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.

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Berng of sound mrnd and of reasonably stable body we the senror class of 1954 do hereby make the followrng bequests To Aubry Srngleton Wardell Anderson leaves hrs abrlrty to keep control of hrs nerves when grrls crowd around h1m To Benjamrn Watson Donald Wrlson leaves all of hrs clothes and money Janet Garnes leave Harlme Davrs her abrlrty to eat a lot and not get fat Ardre Heggre leaves her rarn scarf to any Junror who cannot afford to go wrthout one Wrllre Jewell McDan1els leaves her tradrtronal brcycle to Mary Frances Mrnor Davrd Wake wrlls hrs sp1r1t and determrnatron to learn to any ambrtrous junror Leonard Dean Newson Jr wrlls to Ronald Holmes all hrs football abrhty J udtth Walker bequeaths to John Spears her flute and her collectron of bop and classrcal records To Clark Bazy Claude Malone wrlls hrs football surt Joan Hale leaves her well worn Englrsh book to some hard workrng Junror Wrllram Harrrs Jr leaves hrs abrlrty to krcka football to any junror who thrnks he can stand the splrnters on the bench To any deservrng junror boy rn the physrcs class Shrrlee Ross leaves her abrlrty to wrn a place rn the Scrence Farr durrng her Junror year and lrve off her reputatron durrng her semor year Darnell Joe leaves to Charles Pete Smrth S1 OO to buy the f1rst thrng that comes to hrs mrnd To Lovre Lrggrns Joyce Hrcks leaves her shorthand abrhty to take drctatron at 100 w p m Armentha Franks leaves her abrlrty to stay on the honor roll to Alora Marre Garnes John Lewrs leaves h1s bell bottom pants and sugar bowl harrcut to Thomas Nelson Wendell Henderson wrlls to Walter Yound h1s basketball abrlrty Marguerrte Hollrns wrlls her majorette surt and her abrlrty to become a cool majorette to Annette Sebron Carmel Jones wrlls John Pace hrs Mrles Davrs trumpet style of playrng. Garland James leaves hrs httle cousrn Gwarn Collrns to carry on the fme famrly tradrtron Ethel Mrlls leaves to any Junror gtrl the abrlrty to go out every nrght have fun and strll keep that quret drgnrfled look To Mary Trller Mary Bedford leaves her posrtron as offrce clerk for four years To Edwrn Hayes Leonard Rogers wrlls four more hours of vocatronal carpentry Opal Whrtaker leaves to anyjunror grrl the abrlrty to belong to the Honor Socrety and yet enjoy rfe Wrnstont Bell leaves hrs coolness and good looks to Leonard Wrllrams hrs many grrls to Nathanrel Stevenson and hrs notebook to anyone who thrnks he can be as studrous as he was Velma Johnson wrlls her shorthand pad and pen to Beverly Wrlson hoprng that she wrll frnd rt to be as useful as she drd Rrchard Sullrvan leaves to any Junror boy the key to Lrla Waters heart Mrnnre Byers wrlls to Wrlletta Dave and Dranne Hussey her slrm frgure To Lester Drckey Clarence Whrte wrlls hrs football surt To George Pearl Burton Marjorre Beck leaves her abrlrty to go rn the swrmmrng pool wrth a perfect poodle harr style and come out of the water wrth the same Barbara Joan Black wrlls her abrlrty to dance to Bertha Jones Vrrgrl Perkrns leaves h1s saxaphone to Albert Walker and hrs French horn to Shrrley Mc Kmney Shrrley Payne wrlls her chemrstry book to Joann Luckett Vrrgrl Cahrll leaves to Nrles Seawood all of hrs luck rn playrng the freld To Betty Srnclarr Rose Aurelra Mahone leaves her sunny smrle Rose Mae Relrford leaves to any deservrng Jumor her smartness and pleasant personalrty 'IU' l' .