Kingman High School - Oracle Yearbook (Kingman, KS)

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Around the Bend-- 400 and down the stream with the grads of 193 -ooo - it s The Powers That Be There have been nine members of the senior class who have served on the student council. Helen Jean' Gillen and Venora Layman were the freshman repre- sentatives. Helen Jean was also a council member when she was a sophomore and junior. Bob Cloud was a member when he was a jun- ior and senior. This last year he was elected president of the or- ganization. Bob Yeoman was in the group when he was a sopho- more and senior. Venora Layman was also on the council during her senior year. Other members were Mary Alice Hornbaker, Virginia Brand, Carl Jones, and Farrel Nelson. ,..--l.3.,, G. R. and Hi-Y I There are seven senior girls who have served on the G. R. cabinet this year. They are Mary Alice Hornbaker, chairman of publicity committee, Mary Jane Murray, piano, Venora Layman, chairman of devotional committee and sec- retary, Rozella Biggs, chairman of finance committee, Marcella Beat, Page Eight chairman of social committeeg i-s- : Pepstcrs Jean Braly, president and vice- president last yearg LaVeta Settle, chairman of service committee. Jean Braly, Helen Jean Gillen, Mary Jane Murray, and LaVeta Settle were on the G. R. cabinet in their junior year. The high light of this year's Hi- Y social activity was the Pa, Ma and Me banquet which did Very much to stimulate Hi-Y interest in the community. A very efficient system of cabi- net meetings was used this year. Cabinet meeting and a dinner par- ty were held once a month at each cabinet member's home. Five boys of this year's graduat- ing class have served on the Hi-Y cabinet during their four years in high school. They are Bob Yeo- man, Farrel Nelson, Darwin Mark- well, Levi Matlack, and Roy Web- ber. The sponsors for this year were Mr. Charles Ruff and Mr. John Kelly. Twenty-five senior boys were members of the club. .L Librarians Six of the graduates have been assistants in the library while they were in K. H. S. Each year stu- dents are chosen by Miss Wilma McBurney to help with the work at the library desk. Members of the class of '37 who have been librarians are Ralph Starkey, Roy Webber, Virginia Brand, Farrel Nelson, Darwin Markwell and Alma Jane Wallace. The class of '37 had no fresh- men members in the Booster clubg but when they were sophomores they had two. They were Venora Layman and Jean Braly. When they were juniors, the two mem- bers were re-elected and the fol- lowing were elected as new mem- bers: Marcella Beat, Jerry Riggs, Helen Jean Gillen, Mary Allce Hornbaker and Virginia Brand. That year a Boys' Pep club was organized and the following boys were in it from this class: Dick McAdam, Darwin Markwell, Roy- al Hughbanks and Bayard Robin- son. Bayard was also elected as- sistant cheer leader that year. When the class of ,37 were sen- iors, the Booster club, Pep club and Pep band were combined to form the K. H. S. Pep club. Mary Alice Hornbaker was elected as- sistant cheer leader. The class of '37 had the following members in the pep club: Rozella Biggs, Marcella Beat, Velma Catlin, Ber- nadine Govert, Helen Jean Gillen, Mary Alice Hornbaker, Doris VanLandinghan'1, Beatrice Rein- oldt, LaVeta Settle, Verna Wy- more, Venora Layman, Dorothy Weniger, Mary Jane Murray, Charlene Weikal, Betty Jo Kreh- biel, Virginia Brand, Jean Braly, Carl Jones, Harold Kistler, Levi Matlack, Ronald Kincheloe, Aub- rey Campbell, Warren Brown, Darwin Markwell, Royal Hugh- banks, Ralph Starkey, Farrel Nel- son, and Roy Webber.

