Oxford High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Oxford, KS)

Text from Pages 1 - 76 of the 1956 volume:

t 7 £e 'Wildcat Edited by GATE SERVICE ORGANIZATION OXFORD RURAL HIGH SCHOOL Oxford, Kansas min MAX WENRICH Director VIVIAN McNEILL English, Speech; B. A., Education Wichita University; Library Science, Emporia State Teachers College. 'v ScV ce’ V- r 6‘S‘UsCoM 'fea ets 'faculty MRS. M. C. MONTEITH Home Economics; B. A., Kansas State, Manhattan. ILA MAUD ARNETT Mathematics, Spanish; A. B., M. A., Kansas University. 4 UN. Ld D v WC. ISoh eri n L al Ed Umvc rsity, ’ GENEAL KING Commerce; B. S.. Oklahonr College for Women. LARRY CHAMBERLAIN, President BARBARA KNAPP. Secretary CARL SLACK. V. President ettcaib KENNETH WILSON ANNAMARIE BURFORD ERNEST FINK SHIRLEY NICHOLS ANN HOCKER DARLENE SIMMONS HILTZMAN KENNETH ROBINSON ytutia 14 Gary Coulter-President Jacque Anderson-Vice-President Bob Zuvanich-Secretary Patricia Woods-Treasurer Ed Sauzek Suejean Green Edward White Ellen Brown Alvin Middleton Bettie Siemer John Ryman Barbara Lowry Jim Coffey Stanley Graves Barbara Leach Charles Cooper Margaret Davis Robert Cooper Jean Hocker Raymond Emberton Anna Cheuvront Ronnie Bowers Billy Carson Irmal Boileau Harold Howard Marilyn Knapp Jay Nelson Jonalou Heitman Dennis Knapp, Pres. Judy Bliss, Sec, J. E, Hesket Marlene Poovey Larry Welch Lou Ellen Lee Martin Poovey Jane Boatright Bonnie Siemer Richard Smith Marcella Beggs Katherine Middleton Jerry Sawyer Dolores Witt Patsy O’Kane Allan Roseberry Betty Hahn Jerry Platter Kay Niccum Royal Franklin Tex Williamson, President Paul Young, Vice-President Barbara Smith, Secretary Karen Anderson, Treasurer Donald Devore Carletta Platter Wendell Poovey Sue Hocker Kenneth Bain Frank Marsh Judy Coulter Herbert Cooper Nancy Thomas LeRoy McGlasson Nancy Lill Roger Evers Judy Poovey Ronnie Babcock Lona Marie Holman Jerry Butterworth Karen Woods Dale Halverstadt Jonnie Crain Jimmy Butterworth Sue Rebold Kenny Baber Karen Chamberlain Janice Riggs Carolyn Donley 0p'ie nte t Jim Lansdowne f JMHJU i FRONT ROW: Annamarie Burford, Marlene Poovey, Kay Niccum, Irene Carter, Frances Carson, Meredith Lill, Kay Nelson, Sandra Anderson. SECOND ROW: Nina Zuvanich, Neal Slack, Dorothy Wilson, Phyllis Lowry, Frances Morton, Katherine Middleton, Lou Ellen Lee, Betty Hahn, Judy Bliss, Jonnie Crain, Barbara Smith, Judy Poovey, Carolyn Donley, Karen Chamberlain. Marilyn Knapp. THIRD ROW: Milton Ford, Karen Woods, Jerry Butterworth, Robert Cooper, Sue Hocker. Larry Chamberlain, Jim Butterworth, Carl Slack, Kenneth Wilson, Terry Aikins, Benton Roseberry, David Tredway, Bobby Donley, Connie Ferguson, Nancy Lill, Larry Welch, Karen Anderson, Ellen Brown, Rochelle Poovey, Barbara Heitman. Diane Kinkaid. Jim Lansdowne. FIFTH ROW; Martin Poovey, Dennis Knapp, WendeU Mercer, Director; Barbara Leach, Barbara Lowry, Bob