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

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AMANDA ANNA KEMP I-V ' sf' 9 Mrss Kemp graduate of the hrgh school class of 43 rs now an outstandrng soprano rn Boston havmg gradua ted from the Boston Conservatory of Musrc June 10 1949 She rs wrnner of the 1946 Marran Anderson Scholarshxp wrnner of the Shnne Contest rn Boston 1l'1 1949 win ner m the Women s Vocal Contest tn the North Shore Festrval Lyrm Massachusetts june 20 1951 Mrss Kemp won the frrst prxze rn the Musrc Festrval Contest rn Boston at whrch 20 000 persons were present Besides makmg personal appearances the young smger has been heard over the radro statrons of Boston and of Greater Kansas Clty U 1 1 ' N u ,va . P ' 6 41 , . 1 1 . .S-. 'A Dv ' . A J.. - Y! M , Q ' . 2 'g 3 x 'ev Q- -. 9 'L ,Q .Z 4 .54 -39 Y Q Q A ,nf ' 1 , ' . 'W 1 L . 54,35 ka i Au 5-J I 7' ggi ,K 'Vl.-by. K 1 ' ,. V ,C mb..-, ,rf 97550 ' fi' ' . . . , . . . . Q I I , . . . . . , . . . . . . - . , . . l I I . , . I

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in the fiafweo, Je-'iff K- CAPTAIN FORREST WALKER Class of 39 Captam Forrest Walker rectprent of the Srlver Star and of the Bronze Star for henoc servrce under enemy fue rn Korea was reported to be rn upper NewYork rnlanuary on wlnter maneuvers preparrng hrs company for servtce in Korea He had just completed a course tn electrical refrrgeratron when he was called to the army rn 1942 Captam Walker rs the son of Mr and Mrs Allyn Walker who w1l1 celebrate thetr frftreth anniversary thrs year A quotatron from Collrer s March 17 1952 wtll serve to show the youngCapta1n rn actron tn Korea It was 27 below zero at daybreak when I slrpped across a narrow valley to Jorn Easy Company whrch was assembltng for an attack Small groups of men clad rn whrte parkas were huddled around frres rn the snow when I arnved The tall company commander Captarn Fonest Walker of Kansas C tty humed by Over hrsshoulderhe advrsed me You better stay wrth the weapons platoon they ll be rn the mtddle Howard Brodre Collrer s combat artrst relates further rn H111 233 how the men went over the top and won the hrll the1r grrm duty betng to bnng back the body of the platoon leader krlled two days before and how they were galvamzed rnto actron by a sergeant s brusque command all under Captam Forrest Walker former Sumnente of the class of 39 1 Y , ' ' 'Q ye 'H ,

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