Hartville High School - High Flyer Yearbook (Hartville, MO)

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y i C LASS , PL-AY, The senior class waS not daunted by the cold weather and icy roads, on the 'eveningof December 5. The senior play BaslhfulffBertie, ' was presented to a group of about 100 people who braved the dangerous roads. ' 'Due to the popularity of the play another per- formance of Bashful, B-Bertie was given on the evening of December 15, to a capacity house. We received many nice compliments. . The entire action of the play took place in the 'early summer in the living room of Hetty Grimm's boarding house which was in a medium-sized city. It was here that Bashful Bertie met with such dis- astrous trouble. Steve Darnell had just finished propomng to Pamela Petley andtheyrhad just announced thfir en- gagement when he - received a telegram 'from Co- lette Leblanc, the girl he had at one time plann d to marry aft'r 'hegmet .hier in service in France. She was going to arrive that afternoon. While discuflusing the Jmattter with his tl iifnd Bertie Barrett, the wfather forcaster, in walks Coletfte. L Thenhwhile trying to 'explain to Colfftte why he can't many hel 1, ,Pamela comesinto the scfne. Steve trying to explain to Pamela who this girl was. an- nounecd the engagement of Colette Leblanc to Bertie Barrett. t 1 Bertie, being extremely bailhful, could never stand the thoughts of being mal tried to any girl to say nothing of a French girl. ' ' ' Bertie by threatening to tell Pamela the entire story, finally received h-elp from Steve. . . Steve .proposed to Bonnie while Bertie was beL hind the srlveen listening so he would know how to propose, for onlv by becoming engaged could he get rid of Colette who had fallen deeply in love with him. Pamela overheard steves proposal to Bonnie and b-rokt their engagement at once. ' 1 Bertie loSt his shynessrand proposed to Pamela Rose and India. They got togethuf, exchanged notes and all descended upon Bertie at the same time. Pamela' and Steve make up. Then Willie Watt and 'Colette tell Pamela t' at Steve is married. Pamela again broke their engagement. Lefty, Frank came to see Rosle Ramsey, the next afternoon to sec what shie had learn-ed from Bertie Barrett all:-out weather forecasting. Finding thart she had learn d nothing from him, he decided to see Mr. Barrrtt. himself. That night while he was in the closet getting Mr. Barrstt's charts..Bertie locked him in thinking he was a friend of Willie Watt who was sent to play a t lick on im. ' 1 When Stcvelarrived it waS discovered that Bertie had trapped a criminal, as Lefty and Rose both were gangsters, they were wanted by police all oven, the country for robberies. P Willie Wa-tt' and Colf'tt'e'Leblanc decided to get married. Baertieftaen proposed to Bonnie,,1eally mean- ing it this time. 'A The play ca-St was as folldws: H Bertie Barrett ........................... g .... ..... N ed 'Draper Hetty Grimm ................... - ,.... Bernice Owens Bonny Crawford ..... -.. ............... Ruth Grizzell India Inglehart .i......... Jennie Lee Duke Pamela Petlfy ...,..... ........ W anda Clark Colette Lleblanc ....,.. ....... C arlee Claxton Rose Ramsey .... ,-... .......... Bettie Pear-man Nellie Kenyon ...i........ ....... P auline Edwards Willie Watt ...,....... .......... Ro gel' Hickman Steve Darn'll ........ ......,., D onald O4avens Lefty Frank ................ ....... C '. H. Williams. A L A CLASS I-IISTQRY The history of the class of 1951 is like a play that take-S place in 12 actfv. The entire action takes place in the rooms of the Hartville High school. The time of the play is from August 1939 to May of 1951. Act I begins the last week of August in 1939 with Mrs. Mary Whitteker as the director. We find Caaulee Claxton, Bill Evans, Donnie Evans, Harold Fullington, Dorlesfu Kelley, Nannie Mace. J. R. Moody, Everett Stubbs, Alma Walls, Pansy Walls, Walter Sikes. John Henry Riesaie, Doyal Eaton. Hughanne Melton, and Argus Lee Palmer as the actors and actresses to be- gin the firftt act of the play. The beginning was Slow and awkward. . Act II find Mrs. Wihitteker dtill the director. We find the cast consitinfr of 9 girls and 7 boys. Act III brings