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

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Page4- THE PRAIRIE PRESS Monday, March 12, 1956 T.A.L.A. Views CCOHIIIIUGCI from page 'lj then presented a Variety Show, Lucy Leaps in the Gymnasium. The second general session began at 9:30 a.nT. Saturday. This was a regular business meeting, climaxed by the election of officers for 1956- 1957. ,Maggie Daly, Author, Model, and Fashion Commentator, who was to be the speaker at the luncheon Saturday, was detained in Chicago by weather conditions, and could not be present. Esse O'Brien, author of animal stor- ies, and prominent Waco resident, very kindly consented to take her place. Corpus Christi delegates left for home about 4-:OO p.m. Saturday. Ac- cording to El' Libro members, this year's convention was very success- ful and they came home tired but happy. Next year's convention will be held in Galveston. attending the were Cecile Chandler, Pat- Pulliam, and E1 Libro members convention in Waco Blackmon, Betty Sue sy Graham, Janice Jeanie Richey. Action English in 1. A kiss is a noun, because it is proper. 2. A kiss is a verb, because it shows action. 3. A kiss is a conjunction, because it connects. 41. A kiss is an adverb, because you always know how, when, or where it took place. 5. A kiss is a preposition, because after it happens, you don't know .where you are. 6. A kiss is an adjective, because it 16 Reams QWl1eeling News Registerj Some people say an editor is made out of ink. The rich one's made out of food and drink, Food and drink, women and song, His mind may be weak but his staff is strong. CChorusj You write 16 reams and whattaya get? Two ads cancelled and a newsprint debt. St. Peter, don't call me 'cause I can't stop- Till I fill 10 inches in that back page spot. I was born one mornin' when the copy was low. CWorry over deadlines has aged me so.j I wrote 16 reams with a 'kpersonal touch, And the shop boss said, That's much too much. I was born one mornin' when the press didn't roll. Those doggoned upersonalsl' have troubled my soul. Some folks dyin' while others are born, Good gosh, Gabriel, why don'tcha fblow that horn? If you see my a writin' better go the other way, 'Cause I'm gettin' fed up mor'n more each day. Some folks cussin' 'cause their name's spelled wrong, And other'll be cussin' when they hear this song. IAS quoted in The Anthenian, Fran- You May or May Not Know The Indians who sold Manhattan Island to Peter lVlinuit in 1626 for some firewater and 324- worth of trinkets were smart boys. They did not own it. They were Canarsies lVIontauk's and Rockaways from Long Island just in town for a visit. So Peter had to buy it again from a tribe uptown In the past five U. S. population censuses far more men than women refused to report their ages. An old New England sea captain one Hanson Gregory gave the mod- ern American doughnut its hole. The date of the great contribution was 1847. The captain was a boy at the time. Watching his mother fry dough- nuts, he noticed that the centers of the cakes always seemed doughy, and suggested eliminating this part before the cakes were cooked. Laugh- ingly she followed the suggestion and the results were so satisfactory that she never went back to the old way. Her mehtod was copied by others until it spread over the whole coun- t1'y.-Readefs Digest. Baseball Practice Opens Monday, March 5, practice opened for the 1956 edition of the Rangers baseball team. The pitch- ers and outfielders reported the first thing Monday afternoon. They carried on practice for two days until Wednesday when the infielders reported. The whole team finished out the week. Coach Nicol is looking forward to a very successful season this year, having quite a lot of good Driscoll Runs In Track Meet The Driscoll track team ran in a track meet at Hamlin and the boys looked fine. Some of the events they won in were: shot put, 880 relay, broad jump. They came in second place in the 220 yard dash and the 100 yard dash. In third place: the 50 yard dash. In the hurdles they came in second and third place. .When someone says, Stop me if you've heard this one. We are al- ways templed to ask, How? E for the T MAN IN YOUR LIFE Teens to Adult Sizes Scott's Mon Shop Shell Center i HABERDASHERYQ SUN PHARMACY we ow ROBSTOWN RoAo , PHONE TU 4-8225 E E. o. MALEY, Druggist P FREE FOLDING SERVICE ' for the Cleonest Clothes in Town cIT SHELL LAUNDRETTE 613 Old Robstown Road Phone TU 2-9851 describes. klin High School, New Athens, Ohioj I'r1HtGI'i21l. nn.un-....