Jefferson Township High School - Jeffersonian Yearbook (Mexico, IN)

Text from Pages 1 - 56 of the 1950 volume:

',.5E1k7 ' ' ' 5:ldZ3'sA:iWE 'A 71522 :if .1 , , K I I ,K ' Q A 'BYE MP12i'fY?:-fa-wfhdrsm - -.+fL-wiw - ww wsu--Lmmidfsvivssfifiiidflkndf any f 1 . ff W??3 3 3 R EEWQYQ www Z? ,X mlb x 2 1 Q Dedication - - Faculty - Senior Pictures Class History - Class Will - - Class Prophecy School Calendar Yearbook Staff Undergrad Pictures - - Sports ---- Humor - - Class Poem - Activities - - Annual Advisors Annual Sponsor Z Janice Howell jackie johnson - - Fred Lesley Wilma Draper - Betty Wright - - Ethel Keyes Mary Overfield - - Melvin Myers Janice Howell - - jackie johnson Georgia jordan - Dick Dillman Charles Fouts - -jackie johnson - - Elvin Myers Charles Rozell - - - Dick Dillman David Cunningham - - Myra Williams - - Don Staller Betty Wright - - - Mr. Miller Mr. Shambarger - ' Mr. Powell Q J MR. WARREN BUTT We, the staff of the jeffersonian wish to dedicate this annual to Mr. Warren Butt. Mr. Butt has taught for the sum total of fifty years. In appreciation of this outstanding record, we feel that he is more than worthy of this dedication: 3 KSU y'1W?fw35 Q fy Q Sb K 55 I . N mwmfmfgwmmrnww if f db x 2 1 Q Faculty 1949 - 1950 LAURENCE NTILLER HUGH YOUNG Onerbefn' AQB' . Purdue University B of P E Columbia University, M. A. Physical Education Social Science Social Studies English 10 C ECIL POW ELL DAN SHAMBARGER Manchester College, B. s. Manchester College. A. B. Ball State Teachers College Indiana University, M. A. Commerce' Band Principal, Mathematics Lf' CLAUDA FISHER Manchester College, A. B. Purdue University Ball State Teachers College Vocational Home Economics Latin, English II -IA MES KEPN ER Trustee 5 ,IOANN MAST Manchester College, A. B North C entral College Music, English 9 and lZ Girls' Physical Education Cffivgywfi 9 iw Q Sb K dh N ff 653141 ZIXCWLUZWE S X 4? is Q FLORA BARN ETT Class Colors - - Class Flower - Class Motto - President - Vice-President - Secretary-Treasurer Seniors Class of 1950 - - Tan and Cardinal - White Carnation - Know Thyself David Cunningham - Myra Williams - Georgia jordan DAVID CUNNINGHAM Cunny Play ---------- - - Band ------- - - Vice-President ------ Track ----- - - - -1 Flora President ---- - - - PHYS -- ----- 3 .4 Softball ---- . - .1 Librarian Q 1 lug l - X KENN ETH BA BER Play - - - Librarian Kenny ------------3,4 --..-.- .,-Z Basketball- - - - - AG AffvX K . 3 mfs? B- -7 Wx. Ak if 5 +6 7 W T- , A imp '--TN: P' .ff ,. 'f 1--mf' 1 ,W X., ,A V... ,qffrpy -- 2 LQ, ll X. fl :T lv Play - - Softball - - Librarian Basketball CHAR LES FOUTS Ben AQ! ,is Play Band Vice- Play RICHARD D11.1.MAN --mek President - - - - - WILMALOU DRAPER '-Wilma --- ----- ------34 Glee Club - - sud a Play RONALD FIGHBAC' K Ronnie 8 Q ' wx JANICE How ELL Play - - - Band - - - Glee Club - Yell Leader -:J ann s 's -IACOUELINE JOHNSON jackie Play ------------- 3, 4 Band--- -- --Z,3,4 Secretary - - - - - - - 1 GleeClub --- - 1,4 Band President - - - - 4 Yell Leader - - - - 2 GEROGIA .JORDAN Georgia Play ---- -------- - --3, 4 Glee Club ------ - -3, 4 Secretary - - -3, 4 Play - Track - Softball - Basketball ELVIN MYERS Elvin -- --1,z -- --1,2 ..,,f+? -if ETHEL MAE KEY!-IS uEthelu Play - - ------ - - 3 9 MELVIN MYERS Melvin Band - - -----'-- -- Play - - - - - Track - - - - Softball - - - - - Basketball ' - - - 4 2 r ,ri . 