Zuvanich, Dolores Witt, Shirley Nichols. FIRST ROW: Annamarie Burford, Marlene Poovey, Kay Niccum, Betty Lou Hahn, Carolyn Donley, Karen Chamberlain. SECOND ROW: Jim Butterworth, Larry Chamberlain, Kenneth Wilson, Terry Aikins, David Tredway, Benton Roseberry, Nancy Lill, Ellen Brown, Diane Kinkaid, Jim Lansdowne. THIRD ROW: Bar- bara Leach, Wendell Mercer, Director. SAXOPHONE QUARTET: Marilyn Knapp, Karen Chamberlain, Barbara Smith, Betty Hahn. DRUM MAJOR AND TW1RLERS: Judy Bliss, Shirley Nichols, Lou Ellen Lee. PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE: Bob Zuvanich. Barbara Lowry, Barbara Leach, Shirley Nichols, Dolores Witt. CORNET TRIO: Larry Chamberlain, Jim Butterworth, Kennetn Wilson. MIXED BRASS ENSEMBLE: Larry Chamber- lain, Jim Butterworth, Jim Lansdowne, Ellen Brown. CLARINET QUARTET: Kay Niccum, Eddie Sauzek, Marlene Poovey, Annamarie Bur- ford. FRONT ROW: Patricia Woods, Jonalou Heitman, Accompanist; Carletta Platter, Sue Rebold, Judy Coulter, Karen Chamberlain, Judy Bliss, Lou Ellen Lee. SECOND ROW: Wendell Mercer, Director; Sue Hocker, Suejean Green, Kay Niccum, Jane Boatright, Marilyn Knapp, Betty Hahn, Janice Riggs, Judy Poovey. THIRD ROW; Margaret Davis, Patsy O'Kane, Marlene Poovey, Lona Marie Holman, Carolyn Donley, Annamarie Burford, Katherine Middleton. FOURTH ROW; Bonnie Siemer, Barbara Lowry, Barbara Leach, Barbara Smith, Karen Anderson, Nancy Lill, Jonnie Crain. FRONT ROW: Billy Carson, Donald Devore, Harold Howard, Ronnie Bowers, J. E. Hesket, Larry Chamberlain, Jimmy Butterworth. SECOND ROW: Wendell Mercer, Director; Royal Franklin, Kenneth Bain, Neal Slack, Jay Nelson. Alvin Middleton, Gerald McClure, Jonalou Heitman, Accompanist. THIRD ROW: Richard Smith, Ernest Fink, Mike Dowers, Stanley Graves, Carl Slack, Dennis Knapp, Kenneth Wilson, Jim Lansdowne. 15 Tttixeet (2 twicte t 11 IJ L i n — a 1 i .t’XA . MV jt«U ■ i «■ it u ■ _ 4 ) « • FRONT ROW: Delores Bain, Irmal Boileau, Judy Poovey, Patricia Woods, Accompanist; Jonalou Heitman, Accompanist; Sue Rebold, Karen Chamberlain, Ann Hocker, Dolores Witt, Connie Ferguson, Lou Ellen Lee, Judy Bliss, Wendell Mercer, Director. SECOND ROW: Margaret Davis, Annamarie Burford, Bonnie Siemer, Jonnie Crain, Katherine Middleton, Jane Boatright, Carletta Platter, Marilyn Knapp, Ellen Brown, Judy Coulter. Nancy Thomas, Janice Riggs, Betty Lou Hahn. THIRD ROW: Donald Devore, Sue Hocker, Lona Marie Holman, Carolyn Donley, Karen Woods, Marlene Poovey, Kay Niccum, Patsy O’Kane, Barbara Smith, Rita Potucek, Barbara Knapp, Shirley Nichols, Irene Carter, Annie Cheuvront, Jimmy Butterworth. FOURTH ROW: Nancy Lill, Karen Anderson, Anna Louise Kuchar, Eva Kinslow, Barbara Leach, Marcella Beggs, Darlene Hiltzman, Connie Evans, Barbara Lowry, Suejean Green, Larry Chamberlain, Jay Nelson, Harold Howard, Billy Carson. FIFTH ROW: Ronnie Bowers, Dennis Knapp, J. E. Hesket, Neal Slack, Gerald