Morgan City High School - Tiger Yearbook (Morgan City, LA)

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1lVkflitDMHi3Gfifit3MHH it On the night of Thursday, March 15, 1941 a noisy and enthusiastic pep rally was staged on the high school campus around a huge crackling bon fire. It was preceded by the pep parade which weve into and through town terminating at the pep meeting. Among 'the alumni who spoke at the rally were Mrs. A. W. Giordano, Misses Edith Price and Marguerite Campos, Coach Giordano and Principal Holmes, who welcomed the alumni. After the talks, the bonfire was lighted and a dum y representing the Terrebonne Tigers was hanged in ef- figyj while the spectators cheered it was thrown into the fiI'3o The arrival of the Queen and Court at the football sta- dium the next day was a high point in homecoming. They were greeted with cheers and enthusiasm. Misses Patricia Boud- reaux and Yvonne Pattie, fourth and third maids respective- ly, arrived in a 1942 Packard Clipper. Miss Boudreaux was wearing a rose wool short-sleeved sports dress, with Indian brown accessories and brown fur jacket. Miss Pattie was wearing a light blue wool jersey dress trimmed with rows of little silver squares from the neck line to the hips. Her accessories were brown, matching a brown fur jacket. Miss Barbara Schreier, second maid, arrived in a 1942 Plymouth. She were a fitted long-waisted princes style dress of sddier blue and a fur chubby. Her accessories were black. M 1 s s Elizabeth Busby arrived in a 1942 Chevrolet. Her dress was of royal blue velvet with matching hat, black accessories and a grey fur jacket. The arrival of the queen, Miss Ruby Dean King in a 1942 Chrysler was followed by gasps of admi- ration. Miss King looked lovely in an emerald green velvet dress with brown accessories. Her dress had a high neck and fitted bodice. Fullness of the skirt began at the hips. Her sleeves were three-quarter length and fitted at the el- bows. That night the royal party reigned over the annual Homecoming ball held at the Dalton Memorial. The theme of the program, which was planned by Mrs. Andrew W. Giordano , was National Defense. First of the long procession of at- tendants to their majcsties were two heralds who with toy trumphets in their hands, took their places on each side of the stage to await the court. Two Boy Scouts of America, Cgprying the American flag and the olive and blue banner of Morgan City High, stood beside the heralds. Next to arrive wore twenty soldiers, who were in reality the small children of many of the local families. Miss Patricia Boudrcaum, escorted by Mr. Gerald Stansbury, wore a gown of coral pink

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taffeta which was fitted at the waist, giving a basque ef- fect, and had a full skirt. Miss Yvonne Pattie arrived with her duke, Mr. Ernest Ganaway. She were a pink net gown with a fitted bodice and drop shoulders trimmed with ostrich fea- thers. Miss Barbara Schreier, escorted by Mr. 'empsey Beadle, was attired in a gown of kelly green taffeta over which she were a green velvet jacket with a sweetheart neck- line. Miss Elizabeth Busby was next to arrive. Her escort was Mr. Dennis Amadeo. Miss Busby's gown of blue net a n d taffeta had sworls of ruffles spaced informally on the skirt bound in gold braiding. The trumpets heralded the arrivalef her royal highness--the queen, Miss Ruby Dean King, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. King. She looked lovely in a gown o f net and rayon taffeta which has a sweetheartzre m R 1 i n e, puffed sleeves, and stage where she was escorted her to the crown upon her head ball' e.utegx'apb.ed by a very full skirt. She walked to t h e met by his Majesty, Mr. Ira Hebert, who throne. Mr. Hebert placed the royal and presented her with a white foot- the team. After the coronation of the queen, the high school Glee Club sang the school Alma Mater composed and directed by Miss Mary Pfendt, vocal instructor of the school, and the queen and her court were entertained by the pupils of Miss Hazel Smyly's dancing school. At the conclusion of the program the Homecoming Dance began when the court waltzed to the music of Billy Shaw and his orchestra. MEMBERS OF COURT IN PICTURE Left to Right--Standing in background: Yvonne Pattie and Ernest Ganaway, Elizabeth Busby and Dennis Amadeo, Ruby. Dean King and Ira Hebert, Dempsey Beadle and Barbara Sehreier, Gerald Stansbury and Patricia Boudreaux. The heralds, soldiers, sailors, etc., are children 0 f local families and the Boy Scouts are Thomas Aye and Robert Lavine.