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

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Page2 THE PRAIRIE PRESS Monday, March 12, 1956 THE PRAIRIE Pnsss STAFF Driscoll Receives Editor-in-Chief ..,..............................,...,................,.............,..............,.. Assistant Editor ...,..... Business Manager ........ Society Editor ......... Sports Editor ..............................,............,................,............................. Assistant Sports Editor ........,....,.,,...,..,.......,,.......,,....,..,.......... ....... . .. Reporters ............ Cecile Mary Mosol . Pinina Norrod Betty Mull Ann Donaldson Joe Vickers Billy Howell Blackmon, Beverly Couch, Sylvia Herrera, Betty Sue Chandler, Gwen Porche, Manuel Cano Reporter ....,.............. ..........................................,....... R ay James Advertising Staff .....,.. .....,... J udy Blackmon, Sue Ann Gore Sponsor ....................,.................................. .....,................ M rs. Cappi Adams STAFF STUTTER L'Hi, whatcha doing Babs? Do you have a minute to spare? Oh, you've just got to, I'm having a dilly of a time with this Algebra problem. Is a conversation like this frequent or perhaps utoo frequenti' on your line? Perhaps your answer is yes. If so you're in a position for Meet the Press Can You Imagine? a little friendly lecture. Confidentially, between the two of us telephones are supposed to be used for busness purposes, which do not include lengthy discussions on dates, homework, etc. Also conversations should be concise, and to the point. So let's watch this a little. Respect your party line as you would expect them to respect you, and remember, 'Ltelephones are for business, and business onlyln if lk if L'Oh, my gosh! Why can't people clean up the messes they make? I can't even put my tray down! Have you ever heard this before? I have, and I think it's about time something was done about it. Paper, trays, bottles and food are left on the tables and chairs are left in the aisles. How old are the average students at Driscoll? From 12 to 15. Isn't that old enough to clean up your own messes? Look, kids, Driscoll is about the best school in Cor us Christi. We can't have a messy cafeteria and still keep it that way, so let's try to keep it clean! Thanks, Gwen We found out a lot about Ann Don- aldson while we were interviewing her. ' I will tell you what we found out. Ann has two brothers, Ray and Roy. CThey like short names d0n't theylj Ann has brown hair, is 5'3 tall, hazel blue eyes, and is 15 years old. Ann's favorite sport is boxing- Cwatching it I hopelj. 'Also her hobby is singing-fhtilk billy singingj. Ann is the society editor for the Prairie Press Staff and likes her position very well except Ann says if only students wouldn't get mad at her all the time, after all the stu- dents are the ones that send in most of the gossip. But still she says she wouldn't trade the position for any other position. Ann and Roy are going to Miller next year and I am sure Ann is looking forward to it and I have a feeling Roy probably is also looking forward to it too. Betty Mull David Bremer with black hair? Sheridan Mellon 6 feet tall? Mike Naylor? CWe can't!j Thomas Maley with his natural. brown hair again? .Pinina Norrod being dumb? James Peterson wearing bermuda shorts to school? Beverly Couch not always gig- gling? Linda Shoemaker with a duck tail? .Ronnie .Plemons not having freckles? Beth Hall not talking? Joe Weaver not being crazy? 1Roy Donaldson being short and skinny? -Ann Donaldson not liking a cer- tain boy? Blanche Duff and Gerald Creel not going together? Trudy Sears not being a cheer- leader at Driscoll? Elmo Speckles not always smiling? Judy Blackmon not always, always being hungry? Joy Stanherry not always talking about Harvey Tinnell? New Book Covers The Robert Driscoll student body received a big surprise on Nlonday, February 20th. They were surprised to find new plastic book covers on sale at the supply counter. They are purple and grey and have written on the front Robert Driscoll Junior school, with a Ranger on a On the back and side they back, Robert Driscoll Junior School, Corpus Christi, Texas, High. horse. have: High. and on the side: 'LR D J H Rangers. Their price is only 10 cents which is very cheap compared to some other schools. The student body would like to thank the Student Council for making these covers available. Why Have a School Paper? It is a valuable memento to keep through tl1e years. It acquaints us with business firms in our vicinity through the ads they take. It binds the interest of teacher, scholars and. parents. It is a running record of school history. It encourages worthy activities. It fosters school unity and kindles the spirit of cooperation. It is an aid in practical education. It keeps students posted regarding clubs, social, athletic, and other events. Only 100 Years Ago There was not a public library in the United States. Almost all furniture was imported from England. An old copper mine in Connecticut was used as a prison. lThere was only one hat factory and it made cocked hats. Every gentleman wore a que and powdered his hair. Crockery plates were objected to because they dulled. the knives. The whipping post and pillory were standing in Boston and New York. 