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

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Monday, April '16, 1956 T H E P R A I R I E 'P R E S S Page 3 Staff News Office Help Orchestra News Speech Classes TI: -Ifflw ul- 'r-. I'I I . 3. .I .7 -' , ' dvr v lieacliffagf 1ll'lCf'llllgllllI'ZI lblfldrcpleliiladi. Makes Calendars for Ztigeiira 23531115 1:0 Zell? bil GIVC Program We have put out sixteen papers so fur and Ihcrc will be two more with the last one being Will and Testa- ment and ninth grade Prophecy. Also perhaps the most important thing to you is the annual. We sold 750 and have already finished it. It should bo in about May 15. We have iust finished folding IO.850 papers for the annual. Believe me it's no easy iob. lf you will l'l2IYll,'Il'll1l!I' not loo long ago we sold plastic covers for our white annuals, Wefll, wo sold 376 and after the annuals conw out we will have Q5 extra and it. will be on a first come first servo basis. If you failed to get one you can get one for only 35 cents. Be thinking about this' and you like the annual when out. DFISCOII Has VlSiL0l'S Maybe some of your classes have been lI'lIEl'I'UpLl'Il by DriscoII's latest we hope it comes visitors-sixth graders. These sixth graders have been visiting Driscoll to get an idea of what school will he like for them next yC'?ll'. Oak Park, Savage, Ebony Acres. und Crossley Elernentary Schools all will or have had sixth graders visiting hero. O11 Tuesday, April 10th, sixth grad- ers from Oak Park came over. An assembly was presented to them. The Driscoll orchestra had n pnwimgrnm for them. After the assembly, representa- tives from the Student Council show- ed them through the school. SUN PHARMACY 626 OLD ROBSTOWN ROAD PHONE TU 4-8225 E. O. MALEY, Druggist MAX'S SHOE SERVICE Expert Shoe Repair 705 Oak Park Corpus Christi g.................. .... . ....... .......E QFor Correct Time . . . 5 DIAL TU 4-2811 5 Courtesy Q E Corpus Christi National Bank ,-,' 'I nec. u. s. PAT..OFF. ' Costs only 5G American Bottling Company Have you ever noticed the calen- dars in Mrs. B0al's office? Every month lhero's a different one with the art work having something to with the famous trademarks of do that month. The April calendar in the office now features za clever little umbrella with colored raindrops fall- ing all around it. Important events school, holidays, and sometimes Isrthdays of faculty members are marked on these calendars, CBy the way, did you know April I6 is our p1'incipal's biI'thday?j Happy Birth- zlny, Mr. Parish! These calendars are especially im- In i portant because they make the main office more attractive to visitors. The sliuflunts who work in Mrs. B66l,S office the fourth period are respon- sible for the work done on the calen- dars this year, They are Becky Steele, Mabel Gunn, Gareth Cayce, Toby Halo, and Carl Kuehn. Thanks. kids. You did a great job. Here's Where 4Brai11s' Fell Off Students received their report cards on Wednesday. March 24. After comparing last SSITIGSLSIJS Honor Boll with this one, we found that it de- creased 34+ students. This shows that some students have let down on their lessons. It seems that spring fever has gotten the best of some of you. We hope that all students will try to get your grades up again, because we know that every student at Driscoll certainly capable of making good is grades and we think you should put your noses to the grindstone and do 't!!! Ll-I-l.l-I-I.I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-l-l-l-I-l'l-l-I .I 'n 'I I: BARNETT'S GROCERY I: I I I: THE LITTLE STORE WITH 'I :I THE BIG VALUES :: l :: rn. ru. 2-2597 - om IIoss1owN nn. :: l ::I-l-l-l-I.l-l-I.l-I-l-l-l-l-I-I-I-I-III-I-l-I: if-?b59b5959955'9B999?92959-D9B993959L6E M E INGLE'S GRQCERY 3 3 The Friendly Super Market Q Q 802 PEABODY - Phone TU 4-6472 E 5IKC'Kf-K'C'K4'K4-GEC-K4'6G6CGC'E6f'66f'TI? II 7 BUDDY WHEELIS HARDWARE Phone TU 2-7689 IN THE HEART OF SHELL CENTER Always Supplied With Your