Mehlville High School - Reflector Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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KNIIGHTS QITIOI S' DONALD GENE BELKNAP I: cl 2 SENIOR I he lrml rv ended flu Ilylf pas! ill clad In armour I1 kmghi 111 1115! In the fall of 1940 seventy five perplexed but resolute pages wandered meekly through the portals of Mehlvllle Castle of Learmng Although the path was steep and rocky w1th the eternal optlmlsm of freshmen they came sm1l1ng through To lead them on thelr 1n1t1al trek they elected the follow1ng ofllcers presl dent Bob Alexander v1ce presldent Glenn Erb, secretary Janet Stemmetz and treasurer Frances Baker Undel the ever watchful eye of Mrs Esther Fowler the class sponsor these green and gulhble creatures gave a Backward Dance whlch proved to be an overwhelmlng success As one trlumph followed another their next project a beneF show glven 1n co opexatlon wlth a nelghborhood theater also showed fav orable results Returnlng the following year as full fledged squlres they had adopted an a1r of confidence and self rellance So lntent were they 1n grow lng up that they sponsored the Coronatlon, a very lmpresslve and elaborate affalr Thls memorable occaslon was especially s1gn1flcant to the squlres, because Glenn Erb was crowned Reflector King of 1947 Taklng command were such capables as pres1dent, Ray Hanbeck, v1ce presldent, Peyton Jenness, secretary, Janet Stelnmetz, and treasurer, Lou1se Llndel DOROTHY JEAN SNYDER 4 S Ft 4 glxl DORIS HAGEMAN N K C 5, KI Xlclll H3 N St fl HISTORY A year later found them back agaln step plng w1th their best foot forward for they had advanced enough to obtaln the tltle of bach elors To prepare for the busy year ahead they carefully elected the following officers presldent Ray Hanbeck vice presldent Peyton Jenness secretary Sue Frank and treasurer Dorothy Burghart Servmg as sponsors were MISS Dorothy Wlll1afHSOD and Mrs Mary Leonard They sponsored such successful func tlons as the Amateur Show the Tom Brene man Show and the Chrlstmas Dance How ever the most slgnlflcant event of the season was the Jumor Senxor Prom and Banquet the object of the above money making schemes The pomp and splendor of th1s occaslon was created by troplcal palms and exotlc flowers IH keeplng wlth the Hawauan theme Forty three eager appllcants for knlghthood returned to Mehlvllle Manor last September The re electlon of M1ss Wllllamson and Mrs Leonard as sponsors vlrtually assured success Thelr first venture as sen1ors was the presenta t1on of the Harvest Hop whlch was pro nounced a success by all who attended A later contrxbutlon to Mehlvllle s soc1al l1fe fand the class treasuryj was the Snow Ball, glven ln January The sands were swlftly runnlng out the zero hour was near that hour when the fam1l1ar stralns of Pomp and C1rcumstance w1ll carry this semor class of '49 toward the royal pedestal where they w1ll recelve the order of kmghthood M1111 Sz 1 tcm l l'm' IMF In lu' u ymml .vlwmgl lx juxf lilu' falling: aff rl Ivy. Special l'l1orus '46, '47. '48, '4'l l,ilnr:iri:m '46 R, ' I l'vp fluli ' 7. '43 N ,, RCl'lCC!ul' .'!1i ' '43, '-W Um' junior All Club '48 A li rnlvln'f1'llfm':uitl1 u Softball ' 3. '49 fzuuxj' flriu, A Volleyball '49 H'lm tI11uk.v flmf play is x liditnr. Mc-hl-lly News '4'0 m'f'1'r 11 Jin. f Klic ' uh '49 llas null '46 Yolleylmll '46 e Class King '46 K Ur. matics '47 , Basketball '46. '-17. '48 Q l rirndI.- and ,l11l!ll1fllf1, joking and yay - ' lhris is altvayx rvuzly fm' Huy. Prep fllllll '47 Spa- ial Chorus '47 A Klic 1 uh '49 . - ' fcws .' zi '49 T 1 .. f V . . , Av, . . - . , . , i . . U ' ' ' 4 , r ' - - as - vv - ' 7 I , ' ' 3 . , v ' v . ' Q , Q v 7 7 . . . I , ' Q '- ' ' za as ca - l 1 . Y , , - 1 ya an - in - ' 1 Q , ' ' 1 , , . . . y . Y - . . t . . ' . ' 9 - ' 1 ' . . . . 1 ' . ' - an H - . . , - , . . . , . .

