Harper High School - Bearcat Yearbook (Harper, KS)

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VU! If -- I 41 'i Upon behalf of my clrent the Senror Class of 1953 I am here to grve her last wrll and testament Please accept these grfts and cherrsh them Stanley Antrrm wrll my sense of humor to Joe Man rnger Morrrs Banks wrll my athletlc career to Tommy Wrrght Merlrn Brrner wrll my good grades to Lawrence Low rey so he wrll always be elgrble for sports Peggy Carothers wrll my abrlrty to srng and carry a tune to Johnny Galloway Robert Crrcle w1ll Helen Asper to Leroy Huddleston provrdrng he prcks her up before school every day Irene Cully w1ll my lnternatronal prck up to my srster Ina provrdrng she drrves rt safely Leonard Drumrrght w11l my abrltty to talk to Carl Ghere Verna Durant wrll my abrlrty to make strarght A s rn chemrstry to Pete Gaug rn Gordon Ford wrll my abrlrty to play tennrs to Jerry Culver Clyde Ghere wrll my abrhty not to talk rn class to B111 Clarahan Brll Hacker wrll my abrlrty to run the hrgh hurdles to B111 Alton provldrng he doesn t break my record Marrlyn Hanby wrll my excrrlng ways to Ianrce Mc Dowell Gary Kastor w1ll my ab1l1ty to play the trumpet to Thad Ioslrn Joyce Krllron wrll my abrlrty to play the prano to Wrllard Lewrs Vrrgrma Kraus wrll my abrhty to make good grades rn all commercral subjects to MarJor1e Johnson Velda Latta wrll my honor of frrst charr ln tenor sax to Mary Latta provrdrng she puts up the musrc every a JoDean Moore wrll my abrlrty to cheer at all foot ball and basketball games to the cheerrng sectron Gary Parsons wrll my wolfrsh ways to Dennrs D11 'W ron Sherla Wrlson wrll my place rn the student councrl to Jrm Hunter provrdrng he takes good care of the school Helen Russell wrll my good grades of all four years of hrgh school to Lrnda Carlson Don Rymph wrll my abrlrty to get excused from school to Delorrs Krreder Prrscrlla Sanders w111 my Levr Jeans to Ioan Dretz provrdrng she wears them every day Sandra Scarlett w1l1 my gossrp column 1n school paper to Majorre Stevens Bob Short wrll my wasteful ways to Don Boyts Clark Thompson wrll my abrlrty to stay out of frghts to Norman Hostetler Barbara Warbrnton wrll my Job as offrce grrl to Pat Posley so she can keep a record of her ab sences Margaret Wedman wrll my quret ways to Phyl Kenneth Wrlllams wrll my abxllty to play football to Ralph Osborne provrding he doesn hurt too many players Carl Wrnters wrll my abrlrty to play basket ball to Jrm Kaup provrdrng he doesn t get all the rebounds Randall Frshel wrll my two hours a day 1n room 9 to Don Wedman provrdrng he never goes to sleep Charlene Hall wrll my abrllty to catch and keep a man to all the next years Senror grrls We as a class wrll to the Semors of 1954 our good trmes and lots of luck to a good year next year as the Semors of I To the Junrors we wrll good luck and don t grve the Semors too much trouble or compeutron To the Sophomore we wrll our sophrstrcated ways And last but not least we wrll to the rncomrng fresh men our excellent knowledge accumlated durrng our four years of high school Srgned THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1953 Th1s page IS sponsored by the TWECO COMPANY 35 g : W C7 ' atm l . I . . 1. n . . t I' . . , . . . . . I' I . . . I, D . . . . . u I' . . I . . . . 1, , ' ' ' the , . . u I' I . I ' . . . - L . . . . . ' . . . I' . U . . . . . . . I. I . . - Don Fields, will my perfect attendance to Don Bot- lis Drosselmeyer. k. t I. . . ' . . ' . . . . . ,I ' . . . . I' . ' . . , - . . . , . I. . . . . D I' ' . . ' ' - 953- d y. '

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Q A H C7 Asfofy s53 gi HN 1-Q In the fall of the year 1940 frve members of the 1953 sen1or class started their educatron 1n krndergarten They were Bob Short Sheila Puls Wrlson Verna Du rant Gary Kastor and Stanley Antrim Although many have tr1ed it rn later years sleep and get by with rt A very intricate course was provrded in store keeping and advanced art work Miss Rrce our teacher stressed the need of self control Jumping on to the first grade we ac quired srx new members Merlrn Brrner Velda Latta Clark Thompson, Joyce Krllron, Don Frelds and Kenneth W111 rams In this class we were so outstanding we frnrshed our second reader and started our third In the second grade Helen Russell was the only new member As you can see thts year wasn t as successful as we might have hoped for For our thrrd grade assembly we put on a circus conststtng of clowns strong men acrobats and all the talent whrch goes to make a good clrcus The class voted to frnrsh school rather