BEST BUYS .. I working on solos. Students from all over the city came to Driscoll at var- ious times Saturday morning to play solos, accompanied by a pianist, for Mr. Masters, the clinician. Mr. Mast- ers listened to different solos and gave individuals their rating. Possible rat- ings were: Superior, Excellent, Good, Fair, and Poor. The solos were not played as a contest and they were not placed first, second. and third. They were played to help the students to realize their mistakes. Students from the Driscoll orchestra who played solos for criticism were: Milton Fikes, James VVatson, Harriett Wood, Pi- nina Norrod. lVIark Combs, Bob Haw- kins, Tam Walker, Nelda Bennett. and Alc-tha Allison. The orchestra supplied the .P.T.A. with special music at the last P.T.A. meeting on Thursday, April 12. Mlrs. Gaedcke directed the orchestra. Pieces played included: Elves Dance, An- dante Religiouse, and Pomp and Chiv- alry. On the 10th of April, Tuesday, the orchestra gave a assembly for the visiting 6th graders from Oak Park, They played Plink. Plank, Plunk, Unchained Melody, Hunter's Chorus, and Processional. Sth Grade Y-Teens The Sth grade Y-Teens sponsored by Mrs. Anderson, are joining the campaign for the Y.VV.C.A.-swimming pool by selling plastic 'Itilesf' The tiles are square, either white, yellow, green, or grey, and imprinted in black are the words 'Il gave one tile and Y.W.C.A. pool. The tiles sell for a dollar and each girl is striving to sell all they can. The seventh and ninth grade Y-Teens are also taking part in the campaign. Students from- Miss Nixon's 9th grade Speech classes -presented 'a special program to the .P.T.A. at last meeting on April 12. A their poem. The Creation, was given. by Crystal Gandv. Other acts included a 1110110- logue by Donna Jo Perry, Roses for Mickey, a declamation, which Julie Dotson gave, 'and a scene from the play, uMy Sister Eileen. Janice Pulliam, Judy Clark. Gary Hunt, and Jerry McKee made up the cast for the SCCHE. Y-Teens Hold Slumber Party On April 6th the ninth gra Campbell. and Miss Wood, slumber party at the Y.VV.C.A. ing. The girls met at the Y at and afterwards they went to the trc Theatre and saw the feature de Y- Miss Teens, sponsored by Miss Nixon, had a build- 7 : 00 Cen- Ca- rousel After the show the girls re- turned to the Y. Each girl brought a sack lunch and feasted all night long. Janice Pulliam brought her record player along with her records. The girls listened to records and danced until 12:00 when they had to off. This' was followed by a session. turn it bull They finally wore themselves out and hit the hay. They got up the next morning at 6:00 A.M. and had fast. 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Page2 THE PRAIRIE PRESS Monday, April 16, 1956 - U . THE PRAIRIE PRESS STAFF Editor-in-Chief ......,.......,.............................,...............,..,..,..,..,,.,......,,.. Assistant Editor . .,.. . Business Manager ..... Society Editor ............. Sports Editor .......,.....,.....,.....,......,......... Reporters ....,...,... Cecile Reporter ........,.......... Advertising Staff ........ Sponsor ..............,.....,......,...............................,.,.,.,...................... Mary Mosel . Pinina Norrod Betty Mull Ann Donaldson Joe Vickers Billy Howell Assistant Sports Editor ..,.,.,...............................,.,.,..........,...... ....... . . Blackmon, Beverly Couch, Sylvia Herrera, Betty Sue Chandler, Gwen Porche, Manuel Cano Ray James ................Judy Blackmon, Sue Ann Gore Mrs. Cappi Adams STAFF STUTTERS . . WHO,S RESPONSIBLE F OR WHAT? Have you ever thought about the responsibility of voting? Some people will sit and complain about the way the govern- ment's being run and the negligent politicians who are making such a mess of the simplest little problems and will tell you that they just can't see how those simpletons ever got elected. Ask those people if they vote. Why is it that the ones who gripe the loudest about a mess are really the one who made the mess? They didn't even care enough to vote but now they want to tell everyone how much better they could do it. If you make bad citizenship a habit, you'll be doing the very same when you reach voting age. Our own Student Council elections are coming up soon. If you should discover later that the most qualified person didn't win, just remember that you elected them. Don't ever blame anyone else. OFF THE SOCIETY EDITOR'S DESK.