Independence High School - Orange and Black Yearbook (Independence, KS)

Text from Pages 1 - 88 of the 1947 volume:

iim.(WacjG AOfdOp BOARD OF EDUCATION STANDING: Lewis Boys. Robert Sayers. ™r; Stevens! ' ' ■ ' ' ' ' ' ' - ° Hackmaster, Warren Grant. Marlin Reppert, Florence Harper Secretary to Board of Education Page 3 E. R. STEVENS Superintendent oif Schools MR. LYLE GREEN Assistant Principal MR. FRED CINOTTO Principal GEORGIA LEE ROCKWELL Secretary to Principal GRACE ANDERSON, A. B., M. A. English GEORGIA BROWN, A. B. Latin, English MELVIN CLARK, B. S. Mechanical Drawing PATRICK COYLE, B. S. Woodwork, Home Mechanics JOSEPH DeSPAIN, B. S. Printing CLYDE EVANS, B. S., M. S. Commercial Law, Economics, Economic Geography R. S. GILMORE, B. S., M. S. Physics, Chemistry MARGARET GOHEEN, E. S. English, Speech, Dramatics MARIE HEMBREE, B. S. Art ARMALEA HOPPERSTAD, B. S. Home Economics MARIE KARTHANS, B. S. Physical Education ARY LEWIS, B. S., M. S. Constitution, Algebra Page 4 HARRY LONGBERG, B. S. Vocational Agricultuie L. E. LOSEY, B. S. Physical Education MRS. MINA McCOY, B. S. Biology HANNAH MORRISON, A. B., M. A. Home Economics CARL NELSON, A. B., M. A. Typing, Salesmanship, Football and Track Coach FERN OLD, A. B., M. A. English, Spanish, French RUSSELL OSBORN, B. S., M. S. Biology GLENN RUFF, B. S., M. M. E. Instrumental and Vocal Music PEARL RUSSELL Library MARY SELF Study Hall OLIVE SMITH, B. S., M. S. Geometry, Algebra JESSIE STEWART, Ph. B. Typing, Shorthand IRA STOCKEBRAND, A. B. American and World History LORA TODD, A. B., M. A. Journalism, English MOSES VOTH, B. S., M. S. Metal Work RALPH DELLINGER, B. S., M. S. American History, Bookeeping FRANK SICKS, B. S. Physical Education and Basketball Coach Page 5 Roscoe Long, Supervisor Vernon Koger. Martin Olthoff. Edwin Dewey, E. L. Helman Less lie Aldrjch. Otto Fowler, Sam Henderson Page 6 Page 7 SENIOR OFFICERS Seni eniors Bill Wilhelm. President : Doris Clemmer. Secretary and Treasurer; Ormond Gillen, Vice-president SAM ADAMS: Football 44. JAMES AIKEN: Home Room Oflficer 46. 47: F. F. A. 45. 46, 47. ROSALIE AMOROSO. Rosy : Band 45. 46. 47: Orchestra 45. 46. 47 : PittsburR Music Festival 45, 46 : Dramatics 45. 46. 47 ; Don ' t Take My Fenny ; Home Room Officer 46. 47 : School Council 46 : Chanute Drama Festival 47 : Band Queen Attendent 47. HAROLD BADEN: Football 44, 45, 46; Basketball 45, 46, 47 ; Track 46, 46, 47 ; Boys ' State 46 ; Home Room Officer 46. 47. KENNETH BADEN. Kenny : Football 44, 45. Student Manager 46 ; Track 45, 46. Student Manager 47 ; Boys ' State 46. MAX BARNES, Blar Cat ' ' : Basketball 45, 46 ; Track 45 ; Home Room Officer 45, 46, 47. Page 8 Home Room Of- ROY BEARD : Driimatiis Club 46 ficer 46, 47 ; Boys ' State 46. VIRGINIA LEE BELCHKR: Home Champions 46, 4i Sec.-Treas. 46 : Home Room Officer : Science Club 47. Sec. 47. JO ANN BIGGS. Joe WILBUR BERTON BLOOD. Bloody : Home Room Officer 46. BENJAMIN L. BOSWELL, Bozz : Football 44. 4.1. 4(1 : Basketball 45. 46. 47 ; Track 46. 46. 47 ; Hoiiiu Room Officer 45. 47: Most Courteous 47: School Council 45. CONSTANCE BRANN. Connie : Pep Club 45. 4i;. 47. President 47 : G. A. A. 45. 46, President 46 : Chorus 45. 46. 47. vice president 46 ; Pittsburg Musir Festival 45. 47 ; Pittsburg Play. Day 47 : Journalism Conference 47 : Best Citizen 47 : Football Queen Attendent 47 ; School Council secretary 46 : Home Champions 45, 46 ; Student Stalff 47. JOHN BRAY. Skip : Tennis 45. 46. 47; Track 46 ; Basketball 45, 46, 47 : Band 45 : Pittsburg Music Festival 45 ; Boys ' State 46 : Home Room Officer 47 : Going to College 47. VERLA DEAN BROST : Daubers Club 46. 47. HELEN BRUNEMER ; Chorus 45, 46 ; Pittsburg Music Festival 46. BILL CALLAHAN. Curly : Football 44, 45, 4C : Track 45, 46, 47 : School Council 45, 46, President 47: Charley ' s Aunt 47; Boys ' State 46. VELMA ELAINE CAMPiBELL. Butch : Home Champions 47 ; Home Room Officer 47. ARDELL CARPENTER, Del ' ' : Chorus 46, 46; Pittsburg Music Festival 45 ; Pep Club 47 ; Home Room Officer 46, 46 ; Student Staff 47. LILA CARPENTER. Leia : Chorus 45, 46; G. A. A. 45 ; IDtum Corps 45, 46, 47. DON CASTLE, Castle : Attended O.xford, Kansas High School 45 : F. F. A. 45. 46, 47. president 45. State Farmer 46 : Basketball 45, 46, 47 ; Football 44 45 : Science Club 47, Treas. 47 ; Annual Staff 47 ; School Council 47. President 47 ; Charley ' s Aunt 47. REX CATLETT: Home Room Officer 45, 46; Foot- ball 44, 45. 46; F. F. A. 45. 46, 47. LOUIS CATRON. JR., Lou : F. F. A. 45. 46. 47. CHARLES CLARKE: Band 45. 46, 47; Pittsburg Music Festival 45. 47 : Football 44, 45 ; Golf 47 ; Tennis 47 ; Annual Staff 47 ; Student Stalff 47. BETHANE CLAYTON, Beth : Home Room Of- ficer 45, 46; Chorus 45, 46; Pittsburg Music Fes- tival 45 ; Drum Corps Majorette 45 ; Band Majorette 46, 47 ; Girl Reserves 45 ; Dramatics Club 47. DORIS CLEMMER. Clem ' ' : Sec.-treas., Senior Class 47 ; G. A. A. 47 ; Pep Club 47 ; Home Room Officer 45, 46, 47; Annual Staff 46, 47. PAULA CLIFFORD, PoUa : Orchestra 4B ; Band 46, 46, 47 ; Pittsburg Contest 45 ; G. R. 45 ; G. A. A. 45, 46. 47, Sec.-treas. 46 ; Home Room Officer 45, 46. 47. JACK MARSHALL CONAWAY, Jackson : Track 47 : Charley ' s Aunt 47 ; Dramatics Club 47 ; Athens High School, Athens, Georgia, 45, 46. ROBERT L, COOLEY, Bob : Student Staff 46, 47: Home Room Officer 45 ; Boys ' State 46. ABBIE CUNNINGHAM, Ab ,: Chords 45, 46; Pittsburg 45 : Home Room Officer 45, 46 ; Dramatics Club 45 ; Student Starff 47. MARY LOUISE DALTON, Wezzie ' ' : Girard High School. Girard, Kansas 45, 46. ERNESTINE DANIELS. Ernie : Wildcat Pep club 45. 46. 47 ; Eta Phi Kappa 45. 46. 47. Program Chairman 46, 47 : Attendent to Eta Phi Kappa Queen 47. ROBERT V. DAVIS BjLL tDITTMER: Basketball 45. 46; Track 45, 46, 47 : Tennis 47. ELMER DOWNING. Elmo : U. S. Navy 45, 46. JACK DUNBAR, Gorbo : Track 45, 46, 47. MARY JOAN EASTMAN BILL EBERT. Smiling Bill : Football 45. WALLY EISIMINGER, Cedar : Dramatics Club 45. 46. 47. vice president 46, 47 ; Every Family Has One 45 ; Don ' t Take My Penny 46 : Charley ' s Aunt 47 ; Home Room Officer 45, 46, 47 ; Daubers Club 45, 46. 47. vice president 45. 47 ; School Council 47 : Cheerleader 47 ; Boys ' Chorus 47, treasurer 47 : Chanute Drama Festival 47 ; School Council Conference 47. GERALD ELLIOTT. Eliot Randall : Band 45, ' 46, 47, Assistant Drum Major 46, Drum Major 47 ; Orchestra 45, 46, 47 ; Chorus 46, pianist, Sec.-treas. : Pittsburg Music Festival 45. 47 ; Dramatics Club 45. 46. 47 ; ' Don ' t Take My Penny 46 ; Chanute Drama Festival 47 : Charley ' s Aunt ' ' 47 ; Home Room Officer 45. 46. BOB FARLEY, Fearless : Band 45: Orchestra 45; Hi -Y 45 : Track 45 ; Home Room Officer 45, 46 ; Daubers Club 47 ; Dramatics Club 47 ; Annual Staff 47 ; Student Staff 47 ; Charley ' s Aunt 47. GENE FARR DONNA DYNE FERGUSON. Dilly ' : Pep Club 47 ; Dramatics Club 46. 47 : G. A. A. 46. 47 : Charley ' s Aunt 47 ; Most Courteous 47 ; Home Room Officer 45, 46, 47. ELLKN GAINES: Sec- Treas of class IB; Vice president of class 4(i ; Orchestra 45, pianist 45, sec- treas. 45 : Chonis 46. 47. president 46, sec. -treas. 41 pianist 46. 47 : Pittsburg Music Festival 45, 47 I ' ep Club 45, 46. 47 : Home Room Officer 45. 46. 47 Most Courteous 46; Going to College 47, EUGENE GARRISON, 47, Onticer 46, 47. Gene : F. F. A. 45, 46, GRETA GASSNER. Wig PHYLLIS GEHLBACH. Pam ' ' : Drum Corps 45. 46. 47 ; Orchestra 45, 46, 47, Sec. 46 ; Pittsburg Music Festival 45 ; Home Champions 45 : Home Room Officer 46 ; Dramatics Club 45. 