Herington High School - Rocket Yearbook (Herington, KS)

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ROSIE PIERCE CROWNED HOMECOMING QUEEN At 2:30 pm on November 13, 1953, Herington High School held its annual homecoming ceremoniesin the auditorium. Rosie Pierce was crowned queen. Her attendants were Janie Danielson, seniorg Beverly Cheever, juniorg Donna Strunk, sophomoreg judy Rule, freshman. Immediately after the crowning ceremonies a parade was formed outside the school moving down through town and ending at the fair- grounds. Convertibles carrying the queen and her attend- ants, class and organization floats, the Hobo Band, and individual cars, made up the parade. Top honors in the float division went to the Sophomores. To start the evening activities the Railroaders romped over Peabody 27-0. At the half time the band formed a train and a football topped with a crown in honor of the queen. At this time the queen was pre- sented wirh an autographed football. The evening was climaxed by a very successful dance held at the community building.

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QA? TEAM ROW ONE: Bob McKee, Ronnie lloleman, Glenn Dale, Le-Roy Douglas, Milton Wade. Byron Clore. Kenny Balderston, Willie Mastin, Bob Lueker. BACK ROW: George Kovich, Jerry Weatherman, james Bell, Max johnson, Carl Gravat, Harold Chalker, Larry Meuli, Carl Danitschek, Coach Vernon Weakley. '1953 GRIDDERS' CBS TEAM ROW ONE: Merton Beye, Dale Garver, jack Webb, Bob Sauer, Charles Otis, Paul Dozier, Jerry Sly, jim Ghrer, Daniel Escobar. BACK ROW: Larry Timkar, Wardell Brown, Wayne Haywood, Fred Rule, Stanley Veal, Chuck Lee, Robert Kramer, Gary Solomon, Billy Castle, jim Dorrough, Coach Max Stratton. C V L STANDINGS TEAM W L T Marion ...... ..7..0.. Peabody ....... .. 5 . . 2 Under the able direction of our two new Florencg ,,,,,,,, , , 4, , 3 coaches, Vern Weakle and his assistant Mant Cottonwood Falls . . , , 4 , , 3 Stratton the Rails showed constant improve- Hillsboro ,,,,,, , , 3 , , 4 ment. The Rails Started out slowly but gained Council Grove . . . . . 3 . . 4 momentum throughout the season. The high Herington .................. . . 2 . . 3 light of the season was the homecomin game 0 Hope........ SEASON R ECORD against unbeaten and untied Peabod . Coming into the Herinfton game the Peabody Warriors were in a tie or first place with Marion. The Rails were up for this game and walked all over Heffflgfon - - - - - 0 05386 CNY- - - - Peabody by a score of 27-O. If you can't be the Herington . . . . O Chapman .... . Champs be the Spoilers. Herington . . . . . 33 Hope .... . . . . . Herington . . . . . 6 Marion. . . . . . . . Herington . . . . . 13 Cottonwood Falls Herington . . . 0 Florence .... . . Herington . . . . . 14 Hillsboro. . . . . . Herington . . . . . 27 Peabody . . . . . . Herington . . . . . 13 Council Grove. . . Compliments of Drs. Danielson, Gilliland and Dozier.

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34 42 BA BOTTOM ROW: Glenn Dale, L. E. Garver, Ronnie Holeman, Robert Kramer, Milton Wade- TOP ROW: Don Gerdes, Carl Gravatt, jerry Weatherman, Larry Meuli, Arnold Riffel, Joe McCoy. Bw TEAM BOTTOM ROW: Charles Otis, Bob Sauer, jim Wendlandt, jerry Sly, jack Webb. TOP ROW: Fred Rule, Wardell Brown, George Kovich, Gary Solomon, e Haywood. S K E T0 A TEAM BOTTOM ROW: Jerry Sly, Fred Rule, Gary Solomon, Bob Sauer, Jim Wendlandt, Jim Ghrer TOP ROW: Charles Otis, Wayne Haywood, Carl Danitschek, George Kovich, James Bell, Iames Barrett. Chapman Hillsboro Hope Peabody Glasco C Grove C Falls Marion Florence Hillsboro Hope Peabody Marion C Grove Florence C Falls Wamego Marion' 1953-54 RECORD We They 53 67 59 68 60 40 48 58 75 60 56 51 64 49 40 37 64 48 60 52 71 51 61 66 50 51 59 58 66 64 57 46 58 66 55 57 District' FRESHMEN