Holden High School - Eagle Yearbook (Holden, MO)

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.,.........---.............. Ulla Eagle -..-...---,.-......... Senior Activities Eagle Ball The Faculty, the Board of Education and members of Holden High School were guests of the Eagle Staff at the Eagle Ball May 10, 1955. The Queen candidates, Katherine Truninger, Wanda Snare and Sandra Jones, were escorted by Jimmie Dixon. Cecil Long and Vlfallace Fitzgerel to the foot of the green and silver throne. Landa Lea Manford, Editor-in-Chief of the Eagle, read a letter from Mr. W. J. Westmore. make-up artist for Paramount Pictures Incorporation, Hollywood, California, saying that his selection for Eagle Queen was marked, Mr, Westmore's Choice, on the back of her picture. After opening the pic- tures Miss Manford announced that Mr. West- more had selected Miss Truninger as the Eagle Queen. Miss Truninger ascended the throne and Miss Manford then placed a beautiful crown of carna- tions and roses on her head. The crown was a gift of the Cast Funeral Home. Miss Truninger and her attendants and their escorts led the first dance of the evening. The class colors, Mint Green and Silver, were carried out in the beautiful decorations of the au- ditorium. The class flower, a rose was carried out in the refreshments, of individual cakes iced with green icing and topped with a rose. The cakes were a gift of the Cast Bakery. The evening was spent in dancing and the Eagle Ball of 1955 was a delightful affair for all. This Is Our Life by, Sandra Jones, Saluatorian Parents, teachers, and friends, on behalf of the Senior Class of 1955, I want to extend to you a warm welcome to This Is Your Life - Seniors '55. We hope as the scenes from our life unfold here you will share with us the memories of our sadness and gladness, of our failures and achieve- ments. For the past twelve years you have given us guidance and encouragement to do our best. Our goal has been one of attaining the knowledge and training necessary for assuming our responsi- bilities in the world about us. We want you to realize the importance of your help in our achiev- ing this goal. When we take our places as citizens in the working world we hope that this knowledge will ,give us the opportunity and the courage to suc- ceed. The challenges of society must be met. If each of us can apply the knowledge and experiences gained in school and can justify the guidance and encouragement we have received from our families and friends, we can look forward to success in the years to follow and to a feeling of pride that This Is Our Life - Seniors '55. Stairway To The Stars By Addie Mae Skaggs, Valedictorian I reach for stars! I cannot touch them with my hands, I know But reaching makes me look to higher things and grow, And so I reach for stars. We look upward to the star feeling peace in its rays. For the last twelve years the members of the senior class have been climbing the stairway to the stars. We have been reaching upward for the stars and as we reached, we grew. Even though we can't touch stars, we can see and reflect their beautiful rays. Our privilege is to reflect. As we reflect these rays and others see us, we must re- member that we want others to see the best in us. Our best today is our beginning tomorrow. This is our motto. The star gives and we must give our best to the world today. If we give our best today, we will have a wonderful beginning for tomorrow's work. Some may not have as much to give as others, but still they must give what they have. The star cannort be rewarded, but we can be rewarded. Even though we may give only a. smile or a cheery word to' someone. It may be just what they need. It is the giver's reward to know that he has helped someone. As we go out from here after graduation, we will still go on climbing the stairway to the stars. The climb is not ended until our life on this earth ends. Vlfe will always keep reaching upward for another star, climbing another stair, and by so do-ing, attaining another goal. Each of these goals lead to the one great goal of reaching a, new and better place in which to live. Starlight is beautiful, mysterious, and gentle. It leads us beyond our worldly cares and activities. Therefore, as we go through life, we must reach for the stars and keep climbing their stairway - always upward. I Senior Holiday At 8:30 a. m. on the twelfth of May, the members of the Senior Class left Holden by bus for an holiday in Kansas City. The morning was spent in Swope Park, where everyone enjoyed a. picnic lunch at noon. The afternoon and evening activities included shopping, bowling, skating, looking for jobs, and attending theatres. The group arrived home about midnight, tired but happy.