1 MYRA WILLIAYVIS Myra Play -------- - - Glce Club '- ' ' ' Vice- President -- --.g'4 Nl. its MARY OVERFIELD Mary 4 Play ---- ---- - ---- - - ' 3 ' Glee Club - - - ' ' 1 CHARLES ROZELL Charlie Band ------------ - - 2, 3 Play - - ----- - - -3, 4 Softball - - - - -4 President - - - 3 1 Baskefbm - - - - -3, 4 X ' if . at - as , an - Q Z ,A , 'QU l Q-naar' ' BETTY WRIGHT K V ..Bettyu ee 4 X Play ----------- - - 3,4 er-1' GleeClub-- - 1,3,4 e Sew llll DONALD STALLER 'SR nT If Don Play ---------- - - 3,4 Band --z,3,4 'Q Basketball - - - - 1,2 ir , 'x Q li ' ' ', ' E x l llll lJ .V l 1 X1 lg 11, , AFX ' 'i 10 1950 High School History On September 1, 1945, twenty-six Freshman entered Mexico High School. This group consisted of ten girls: Wilma Draper, Janice Howell, Jacqueline johnson, Louise johnson, Georgia jordan, Ethel Keyes, Mary Overfield, Lois Shultz, Betty Wright, Myra Williams, and fourteen boys: Johnny Arwood, Kenny Barb er, David Cunningham, Kenneth Dillman, Richard Dillman, Kenneth Fivecoate, Charles Fouts, Tommy Fraling, Don I-leckathorn, Fred Lesley, Elvin Myers, Melvin Myers, Charles Rozell and Donald Staller. Before we were accepted as students of Mexico High School we were initiated by the Sophomores. After getting acquainted with the new students who entered our class we then had a Wiener roast at Louise Johnson's home. This is only one of the good times we had during the Freshman year. During this year Mexico won both basketball and .bas eball champion- ships, in which our Sophomore boys took part. During our junior year we received our class rings and sweaters which we considered as appropriate symbols of our school. In the beginning of the year we lost Don Heckathorn and Norma Shambarger, who had joined us during our Sophormore year, and gained one new student, Flora Barnett. Looking forward to our Senior Trip we started raising money by taking charge of the concessions at the ball games. We then, with the help of Miss Clauda Fisher, presented a play called, Babies Night Out. At the close of our Junior year we gave a reception for the Senior class. We took them to Huntington, Indiana, at the La Fountaine Hotel. Our theme was The 49'ers. We decorated the tables with a covered wagon as the centerpiece, and little gold cups as our place cards. After the banquet we took them to see Blondie In The Dough. We made a good start in our Senior year by organizing one of the most interesting carnivals ever put on at J. T. H. S. Two weeks before the carnival we had each class select a candidate for queen. The girl with the highest number of votes was to be crowned as the carnival queen. Wilmalou Draper of our class was elected queen of the carnival. She received as a prize a beautiful strand ofpearls and a dozen-red roses. After the carnival, we rushed right into the preparation of our Senior play. We chose the play entitled, A Pair of Country Kids. We then had the honor, having four of our boys on the team, which won the Four-Way Tourney. After four years of hard study, we now bid farewell to good old j. T. H. 1 1 . Senior Class Will Ladies and Gentlemen, Teachers and Friends, Upon the behalf of my client, the Class of 1950, of jefferson Township High School, of the city of Mexico, County of Miami, State of Indiana, I have called you together upon this solemn and serious occasion to listen to their last will and testament, and to receive from their dying hand the few gifts they have to bestow in their last moments. Cut so rapidly loose from life and finding so much to attend to before the end should come upon them and realizing, at the same time, that they have no ' longer any time left to spend in cultivation of their own virtues, they deem it best to distribute them with their own hands to those friends to whose needs they seem best fitted. We hope that they may be accepted, not as worthless things lavishly thrown away because we couldn't use them, but as valuable assets to those who receive them and reminders of the generosity of our free and full bestowal. x FIRST: We bequeath our abilities, properties and characteristics as follows: We, the Seniors, will and bequeath our quietness in