Madison High School - Panther Recall Yearbook (Madison, MO)

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Class Wzll Vie the Semor Class of 1953 Czty of 1VIad1son State of IVI1ssour1 and belng sound m1nd and body do w1ll and bequeath the followmg To the faculty we bequeath the underclassmen May heaven help them I Henry Embree do w1ll my love for anghsh to Ronald Pxerce and my reckle dr1v1ng to Bob Gandy, or anyone who has the nerve to take It I Ard1th Farrell do w1ll my ab1l1ty to have funvuth a group of glrls to Wllma IVIcMorr1s and my love for argumg to Judy Spurlxng who doesn t need any practice I Verna Houch1ns, do w1ll my ent1re estate xncludmg one broken down foldmg chan' mn the off1ce to Darleen Kent I Alberta L.aForce do w1ll my love for serv1cemen to Emma Embree and my cheerlead1ng place to Carolyn H111 I Shxrley Mart1n do w1ll my love for bookkeepmg to any one who wants to tackle lt and my place In the Off1C8 to Emma Elmbree I Harry R1ley do vul my red Ford to Rosy and my basketball su1t to Tommy Tones and tlce loxe of mme for all the gurls of M H S to Jlmmy Holohan whom I owe S4 I L1onel Smlth do w1ll my basketball sult to Weldon B1rd and my chewmg gum to Darlene Fads who doesn t need lt and my meanness for teasmg g1rls to Rosy Rxley I Ioan Swrndell do w1ll my ablhty to get 1n and out of trouble to Donald Hendren and my dr1v1ng ablhty to anyone who has the nerve to take It I Bob Threlkeld do w1ll my basketball student managersh1p to anyone who has heart to take and keep lt my sole rrght to have as many g1rls as I can crowd 1nto one year to Clalr Elsberry and my ab111ty to get along wrth F'ngl1sh teachers to Bob Tandy I Anna Walters do w1ll my study hall seat to Toyce Nallory and my bookkeepmg books to Norma Swartz or to anyone who understands them We the members of the class of 1953 do w1ll and bequeath to the undercla sfnen To the Jun1ors we w1ll and bequeath our trxals and trlbulatlons on chooslng a place to go on the1r Senxor trlp our textbooks left lymg around and our sen1or1ty zn school To the Sophomores we w1ll our hab1ts of study but please try to rmprove them smce ours was not up to par To the Freshmen we w1ll our pr1v11eges we th1nk we have had Poor thmgs they need some as compared to the other classes Class Prophecy One sprmg day 1n 1963 I was Cflllslflg slowly around the bustllng metropoh of Madlson wonder1ng 1f I would see any old famzllar faces It had been nme years mce I had graduated from the local h1gh school and I was wonderlng what had happened to the graduates who were one year ahead of me So I thought I d look and mqulre around about the class of 1953 I got out of my car and went 1nto the Meals Drxon market Who was behmd the counter but Mrs Shepherd the former .Ioan Swmdell She had marrred Wxlbur Shepherd ln June after her graduatlon 1n May She told me they llved on a farm west of town and had three lxttle red headed glrls I left the market and went next door to the cleanmg shop and there I saw Bob fHot11psl Threlkeld He told me he had gone to IV'oberly Junlor College and lVI1s our1 Lmversmty and had majored 1n Journahsm He had made a mllhon ln the newspaper busmess and now owned half of Mad1son mcludmg the Madxson Tlmes 0 , . . . . .. . 1 D ' 1 - J of . V. . I . . . c 9 s 9 'S 1 1 . . . , . , A I 1 1 I s I 1 I I - Y I . - - 1 V nn so ' 1 71 L I . 1 ' j . . . ' ' .06 1 u u - - - as cv 1 , . 1 9 2 1 - - 1 , v , . ' . , , . I . e . , , .. . , - 1 1 . 1 ' 9 . . . . . .S 1 . S' , . . - 1 ' a . , . L. a ' . . 1 as , D .