46 ; Don ' t Take M.v Penny 46 ; Student Staff 47 ; Journalism Conference 47. ORMOND R. GILLEN. Mundo : Band 45. 46. 47; Football 44. 45. 46 ; Basketball 45, 46, 47 ; Track 45, 46. 47 : Golf 47 ; Hi-Y 45 ; Boys ' State 46 ; Vice President of Class 47. ALAN GOOLDY, Owl : Home Room Officer 45; Football 44, 46, 46; Track 45, 46. ROBERT GOOLDY: Home Room Officer 46. IRIS GROTENHUrS. Ikef ' : Chorus 46 ; Home Room Officer 47. BETTY LOU HADLEY, Black Widow : Chorus 45. 46 : Pittsburg Music Festival 45 ; ©rum Corps 45. 46 ; Home Room Officer 46, 47. BETTY MAE HAMILTON: Attended Goodwell. Ok- lahoma High School 45 ; G. A. A. 45 ; Home Cham- pions 46. 47. MARILYN HARCLERODE: Home Room Olfficer 45, 46. 47 ; Pep Club 45. 46. VERA HARMES. Danger ' ' : G. A. A. 45. 47 ; Home Champions 45. 46, 47, officer 46, President 47 ; At- tendant to Fair Independence 47. DEVOT.4 HAMSHER PAT HEISER MAX HENDRICKSON: Band 45, 46, 47; Orchestra 45, 46, 47. RUTH JEAN HILLE. Ruth : Band 46. 47. Sec. 47 ; Orchestra 45. 46 ; Drum Corps 46. 48. 47. Drum Major 47 : Pittsburg Music Festival 46. 47 ; G. A. A. 45. 46; Dramatics Club 47; Don ' t Take My Penny 46 : Attendant to Band Queen 46. 47 ; Attendant to Football Queen 46. 47 ; Attendant to Basketball Queen 46 ; Fair Independence 47 ; School Council Sec. 47 ; School Council Conference 47 ; Student Staff 47 ; Home Room Officer 47. FLOYD HOLLOWAY: Home Room Officer 45. 17. MARGARET RUTH HOWERY. Sleepy : Ralston. Oklahoma High School 45, 46. f . Iwii iffiiiwini wmKM „ DONADO HUDSON, ■■Buddie : p-ootball 45; Track 46. HILDA JABBEN, ' ■Pockets WILMA JABBEN, ' ■Willy ' ' JEANNINE JACKSON, Jeanie : Pep Club 46, 47: Home Champions 45 : Girl Reserves 45 ; G. A. A. 45. 46 : Chorus 46 : Debate Conference 47 : Debate Club 47 ; Student Staff 47. CHRISTINE KLINDWORTH, Tcenie Champions 46, 47. Home JOAN LOUISE LEACH, Jo : Student Staff 47. RICHARD S. LEWIS. Lou : Football 44; Track 47 ; Home Room Officer 47 : Student Stalff 47 ; Journalism Conference 47. RUTH THELMA LITTLES : Attended Rentiesville. Oklahoma High School 45, 46 ; Pep Club 47 : Eta Phi Kappa 47 : Attendant to Eta Phi Kappa Queen CHARLES W. MAGEE. Fibber : Football 44, 45, 46 : Basketball 45, 46, 47 ; Student Staff 47. ROBERT MAIN. Bob ' ' : Football 44. CLARA MOORE: Wildcat Pep Club 46, 47. Sec. 46; Eta Phi Kappa 46, 47. Sec. 46, President 47 ; Wild- cat Basketball Queen 47. MAXINE MEYER, TooBie : Home Room Officer 45, 46, 47 ; Office Worker 46 ; Pep Club 47. PHYLLIS MEYER. Phyl : Home Room Officer 4. ' , 47 , Wichita, Kansas High School 46. DONALD MALLONEE, Spook : Band 45, 46, 47; Orchestra 45, 46, 47; Pittsbure Music Festival 45, IT ; Track 45 ; School Council 45 ; Home Room Of- ficer 45, 46. liKTTY MORRISON: Home Room Officer 45, 46, 47. FRANK E. MOSES, ■■Moe : Band 45, 46, 47 : Pitts- burg Music Festival 45, 47 ; Home Room Ofificer 45 ; Dramatics Club 47 : Don ' t Take My Penny 46 ; ■■Charley ' s Aunt ' ' 47 ; School Council vice president, acting president 47 ; School Council Conference 47 ; Hc.ys ' State 46 ; Cheerleader 45, 46, 47. •I.VCQUELINE JOELYN MUNDY, Jackie : South- west High School, Kansas City, Kansas 45 ; Home Champions 47, DIXIE MURPHY, Murph : Home Champions 47. SADIE LOUISE NAVARRE: Hand 45. 4(), 47; Or- chestra 45, 46, 47 : ChoriLs 47 : I ' ittsburg Musk- Festival 45. 47 ; Girl Reserves 45, Trens. 46, Pres- ident 47 : G. A. A. 45 : Midwestern Music Camp 46 : Dramatics Club 47 ; Home Room Officer 47 ; -Attendent to Hand Queen 47. MARIHKTH NKWKIRK. Meatiball ' ' : Drum Corps 45, 46, 47 : G. A. A. 45. 46, 47 : vice president 46 ; Orchestra 45 ; Home Room Officer 46, 47 ; Office Worker 45. 46. 47. I ' HYLLIS OWEN, P. P, O, : Pep Club 47; G. . . . . 46, 47. President 47 : Chorus 46. 47 ; Pitts- burs; Music Festival 47 ; Dramatics Club 46 ; Pitts- burp IMayday 47 ; Home Room Otfficer 47 ; Atten- dent to Uaskelball Queen 47 : Annual Staff 47, LOIS KATHRYN PARKER, ■■p. K, : Home Cham- pions 45 46, 47 : Orchestra 45 ; Chorus 46, 47 ; Pitts- buri; Music Festival 45. 47 ; Girl Reserves 45. 46. 47 ; F. H. A. Conference 47. RITA MARGARET PARSONS. Rhett : Chorus 45 ; Pittsburg Music Festival 45 ; Daubers Club 45 ; Dramatics Club 45. 46. 47. President 47 ; Pep Club 47 ; Student Staff 47 ; Journalism Conference 47 ; Annual Staff 47; Charley ' s Aunt 47; Most In- dustrious 47. JOE PATE. Burly Joe : Football 44, 46. 47 ; Track 45. 46. 47; Home Room Officer 46. 47; Best Citizen 47. CHRISTINE LA VERN PATRICK. Chris ' : Wild- cat Pep Club 45. 46. 47. President 46. 47 ; Eta Phi Kappa 45. 46. 47 Sec. 47 ; Wildcat Basketball Queen 46. JOHN PEGG. Johnny ' School 45. 46 ; Basketbal : Richmond. Indiana High 47 ; Track 47. WILMA PENDLETON. Willie B, : Home Room Officer 45. 46, 47 ; Girl Reserves 45 ; Pep Club 45. 46, 47 ; School Council 46 ; Best Sport 46 ; Student Staff 47 ; Journalism Conference 47 ; ' Debate Con- ference 47 : 0;ffice Worker 47 ; D. A. R. Best Citizen 47 ; Going to College 47 ; Governor ' s Inauguration 47 ; Annual Staff 47. DALE PERKINS. Perk : Football 44; Boys ' State 46. MARY E, PITTMAN, Liz : G. A. A. 46. 47; Dramatics Club 45, 46. 47; Home Room Offiqer 47. MARIE POND MARY LOU RADER: Pep Club 45. 46. 47. Sec- Treas. 47; G. A. A. 45; Girl Reserves 45; Chorus 45. 47 : Pittsburg Music Festival 45. 47 ; Student Staff 47 ; Journalism Conference 47 ; Home Cham- pions 45 : Home Room Officer 45. 46 ; Attendent to Fair Independence 47 ; Attendent to Football Queen 47 : Annual Staff 47 ; Going to College 47. ESTHER RANSBOTTOM. Pest : Home Room Of- ficer 47. ROBERTA RANSBOTTOM NORMA JEAN RENNER. Rebecca : Pep Club 45. 46. 47 ; G. A. A, 46, RAY T. RILEY. Buck ' ' : Track 45, 46, 47, ETHEL MARIE ROTH: Attended Caldwell, Kansas High School 46. 46 ; Home Champions 45, 46, 47 ; F. H. A. Conference 46, mkJ LARRY RUDRAUFr: Basketball 45, 46, 47; Ten- nis 46, 47: Golf 47; Band 46, 46, 47; Pittsburg iMusic Festival 45. 47; School Council Conference I : Home Room Officer: President of Class 46; Hi-Y 45. CYNTHIA RUNYON, Cynne : Pittsburg Music Festival 47 ; Chorus 47. BARBARA JOAN RUSSELL. Jo : Elk City. Kan- sas High School 45, 46 ; Chorus 47. RICHARD F. SANDERS, Dick ' ' : School Council 45. 46, 47 ; Tennis 45. 46, 47 ; Science Club Pres- ident 47 ; Kansas Junior Academy of Science 47 . Going to College 47 ; Boys ' State 46 ; Most In- dustrious 47. CATHERINE SCHMITZ, Kathy : Drama ' .ics Club 15, 46 ; Home Champions 45 ; Student Staff 47. DORIS LUCILLE SCHULZE. Lucy : Home Room Officer 46. 46, 47 ; Home Champions 45. 46, 47, Officer 46, vice president 47 ; G. A. A. 45, 46. JOE SCOTT: Track 45, 46. 47; F. F. A. 45, 46, 47, vice president 46, President 47 ; Home Room Officer 47. ELEANOR SHARPS, Punk : Pep Club 45. 46, 47 ; G. A. A. 45 : Girl Reserves 45 ; Home Room Otfficer 45 ; Pittsburg Music Festival 45. 47 ; Student Staff 47 ; Journalism Conference 47. HARBARA SHERWIN, Student Staff 47. Barb Girl Reserves 45 ; ALOMA JEAN SILLEN. Babe ' ' : Pep Club 46, 47 ; G. A. A. 46. 47 ; Daubers Club 46 : Home Room Of- ficer 45. 46. 47 : Office Worker 46, 46. 47. KATHRYN SIMMONS. Katie : Pep Club 45. 46, 47 : Girl Reserves 45, 46. 47. vice president 46 ; Chorus 45. 46. 47 ; Pittsburg Music Festival 45. 47 : Cheerleader 47 ; Dramatics Club 46, 46 ; Don ' t Take My Penny 46 ; Charley ' s Aunt 47 ; Home Room Officer 46. 