Virginia Duke, Ruth Grizzell, Helen Jones and Norma. Skinner in the play as act- resses undo.. the direction of Mrs. Eleanor Murrell. , Act IV is under the direction of Mrs. Paul Rob- inett. We added Ruth Moore. Joe Street, Harold Dugger and Bettie Pearman in the cast of, characteq ss. I Act V takes place in the fifth grade room with Miss Goldie Pearman the director. The play cant con- sisted of 17 in August ofr1943.. Y W L In Act VI therewere 19 81012015 and actresses with Mrs. Weldon Harris as the director. Act VII we had 3 directors for this pallt of the play. They were Mr. and MrS4 Charles Sloan and Mrs. Ethel Max. K V Act V111 finds us in the piav with Cecil .Carter as the dillector. On May 14, 1947 we had finished the first part of our playand graduated from grade! school. A . , Act IX finds uS.working toward the climax of our play under the dilection of Cy Craig, writh 46 actors and actresses. Those who helped Mr: Craig were Bettie Pearman, Ted Young. Wanda Clark, Gearldean Perkins, Barrbalia O'Del1 and Donald Cravens. The two' who represented our class at the carnival were Helen Jones and Claude Kilfoy. Roger Hickman ,played on the basketball team. , V In 1948-49 QA. G.-Borders directed the tenth act. Donald Cravens.aNed Draper, Carlee Claxton, Rogers Hiclnnanand Helen Jon-es were student directors. Car- lee Claxton was a cheer leader. G61 laldean Perkins and Ned Draper were the annual attendanfts. The basket- ball team had Ned Draper, Claude K1lf0y and Roger. Hickman this year .,.. 4 . - ' Act XI finds -Carlee Claxton,.Rogel-1 Hickman, Helen .Ion-es, Bettie Pearman, Virginia. -Lee Duke and

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CLASS l PROPHECY This little crystal ball holds all of the past and all of the future. l can reveal the hidden and make known the secret. It can tell you whatever yo-ur soul de-Sires to knowgl have been asked to search in its magic depths until I discover the future that awaits each member of the class of 1951, from 10 to 20 years from now. The mist is clearing. A village scene appears. I see a church. The bells are ringing. It is Sunday morn- ing. The people are coming to the service. I See the minister-a fine-looking man, and by his side walks his wife. Their faces are turned away, but I can see it it someone we know. The congregation greet them cor- dially. They are much loved. Now they turn and I can see their faces. Why it's DONALD CRAVENS and BEIRNIECE OWENS they seem to make an ideal couple -especially for the ministry. ' Now I see C. H. WILLIAMS, he is a splendid ex- ample of perfect self-control. He never siuttcrs or sitammers and never hesitates for a word. He has only one bad habit, that of hitting bridges that fail to get out of his way. ' JOE GRAIN iS a rare type of person. He is of great interest to a psychiatri-it. He has a double com- plex. As a result he will become either a basketball coach or a referee of prize fights. CLAUDE KILFOY, three times governor of the State of Texas and leadfr of the new progressive party. His niotto is All for one and that one me. He was candidate for presidency last year and defeated by one vote, cast by his campaign manager. ROGER HICKMAN. a. stolid, fllow-moving chap, who will never display either speed or animation. Can be trusted implicity never to hurry. He has found his po1ition in life early. He is a plu.mber's assistant-the one who goes back for the monkey wrench and can't find it. RUTH GRIZZELL, a fair lady, disappointed in some love. affair, has become a nun and devotes her life to going about doing good to all the world. Her original name is lost for she is now called Sister Margaret. x CARLEE CLAXTON is a strange case, troubled hy a recurrent dream in which she 'is a canary bird be- ing chasfd by a cat. She told me she thought the dream meant that she would he the keeper of a pet shop. Quite wronsr. She will be a great singer. She is one now, mentally, but not vocally. As soon an she learns to give up proposing to Gene Hensley and starts tak- infr 'ringing lessons. S-he will be singing in the Cosmo- politan Opera House. PAULINE EDWARDS is a Chautauqua: lecturer on Beauties of Nature, and The Value of a Smile. I bet Pauline has been doing a lot of