Geography Class and all our chewing gum to Mr. Miller. To Miss Fisher, we will and bequeath our ability to learn lines of plays on short notice. To Mr. Powell, we will and bequeath our ability to win ball games in Typing Class. Mr. Young, we will and bequeath our shooting from the side lines at basketball games. To Miss Mast, we will and bequeath our good behavior in English Class. To Mr. Shambarger, who has been our faithful instructor through out our High School course, we bequeath a sweet and unbroken succession of restful nights and peaceful dreams. We are sure that it has been a hard strain on him, for Seniors are said to be, at all times and under all conditions difficult to manage. But he has done his duty, and indeed, now shall he have his well earned reward. SECOND: We, the Seniors of 1950, will to the jefferson Township public school our loyal school spirit, ready response, and hearty co-operation in all things. 12 We will and bequeath to the junior class our seats in the assembly and classrooms and we hope they will endeavor to fill them as faithfully and as promptly as we have done. We will and bequeath to the Sophomore class any stubs of pencils, erasers, or scraps of paper that we may have left behind us. May they feel ,free to use them and feel, perhaps, that they may, in some mystic way, import some of our great knowledge to them. We will and bequeath to the Freshman class any over looked cuds of gum we may have left adhering to the undersides of desks, banisters, assembly seats or any likely or unlikely places. We have sometimes had to rid ourselves of these in too much haste to be able to pick and choose the most desirable means of disposal. THIRD: The personal will of the individual members of the class of l950 ofj. T. H. S.. I, Kenneth Baber, will and bequeath my way of talking back to teachers to Donna Arnold. I, Flora Barnett, will and bequeath my ability to take a tickling and not get mad to Erma Swayer. I, David Cunningham, will and bequeath my ability to crack jokes in all my classes to Don Runkle. I, Richard Dillman, will and bequeath all my quietness fexcept when around Libby Graftj to Dave Miller. I, Wilmalou Draper, will and bequeath my Geography book and love for Geography to Norma Shambarger. I, Ronald Fishback, will and bequeath my frowning in class to jerry Bernard. I, Charles Fouts, will and bequeath my ability to play basketball to Harold Cassidy. I, janice Howell, will and bequeath my very short hair to Marabel Kraning. I, Jackie johnson, will and bequeath my love of playing a clarinet to Lois Dunnuck. I, Georgia jordan, will and bequeath my ability to play a piano to Mary Kline. , I, Ethel Mae Keyes, will and bequeath my very slow speech to Marjorie Snyder. 13 I, Fred Lesley, will and bequeath my ability to speak the Mexican language to Max Sullivan. I, Melvin Myers, will and bequeath my ability to sing Mule Train to Freddy McGuire. I, Elvin Myers, will and bequeath my ability to stand and talk to girls on the telephone to jim Bacon. I, Mary Overfield, will and bequeath my desire to flirt with the boys to Merna Ault. I, Charles Rozell, will and bequeath my slender figure to Donna Otiker. I, Donald Staller, will and bequeath my smartness in Geometry class to Bernita Adkins. I, Myra Williams, will and bequeath my giggle in Government class to Betty Postill. I, jackie johnson, will and bequeath my liking of a Plymouth car to Donna Arnold. ' I, Ethel Keyes, will and bequeath my ability as a telephone operator to Marjorie Snyder. I, Flora Barnett, will and bequeath a lock of my red hair to every boy in the junior class. I, Charles Fouts, will and bequeath a lock of my hair to every girl in the Junior class. I, Melvin Myers, will and bequeath my liking for beautiful blonds to Dave