47 ; (Daubers Club Officer 47 ; Student Staff 47. MYRON SLATER, Slater BONNIE JEAN SMITH. Johnnie Beau : Rogers. Arkansas High School 45 ; Dramatics Club 46, 47 ; Daubers Club 47 ; G. A. A. 46 ; Home Champions 46 ; Drum Majorette 47 ; Student Staftt 47. JACK SMITH: Attended Pittsburg. Kansas High School 46 : Science Club 47. THOMAS SMITH. Tom ' ' : Band 46, 46. 47 ; Pitts- burg Music Festival 45. 47 ; Football 44, 46 ; Basket- hall 45 : Track 45 ; Tennis 47 ; Hi-Y 45 : Boys ' State 46 : School Council 46 ; Home Room Officer 46, 47. CHARLES T. SPRADLING. Chuck Officer 46; F. F. A. 45. 46, 47. Home Room iLM hk JACK STURDIVANT. Stud : Basketball 46. 46. 47 : Football 44. 46. 46 : Track 46. 46 ; Hi-Y 45 ; Home Room Officer 45. 46. 47 ; Student Staff 47 ; Journalism Conference 47. NORMA JEAN TAYLOR: Band 45, 47; Chorus 47. LOIS TEMME, Shorty : Home Champions 45 ; Home Room Officer 46 ; Pep Club 46, 47. vice president 47 : Office Worker 47. OLEN K. TETUICK. Tet JANET THOM. S. Tom : Pep Club 45, 4( . 47; Chorus 47 ; I ' ittsburp: Music Festival 47 ; Student Staff 47 ; Annual Stalff 47. BEVERLY THOMPSON, Uibbs Home Room Officer 46, 47. G. A. A. 46. 47 PHYLLIS ANN THREADGILL. Pat : Attended Eureka. Kansas High School 45 : Pep Club 47 ; G. A. A. 46 : Home Room Officer 46. 47 ; Student Staff 47: Annual Staff 47: Attendant to Football yueen 47 : Attendant to Basketball Queen 47. NANCY TODD, Toddie Pep Club 46, 46. Home Champions 45 : Girl Reserves 45 : G. A. 40, 46 ; Student Staff 47. BILL TOWERY, Willie : F. F. A. 45, 46, 47. GWEN TROUT, Hip : Home Room Officer 46 ; chorus 45 ; Pittsburg Music Festival 4.5 : Pep Club ■•u. 46, 47 ; School Council vice president 46 ; Dra- matics Club 45, 46, 47, President 46. Sec. 17 : Every Family Has One 46 ; Don ' t Take My Penny ' 46 ; Charley ' s Aunt 47 ; Cheerleader ii : Student Staff 47 ; Journalism Conlference 47 ; At tenaai, to Basketball Queen 47 ; Best Sport 47. JAMES S. UNDERWOOD, Rod : Band 45, 46, 47 : Orchestra 46. 46. 47 ; Pittsburg Music Festival 45, 47 ; School Council 45. 47 ; Home Room Officer 46, 46, 47 ; Swimming 45 ; Golf 47. JOHN VAN DYNE: F. F. A. 46. ROSELLA RUTH WALLACE. Rosie : Girl Res- erves 46 ; Chorus 46. 46. 47 : Pittsburg Music Fes- tival 45. 47 ; Home Room Officer 45, 46, 47 ; Pep Club 45, 46, 47 ; President of Class 45 ; Sec.-Treas. of class 46 ; School Council 46 : Annual Staff 47 : Football Queen 47. DORA ANN WALTERS. Dode : Home Room Of- ficer 45, 46 ; Girl Reserves 45, 46 ; Chorus 45, 46 ; Pittsburg Music Festival 45 ; School Council 46 ; Student Staff 47. HAROLD WASHINGTON: Wildcat Basketball 47. MARYETTA WATTS. Sis : Home Champions 46, 46 ; Band 46, 46. 47 : Orchestra 46, 46. 47 : Pitts- burg Music Festival 46, 47 ; Student Stafit 47. DONALD L. WEBBER EUGENE WENTWORTH, Went : President of C:ass 45; Hongry Dogs 45. 46; Golf 47; Student Staff 47 : Journalism Conference 47. GERALD WENTWORTH: Band 46; Hongry Dogs 45. 46 : Football 44. 46 ; Track 45. 46, 47 ; Science Club 47. ROBERT WESLEY, Bob : Wildcat Basketball 45, 46. 47 ; Eta Phi Kappa 45, 46. DONALD ' W. WHITE. Whizzer ' : Mexico, Missouri High School 45. 46 ; Golf 47. CLARENCE ELDON WHITSON DORTHY WHORTON, Dot : G. A. A. 45, 46, 47, Officer 47 ; Dramatics Club 45. 46. 47 ; Chanute Drama Festival 47 ; Charley ' s Aunt 47 ; Student Staff 47. WILLIAM B. WILHELM, Bill : Band 45, 46, 47; Pittsburg Music Festival 45, 47 ; Hi-Y 45 ; Boys ' State 46 : Tennis 46. 46. 47 : Science Club 47 ; Kan- sas Junior Academy of Science 47 ; Going to Col- lege 47 : President of class 47. NORMA ANN WILLIAMS. Pug : Home Room Officer 45 : Girl Reserves 45 : Dramatics Club 46 ; Student Staflf 47 ; Chorus 45, 46. 47 ; Pittsburg Music P ' estival 45, 47 ; Pep Club 45. 46. 47. GEORGE WILSON. Nick ' ' : Track 45; Home Room Officer 45 ; School Council 45, 46 ; Band 45, 46 ; Pittsburg Music Festival 45. WILLIAM WRIGHT: F. F. A. 45. 46, 47. LEROY WUERDEMONN, Lee : Track 45, 46. 47 ; Football 45. 46. JAMIE LEE YATES: Cheerleader 45. 46, 47; Sec. of Wildcat Pep Club 45. 46. 47 ; Eta Phi Kappa 45. 46, 47 ; Attendant to Eta Phi Kappa Queen 45, 47. JOAN ZIMMERMAN. Jo : Hunington Beach, Cal- ifornia High School 45 ; Science Club 47 ; School Council 47 ; Home Room Officer 47. Seniors Not Pictured GEORGE BIGGS WILMA BIRD EDOIE BOORIGIE ELAINE FORD MILDRED HOWARD DAVID JACKSON CHARLES LOCKLIN ROBERT MAYS CHARLES NEELAND GENE PEHNORWOOD BILL RUSSELL MAX SLOAN NORMAN SMITH JIM SPILMAN High School Building JUNIOR OFFICERS Juni uniors Doe Lee, President: Ann Marden, Vice-president; Tony Post, Secretary-treasurer John Abbott Harold Aldiich Wilma Agosto Marguerite Allen May Bell Allen Jim Amend Cynthia Austin Bill Bailey Joan Baker Helen Barker Kay Baker Besie Berndt Suzanne Be ringer Travis Bolt Anna Bowers Billie Boyle June Biatlbury Kyle Brinkmeyer Gei ' ald BruiiiKton Harold Biuington Lawience Brunetti Dale Burton Joe Campbell Dwight Carroll Bill Casey Bill Catlett Dolorts Chaney Sue Chilcote Kent Clark Porter Clark Shirley Clubine Kenneth COuch Sam Cox Jeroldine Grain Mary Lou Crain Hareld Dambacher Phoebe Dai be Helen Daum Floyd Davis Eug;ne Dillon Pauline Dodson Paul Dodson DTaicean Fields Noel Figgins Marilyn Foster Richard Fouts Naomi Fritz Rodgtrs Gassner Bob Gaughan Barbara Gillen Joan Gillen Buddy Glaettli Jane Hackmaster Jim Halsey Duwayne Hanson Colleen Hardine Doiris Harris Dorothy Heckman Beverly Helm Barbara Holloway Bill Hudson Bruce Hudson Merrill Huff Nancy Hughes Harold Hull Norma Humes Charles Jardine Patricia Johnson Mary Anne Joseph Don Kinderfather Betty Kinsey Jeannine Lamar Marilyn Lattin Edith Lee Dolores Lee Elizabeth Leedy Danny Leffingwell Charlotte Lesslie Rosanne Locke Marilyn McClaren Lesta McConnell Nanette McGrath Ann Marden Lucille Michael Herb Milford Richard Miller Dee Moberly Alma Jane Montgomery Verna Morgan Marvin Nance Bill Newell Marjorie Newkirk Norma Patterson Audrey Pearce Barbara Jo Perkins Elaine Peyatte Jerry Piper Joe Pond Sliai ' on Pond Tony Post Vernon Powers Patty Rains Billie Jo Rains Shirley Ray Jack Reppert Richard Ridgeway Tillie Riggs Bill Ringle Izora Roach Norma Robinson Bunnie Rouse Edward Schmidt Jeannette Scott Lyle Scott Bob Scovel Iva Shelley Bill Simmons Marilyn Small Betty Smith Clifford Smith Irma Jean Smith Robert Spilman Bill Spilman Colette Stewart Kenneth Stevens Jim Ted Taylor LaVerne Taylor Joyce Thompson Fred Torrence Phyllis Trotter Clifford Wathne Gwen Weaver Jerry Webb Richard Whitehurst Richard Wright Charlie Young IP. ■ Wayne Zimmerman James Thornbrugh Delphenice Zwingelberg Patsy Waybiight Page 22 BACK ROW: Stanley Vann. Bill Franklin. Gerald Redman, Jim Wilson. Jack Leach, Jim Fairbanks, Graham McNiel, Charles Martin. Bill Pittman. Donald Laird, William Woodley. Harold Parker. Bill Doss. THIRD ROW: Mary Howard. LalDonna Kettleman. Bettie St. John, Donna Tucker, Donna Holmes, Phyllis Guyer. Diane Furgason. Joyce Mitchell. Jane Lucas. Mary Ellen Moore, Betty Forline, Marlene Kretzer, Marylyn Shaffer, Kay Swenson. Norma Faurot. Barbara Stevens. SECOND ROW: Ivan Stevens. Elvin Ransbottom. Alfred Dorn. Carl Martin. Bobby Scott. Jerry Fox. Buddy Hatfield. Ann Price, Janice Gillespie. Ira O ' Brien. Darrell Hull, Harr Kuhraw. Jimmie Johnson, Cecil Daily. Glen Moore. FIRST ROW: Delbert Romig, Don Yates, Lloyd Newmaster, John Keltz, Larry Terrell Martin Wagner, Roland Haskins, Carl Tucker. John Powell. Jerr ' Dunbar. Charles Knapp. SOPHOMORE OFFICERS Eugene Kebert. vice president : Sara Ann Cummings, sec.