reading the past 10 years. When we last saw her she didn't know pars- ley from peppermint or toads from tadpoles. DOTTIE CALTON, dignified as ever, is head mis- tress of a very fashionable girls' school in Grove Spring and mas never married although she has -Suitors, innu- mera re. JENNIE LEE DUKE belongs to the great body of people who 'have a superiority complex. Evidently some one. whfn She was very young, praised her to excess for something fthe did, and she has never recovered. It gave her an ingrowing personality, with which she can order Jack Cravens around, answer all nuestionst some- ltimes correctly. to sav nothing of the snappy and forceful manner in which sihe orders other people around, points to but one calling-that of a School teacher. BARNEY DAVIS in an interesting case. An over- developed imagination and an underdeveloped digestion are producing a wondeuful result. He is a real estate salesman. sclling Florida lotS by the g oss to the in- habitants of Labiudor, and Igioos- to the dwellers in the Sahara. I, , . ' BETTIE PEARMAN has artistic ability. keen business sen ic, and an understanding of the-. no-called human lace. she is a wealthy cosmetieian, proprietor of Ye Beaut.tier Shoppy-aiternaiionsa while vou wait. She iS the mort famous skin renovator and face lifter in the wo.ld and will always be an excellent advertise- ment for her business. NORMA SKINNER is the secretary for a large insurance company. l wonder what made her get a job lik: thai. I always thought she was a girl fo, , the wide open s-paces. Line has never married. The reason, she wants to stay happy. CLAUDINE COLTRANE has taken Minnie Pcarl's place in Na-lhville, Tennessee. She strums her guifar and sings I Love You 'Ilzuly, ' to her hus- band, Herman Hightower, who is home taking care of their eleven kid-1. HAROLD DUGGAR, owner and manager of the huge chain ol restaurants known all over the world as the Lat and Run ltestaurantS. He prides hinmelf on his rise from proprietor of a hot dog stand on South Street to owner -of one hundred plate glass white front rcsiaurants. i DOTTIE DELCOUR is a charming type, domestic and capable. but with a slight inferiority complex, due to iheg unfortunate fact that .once she received only second prize in anjnternational bead-baking contest. She is the happy wife of a prominent farmer wizh the nic'st home and the best meals in the country. JOE STREET is a multimillionaire. He owns a series of filling stations for both cars and aiacraft and made enough money to retire in ten years after he began. He always said if he couldn't grow tall he'd grow big some other way. IMA F AYE McCL.EARY is an old maid. She tcanhes piano lessons to all the neighbor lcids. She al- ways said she wouldn't marry a man shorter than her. I guess slince Farris Rippee is So short she decided not to marry him. BARBARA O'DELL is a ieeporter. She is known as Polly Pry of the Republican News. She is so alert that she interviews a criminal while he is committing the crime and gets tomorrow's news last week. BONNIE COGDILL, Sixtieth dpresident of the United States, elected by the In 'ependent Party. She has been active in politics sinice infancy. It has not y't been made public though and proba ly nevem will be. WANDA CLARK always said she wanted to be an old maid. We're all glad she got her wish. She is now a defense lawver. She always did like to argue, so guess' she decided she might as well make Some money at it. A woman is sketching the people all they come in and is doing it very well. Of course you know who it is. Yes. it's DOROTHY VARBLE, She 'has !J6lC01m'6 quite famous as. an illustrator of magazine stories and newspaper articles. A figure rides toward me. He wean! a stunning uniform. He looks handsome and he seems to know it. He stops his horse and reads a sign offering many thousand dollars reward for the capture of a murderer at large in the Canadian forest. He smiles and Say? The .mounties always get their main. He is one on those romantic heroe-S, a Northwest mounted police- man. As he rides nearer, I recognize him. It is NED DRAPER, handsomer than ever. The sun set-S and the light fades gradually. A purple haze covers everything and I can see no more.