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TOP ROW Mr Smlth Harry Rxley L1onelSm1th Hen y Fmbree Bob Threlkeld BOTTOM ROW Anna Walters Shxrley Martxn Ioa Swxndell Alberta LaForce Verna Houchms Ard th Far ell Semor Class Hlstory COLORS Purple and Gold FLOWER Red Rose MOTTO Today s Youth Is Tomorrow s Hope We entered Mad1son H1gh for the f1rst txme 1n the fall of 1949 and at that txme we thought that the year 1953 would never roll around but here xt d1d and nt really wasn t so very long In 1949 our Freshman year we had f1fteen members mn our class Our class off1cers were Pres dent Bob Threlkeld V1ce Pr-es1dent Bllly f r1m Secretary Treasurer Harry Rxley and Sponsor Mrs Brownfxeld The year 1950 we agam met 1n the halls of Ma.d1son Hlgh to flnd a few of the fam1l1ar faces m1ss1ng and also some new ones present The new ones were Lols L1esman and T-Tenry Embree Th1s brought our number to twelve Our offxcers were Treasurer Henry Embree and class Sponsor Mrs Harmon Our .Tumor year 1n 1951 found th1rteen Jolly Iumors back for another year at Mad1son T-hgh We saw all the old faces of last year and a new one Llonel Sm1th As the year got under way we chose new off1cers wh1ch were Presldent Sh1r1ey Martlr VICE Presldent Bob Threlkeld Secretary Treasurer Audrey W1111aU1S and Sponsor Mr Mattmgly As another year rolled around we found ten soph1st1cated Senxors ready for the1r last year at Mad1son 1-hgh We chose the followmg to be the leaders durmg our ,X last year Pres1dent L1onelSm1th, V1ce Presxdent Alberta LaF'orce Secretary fi Treasurer Bob Threlkeld, and Sponsor Mr Smzth Bob Threlkeld completed four years as manager of the basketball team L1onel Smxth was the star on the basketball team and he was always selected for all star tournament teams and the All State team chosen by newswrlters throughout the state Our Semor Play The Happmer We 11 Be was presented Aprxl Z4 under the dn-ectxon of Mr Smxth We have not dec1ded where we w11l go on our class tr1p but our trxp wxll be from Aprxl 27 to May 1 Baccalaureate servxces wnll be May 10 and Commencement wxll be May 14 These act1v1t1es ended our hxgh school days Z . I , A , . I , X' . , , i r C C , ... . . .. , ' f . . : i F . - . , . V . ' - D ' S I 9 - 9 as follows: President, Lois Liesmang Vice--President, Ardith Farrell: Secretary- , 3 , - - A -J I ' l 1 5 ' I I . 3 Z E . . . 0 . - . , S - l . 1 9' . I I I- ll ' O IO ' . p I . . . ' . - - '

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Rob and I spent sometime talking of all his old classmates, and we decided to drive up to the old school building to see if it had changed any since we had gone up there every day for several years. We arrived at the building during school hours, but we got out and looked around. We went upstairs and I peeked in the first grade room and there was Verna Houchins, the teacher. She and Dick Southern were still going together, but she couldn't get him to tie the knot. I wandered over to the gymnasium and there was Lionel Smith, Madison's coach. He had his team practicing for state tourney play again. They had won the state tourna- ment for the past three years and he was anticipating another trophy. Two years ago he had married Joyce Elsberry, his high school sweetheart. After visiting with Lionel for a while, Bob and I went back up town and pulled into the old Del Miles garage to get some gas and who came out but Harry Riley. He told me he owned every station in town and several others over the state. He had a little sideline business too--a date bureau. I wasn't interested in that, because he told me he gave each of his men customers a pill that made them sick and then he got the girls We spent a little time with Harry and he told us that Henry Embree was flying Jet rockets to the moon and back on a government contract Henry had also been chosen as The Most Lovable Man Of The Year for three consecutive years Bob and I decided to wander over to the restaurant for a cup of coffee and the waitress was none other than Alberta LaForce She said she owned half intern t in the restaurant but was contemplating on selling out and getting married but she wouldn t tell me who the lucky fellow was Alberta told us that Ardith Farrell was now Dean of Women at the Lnxver sity of Missouri and Shirley Martin was head nurse at the McCormick Hospital and Clinic in Moberly Anna Walters had married before the end of school, but she now lived near Clarence with her husband Mr Lee and their two children Bob and I lingered awhile over our cups of coffee talking of the many epi odes that happened in school concerning these graduates Presently Bob said he had to get back to his work and I knew I had to be on my way so I left the little city as slowly as I had cruised about it happy in my mind that I had learned of the whereabouts of that small class of ten graduates of 1953 Semor Play THE HAPPIER WE LL BE Act Late afternoon of a certain Saturday C Evening of the same Saturday Ac III Sunday Morning Time The present Spring Place The living room the Thatcher home CHARACTERS Henry Thatcher with political ambitions Bob Threlkeld Mrs Thatcher his wife Toan Qwmdeu Judy Thatcher their youngest daughter Ardyth Farrell Anna the housekeeper Shirley Nartin Vivien the oldest daughter Verna Houchlns Babs Bailie her chum Fmma Embree Zelda Reece a triple threat girl Alberta Laporce .Tack Harmon Vivien s boy friend Llonel bmrth Leslie Hall a visitor Hgnry Embree Mr Dexter a political power Harry Rlley Director Mr Smith 1 - 4 tt 'V ' l Y. ' . . V S . . . . . , I ' I . T . . 1, A. 1 I I ' ' ' ' 's - 7 D , . O I A t Il' ' t - I ' - - . of -C 11111101o11111 1 1 111 1 11111 11 1 10111 0 - 111110111n11101111111111n 1 1 11 1 111111 111111 11111 11111 1 111111 L ' 111 .1 . . ... . . 1.1 1 . 1. 1.1 . .... .1 . -- 11111101l1l111111101110111 1 11 11 1 1111 1111 1111111111111111 ' 'i ' -- 1111011111 11 1 1 1111 1 111 1 1111 1111111 111111 A .11111111111..1.11 1111 11. 111.1 11.11 1 . 1 . .11 11..1 1..1.111. .1 -- - 111101 1 1 11111 111111111 111 11 11 11111 11111 ' ' ' ' I -1 1 1111.1111111111.11.1111111. 1 111.1111111111111 1 11 11 .11 1111 0 -- 101111111111111111nI11o11lol111o11o11111 1 1 11111 1 111 -.. .