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nd S Sailed for Four Long Years The cla-s of 37 with eighty-one members started gaily, and yet somewhat cautiously, down the old mill stream, four years ago. Into these years have been crowded all the thrills, joys and mishaps of a high school career. We were quite cordially greeted and welcomed into K. H. S. by the upperclassmen and faculty mem- bers, who continued to be Hguiding lights until the journey was safely completed. Several of our mem- bers thought the sailing too rough, so they dropped out. On the front page of the first Oracle of the year '33 and l34, the freshmen were pictured as wearing extremely short skirts and short knee trousers. Per- haps we were the babies of the school then, but now we are ready to go out of school life into life's school. 1 I During the past four years the members of '37 have entered into nearly all the activities opened to them, and have made good. During the first quarter of the journey there were thirteen freshmen in both girls' and boys' glee clubs. The Hfrolicsome fresh- men chose all boys for their class officers: president, Bob Yeomang vice president, Carl Jones, secretary- treasurer, Bob Cloud. Venora Layman and'Helen Jean Gillen were elected student council members during freshman days. A There were eleven of us in the band fnearly one-thirdl and five in the orchestra when we were freshies. Besides those musically inclined, there were twenty-four out of seventy-eight in the, dramatics class. Six of the freshmen boys were brave enough to go out for football. During the first year, the annual freshman tests were given. Those ranking highest were Harold Kistler, Bob Cloud, Alma Jane Wallace and Mildred Claxton. The remainder of that year was spent in everyday tasks with some contests and festivals in- terspersed. In the sophomore year, Venora Layman was elected president, Jean Braly, vice president, Mary Alice Hornbaker, secretary-treasurer, and Helen Jean Gillen, class reporter. That year a boys, pep club was started, and from the sophomore ranks were chosen Bob Cloud and Bay- ard Robinson. The operetta, The Flower of Venezia, had six sophomores participating in it. They were Bob Yeo- man, Bob Cloud, Betty Jo Krehbiel, Bayard Robinson, Jerry Riggs and Charlene Weikal. Helen Jean Gillen was the only sophomore who went into debate that year. f The sophomore boys who were in boys' archery, were Dick McAdam, Bob Jenks, Ronald Kincheloe, Bayard Robinson, Farrel Nelson and Harold Kistler, The class during its junior year elected for presi- dent, Venora Layman, for vice president, Farrel Nel- son, for secretary-treasurer, Jean Bralyg for student council members, Mary Alice Hornbaker, Virginia Brand, Helen Jean Gillen and Bob Cloud. The juniors in the pep band last year were Harold Kistler, Bob Jenks, Charlene Weikal, Farrel Nelson, Mary Jane Murray, Venora Layman and Roy Webber. The big event of the junior year was the junior class play with Bernadine Govert, Farrel Nelson, Bob Yeoman, Charlene Weikal, Beatrice Reinoldt, Mary Alice Hornbaker, Levi Matlack, Marcella Beat, Aubrey Campbell and Bob Cloud in the cast. The juniors on the debate squad were Helen Jean Gillen, Jean Braly, Beatrice Reinoldt and Farrel Nelson. The seniors elected Royal Hughanks, the football captain, to be class president, Viola Base for vice presi- dentg Verna Wymore for secretary-treasurer, and Bob Cloud, Bob Yeoman, Venora Layman, Carl Jones and Farrel Nelson, the student council members. Bob Cloud was elected president of the council. During our senior year, President Roosevelt was in Wichita and many seniors, as well as underclassmen, were there to hear and see him. At the music festival this spring at Wichita, the seniors who attended were Jerry Riggs, Betty Jo Kreh- biel, Ruth Wagner, Ralph Starkey, Warren Brown, Venora Layman, Harold Kistler, Roy Weber, and Beatrice Reinoldt. And so after four years of rowing and paddling we have been tossed ashore, and some other group will come along before long to take our places. Our trip down the mill stream hasn't been an easy one, but it's been a happy trip and one we shall never forget. So ends our record of four years on the mill stream, Page Seven

