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

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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.

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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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Page2 THE PRAIRIE PRESS Monday, March 26, 1956 I THE PRAIRIE PRESS STAFF Editor-in-Chief .....................................,......,.,........,.............................. Mary Mosel Assistant Editor .............. ............,.............,......., . . Pinina NOITOd Business Manager ....... .,.Y........ B etty Mull Society Editor .,,,..,,.,.,.. ,......,. A nn Donaldson Sports Editor ...................................,.....,.............,.................................. Joe Vickers Assistant Sports Editor ............................................................,......... Billy HOWQII Blackmon, Beverly Couch, Sylvia Herrera, Betty Sue Chandler, Gwen Porche, Manuel Cano Bay James Reporters ............ Cecile Reporter .......................... .......... ..... ...,...........v.................v.................... Advertising Staff ...... ........Judy Blackmon, Sue Ann Gore Sponsor ..........,.. . ,,..,.,.,..........,.................... ....,................... M rs. Capp1 Adams T AFF TUTTER OFF THE EDITOR,S DESK . . . Have you ever had that uncomfortable feeling that you were being watched? Made you feel a little conspicious, didn t it? Well, don't look now, but you're being watched all the time, by everybody! When you are out in public, your every action reflects on your home, your parents, and your school. You wouldn't want people thinking how awful you act and shouldn't you know bet- ter. Neither would you want them to be saying, uYou,d think his Cor herj parents would teach her better manners , or Those school kids always act that way , or 'LI wonder what kind of home he comes from. If there's one teacher I feel sorry for, it's a substitute teach- er. Sometimes I think she stands for more than a person can en- dure. And here at Driscoll is no exception. Trying to make the substitutes that we have put up with some of the things we do and the way we act sometimes seems highly impossible to me. All it makes her do is to think, MThose Driscoll kids! Going out of town on school sponsored trips, football games, Council trips, field trips, etc., is a responsibility to our school. Everything we do on these trips goes right back-and you know the rest. Marmers are defined in the dictionary as: C11 A way of acting, C21 Habitual custom, C35 Social rules of behavior. What is the usual custom with you? What are your social rules? Do you have any? Remember, your manners are showing! -Sylvia. OFF SOCIETY EDITOR'S DESK . . . You know kids, some of you don't really know what a friend is. A friend isn't just someone to talk to and maybe go to the show with if you haven't anything else to do. You have to con- sider their feelings and show respect for what they want to do and what they say. If you think that by acting smart or cussing or smoking or anything like that they are going to help you any, I dare say youlre wrong. Doing that kind of stuff isn't showing anybody else that youlre more grown up, if anything, you're just showing how big a fool you are. Nobody wants a friend that he's ashamed of, or afraid to be seen in public with. Boys, do you think that by hot rodding or doing some of the things I mentioned above, that a nice respectable girl is going to want to go with you. Do you think that your friends or other kids will respect you or your wishes? They won't, and who can blame them. Why should they, when you don't give a hoot about them. If you drove by someone's house and knocked down their trash can you would most likely laugh or think it's funny. But if someone came in your driveway and knocked your trash can over, you wouldn't think it was so funny. Especially when you were the one who has to pick it up. If you want people to like and respect you, show a little concern for them. And believe me, if everyone doesn't think you're a nicer fellow, I'll eat my hat. -Ann. THE PRAIRIE DOG' TALE 'Barbara Johnson is mighty thrilled over a Senior at Miller . . . Nearly all the boys have a crush over our Coronation Queen, Vernelle Appleby. And who can blame them? . . . Jane Plimper seems to find. a certain K. Gilleland very, very, interesting . . . What's this we hear about Miss Nix- on making all the girls in her home- room act like old women? . . . Bill Dunn sure has a special liking for a certain blond. Some doll too . . . What does Boy Donaldson find so interesting in a small gal, five foot two and oh, what those five foot do? . . . What was going on between Patty Share and Troy Montgomery at Linda Shoemaker's party Friday the 9th, 1956 . . . Who does cute little Joe Sterns like now? . . . Who is Lynn Smith always looking at in P. E.? I wonder if it could, no it couldn't . . . Here are some of the girls around here loose: Janice Gore, Harriet Wood, Judy Ivans . . . Sandy Cryer had a swollen nose the other day. She said it was from drop- ping her baton but I wonder if that is the real reason why? . . . Did you all see Betty Braselton at Linda Shoe- maker's party? Pretty as ever isn't she? . . . What's this about Jimmy Lozier liking Ceretha Kay Carter? Yep it's true . . . Crystal Gandy sure gets excited easy over some certain boys who like to go to Canteen on Saturday , . . Kay Ross! Who's this boy you been talking up a storm about? . . . Gwen Church certainly made a cute duchess in the corona- tion, didn't she . . . Wonder who Wayne Burns likes, now? . . . Butch Bray seems to get around to all the girls now-a-days, doesn't he? . . . ls Connie Johnson still going with her old flame? . . . Judy Blackmon seem to make up her mind about the boys on both sides of town . . . Sally Clark is still fooling around with her old flame. Might something come of it, Sally? . . . It seems Betty Mull never gets tired of Larry, or he of her .... That pretty black haired Joyce Byrd still thinks that Donnie Doss is the guy for her. And what does Donnie think of that? SWELL . . . Wonder who Yolanda Guerra likes now? Better watch it Yolanda, these boys are real cats . . . Wonder who Sandy Harris likes now? Why don't some of you boys ask her . , . Julie Dotson has a lot of boys on her mind but can't decide which one . . . Nancy Ingle is sure getting cute. And there's a lot of boys who think the same . . . Hear Patsy Cryer has someone new up her sleeve. Who could it he? . . , Myra Jane Alston and Becky Steele really had fun when they spent the week-end in the Valley not so long ago . . . Who does Douglas Calvin like so well in some of his periods? Cute as a bug in a rug, too . . , Do you know that Gin- ger Bedingfield is still going with that certain Senior over at Miller? Next month will be a year that they've been going together... Ward Piper seems to find many girls around Driscoll, but can't make up his mind, and that's no lie, either . . . The Prairie Dog's been talking about Johnny Burns. They think he likes someone new. Could be . . . John Allen been doing some serious thinking too. About a certain gal here at Driscoll . . . Doris Ruck- er really thinks there's some cute ninth grade boys here ,... I udy Clark seems to be doing all right for her now-a-days too. Don't you Judy? Patsy Hobbs likes to think about certain boy all the time. Speak- of who it is I can't blame her. . . . Does Dick Austin like someone new or does he still speak of the girl that he used to . . . Marie Davis is another one who made a darling .luchess in the Coronation. She was dressed in black which is very becom- ing . . . Oh, I nearly forgot. Leo Champion is going with a gal at Mil- ler. Her first name is Judy, Guess the rest. lt's easy. They really make a cute couple . . . Whose football iacket has Cecil Kemp been wearing here lately? Sure looks fine . . . There's a lot of girls who think Jesse Leal is o. k. Better watch it Jesse . . . Betty Killen thinks someone is pretty special or she wouldn't always look so nice when. she comes to school. Notice her hair. Looks real neat . . . Thanks for reading this. But had better stop, clon't you think? self one ing Driscoli Students Win In Meet At Dallas Dallas. March 16th and 17th, two Driscoll students, Bill Dun- ham and Haynie Glasgow won first and second places respect- fully in the state-wide swimming meet. Bill Dunham won first place in the 100-yard hack stroke and third. in the 100-yard free style. Haynie Glasgow won the 100-yard free style. ' The meet was the fourth an- nual Southwest area YMCA sports festival. We also have members of the Woodlawn Church basketball team which won the state champion- ship while attending the meet. 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