-.nu....................................................-....................................-...--E glllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllg H O L I- I S N E E S E 2 MOORE ELECTRIC co. 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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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OFFICIAL ' ' ROBERT DRISOOLL BI-MoN'rHI.Y JUNIOR HIGH PUBLICATION SCHOOL VOLUME IV cORPUs CHRISTI, TEXAS, MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1956 NUMBER 14- Vi id Vernell i ueen el Planet on Student Council New Teacher Driscoll Students Ready For Coming Activities Reverend Lamar Leifeste, minister of the Aldersgate Methodist Church, will be the guest speaker at a special religious assembly March 28. This program, whiclI will also feature the Boy's Quartet, is one of several activi- ties the Robert Driscoll Junior High School Student Council is preparing to launch. On April 17, the Robert Driscoll Junior High Student Council will be host to the April meeting of the All- City Student Council. This meeting was originally scheduled for April 10, but was posponed because of a gen- eral faculty meeting, Gwen Kennedy of Miller High School will preside. Regular representatives of the host school are Bobo Beynon, Cecile Black- mon, Elizabeth Webb, and Beverly Couch, who is now serving as secre- tary of All-City Council. The entire host council will be invited to attend this meeting. Other upcoming activities are the regular fall election of Student Coun- cil officers for next year and the dis- trict convention of the South Texas Association of Student Councils. The district convention will be held April 7 at Martin High School in Laredo, Texas. It is the second meeting of the Association this year. The previous meeting was attended by approxi- Inately 30 members of the Robert Driscoll Student Council. All mem- bers will have an opportunity to at- tend tho spring meeting by chartered bus. The election of Student Council officers for next year will take place around the last of April. All eighth grade students interested in running for office should check the qualifica- tions and begin to prepare for the campaign. The Student Council just com- pleted work on the annual corona- tion held in Miller High School Gymnasium on Nlarch 13. The entire Council would like to thank ALL those students and faculty members that cooperated and helped so much in making the project a success. With the money the Student Council made from the Queen's contest and the coronation, they have already pur- chased a new portable Public Ad- dress Systcni and bought new uni- forms for the Ranger Baseball Team. The Public Address System cost welcomed By Faculty, Students Mrs. R. H. Amrein, of Corpus Christi began taking over Mr. Hollo- way's classes Monday, March 19th. Though we regret losing Mr. Hollo- way we heartily welcomed Mrs. Am- rein and hope that she will enjoy teaching at Driscoll. Mrs. Amrein attended Hardin-Sim- Inons and Texas University. She taught three years at Roy Miller, end- ing in 19541. Her hobby is fishing and listen to this--she has NO pet peeves. She is a nice person to talk to, and I'm sure her students are going to enjoy having her for the remainder of the school year. Drop around and get acquainted with her when you have time. Report Cards Cause Stew All you kids who always wait un- til the last minute to start working in class have waited too late this time to make good grades. This Wed- nesday is X day. VVe get our re- port cards! On Wednesday sixth period will end early and you will report to your home room teachers to receive your report card. Only nine more weeks are left in this school year. That doesn't give you much time to fool around and still expect to pass. After Wednesday we will get our report cards only once more, at the end of school on Nlay 29. All you be sure and work real hard these last nine weeks. The members of the Prairie Press staff would sure like to see a lot of names on the next honor roll. You'd prob- ably like to see your own name on the list, so work hard! Nine weeks isn't such