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C. H. Williams as student directors. Betty Pearman and Carlee Claxton as cheer leaders from our class. On the basketball team was Claude Kilfoy, Roger Hickman, Donald Cravens, C. H. williams and Ned Draper. Carlee Claxton was chosen annuallquecn. The juniors entertainfd the seniors to a banquet on May 9 in the high school gym. Bettie pearman and Virginia Lee Duke were on the team whoch took fir1t at the Aalt-itude Deague contest at Seymour in bookkefnmylng. We ordered our class rings at the last of the year. Buddy Priviett and Pauline Edwards were the king and quecn attendants from our class this year. Act XII is the final act in our play. We chose Bernice Owens, Donald Cravens, Barbara O'Del1. Virginia Lee Duke, Ruth Grizzell, and Joe Street to be assistant directors to Mrs. Claris Colton. Carlee Claxton was elected Student Body President. Ima Faye McCleary and Donald Cravens were our king a-nd queen attendants this year. On November 7 we had our snior pictures made. On December 5 and 14 we Elqesented BASHFUL BERTIE. as our senior play. T ose in the cast were Ned Draper, Virginia Lee Duke, Carlee Claxton, C. H. Williams, Bettie Pearman. Roger I-Iiwckman, Pauline Edwards, Donald Gravcvns, Ruth Grizzcll, Belm-ice Owens and Wanda Clark. Bettie Pearman was a candid-ate for annual queen. Carlee Claxton and Bettie Pearman were cheer leadfrs. Ned Draper, Rage. Hickimn, C. H. Wlilliams. .Claude Kilfoy and Donald Cravens played on tne :basketball teams this year. Donald Cravens is president of the F. F. A. chapter. GIFTORIAN For 'many years it has been a tradition to give each Senior on Clhili Night, a giift, symbolical of his school days at Hartville High. I have been designated your Giftorian and it is with pleasure that I present you thesle-may they always remind you of your hap- py school days. To Ima Faye McCleary just in case you need to calm your husband down sometimes, as well as roll out pie dough, I give you this precious thing called a roll- iragrgain, knowing you will use it to the best of your a ii y. Since Joe Street is. so short, here are some blocks of wood to make you tall enoiigh for the g'irlsL Soon we shall see Dottie Delcour slaying over a washing just for her huftband--so to help hier out, hsre are a few clothes pins for hanging purposes. one :way or another. What's this I have here-a hairpin. The story is told that hairpins will fix anything. C. H. Williams, why don't you try this on your car. For one who really regrets leaving school because of not taking your girl with you, I give to you. Claude Kilfoy, this picture of Margie, hoping you will trea- sure it always. We all agree that if Carlee Claxton likes her hair dyed we should give her a package of dye for fiurthcn use. Since Dorothy Vamible likes to draw pictures of pretty girls, here's a drawing padl for you. We re sure fthat her boy friend will enjoy receiving them, especi- ally those gals with pretty shapes. To Pauline Edwards, who has a most useiful hoge chest, I present this pin and I sincerely hope it will e of use to you in the future. Bettie Pearman plans to be a stenographer. Just to speed you on your way, here is a shorthand tablet or you. Since Jennie Lee Duke seems always to be re- ceiving letters from Jack, I've decided the proper gift for her is a map to help her locate Jack's1 destinaltion. Roger Hickman has such a hard time keeping his eyes open in class that I hope this cup of coffee will help him. Since Joe Crain is so qluiet and sometimes we hardly know h':'s around. I be iev-e this cow bell should help to let people know heis around. Donnie Crayons, for you and Bernice, I have tl-is special jug of love potion. I recommend one table' spplon for every love spat you have and I'm .sure this WI WOI' . My! My! Here's a fishing line and hook. I'll give this to Wanda Clark so that she will be able to hook hfr one and only. Barney Davis, the V confided in me that he lacked one thing from beinu the Best Dressed Man of the Country. So I would like to give him this top hat to complete his ensemble. For Dottie Calton we have a magic solution that the salesman guaranteed would hideall typing mis- takes from your boss: in fact I think it dissolves the whole paper. For Ruth Grizzel , I have a Sean-Roebu k tae log so that she can order The Whys and Whgrefgzes of Catching a Husband. Romeo of the Senior Class, Barbara 0'Dell receives so many letters that the postal clerks tell me it simply wears them out just puttipg up her mail, so Barbara, here's your own pni- Vate mail b0X. Q Have you observed those pretty waves of Ned 'Draper's1 that remind you of Vic Mature? Well, I have just learned how he keeps them in place and since heiis short at the present, here's a jug of wave soi lut on. We present Claudine Coltrane a song book of Roy Acuff so she can sinaig her blues away. K Next we give Hai-ol Duggar a comic book lo he can further his education. We gladly present Norma Skinner with a short- hand book so she can catch up with hier shorthand in the future years. And now to Bonnie Cog-dcill we wish to give an True Story Magazine so she can leam how to win the love of her one and only. And last but certainly not leaslt. we wish to give to Mrs. Colton, with all our love, this corsage, sym- bolic of all our best wishes for a happy future.