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.. . .1 -- I----0-------M U55 Eagle -1 ---- ---0-1-0----fr' Semor Act1v1t1es Last Testarnent Gene Hyatt wills his basketball skill to anyone uh Of The Senior Class of 1955 by Can olyn Moi 1 ow We the Senior Class of 1955 being of sound mind and memory do hereby ordam publish and declare thls our Last W1ll and Testament ARTICLE I SECTION 1 To the Junlors ue wlll the d1gn1ty and good manners any senlors has to hare SECTION 2 To the sophomores we will all pencxls wlth 1954 football schedules printed on them SECTION 3 To the freshmen we VVIII all extra Senlor Play tags SECTION 4 To the seventh and elghth glade we will all the lost and found articles for the entlre year ARTICLE II Indlvxdually we give devise and bequeath to the designated persons the following Dale Bedsaul wills h1s absence slips to anyone who can find them Bettie Bell Wills her car to Judy Daudson Donna Kay Billingsley wills her part as maid in the Senior Play to MarJor1e Morrlson a diamond to Myrna Daugherty Joe Dale Cantrell wills all his pencils to anv one who find his notebook Calvin Crawfoid wills his abillty to sing like Nat Kmg Cole to Marvin Shockley Bob DesCombes W1lls his wavy ha1r to Tommy Carter LeRoy Dltton vull a certain Senlor girl to no one Jimmie Dixon W1lls h1s talent to sklp school to John Truninger Nancy Dunn WIIIS her charm of catching a man to Becky Graham Wallace Fitzgerel W1lls hlS meknames to Gene McWh1rt Galy Garrett wills h1s part as a lover 1n the SBHIOI' Plily to Burl Acklln Reva Geary wills her posltlon as Eagle treasurer to Bobby Jones Bland Gordon W1lls h1s shy qunet ways to Jackie Phelps Charles Hall wills a good unused Shorthmd book to Charles Tevxs Don Hensley wills his way with eighth grade girls to Gordon Kendrick Gail Hosmann wills h1s General Busmess book to Dean Wakeman o can pxck up HIS techn1que Sandra Jones Wills her quxet dibnlfied manner to Pat Beaty Harry Kanaday W1lls his skill in pole vaulting to Jay W Counts Kay Lewls wills h1s neat dressed up appear ance to Lloyd Hammond Cecil Long wills h1S number twenty one to anyone who is lucky enough to get xt Landa Manford wllls her mterest ln chlcken raising to the Agrlculture boys Cai olyn Morrow W1lls her merry days keeping the books out of the red to Armetta, WVh1teman Charles Parker WIIIS his telephone calls from Kmgsville to Jxmmle Huber Richard Peterxng wills his black hair to Glenn Thomason Wayne Powell vulls his ways in the hall .Jerry Martm Lyle Qulck wills all excess height to Jerry Wallace Lowell Rector wills his agricultural mterests to Jamie Rader Wanda Shippy xx 1lls a semor class ring to any one who can get one Add1e Mae Skaggs will her studxous ab1l1ty to Ronald Porter Leland Stowell wills his talent as an auctlon eer to Larry Shanks Wanda Snare w1lls her position as president of the Senior Class to Gene Davxuson Ora Stumpff wills his trlps to 'Warrensburg to Doyne Hough Katherine Trumnger w1l her sm1le to Martha Ellen Weeks Arts to Jarvis Jones Lloyd Warner W1lls his roving eyes to Ralph Stansberry Dale Wllhams W1lls h1S posltlon as one of the stage managers of the Senior Class to anyone who wants to do lt Walter XN1seman wills h1s Jokes to anyone who can figure them out Ina Mae Young wxlls her abzlity to act l1ke Martha Raye to Ruth Pope R1chard Moree W1lls his good times ln fourth hour English class to anyone who can get away with 1t Kenneth Rlker wills h1s classes ln the of flee to Dixie Durrett The senior class as a whole wllls to the tea ohers to our parents 'md to the patrons of this school our gratitude for the many opportumtles xx hich they have made possible for us to enJoy IN WITNESS VVHEREOF we the Class of 55 have hereunto affixed our seal on the sixteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand lllfle hundred and fifty flV9 Testator Carolvn Morrow Superintendent Troy E Hirm Principal J VV Bullard Sponsors Drusilla Krockenberger Imo Jean Volgeneau I I I I . . .G ' N I . . . u n - . . or V ' ' ' - , y ' 1 ' ' 1 , ' . ' to A ' . . .U . G . . W . . W . . G . . V. ' ' ' ' ' 0' . r ' . ' I ' . . . - Joan Bronson Wills her technique Of setting Jim Truex wills his merry classes in Industrial ., . . ' ' v 0' 1 ' c ' Y 'O' , . ' r' ' ' 0 . - - . . i U. C U , . . U I . ' 1 . 2 . - c . at . . . ' 1 . ' -' , 1 . ' 1 . . . - , -, , 4 1 ' . V- . u n I Q ' , . t . . . . ' I I . L ' , . 0 Z ' I 1 . K . . . .0 K ' V I ' ' - I . . U ' , . - f 1 1 D I 1 ' , - I