-treas. ; Robert Smith, president. BACK ROW: Orlona Scott Elsie Wright Norma Lybarger. Evelyn Pruitt, Betty Luettke. Peggy McKain. Phyllis Roberts. Billye Ruth Rodgers. Joan Riggs, Elsie Ross, Judith Droegemueller, Elaine Penhorwood, Alberta Davidson Lola Ward, Betty MeCormack. MIDDLE ROW: Arnold Grotenhuis. Harlan Klintworth. Bill Morris. Jim Gillmore. Murray Meador Leon Shook Virgil ,„it ' ' ' ' i r,w ' J? ' ' ' ' ' - Mariin McClure. Bill Lattin. Bob Moore. Robert Sanborn. Donald Sewell. Henry Wuerdeman. HKSI ROW: Dolores Lessman, Gloria Ray. Cary Meadows. Margaret Wortman. Betty STierwin, Flora Newman Violet Kolb He ' en Jabben. Patsy Wooden. Norma Roth. Margie Fox. Shirley Hamilton, Barbara Damewooci, Bairbara Hammond ' Rita Sanborn. I f 4 % — Jf BACK ROW : Marvin Aiken. Hugh Biggs, Larry Anzelmo. Harold Beathe. Bob Cozad, Freddie Boorigie, Charles Chipman. Richard Chase. Wally Brann. Bob Bratien. Harold Clubine. MIDDLE ROW: Bonnie Botts. Sharon Clayton, Sara Ann Cummins, Connie Calkins, Colleene Adolph. Gloria Andres. Joyce Blair. Martha Boomis. Esther Austin. Helen Combs, Wilma Clark, Annabel Clark, Mary Bustos. FIRST ROW: Bud Cox. Bob Bustard, Bill Crigger. Herbert Caf.isch. Jim Cox. Edward Funston, Bill Wright. Jack Wells. Ralph Sumner, Donald Huston, Bob Thompson, Donald Bayes. BACK ROW: Norma Campbell. Pauline Smith, Florine Smit , Jeanette Navarre, Dixie Ivins. Phyllis McMurlry. Geraldine Meyer. Billie Ward, Betty Tobaben. Virginia Whistler, Ruth Taylor. Betty Scrivner, Wanda Vandermark. MIUI LE ROW: Bill Pendleton. Charles Wuerdeman, Eddie Howard, Bernard Schmitz, Jim Murphy. Ki bert Smith. Eugene Kebert Robert Washington. Bill Ferguson. Doyle Yoe, Bill Moberly, Bill Vermillion. FIRST ROW: Elizabeth MaGee. Beverly Fairlei h. Nancy Peach. Bettie Huff. Ruth Pickins. Betty Meadur. Geraldine Williams. Emma Nitz. Don Flippin, Bobby Joe Dennis, Bobby Wright. Conrad Newberry. Elvin Jabben Donald Spencer, DohmM Iv;in l .)it«im Page 24 Page 25 Honor Students Best Citizens Joe Pate Connie Brann Page 26 Most Industrious Dick Sanders LMta Parsons Most Courteous Bonny Boswell Donna Dyne Ferguson Best Sports Harold Baden Gwen Trout FAIR INDEPENDENCE Vera Harmes, attendant: Ruth Hille. Fair Independence: Mary Lou Rader. attendant. BAND QUEEN Ruth Hille. attendant : Rosalie Amoroso, attendant : Max Hendrickson. student director : Joan Duncan. Queen: Sadie Navarre, attendant; Lesta McConnell. attendant. Page 28 ETA PHI KAPPA QUEEN Elaine Ford, attjendant: Norma Robinson, Queen: Er- nestine Dan? € , attendant. WILDCAT QUEEN Jamie Yates, attendant: Geree Tidwell : Harold WashinBton. Jr.; Clara Moore. Queen: Coach Hughie Cla.v : Ruth Littles, attendant. - « Page 29 0- -i, .mf ij y 4 flW K - W roJjtvj ■ - f Wr k m f % J ii5S L aniTi ?i ' V? J+OABlci 3 acWt - ajptcufoj Page 23 ack. turdiumnt Jt. ' ayne i-m-meT-man YTnonci Ij illen Harold Baden Joe llPate Alan GooLd H .ex Cat! ett d gs Ljl e JDTinKmeuer QUO lEmmeT lene Uilloii Coach Nels on ari iLe lireirer trqll nJea-r Ibob ijraden ' enny Ijiosujel •am t oA FOOTBALL TEAM FIRST ROW : Jack Sturdivant, Tony Post, Harold Baden, Benny Boswell, Sam Cox, Ormond Gillen. SECOND ROW : Coach Nelson, Joe Pate, Alan Gooldy, Tom Witt, Kyle Brinkmeyer, Bob Braden, Eugene Dillon, Wayne Zimmerman Bill Callahan, Assistant Coach Emmot. THIRID ' ROW: Jim Enders, Charles Jardine, Du Wayne Hanson. Bill Bailey, Earl Lefever, Virgil Near, Leon Shook. Jerry Webb, Harold Beathe, Edward Schmidt. Kenneth Baden. FOURTH ROW : Doyle Yoe, Ira O ' Brien. Don Yates. Bill Vermillion, EdWard Funston, Lawreince Brunetti, Don Flippin, Donald Laird, Jerry Piper Billy Doss. Rex Catlett. BASKETBALL TEAM FIRST ROW: John Pegs. Jack Reppert. Harold Baden. Ormand Gillen. Gene Pehnorwood. SECONID ' ROW : Frank Sicks, Jack Sturdivant, Tony Post. Larry Rudrauf f . Benny Boswell. Cliflford Wathne. THIRD ROW: Jesse Shinpaugh Richard Whitehurst. Richard Chase, Eugene Kebert. Jerry Webb. Ira O ' Brien. Bill Moberly. Bob Thompson. FOURTH ROW ; Joe Pate, Bob Braden, Virgil Near, John Keltz, Robert Smith, John Bray, Kayo Emmot. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCORES I. H. S. Caney L H. S. 13 Fort Scott I. H. S. - 6 Parsons _ 14 L H. S. 1. H. S. 7 L H. S. 21 1. H. S. 36 I. H. S. 1 I. H. S. , lola 19 Columbus 6 Chanute Neodesha 6 Pittsburg Coffeyville 14 HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL SCORES Caney 31 Cheriyvale 30 Cherryvale 19 Parsons 31 Neodesha 34 Columbus 47 Fredonia 30 lola 49 Caney 30 Neodesha 24 Coffeyville 70 Chanute 61 Fredonia 51 Fort Scott 29 Pittsburg 53 33 Coffeyville 35 I H S. 40 I. H. S. 32 I. H. s _ 25 I. H. s. 35 I. H. s. _ 37 I. H. s 27 I H. s. 31 I. H. s. on I H. s 42 I H. s. 45 I. H. s. 39 I. H. s 51 I. H. s. 29 n. H. s. 40 I. H. s 31 I. H. s. ___ _ -33 League Games. Page 37 TOP: Tony Post, Larry Rudrauff. CENTER: John Pegg. BOTTOM: Jack Reppert, Harold Baden. TOP: Clifford Wathne, Gene Pennorwood. CENTER: Benny. Boawell. BOTTOM: Ormond Gillen, Jack Sturdivant. TRACK TEAM ! FRONT ROW : Burt Burns, Stan Lewis, Gerald Went worth. Wayne Zimmerman, Eugene Dillon, John Pegg. Benny Boswell. Joe Pate. Rex Catlett. Bob Scovel. Bobby Scott. SECOND ROW: Kyle Brinkmeyer, Edward Schmidt. Harold Baden. Joe Scott. Donald Ransbottom. Robert Smith. Bob Cozad. Richard Chase, Conrad Newberry, Donald Pitts. THIRD ROW: Coach Nelson, Kent Clark, Charles Jardine. Jim Eneds, Charles Knapp. Harold Bruington, Donald Spencer, Harlin Klindworth, Lawrence Brunetti. Bruce Hudson, Alan Laird, David Jackson. BACK ROW : Kenneth Baden, Jerry Dunbar, Harold Beathe. Gerald Bruington, Virgil Near. Leon Shook, Ray Riley, Ira O ' Brien, Leroy Wuerdeman, Gene Penhorwood, Gerald Redman, Bud Cox, John iDtincan, Kayo Emmot. Boswell taking low hurdles Page 40 GOLF TEAM TOP ROW: Gerald Redman, Bill Smith- Jack Reppert, Ormand Gillen. Larry Kudrauft, Don White. Bob Playford. BOTTOM ROW : Hugh Biegs. Gene Wentworth. Charles Clarke, Stanley Underwood, Larry Anzelmo, Fred Torrance. TENNIS TEAM TOP ROW: Harry Kuhraw, John Bray, Dick Sanders, Bill Wilhelm, Bill Ringeisen. BOTTOM ROW: Don Flippen, Billy Doss, Charles Chipman. Jerry Fox. WILDCAT BASKETBALL TEAM TOP ROW : Charle YolinE, Jimmie Johnson, Julius Day, Clyde Pouncil, Coach Hughie Clay. BOTTOM ROW: Robert Wesley. Alfred IDorn. Harold Washington, Carl Dean Martin, Graham McNeil. WILDCATS SCORE TABLE FOR 46-47 ■■Wildcats , 27 Wildcats 37 Wildcats 40 Wildcats 27 Wildcats 24 Wildcats , 29 Wildcats 42 Wildcats 54 Wildcats i_ 22 Topeka 30 Chanute 41 Parsons 38 Coffeyville 30 Ft. Scott _. 15 Joplin 36 Parsons 33 Coffeyville 21 Topeka 24 Indicates games played twice. The tenth game was a game (practice) with the In- dependence Hawks. It was a game that was played to better the Wildcat Team. The Wildcats hit the .500 mark in the All SEK League. Coach Hughie Clay Page 42 I Page 43 SCHOOL COUNCIL MEMBERS— First Semester -■ .