- Did you know Robert Driscoll has a library for our own use? They have it for us. Not for the teachers or parents, but for US. When they put the library in schools they put them in for our own pleasure. And to help us with our school work. We have the advantage of many, many, schools. There's a lot of schools who don't have a library. Any time we want to it's reasonably sure we can go to the library and look up reports and news about recent happenings. Yet kids don't appreciate the library enough to put books back in their places when they take them out, or to return the books in good condition. When books are taken out of the library you are expected to act like Junior High boys and girls. You are expected to bring the books back in good condition. So many kids take books out and write all over them and tear the pages out. Then when someone else gets interested and have to read that last page or die, they come to the end and find it gone. Well there you are. So let's go a little easy on some of that stuff. And when you're looking at books and you take them off the shelves please be sure to put them back. -Ann Wonderful Wabbit Treats Driscoll At Driscoll's Easter Assembly this year, something extra was added. The Student Council as always spon- sored the Easter Assembly. Before the religious part of the program started, David Irving, presi- dent of the Student Council, presented the baseball uniforms to the baseball team. The uniforms were accepted by David Bremer, representative from the baseball team. A new P.A, sys- tem and portable record player was presented to the school by David and was accepted by Mr. McLeod. The religious part of the assembly was begun with Julie Dotson leading the student body in prayer. Claud Ellen Hill read the scripture. The boys quartet was featured singing, Listen to the Lambs and uln the Shade of the Old Apple Tree. The quartet was followed by the guest speaker, Reverend Liefiste of Alders- gate Methodist Church. After he had delivered his Easter message, he closed the assembly with the benediction. Appleby Makes The Grade Driscoll's made history again! We have a genius in our midst. Probably for the first time, a stu- dent at Driscoll has made straight A plusses. Six A plusses on her report, that's Vernelle Appleby!! You can always tell its Vernelle by her long blonde hair. flt comes down to her waistj. She has blue eyes and is about 5'3W tall. Ver- nelle is in the 9th grade and is a member of the Drama Club. Where does she live? I quote Ver- nelle, In a house. CHow dumb can a person get?J Boy! Vernelle's phone number is TU 4-8573. Ver- nelle was queen of the Coronation this year, THE PR IRIE DOG' T LE Joe Stanberry and Harvey Tinnell seem to be getting along alright. Yes sir, doing alright .... Wonder who Judy Blackmon has her roving eye on now? . . . Better watch it, who ever they are .... Who does Jane Plim- per find so interesting at Ray? And what does he think of her? Oh, la, la. . . . Butch Bray and Nona Godrey sure had a lot of fun over the week- end .... Where did Bobo Beynon get that '26 .