than Jorn the Barnum 8: Barley Shows Romance started buddrng rn the fourth grade when Irm Henman took JoDean Moore home on hrs brcycle Also Kenneth Wrllrams and Priscilla Sanders were seen frequently rn lockers together B111 Hacker Sandra Scarlett and Charlene Potter Qshe wasn t married at that trmej were the other new members In the fifth grade we welcomed Morris Banks into our class It seems some of the girls didn t get along too well that year Oh well what s a black eye or two In the sixth grade we acquired a few knots on our heads, fMr Lrtsey was our teacherj along w1th V1rg1n1a Kraus and Barbara Warbrnton Much talent was discovered in the seventh grade when we put on the annual Chrrstmas program Gary Parsons one of the motor scooter fiends entered the last of the year Our outstandmg athletes showed their hand rn the erghth grade by berng the only undefeated softball and track team rn the hrstory of Harper Grade School The pas trme of the class was flrpplng rulers and pencils out the windows and having eraser battles qDon t tell Mr Mayberry pleasep Finally the day arrived The day of suddenly the skys clouded up and drops of rarn fell and we marched 1n from the slde door From that trme on we did everything different from any other class As freshmen we drd about what every other freshman class does Hiding behind a corner whan a senior passes and smrlrng at all the teachers Oh well so we drd change That year we got all the country hrcks er kids They were Peggy Car others Carl Wrnters Don Vornauf and Clyde Ghere Gary Parsons was our presr dent with Priscilla Sanders vice presrdent and Melvin Moore the secretary treasurer Many members of our class started play ing rnstruments and as usual the band recerved top honors at the festivals We won t say much about the soph omore year because there 1sn t much to say However we did have quxte a Hal loween party that year For some strange reason the teachers wouldn t dunk for apples Not that we would hold them under or anything Stanley Antrrm led us as president Don Frelds berng vtce president and Don Rymph the secretary treasurer The Juntor year was qurte a year Kenneth Williams especially enjoyed that year Margaret Wedman started school then Gordon Ford also entered our class The Junior Play Don t Take My Penny was a smash hit and was billed for two perfor mances To a packed house the players acted therr parts and recerved a tremen dous applause Another hrghlrght was the Junror Carnrval Our class won the king and queen for the second trme rn a row, settrng a new record Verna Durant, Sandra Scar lett Gary Kastor and Stanley Antrrm partlcrpated rn the annual speech contest and with Mrs Shepherd sponsoring them recerved high raungs Much excrtement was caused when Don Frelds got porson rvy whrle rn a watermelon patch Still no one knows what he was doing rn a watermelon patch Barbara Warbrnton was chosen to attend Girl s State at Topeka that summer and Stanley Antrim wrote the best short story rn our d1SII1CI that year Endtng the year wrth a bang was the Jr Sr Banquet sided over JoDean Moore was vrce presr dent Gary Kastor secretary and Barbara Warblnton the treasurer The banquet set us back frnanclally but we were pacrfred by the fact that next year we would be the guests and have a free meal Yes now we were Senrors We had frnally taken our places rn the audrtorrum rn front of everyone else and we were per mitted to walk out first but usually got trampled fYou know the freshmen are getting brggerj The two new members were Bob Crrcle and Randell Ftshel Leonard Drumrlght was chosen president Sandra Scarlett vrce president Margaret Wed man secretary and Gary Kastor treasurer B111 Hacker and Gary Parsons turned out to be our track stars by breakrng records and receiving frrsts at many of the track meets Other athletes of our class were Kenny Williams Carl Winters Gary Kas tor Don Frelds and Gordon For Jo Dean Moore brought honor to the class by recetvrng a I at the state musrc festrval with her saxophone solo Joyce K1l11on recerved the state D A R award A class party at the Anthony Lake provrded much entertainment for the class Any way they all seemed to be happy Father Was A Housewife was the name of the play our Senior year lt was an outstand mg performance and very successful After a trrp to Wichita to see the Bob Crosby show and the Senior Dinner we fmally had to accept the fact that we were broke. And so this ends the htstory of the class of 1953 The class that's Not at the top, but c11mb1ng Thrs page sponsored by SKOGMOS and HARPER ADVOCATE I o P91 fhiga 0 9559, arid f , ,' - 7,-wnw ,Y Q , Xl'-'N all 1 I ' 2. . . . . .Y 0 vi J ' . ' . 1 this was the only class where you could graduation. As the final hour approached, which Carl Winters, our president, pre-

