Little Rock Central High School - Pix Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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5bay Ajjtesi lotnawio-ia 1951 dawns on a peaceful world. The United Nations have been es- tablished. The defeated Axis is being re-educated and those young hopefuls who left the halls of LRHS in '4:1 are no longer facing a world where Mama Britain slings bombs at Papa Hitler. Now the class leaders are scattered over the world meddling in politic», movies, night clubs, and other people’s business. We fhul a small part of tho class enroute to Japan an the lat- est stratoliner model. President Roosevelt, now in his sixth term, has ordered the sixth 4 star gen- eral, Jim Willson personally to inspect the areas under recon- struction in the Pacific. Jim re- quests the pilot, Kathryn Gaines, to land in Hawaii- “Kitten’’, the first woman transport flyer, orders her co.pilot. David Hyatt, to take the controls. At the airport a delegation head- ed by Gov. Bill Casey greets the general, his wife, Fcetie Conley; personal advisor to the envoy, Ed Smith; Assistant secretary of state, Jackie Stewart; senator from Arkansas. Jo Terral; first secre ary of transportation Vir- ginia Fulk and the plane hostess. La Veda Dulrn. Governor Casey en- tertains the Washington group at Pappy Joe’s Cafe for their one typical Hawaiian evening. Pro- prietor Bice leads them to a table in view of the famous F. F. darn- ers, Tookie Dav-’s. A die Storey, Virginia Puckett, Billie Wilson, and Stewtie Nickelson Slight disturbances are caused in the club and the bouncers, Tom Creech and Buck Cause, delicately remove Billy Stafford. John Bowles, Mar- gie Miller, and Gloria Mae Koester. Jerry Barnes and his “Barn- yard Kiddies’’ provide a back- ground for the all-time blue» sing- er. Charles Kirby. At dawn Jim examines the Pearl Harbor defenses and leaves for the Philippines. The now indepen- dent Filippinos hold a confer- ence during the visit. Technical affairs of the reconstruction pro- gram are supervised by the grea. engineers, Jim Chaney and Dick BoaZ- They now hustle toward the land cf the rising sun that has just set. Ip. Japan, Willson visits the largest construction area on the island. There he remembers his highsehool days with Ransom Jack- son, general supervisor. Super. Ransom conducts a tour of Tokyo, firsi displaying monuments of the war heroes. Jchnie Bowen. Geo. rge Cox. Bob Trieschmann. and the Red Cross nurse, Ann Pattillo. A visit to the Jap Grammar Sthooi reveals Ann Anderson, who has just finished translating the Encycloped:a Britannica into Ara- bic, teaching verbs and fractions. Adjacent to the school is the big athletic field where Coaches Mcd- lin. Ccots, Stathakis, and Horton are 1 uniting the hurdles to keep their highsehool figures. Clearly audible in the field are the screams of Ann Campbell’s kindergarten chaps. Her life-long ambition to be a good mother is r.o-.v realized with 40 littic home- less babies. Her assistants are Maggie Griffin, Patsy Lawrence. Joan Rorex and Jimmy Joyce Me- Roberts. Ambassador Lewis Block plays host to the group at the World Premier of “Shanghai Sue’’ star- ring Bcv Boyd and R. N. Diiling- HAM. Bugs Penick features in the comedy. As they leave the lob- by. they see Buster Bellingrath selling cokes, with Charles Carlin assisting on the peanut stand, and Robert Lemon jerking sodas. Now the party is welcomed on the luxurious yacht of millionaire Ray Tilley and sails for the Alu- tians and Alaska. The inspec- tion group visits the typical home of Mrs. Mary Ellen See Oliver and her son, Meyer Oliver. After hard hours of conferences, the General relaxes at the Metropolitan Opera. Jack Ginocchio, Nancy Sparling. JoyWilcox and Pat Dodge arc making their Alaskan debut ac- companied by Tag Chr:stian’s orchestra. At the invitation of Billy Nich- ols they attend a skiing par y. where they visit the shehermit. Grade Coleman. Mounting a sum- mit. the general's wife sprains an ankle. requ:ring Doctors Emily Self. Bud Redden. Buddy Bril hart, and nurses Carrie Ross and Bov Reason. Returning to Fairbanks, Willson sees an old friend, the eccentric wizard. Bill Slack. Also visiting Mr. Slack are the Rev. Tom Gray and his wife. Margie Adkins. A call from the president urges the group home. They travel the Alcan highway in Frankie Birch's new plastic land-cruiser. Bill Me A tee chauffeurs them to Washington by way oi Frisco where the tour ends. Ten years have passed since five hundred little grads patter- ed on ratoned soles loword di- ploma land. Here we find Buck Shofncr. Jim Coates, and Jackie Foreman still struggling for an ending to the Class Prophecy of 1043. Rea iebl Go+U. MISS JOSEPHINE STEWART has 28 pupils in this years' grad- uating elass. Among Miss Stew- art's favorite interests are opera, psychology and travel. Her favorite sport :s track, and she urges her senior girls to participate in arch- ery. She thinks that a highsehool student is wise if she studies a wide variety of subject matter in the highsehool period, so that she may be fortunate enough to find a voc- ation that will bring her satisfac- tion. success and happiness. MRS. .1. E. TEMPLETON, who succeeded Miss Mildred Wilson food instructor in March, this year has 2!» graduating pupils. Mrs. Templeton enjoys reading and trying row recipes. She also is making an army scrap .book. MIR. H. T. ZIEGLER. Instruct- or in printing, drawing and wood- work. has 21) graduates in his homeroom. Mr. Ziegler has been hero one year, but has been teaching in Little Rock school's for 23 years.