-.. M car? Oh by the way, Ask him what make it is. It's a beauty, believe me .... Looks like Joe Vickers got caught hook, line, sinker, by Vernell Apple- by. But Joe doesn't mind do you Joe? . . . Hey now, Billy Howell and Linda Hurley are real cool cats, aren't they? But who can blame Billy with a gal like that! , . . Ruth Gilleland's a doll and a half. You'd better be- lieve it. You ought to ask some of the boys from some certain other schools .... Arthur Gonzales and Yolanda Guerra are going steady again ever since April the Sth. Oh, by the way, this' just makes three years they have been going together. That's a pretty long time, kids .... Carlos Gomez and Alice Balli have been going steady for over a month. Good luck kids .... Rosa Ann Mar- tinez has been seen around school with Rudy Olivares. What's up any- way? . . . Hey now, we're doing pretty good when we get to putting teachers in this column. Did you know that Miss Nixon has been seen with Mr. Boney's brother? He's really cute, too .... If any of you kids have any gossip or names you want in the paper, please, put it in Mrs. Adams box, or give it to your Society Editor, Ann Donaldson. Thank you. Meet the Press This week we are interviewing Judy Blackmon and Sue Ann Gore together since they are both on the advertising staff. .Judy and Sue are both in the same clubs. Isn't that a coincidence! They belong to Y-Teens, F.H.A., and, Drama Clubs. Judy has brown hair, is 14 years of age, green eyes and is 5' G . Sue has green eyes, brown hair, is 14- years of age, and 5'. They are both going to Miller next year so sometime give them a ring next year and see how they are doing. Judy's telephone number is TU 3-2860, and Sue's is TU 2-8566. HONOR ROLL First Honor Roll Call A'sj 9th grade Glenda Bennett, Cecile Blackmon, Judy Blackmon, Herby Booher, Ann Davis, Juanita Harley, Pat Harring- ton, David Irving, Ann Lewis, Jo Ann Merlcalf, Mary Mosel, Pinina Norrod, Ellie Walter, Lynda Wood. 8th grade- Jo Askey, Wanda Bennett, Joyce Byrd, Bonnie Collins, Blanche Duff, Gail Eggleston,, Mable Gunn, Sandra Johnston, Willy Kuehn, Bernadette Mclieefer, Janice McNeil, Betty Mull, Gwen Porche, Dinah Potts, Linda Smith, Nancy Whatley. 7th grade- Pedro Alvarez, Nelda Bennett, Cook, Marsha Ellege, Ruth Lynn Gelvin, Nancy Gootie, Hyla Jean Pricer, Jerry Rodgers, Carolyn Vignes. Second 9th grade- Erlith Adams. Sidney Bender, Har- Honor Roll vey Broyles, Linda Contreas, Mary Alice Deases, Abel Garcia, Ramon Gonzales, Maria Hernandez, Julia Mejak, Richard Ochoa, Catherine Pressloy, Mary Ann Rivas, Mary Sanchez, Saundra Smith, Joy Stan- berry, Bradley Thompson. 8th grad? Eva Allen, Sue Buford, Sally Clark, Pat Edgeworth, Carey Dean Griffin, Nlildred Hill, Billy Howell, Gary Montgomery, Sandra Riley, Kathy Ryan, Harvey Tinnell, Aurora Wil- liams. 7th grade- Enola Bishop, Pete Brooks, Olga Carrillo, Tony Cisneros, Mary Alice Deases, Willie Garcia. Pablo Garza, Ramon Gonzales, Janice Gore, Linda Hurley, Delia Quintanilla, Adela Quiorez, Richard Ocha, Betty Jo Ma- jek, Hary Helen Maldonado, Nancy McCool, Beverly Shultz, Leon Vil- lareal, Diane White, Harriett Wood. Ranger and Rangerette This month's Ranger and Ranger- ette is David Irving and Jo Ann Med- calf. They have been going steady since Saturday, March 31, 1956. Jo Ann is 14' years old and is in the ninth grade and in Mrs. Logan's homeroom. She has blonde hair and blue eyes. She is in the A-band and secretary of the F.H.A. Tri-council. David is also in the ninth grade. He has dark brown hair and blue eyes and is 5'7 tall. He is president of our Student Council and is also a mem- ber of the A-band. rwvrw-vvvrvvvw-vrvvwvvr O P T O M E T R l S T 525 Old Robslown Road Phone TU 4-0373 Dr. Herman O. Neu Shell Center Clinic 9 9-D5-2-P5-D-D9'D35-529539-59953-?B'?59 I5 3 A C M E 5 RADIO 8. TELEVISION Q 3305 Agnes Street E Q Phone TU 3-2232 R666-66664-6K6EGC'K6KE-K4-E64-E64'Ei4' rr,