a long time. Joe Vickers: My wife had a funny dream last night. She dreamed she had married a multimillionaii-e. Manual Cano: You're lucky, my wife dreams that in the day time! 5183.4-5 and the cost of the uniforms was about 58200.00 The Student Coun- cil will use the remaining money to finance it's future projects and to purchase items that improve the school in some way, Participate ln Orientation In order to acquaint younger stu- dent's parents with the changes and problems that will face their young- sters as they go into junior high school, four members of the Robert Driscoll Student Council conducted a panel discussion March 16 on f'What Teen-agers Expect of Their Parents. About thirty-five members of the Home and Family Life group of the Savage Elementary .P.T.A. lis- tened to the panel as they gave the typical teen-ager's view of various subjects. They divided the topic into four main points: QU Understanding, Q23 Confidence, C51 Justice, Q4-J Sym- pathy and Compassion. In the ques- tion and answer discussion period that followed, such things were dis- cussed as: teen-agers and the family telephone, methods of punishment for misdemeanors, dating and dating cus- toms, going steady. After the discussion, which was profitable to the panel members as well as the adults present, the group served lunch, which had been pre- pared with teen-age tastes in mind. David Irving, panel chairman, com- mented, Anytime they need a panel, we'll be glad to come, and stay for lunch. Other panel members were Bobo Beynon, Cecile Blackmon, and Beverly Couch. l-lomerooms Begin Gardens, Hope To Win Contest The Student Council is once again sponsoring its annual homeroom gar- den contest. Any homeroom may en- ter the contest. The garden should be under the windows, directly out- side the homeroom. If this location is unsuitable, the homeroom represen- tative should contact James Kemp, chairman of the Student Council's gardening committee, and you will be assigned a better location. If neces- sary, the gardening committee will help the homeroom to get their gar- den started, The contest will be judged about the first of May. A prize of 35.00 will be awarded the homeroom who wins first place. 32.50 will be the prize for second place. Parade doe Vickers Was King For a Night Vernelle Appleby and Joe Vickers, her escort, reigned over Planets on Parade , Driscoll's fourth annual coronation Tuesday, March 13. The coronation was held in the Miller gymnasium at 8:00 p.m. The Coronation duchesses, repre- senting different planets were an- nounced by Gordon Garwoocl and of the on the order: of the escort, Perez. lylike Lucas. The entrance duchesses was the first thing program. They came in this From Jupiter, Duchess Sylvia House of Herrera with her Duke Ramiro of the House of From Mars, Lucky Roberts with her escort, Freddie Cuevas. From Nep- tune, Janice Gore with her escort, Bobo Beynon. From Venus, Linda Crofford with her escort, Jiinmy Mc- Horse. From Uranus, Delia Rodriguez with her escort, Amado Mancha. From Saturn, Fiona Ingle with her escort, Donny Cain. From Pluto, Marie Davis with her escort, Roy Donaldson. From Mercury, Trudy Sears with her escort, Charles Noack. From Eros, Katherine Sanders with her escort, Grady Wann, From .Pal- las, Gwen Church with her escort, Arthur Gregory. From Polaris, Flor- ence Wright with her escort, Mike Naylor. From Sirius, Pinina Norrod with her escort, Charles Mueller, The Princesses and Princes fol- lowed next. Ann Lewis with her ess- cort, James Peterson. Linda Hurley with her escort, Billy Howell. The Queen and King, accompanied by the Crown, Scepter, and train bearers and the flower girls entered last. After the Queen was crowned, the Royal Entertainment for the Court began. The Polka Dots, a tumbling act under lVlrs. Youngman's direction was first. A solo tumbling act was done by Barbara Johnson. Galaxy Gam- bols was a dancing act which Nlrs. Boney directed. Betty Killeen, Con- nie Johnson, and Sarilyn Neslony did a ballet dance in the midst of the creatures in Galaxy Gambols. The last thing on the program was a ninth grade girls' drill team, under Mrs. Boney's direction. They wore short white costumes with floures- cent orange strips that glowed when the gym was darkened. The Queen's Ball, a dance which lasted until 10:00 was held after the coronation.