'Buttons were scarce and expensive and the trousers were fastened with pegs of lace.-Reazlefs Digest. BUDDY WHEELIS HARDWARE Phone TU 2-7689 IN THE HEART OF SHELL CENTER Always Supplied With Your BEST BUYS - ll F.H.A. Holds District Meeting At Beeville On Saturday, February 25, some rnenibers of the Driscoll F.H.A. at- tended a district meeting at Beeville. The meeting was from 9:30 to 1:30. Those who attended were Elizabeth VVebb, Jeanne Maurer, Joyce Jack- son, Sonja Lee and Shirley Rhine. Lookin, Ahead Nancy Whatley-To be a principal at a Boy's College. Mrs. Beal-W'ould like to go to China. Ann Porter and Claud Ellen Hill -Would like to go to West Point. .Phyllis Davis - To get out of school. Myra Jane Alston-To be rich. Mr. Boney-For Mrs. Adkins not to have the coronation. Patty Share - Wants to be a man catcher. Cecil Kemp-To be a lovely, grace- ful old woman. LlVIr. Richardson-To shoot par golf. Loretta Hitt-To get out of Rob- ert Driscoll. 'Doris Rice--Wants to be an army Chaplain. Sandy Smith-Hankers to join the navy. Betty Carter-To drive a moving van. Paula Milam - To be a truck driver. .Josephine Flores-Wants to be an F.B.l. man. Olga Vasquez-VVants to be a secretary. Ann Donaldson--VVants to hillbilly singer. Rosa Cruz-To go to Notre Dame. Zelema Longoria-To be a dog catcher. Doris Rucker-an author. Judy Blackmon-To be a model for Esquire Magazine. 'Ruth Gilleland-To see Tinafly. New Jersey. Glenda Roberts-To be a writer for Censored . Sandra Riley-To keep Tyrone un- der my little finger. bea hospitality I . 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- 0 0 OFFICIAL 1 T 1 T 1 T ROBERT DRISCOLL PUBLICATION SCHOOL VOLUME IV CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, MONDAY, MARCH 12, 1956 NUMBER 13 Junior Red Cross Ranger Plan to Serve in Disaster SI DRI COLL DELEGATE HE R T-A-L-A Members DR. ALEXANDER Dr. VVillian1 I-I. Alexander, Pas- tor of the First Christian Church of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, spoke to approximately 1600 members of the Texas Association of Student Coun- cils at their convention held in Mid- land, Texas, March lst, 2nd, and 3rd, Dr. Alexander told the members of T. A. S. C. that, in his opinion, youth is the hope of the world, and that without properly trained youth, the world is doomed to destruction. This was one of the highlights of the convention attended by Mrs. Teeny Adkins, Student Council sponsor, and four members of Robert Driscoll Jr. High School Student Council. Chosen by vote of the Council members, those attending from Driscoll were David Irving, Bobo Beynon, Cecile Blackmon, and Claud Ellen Hill. Stopping en route to spend the night in San Angelo, local delegates arrived in Midland before noon on Nlarch 1, Since hotels in Midland could not accommodate all the dele- gates to the convention most of them were guests in private homes during their stay there. A special taxi service was supplied the delegates by Mid- land high school students, who had their cars available at all times to take out-of-town delegates to their various destinations. The theme of this year's T.A.S.C. convention was Life-A Matter of Choice. After registration, T.A.S.C. members were given a free pass to a movie, and then were invited to attend an Open House at the Mid- land Youth Center. At the opening general session in the auditorium, a group picture was taken of all delegates attending the convention. The principal address at this session was Life-A Matter of Choice given bv Tom Henry Guin. President of T.A,S,C. Dr. Alexander delivered his ad- dress at the second general session. which began at 9:00 a.m. March 2 T.A.S.C. members attended discus- sion groups of their choice through- out the convention. Typical discus- sion group suhiects were: 'KHow can the Student Council promote an ef- fective traffic safety program in the secondary schools? and In what way may students not on the Coun- cil be included in the Student Coun- cil's program? At 5:30 p.m. convention delegates IN MIDL enjoyed a barbecue and political ral- ly, in which schools competing for office campaigned. The evening's entertainment included a semi-formal dance in the Crystal Ballroom of the Scharbaurer Hotel and an informal party at the Miclland Youth Center. At the third and final general ses- sion on Saturday, March 3, those schools winning office for 1956-57 were announced. Ray High School of this city was elected to the office of Vice-President of T.A.S.C. for the coming year. At 'the end of this ses- sion, the delegates, with hands clasped in friendship, sang Auld Lang Syne and then bid their friends goodbye and headed home- ward. The T.A.S.C. convention this year