McClure, Kenneth Wilson, Mike Dowers, Stanley Graves, Carl Slack, Ernest Fink, Royal Franklin, Richard Smith, Dale Hal- verstadt, Jim Lansdowne. tyiaccfe Sixteen FRONT ROW; Larry Chamberlain, Annamarie Burford, Jane Boatright, Lou Ellen Lee, Karen Chamberlain, Neal Slack. SECOND ROW; Patricia Woods, Accompanist; Carolyn Donley, Nancy Lill, Betty Lou Hahn, Ellen Brown. Wendell Mercer, Director. THIRD ROW: Gerald McClure, Mike Dowers. Stanley Graves, Dennis Knapp, Harold Howard. FIRST ROW: Dolores Witt, Jonalou Heitman, Annamarie Burford, Nancy Thomas, Sue Rebold, Carletta Platter, Lou Ellen Lee, Delores Bain, Karen Chamberlain, Judy Bliss. SECOND ROW: Miss Maud Amett (sponsor), Irmal Boileau, Judy Coulter, Margaret Davis. Jonnie Crain, Jean Hocker, Ann Hocker, Irene Carter, Marilyn Knapp. THIRD ROW: Sue Hocker, Betty Hahn, Katherine Middleton, Karen Woods, Nancy Lill, Suejean Green, Barbara Knapp, Janice Riggs, Jane Boatright, Judy Poovey. FOURTH ROW: Shirley Nichols, Connie Ferguson, Patricia Woods, Marlene Poovey, Rita Potucek, Darlene Hiltzman, Barbara Smith, Karen Anderson, Annie Cheuvront, Bettie Siemer. FIFTH ROW: Bonnie Siemer, Patsy O'Kane, Barbara Leach, Barbara Lowry, Marcella Beggs, Connie Evans, Eva Kinslow, Anna Louise Kuchar, Lona Marie Holman, Carolyn Donley, Kay Niccum, Ellen Brown. D0iect n4. President. . . • Annamarie Burford Vice-President. • . . Rita Potucek Secretary. . . • . . Irene Carter Treasurer. . . • . Jane Boatright World Service . • Darlene Hiltzman Community Service . . Delores Bain School Service . • . Suejean Green Points. . . . Parliamentary . • . Barbara Lowry Music.... Song Leader. • • .Connie Ferguson Program . . . • . Shirley Nichols Recreation . . • . Marilyn Knapp Finance . . Kay Niccum, Judy Bliss Publicity. . . • . Barbara Leach Religion . . . • . Connie Evans Senior Advisors. • . . Eva Kinslow . . Anna Louise Kuchar, Ann Hocker Sponsor .... Miss Maud Amett Mother-Daughter Banquet Hav V 8 Kayette Mother-Daughter Banquet layette Mexican Hat Dance u mbe j av Ydns tfate Service FIRST ROW FOURTH ROW Chamberlain, Larry. Senior Zuvanich, Bob. . . Junior Fink, Ernest .... Senior White, Ed . . . Junior Knapp, Barbara . Senior Niccum, Kay . . Sophomore Potucek, Rita .... Senior Hesket, J. E. . Sophomore Knapp, Dennis. . Sophomore SECOND ROW Dowers, Mike .... Senior FIFTH ROW Carter, Irene .... Senior Lee, Lou Ellen . Sophomore Spencer, Gary. Senior Nelson, Jay. . Sophomore Burford, Annamarie . Senior Boileau, Irmal . Sophomore Slack, Carl Senior Howard, Harold . . Sophomore Ferguson, Connie. . Sophomore THIRD ROW Sauzek, Ed Junior SIXTH ROW Woods, Patricia . J unior Welch, Larry . . Sophomore Coulter, Gary .... J unio r Heitman, Jonalou. . Sophomore Leach, Barbara . Junior Slack, Neal Sophomore Anderson, Jacque Junior Bliss, Judy Sophomore King, Geneal Sponsor OFFICERS Co-Presidents. . Ernest Fink