-a) FRONT ROW: Martha Boomis. Bill Ringle. Phyllis Meyer. Bobby Scott, Barbara Hammond. SECON© ROW : Dorothy Heckman. Marilyn Foster. Norma Patterson. Virginia Belcher. Jeanette Scott, Joan Zimmerman. THIRD ROW: George Wilson. Freddy Wilson. Larry Rudrauff, Stanley Underwood. Richard Ridgeway. Don Castle. SCHOOL COUNCIL OFFICERS— First Semester SCHOOL COUNCIL OFFICERS— Second Semester Frank Moses, vice president : Ruth Hille, secretary treas- urer; Bill Callahan, president. Don Castle, president : Jeanette Scott, secretary treasurer ; Richard Ridgeway, vice president. SCHOOL COUNCIL MEMBERS— Second Semester FRONT ROW: Betty Hadley, Emma Jean Nitz. Colette Stewart. Wilma Chaney, Dorothy Bird. SECOND ROW : Max Hendrickson. Barbara Gillen. Diane Furgason. Alma Jane Montgomery, Bill Dittmer, Robert Faulk. THIRD ROW: Bill Latin, IDlck Sanders. Larry Ferrell. Jim Amend, Bob Gaughan, Floyd Holloway. BACK ROW: Donald Pitts, Marvin Nance. SCIENCE CLUn BACK ROW : Bill Wilhelm. Larry Fcrrell. Bill Pittman. Jack Smith. Mr. Gilmore. Sponsor FIRST ROW: Don Castle, Martin Wagner, Virginia Belcher, Joan Zimmerman. (Dick Sanders SENIOR HIGH OFFICE WORKERS BACK ROW ; Lucille Michael. Wilma Pendleton, Nancy Todd. Ardell Carpenter. Peggy McKain MIDDLE ROW: Dorothy Heckman. Maribeth Newkirk. Doris Schulze, Bunnio Rouse FRONT ROW: Phyllis Gehlbach. Aloma Sillin, Doris Clemmer. Lois Temme Page 45 DAUBERS CLUB SEATED : Jerry McKinney, Suzanne Beringer. Donna Carter, John Pruitt, Bonnie Smith, Wally Eisminger, Kathryn Simmons. Delores Chaney. SECOND ROW: Miss Hembree. Nancy Hughes. fDonna Williams, Joyce Kiblinger, Jo Anna March. Marcean Fields, Verla Jean Brost, Marilyn Small. BACK ROW: Buddy Glaettli. Larry Ferrell, Bob Playford. DRAMATICS CLUB BACK ROW : Charles Chipman, Gerald Elliott. Wally Eisiminger. Bill Pittman. Richard Ridgeway. Bobby Joe Dennis MIDDLE ROW: Rosanna Locke, Billie Boyle, Rita Parsons, Gwen Trout, ©tirothy Whorton. Sadie Navarre, Mrs. Margaret Goheen. Sponsor FIRST ROW: Donna D. Ferguson. Mary Pittman. Billie Jo Ranes. Rita Sanborn, Shirley Ray. Rosalie Amoroso Page 46 SENIOR CLASS PLAY CHARLEyS AUNT Kathryn Simmons. Wally Eisminger. Bill Callahan, Rita Parsons, Bob Farley. Gerald ' ElHott. Gwen Trout, Jack Conaway. Donna Dyne Ferguson, Don Castle. Dorothy Whorton. Frank Moses. 1 ' ■Iv.: Ji ■■-Vn wm r Vwi B li fl ni ll B f« -J f 111 lu ,.. Wll - - ■ -Sfcs I ' m Charley ' s Aunt from Brazil — where the nuts come from ! Pardon me rfor intruding. ' Do I deserve this ? ' ' 1 mm 45-1 -■ ■ ■ ' ■ ' Page 47 SENIOR HIGH GIRLS ' CHORUS f I e f I f ' L — BACK ROW : Sadie Navarre, Delores Chaney, Joan Russell, Betty Scrivner. Norma Campbell, Janet Thomas. Ann Marden, Jeroldine Crain. Mary- Lou Crain. Joan Baker MIDDLE ROW: Lois Parker, Rose M. Vaug han, Mary Lou Rader, Mary Anne Joseph, Jane Hackmaster, Suzanne Beringer. Betsy Leedy. Eleanor Sharpe, Betty S. Chilcote, Marilyn McCIaren, Barbara Perkins, Phyllis Owen FIRST ROW: Ellen Gaines. Norma A. Williams. Judith Droepemuller, Rita Sanborn. Barbara Hammond. Norma J. Taylor. Connie Brann, Bettie Huff, Rosanna Locke. fDee Lee, Elaine Peyatte ORCHESTRA FRONT ROW: Phyllis Gehlbach. Billic Jo Ranes, Maryetta Watts. Jeanette Navarre. Betty St. John. SECOND ROW : Joyce Thompson. Joe Campbell, Charles Chipman, Faye Wilkinson. Jack Leach, Jim Amend, Jim Ted Taylor. Sadie Navarre. Marjorie Newkirk. Elsie Wrigrht. THIRD ROW: Lesta McConnell, Ellis Etter. (Don Mallonee, Ruth Taylor. Norma Patterson. James Underwood. Martin Wagner, Don Kinderfather. Charles Clarke. Jim Criswell, Max Hendrickson. BACK ROW: Gerald Elliott, Rosalie Amoroso. Page 48 THE BAND FIFTH ROW: Mr. W. Glenn Ruff. Director. Don Kinderfather. Frank Moses, Joe Campbell. Doyle Faler. Merrill Ha ' ff, Bill Crigger, Bobby Joe Dennis. Maryetta Watts. Sadie Navarre. Gerald Elliott FOURTH ROW : Stan Underwood. Charlene Meadows. Paula Clifford, James Criswell, Max Hendrick- son. Jim Amend, Jim Ted Tayior. Ormund Gillen, Robert Felts, Bill Pittman. Jerry Webb, Rosalie Amoroso THIRID ROW : Jack Leach. Jeanette Navarre, Charles Clarke. Kent Clark. Leon Shook. Bruce Hudson. Harold Parker. Larry Rudrauff. Don Findley, Dale Faler, Charles Nation, Wally Brann, Richard Chase. Danny Kelly. Donald Sewell, Bill Wilhcm, Ruth J. Hille SECOND ROW : Jim Halsey. Donald Mallonee. Tom Smith. Ellis Etter, Bill Lattin, James Gilmore. John Keltz, Richard Wright, Lesta McCor.nell. Joyce Blair. Charles Chipman, Phyllis Guyer, Norma J. Patterson. Sharon Pond. Audrey Pearce FIRST ROW : Cynthia Austin, Bethane Clayton, Ruth Taylor. Joan Duncan BAND QUARTET BAND DRUM MAJORS AND TWIRLERS mond Gillen, Robert Felts. Lesta McConnell. Ellis Etter Cynthia Austin. Bethane Clayton. Gerald Elliott. Ruth Taylor, Joan Duncan Page 49 CHEERLEADERS Wally Eisminger, Gwen Trout, Doug Whaley, Kathryn Simmons. Frank Moses. Doug Whaley, Mascot. PEP CLUB CHEERLEADERS: Kathryn Simmons. Gwen Trout . ai,,,-, FIRST ROW • Barbara Damewood, Lois Temme, Norma A. Williams, Connie Brann, fcleanor bnarpe, IDelores Chaney. Ellen Gaines, Donna Ferguson, Rita Sanborn, Margaret Wortman. Dons Clemmer. Shirley Hamilton. Janice Gillespie, Nancy Peach. Bunnie Rouse. Mary Lou Eader. SECOND ROW : Phyllis Owen. Nanette McGrath. Marilyn Foster, Mary Lou Grain. Marilyn McUaren. pelphinece Zwingelberg. Helen Daum, Nancy Ted. ' , Jeannine Jackson, Colette Stiewart, Aloma Sillpn Rosella Wallace. Janet Thomas, Phyllis Threadgil, Elaine Peyatte. . j „ THIRD ROW ■ Billie Jo Ranes, Dee Lee. Marylyn Shaffer. Joyce Mitchell, Jane Hackmaster, Ardell Carpenter. Billie Ward. Betty Tobahen. Rita Parsons. Ma.iine Meyer. Jerry Meyer. Norma Jean Renner. Wima Pendletun. Dorothy Heckrran. Miss Karthans. ..sponsor. ni! II Ti eimesaa k Oi B t r ' s % % niUlM MA.IOU AND TWIRLERS lluiuuc Smith. Marlene Kretzer, Ruth J. Hille, Beverly Helm, Norma Faurot. SENIOR HIGH DRUM CORPS BACK ROW : Phyllis Gelbach, Mariorie Newkirk, Jeanelte Scott. Lucille Michael, IDiane Furgason. Mary Ann Joseph. Lesta McConnell. THIR)D ' ROW: Emma Nitz, Rosanna Locke. Mary Ellen Moore, Ann Price, Martha Boomis, Barbara Perkins. Billie Jo Ranes, Nancy Hughes. Ruth Hille. SECOND ROW : Marlene Kretzer. Barbara Gillen. Phyllis McMurtry. Sharon Clayton. Joyce Thompson, Dixie Ivans. Betty Forline. Ann Marden. Beverly Fairleifrh. Beverly Helm. FRONT ROW: Bonnie Smith, Barbara Hammond. Margaret Dulohery. Jane Lucas, Kay Swenson, Phyllis Trotter. Betty Smith, Maribeth Newkirk, Joan Riggs. Norma Faurot. FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA CLUB FRONT ROW: Kieth Sage. Gerald Banion. Billy Barnes. Walter Reynolds, Edwin Catlett, Fred Wilson. Treasurer. Paul Coats, Glen Van ' D ' yne. Donald Main. Wilbur Lesslie. SECOND ROW: Edwin Bowen. Robert Campbell. Muncie Kettleman. Joe Scott. President. Bill Simmons. Donald Pitts, Gerald Bruington. Raymond Zimmerman. J. D. Rector, Vice-President, Arnold Grotenhuis Sentinel. THIRD ROW: Rex Catlett, Louis Spradling. Eugene Garrison. Secretary, James Aiken, Harold Bruing- ton. Carl Tucker. Reporter. Raymond Leffler, Billy Pittman, Ivan Stephens, Donnie Edwards. FOURTH ROW : Don Castle. Kent Clark. Raymond Chaff in, Leeien Houck. Ernest Grofch. Delbert Romig, Louis Catron, Harold Clubine, Billy Henry. GIRLS ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION FOURTH ROW: Margie Howrey, Joan Baker. Elaine Peyatte, Donna Ferguson, Rita Sanborn, Aloma Sillin. Ruth Taylor. Joan Gillen. Lesta McConnell. Billie Boyle, Betty Tobaben, May Belle Allen, Marilyn McClaren. Miss Marie Karthans, Sponsor THIRD ROW: Bettie St. John. Phyllis Guyer. Violet Kolb, Vera Harms. Paula Clifford. Dorothy Whorton. Maribeth Newkirk. Doris Clemmer, Mary Lou Grain SECONJD ROW: Flora Newman. Geraldine Williams. Betty McCormack. Margaret Wortman. Betty Luettke. Betty Kinsey. Phyllis Owen. Beverly Thompson FIRST ROW : Barbara Dame wood, Gary Meadows, Pat Helser, Bunnie Rouse, Mary Pittman, Shirley Clubine. Betty Meador FUTURE HOMEMAKERS ASSOCIATION BACK ROW: Shirley Holloway, Katherine Hughes. Doris Schulze. Norma Roth, Virginia Belcher, Velma Campbell, Helen Combs. Vera Harms. Alberta Davidson. Mrs. Hopperstad FRONT ROW: Orah Ross. Lois Parker, Judith