Poplar Bluff High School - Bluff Yearbook (Poplar Bluff, MO)

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Senior Class OFFICERS: Ernestine Sneed. Treasurer; John Crow, President; Lois Sheehy. Secretary; Jim Cruce, Vice-President. The Senior Class of 1953 first entered the high school in the fall of 1950 as Sophomores. Officers elected for that year were Mark Murray, President; Ed Lewis. Vice-President; Wanda Stone, Secretary; and Walter Simpson, Treasurer. Mr. Clarence Wyatt and Mrs. Sue Baumgardner were elected sponsors. Marilyn Mitchelle was chosen for the Sophomore Pil- grimage. Walter Simpson was chosen to guide the class during the Junior year as President. Other officers were John Crow, Vice-President; Lois Sheehy, Secretary; and John Simpson, Treas- urer. The Junior Carnival termed as one of the best ever, was the project undertaken by the class to raise money for the Junior-Senior Prom held at the close of the year. Mardi Gras was used as the theme. The class was honored by the selection of Sandra Bloodworth, a Junior, as Bluff Queen. Sponsors for this year were Mrs. Richard Kinder, Miss Jean Tie- man, Mr. Harlan Holladay, and Mr. Gene Tink. With John Crow as President, Jim Cruse as Vice-President, Lois Sheehy as Secretary, and Ernestine Sneed as Treasurer, the Senior Class of 53 came into its final year. Con- cessions, magazine sales, and the Senior play were the major projects undertaken to raise money for the annual Senior trip through the South which is one of the most outstanding ex- periences available to any Senior. Marilyn Micthelle was selected as Good Citizen . The sponsors for the Senior year were Miss Ruth French. Mrs. Richard Minetree, Mr. Stanley Conner, and Mr. Donald Swain. The Senior Class, having finished three years in which they excelled in every phase of their high school life, can truly say, It is a job well done. 17

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Class Popularities

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MARY ALEXANDER If silence «ere money, we’d have a millionaire in our midst. PATRICIA ANDERSON She who frowns on a man must die a maid --so why frown? F. H. A.. Dramatic Club, Bluffer, Bluff, Band, Orchestra, Mulettes. Science Club. Art Club Secretary and Treasurer. BETT Y A R MES A brown-eyed lass, a manner cool - - “Silence is golden is her rule. F. H. A., Glee Club. Mulettes. CHELMER BARROW This insomnia's got me worried--! can’t even sleep when it’s time to g t up. D. O. CHESTER BEATY “Pete s le g man. Boys ’ C horus. JAMES BESS Nice fellow to know. D. O.. F. F. A. ROBERT BIRKHEAD Have an eye on this fel- low--We’re willing to bet. with the fates will- ing. He’ll be something ye . Honor Society. Student Council, Band. Orchestra. SANDRA LEE BLOODWORTH She’s made of pep. ambition, and fun. But Sass is there when work’s to be done. Bluffer, Band, Orchestra, G. A. A., Mulettes, Bluff Queen, Junior Carnival Queen. Head Cheerleader, Inter-class Basketball. Inter-class Volleyball. SHIRLEY BRADBURY For other boys she cares not a fraction Nick is still her main attraction. F. H. A., Dramatic Club, Mulettes. BARBARA BRANSCOMBE She seems to bubble over when she laughs. F. H. A., hiilettes, Inter-class Basket- ball. ADA LOU BREWINGTON Here’s a girl who should go places in life. Library Club. Honor Society. D. O. Mulettes. Art Club. Speech Club. Vice-President of Honor Society. SHIRLEY BROADAWAY Hard to understand. Dramatic Club. Quill and Scroll. Band, Bluffer. Student Council. Orchestra. Glee Club. G. A. A.. Art Club, Spanish Club. Reporter of Spanish Club.