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4 o 50 ....--..-,.....-- Ur. fagz. ---.-.--,...---.-....... Senior Activities I Senior Play The Senior Class of 1955 presented a three- act comedy, Taming the Brat on Thursday eve- ning, April 21, 1955 at the Holden High School Auditorium. The play was under the direction of Miss Lucille Burroughs. When Lottie took her job as the Nagels' maid, she thought the chaos caused by their spoiled infant Janice would end as the little darling grew up. But, as Lottie says, she was wrong - the Nagels never let Janice grow up. At fifteen she is still coddled and pampered like a two-year-old. Jerry Hughes, a nice boy of sixteen, knows this very well, but he can't help having a terrific crush on Janice, even though she treats him like a dog and makes him wish she'd fall for somebody her- self and see how it is. Then she does fall - and hard - for Jess Pomeroy, a handsome football player. To make it complete, Jess takes no interest in her whatever: he has a. girl. This causes Janice to have the worst tantrum of her life, and her par- ents to have a riot. Up till nolw, they have been able' to go out and get her what she wanted, but this tantrum can't be stopped. Jerry is very happy. This wil cure the brat. But his joy is short-lived. To his surprise, he finds next day that Jess is play- ing right along with Janice. He is most discourag- ed. So is his pal Dave because he and Jerry are to play in a local tennis match tomorrow, and they'll never win with Jerry in such a state. Dave decides something has to be done, and he soon finds out why Jess is so sweet on Janice. It seems that Janice's parents are trying to buy her the man she wants, just as they've bought her everything else since she was born. This discovery is made at a party, and it results in a near riot which causes Janice to go into her worst tantrum ever, and also bring Jess and his real girl to a near break-up. Things are in a pretty sad state by the next morn- ing, but Janice surprises everyone with a sudden change for the better and everything is straighten- ed out beautifully. The cast was as follows: Lottie. the Nagels' middle-aged maid, Donna Kay Billingsley. Mrs. Nagel, the mother of Janice, Addie Mae Skaggs. ' Mr. Nagel, the father, a middle-aged business- man, LeRoy Ditton. Jess Pomeroy, a big, good-looking football play- er, Cecil Long. Jerry Hughes, a likable boy of sixteen, some- what naive, Gary Garrett. Dave Martin, Jerry's pal and tennis partner, Robert DesCombes. Louise, a gossipy teen-ager, decidedly silly in her speech and manner, Nancy Jo Dunn. Myrtle, not unlike Louise, but a little more reticient, Ina Mae Young. Janice Nagel, spoiled, self-indulgent fifteen- year-old, Carolyn Morrow, Myra Jason, Jess's girl, Wanda Lou Shippy. SPECIALTIES Piano solo, 'Ebbtide Kay Lewis. Vocal solo, 'I Believe Calvin Crawford. Leland Stowell Awarded State Farmer Degree Leland Stowell, a member of the Holden FFA Chapter, received the highest degree possible in the Missouri Future Farmers Organization at the 26th Annual Missouri FFA Convention at Columbia, Missouri. To be eligible forthe State Farmer Award, a boy must have shown outstanding lead- ership in the FFA, have a good farming program in 0l?'6Y'2lti0U. pass a state examination on the FFA and parliamentary procedure. Leland, the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. James Stowell, was raised to the degree of Greenhand in October, 1952 and Chapter Farmer in 1953. He started out with one registered Holstein heifer and six acres of corn his freshman year in High School and has expanded until at the present he has three cows, one heifer, one registered Hol- stein bull, and twenty-nine ewes and lambs. I-Ie also has one third interest in nine cows, one heifer, twenty-six ewes and lambs, fifty acres of small grain and forty-six acres of hay. Leland has been very active in the FFA and Vocational Agricultureg he has participated in farm mechanics, livestock judging, and farm meats identification, judging on the district and state level. He is president of the Holden FFA and was treasurer his junior year. Leland played on the FFA Basketball Team two years and was on the track team one year. Holden High School has had ten State Farm- ers. Other boys having received this degree are: Norman Briscoe, 19483 Jack Jones, 19495 Wendell Daniel and Carl Stumpff, 1950g Sam William Raber and Kerry Kephart, 1951: Jimmie Bruns, 19523 Russell McCannon, 19533 and Donal Bruns, 1954. Eight of these boys have received this de- gree under the leadership of Mr. Harry Crim, Vocational Agriculture Instructor in Holden High School the past six years. Senior Day At Central Missouri State College The Senior Class attended the annual Senior Day, April 20, 1955, on the campus of Central Missouri State College in WVarrensburg. The events of the day were sponsored by the faculty and students of the college. They were as follows: Registration .......................................,.... Student Center Organ Music . .................... .................. . Hendricks Hall Professor John McCoy Convocation ....... . ............................. Hendricks Hall Eleanor Fisher Intergroup Relations Chairman Group Singing ....,...,,,,........,,,.,,,,,,,, Bill Grace, leader Address 'The American Dream Dr. G. YV. Diemer Campus Tours ........,.,,..,,.,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Student Guides Lunch .....................,,. .....,,,,.,,, S ocial Hall Student Program ..,. ....,. H endricks Hall Career Conference ..... .... C ollege Professors Recreation Hour .... ..,,,..,.., S ocial Hall