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

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Page2 THE PRAIRIE PRESS Monday, February 27, 1956 THE PRAIRIE PRESS starr A Column For Editor-in-Chief .....................,...................,......,....................,......,......... Assistant Editor ........ Business Manager ........ Society Editor . .....,.... . Sports Editor .................... Asslstant Sports Editor .,.,.,.............,.......... ..,v.......................... ......... Reporters ..,.,.,.. ...Cecile Reporter .......,........., Advertising Staff ....... Sponsor ............,....... Mary Mosel . Pinina Norrod Betty Mull Ann Donaldson Joe Vickers Billy Howell Blackmon, Beverly Couch, Sylvia Herrera, Betty Sue Chandler, Gwen Porche, Manuel Cano Ray James ..........Judy Blackmon, Sue Ann Gore Mrs. Cappi Adams TAFF TUTTER Clang! Clang! Clang! All of you should be familiar with that sound. It's a fire drill. According to our record you have been doing this since you were in the first grade. But still, some of you, after seven, eight, or nine years don't go out correctly. Have you ever stopped to think what would happen if there was a real fire. We probably wouldn't be out of the building without somebody getting hurt or killed. Still some of you are not satisfied with going out like first graders, you have to turn out false alarms. So remember at our next fire drill, go out like you should. After all, you're almost adults. It ought to embarass you to have a teacher tell you to be quiet, or stand still in line. We will be expecting you to go out like ladies and gentlemen at our next fire drill. -The Staff if li lk LOYALTY According to the dictionary, Uloyalty means a state of being faithful or constant. And yet, to most of us, it means that and a great deal more. It means never failing or letting a person down. And sticking together, even when the going gets rough. It means putting someone else's wishes above our own and not asking L'VVhy? It means pride-the pride of knowing that you have proved yourself faithful and dependable and have taken one more step toward maturity. There are times when we are tempted to abandon it altogether and return to the ways of childhood. But in the scheme of things we are a child only once. We have to grow up. And in this age of growing up, how much smoother the road will be if we learn loyalty now-to our parents, friends. and our school and it's faculty. Ask yourself Have I learned the quality of loyalty? Yes? Then walk with pride-you are well along that road. -Cecile Meet the Press This week we are introducing Betty Mull, our Business Manager. Betty is 141 years old, 5'6M, tall and she lives at 517 Villa Drive. She's a real cute blonde, and in case any of you boys want to know her phone number it's TU 2-3468. Betty attended Savage Elementary School before she came to Robert Driscoll and has gone to no other school. We are really proud of the work she is doing. Without A Rhyme What's a car without a wheel, that's Duff without Creel. What's a devil without a demon, that's Glenda without Leland. What's Tutti without Frutti, 'that's Charlie without Trudy. What's an orange without a peel, that's Shoemaker without Steele. VVhat's a song without a chorus, that's Hernandez without Flores. What's a kid without toys, that's girls without boys Cor vise versaj. What's a stove without grease, that's Connie without Direce. Whtat's flypaper without any sticky, that's Gail without Ricky. DRM HOLLIS-NEESE a A U T 0 P A R T S Barq S ALL ORDERS GIVEN , PROMPT ATTENTION -'IT S GOOD Ph. TU 3-8595 - Shell Center Parents Only By David Irving The average adult thinks that send- ing chilclren to school is a waste of time. One of the loudest complaints comes from parents whose children are not top-notch spellers. Kids today just can't spell like we did in the good old days. But we can. And we do. In fact, children spell almost 1001, better now than say, during the Civil War. For example - Every year, mil- lions of kids from the lst through 8th grades enter the National Spelling Bee and spell words like tintinnabu- lation, chrysanthemum, hieroglypbics, and antidigestablishmentarianism, On the other hand, a Ford Motor Co. official checking applications for a job witl1 that company Capplicant must be over 305 found 123 variations of the word