Droegemueller, Elsie Ross. Joyce Spilman, Jackie Mundy. Barbara Holloway. Mary Luettke, Norma Orr Page 53 THE STUDENT STAFF FIRST ROW: Mary Lou Rader, Connie Brann. Ruth Jean Hilie. Jeannine Jackson. Rita Parsons. Wilma Pendleton. Phyllis Gehlbach. Abbie Cunninirham. SECOND ROW: Charles Clarke. Wally Eisminger, Alan Gooldy, Bob Farley, Gerald Elliott, Charles Ma- gee. Stanley Lewis. THE STUDENT STAFF FIRST ROW: Norma Anne Williams, Bonnie Smith. Janet Thomas. Phyllis Threadgill. Catherine Schmitz, Kathryn Simmons, Eleanor Sharpe. SECOND ROW: Eugene Wentworth. Maryetta Watts. Barbara Sherwin. Jack Sturdivant. Gwen Trout, Dora Ann Walters, Tom Smith. FRONT ROW: Charles Clarke, business man- ager, Mary Lou Rader, Richard Ridgeway, assistants. BACK ROW: Phyllis Owen, sports editor; Bill Bailey, assistant. Orange and Black Staff Dee Lee, assistant Alitor; Nancy Hughes, art editor; Rita Parsons, Wilma Pendleton, co- editors. FIIONT ROW: Phyllis Threadgill, snapshots; Don Castle, activities editor. BACK ROW: Janet Thomas, snapshots; Gwen Trout, snapshot editor; Rosella Wallace, snap- shots. Page 55 ETA PI KAPPA THIRD ROW: Carl Martin, Cecil Daley, Julius ID ' ay. Richard Craig, Alfred Dorn, Clyde Pouncil, Robert Wesley, Henry Bradley. David Jackson. Jimmie Johnson SECOND ROW : Graham McNiel, Charlie Young. Otris Carrethers, Georgia Lee Bailey, Elaine Ford. Marjorie Vann. Clara Moore, Norma Robinson FIRST ROW: Rose M. Vaughn. LeEdna Bates, Ernestine Daniels, Christine Patrick, Anita Bradley, Ruth Littles COLORED PEP CLUB BACK ROW: Norma Robinson. Clara Moore. Ruth Littles, Elaine Ford. Georgia Lee Bailey. FRONT ROW : Ernestine Daniels, Anita Bradley. Christine Patrick. Rose Margaret Vaughn. CHEERLEADER: Jamie Lee Yates. Mi T Page 56 Page 57 LONNIE WOOD, Principal MRS. ROY STONE, Clerk ALICE AUBRY, B. S. American History, Social Science, English DORIS BERRY, B. S. Physical Education KATHARYN DeLURY, Life Certificate Mathematics GRACE CROCKER, A. B., M. A. English LOUISA COLDWELL, B. S. Science HAZEL GILLIS, B. S. English Page 58 NANCY HORTON, B. S. Mathematics ELLSWORTH JOHNSTON, B. S. Science KAIHRYN KIDD, B. S. English GERALD HARLIN, A. B. Citizenship, American History MARIE HEMBREE, B. S. Art JOSEPHINE HOOVER, B. S. Chorus ARMELEA HOPPERSTAD, B. S. Home Economics ARGLE LEE, B. S. Woodworking, Social Studies BERNICE McNeil, A. B. English, Remedial Reading DENTON ROSSEL, A. B., B. M., M. M. E. Band, Orchestra W. P. SHEPARD, A. B. Mathematics JOHN THIESING, B. S. Mathematics HIRAM VINCENT, B. S. Physical Education ETHEL WAHL, B. S. Citizenship, Science, Student NINTH GRADE OFFICERS Ninth Grade Bill Shaw, secretary-treasurer ; Edwin Lybarger. president : Marjorie Hiatt. vice president. P ' IRST ROW: Mr. ThiesinK. Avola Botts, Ila Spencer. Donald Fux. Wilbur Lesslie. Cecil WriRht. Donald Fritz. Kenneth Heape. Patrick Hiatt. Fat Newell. Helen Adams. SECOND ROW : Dunald Cornett. Paul Viets. Bill Shaw. Rdland Fonts. Jim Brown. Benny Crigger. Ty- rell Brown. Robert Campbell. Dick Howrey. Donald Walker. THIRD ROW: Delores Altendonf. Florene Helems. . Nina Harp. Catherine Hughes. Rosalie Barker, Alice Nelson. Laura Mae Andres. Barbara Moon. Donna Williams. Betty Rhodd. Miss Crocker. FOURTH ROW : Jo Anna March. Dana Rader. Ruth Wilson. Mary Coffman. Joan Hobsoji. Martha Scott. Patsy Bamman. Abbie Riggs. Wanda Barrager. Bonnie Idleman. Pat Hudiburg. Lois Kolb, Bernice Lange Dortha Dollison. FIFTH ROW: Eldon Pedieo. Manuel Mendoza. Norman Tucker. Bob Mercer. Melvin Chism. Edwin Bowen, Albert Quigley, Carl Boggs. David Runyan. Stoner Smith. Edwin Lybarger. Jack Hackworth. Page 60 FIRST ROW; Eltun Temme, Keith Sage. Harold Taylor, Jerald Baniun. Herbert Jabben, Larry Kaiser. John Salisbury-. Miss DeLury. SECOND ROW: Bill Barnes. Edward Krone, Gilbert Hammond. Jerry McKinney. Dale Stoy. Henry Wallinfr. Don Main, Arthur Tull. Bill Vann. Alex Welch. Earl Pearce. THIRD ROW : Wilma Chaney, Nadine Lessnian. Lois Heitman, Patricia Card. Diane Trumbly. Carolyn Reno. Rosa lee Tetrick. Jean Thompson. Joy Spilman, Lea Mae Riggs. Norma Tucker. Nancy Sturpeon. Bertie Pouncil. FOURTH ROW: Jerry Vogel, Walter Reynolds. Everett Dye. Jim Petty. Don Scrivner, Allen Maston, Wayne Langston. Bill Bracken. Virj?il Hopkins. Jerry Gibson. Jack Fanning. FIFTH ROW: Barbara O ' Brien, Judith Thompson. Orma Parkison, Bertha McCool, Wilma Huff. Jane Bandelier. Evelyn Rnmine, Margaret Kirchoff, Helen Alexander. Beverly TorTens, Areola Wilson, Wanda Reed, Anita Bradley. Combs. Billy Seller, James Grooms. Alice Rogers, Beverly FIRST ROW : Miss Wahl, Kent Jackson. Keith Dillon. Jerry Burns. Lewis Downing. Paul Coats, Marvin Trout. James Cooley. Marjorie Hiatt, Connie Main, Mis McNiel. SECOND ROW: Richard Humsea. Leon Kealey. Cha4rles Dowell. Stanley Manuel Bustos. Glen VanDyen, Dan Towery. Donald White. Leonard Vaughn, THIRD ROW: Jo Ann Bamman, Ardis Ewing. Cherrie Gennett. Betty Theis; Davidson. Melva Skinner. Mary Luettke. Wanda Traxler. Wanda Smith. Betty Riddle. Shirley Holloway. FOURTH ROW: Bill Johnson, Don Rin eisen. Tommy Downing, Jack Allen. Joe McClelland, Ralph Bretches, Muncie Kettleman, Bobby Nice. Edwin Catlett. Earl Tackett, Donald Fritz, FIFTH ROW: Anita Meyer, Ada Thompson. Bertha Berndt, Sharon Ranes. Norma Orr. Helen Hull, Helen Pendleton. Donna Carter, Joyce Kiblinger. Margie Van Dolah. Eleanor Clark, Mary Ann Hindenach, Lila Field. Page 61 Eighth Grade : -i Neal Arnold, vice president ; Carol McMurtry. secretary-treasurer ; Deana Johnson, presider FIRST ROW: Donald Todd. Ernie Bright. J. O. Spurlock. Norvell Runyon. James Scott. Victor David, Robert Briggs. Richard Fritz, Albert Cottrell. SECOND ROW: Miss Kidd. Norvelle Couch, Clarence Gullick. Douglas DeYoung. Paul Newmaster, Jerry Harlin, Denny Wall. Fred Eagle, Jerry Burke. Mrs. Caldwell. THIRD ROW: tDbrothy Trout. Carol McMurtry. Charlene Callahan, Frances Locke, Dawn Freeman. Helen Lay. Katherine Eikenberry. Charlpne Moore. Neva Bayes, Mary Arnold. Patty Dlffey Cammie Funston. FOURTH ROW: Bill Gooldy. Donald Kendrick. Ronald Vogel, Wenzil Washington, Dale Wiliams. Vernon Faer. Earlin Brown. Lawrence Preston. Haywood Relford, Donald Bressie. Jessie Wallick, Jim Claiborne. FIFTH ROW: August Shumaker. Donna Benton. Marilyn Riddles, Alice Hall. Susie Dye. Joan Clifford, Helen Roberts. Barbara Wesley, Blundell Jamison, Elizabeth Luster, Eva Relford, Betrean Relford. Page 62 BOTTOM ROW : Harry Scott. Marion Taber. Bobby Tindle, Marlin Meador. Dale Wood, Francis Moberly, Kenneth Clark. Nathan Hurst. Henry Williams. Oliver Wilburn, Earl Relford, Mr. Vincent. SECOND ROW : Miss Berry, Joan Doss. Peggy Oesch. Peggy Dominy, Sandra Wren, Charlene Lewis, Violet Darnell. Darlene Elliott. Delores Dollison, Charlene Leach. Bonnie Nice, Letha Martinez, Yvonne Crooms. THIRD ROW: Billy Adam, Billy Kourkos, Richard Jarvis, Enoch Patterson, Dale Ruff, Norman Jackson. Ernest Carr. Billy Etycheson, James Moore, Ben Young. Robert McKain, Earl Corle. FOURTH ROW : Richard Catron, Chester Gross, Carol Cook, Deana Johnson. Dorothy Richardson. Joan Sturdivant. Joan Shackelford, Georgia Holmes, Theresa Allen, Martha Washington. Mary Vaughn, David Holbert. FIRST ROW: Ronald Fox. John Chaney. tD ' arrel Harvey-, Everett Parks. Buck Eytcheson. Merril Coy, Frankie Stark. Leon Ralford, Howard Reimer, Jack Timmons. Ralph Deltenre. Bill Playford. SECOND ROW: Nancy Allison, Lois Dyer. Dorothy Harris, Norma Tucker, Shirley Downing. Virginia