John H Reagan High School - Spur Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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RED COAT SOCIAL OFFICERS Frances Bishop, president; Mary Bob Coughran, vice-president; Virginia Boyd, secretary; Florence Fiorilla, reporter; Gladys Koebel, assistant lieutenant bugler; Dolores Wisnieski, assistant lieutenant drummer; Gloria Belle Jones, yell leader; Mrs. B. B. Gale, sponsor. The social calendar of the year 1936-37 for the John H. Reagan Red Coats included a Christmas dance, an ice skating party, a Valentine dance, a bridge party at Foley’s Town Hall, and a spring dance. A radio program at KTRH, at which the fifes were first presented, and an April First program in the school auditorium where the Red Coats appeared in their spring uniforms were also featured among the activities of the term. RED COAT FLAG PRESENTATION

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RED COAT MILITARY OFFICERS Grace Tomlin, drum major; Evelyn Morris, drill master; Frances Bright, assistant drum major; Evelyn John, assistant drill master; Virginia Vaughan, lieutenant bugler; Edith Epley, lieutenant drummer; Marcella Haxthausen, first lieutenant; Vera Luce, second lieutenant. Opening the year 1936-37 with a brilliant performance at the Dallas Teeh-Reagan football game, the John H. Reagan Red Coats began a thor¬ oughly successful military season. Besides drilling at all the football games held at Houston, the Red Coats traveled to Dallas, where they put on a colorful display at the Texas Centennial. In addition, this organization welcomed the Mexico City football players, marched in the Armistice Day parade, and performed at the Simmers’ ball. At the Band Tournament held in San Antonio on May 23, the Red Coats placed first among Class A drum and bugle corps, and Grace Tomlin was judged the best drum major among the girl entrants. RED COAT SERGEANTS Left to right, back row: Daisy Jean Davis, Dixie Jane Christoph, Mary Hines, Marjorie Hogge, Minnie Mae Byrne. Front row: Etoile Manning, Juanita Warnell, Theo. Blasberg, Dorothy Dailey, Lois Cou tney, Kathryn Rhodes, Jane Stovall, Bernice Turner, Marietta Hannon, Martha Ruth Sessums, Gladys Koebel, Alice Ruth Huebner, Rebecca Anderson, Mary Aline Earhart. NEW MEMBERS APPEAR IN SPRING UNIFORM ON APRIL 1

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IIMSTR-ilk! REAGAN DRAMATISTS Left to right, back row: Robert Lee Young, Gene Arnold, Horace Elrod — first period assistant property manager, J. P. Leach — first period electrician, A. B. King, Harry Paine, Gordon Heslep, Jimmy Franks, Luster Allen, Gerald Rushing, Alberta Sundermeyer, Dorothy Johnson, Vesta Rowell, Helen Klein, Grace Tomlin, Louise Davis. Middle row: Elmer Smith — first period assistant property man, Billy Dennard, W. C. Biddle, Lacy White, Philip Rowell — first period business manager, Liley Purvis, Dorothy Mae Smith, Alvin Holland — fifth period assistant stage manager, Rosie Tusa, Margaret Shepherd, Ed Davis, Edith Murphy — fifth period vice-president, Lottie Hattenback — fifth period st-ige manager, Laura Bess King — fifth period wardrobe mistress, Hazel Walker, Frances Wren, Margie Morgan, Mildred Evans, Emalene Gillespie, Aileen Duncan, Velma Popham, Kathryn Green, Irma Sue Clark, Maurice Westerfeld, Nellie Louise Hines, Lura Glen Cain, Delbert Wilson, Thomas Kilgore — fifth period assistant stage manager, Ralph Whatley — fifth period electrician, Billy Smith, Joe Lee Hunt — fifth period president, Lois Lawrence, Chester Ledbetter, Mildred Bearden. Front row: Myrth Perry — fifth period reporter, Thelma Jean Clyburn — first period reporter, Juanita Garvin, Margaret Turner — fifth period secretary, Maurine Cross — first period president, Floyd Stark — first period vice-president, Mrs. V. J. Carnes, Arlene Chase — first period property mistress, Vaudeen Steed, Lucille Jackson — first period secretary, Dupree Snell — first period property man, L. O. Chapman — first period stage manager, Charles Durham — fifth period house manager, Louis Jacobs. Plays Presented Pin a Pin on Me Poor Fish Thursdays at Home They Put on a Play My Cousin from Sweden Thanks Awfully Enter Dora — Exit Dad The Acid Test Too Much Money Be a Little Cookoo Are You Listening ? Thanksgiving Vision A Greene Christmas The Patsy The Luckiest Girl The House of Creig MRS. V. J. CARNES Director Plays Presented Hans Von Smash No Tickee, No Washee Come Out of It Smoke Screen From School Bell to Recess The Assessor The Pot — Boiler Poor Issy Crossed Wires Put-Out Boy Scout Radio Play The Price Tag Romance in a Boarding House Bashful Bobby