Nliller. I, Charles Rozell, will and bequeath my light brown hair to jerry Bernard Class Prophecy One December day near Christmas, I boarded the train at Pittsburg for Mexico, my old home town. As I came into the car, whom should I see but Janice Howell of J. T. I-I. S. days. just then she saw me. So she immediately told me to sit down beside her that we might have a good talk about our schoolmates of '50. Janice told me that she was editor-in-chief of the New York Bugle, Her husband, Ronald Fishback, was her business manager. janice herself, aside from her success as city editor of the paper, was making a name for herself by her short, short stories, running in the True Story Magazine. I4 Ethel Keyes, the wife of a well-known doctor, had a millinery shop on Fifth Avenue. Charles Rozell conducted a haberdashery, known for its dainty wearing apparel for larger men. Then I told janice what I knew of our classmates of '50, Flora Barnett was a teacher of Latin at I. U. Don Staller and Richard Dillman were proprietors of the 'You're Only Young Once Roof-Garden in Chicago. Mary Overfield had been starring there all winter. She was known as Razimova, the great toe dancer. Elvin and Melvin Myers were chief operators at the largest radio station in the world, located on Pikes Peak and they told me last summer that they heard Myra Williams singing, Wash Basin Blues, before the King of England. I had almost exhausted my list by that time. I could only think of two more. Georgia jordan and her husband went to the wilds of Africa as missionaries several years ago. just then a newsboy came through the car selling the '-New York Times. I bought one and Janice and I looked it over. On the front page, glaring headlines announced that Fred Lesley had defeated Gorgeous George in the world's greatest wrestling match. David Cunningham had refereed the match. On another page we read that Charles Fouts was giving a series of lectures on his research work in the tomb of King Tutti-Fruitte in Halifaz.. We went to a small tea room for our lunch after we had gotten off of the train for rest and in walked Betty Wright and Wilma Draper. They said they were teachers in the Columbus High School. Betty had been home in November, so she was able to tell us many interesting facts about our friends As we left them Wilma handed us a copy of a Peru paper, saying that she had read it and that we might have it. We thanked them and went to our train. The paper proved to be a real treasure chest, overflowing with news. Kenny Baber, the typewriting champion of the world, was to demonstrate a new kind of typewriter invented by the Royal Company. All these items made us more anxious than ever to go back. Suddenly as we discussed different classmates, janice said, But, jackie johnson, after all this, I don't know what you are doing, So I told her that I was in the Government Department of Missouri University. 15 Reminiscing In a dust covered trunk beneath some junk, In an attic cold and drear, I rummaged around till Ihad found A treasure my heart held dear. Its pages all torn, its cover worn, It made the years melt away. And there sat I in Mexico High, In a time when my heart was gay. I heaved a big sigh and started to cry, For the days of long ago, But soon had them dried, by the one by my side, This annual I'd uncovered to show. Looking at me from behind, it was rather unkind, She asked, Were you ever that small? The picture I mean, you look rather lean, I'm not sure it's you there at all. Yes, daughter dear, it is quite clear, That the years have taken their toll, But since we were the talk of the town in cap and gown Many have reached their goal. W ere there none among these, she started to tease, Who brought to their school any fame? Who of all these