Howard. Peggy Rice, Donna Wheeler, Viola Mundy. Phyllis Stoy, Kathaleen Graham, Lois Deen. THIRD ROW: Bobby Pate, Jerry Myrick. Preston Ramsey. Jimmy Schenck, Jim Bryan, Norman Whistler. Richard Gregg, Kenneth Beeler, Jerry Helmick, Louis Bustos. Herman Johnson, Jim Crosson. FOURTH ROW: Homer Watts. Clagett Pruitt. Donald Anderson, Tommy Piper, Clavin Crigger. Bruce Sanford. Johnie Harvey, Charles Wilson. Jo Sears. Neal Arnold, Leito Durley, Miss Horton. FIFTH ROW : Hazel Dean, Juanita Ritchey, Francis Billings. Nona Donaldson, Reeta Wills. Hazel Courtright. Cleta Jackson, Francis Washington, Inex Harvey, Mary Rossel, Jean Rudrauff, Joan Crosson, Miss Coldwell. Page 63 T I SEVENTH GRADE OFFICERS I M I Seventh Grade Jack Murphy, president ; Carolyn McCuiineU. vite president ; David P ' errcU. secretary-treasurer. BOTTOM ROW: Delores Dowell. Doris (Degarimore. Cora Jane Howard. Maria Casey, Jo Ann Rosson, Beverly Mauldin. Barbara Jackson. Lucille Blank, Julia Mathews, Shirley Musgrove. Martha Budd. Phyllis Baker. Sandra Leedy. Jclene Oakes. Martha Myers. SECOND ROW: Darrell Spencer. Lester Darnell. David Davidson, Albert Jackson, Clarcjnce Gibson. Thomas Lee, Jim Furgason. John Borovetz, Charles Callahan. Romaine Smith. Bobby Wright. James Russel. Howard Griffiths. Mrs. Gillis. THIRD ROW : Roy Mobray. Richard Martin. Tyrell Pruitt. Don Klint vortK Jo Anzelmo. Arthur Pouncil. Leo Bates. Spericer Carter, Edward Trotter Leroy tD bbs, Howard Sturdevant, Irvin McDowell. Jim Teats. Peggy Corn, Mr. Lee. TOP ROW: Shirley Clemit. Alona Carr. Charlotte Barrager. Dona Rowden. Garnet Campbell. Jean Marie Newmaster. Janice Somers, Norene Parkison. Marlene Guyer, Patricia Bell. Lucille Carrol, Marjorie Washington. Norma Reimer. Zelaa Helms. Jo Ann Lattin, Jack CribbsL Walter May. Page 64 HKST ROW: Mr. SheparJ. Francis Brinkmeyer, Bobby Petty. Melverire Anderson. Emma Romine, Peggy B.anchard, Carolyn McConnell, Kathryn Hadley. Cynthia Houck, J. W. Miller, B. J. Camp- bell. Eddie Williams, Glen Hult.z, Miss Aubry. SECOND ROW ; Roy Jones. Norman Whitson. Jackie Boyle. Jason Newell. Willard Quigley, Donald Kebert. Gaylord Post, Junior Knoes. Walter Holmes, Earl Bradley. John Johnson. THIRD ROW: Eugene Reynold, Jim Boges, Wilma Mae Childers, Beth Bell Stokely, Mildred Patrick, Verna McCool. Natalie Freels, Jo Ann Rogers, Irene Fickle, Romaine Smith, Stephen Sanders, Patsy. Roberts. FOURTH ROW : Jackie St. John. George Belcher, Bobby Duke, Stewart! Elliott, Jack Murphy, Gene Dodson, Bob Henderson, Robert O ' Brien, Richard tDavis. Opal Brown, Dorothy Mosley. FIFTH ROW: Dorothy Knoblock. Virginia VanCleave. Jeanette Taylor Maxine Botts, Ruby Metcalf, Beverly Thompson, Madeline Kelly, Barbara Horton, Betha Lee Hayes, FIRST ROW: Mr. Johnson. Jack Jolly, Gus Franklin, Marvin Blankenship, Margaret Meadows, Joan Smith, Mary Ann Morris, Norma Doss, Harold Tucker, James Hawthorn, Edward Wooten, Mr. Emmot. SECOND ROW: Leon Robison. Harold Vann. Wayne Protheroc, Leonard Webb, Nick Rogers, Bill Boomis. Don Cunningham, Herman Luettke, Bobby Andrews, Fenton Easterling. John Cramer. THIRD ROW : Gloria Pruitt. Margie Robinson. Iris Moberly. Beverly Ranes, Patty McKown, Junetta Arn old. Norma Ellis. Geraldine Chaffin, Esther Brown. Ruth Botts, Elizabeth Gaines. Dixie Patton. Jonelle Carpenter. FOURTH ROW : Ned Richardson. Jackie Mansliield. Warren Keltz. Ray Wilkerson, Frankie Arnold, Bill Mersereau. Jim Anderson. Dave Bailey, David Ferrell, Earl Unruh. Wa.vne Bird. FIFTH ROW: Venice Wilson. Prenthia Mosley. Mae McGilbry Joyce Wilkerson, Zelda Cochran, Juanita Langston, Mary Pender. Earlene Sellers, Cara Jane Gollier, Shirle.v Porterfield. STUDENT COUNCIL FIRST ROW: Elton Temme. Leon Robison. Jerry Burke, Johnie Cramer, Nancy Allison. Dortha Dol- lison, Sharon Ranes, Charlene Moore Peggy Rice. ., , . „ t , t, n t- SECOND ROW: Junior Borovetz, Gene ffl ' odson, Howard Sturdevant, Jack Allen, Del Kutn, Dottie Richardson, Lois Heitman, Dana Rader, Mary Alice Heitman. THIRD ROW : Patty McKown Kathaleen Graham. Peggy Oesch, Joan Clifford, Doris IDeganmore, Don Cunningham, Jack Murphy, Spencer Carter, Eddie Williams. FOURTH ROW: Connie Main, Ardis Ewing, Beverly Torrence, Bonnie Idleman, Susje Dye, Henry Walling, Norman Tucker, Claggett Pruitt, Marion Taber. OFFICE HELPERS FIRST ROW: Mrs. Stone, Ralph Deltenre. Jerry Harlin. Jean Rudrauff, Peggy Oesch, Sandra Sue Wren, Jerry Burke, Cecil Wright, Mr. Wood. SECOND ROW : Ila Spencer, Wanda Traxler, Donna Williams, Bernice Lange, Rosalee Tetrick, Betty Rhodd, Dana Rader, Dortha tD ' ollison. Wilma Chaney. THIRD ROW : Bill Gooldy, Neal Arnold, Jo Sears, Everett Dye. Jack Allen, Joe McCleland, Richard Humes. FOURTH ROW : Connie Main. Dian Trumbly, Jo Anna March, Donna Carter, Marjorie VanDolah, Helen Pendleton, Hazel Courtright, Mary Coffman. Page 66 GIRL RESERVES FIRST ROW : Jacquetta Chambers. fD ' orothy Trout. Marjorie Hiatt. Martha Myers, Joan Rogers, Mary Cofifman. Eleanor Clark. Ruth Ann Wilson, Dana Rader. Mary Ellen Rossel, Diane Trumbly, Peggy Corn. SECOND ROW: Miss Coldwell. Cherrie Genetite. Neva Bayes. Nancy Allison, Joan Smith, Erlene Sellars, Doris Degarimore. Dorothy Knoblock. Charene Moore, Cynthia Houck, Irene Fickle, Helen Lay. THIRJD ROW: Hazel Courtright. Joan Clifford. Helen Roberts. Joyce Riddles. Reeta Belle Wills. Norene Parkison. Orma Parkison, Carolyn McConnell, Natalie Freels, Joyce Wilkerson, Jonelle Carpenter. Shirley Scott. JUNIOR HIGH G. A. A. FIRST ROW: Wilma Chaney Dortha Dollison, Wanda Smith, Frances Locke. Ha Spencer, Sharon Ranes. Donna Williams. SECOND ROW: Delores Dollison. Dona Adamson. Norma Doss. Peggy Oesch, Lois Doop, Kathleen Graham. Peggy Dominy. Katherine Eikenberry. Neva Bayes. Violet Darnell. THIRD ROW: Miss Berry, Lois Heitman. Peggy Rice. Theresa Allen. Donna Benton, Nadine Lessman. Patsy Bamman. Marjorie VanDolah. Jean Rudrauff, Carol McMurtry, Anita Meyer. Bernice Lange. FOURTH ROW: Joan Hobson, Mary Coffman. Martha Scott. Etta Caston. Donna Carter. Marilyn Riddles. Helen Pendleton. Joan Clifford, Joan Sturdivant. Susie Dye. Bonnie Idleman. Helen Hull. Page 67 NINTH GRADE FOOTBALL TEAM FIRST ROW: Cecil Wright, Donald Kebert. John Borovetz. Bobby Pate, Norvelle Runyon, Billy Kourkos. SECOND ROW : Billy Adam. Jerry Harlin, Benny Crigger. Jerry Myrick, Larry Kaiser, Tommy Piper. THIRD ROW: Ned Richardson. Donald Kendrick. Paul Viets, Walter Reynolds, Tyrell Brown. FOURTH ROW : Jim Petty, Manuel Mendoza. Eldon Pedigo. Neal Arnold, Chester Gr oss. Mr. Shepard. JUNIOR HIGH FOOTBALL SCORES I. J. H. I. J. H. Coffeyville 26 Coffeyville 27 SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRA ' DE FOOTBALL TEAM FIRST ROW: Eddie Williams, Ronald Fox. Tiffy Lee. B. J. Campbell, Marlin Meador. Jimmy Russel. SECOND ROW: Wayne Protheroe, Charles Callahan. Darrell Harvey. Bobby Tindle, Jim Furgason. Jimmy Andres. THIRD ROW: Donald Kebert. John Cramer. Everett Parks, Frankie Stark. Bobby Pate, Bobby Petty. FOURTH ROW : Mr. Shepard. Ned Richardson, Wayne Langston. George Belcher, Albert Jackson. Page 63 JUNIOR Hir.H HASKETHAI.I, TKAM I ' lRST ROW: Mr. Vim-ent. Edwin Lybarger. Bill Barnes. Jack Allen. Everett Dye. David Runyan. Stoner Smith. Paul Viets. Benny Crijjfrer Cecil Wright. SECOND ROW : Hobby Pate. Fred Eagle. Jerry Harlin. Bill Gooldy. Richard Catron, Neal Arnold. Chester Gross. Dale Williams Bill Kourkos. Bobby Tindle, Darrell Harvey. THIRD ROW: Mr. Wood. Donald Kebert. John Borovetz. Jim