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l ,E ' .- Q, Office Force Each year students are chosen to help in the office. During our freshman year there was no one from the class of '37 on the office force. Helen Jean Gillen was the only one dur- ing the sophomore year. Members of the class of '37 who have been on the office force since are the following: Dorothy Wen- iger, LaVeta Settle, Verna Wy- more, Viola Base, Bob Yeoman, Jean Braly, Marcella Beat, and Farrel Nelson. Clubs Since the half hour activity pe- riod was added to the schedule this year, many teachers organ- ized clubs. The Travel club was organized by Mr. L. N. Gish. Helen Jean Gillen, the only senior member, was president of the club. The members enjoyed many interest- ing programs when outside speak- ers related incidents and displayed pictures of different trips. Miss Sallie Heberling organized a Commercial club for the first semester. The members visited different business houses and dis- cussed business problems. Mildred Claxton, Doris Hall, Roberta Moore, and Nola Potter were the senior members of the club. Oscar Fettig, senior, and Mr. E. D. Chilcott organized a ping pong club. The club sponsored a tour- nament during the last semester. A number of senior boys were members of this club. The Little Theater, sponsored by Mr. Jack Kelly, had for its offi- cers three seniors: president, Jean Braly, vice president, Bob Yeo- man, and class representative, Venora Layman. The club read plays and presented a number of one-act dramas. The Spelling club, whose presi- dent was Ned Frisbie, senior, was organized by Miss Ruby Mider. As the name implies, the club spon- sored spelling matches. A Home Economics club was formed by Miss Wilma Sutton. The girls were divided into dif- ferent groups and dressed small dolls to represent different types of dress, both modern and ancient. Senior members were Velma Cat- lin, president, Alma Jane Wallace, vice president. Members were Margaret Hobson, Mary Louise Fowler, Bernadine Govert, Rob- erta Moore, and Verna Wymore. Miss Marjorie Houghton organ- ized a Photography club which took pictures and studied different methods of photography. The senior members of the group were Aubrey Campbell, Bob Jenks, Alma Jane Wallace, Roberta Moore, Viola Base, Vivian Lynch and Mildred Claxton. The Stamp club, whose sponsor was Miss Wilma McBurney, studied philately and exchanged stamps. Two girls' Archery clubs were organized this year by Miss Paul- ine Stanley. The purpose of the clubs was to promote skill in archery and an interest in other sports. The colors of the Daugh- ters of Diana were blue and gold, and of the Cupid's Archers, red and white. Verna Wymore, sen- ior, was president of the Cupid's Archers. Mr. Charles Ruff organized a Biology club this year. The mem- bers experimented and discussed things of interest in the biology field. Martha Duerksen, Levi Matlack, Jerry Riggs, Oscar Fettig and Margaret Hobson were the senior members of the group. A boys' archery club was start- ed by Mr. Vernon Van Camp. The boys had a hike every two weeks and on the other week had a shoot. They also worked on equip- ment. The seniors in the club were Bob Jenks, Ed Farnsworth, and Ronald Kincheloe, vice presi- dent. V Q9 Boy Scouts Two senior boys, Farrel Nelson and Bob Cloud, have achieved honors in Scout work. Farrel is an Eagle scout and is now junior assistant Scout leader. Bob is a life Scout and senior patrol leader. .1- ... .... National Honor Society Five boys and four girls were chosen from this year's class of graduates as members of the National Honor Society. The list includes: Venora Layman, Jean Braly, Verna Wymore, Helen Jean Gillen, Levi Matlack, Warren Brown, Robert Yeoman, Carl Jones, and Robert Cloud. .i..,.-., F. F. A. Boys from the senior class have done their part in making this year a big year for the F. F. A. Oscar Fettig has ably acted as president of the club during this past year. There are forty-three members in the organization and four of this number are seniors. The club has sponsored several social activities and organized Z1 basketball team in addition 'oo their regular club work. The group has sponsored two major judging contests and has been in charge of several industrial trips for the agricultural department. The last big activity of the club was a trip into Colorado to study different methods of farming. They visited Estes Park and Colo- rado Springs. The senior members were Rob-- ert Hart, Ned Frisbie, Wilbur Sloan and Oscar Fettig. Page Nine