boys made any big noise, In playing life's busy game. And of all these girls with lovely curls, What part in the act do they play? You said they were smart, but who has a part, In life's show that is playing today? My dear, they all reached the peak, I started to speak There was none left behind. Yes, it is true in my heart's Who's Who', Every name engraved you will find. For I measure success by happiness, And you are half of mine, my sweet, But let's hurry dear and get out of here, Before the better half comes home to eat. 16 ZqQJj 5 3 wwwfxqiamsfmzam fy ROW ROW ROW ROW Juniors Class 0 1951 ONE: Me-rna Ault, Lois Dunnuck, Mary Kline. TWO: Norma Shambarger, Marabel Kraning, Betty Postill, Erma Swayer, Miss Clauda Fisher, Sponsor, THR EE: Marjorie Snyder, Bernita Adkins, Dave Miller, Don Heckathorn, Donna Otiker. FOUR: jim Bacon, jerry Bernard, Bob Arwood, Max Sullivan, Freddie McGuire, Harold Cassidy lDonna Arnold, Don Runkle, Fred Lesley were absentj President ----- ------------------ M ary Kline Vice-President ------------------- - Donna Otiker Secretary-Treasurer - - -------- ------- B etty Postill 18 Sophomores Class of 1952 Freshmen Class of 1953 . - 'n+.4...,n ROW ONE: Donna Turner, Mary McCutCheon, Maxine Kraning, Nancy Kinney, Claris Guillaume, Phyllis Butler. ROW TWO: David Rozell, Carole jean Benedict, Harold Richardson, Doris Fouts, Byron Swayer, Roy See. ROW THREE: Howard Richardson, Marcia Carpenter, Freda Miller, Myron Dillman, Mary Katherine Draper Miss joAnn Mast, Sponsor. ROW FOUR: Norman Fisher, Don Cover, Bill Yoder, Robert Romine, Ronnie Krieg, Raymond Flock, jerry Williams. gkg? -y 41, ROW ONE: jimmy Myers, Richard Romine, Janice Fishback, Dana Rozell, ROW TWO: Mavis Harrison, janice lmhoof, Phyllis Cassidy, Patty Arnold, Mr. Cecil Powell, Sponsor, ROW . , . . . . THREE, Bill Peppers, Ethel Pearl Smith, Nell Krisher, Helen Eikenberry, Mary Lou Murphy, 19 Seventh and Eighth Grades Fi th and Sixth Grades 2 l ROW ROW ROW ROW ONE: TWO: THREE: FOUR: it i Hugh Leiby, Lanny Clark, Nancy Cunningham, Judy Lesley, Violet Awker, Stanley Eikenberry, Shirley Burrous. Margaret Shultz, Byron Howell, Bob Butler, jerry Staller, Freddie Carpenter, Doris Kline, jimmy Stockdale, Mr. Warren Butt. jack Holden, Barbara Miller, Shelia Mitchell, Deloris Donaldson, Myrtle Burton, Patsy Raber. Doris Correll, Frank Kline, Robert Larkin, Mary Staller, Beatrice Howell, Curtiss Nutt. f X. ,I ki if K, ik, .3 n Img.. as .,sj,.:f.g,,'--, -wwe Vw: QA A H . 4 i ROW ROW ROW ROW ONE: TWO: THREE: FOUR: ! I Peggy Walden, Barry Brauneller, Shirley Miller, Ed Lesley, Esther Townsend, Pauline Griffiths. Chester Miller, joe Miller, Norman Snyder, Ann Romine, Carol Wilburn, Rose Butler, Polly Leiby. Dick Awker, Darlene Dilts, janet Conner, jerry Saylor, Karen Kay Conden, Doris Hardv Betty Burton, Mrs. Frances Frick. Loretta Smith, Paula Holden, Betty Taggart, Rosanna Kline, Laura Richardson, Virginia Snyder. lPhyllis Mills, absentj. Z0 'hird and Fourth Grades First and Second Grades ROW ONE: Billy Berkheiser, Terry Dilts, David Avery, Larry Condon, David Dllta, Eddie Orpurt, john johnson, Charles Griffittl. ROW TWO: judith Burrous, joellen Howard, Sandra Krause, Georgianna Holden, judith Correll, Susan Miller, Barbara ,Io Kline. ROW THREE: Harry Butler, Ronald Flora, joe Carroll, Thomas Clark, Carolyn Baker, Larry See, ROW ROW Geraldine Burton, Mrs. Mabel Smith. FOUR: jerry Hopper, jack Fisher, Alice Ann Sullivan, Vera Awker, janie Eikenberry, Bonnie Wire, Dona ld Shultz . FIVE: Vivien Snyder, Eugenia Grafft, Carolyn Snyder, Billie Mitchell, Ronald Martin, Charles Kline Uohn Kline, absentj . N 1 ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ONE: Roland Wilburn, Anthony Shultz, Walter Burton, jr., Floyd Berkheiser, Sammy