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fee,GA,eSiA' - - 9 ima. 2ee £patU and jb yiatliy. '2becJ iU$t All praise8 seem to have gone to ti e graduates so far. but sen- ior sponsors deserve much credit for xulding us ov.t the rough spots. They know our good points and our bad. yet somehow they have had the heart to over look the latter and are sending us on our long journey ahead with ad- vlre and knowledge, and with sin- cere hope that we will be the leaders and the backbone of our world tomorrow. MISS MARY CRAIG. teaclrer of Knglish, is a native of Missouri, where she completed most of her education. She received 11. A. and B. S. degrees from the University of Missouri, and her M. A. degree at Columbia University in New York. Her hobbies are reading and caring for flowers and shrubs. MISS VIVIAN DANIEL teaches Civics and American History. She is a native of Texas and received her M. A. at the University of Texas. Her favorite hobby is traveling. Miss Daniel says that since sire has been senior sponsor several times, it is nothing new to her. but she still enjoys it. MISS MARY FLOOD, instruct- or in Home Management and clo.hing. has been in LRHS «since 1926. Her hobbles are reading, handwork, and walking. Miss Flood has thirty-four graduates this year and states that she en- joys working with highschool people more than any other age group. MR. M. Y. HARDING, teacher in Commercial work, states that since he lias a senior homeroom every year. Ire thinks that, year by year, the senior classes get better and better . That's a bit of optimism for you. Mr. Harding is a native of Missouri and re- ceived his college work in the University of Missouri. MR. CLAUDE HHFLEY and MRS. LILLIAN WILLS, instruct- ors in Diversified Occupations and Retail Selling, devote all of tlreir time in preparing pupils to be the better business men and women of tomorrow. Thoy have graduates each year. MR. L. BRUCE JONHS, direct- or of the band, is one of the most famous persons serving on the faculty. He has been active out- sld.? of the school program serv- ing as critic, guest director and organizer for numerous civic and school organizations. MISS EDITH LIEDY is in truci- or in pre-flight and English. Her major hebby is collecting classi- cal records. Miss Liedy is a student flyer and enjoys tra cling. She has been a mem Irer of the faculty u- bout’six years, and this year has twenty-seven graduates. MISS CELIA MURPHY, is Hu- senior sponsor for homeroom 2!7 and the ralthful English advisor who pulY'd bewildered Seniors a- long their last mile. She has taught English for many years and at the present is the head of the English Department. Being a good reader and advisor for all her pupils, she is one that lends a helping hand to everyone. Miss Murphy su|iervised the senior as- sembly. MISS MARY MURPHY spon- sors a boy's home group and is one of the most |K puler French readi- er» in the city. Like her sister Celia. Mary Murphy is a leader and advisor. This year she has helped with tire direction of the senior assembly. Coaching indivi- dual acts for the assembly has been her major job for the pro- gram. MISS HARNHSTINH OPIE is the lady everyone knows pretty well before he leaves highschool. the one who knows all. sees all. and lv?ars all She is a person that has that certain way about her that gets you—yes. she gets YOU”. Mr. EUGENE A. PARK- ER. room 6. sponsors a home- room with five seniors. Mr. Park- er is teaching Auto Mechanics and aviation Engine repair. He Iregan teaching for the government in 193T». coming to LRHS in Novem- ber 1941. Mr. Parker's hobby is inventions. One of his Inventions is a devlre for testing coils, and he also has a patent on a boat. Being an author, he has written two books, one on automobiles and strange as it seems” one was a book of poems on which he has a copyright. MR. ROBERT PARKER, the assistant band director, is one of the youngest members of the fac- ullty. He Is a graduate of the Uni- versity of Wisconsin where Ire re- ceived his Bachelor of Music de- giee. While in College. Mr. Park- er was the Leader of the scl.oo 's swing band which lie later took abroad. He has been teaching here for the past three years. At lire present he is playing in a lo- cal swing orchestra. MISS EMILY PENTON. grad- uate of LRIIS and head of the history department, hus thirty- sewn graduates. Miss Ponton's hobbies are reading and playing biidge. Her rcuding consists most- ly of non-fiction, principally In- tel national affairs and personal- ities. She is a graduate of Hen- drix College at Conway and re- reived her Masters' degree at the University of Chicago. MISS JENNIE PERKINS has a homeroom of 35 graduating stud- ents. She is a teacher of Amer- ican History and has been a mem- ber of the faculty for fifteen years. Among her favorite past- times are sewing and playing the piano. MR. A. L. SCRUGGS. Instruct- or in Printing, is the man who al- ways gets the dirty work and enjoys it. Give him ink. machinery pa|ier, and a few boys, and he'll show you what a genius can do. Proving that some do come back he's one of the few faculty mem- bers who have graduated from here. MISS REBECCA SEWELL is a person of many hobbies. Among her favorites are golfing, knit- ting. horseback riding and read- ing. Her reading consists princi- pally of biographies. Miss Sewell is a native of Tex- as and received her B. A. degree and took Pre-medic work at the University of Texas. She received her M. A. at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Miss Sewe'l has also done graduate work in the University of Colorado. MISS ALMA SPEARS is an English teacher in LRHS. Among her favorite hobbies are golf and horseback riding. She also col- lects antiques. Miss Spears is a native of Texas where she receiv- ed her B. A. degree in Texas State College for Wonren and her M. A. in the University of Tex- as.

