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

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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. 'I I: BARNETT'S GROCERY :I THE time stores wm-I 1: THE BIG VALUES l I: Ph. tu. 2-2597 - om noustown nn. 'I

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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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Monday, March 26,1956 T HE P R AIR I E P R E S S Page 3 Driscoll Spelling Champ ls Chosen Un Marcin 19, Cary Griffin, an eighth grader, won the school spell- ing contest for the National Spelling Bee. Cary has been runner up in the Oak .Park and Driscoll contests. His runners-up were Ellen McCaughn, eighth grader and former Oak Park champ, who was eliminated when she missed the word approbation , Jo Askey, eighth grader and frequent runner-up at Oak Park, who sat down when. he missed the word tussel. Billy was Oak Park's champ last year. Cary won by spelling the word Ellen missed, approbation and the word uappenclicitisf' On April 14, he will represent Driscoll in the district contest, so let's all wish him luck. Special Credit Due Teachers-Students Special credit is due to the teachers and students who were not actually in the Coronation, but did very neces- sary outside work. They included the spotlighters, Harvey Tinnell, Duhbie Morrison, Jack Pratt: Miss Campbell's and Miss Iiobert's art classes, Mr. Boney and his Construction Crew: the homemaking teachers: makeup, Miss Nixon and Miss Wood, Pro- grams, Mrs. Beal, and Claud Ellen Hill, Pictures, Mr. Boneyg and cer- tainly Mrs. Adkins, sponsor of the Student Council, Dizzy Dreams We Discollets have been having some Dizzy Dreams lately. We de- cided to tell you about them-We dreamed that: Pinina Norrod was a dull person to be around. .lo Askey was short, blond, and fat. Sharon Bonnin was real serious. Walter Bradley was real quiet. Lofett Hitt had short blond hair. Lloyd Lester was unpopular. Ann Lewis was 5'8 and bad for the eyes. Mrs. Preston was a mean teacher. Mrs. Adkins didn't have a Student SAFETY S is for the SLILEPY ONE, Wlio doesn't know what's best, For then he ends up in a ditch And has a good long rest. is for the ALCOHOLIC, Who takes one for the road: His final retsing-place, Is with the rest of the load. A F is for the FUNNY ONE, Who thinks its all a joke. Tangling with an accident, His head is almost broke! E is for the ELDEB, Who thinks he knows it all You'll hear him boast of how he drives He'll soon answer the heavenly call! T is for the old-TIMER, Who consistently is hurried, Then like the one before him. He ends up being buried. Y is for the YAPPER, Who talks as he drives: I-Ie'll wake up some morning To find he's not alive. These people-all of them, Have never practiced safety, That's the reason they haven't been seen Driving around here lately. -Fusczoan, Champion High School, Warren, Ohio. Weiner Roast ls Planned Miss Edward's home room is planning a Weiner roast Thurs- day the 22nd at South Bluff Park. The time will be at 6:30. Each student is allowed one special guest. We hope that it turns out to be a big success. fglllllllllllllllltlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllg 5 MOORE ELECTRIC co. 2 .-1 z ,.. ,.. -.: sz E 605 Old Robstown Road E 2 Phone TU 2-9755 E ., '4 bmgers Stage Dhln-Dig 'Iuesoay night the 20th of lVIarch, the A Cappella Choir sponsored a dance in the cafeteria. As you have probably noticed the choir has spon- sored several other dances. The money collected from these dances and also the spring concert that is being planned will go towards financ- ing the choir's spring trip. The dance was a big success and everyone hae loads of fun. DIHIHH The Drama club has been work- ing on scenes from Uncle Harry, Mc- Beth, Liliom and other plays. They are also holding open read- ings for two one-act plays. Miss Nix- on is doing a fine job in conducting them. Y-Teens Tachaskee Y-Teens are planning to have a lot of fun this year and they plan to get a lot of work done. They have already scheduled a dance, slumber party, and a hayride. Sounds like fun, huh? Tanda Eighth grade Y-Teens are really on the ball. They are making Easter baskets for nurseries and needy families. Meet The Press Manuel Cano is our staff person- ality for this week. Manuel is in the ninth grade and has M1'. Tubbs for homeroom, This is Manuel's second year on the staff but Will be leav- ing us next year. He is 14: and has black eyes and black hair. Manuel is also a good all round athlete and really likes sports, Manuel's address is 254 Vera Cruz and for you girls his telephone number is TU 2-87941. His favorite teacher is M1's. Adams. Although he likes Driscoll he is glad to be going to Miller next year. h BUDDY WHEELIS HARDWARE Heress Mystery Personality Of Month All you that are good at guessing, try this. We have a mystery person- ality this month. Her name is Miss X. She is a ninth. grade algebra student, meaning that algebra is her most time-taking activity at the moment, Her favorite teacher is Miss Nixon and she is an active member in the Drama Club. She has black hair and brown eyes and stands 5'3 . If any one has guessed Miss X by now they know her favorite hobby is flirting with boys. She likes everyone Cboys in particularj and dislikes only work Clazyl. I-Iere's a big hint. Not long ago she cut her dark hair into a short Italian cut. For you who still haven't guessed our cute Miss X, here's her phone number. TU 4'-5118. Try calling and see who answers! Newspaper Terms ADD: New copy to be added to a story already written. ASSIGNMENT: Task given to a reporter. BANNER: Headline extending across the entire page. BEAT: Reporter's regular assign- ment. CLIP: A story clipped from a newspaper. COVER: Be responsible for a story about an event. CUT: Zinc etching or half-tone engraving. 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