manager. In case you still don't believe that today's youngsters spell better than their forefathers, read further. In most letters written by soldiers during the Civil Wa1', half the Words were either slightly or horribly mis- spelled. uThe people hear, wrote one, are as stuped a lot as I hev evver sene. In another case a boy of 18 write I dont no wen I'll be bac, but the war is allmost over and or side is winnin all the battelsf' See? We can spell today just as well as you did in the 'fgood old days and I hope this prooves it. I-Iahl Punny Phrases STOP-what Driscollites wish school would do. LOOK-at Blanche Duff and Gerald Creel. CYou'll get an eyefull.l LISTEN-to all the talk going a- round about Twirp Week. WAIT-is something no one does in the halls. GO-to Shell Center? CNopelj WHEN - will Mike Naylor make straight A's? TALK-about a cute couple, look at Glenda Roberts and Leland Free- man. WHAT-will you girls use your hunting license for? WHICH-boys will escape without being caught in the Twirp Day Race? WI-IO-does David Bremer like now? WATCH-out all you unhitched boys! It's leap year! IT-sure was neat when everyone found about Charles Mueller lik- ing Pinina Norrod. START-acting like civilized peo- ple. QMixed Choir.j WILL-Driscoll have a good base- ball team this year? COf course we will.j ARE-you 9th graders going to make it to Miller this year? If You I-ladfr Some members of the Prairie Press Staff got curious. They wondered what certain students of this school woul do if they had a 1956 Red Cad- illac Convertible. Here are some of the bright answers. Claude Ellen Hill-Wow!! tMa1'y Lou Bullajian-I'd take a long, long trip. Cynthia McCool-Well, I'd take everybody I know riding. Joyce Byrd-'Magine I'd go riding in it. Carolyn Alston-I'd sit and look at it. Billy Howell-l'd trade it in for six new Fords. Beverly Couch-I'd just look at it because I don't know how to drive. Julian Garza-I'd drive around and pick up girls. Minerva Carranza - l'd pick up boys CFooled you, Julianlj. Joe Vickers-I'd preserve it. Betty Mull-I'd drive by Larry's house and honk the horn real loud. Gwen Porcht+I'tl learn how to drive and take a bunch of kids riding. fllVith the top down.l Cecile Blackmon-I'd go to Port- land. QllVell, we wonder who's there?j Charlie Noack-I'd drive over to pick Trudy Sears up so she could faint with me. Trudy Sears-I'd back it out of the driveway. Beth Hall-I'd drive it. Paul Vogler-I'd go to California. Rangers Make Track Team On February 21 our track team was posted on the bulletin board. This years team will be coached by Coach Richardson. We hope they have a successful year. Good luck, from all the Rangers. Refugio Saenz Albert Olivarez Johnny Brown oJe Vickers Joe Carraza Melesio Garza Sammy Garza Donnie Cain Charles Noach Billy Howell Ramon Gonzales Joe Vickers Joe Robles Abel Hernandez Ramijo Cabellero Jack Pratt Daniel Alcala Robert Melve Speedy Equinio Alvarez F-I--I-I-----I-I.---'-l---l-'-l-l- H.E.B. Foon stones :: - -: :E IO Wonderful Stores in :E Corpus Christi : .I I-I-l.l.l-lII.III-l'I.l-l'l-I-I-I-I-IIIIITTS

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OFFICIAL ROBERT DRISCOLL PUBLICATION SCHOOL he Prairie Pressl Voisuivin IV CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1956 NUMBER 12 Minerva Carranza Receives Football Look What Is New In the Library A shipment of new books has been received in the library! Some of these books have already been placed on the library shelves, and the remaind- er will he ready to be checked out within the week. The Gun Digest Blood Brothers The Texas Indians Indian Paint Superstitious? Hcre's Why! Exploring Paper Mache Texas Folks and Folklore The Word on the Brazos Lasso Your Heart Road to Alaska Police Rocket Man lVIarsha Silent World Big Country Texas Growing Up I-Iistnry's 100 Greatest Events Hunt for Hidden Gold The Story of Nursing Showboat Summer Child Life in Colonial Days Home Life in Colonial Days Campus Melody Island Stallian Races American Indian Money-Go-Round Troopers All You .Just Never Know Mr. Quarterback Letters from Guatemala Lone-Star Land Bret Harte of the Old West George Patton Tunnel in the Sky Hostess in the Sky Katie and Her Camera The Road Lies West: Tales of the African Frontier Where Speed Is King Land of Beginning Again Adventures With Reptiles Pony Express Cochise Great White