Duncan High School - Wildkat Yearbook (Duncan, AZ)

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J. D. PACE. C.Cauthen set out for graduation march. MR. W. W. WITT, below left, observing the 50th anniversary of his graduation from Duncan High, here holds his 1923 diploma. Now retired and living in Prescott, he had served as an engineer for the Southern Pacific Railroad and as a member of the Arizona State Board of Pardons and Paroles. Duncan's Frank Willis also graduated in 1923. J. WEBB. K.Hill after FHA Banquet. V. GARCIA, below, is exhausted, and S. LOVETT says to M.Hargis: I don't know; it just looks kmda funny. 15

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Events crowd calendar While May’s days tumble along faster, faster BOOSTERS' ROOSTERS crowed loud and often at Sports Banquet Program in Mav. Now it was May, and the seniors' days till...” were shrinking. Events snowballed: the FFA and FHA hosted parents at banquets; the Town Kats, new DHS booster club, sponsored a sports awards program. Posters plastered the walls advertising the virtues of candidates. Class and club elections followed the general. Last came the Awards Assembly, Baccalaureate, Commencement. The seniors turned their tassel: 48 new DHS alumni had been born. K.HOOPER receives Star Greenhand award; Y.WALTERS is installed incom- ing FHA president; B.OFFUTT presides at elections. 14

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AMONG SENIORS honored were V.Garcia, S.Abeyta, D.Herrera. E.Sanchez. K. Howard. B.Boyd. N.Clouse. C.Merrell. S.EImer. B.Offutt. L.Cazares. JUNIORS AND SOPHOMORES winning awards included C.Martinez. SJones, C. Weisling. J.Poage. L.Mortensen. J.Clouse. K.Mortensen. G.Crockett. NEW AND SPECIAL honors this year were: Santry Elmer, outstanding service through student council, president's gavel; Sammie Bailey, president of the Junior Class, which earned the Spirit Trophy; Bonnie Offutt. president of Future Homemakers of America. Outstanding Club; Dennis Herrera. Wildkat of the Year. Scholarships and Trophies go to Wildkats for academic athletic, and citizenship achievement Awards Assembly Day included surprises and several first-time a- wards. Among the new were the student council Spirit Trophy, won by the Junior Class; Club of the Year, won by the Future Homemakers of Ameri- ca; and Teacher of the Year, awarded by the Town Kats to H.T.Clothier as an outstanding teacher and coach; and one to Mrs. Barbara Powell; a- warded by the student council. Awards went to the following sen- iors; BILL BENNETT. Salutatorian. Bausch Lomb Science Award; BECKY BOYD. Sheriff’s Citizenship Award. DONNA CLOUSE. Betty Crock- er Homemaker of Tomorrow; NYLA CLOUSE. Valedictorian. Outstanding in Commerce; LYNN COX. Sheriff’s Citizenship; SANTRY ELMER. Stu- dent Council Gavel. Yearbook Ser- vice; DENNIS HERRERA. Wildkat of the Year; CHERYL MORTENSEN WRIGHT. Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen, American Legion Oratorical Contest. Seniors winning scholarships were: SYLVIA ABEYTA. Sanford College of Beauty Culture; LYDIA CAZARES. Phelps Dodge Smelter Coke Fund Scholarship; NYLA CLOUSE. Joseph Lehman Memorial. Spanish Club; SANTRY ELMER. Parent - Teacher Association. Eastern Arizona College Tuition Waiver. Elks Leadership Scholarship; VIKKI GARCIA. Rose- Mar College of Beauty at Tempe; KRISANN HOWARD. National Honor Society; RUDY LOPEZ. PD Smelter Coke Fund; CELIA MERRELL. EAC Tuition Waiver. Arizona Federation 16