Larry Chamberlain Secretary . . Barbara Knapp Reporter. . . . Rita Potucek Sponsor .... Geneal King . % oepo er s ac . ttter. V xdvVs°r- PISS' „,. BiVW 6 UV . s C ofi i 1 Wee ?tes , deflv W Se v Vt e - 4rf s Or f?6ituie P xt ew rfmetica FIRST ROW: Kay Donley, Robert Cooper, John Ryman, Richard Smith, Martin Poovey, Bill Carson, Roger Evers. SECOND ROW: Herbert Cooper, Donald Devore, Jerry Platter, Frank Marsh, Wendell Poovey, Kenny Barber. THIRD ROW; Neal Slack, Ronnie Babcock, Kenneth Robinson, Royal Franklin, Dale Halverstadt, Kenneth Wilson, Glen Davis, Advisor. 'ttyaa.ai GARY SPENCER 1st, 2nd, 3rd, sem., 4th, 5th PATRICIA WOODS 1st, 2nd, 3rd, sem., 4th, 5th JONALOU HEITMAN 1st, 2nd, 3rd, sem., 4th, 5th JONNIE CRAIN 1st, 2nd, 3rd, sem., 4th, 5th SHIRLEY NICHOLS 1st, 2nd, 3rd, sem., 4th GARY COULTER 2nd, sem., 4th, 5th NANCY THOMAS 2nd, 3rd, sem., 5th IRENE CARTER 1st, 2nd, sem. JUDY BLISS 1st, 2nd, sem. PAUL YOUNG 3rd, sem., 5th DELORES BAIN 3rd, sem., 5th JACQUE ANDERSON 4th, 5th JOHN RYMAN 1st, 2nd J. E. HESKET 1st KAY NICCUM 1st, sem., 4th JUDY COULTER 3rd KAREN CHAMBERLAIN 2nd, 3rd BARBARA KNAPP 1st EVA KINSLOW 5th BARBARA LEACH 4th CONNIE FERGUSON 1st HAROLD HOWARD 1st ALAN ROSEBERRY 1st TEX WILLIAMSON 3rd JIM LANSDOWNE 3rd Sponsor Gary Coulter Eddie Sauzek Gary Spencer Valedictorian Larry Chamberlain American Legion Award Annamarie Burford All Around Girl Irene Carter Salutatorian 24 Carl Slack All Around Boy LARRY CHAMBERLAIN Back MIKE DOWERS Tackle KENNETH WILSON Guard ERNEST FINK Tackle GARY SPENCER Tackle ED WHITE Center GERALD McCLURE Back JIM COFFEY Guard BOB ZUVANICH Back STANLEY GRAVES End JACQUE ANDERSON Back CHARLES COOPER Back ED SAUZEK End GARY COULTER Back •- ROBERT COOPER Back DENNIS KNAPP Guard JAY NELSON Tackle T RONNIE BOWERS Back HAROLD HOWARD Center NEAL SLACK Guard LARRY WELCH Back BILLY CARSON Back ROYAL FRANKLIN Tackle TEX WILLIAMSON Back JIMMY BUTTERWORTH JERRY BUTTERWORTH Back Guard HERBERT COOPER Back DALE HALVERSTADT End RONNIE BABCOCK Tackle 'PootiaU 1 955-56 RECORD Caldwell 32 Oxford 7 Leon 7 Oxford 13 Anthony 14 Oxford 6 Valley Center 46 Oxford 7 South Haven 12 Oxford 34 Belle Plaine 37 Oxford 7 Clearwater 7 Oxford 27 Conway Springs 0 Oxford 14 Douglass 40 Oxford 13 ♦South Central Kansas League Jay Nelson Jacque Anderson Ed White Ernest Fink Spencer Gary Mike Dowers Carl Slack Eddie Sauzek John Ryman Alvin Middleton Bob Zuvanich Neal Slack Dennis Knapp Larry Welch J. E. Hesket Harold Howard 29 Kenneth Bain Tex Williamson Dale Halverstadt Martin Poovey Robert Cooper (Manager) (Manager) SEASON'S RECORD LEAGUE TOURNAMENT WE THEY WE THEY W Anthony 40 55 South Haven 45 49 Conway Springs 43 66 Belle Plaine 51 54 Caldwell 78 63 Douglass 49 AJ M Mb DISTRICT TOURNAMENT 46 Caldwell 67 53 Conway Springs 27 67 South Haven 36 53 Belle Plaine 56 44 Rose Hill 45 63 Clearwater 48 REGIONAL TOURNAMENT 59 Belle Plaine 56 