Eagle Haunted Bridge Password to Larkspur Lane Secret in the Old Attic Lincoln Douglas: in the Years of Decision 'Captain Courageous Roald Amundsen: Saga of the Polar Seas House of the .Pelican Juneau, the Sleigh Dog Family Book of Best Loved Short Stories The VV orld We Live In The Wolf King How to Make Mobiles Java Jive VVinning of the West The American Indian Trouble on Titan ' Golden Treasury of Natural History Oregon Trail Three Is A Family A Field Guide to the Birds A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals A Field Guide to Shells of Our Atlantic and Gulf Coasts A Field Guide to Western Birds Secrets of Charm Civil War West Point Plebe Treasury of the Worlds Coins The Birthday of a Nation Wings in Your Future: Aviation for Young People Base Burglar Battle Station Our Hearts Were Young and Gay Girl Trouble Texas Almanac-1956 My State: Texas Daystar The Great Houdini Kimbi, Indian of the Jungle Dinosaurs Love, Laurie Wait For Nlarcy Sea Boots Street Rod Pivot Man Amelia Earhart Big Foot Wallace of the Texas Rangers The Fork in the Trail Powder and Hides The Land Beyond Ben and Me The Phantom Deer Quick Kick Nlidnigh-t Wapiti, the Elk Scarface Mystery in the Apple Orchard Mystery of the Lost Letter Battle Stations Valient, Dog of the Timberline McGonnigle's Lake I wish I had an A How happy I would B But after all you C My teacher gave me D. A Hearty Thank You To The Student Council The Ranger baseball team really does appreciate the uniforms which the Student Council so generously awarded them. The uniforms were bought with the proceeds from the Queen's Contest which was held re- cently. The uniforms are being bought by Coach Nicol for the play- ers. These suits should really bright- en up the looks of the team which previously had no uniforms. This also should perk up the attendance of the games since some of you Driscoll cats haven't been attending the games. The Student Council, while decid- ing whether to buy the uniforms, took a vote and approaved the purchase. It is said that the Student Council will purchase twenty uniforms. Not more than one or two other junior high teams have uniforms, the addition should put Driscoll right at the top in looks as they are al- already Winning their share in ath- letics. The Rangers want to express their sincere appreciation to Mrs. Atkins and the members of the Student Council, as well as to the people who participated in the Queen's Contest, for making it possible to have uni- forms for the baseball team. ueen's Race Ends, Crowning March 13 On March 13, the Queen of Robert Driscoll and her escort will reign over a coronation at Roy Miller Gym. The setting will be Planets on Parade. Two pricensses and twelve dutchesses, representing different planets and stars, will also be presented. The queen, princesses and dutch- esses and their escorts are as follows: Queen: Vernelle Appleby, Joe Vick- ers. Princesses: Ann Lewis, James Pet- erson: Linda Hurley, Mike Naylor Dutchesses: Sylvia Herrera, Ramiro Perez: Lucky Roberts, Freddie Cue- vas, Janice Gore, Bobo Beynon: Lin- da Crofford, Jimmy McHo1'se: Delia Rodriguez, Danny Falcon: Fiona. In- gle, Jesse Johns: Kathy Sanders, Ty- rone Wenger: Trudy Sears, Charlie Noack: Marie Davis, Roy Donaldson: Gwen Church, Arthur Gregory: Flor- ence Wright, Billy Howell: Pinina Norrod. Charles Mueller. Crown Football Presented To Sweetheart i Minerva Carranza, Driscoll's foot- ball sweetheart, was presented a gold chain and football at a sock dance Tuesday the 14-th by Julian Garza, her escort. The dutchesses and their escorts entered through a frame of red and white crepe paper. They were Janice Pulliam escorted by Freddie Cuevas, Yolanda Guerra escorted by Arthur Gonzales, Trudy Sears escorted by Charles Noack, and Lucky Roberts escorted by Jimmy Wells. A prize of a box of candy was won by Joyce Jackson and Joe Weav- er for having the brightest socks. The dance was held in the Roy Miller Gym and was sponsored by the Band Boosters Club. Shoes were checked in at the door by the Band Mothers. I O i V i Pictured here is Football Sweet- heart Minerva Carranzct and her escort, Iulicxn Garza. ATOUYIJ TTLB Clock Sixty seconds make a minute. How much good can I do in it? Sixty minutes make an hour. I'll do all that's in my power. Four and twemfy hours make zz day, Time for study, work and play.