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 Jivau n Gan Wait by Vane MpasilUt f Leading cast members for !hc play “Heaven Can Wait appear Senior claps p'ay. HKAVKN CAN WAIT , will be presented at—two night performances. May sixth and seventh. Playing the leading roles arc Charles Kirby. Kill Casey. Stanley Bauman. Dorothy Walk- er. Virginia Fuik. Mary A. Young, arid Jack Ginnochio. Acting sis minor players are: Beverly Bee- son. Martha Bell. Irene Plser. Cleorgine Brainier. Alice Newton. Wayne Plckins. Barbara Woods. Barbara Henklc. Bob Trieshman. and Herbert Waller. The scenery was designed by M. Jean Smith. Freddie Shafer. Kthelec Hale, Judith Neil. Jackie Ward. and Burnell Babcock. Lighting effects were attained by Charles Meltabarger. Costumes were designed by Beverly Boyd and Jane Gray. The play was staged and produced by Miss Al- berta Harris. The plot, which concerns a box- er and his trip to heaven, is here- with presented. The scene: — sort of half way between Heaven and earth where souls are checked in the regis- trar's book before being sent on. — Off stage a male voice may be heard in heated argument. The owner of the voice appears. It is a young boy of about twenty- four carrying a gaxaphone. There has been a plane crash m which Joe Pendleton, a boxer, has above. Standing arc Jack Ginnochio Char'cs Kirby. Bill Casey and Stan- ley Bauman. Dorothy Walker, Vir- been killed and his soul taken to heaven go years before his time. He is now standing before Mr. Jordan who hunts for the name Pendleton. After a fruitless search which revealed no such name as this. Mr. Jordan deter- mines that Joe most certainly has been brought to heaven too soon . . . but whats to be done about it? His manager Max Levene (Stanley Bauman) has had Ills body crenmated and he's left witii a soul and nothing to put it in. At this point the curtain falls on the first scene. The second scene takes us to the living room of wealthy old Mr. Farnsworth where the search for a suitable body for a boxer has taken Mr. Jordan and Joe. Mr. Farnsworth is being murder- ed by his wife and the man she is in love with, and Mr. Jordan is waiting to collect the soul. Julie (Farnsworth’s wife) and Tony Abbott (his secretary» as .he murderers arc the only ones who know Mr. Farnsworth Is dead. Mrs. Ame; enters and tells Miss Betty Lcgan. who is calling, that Mr. Farnworlh will be right down. Act Two This act takes p’ace in the same drawing room. Joe as Mr. Farnsworth, is busy with his jump- ing rope w’hen his old manager Max Levene calls. He sees Joe's old glnia Fulk and Mary Adalyn Young arc seated on the first row. sax and begins to tell (he story of his fricnj when Farnsworth (Joe) takes up the sax and begins to play the Last 'Rose Of Sum- mer. Max recognizes it and Joe '.ells him how he happened to be in Farnsworth's body. Mr. Jordan comes in and tells Joe that he can't use Farnsworth's body any longer. So Farnsworth is again murdered and Joe is left without a body. Act 3 In (his scene, we have the radio announce the fight between Mur- dock and Smallings. Murdock seems to be winning when all of a sudden he falls over as if he has been shot. He has been mur- dered. Mr. Jordan asks Joe how that body would suit his soul. Although Joe thinks this body would be fine, he is seriously woiried whether or not Betty (with whom he has fallen in love) will recognize him. He says that life without Betty wouldn't be worth living. After his fight, in which he won the world champ- ionship. he meets Betty Logan again, but this time as K. O. Mur. dock. In a merry mixup Betty remembers that his voice sounds very much like someone elsc’s. . . so. After a complicated ending they all lived happily for 60 years.