Malden High School - Greenwave Yearbook (Malden, MO)

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CLASS HI TORY As we, the class of 1956, look back over the last four years of toil and tur- moil as other senior classes of the past have done, we realize that our hearts are sad and reluctant to leave good old MHS. Possibly no greener freshman class than the one of 1952 ever enrolled in MHS, but we were not aware of any deficiencies, so we barged in as if the suc- cess ofthe school depended upon our taking over. Soon we began meeting rebuffs, but a few snags did not dampen our indomitable spirit. Even our untiring efforts failed to remold the school according to our ideas. Gradually it began to dawn on us that co-operation with teachers and other students brought us more happiness- truthfully we were becoming convinced that it was not our destiny to run the whole school. Things have run much smoothly for us since. Jerry Tuttle has the distinction of having served the class as president all four years. Mrs. Beall, likewise, has served as sponsor for the same length of time. Freshman notables were: Jerry Shelton, vice president, Bonnie Howlett, sec- retary and treasurer, Betty Wheatly, cheerleader, Jerry Shelton and Harriet Green- field, Student Council members, Rodney Stokes, citizenship award, Betty Wheat- ley, carnival queen candidate, Jerry Shelton, business manager, Mariel Johnson, football queen attendant, Betty Wheatley, basketball queen attendant. We started the sophomore year with few delusions about our importance, however, we did take our share of responsibilities and honors as follows: Johnny King, vice president, Margaret Banderfeltz, secretary and treasurer, Judith Walder, cheerleader, Sue lrgy, carnival queen attendant, Mariel Johnson, all school queen attendant. District contest winners were, Sue Whitehorn, Bonnie Anderson, and Mariel Johnson, third in art contest at Cape Girardeau and Norma Karlish, second in English division. Gene Jordan was chosen to go on the Sophomore Pilgrimage, and Most Valuable Player in Regional Tournament. Our iunior year! At last we were upperclassmenl We no longer felt that we were insignificant. This year we worked hard making enough money to give the iunior-senior prom and banquet. Besides the usual class activities, we presented a play, No More Homework. We chose Springtime in Paris for the prom theme. Honorable mention is due the following juniors: Johnny King, vice president, Claudine Mills and Bill Green, secretary and treasurer, Sue Irby, Cheerleader, Gene Jordan and Jerry Shelton, Student Council members, Bob Meyer, citizenship award, Claudine Mills, carnival queen candidate, Bill Green, business manager, Bonnie Anderson, all school queen attendant. District contest winners were: Bonnie An- derson, first in art and Charles Anderson, first in music. This was it! We were seniors! This year we had to accept more responsibility and to do more work, and that accounts for this long list of seniors who distin- guished themselves in many ways. We elected Johnny King vice president, Norma Karlish secretary and Bill Green treasurer, and Judith Walker and Phyllis Roehm cheerleaders. Our sponsors were Mrs. Beall and Mr. Johnson. This year we chose Sue Shelton, carnival queen candidate, and Charles Anderson as business manager. Jerry Tuttle made second team All Conference and Charles Anderson received honorable mention. We presented the play Foot-loose. The MHS basketball team had three seniors on the County All Star Team, Gene Jordan, Johnny King and Jerold Stafford. Basketball queen was Mariel Johnson, escorted by Gene Jordan, and Barbara Barham, attendant, escorted by Johnny King. Bonnie Anderson was football attendant. Our trip will be after graduation and we are going to Wash- ington, New York City and Niagara Falls. Yes, it has been a wonderful four years, and it is hard to leave dear old MHS behind, but we have the future to think about now. When we graduate, in our place will come a new senior class, and the age-old story begins anew.