was considered by the Driscoll Jr. High delegates to be a complete success. Class Honored By George T'Sing George T'Sing, a Chinese boy who is a history major at Baylor Univer- sity spoke to Mrs. Adam's fourth and fifth period classes about his trip around the world. Since George is from Formosa we were glad to get 'first hand information on the For- mosa situation. George was raised in China and the United States. His father was a general under Chiang Kai Check for a few years and work- ed in the Chinese Nationalist Govern- ment for several years. He came to America by a freight boat a year ago. George has one sister who is teaching schcol in Singapore, China. His fath- er and mother live in Singapore where his father is the editor of the local newspaper. Calendar Of Events March 9-Music Festival at Del Mar. lVIarch 13-Coronation in Miller Gym. Nlarch 20-Acapella Choir dance in cafeteria View Browning Collection While attending a Texas Teen- age Library Association convention in VVaco in February, T.A.L.A. mem- bers were privileged to see the fam- ous Browning collection at Baylor University. This collection, started by Dr. Armstrong of Baylor University, contains the works, furniture, paint- ings, personal belongings, etc., of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Brown- ing. El Libro members of Robert Driscoll Jr. High School who were present were fortunate enough to meet Mrs. Armstrong, wife of the late Dr. Armstrong, in person and gain many sidelights on the collec- tion not included in the regular tour. On Thursday, February 23, 1956 Miss Jackson, librarian, and five members of El Libro CRobert Dris- coll library clubj left for Waco by chartered bus to attend the state con- vention of Teen-Age Library Asso- ciation members. Approximately 50 members from local schools attend- ed the convention. In Waco, convention delegates were housed in the Roosevelt and Raleigh hotels. They registered for the con- vention Friday, February 24, and the first general session was held at 2:15 p.m. in the ballroom of the Roosevelt Hotel. At this session, the delegates were welcomed by E. N. Dennard, Superintendent of Waco Public Schools, Thomas L. Ware, Principal of Waco High School, and Barbara Brown, Vice-President of the Waco High School Chapter of T.A. L.A. The program theme was Li- braries: Past, Present, Future , and was the story of libraries dramatized by representatives from various schools. Past was the story of the first libraries, including Egyptian libraries and those in old monasteries. Present were enacted by little green book-worms showing the acl- vantages of O111' modern libraries. Future , depicting libraries of the future, very humorously envisioned, a time when instead of reading a book, one will just take a capsule and absorb the knowledge contained in the book. At 6:00 p.m. delegates were treated to a supper in the Waco High School cafeteria, served by the Home-making classes. The Genheim- er Service Club of Waco High School CContinued on Page 40 Active Club Credit To Driscoll The Red Cross had a meeting not so long ago, and organized a special group of people. In times of disaster such as storms, hurricanes, or earth- quakes, the Junior Red Cross will use this special committee to help the adults of the regular Red Cross. In case of disaster you may be called upon to help people who might be caught in a storm tif that's the casej or to deliver food to people in disaster places. Your Junior Red Cross representa- tives of your homeroom is issuing forms, that you will fill, if your qualifications are right. The qualifi- cations are: If you have a license to drive a car, or you have a bicycle, or have a Junior Red Cross card, or a first aid card, Really the Red Cross is a great organization and something you and I should be grateful for in case we were in trouble. Miss Campbell is a good sponsor and anybody who is a member of the Driscoll Junior Red Cross should be proud of it, as we are. Officers of Junior Red Cross are the following: President, Ann Lewis Vice-President, Zoe Wilson Secretary, Sherry Walden Treasurer, Sherry Walden Reporter, Joe Stems Nlrs. Tina Florey, who has often helped Miss Campbell, our sponsor of Red Cross, is the director of all Jun- ior High Red Cross organizations. Ninth Graders Plan Schedules Ninth graders who were worrying about next year's schedule and their high school credits had most of their qualms settled on February 22 when an assembly for ninth graders was held. M1's. Corrine Britt and Mrs. Cora Beth Johnson, both from Miller's Guidance offices, spoke at the as- sembly about the credits needed to graduate from high school, which credits are needed for college en- trance, and the subjects open for sophomores. At the opening of the assembly Mr. Parrish, our principal, gave a short speech. A few days later, Mr. Parrish, our conselor visited with the English classes and talked with them concern- ing their tentative schedules for the rest of their high school education.

