Laclede High School - Lincola Yearbook (Laclede, MO)

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CHRISTMAS PROGRAM Friday night, December 19, 1947, the Laclede Public School presented its Christmas program. The program was composed of numbers given by both the high school and grade students. After the program Santa Claus arrived and distributed the gifts. The evening was Enjoyed very much by everyone. HONORS WON AT KIRKSVILLE On April 2 and 3, 1948, special nurnbers by the Laclede High School stu- dents were presented at the district contest at Kirksville, Missouri. Carolyn Prewitt gave a piano solo on Friday and received a II rating. On Saturday the special numbers received the following ratings: solo, Bonnie Dowell, lg Mixed Quartet II3 Boys Quartet, II: Girls Quartet, III: and Sextette, II. Bonnie Dowell, who won a first rating at the contest at Kirksville, is go- ing to Columbia April 30, 1948, to compete in a contest given there. In January the county elementary teachers met at Laclede. The high school chorus entertained them with special numbers at the close of the meeting. Miss Carleta Rauer was the only competitor for the Local Oratorial Con- test. This contest was sponsored by the American Legion. The title of her essa was Our Great American Heritage--Liberty JUNIOR- SENIOR TRIP The Junior-Senior trip planned by the junior class will be May 7, 1948. We will go to Springfield, Illinois, stopping en route at Hannibal, Missouri, to see the boyhood home of Mark Twain, the museurn, and the park in his honor. While in Springfield we will motor out to Petersburg, Illinois, a small village to go through the New Salem Park in honor of Lincoln. Y

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On September ZZ, 1947, Paul Prewitt lost the distinction of being the only senior boy when Willard Roberts entered from Los Angeles, California. The senior class received their announcements on April 7, 1948. The senior class journeyed to Kirksville to the seventh annual Senior Day at the Teacher College. During the day we were entertained by a very in- teresting talk by Mr. Roe Bartle, an attorney from Kansas City. At noon lunch was served to us in the college cafeteria. In the afternoon we were taken on tours of the campus, saw a play in the Little Theater , and danced in the auditorium. Dick J'oh.nson's orchestra played for the dance. We returned home early in the evening after having spent a very enjoyable day at Northeast Missouri State -Teachers College. This trip was made on April 9, 1948. At the beginning of school the junior class had eighteen members. A new student, Louetta Richardson, came to our class from Linneus. During the year we lost two members, leaving us sixteen. The juniors received their class rings in October. They are a combina- tion of rose, yellow, and white gold. We are very proud of them. This year the junior class had a stand at the basketball games. We sold a large quantity of pop and candy to the crowds, and we appreciated their patronage very much. K3 On September 19, the sophomores supervised Freshman Initiation Day. The girls were dressed as boys and the boys as girls. During the day the soph- omores took the freshmen through the streets and displayed them to the public. This incident was very a.musing. That evening a party was given by the soph- omores. Games were played and refreshments of pop, sandwiches, pickles, and cookies were served. A return party was given to the sophomores about a weeklater. Refresh- ments 'of sandwiches, cookies, potato chips, and pop were served. Games were played and everyone enjoyed hirnself very much. At the beginning of school there were thirteen freshmen. Mary Richards on and Betty Sturtevant were the new members in the class. During the year Lena Mae Davolt moved to Meadville, Ronald Ward moved to Chillicothe, and Pat Herron moved to Moberly. This left us with ten students out of the original thirteen. t