1%) 69 Cunningham 55 60 Conway Springs 63 f v 52 Partridge 45 66 64 Douglass 52 45 Belle Plaine 46 Rose Hill 43 65 73T South Haven 45 COACH DAVISON 665 393 325 Donald Devore Kay Donley Jerry Butterworth Jimmy Butterworth Herbert Cooper Robert Cooper Eddie White Raymond Emberton Stanley Graves ) £ tyxacCcKztiaa FRONT ROW: Ann Hocker, Annamarie Burford, Edmond Gardiner, Irene Carter, Kenneth Wilson, Shirley Nichols, Gerald McClure, Barbara Knapp, Larry Chamberlain, Delores Bain. SECOND ROW: Anna Louise Kuchar, Ernest Fink, Eva Kinslow, Gary Spencer, Connie Evans, Carl Slack, Darlene Hiltzman, Mike Dowers, Rita Potucek, Kenneth Robinson. Gary Spencer Valedictorian Dr. William McCreery, Speaker President of Sterling College Larry Chamberlain American Legion Award G. 2 j4‘ t 'ytycvUattci SntitA Service Station Washing and Greasing Harland Smith, Manager Phone 145 Oxford, Kansas Witty CARS TtVCII 7« Oxfrvut TJtofol @o. Goodyear Tires Phone 30 Roy Treadway Oxford, Kansas Use Oxford's Best Flour Congratulations to the class of '56 THE OXFORD REGISTER Job Printing Phone 70 Oxford, Kansas THE OXFORD MILLING CO. Phone 96 Oxford, Kansas PARITY MILLS, INC. H. O. Kleier N. R, Nelson Eldon L.. Schuermann Manager Oxford Kansas Phone 35 Phone 67 Oxford, Kansas Congratulations to the class of 1955 all makes of watches and clocks repaired and guaranteed Have your watch timed on a Paulson Time-O-Graff HOWARD FURNAS YOUR OXFORD JEWELER CHICK CHATTER ¥ “7 9 9 Jiao 't lolt a Chick I Hundreds of Pay Way users tell of raising 100% of their chicks. This year feed Pay Way yourself. Know the thrill of raising big, beautiful birds. Give your chicks the protection of Pay Way’s germ-fighting combination of Penicillin and Aureomycin, plus Sentrex to prevent Coccidiosis losses. Join Pay Way’s 100% Chick Club. (DEALER'S NAME) Congratulations To all students and the faculty OXFORD ELEVATOR Grains, feeds, seeds, fertilizers Nutrena and Busy Hen Feeds Elmer Bliss Sons Phone 92 Oxford Established 1883 THE OXFORD BANK Capital $25,000 Surplus $50,000 Undivided Profits $43, 000 Oxford, Kansas This bank is a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Phone 1 Phone 52 Compliments of DRIVE IN MARKET BAGOT DRUG STORE No. 3 Your Friendly Prescriptions I. G. A. Fine Quality Pharmaceuticals Oxford Kansas Gifts School Supplies Oxford, Kansas Congratulations and success to the class of '56 DONLEY L. P. GAS COMPANY Butane - - - -Propane Carburation We Deliver Phone 20F3 Oxford, Kansas K.C. KNAPP Pipe Line Reclaimers Reg. U. S. Pat. Off. Box 236 Oxford Phone 8 HOLLIS RUTTER Texaco Service Station Motor Tune Up Oxford, Kansas LOWRY PLUMBING AND PUMP American Standard Plumbing Fixtures Fairbank and Morse Water System Phone 75L15 Oxford, Kansas Congratulations to the fine Oxford school, its group of fine teachers and officers and your good student body. We invite you to visit us when