North Kansas City High School - Purgold Yearbook (North Kansas City, MO)

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-, -ix x All DUI alt. CC HIC ild. -.--l, jim cumin of flue Ou! About twenty-live years ago an ambitious young man from an engraving house in Kansas City came to our school to introduce and work out a yearbook for us. We sat around a table, discussed its pros and cons, and came to the conclusion it would be desirable to have one. This book was to cost us nothing as it was merely an advertising feature for the publishers. Now what should we call this book? ldeas were scarce then. The Hornets had not come into existence. The purple and gold school colors were taken for granted. lt was never voted on by anybody. So what should we call this book? LeL,s call it the 'Owlf 'l suggested the young man. Fine! And so the Owl came into existence, a classic that has stood for years. Now, letls finger through this Owl. QThe Owl insignia on the ring followed shortlyj The men and the women who were privileged to teach with the wise old owl as their standard did not teach by the book, but taught boys and girls as the boys and girls studied with them. Call it socialized education if you will, classes were small but lots of ideas sprang from them. The boys and girls soon became men and women, leaders in our community. Some became lieutenants, colonels, captains, top-ranking musicians, engineers, ministers, bankers, journalists, chemists, top insurance men, real estate men, doctors, nurses and teachers. The passing of the Owl means only a change of names. The Purgold will have a long way to go in order to point with pride and establish as Fine a record as those who served and worked during the regime of the Owl. The yearbook has changed its name, but it will still be the Owl to hundreds and hundreds of the Hne boys and girls who will cherish the old book, and possibly love it all the more. - Amelia Keller. .fd Czoruri of uiceJ UNDER MISS LIDA WARRICK'S DIRECTION FORMS A MUSICALCBACK- GROUND FOR THE Y-TEEN CHRISTMAS PROGRAM. , KRW. . aa. , , ll 4 la...

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Nuo-CONTINENT PUBLIC LIBRARY MID-CONTINENT PUBLIC LIBRARY ' anch llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Genealogyha Lo 24 ' ' a fggefgjjfngiymo 64050 G E 3 oooo 12487898 8 f ,, 1 J if LIDA WARRICK Vocal IVIz451'c Instructor lecficafion 1 Among the high spots of the year none have been greater than the occasions when our thoughts have been lifted and inspired by voices harmonizing and blending in beautiful music. Most of us do not realize, however, the effort and devotion that is required to produce this Wonderful addition to our personal and school lives. To Miss Lida Warrick, the director of A Cappella Choir and Madrigals, who has done so much to make our memories richer, the Senior Class of 1950 dedicates this first Purgold. P11 gc' Six

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,, W, fl 25244 N :SW QI 711 ' IAMEs CARMAN Class of 1950 ,gn Memoriam There have been few causes of sadness at this school so great as the death of Iames Carman, who died on Iune 26, 1949, after being severely burned when another boy threw a Hrecracker into a supposedly empty gasoline barrel near him and it exploded. This happy, fun-loving boy was kno b wn y many of the students intimately and was very dear to them. His death has left a reat em t ' h g p y space in t eir school life and their personal life. Iames was born in 1932, and had li d ' h' ve in t is area all his life, going to grade school at Brookwood, and attending his senior high years at North Kansas City. His activities included Concert Band, Marching Band, Orchestra, Hi-Y, and the Iunior Play. He attended Antioch Community Church and was a member of Explorer Scout Post 2302. HC W Q5 . is e east we can do to dedicate ll page of this book to him, who was our friend. as to graduate this year with the class of I o It ' th l Page Eighl l