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I? C065 pl'0PAOCy ka., V bij xv' 'Y' ' --4 The year rs I 3 exactly 9 years II months and 30 days after the THE BEST CLASS EVER graduated from Har per High School Leonard Drumrrght Sandra Scarlett and Margaret Rose Wedman we the prophecy committee of thrs farr class just returned from vrsrtrng our old classmates Stanley Antrrm rs now a news commentator and has won nation wrde fame on statron STINK Morris Banks rs panning gold rn the hrlls of Colorado He has rncreased the prrce of a gold nugget from I5 cents to a quarter Merlin Brrner made hrs frrst mrllron as an engrneer and then he came back to Harper to work for the Banta Con structron Company Peggy Carothers now srngs wrth Gary Crosby went to musrc college and he now drrects the band she smgs wrth Robert Crrcle has won fame on televrsron He rs the Sandman and may be heard nrghtly telling bedtrme stories In hrs spare time he has the leading role rn Dragnet Irene Cully rs strll chasing after Kenny Patterson She follows hrm from army base to army base Verna Durant rs a screntrst rn New Mexrco where she rs rmprovrng the atomic bomb Every now and then she calls on Coach Shepherd for some help Harper s pool hall was taken over by Don Frelds and Dross frnally got the law passed that grrls may play snooker Randall Frshel followed hrs father s footsteps and be came a preacher He also courts Mary Lrz, who strll wears hrs class rrng Gordon Ford has now taken over the Ford Motor Com pany and he rs on hrs 5th mrllron Clyde Ghere rs now takrng Randolph Scott s place rn the movres and hrs latest frlm rs Duel of Sand Creek In the deep dark jungles of Africa we frnd none other than Brll Hacker who has taken up the sport of head hunt rn Charlene Hall and Sherla Wrlson decrded on therr careers even before they recerved therr diplomas They have both settled down and are carrng for therr husbands and famrlres Marrlyn Hanby rs head nurse at a brg Army Hospital rn Texas Seems as though she rs strll lookrng for her one and only Gary Kastor has gone a long way wrth hrs trumpet srnce hrgh school days He rs now playrng at the Stork Club Hrs show rs Cuddles Kastor and hrs lrttle Cuties Joyce Krllron rs Vrce Presrdent of the Natronal Musrc Conservatory l read rn the paper Just the other day that she gave a concert wrth Jose lturbr Vrrgrnra Kraus really lrkes the Calrfornra weather Everyone knows she left the day after school was out and never came back She has a secret yen for Robert Mrtchum who rs her boss now Velda Latta has won her fame wrth a beauty parlor on 5th avenue that bears her name Gary Parsons rs now an architect Haven t you notrced the new upsrde down houses rn Harper? JoDean Moore rs teachrng Physical Educatron rn a Wave Trarnrng center She rs an old maid at the age of 28 Hurry up Gary before rt s too latel We always knew one of the members of the class of 53 would wrnd up rn the rnsane asylum and sure enough Helen Russell rs now at the Larned Asylum workrng as a Registered Nurse Don Rymph rs now runnrng a green house and I heard hrm say Just the other day that orchrds are so plentiful he grves them away hand and rs getting Brll s supper wrth the other She rs strll determrned to take that trrp wrth all her old buddres Bob Short rs now the mayor of our fart crty He rs just completrng the end of hrs 13th term Clark Thompson has a nrght club rrght outsrde the crty lrmrts and he offers special rates to all hrs old fellow classmates Donny Vornauf of course rs strll engaged to Mary Jane She became so attached to her work at Boerng that now Donny rs wartrng on her to qurt Barbara Warbrnton rs now prrvate secretary for none other than Mr Brrner and Mr Fleming rn the halls of ole Harper Hrgh As for us Leonard Drumnght rs now a famous auctroneer and rs qurte busy these days sellrng hogs and cows He rs marrred and has three lrttle auctroneers Sandra Scarlett rs lrvrng rn Manhattan and she rs work rng very hard tryrng to put Dean Joslin through K State Margaret Wedman and Kenneth Wrllrams the love brrds of the class have settled down on a farm and are rarsrng lots of corn potatoes and lrttle Wrllres qthey don t all have peroxrded harry Thrs concludes the whereabouts of the class of 1953 This page sponsored by ELVINS 36 4 A ff X' . . . . . xl X' ' ' 96 I 1 H ' , Carl Winters couldn't stand being away from her so he Mrs. Bill Lewis, alias Prissy Sanders, has a baby in one . gi , .