Maitland High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Maitland, MO)

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY On Sentember 3 1951, nineteen, shy, green Freshman cllmbed the stairs to beein their four years of h1vh school They were Maxine Hammond, Idalvn Guthrie, Ruth Archer, Ann Lea Cowan, Dlxie June Wiley, Patty Elder, Jo Ann Pave, Beverly DeBord Anlta Gallavher, Vona Hunt, Kenneth Larason, Jack Howlette, Donald Nennihan, Verl Vestcott, Donald Ashlock, J1m Duyre im Dennison Jo n Mvers, and Ralph McKinney Class offlcers for our Freshman year were President Patty Elder V1ce oresident Dixie Niley Secretary Kenneth Larson Treasurer Jo Ann Pave Our Snonsor was Sh1rley Fockhold We chose as our motto WOut of school life, into 11fe's school W Our flower is the American beautv roee Our colors are red and white Ne were 1nitiated durlng the second week of school Although it was a nretty rouvh ordeal, we have to admit lt was a lot of fun The virls had to wear lonz underwear with Corsets, shoe boxes on our feet, hair drinoing Nlth 011, flve bracelets on each arm and several rings and necklaces and an onlon around the neck The boys had to wear baby dresses and a diaoer and bonnets They had to carry the1r books in a baby buvsy and wear shoe boxes on their feet Both boys and E1TlS had to bow to the senlors and say the1r abc's backwards Th t nlvht the senlors tonoed lt off w1th a narty at the school house, serving cokes and ooncorn We now felt like full fledged hivh school students As our Sonhmore year began we still had an enrollment of nlneteen We lost Futh Archer, but galned Melva Tull1s from Forest C1ty Our offlcers for the Sonhmore year were Vice nresident D1X16 vlley Secretary Treasurer Jo Ann Page Soonsor John Russell During our Junlor year we had a lot of fun Ve had lost and gained some members of our class Donald Mennlhan, Verle Westcott, Donald Ashlock and Kenny Larson left us but Glenn Dlggs Jooned from Skidmore making an enrollment of 15 Our snecial events the Jun1or year was our nlay and the Jr Sr Bancuet Ve nresented our olay nmhls Ghost QUSIHE s on Aurll 8 Nine class members and one Freshman composed the cast Ne had a lot of fun utting the lay on Mr Wuester directed the nlay On Anril 16, we took the b6nlOFS and faculty to Kansas Clty to the ice Ca ades Ne held the banouet at the Beacon, south of St Tose h Ne ordered our TlDZS and announcement, and could hardly walt unt11 our Senior year to et them Class officers for this term were President Jack Rowlette Vice resident Kenny Larason Secretary treasurer To Ann Page S onsor Terry Muester Now at last we have reached our Senlor year At the nresent we have an enrollment of lb Me lost Beverly DeBord but zalned Lowell Lone from Cle rmort D r . ,D , - v ' , . ' 1 J 9 YH A D . ' v ' ----.---1-.-v F3 . , , ---- f E . . . . . . . . ,. . . I , . . . . . . F ., . O . 2 President ------- -----Patty Elder - ------- . D. A A , N V . , Y, us . , Q ,. , . E A . M . Q Y . . , , 7 Q V1 0 Q 0 , N . V . - u 'l v V 1 ' Q . J' L, . , ----- ---.----- x - , . . , J a . -

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SENIOP CLASS HISTORY fcontinuedl Our Senior year has been marked w1th one tragedy, the death of our classmate, Jack Howlett Jack was well liked by everyone Ve received our rings the second day of school These rings were flashed around Quite a lot the first three or four weeks and then the new wore off We are still oroud of those rings though In the second wfek of school we lnitiated the Freshman They certainly looked comical w1th the girls wearing long underwear under overalls worn backwards and rolled up to the knees They wore one tennis shoe and one hlgh heel, onions around thelr neck They wore sw1m caos with hairnets over them They each brought a tube of liostick and eyebrow nencil We saw to it that they each had the aonroiate make un on The boys wore short frilly dresses A rag mon with a scarf to hold it on made them very attractive And of course they wore the tradltional onion around their necks Bovs and E1F1S both carried thelr books 1n a bucket, carried flvstatters and bowed and sang the WOld Mill Streamn when ordered to do so by a Senlor That night we gave them a narty at the school house marched them to town and had them narade un and down ma1n street singing HDown by the Old M111 Stream We took them back to the school house where they had to go through varlous songs and dances and av several oenalt1es The Freshman than had to steo blindfolded and barefooted into a box of d1rty snevhetti Thev though the box contained the green worms we had shown them before we bl1ndfolded them I think the Freshman ngoyed this initiation as much as we did We had sneak day on Seotember 28 Ne nicked a bad day for it as it rained all day Ne lnvaded Maryvllle and 1n soire of the rain, we managed to have a lot of fun On October ld, we had Senior nlctures taken Ve got them back Navember 30, and for two or three days exeryone snent h1s t1me trading D1CCUTES Ne oresent d our nlay, WA Feud1n' Over Yonder W on March 31 It nroved successful and we had a lot of fun nutt1nf lt on M Malotte and Mrs Snangler directed the nlav ADP1l 25 was Qenlor Day And Anrll 30 as the J Sr B nouet The Junlors gave a xera successful banouet wlth the Jr r Brom after the banouet The flrst of lay we took o1r SGHIUP trlo xe went to of Lou1s 'e h d a good tlme staxln lh hotels inc C3k1HF ln the S1 hts o the y Now at last, the goal we h ve worked for for twelve years has been attalned Baccalaurette nd omrencement xe leave old altland high th1nk1ng of all the good tnmes we have had, and although we are haoov to be out we stlll can't helo feellnf llttle regret that we do h ve to leave We fell lt wlll be elfflcult or any other class o have such an enwoxable hlgh school career as we have had But, nevertheless we hone the fOllOWlDr classes wlll be as pro nerous 1n t e1r h1Ph school vears as we were Class offucers for our Sen1or ve r were Presldent D1X19 lley V1ce oresldent Vona Hunt Secretary treasurer Jo Ann Page Sponsor Nr Malotte Ne have enjoyed maklnv th1s annual and feel we have out out an lnterestlng book . . Q V I - -1 I 0 n . u . . . . n e 1 D I 2 Q . Q . . . ' Q, FN I Q v - , . Ne ' V' 1 Y , . 'N . I ,. U i n 9 U v ' 1 , . . . . s ,Y O - v o . - , V . . t 0 ' e 1 ' . . Q ., . T. . V - X, , A 'rf I . . 3 a , , . 5 I . . 3 ., . A n , , , . . .l, g . u ' . t. I no. V, 'N . . . . . . 1 - v ,. ,, Q -V ,Q ,V r A J ,ij . Clt Q , ZZ J. . ' ,, 'fa '. 1:1111 Q. KJ :J . f in . . . . A . 1 . T V G lf , ' g e . . . ,. . Q-. , W . V - , . . x , 7 . ' . r . ,Y . . l , V.. D . w - - , . . 1 c. . - - ' mr' ---..----...------.. ...- -- H ' 1 - n111:::q1:1111t11 v - ,--..-------- -------..--..-----------l .. , . , . V. . . O I - .