Houstonia High School - Shamrock Yearbook (Houstonia, MO)

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dass Hlkfo y Five members of the senior class started in the first grade at Houstonia. They are Ray Allen Shireman, Judy Blackburn, J. T. Smith, Doris Smith, and Duane Schelp. In the fall of 1950 nineteen very green freshmen started their high school life at H. H. S. They were: Lena Howard, Ray Allen Shireman, Betty Lou Hay- worth, Marion Gregory, Anna Mae Whitehead, Dean Hirst, Duane Schelp, Dorothy Rayl, Doris Smith, J. T. Smith, Anna Jane Butterwick, Betty Jane Walk, Mary Cat- herine Charles, Willis Charles, Lavina Cornine, Carl Odil, Dorothy Dillon, Judy Blackburn, and John Borchers. Of course we were initiated. How many freshmen ever forget that day when they become full fledged members of their high school? Some of the most vivid memories of initiation day were the eggs we carried to each class in a spoon, the gunny sack dresses the girls wore and the dresses and high healed shoes that the boys had to wear. It was lots of fun, and even though we hated to admit it, we enjoyed the day as much as the seniors did. By the time we started our sophomore year, Dean Hirst and Anna Mae White- head had moved away, but Ronald Collister joined us again after attending his freshman year in Sweet Springs. Ronald had graduated from grade school with us so he was no stranger to most of the class. That year our sophomore class put on the play, Gone With the Girls. The author of the play would never have re- cognized his own work, but I guess the audience liked it--they laughed. Betty Jane Walk was elected basketball queen and was crowned by Harold Charles, who was captain of our team. Betty Lou Hayworth and Anna Jane Butterwick attended the spelling contest at Smithton that year, and Anna Jane won third place. Our junior year, brought Wanda Phillips to join our class. She attended her freshman year at Smith Cotton and her sophomore year at Hughesville. Willis Charles was awarded the medal as the best boy school citizen. Lavina Cornine was crowned queen of the all-school carnival by Superintendent Guenther. Also in our junior year, we entertained the junior and senior classes to a three day trip to Lone Oak on the Lake of the Ozarks. There we fished, had boat rides, and watched it rain. Three members of our class made up the typing team which was taken to the contest at the Sedalia Business College. They were Anna Jane Butterwick, Mary Catherine Charles, and Doris Smith. They tied for first place with Cole Camp and Smithton. Some of our class mates, J. T. Smith, Willis Char- les, Ray Allen Shireman, Marion Gregory, and John Borchers were on the Houstonia team that played in the Regional tourney at warrensburg. And here we are, seniors, looking forward to graduation. Eleven of the 17 members of the senior class have earned letters this year. The girls and boys softball teams won first place in the PBCAA Tourney in the fall of our senior year. The basket ball boys won first place in the PBCAA tournament, and second in the Warsaw Invitational Tournament. It has been a busy year with work on The Houstonian and The Shamrock filling our regular schedule fuller. Anna Jane Butterwick and Lavina Cornine have been Houstonian editors, and Wanda Phillips and Betty Jane Walk served faithfully and diligently as annual editors. Several of the group entered the conference music contests. Ronald Collister sang a solo. In April, the seniors presented the only play of the year in the high school auditorium. Plans are being discussed for a short trip in the spring. Anna Jane Butterwick and Doris Smith are the honor students.