Newman, Michael Miller, Curtis McCallilter, Wayne Ramsey, jon Howard. TWO: Teddy Orpurt, Robert Krause, Carol Sue Walden, Miriam Shambarger, Marketa Avery, Gerald Dillman, Bill Miller, Betty Moffatt, john Church. THREE: Virginia Baker, joyce Flora, jimmy Beard, Alan Stroud, Marlene Correll, Teddy Decker, Eddie lkliller, Sandra Ahlfeld, Mrs. june Carpenter. FOUR: Carolyn Trexler, Phil Tomson, Wavalyn Brower, janet Musselman, Belva Adkins, Linda Saylor Sharon Deich. FIVE: Donna DeWald, Sondra Wray, Sondra Kepner, Billy McGuire, john Correll, Wayne Moffatt Tommy johnson, fBilly Lease, absentj. Z1 'yTC?fws3 iv 6 3 5 ZWIXCES if Q FRONT ROW: Charles Rozell, Bill Peppers, Dick Romine, Melvin Myers, Fred McGuire, Elvin Myers, Max Sullivan, Roy Flock. BACK ROW: David Cunningham, Charles Fouts, Bob Romine, Don Cover, Harold Cassidy, Ronnie Kreig, Norman Fisher, Coach Young. Softball Team1949 - 1950 Coach Hugh Young had a good record this season at Mexico with 5 wins and 2 losses. The team fought out a tie for first place in the county standing. The playoff at Peru was won by Bunker Hill by one run, the final score being 5 to 4. The result was that a Bunker Hill boy singled, and went to third base on two errors. He scored on a passed ball. Five Seniors fCharles Fouts, Elvin Myers, Charles Rozell, David Cunningham, and Melvin Myersj will not be back to play next year because of graduation, but we fSeniorsJ hope they have a good team nest year. SOFTBALL SCORES - 1949 Mexico 10 Deedsville O Here Mexico 5 Gilead Z There Mexico 8 Macy 4 Here Mexico 40 Butler 6 There Mexico 3 Bunker Hill 4 There Mexico 9 Chili 5 Here Mexico 4 Bunker Hill 5 PERU Z3 A Squad Left to Right: RDBMS Krieg. Freddie McGuire, Max Sullivan, Elvin Myers, Cosch Hugh Young, Bob Romine, Melvin Myers, Charles Fonts, Charles Rosoll, Howard Richardson. Harold Richardson. A and B Team Record Uanuary 21, OPPOIQENTS PLACE B TEAM SCORE? Mexico-Opponents Laketon Away 1 5 24 Bunker Hill Away 30 45 Deeds ville Away 15 30 Clay Home 18 45 Macy Away 17 24 Roann Home Z7 40 Deedsville Gilead Gilead Gilead 4-WAY TOURNEY CHAMPS Metea Home 26 27 Royal Center Home Z3 49 Macy Home Z4 19 Converse Away Z4 Z5 Chili Away 2.9 Z8 Deedsville PERU Converse PERU Gilead PERU MIAMI CGUNTY CHAMPS Z4 1950, --A 'LLEA-YQILSCORES Mexico - Opponents 38 34 38 56 38 58 39 50 42 36 43 53 47 44 57 55 for 66 36 60 39 46 33 33 43 62 so 49 44 48 47 49 37 TB' Squad 1949 1950 ,M 5 ' 3 Yo-nrvnn-ur-ohio ROW ONE: Norman Fisher, Raymond Flook, Coach Hugh Young, jerry Williams, Bill Yoder. ROW TWO: Richard Romlne Ro See, David Rozell, Harold Can ld Bill Pe F ed L. I Chewdankws 1949-1950 1 Y I y' Pperl, f el ey, fDon Cover, jimmy Myers, absentl. ,lu-. Z5 Pat Arnold and Dana Rozell 1. .nn- --BOB E1.vn.,., --RoNN1E-- --MAX' HOWARD UFREDDIEU NlELVIN Mexico Illiami County Champs 1949-50 L C h H gh Y g CISCO HAROLD BEN CHARLIE 2.6 i lymQf733 5 5 3 R mccmiwzfzfizssf 4x Q f J Q Band 1949 - 1950 Girls' Glee Club 9 1949-1950 O - All ,fl , V ,,.. .fx sniff I X ' Ph 2 'T 9 ROW ONE: ROW TWO: ROW THR EE: Bernita Adkins, Delorls Donaldson, Patsy Raber, Max Sullivan, Roy See, David Cunningham Dick Dillman, Byron Swayer, Dave Miller, Carol Benedict, Merna Ault, Mary Staller. Marcia Carpenter, Jacqueline Johnson, Howard Richardson, James Bacon, Donna Otlker, Don Staller, Janice Howell, Marjorie Snyder, Mr. Cecil Fhnvbll. ROW ONE: ROW TWO: Y'-I vw , - -vw , wg Miss JoAnn Mast, Mary McCutcheon, Freda Miller, Maxine Kranlng, Ethel Smith, Helen Eikenb erry, Janice lmhoof, Marllou Murphy. Donna Turner, Claris Guillaume, Lois Dunnuck, Carol Benedict, Kay Draper, Betty Wright Phyllis Cassidy, Janice Fishback, Georgia Jordan, Phyllis Butler. Z8 fa Band The band has proved to be a very important organization of the school. It has played for all