Polo High School - Panther Yearbook (Polo, MO)

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Freshman Initiation Wednesday, September 29th, was the Freshman initiation day. The girls wore Dad's overalls, shirts and plow shoes, an onion necklace, no make-up, hair pin-curled on one side with a green bow in the middle, and each girl carried a baby bottle. The boys wore Mom's dress and hat, lipstick, rouge and powder, and carried a doll. ,Each Freshman wore a sign which read, Ii am a green Freshman . When they met a Senior they had to bow and say, l'm only a green Freshman. The Seniors gave an all school party in honor of the Freshmen Wednesday night. This is an annual occurrence., There was a musical quiz for the Freshmen, Sue Smith and Nancy Barnes sang Sometime , and we square and round danced. Refreshments of punch and cookies were served, Coronation On Thursday night, October 19th, the Coronation of the football queen took place in the auditorium. In the middle of the auditorium was the courtyard where the queen and her royalty would march on their way to the throne. All at once a blast came from the heralds, Shirley Hoover and Joyce Watson, as they played the ir trumpets announcing the procession of the queen and her royalty. Shirley and Joyce, representing the fourth grade, wore bright red herald costumes trim- med in gold. Then came the prancing baton twirlers in their white satin cos- tumes and plumed hats. They were Eloise Hogan, Lois Davis, Barbara Pence, Nancy Starcher, Shirley Wormsley and Connie Hunt. Following the baton twirl- ers, Max Creason, master of ceremonies, announced the coming of the attendants, Peggy Trout and Jackie Garner, first grade, Linda Crowley and Bert Vaught, second grade, Judy Mason, crown bearer, and her escort, Larry Herod, third grade, Patricia Murphy and Leroy Huff, fifth grade, Sue Hoover and Charles Belt, sixth grade, Anita Lotz and Jimmy Hoover, seventh grade, Nancy Cawthon and Randy Yoakum, eighth grade, Winona Myers and Sammy Grove, Freshman Class, Sharon Houghton and James Morgan, Sophomore Class, Mary Katherine Mayes and Vincent Blackwell, Junior Class, Maxine Wooden and Harold Davis, Senior Class. The girl attendants wore beautiful formals, the boys up to the fifth grade wore dark trousers, white shirts, and black bow ties. The scene was very beau- tiful and the procession moved to the strains of soft music played by Mrs. Eula Schaeffer. Then came the big moment as Max announced the charming princess, Patricia Houghton, in a beautiful deep rose formal, with her escort Lynn Robison. Next came pretty, bright-eyed princess, Peggy Campbell in a gorgeous orchid taffeta formal, with her escort Leon Edwards. Then Max announced beautiful Queen Ramona Wheeler and her King, Gene Gastineau. She appeared clad in school colors, a white gown trimmed in green velvet bows, a green velvet cape, very decorative with its trimming of silver sequins. Gene, her King and honor- ary football captain, crowned her, and Leon Edwards, co-captain, presented her with a gift of pearls from the football team. A short program followed, then came the recessional of the Quee.n and her party. 36

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Eager little faces of children waiting for the good dinner shown below. Cafeteria Employees Jo Wormsley, Florence Entsminger, Eunice Mayes, Ruth Norman, Lena Yoakum, Cleo Wilson, Lessie Phillips, Pearl Starcher, Mr. A. D. Peterson, Superintendent 35

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School Carnival On the evening of the Carnival, a chicken pie supper was served in the school cafeteria from 5:30 until 7:30. Afterwards everyone went to play Bingo or buy something at one of the stands. At 8:00 everyone gathered in the auditorium and the minstrel show began. Both grade and high school participated in this show, and everyone enjoyed the jokes and songs very much. Another attraction of the Carnival was the crowning of the queens. The candidates and their escorts for the grade school were, Linda Coffman and Stevie Belt, first grade, Arlene Huff and Dickie Leamer, second grade, Judy Mason and Larry Smoot, third grade, Jeanne Cooper and David Fields, fourth grade, Barbara Sue Pollard and Tommy Flannigan, fifth grade, and the grade school Queen Jeanette Dana and her King, Buddy Belt, sixth grade, The high school candidates and their es- corts were: Shirley Shelton and Danny Carr, seventh-eighth grade, Beverly Vaught and John D. Patton, jr., Freshman Class, Sharon Houghton and Bobby Smith, Sophomore Class, Mary Katherine Mayes and Max Creason, Junior Class, and the high school Queen Margaret Cain from the Senior Class and her King, Wayne Richards They Gave Him A Co-ed The Junior Play, They Gave Him a Co-ed , is based on the confusion arising in a college when a new student by the name of Dean Brown is mistaken for the new Dean, Charles Bradley Brown. Dean Brown is welcomed by the students and the Registrar, is as- signed a secretary, and given S200 advance on his salary. When the real dean arrives, two or three days later, he is mistaken for a lunatic ,who has recently escaped from a nearby asylum. No won- der some of the students began to doubt their own sanity. But the confusion seems to benefit the love affair of Gary Blaine and his feudin' sweetheart, Una Scanlon, and the student, Dean Brown, despite his ignorance of college ways, wins the friendship and af- fection of Gloria Manson, the college heiress. Gosh all hemlocks, Glory, he says, I ain't had nothin' so good as this happen to me since Pa give me a lamb for my very own: I'll be a hoss's uncle: 37