Strafford High School - Torch Yearbook (Strafford, MO)

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3 W Q , . In this l953 issue of THE TORCH we are attempting to honor all former students of Strafford High School. Particularly do we give honor to Ben Messick, the noted artist whose paintings we have reproduced throughout this book, W. A. Roberts, the great industrialist, who is president of the Allis Chalmers Company, and to Bill Ring, the famous entertainer, whim we all knwv as an ABC artist Ne are proud to point to these former students :ho have reached heights of recognitiwn that can be obtained br anv of us ho put forth the effort Ne, hereby, dedicate TH TJQCH to all alumni of Strafford High School and especially to these men who had their early training in the Strafford Schools May these attainments be a challenge to all students. ad!! fy M Bill Ring . ' :J ' . T 1 - ' j 1 bf . , ' ' 'E ' ' L Q ' ,sq . . C ky ae'sL fat s - Y' ll EN. IJ- X . LK- U l A C

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CIRRU RF CRN'I'Rf'I'.' ADMI I TRATIR SENIRR i h JUNIRR RPHOMRRE K FRE HMA A D GRADES SPORT Vera Iilliams, Columnist Long Beach Press Telegram quofes Ben Mess1ck on the circus 'If there were more clowns in the world there would be fewer wars The clrcus 15 an escape from rea11ty It makes us a ch1ld agaln, or the ch1ld we like to 'hlhk we were W WI have often said that durlnp the last war when artists were painting the horrors of war that I was more or less dr1ven or drawn to the clrcus as lt offers a wholesome or ch1ld11ke fascinat1on for all of us grown up chlldren The color, texture and pattern of the circus also offers a SUffiC1-ht abstract side of art to satisfy artlsts like myself who pa1nt life or communlcate to the people things I 'eel about l1fe W J fi gh' . V' R' .: Q , S5 A . 5 RI -f f Q' -14- i 5 A. r RR 2 ,. A N , A , 1 I '1 K 1 1 Q ' - A A Ami l'rn-3 Q A f ' , A - lx Y 1 s. ' -. V J: sf ' . ' ll m kipxiv, ,tg 5 lx ' , ,Q lk X A . Q ,nl , V 4 , H, Mi'g.5 an A A