Duncan High School - Wildkat Yearbook (Duncan, AZ)

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The Duncan Wildkat Basketball team have ordered newsults and expect to have them for the Thanksgiving g ame. The suits are going to be a grey strped with red which is a contrast tolast year suits which - ere redfJriE + + The Duncanette girls had a meeting and sent off orders, for uniforms. They are getting scarlet and silver grey The 1939-40 basketball season started laBt Monday, with about twenty nine boys donning grey practice suits for first practice. Four of these are On N V. 24, the Duncan ’.Vildkats journeyed to Lordsburg, to indulge in a game of football, and a game of football it was. The score at the end of the game was 12-7 in Lords- burg s favor. It was a very close and tl Nov. 15, the Duncan Punkin Rollers rolled ove the goal--- line for another victory over the Clifton Trojans, to a roll V. • on Nov. 15, the Pep Squad went to Clifton to yell for the football game. About 30 girls ’ rent tip on the bus and f i i ■.„ ; On Nov, 27, Dr. Cable a well known Radium authority, explained the mystery of the cosmic Rays, and gave a very f The first order for the senior class rings was made last Friday of last week and they are expected to arrive the £ On Sat. Nov. 11, 1939, at the Grade School Auditorium a large crowd gathered for a program given by the Legion- aires celebrating the Armistice Day. .? »•- ' Nov. 22, Dean Johnson and Edith Burtcher, mortoredto Mesa to be married in the Temple. Mr. and Mrs, Roy Johnson, parents of the groom,and Mrs. Nellie Burtcher, mother of the bride, accompanied the couple. Dean and Edith are both form- er students of Duncan High School. They plan to reside in |? » „ The Dramatics Class has decided on a play to be present- ed. The Phantom Tiger is a sequel to Tiger House” which was presented a few years ago and was considered one of the bisaest sucesses ever staged in Duncan. u. $f ¥ ! J,‘,‘ Thursday, the Duncan High School had the pleasure f listening to Lathar Payne, who talked in assembly and told

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 soc- Miss Allegra Byers presented the following numhersat a miscellaneous recital at the Grade 'School Gym. Mice Blue Gown, .'hen GrandMother 'as Girl, Boy Blue and bo T'eep, The Cowboy, lien Daddy 'as a Boy, little Girl Goes to the circus, Boy Friend eets Girl Friend, Green as Grass, Red Hot Stuff, ar.d a one act olay, The Burglar. v : k •• • , . : • ■■■'■-•; •: : . On the evening of December 8, the Duncan ' 'ildkats re- turned the visit to the lordsburg ravericks to show Compet- itive spirit in two interesting Pasketvall games. The mein game started off with Duncan in the lead. They held the lead throughout the g me.The final score w; s 28-18. Virden defeated Duncan 20-8 on 0ecember6, in the Vircien gym. It ’v s a very rough g me so very little basketball was played. On December 21, the I4.H boys, under Hr. Boevers super- vision, elected their officers as follows: Sam Sloan, re- sident; Yorth Duncan, Vice President; and Jimmy Curry, Sec- retary and Treasurer. There are now nineteen boysenrolled in 1+H work. vKc vHHHv JHHf '.rA ■iHHir '.rvHr'XS - rir iH(-«■ r .rJHf.. • ir HrictfrtHfri’r : . On Saturday January7th, the boys of Duncan met thdWiama boys on our home court in a basketball game that went the wrong way. The score was 32-31 in Miami's favor, ' tHr :r'• !?■ ' i. Jr- 'r !- On the night of January 12, the VJildkats met and sue cessfully vanquished the Thatcher Eagles by a score 01 45-31. The local sound found the hoop for 14 pointshefore a llilllhtS.Sh». » » » ” on Wednesday, Deoenber 20, Dan 'Jeer ' Ser f Sne??oraP?r hef nln8 feSi« »»8«»»“ » » » ? gc?u?e «Is of aP toS if the United States, showing the stShiStHtSlSSi».. »»- »» » '' oq ,At 12 30 P. 11. the students of the Duncan Union High School as wfil as the Grade School students were The Duncanetts made their first appearance at the Morenci-Duncan game on January 26 1940. J11® ance of the Duncanettes was on Feb. 6, 1940 at the Fima Lun On January 25, the Duncan 'ildkats Journeyed to Lorenci where they met opposition in a very exciting and breath tak-