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Monday, February 27, 1956 T H E P R A I R I E. P R E S S Page 3 THE WHISPERI G A D Beverly Brister and Bobby Wil- liams had a date last Saturday night. The results of that date is we have a new and steady couple here at Dris- coll .... Say Girls, did, you know we have a JAMES DEAN here at school? Nice isn't ill . . . Hey now, we hear Vernell Appleby likes a certain boy in her homeroom. Cute too .... Dhat's this we hear about Jesse Wi-iglit? Florence you better keep an eye on that brother of yours. . . , The Sands are whispering that Dubbie Morrison and Linda Hurley are going together now ,... Hear that Bobo Beynon like Janice Gore. . . . What's the bi gattraction in Kingsville lor Myra .lane Austin and Ruth Gilliland? . . . VV'hat's this we hear about Miss Ginger Bedingfield riding around in a 1956 black and white convertible? . . . CPlease take everything as a ioke. since we really don't mean any harm.j . . . Wonder who Adela Quiroz likes? Lucky boy whoever he is ..., Crystal Gandy had a lot of fun at the Sox Dance the other night. She seemed to dance with one certain boy all the time. Wonder who he was? . . . Consuelo Guerra like a certain boy by the name of Abel Nunez. Here's hoping they stay that way. Yours till the Sands whisper again. H 9399-b5'?2'7E-XvB'E'9'B'B'D35'7?3'P95'PE I5 A C M E RADIO 8. TELEVISION Q 3305 Agnes Street 2 Phone TU 3-2232 51244-K+K+KC-K4'HK4-K4'G666C6-6C4'll'f QllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllIllllllllllllllltlllttllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltllllg 5 Moons ELECTRIC co. 2 E E 2 605 Old Robstown Road 2 E E 2 Phone TU 2-9755 2 'gllllllllllllllltllIlllllllllltlllllltlllllllIlllllllllIllllllIIlllllltllllllllllllllllIIT? vvrvvvwvvwvv-rvwvvv-vrv O P T O M E T R I S T 525 Old Rabstown Road Phone TU 4-0373 Shell Center Clinic tl Dr. Herman O. Neu -I -re-2:-aaa:-rzsesze-maaa-an-was-2-aa-mi A INGLE'S GROCERY The Friendly Super Market 1 soz PEABODY - Phono TU 4-6472 E I HEC-4'E6Z'E6KC'C6C'K4'GEC'C4C'K4'EC-6626IE FREE FOLDING SERVICE for the Cleonest Clothes in Town ot SHELL LAUNDRETTE 613 Old Robstown Road Phono TU 2-9851 'rap Tunes 1955-56 The Great Pretender-To Charles from Trudy. Dungaree Doll--Who else but Eve Allen? I Forgot to Remember to Forget- That I was supposed to stay in for Mrs. Hurley. Heart Break Hotel - The Police Station. Ninety-Nine Years-Is the sad but true story of a certain ninth grade boy who shall dwell in the house of Driscoll forever. Why Fools Fall in Love-And that of course is the song all the boys are trying to figure out. Speedo-Zooooooooom goes Charles Steele after Linda Shoemaker. Memories Are Made of This - This year at Robert Driscoll. Band of Gold-To Delia Torres from Joe Pompa. The Teen-age Heart-Adela Quiroz. See You Later, Alligator-From Patsy Hobbs to a real special boy at Miller. Lisbon Antigua-Happens to be one of Judy Blackmon's favorite songs now adays. Three Coins in a Fountain - Are tossed in by Josephine Flores, Yo- landa Guerro, and Annie Gonzales. Burn that CandlHTo Shirley from John. Teen-age Prayer-And that's to the cutest couple I can think of. Beverly Brister and Bobby Williams. Boll Weevil-Is in Crystal Gandy's mind all the time. He's a Tramp-To a certain boy by the name of Jack from Florence. Devil or Angel-To Richard from Sylvia. My Bonnie Lassie-Is in Driscoll's best sportsmanship in Girls' P. E. and thatls Glenda Bennett. A Satisfied Mind-Thinks Paula Milam when she's happily seated any- where that concems music and sing- ing. Daddy, You Know What-I got an R in Alegdra. CYeoooo Ho Hoj Sweet and Gentle-Please Mr. Mc- Leod. Yellow