of the home basketball games. lt gave a very inspiring Christmas program at the last basketball game before Christmas. The band played around a large, beautiful Christmas tree with a white cross in front of it. The lights were turned off and the band played Christmas Carols as the Girls' Glee Club sang along with them. The audience joined in singing Silent Night at the close of the program. The band is smaller than last year's band, but under the guidance of Cecil Powell it has progressed very rapidly. The band officers are: Jacqueline Johnson, Presidentg Dick Dillman, Vice-Presidentg and Marjorie Snyder, Secretary-Treasurer. This year the graduating members are: Donald Staller, tromboneg Janice Howell, trombone: Dick Dillman, clarinet, Jacqueline Johnson, clarinet, and David Cunningham, trumpet. Glee Club The Girls' Glee Club, directed by Miss JoAnn Mast, was organized the first of the year with eighteen members. Those entering Glee Club the second semester were Janice Howell and Jackie Johnson. Seniors who will be graduating in the spring are Georgia Jordan, Janice Howell, Jackie Johnson, and Betty Wright. V Public appearances were made at the Senior Class Play, November 15, and at the basketball game with Royal Center, December ZZ, 1949, where Christmas carols were sung. Library The library received some new books the second semester and has been a constant source of good reading material for the students. It is under the supervision of Miss JoAnn Mast. The librarians are Merna Ault, and Marjorie Snyder. Carnival The month of October brought to Mexico one of the largest and mostt colorful Carnivals it has ever seen. The main attraction was the election of the Queen with each class giving all they had to elect their candidate. Wilmalou Draper received th honor of becoming the Carnival Queen. She received a lovely triple strand of pearls and one dozen red roses. Other class candidates were: Norma Shambarger, Juniorg Claris Guillaume Sophomoreg and Helen Eikenberry, Freshmen. Carnival Committees with their respective games wereg BASEBALL - Don Staller BASKETBALL - Elvin Myers DART-THROWING - Dick Dillman FISHPOND - Ethel Keyes and Mary Overfield SOFTBALL-TILE THROW- Charles Fouts and Ronnie Fishback BINGO - Kenny Baber, Fred Lesley, Melvin Myers and Charles Rozell QUEEN COMMITTEE - J. Johnson, B. Wright, J. Howell, and G. Jordan REFRESHMENTS - M. Williams, F. Barnett, W. Draper and D. Cunningham 29 ,Q QR?fA yZTW3 Q fl we Bb 3 Q 561360 E HW Q 1' Elvin Myers Fred Lesley Elvin Fred Ronnie Fishback jackie johnson R onnie Kenny Bah er Flora Barnett Melvin Myers Mr . Young Don Staller Myra Williams Charles Fouts Georgia jordan Charles Rozell Ethel Keyes Humor , Fred, how many days are there in a year? Three hundred and sixty-five and a fourth. How can there be a fourth of a day? Why, there's the Fourth of july! What is green and purple, has four legs, and flies through the air and sings ? Why, I don't know. What is it? Oh, I haven't made up the name yet. Don't you like my voice? QSadlyj Sir, I have played on the white keys, and I have played on the black keys, but you sing in the cracks! I-low's McGuire in the high jump? Any good? Naw, he can hardly clear his throat. Say something soft and sweet to me, Myra. Custard pie. Sweetheart, if you refuse to marry me, I'll hang myself. Well, I've given you enough rope! Sweetheart, if I'd known that tunnel was so long I'd have given you a kiss. Gracious2 Wasn't that you? David C. What's the best thing for hives ? jerry Ault Bees. janice Howell 2 QAt Almond counterj Who attends to the nuts ? Mary Overfield g Be patient, I'1l wait on you in a minute. Wilma Draper : Cln a pet store, I like this dog, but his legs are too short. 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