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

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B6 . All hands on deckl The class of 54 IS approachmg the moon brtngxng to a close the trxp they started 1n 1951 Captaln ofthe rocket Donald Hopkxns requests roll call Co captatn Alonzo Jamtson stands by to rece1ve reports from the treasurer Stafford Parker and the assrstant secretary Shxrley Clark wh11e the secretary Shlrlee Ross calls the roll The reporter Yvonne Davts requests hrstorlans Wllma Baskln and Roylene Donlphan to rqaort on trxp data We are carrled back to 1951 when our commencement speakers Paullne Cole Donald Hopkms P1ccola Harrxs Ethel M11ls Judlth Walker and Roylene Domphan gave us our send off to Planet Sumner After arrxvmg on Sumner we began our three year preparatxon for the moon The crew branched tnto the ftelds of the1r mterests and ab1l1t1es The students d1st1ngu1sh1ng themselves 1n scholarshlp are Wllma Baskm Mary Bedford Alberttne Burt Esste Crockett Yvonne Dav1s M1nn1e Fme Armentha Franks Donald Hopkms Loretta McCraney Shlrlee Ross R1ta Love Sh1r1ey Selkxrk Alma Smxth Sylv1a Thterry Judtth Walker and Opal Whttaker Shlrlee Ross won second place 1n the Sctence Farr of 1953 Betty Franklm and Donald Hopklns represented us well lfl speech 1953 The students who parttctpated tn drarnattcs for all three years were Roylene Donlphan Steven Andrews and Tlmothy Crawford Others who worked 1l'l dramatlcs were Donald Elhs Wllma Baskln won f1rst place ln the Scholastlc Art Contest l.I'l 1952 Txmothy Carwford won a scholarshxp at the MUSIC Festlval Those part1c1pat1ng 1n mus1c are represented w1th th1rty two chotr members flfteen band members and f1ve orchestra members We must not forget our majorettes Sylv1a Thxerry Barbara Black Darlene Bradford Juanda Young and Marguer1te Holhns Our football team was composed of SIXISCD memorables Claude Malone Montelle Roberts Ronald Hamllton Malcolm Grlffln Don Dav1s James Patterson Leonard Newsome Leonard Rogers Harold Toombs Freed West Otto Hutch1ns W1ll1amHussey Joseph Denn1s James Rush Clarence Wh1te and Herbert Hames Our basketball representatxves were Ronald Hamllton Montelle Roberts Wardell Anderson Jerry Weeden Wendell Henderson Stephen Carter Clarence Henderson Claude Searchy and W1ll1am Walker On our track team were such outstandlng members as Jerry Weeden Montelle Roberts Claude Malone, Don Davls Donaldlones Donald Ellls Malcolm Grlfftn Ronald Hamxlton Clarence Henderson and Henry Nero The flrst year at Sumner our boys won the lntramural basketball games wtth Wendell Henderson as captaln The gxrls wlth M1nn1e Flne as captatn won the champlonshlp the second year These were only a few of our many achtevements All present and accounted forl The class of 54 now prepares to depart from the planet Sumner hoplng that by their dar mg exploit of defytng all elements to reach the moon thelr three year sojourn shall not have been 1n valn They leave behtnd for other adventurous sp1r1ts three years of cxvtllzatxon and progress to be used by classes to come U J ' Charles Shephard, Alonzo Jamison, Ethel Mills, Albertene Burt, and Charles Douglass.