Bose of Texas-Is a young lady who went to Driscoll for two years and who just a few days ago, was here at school, visiting us. Ruby Ivey. -Maybellene-Is Mike Polly's name for his beloved car. Black Denim Trousers and Motor- cycle Boots-Tyrone Wenger. Hawk-Eye-Is Jim Baggett. Suddenly There's A Valley-For kids who's been failing Algebra. I Was Looking back to see if you were looking back to see if I was looking back to see if you were look- ing back at me-Ha, ha, fooled you didn't I? You thought I was going to go on. ,Sixteen Tons-Is what I lost for you, you bum, you don't even appre- ciate it. CGirls iust don't have no justicej Ain't Misbehaving-David Bremer? No, you never misbehave do you, David? Don't Stay Away Too Long-Or you'll come back and find another has your girl and you've been two timed something horrid. Run Boy-Going my way, if not let me on anyway, or Mrs. Adams is going to be getting a new Society Editor if I don't put an end to this mess. THANKS. LOONEY LAWS Did you know that it is for was against the law . . . lTo catch bullfrogs without a license in the State of California? For plaster mannequins to stand around undressed in store windows in Ogden, Utah? U To emit along, low, wolf whistles at pretty girls in Vlfashington, D. C.? For motors to run out of gas in Mexico? To start a dog fight, or to sell per- fumed cigarettes in Fairbury, Ne- braska? For persons of voting age not to vote in El Salvador? To catch lizards at night in Donald- sonville, Louisiana? .To sell cornflakes on Sunday in Columbus, Ohio? To hunt deer from an airplane in Columbus, Montana? To ride a horse without lights in Des Moines, Iowa? For couples to kiss in theaters in Manila, P. I.? For couples to kiss in public in Rome, Italy? To wink or twirl mutsaches at girls in Karachi, Pakistan? .For a man to go out and buy him- self a hat without his wife tagging along with him in the state of Ken- tucky? For working people to play tennis or to shoot dice in Fourteenth Cen- tury Paris? For ladies to alter their faces or figures in any manner whatsoever which might bear false witness to a man in Bethlehem, New Hampshire Csome 150 years agoj? C-can you dig that one?j 1 SUN PHARMACY 626 OLD ROBSTOWN ROAD PHONE TU 4 B225 I E. O. MALEY, Druggist I Your Teardrop Club Dear Teardrop Club: I think I'm too fat and want to go on a diet. What can I do. T. F. Dear T. F.: should drink one lunch drink one for supper start For breakfast you glass of water. For glass of water and digging your grave. 1 1 Y Dead Teardrop Club: I have a hurling problem in a round about way! How can I make straight A's? P. B. Dear P. B.: That is the S64-,000 question. How about you finding out and let me in on the deep dark secret. IK if X Dear Teardrop Club: I just can't seem to get dressed in P.E. fast enough. It's always after the bell when I finally get ready to go. A. S. Dear A. S.: Wear your dress under your shorts. It if W Dear Teardrop Club: My mother and father think I should ask my teacher to dinner. Don't you think this is a little old- fashioned? G. T. Dear G. T.: Don't you know that teachers do and have to eat just like youl Jane Plimper: Say, Eve, lend me fifty cents. Eve: All right, but I haven't but twenty-five cents with me. Jane: Well, you give me that, and owe me the rest. Eve: All right, here's the quarter. Jane: Now you still owe me 25c, don't you? Eve: Yes. Jane: Then let's call it square. BUDDY WHEELIS HARDWARE Phone TU 2-7689 IN THE HEART OF SHELL CENTER Always Supplied With Your BEST BUYS - ll vrvv-'rv-vw GENSEMER'S YOUR YOUTHFUL FASHION CENTER IN SHELL CENTER OUT AWAY ..... LESS TO PAY Phone TU 2-7661 620 Old Robstown Road