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Page 4 THE PRAIRIE PRESS Nlontlay, April 16, 1956 Driscoll Baseball Team Succeeds Driscoll has been very successful in their last few baseball games. Against the Ray B Driscoll lost their first game five-four in the last of the seventh inning. This was a heart- breaking loss for the Rangers. David Bremer was the losing pitcher. In the return match, however, Driscoll fared much better. The final score was Rangers five, Ray three. The team played a lot better brand of ball and won by playing good heads- up ball all the way through. Jimmy McHorse was the winning pitcher for Driscoll and Joe Flood was the los- ing pitcher. The Rangers played Baker a prac- tic game April 4'th and came out very successfully. The Driscoll team bom- barded the two Baker pitchers with a bushel of hits. The final score was Driscoll 15-Baker 9. Raul Trevino led Driscoll in hitting with a home-run and a triple. Daniel Levya had a home run and Charles Noack had a triple with the bases loaded. David Bremer was the winning pitcher, he twirled six complete inn- ings. In the top of the seventh Lloyd Lester took over and did a very commendable job. Almost everyone on the team play- ed sometime during the game, It was Track Lettermen Announced Coach Richardson and his staff turned in the names of the 1956 track letterrnen. The boys who let- tered are: Daniel Alcola Johnny Brown Joe Carranza Melessio Garza Fred Gonzales Ramon Gonzales Abel Hernandez Daniel Leya Albert Olivarez Rerugio Saenz Joe Vickers Gene Pinkerton, Mgr, Fun, Fun, Fun! Here's a report on the gonest party of the year. I mean the one that everyone around the school is talking about. The party, a semi-formal dance was given at the recreation center by Elizabeth Webb. Around 75 people attended the party so we won't even try to name them. For refreshments, punch and a variety of cookies were served. The party was a big success - just ask anyone who went. L-l-I-I.I-l-I.Iu-l-l-l-l-ffl-l-l-:I-I-I-I-I-: I lt's a Girl's World MARY GUZMAN- I like a boy that has a personality like Ernest Guttierrez, a real good dancer like Rey Garcia, a build like Danny Falcon, eyes like Simon Gar- cia, always looking nice like Ramiro Perez. SUSANNA MARTINEZ- I like a boy with a personality like Simon Garcia, lips like Felix Zapata, hair like Jim Thorp, dances like Rudy Olivares, eyes like Sabas Torres, al- ways looks real nice like Richard Martinez. as cute as Joe Carranza. New Officers The following people are now offi- cers in Mrs. Green's fifth period homemaking class: President, Yvonne Neu Vice-President, Wanda Bennet Secretary, Sandra Johnston Treasurer, Ann Porter Parliamentarian, Heidi Hutton Reporter, Gwen Porche Song Leaders, Sharon Bonnin. It's a Boy's World HENRY GARZA- I like a girl that has a personality like Minerva Carranza, has legs like Elia Perez, has lips like Palomira Navarro, has eyes like Virginia Gar- za, has a shape like Yolanda Guerra. RAIVIIRO PEREZ- I like a girl with a figure like Margie Guzman, eyes like Yolanda Guerra, personality like Mildred Crisantes, hair like Josie Flores, as cute as Adelina Carranza, dances like Suzie Guzman. and lipe like Teddy Salazar. Visits always give pleasure-if not the coming, then the going! HOLLIS-NEESE A U T O P A R T S ALL ORDERS GIVEN PROMPT ATTENTION Ph. TU 3-8595 - Shell Center v v v v v v v J-v-v-v-v-1 v + v v v v v v KID'S KLOTHES 1 Everything for the Kiddies, 0 thru I2 yrs. Free Gift Wfrapping , Plenty Free Parking l J IINKS MOTORS Q r Buy-Sell-Trode Anything 1 P 4 P P 4 f3502 Leopard - Shell Center I Leopard Street I , ' q ' annum: u nnnnnnsnnnanannnnnnnnnnn1nnnnIuunEunun.nun1ununuInnnnInnunn-un-nnnnnunnnnunnnnuun I-Ill ll SHELL CENTER BEAUTY SALON a very satisfactory victory for Dris- MOIITSOH Paint STOIS :E coll and Coach Nicol. :I THE TOP SHOP Driscoll opens its regular season 22590 COIOVSQAOOO Wollpcpersg E . . I : April 10th against the Hamlin base- :: Shell Center TU 4-9964 3 Phone TU 2-7502 - CHOLE BELL MCCORMACK E ball team. 1llCkl ' :U1-l-l'l-l-I-l-l.l-l-l-I.:-I-1.1-liuul-l.l.l.i Euan:nun-n-nun--------un..-......... InHH1.nun----an-nnunun1InInnnun-n-unnn--nnni ICHOL'S PHARMA Cosmetics Prescriptions and Fountain Gifts Novelties FREE PICK-UP AND DELIVERY 3916 Highway 9 Phone TU 4-9777 . . . Q cEN'raA1. Powiaa ANII LIGHT COMPANY REDDY KILOWATT .... TWIN TIme .... 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