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Monday, March 12, 1956 T H E P P1 A I Pi I E P R E S S Page 3 THE PRAIRIE DOGS TALE Kids, I have changed the Society Column name to the Prairie Dog's Tale. If you don't like it please let us know .... Do any of you fellows know why Troy Montgomery is so popular with the girls? Why don't you ask him. Ht-'ll be glad to tell you ,,,, Who does Shirley Greer find so interesting out of town? . . . Joe Stanberry sure is populm' with a certain boy by the name of Harvey Tinnell .... Say now, who does that cute cat by the name of Jolm Erick- son like? . . . Oh, oh, Betsie Isaacs you'd better watch some of those Wynn Scale boys. Especially a cer- tain Ralph Carrier .... Patsy Gra- ham is a very interesting gal. And boiling over with fun, So say the boys and girls ..,. Wonder who Travis Campbell has his eye on now? . . . You know Ginger. you'd better watch that little sister of yours, Nancy Bedingfield. She's really getting to be a cute little kitten .... Is it true that Sally Clark has her eye on some tall dark and handsome guy in the ninth grade? . . , Say don't we have a cute couple going steady, And that can be no body but Pinina Norrod and Charles Mueller. . . . What are those Prairie Dogs gaping about? Dora Garza going with Jesse Garcia. Yep, hear it's true too .... Esmeralda Sifuentes and Frank Gonzales are trying to set a record for going together the long- est .... lVIan, we have some real cool cats going steady. the cat is J. W. Maiftiit and the kitten is who else but Donna .Io Perry .... WIIO KIOGS Iloy Donaldson find so interesting in Sinton? . . . Florence Wright, who is this cute boy who's been picking you and a gang ol other girls up in the morning for school? . . . Who is this cute boy that Jane Plimper likes now? . . . Who's this our Presi- dent of Student Council likes? Could it be .Io Ann Medcalf? Think so. . . . Say, did I hear Elizabeth Webb say she liked a certain boy with blond hair, in the ninth grade? . . . Wonder who Pat: Baily likes all of a sudden? . . . Gene Thraynham is sure getting cute. Don't some of you kids agree with me? . . . Paging Jackie Ross, you're on the loose and that's against the law here at Driscoll .... Joe Weaver didn't you tell me you liked a cute chick by the name of Linda? . , , Myra .lane Alston is real- ly doing wonders for some boys around this neighborhood. They are all such nice boys now-a-days. VVhat's Myra think about this? Nice! . . . Do you think Barbara .Iohnson will catch the boy she's after? . . . Don't any of you kids forget, if you have any kind of gossip or of couples go- ing steady, put it in Mfrs. Adams box son. or give it to me, Ann Donald- Sign your names, please! A Coupla Baseball Teams Exon though Driscoll's baseball team has starteal practice. we have picked a cool baseball team of our own, The following couples who fill out the positions make up an All- 'Star team. The lineup is: Catcher-'Blanche Duff and Gerald Creel are catching a lot of praise from kids around school. Pitcher-David Irving and Jo Ann Medcalf are pitching a lot of woo lately. First Base - Charles Noack and Trudy Sears rate first as a cute couple. Second Base-Harvey Tinnell and Joe Stanberry are running a close second as a very cute couple. Third Base - J. W. Allen and Madelyn Corbin aren't exactly third rate with each other. Shortstop-Charles Steele and Lin- da Shoemaker may both be a little short, but are stopping a lot of looks from a lot of people . Left Field-Charles Muellei' and Pinina Norrod are left going togeth- er, they're real cool, too. Centerfield-Albert Olivarez and Teresa Puente are the center of at- traction for lots of kids. .Right Field-Julian Garza and Mi- nerva Carranza are right on the ball and are hitting it off fine. Well, that's our team of couple, maybe you can think of some good replacements. Driscoll Student In Hospital On Wediiesday, March 1, Ty- rone Wenger was taken to Me- morial Hospital where they dis- covered he had polio. It was re- ported on Monday, March 5, that he was recovering rapidly. The Student Council sent him flowers, and we wish Tyrone the best and will be glad to see him back in school soon. Give an athlete an inch and he'll take a foot. But let him take it-who wants athletes foot anyway? Spring Is Here Sweet--TU 2-4517 Pretty-TU 2-7759 Beet-TU 44-1305 Interesting-TU 2-2764- Nutty-TU 4-7846 Genius-TU 2-7162 Ideal-TU 2-2053 Swell-TU 3-5155 Handsome-TU 3-6589 Entrancing-TU 4-7640 Riot-TU 4'-6059 Energetic-TU 2-1189 O P T O M E T R I S T 525 Old Robslown Road Phone TU 4-0373 Shell Center Clinic E Dr. Herman O. Neu 1 Punch Dodging Donaldson Wins We have here at Driscoll a Gold- en Glove Championship boxer. Roy Donaldson won the Open Class Gold- en Glove Lightweight Championship trophy, Roy is 16 years old. 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