Sumner High School - Sumnerian Yearbook (Kansas City, KS)

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1910 1951 JOHN A. Homes THE JOHN A. HODGE SCHOLARSHIP FUND COMMITTEE OFFICERS Roosevelt Butler, General Chairman Mavme Jones Ewing, Co-Chain-nan Chauncey Downs. Co-Chairman Edna Houston Wright, Secretary Esther Williams Hughes, Asst. Secretary R. Rostell Mansfield, Treasurer COMMYFFEES FINANCE R. Rostell Mansfield. Chairman l. F. Bradley, lr. G. B. Buster Earl D. Thomas AFFILIATION Lillie Green Riley. Chairman Bessie Jeierson Isaacs Norma lean Addison Watson SCHOLARSHIP Joseph H. Collins, Chairman Edwin Byrd A. B. Howard Elmer C. jackson S. H. Thompson, lr. SCROLL Ernest Gaydrn. Chairman Iulia Ann Fields Patterson Warren Jackson PUBLICITY Kenneth Brasheara, Chairman Orviller Burka Ocielee Foster Clarke Percy Caruthera Marv: Douglass Kelley Adlissle Mc Nair Frazier Kansas City, Kansas July 11, 1951 Dear Sumnerite, Principal John A. Hodge will retire from the Kansas City, Kansas, Public School System, September 1, 1951, after forty-one 4413 years of active service. The Sumner Alumni Association is sponsoring a community project in the estab- lishment of a scholarship fund honoring John A. Hodge, educator, civic leader, and humanitarian. The committee plans to endow the scholarship fund with a minimum of three thousand dollars lS3,000.00l through your individual contributions. A public meeting will be held in October, 1951, at which time a scroll, bearing the signatures of all contributors, will be presented to the honoree. ONE DOLLAR from you will place your name on the scroll. A Board of Trustees comprising nine 193 members will control and supervise the scholarship fund. The two permanent members of the board will be John A. Hodge and the treasurer of Sumner High School. Make your checks payable to The John A. Hodge Scholar- ship Fund, cfo R. Rostell Mansfield, Treasurer, Douglass State Bank, Kansas City, Kansas. Some have expressed the desire to make larger con- tributions. These are acceptable. Please fill out the inclosed form and return immedi- ately. August 15 is the date for setting up the scroll. Sincerely yours, ,QM ROOSEVELT BUTLER, General Chairman Chairman, Class 19212- He Never Forgot An Old Grad ............ Don't Forget Him

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nhafaxofzcpffwzd J MASTER OF CEREMONIES S H Thompson Jr INVOCATION Rev E A Freeman The Sumner Orchestra Mlnuetto from the 5th Symphony Franz Schubert Robert N Clark Director THE OCCASION Roosevelt Butler RECOGNITION OF HIS SERVICES F L Schlagle Superlntendent of Schools The Northeast Chorus A The Lord's Prayer Malotte B The Green Cathedral Carl Hahn Oyarma Tate D1rector EXPRESSIONS OF APPRECIATION Mrs Ruby Henderson Pres1dent Sumner P T A Mrs Bernice Caldwell Pres1dent P T A Council Frances Horton Alumna PRESENTATIONS Elmer C Jackson G H Mowbray A B Howard THE SUMNER CHOIR A Glorla 1n Excelsis Mozart B El Yumeh Hagahl Chages lThe Lord Will Rebuild Gallileel I D Ruffin D1rector THE HONOREE Mr JohnA Hodge CMrs John A Hodge! SUMNER SONG . . . ................ Audience BENEDICTION . . . . . . Rev. C. Crosby Reynolds

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oo you REIPMMBER? im ' 'N 'N I R rf' N-'T i. , Years and years and years from now, there will come reflective moods in your life . . . times when you will recall fond memories of your happiest days. . . your school days. Start today to exchange your photograph with your school friends . . .and, in the reflective moods of future years, turn to your album! And, to make the occasion particularly significant . . . be sure that yours are Rolland photographs. STUDIOS - Mlowssrs Fonsmosr sci-loot PHOTOGRAPHERS 9