in Wellington. BRYAN PACKARD MOTOR COMPANY INSURANCE from A. E. Fink Phone 112 or 34F19 Oxford Kansas SAWYER'S ENTERPRISES Welding-scrap Iron Portable and Shop Cafe Home Cooking Parties for any occasion our specialty McDaniel grain co. Adams ville and Gueda Springs Custom Grinding and Cleaning Payway and own Mix Feeds Anaconda and Armour Fertilizers Phone Oxford 67F4 Phone Gueda 27 Phone Residence 85 DEVORE'S SUNDRIES Gifts Patent Medicines Sundries Fountain Drinks Phone 50 KELLOGG FARMERS UNION CO-OP ASS'N Remington Typewriters Standard, Portable Don Boatright, Manager Quality Feeds at a Saving Custom Mixing and Grinding Sales and Rental PIERCE'S Phone 66 Oxford, Kansas Winfield, Kansas McGregor hardware co. Your Gift Store Plumbing, Heating, Sporting goods. Electric appliances Winfield, Kansas JESTER INSURANCE We Insure Everything Against Anything Insurance of all Kinds 1883 Phone 1955 1955 Oxford, Kansas Dry Goods Mens Work Clothes Shoes BEESON'S DONLEY HARDWARE Headquarters for Hardware Frigidaire, Appliances, Maytag Washers Lowe Paints, Gift Items Oxford, Kansas DWIGHT HOLT Dirt construction Phone 39F17 Oxford, Kansas OLIVER FURNITURE AND MORTUARY Philco and RCA TV,  Philco and Norge Refrigerators Norge Automatic Washers Dryers Phone 9 Fashion Today the American Way In quality and quantity at the price you want to pay. From 1908's staid and static fashions-for- the-few To 1955's exciting and fluid fashions KERR'S Womens Wear Winfield For Quality and Service Get it at LORA'S PASTRY SHOP Phone 136--day 158--night Oxford, Kansas We do the Best, To serve the Best, In Dry Cleaning, for the Best. OXFORD DRY CLEANERS Paul Rader Phone 129 Phone 73 Phone 178 OXFORD SAND GRAVEL COMPANY We deliver C. E. Feaster Son Oxford, Kansas PETTIT CLEANERS AND DYERS Winfield's Finest R. L. Beckwith 114 East 8th Winfield, Kansas CLOVERDALE FARM Otto B. Wenrich Max M. Wenrich Breaders of Pure Bred Shorthorn Cattle Visitors Welcome Farm located one mile south, three quarters west of Oxford. MULVANEY GARAGE Registered Herefords WHR and Hazlett breeding Herd shire Greenhill Larry 1st J, O. Baca Improver 77 BERT BARNES AND HAROLD WEATHERD Oxford Kansas Phone 22-15 CHESTER A. KINKAID Osteopathic Physician and Surgeon Oxford, Kansas We Specialize in Washing and Greasing CONOCO SERVICE STATION Paul Nichols and Son Phone 8 Oxford Kansas STANDARD OIL PRODUCTS General Repair Work Phone 142 Bulk Delivery Service W.A. Dowers, Agent Oxford Kansas Phone 111 Oxford, Kansas Gas Box 183 DALTON CORNER , Groceries Welding R. 1 Wellington, Kansas INSURANCE Farm, City, Automobile, Life, and Hospital Insurance. All in old reliable companies. CALLESEN Insurance Agency Phone 137 Oxlord, Kansas ROY RODEBUSH K. T. OIL COMPANY BARBER SHOP Top Entertainment In Comfort and Safety FOX THEATRE Winfield, Kansas The Best In Wide Screen Stereophonic Directional Sound Oxford, Kansas YEARBOOKS