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K IGHTS PII I Ol'S HOWARD MILD Bai-krrhall .rfvwts a flood timr 'In If med ln: slmlx Basketlnll 46 49 49 ep Club 47 Baseball 49 49 Dranmtics 43 ARLENE WEISS A .mmm dzsposmon and a clzarunml lxappk .wmlr To kno c a rnrl like Arlfuc is realli uortlmlzxlv I' H A 8 'SIel1lHy Nou: Staff 49 JAMES HENDRICKS ml Ilufrx :lo luelrx 10113 and rar Notlimq tlnrr zs tm! uarrics me Pep Club 47 junior 'Xml lluh 48 Klleg Club 41 KATHLEEN NEUWIRTH lx ith x lxaflu Li' tlif kind of yzr to admin' A youd .studrnt and a rcal 'c-24-irv. Special Chorus '46, 4', 48 49 ep Club 47 '48 Reflector Stuff 47 resident Y-Teen: 48 Librarian 49 x1Chl'l'ly News Staff 41 Teen Press Club 49 RALPH MASON El- .obo Dcvp his roics, arcragc his xtatur, With all, a Ixarfy-yo-Iurky ualurr. Acalanes lligh flmfayetle Californian? '46 Special Chorus 47, 43 49 ep Club 47, 48 Manager, Basketball '49 Klieg Klub '49 Page Ifzftcvu FAYE WILKERSON Ilcr hair is :mt more .tuning than lwr lirnrt wi ub 41 Niehl lls Num Ntalf 49 ROBERT ALEXANDER on In bnsrlmll s llall of Fame Surmdnx rlmll bc .rcrn Bob s namc ie 46 7 4 Basketbill 46 47 48 49 Class Presnlem 46 junior Xml Club 48 Captain llaselnll 48 49 Special Choru-. 49 Reflector Staff 47 48 49 Bowrd of l0lII'lCllOI'S 49 lxlieg Ixlub 49 C aptain lil ketb ill 49 AUDREY SCHLESING Vnnrmus thoughtful u of un lVzlh u frumllx .smxlv or cirrwnv I lexehnml High 46 47 ll A lxlieg lxlub 49 American l cgum 0f3tlJflC3l Contest 49 NORMAN REBSAMEN Norm An carurxt lad. a flood filiolog In any nmrliiuc he d be a cog. Pep Club 47 Industrial Arts Club 48 Reflector Staff 49 LORRAINE SPEAR A: a math studcut :Inf n uhi':. ,' v yrt.r 'lllll' ' most curry quis. lep Club 4' '48 49 llramatics 48 '.l .A. 48, ' f American Legion Oratorical Comes! '48

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Best Student Moat Versat1le Most Popular Prettlest Most Handsome Pepp1e5t Most Courteous Best Athlete C llfSfCllIC!lIlg gfrlzqhis Edna Baaeler Janet Stexnmetz John Fxaehbach Janet Stemmetz Alf Cederqulst Don Belknap Norman Holzwarth Bob Alexander Most Wlnnlng Sm1le Dorothy Burghart Most Attractlve Jean Helenschmldt Best Dancer Jean Helenschmldt SENIOR OFFICERS t to rlght Urs Ltwmrd, Iumm lmdcl S110 Iranlt, f11l1u 1lX1lI,Hl4lI lun. Iruult 11111 H 111111111 ll Iulllt St. crm t Il Wittiest .................................................. Horton Simons T