Horace Mann High School - Memories Yearbook (Maryville, MO)

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G. R. A. G. R. A. is a noon hour activity for the girls. It is a voluntary organization sponsored by Miss Jutten. The sports played are! basketball, bolleyball, and softball. The basketball tournament was won by the Senior team. The captain was Beverly Fannon. Other captains and teams were: Jo Ann Cotter, Junior, Lillian Cummins, Junior,Yvonne Blair, Sophomore, Shirley King, Sophomore, Norma Nucholls and Darlene Baer, Freshman. The captains in the volleyball tournament were2HylHs Hansen, Senior, Rose Ann Riley and Emma Lee Litten, Junior, Verlene Brown, Sophomore, Shirley King, Sophomore and Shirley Dieterich, Freshman. A softball tournament was held in the spring. After two years of active participation, a letter is given and after three years a pin is awarded. The officers this year are all juniors. They are: President, Emma Lee Iitten, Vice-President, Macil Kiser, Secretary, Rose Ann Riley, and Reporter, Rita Baer. PEP SQUAD The members of the Pep Squad or Purple Peppers, along with their sponsor, Miss Taul, have done their best during the year to fill up the cheering section for Horace mann. At every ball gave you would have seen Miss Taul and many of the Pep Squad members dressed in purple and white, cheering the boys on for a victory. 1 They chose their officers for the year as follows: President, Betty Jenson, Vice-President, Ada Mae Wilmes, Secretary and Treasurer, Joan Griffey, Sergeant-at-arms, Barbara Taylor, and reporter, Joan Howard . The assistant sponsor was Miss Janet Wilson. The cheerleaders for the year were, Betty Dougan, Colleen Froyd, and Tommy Davis. The alternate cheerleaders were Barbara Beaver and Jackson Adams.