Louisiana High School - Alamo Yearbook (Louisiana, MO)

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highest peak. Our final and most glorious year was started off by electing George Luther as president of the student body and the student council. The other senior council officers were Jimmy Garner as vice-president and Iola Steers as secretary-treasurer. Our class officers were; president, George Murry; vice-president, David Dove; secretary-treasurer, Betty Hudson. The student council representative was Betty Jane Pitzer. Again this year, as last year, one of the senior boys won an NROTC scholarship. In order to win this honor, the boy must meet certain high standards of a mental and physical nature. James Jasper passed ail the tests with flying colors and was awarded an NBOTC scholarship to any college he chose. Nina.Sue Strack was elected homecoming queen and her senior attendant was Nancy Shive. Bill Bass was Nancy’s escort. Margaret Ballard attended the barnwarming queen and Averon Love did the honors of escorting Margaret. Katherine Waddell was chosen by her classmates as the best girl citizen and as the recipient of the D. A. R. Award. Three seniors were band officers. David Dove was president; Frank Henderson, student conductor; and Nina Strack, treasurer. As usual, the seniors,had their athletes and pep-squad members. Track was chosen as a spring sport and it boasted quite a turn out of senior boys. As this article was being written many plans for the future were being formulated in our over-worked brains. The farewell dance, senior week, Commencement, the senior play, the senior trip...all these and many other plans and hopes were prevalent in the minds of all the senior boys and girls. We all believe we have learned a lot at Louisiana High School and hope sincerely that we shall leave behind more than just our memory. We shall never forget old L. H. S. and all the students and teachers back there. AUTOGRAPHS

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Senior Class history It was the most eventful year in the long history of L. H. S.! It was the year in which the graduating class of 51 first entered the halls of its dear old Alira Mater. On a bright day in September, 1947, the new freshman class, composed of sixty-five husky boys and girls, started its four-year career in high school. The leaders of the class for the year ’47-'48 were: president, Frank Henderson, Jr; vice-president, George Murry; secre- tary-treasurer, Nina Sue Strack. Jeanne Rector was the student council representative. Nancy Shive was the queen of the F. F. A. Barnwarming and Jeanne Rector was her freshman attendant. Nina Strack was the attendant to the homecoming queen and Jimmy Garner was her escort. Our freshman class was well represented in all phases of extra-curricular activities. After a much needed summer vacation the old freshman class returned to school and donned the title of sophomores. There were fifty-four of us--a little drop in quantity from the previous year, but the quality still remained. The“Big Wheels ’ during that school year were: president, Jimmy Garner; vice-president, Nina Strack; secretary-treasurer, Phyllis Clarke. Jeanne Wood was the student council representative. The outstanding sophomore award went to Frank Henderson, Jr. He made the pilgrimage to Jefferson City on April 1, 1949. At the homecoming game the sophomore attendant to the queen was Dorothy Cable, escorted by Rule Campbell. Nina Strack was the sophomore attendant at the annual F. F. A. Barnwarming and Bill Bass was her escort. The band, glee club, and all the sports had members of the sophomore class as participants and incidentally they all did well for themselves and their school. The junior class of 49-’50 was the smallest in school, and therefore it had to work that much harder to carry the load that is placed upon every junior class. The “Guiding Lights that year were: president, Frank Henderson, Jr.; vice-president, John Shultz; secretary-treasurer, Betty Ann Hudson. Nina Strack was the junior representative to the student council. Frank Henderson, Jr. and Nina Streck were two of the four persons who attended the annual student council convention which was held in Columbia, Missouri. Several boys went out for football and basketball; girls basketball was once again offered to all the energetic ones of the fair sex. There were seven juniors in the band, seven in glee club, two twirlers, and six girls in the pep-squad. Lou Ella Blackwell had the honor of attending the homecoming queen. The barnwarming queen was attended by Kitty Simpson from the junior class. As was the custom, the juniors published the L. H. S. HIGHLIGHTS with Mrs. Lucy English as its sponsor. Frank Henderson was the editor of the HIGHLIGHTS. The junior play, “Uncle Fred Flits By ’ was directed by Mr. William Wool ford. Mrs. Martha Smallwood and Mrs. Helen Hildebrand supervised the “ Junior-Senior Banquet” and used a night club idea as the theme of the banquet. At last--we made it! We were seniors! It was a long hard journey but after climb- ing over the years, the books, and the many tough assignments we finally reached the 16 This page sponsored by Duncan and Jordan.

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