Furgason, Bill Mersereau, Ned Richard- son. Spencer Carter, Bobby Henderson. Jack Murphy, Gene Dodson, Tiflfy Lee, Mr. Shepard. JUNIOR HIGH BASKETBALL SCORES SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE NINTH GRADE Independence 15 Independence 34 Independence 11 ' Independence 24 ' ■ ' Independence 19 Independence 8 Independence 15 Independence 12 Independence 18 lndependenc= 12 Independence 17 Won 6 Lost 5 Elk City 6 Havana 3 Chanute 30 Fredonia 25 Neodesha 18 Coffeyville 27 Neodesha 12 Chirryvale 15 Neodesha 15 Fiedonia 21 Coffeyville 8 Independence 31 Independence 33 Independence 21 ' Tndi;i)endence 33 Independence 38 Independence 24 ' Independence 20 ■ Independence 20 Independence 21 Independence 22 JIndependence 23 Jlndependence 33 JIndependence 11 Won 8 Lost 5 Elk City 8 Havana 20 Chanuts 22 Parsons East 17 Fiedonia 23 Neodesha 7 Parsons West 29 Coffeyville 24 Neodesha 15 Cherryvale 24 Parsons East 16 Coffeyville 13 Fredonia 12 League Games. .1: lournament Games. Page 69 PEP CLUB CHEERLEADERS : Donna Carter, Connie Main, Donna Williams, Joyce Spilman. FIRST ROW: Jean Thompson, Wilma Chaney, Nadine Lessman, Etta Caston, Shirley Downing, Frances Locke. Norma Orr. Sharon Ranes. (Dtortha Dollison Beverly Davidson, Dona Adamson, Nancy Allison, SECOND ROW: Miss Berry. Joan Doss, Barbara Moon, Rosalee Tetrick, Jo Ann Bamman, Mary Hindenach, Betty Theiss, Joan March, Theresa Allen, Beverly Torrens, Lila Field, Lois Kolb, Anita Meyer. THIRD ROW: Joan Hobson, Patsy Bamman, Dian Trumbly. Martha Scott, Jo Ann Shackelford. Helen Pendleton, Joyce Kiblinger, Mariorie VanlD ' olah, Susie Dye, Dottie Richardson. Helen Hull, Bo nnie Idleman. Page 70 mm . S Ji iM m AJ l -itb ' ' ■ Bsj ' - - ' • ' J .1 i % 5KSi ' .« . (iSj, % ' . ■ JUNIOR HIGH BAND FIRST ROW: Jolene Cakes. Carolyn McConnel. Peggy Rice. Jim Crosson. Ralph ' Deltenre. Denny Wall, Harold Taylor. Frankie Stark. H. D. Griffiths. Jim Russel. Norma Reimer. Melva Skinner, Katherine Hadly. Jacquetta Chambers. SECOND ROW : Howard Reimer. Bob Henderson, Stanley Combs. Kent Jackson, Vernon Faler, Douglas DeYoung, Earl Pearce, Douglas Kalber, John Borovet . Don Todd. Jerry Burke, Albert Cottrell. Mr. Rossel. THIRD ROW: Mary Ellen Rossel. Dale Williams. Bill Gooldy, Richard Humes. Warren Keltz. Jo Sears. Stewart Elliott. Lois tDoop, Shirley Scott, Mary Alice Heitman, Jean Burnworth. Eleanor Clark, Dorothy Knoblock. FOURTH ROW: Albert Quigley, Gt-orge Belcher. Ralph Bretches, Allen Mason. Norman Tucker. Eldon Pedigo. Melvin Chism, Bill Johnson. Stoner Smith, Bill Shaw, Tyrrel Brown, Tommy Piper, Richard Gregg. JUNIOR HIGH DRUM CORPS FIRST ROW : Elizabeth Gaines. Betty Rhodd. Cammie Funston. Sandra Wren, Dana Rader, Peggy Dominy, Beverly Mauldin, Joan Rosson. Barbara Jackson. SECOND ROW: Kathaleen Graham. Wanda Traxler. Bernice Lange. Peggy Oesch, Cara Collier, Jean Rudrauff. Charlene Moore. Carol McMurtry. Miss Kidd. THIRD ROW: Mary Coffman. Ruth Wilson. Hazel Courtright. Joan Clifford, Helen Roberts. Natalie Freels, I la Spencer. Wanda Smith. Honor Students BEST CITIZEN Tack Allen Dortha DoUison BEST SPORT Everett Dye Donna Carter MOST COURTEOUS Paul Viets, Ila Spencer MOST INDUSTRIOUS Henry Walling, Marjorie Hiatt 9TH GRADE OIRI.S ' CHORUS I FIRST ROW: Shirley Holloway, Avola Botts. Delores Altendorf. Wilms Chaney. Bernice Laimc, AiiiUi Meyer, Betty Rhodd. Jacquetta Chambers, Dortha Dollison, Mary Luettke, Marjorie Hiatt, SECONtD ROW: Joy Spilman. Nina Harp, Carolyn Sue Reno, Danda Rader Rosalee Tetriok. Jgan Thompson. Ardis Ewing. Wanda Traxler, lia Spencer. Sharon Ranes, Wanda Smith. THIRD ROW : Mrs. Hoover. Jane Bandalier. Bonnie Idleman. Evelyn Romine. Abbie Lea RlKKS, Mary Coffman, Dian Trumbly, Helen Alexander. Orma Parkison. Nadine Lessman, Lois Heitman, Cherrie Gennett, FOURTH ROW: Be-tha Ber dt. Joyce Kiblincer, JVartha Scott, Joana March, Li ' a Field. Helen Hull. Joan Gibson, Ruth Ann Wilson, Margie VanDolah, Catherine Hushes, Connie Main. FIFTH ROW : Betty Theiss, Eleanor Clark, Pat H udiburii, Donna Carter, Helen Pendleton, Barbara O ' Brien. Wilma Huft, Francis Jackson, Mary Ann Hindenach, Norma Orr, FAIR INDEPENDENCE Diane Trumbly, Dana Rader, Helen Pendleton A Page 73 JUNIOR HIGH ORCHESTRA FIRST ROW : Carol McMurtry. Wanda Smith. Earl Pearce Roger Miller, Patsy Bamman, Helen Lay, Joann Bamman, Jo Ann Lattin, Shirley Musprove. Phyllis Baker, Cammie Funston. SECOND ROW: Mr. Rossel. Dana Rader. Jerry Burke. ' Douglas Kalber. Norman Whistler, Robert Briggs. Leo Bates, H. D. Griffiths. Jim Russel. Peggy, Corn. Zelda Helms. Catherine Hughes. THIRD ROW : Carolyn Reno, Patsy Bell. Carolyn McConnel. Mary Heitman, Frances Locke. Susie Dye, Dorothy Knoblock, Virginia VanCleave, Jeanette Taylor, Kent Jackson, Douglas DeYoung, Jean Newmaster. FOURTH ROW : Norma Reimer. Mary Rossel. Barbara O ' Brien, (Doris Heitman, Bill Gooldy, Dale Williams. Virginia Field. Marlene Guyer, Helen Hull, Dbnald Todd, Frances Bi) lines, Jolene Oakes. 9TH GRADE BOYS ' CHORUS FIRST ROW: Leon Kecley, Tyrell Brown, Benny Crigger, Kent Jackson, Paul Coats, Leonard Vaughn, Larry Kaiser, Albert Nitz, tUan Towery. Gerald Burns, Cecil Wright, Gerald Banion. SECOND ROW: Jerry Vogel. Albert Quigley, Melvin Chism, Everett Dye, Donald Comett, Edward Krone, Bob Mercer, Gilbert Hammond, Glen VanDyne. Donald Scrivner. Dale Stoy. Mr. Rossel. THIRD ROW: Allen Mason, Bobby Nice. Lewis Downing. Bill Bracken, Donald Fritz, Henry Walling, Eddie Lybarger, .lack Allen, Jim Petty, Virgil Hopkins, Charles Dowell, Earl Tackett. Page 74 Patrons and Friends of Independence High School Allen ' s Standard Service Andrew Johnson — Feed Arch McKown, Insurance Ashcraft Tire Co. A. S. Treger, Optometrist Baden Dry Gods Banks, O ' Brien McVey Bivins School of Business Booth Hotel and Coffee Shop Brady ' s Jewelry Store Brady ' s Shoe Store Baton Novelty Co., Inc. Wilson ' s Gift Shop Case ' s Book Store Central Hardware Chemist Shop Clark ' s Bakery Coldwell Drug Store Cramer Pharmacy Co. Dancer ' s Sporting Goods Davis Furniture Store Davis Paint Store Dixon-Ebert Co., Inc. Dr. Mi-s. G. D. Wentworth E. A. Dye Olds Co. Earl ' s Produce Etz Boys ' Shop Family Shoe Store First Fed. Savings Loan Assn. Foodtown Super Market Frank A. Boys French ' s Pharmacy Gansel ' s Jewelry Store Geckeler ' s Shoe Store Girls ' Shop Glen A. Moore Service Station Haas Clothing Co. Halsey Bros. Dry Goods Co. Hammond Clothing Store Horning Food Market Page 75 Patrons and Friends of Independence High School Independence Motor Co. Independence State Bank Jay W. Scovel J. C. Penney Co. Kansas Paint Store , Kr ueger Rouse M. M. Manufacturing Co. Malcolm V. Brown, Optometrist McConnell ' s Shop Men ' s Shop Mission Lunch Mitchell ' s Bakery Motor Equipment Co. Neilson ' s Noller Typewriter Agency Penn Avenue Furniture Co. Porteus Photographic Studio Pullen Studio Quick Service Electric Co. Russell Battery Co. Safeway Stores Sanders Electric Co. Sayers Furniture Co. Sayers Hardware Sears Jewelers Security Benefit Assn. Sell-Orr, Inc. S. H. Kress Co. Southwest Auto Loan Co. Square Deal Shoe Shop Swank ' s Market Thelma McMurtry, Reg of Deeds Tribune Printing Co. Utter ' s Rexall Drug Store Union Gas System, Inc. Walter W. Argue Ins. Agency Walton ' s Grocery Western Auto Associate Store Wiggins Sons Inc. Wills Coffee Shop W. N. White Investments, Realtors Page 76 r. ' . £lJ Page 77 x ' n ;j - r ' Autographs - ' ■i ' n Page 78 ' Aiiiogvaplxs jyY ' L 1 Page 79 ■■ lat ' uv '