does Nancy VVh.atley find so interesting here at school now? . . . Ginger Bedingfield goes to Church every Sunday, and why. Well. I'll tell you why, Ginger loves to listen to Brother I-Iiner preach his sermon, and to sing with certain other mem- bers of the choir .,.. Linda Smith has her eye on a certain somebody by the name of Troy. Troy who? Don't ask me .... Wonder who Jim Tucker likes now? . . . Donna Jo Perry goes to Moore's every afternoon after school. She seems to find a cer- tain boy over there quite interesting. . . . Edwin Williams is sure being nice to the girls here lately, wonder why? , . . Hey girls, Elmo Speckles is running around loose, you'd better put a stop to it. Don't you agree? . .. Why is Kay Ross so happy now a days? Couldn't be because of a cer- tain boy, could it? If any of you kids have any news put it in Mrs. Adams box or give it to your Society Editor, Ann Donald- son. Please sign your names .Thank you. State of Finances Of Paper, Annual At Halfway Mark Sept. 1, 1955 Cash on Hand 5000.00 First Cemester Collections: Sale of Papers 5310.55 Sale of Ads 295.00 Profit on Football Program 5.13 Total 3610.68 Collections on Annual 1620.00 TOTAL 352230.65 First Semester Expenses: Incidentals, Dues, supplies. etc 35104.13 Printing 532.15 Pictures 145.40 Total 3781.68 Port Printing Co. 1000.00 Total 551781.68 Cash on Hand 449.00 .TOTAL 552230.65