Turner High School - Turnerite Yearbook (Kansas City, KS)

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21 31 ll The class of 1919 was Turner's first graduating class. Ruth Coffelt and Anna Hale. jack Moore a Turner graduate. Paul Routh one of Turner's star basketball players. The Turner High Band in 1941. 'E .1-L., ,..-EL'-.- if QNE Turner Feafure I I

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Living in the Past. . . Instead of moving forward in the life line, lets go back. Picture your- self going to Turner High School in 1942. Now, to do this, you will need some background information on Turner, the town, the country, and the people. At this time, the country was at war. Times were hard, gas was rationed, and most people did not have cars. You had to walk to school unless you went with the only guy in school with a Chevy, then you rode to school along with 10 others. Now that you have your ride, you are on your way. Wait! Where are you going? You missed the street. Turner wasn't always at 1312 S. 55th St. At one time, Turner High was the Turner Grade School East. Well, you made it to school and you are now awaiting the afternoon bell. As soon as it rings you are going to dash across the street to the restaurant for your meeting. This meeting will decide what date homecoming will be. R-I-N-N-N-G that was the bell, you throw your books in and you are on your way, Everyone is there so you casually make your way to the table and the meeting begins. In no time at all it is decided to have Homecoming on October 30. As the weeks pass the excitement mounts as plans grow into reality. Girls are picking out formals, the guys are ordering corsages made of savings stamps. Decorations are being put up in the basement, back then they couldn't dance on the gym floor because the administra' tors were afraid it would ruin the I . floor, The attendants for Queen ar picked and so was the queen. Th day of the big game you wear you black and gold sweater to school At one time Turner's colors wer purple and gold instead of blac and gold. The game that night wa. a big one, the team was to pla Washington Rural, Turner's bigges rival at that time. Now, back to the present. Ou days at school are a lot differen from then. First of all, 'almost n one walks to school, and there are lot more classes offered now. A our Homecoming we have parades balloons, and a dance in the gym Turner has been through man changes, but many would not hav taken place if it hadn't been for th alumni. I0 Turner Feature Ella

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A Da in the Hi! I'm a Turner bear and I am going to give you a look at how the day goes for the average bear. Today I over-slept. Some mornings I just can't bear to get out of bed and this is one of them. I had e to skip breakfast this morning so I wouldn't miss ' the bus! As you can see, I did not miss the bus and I s bearly made it to school on time. Today the band is practicing their marching routines so I thought I would ioin them. Since it is y raining we cannot take the instruments outside, but we will still practice marching. Now we have moved inside to practice on the instruments. l'm still out of breathe from marching. I guess l'm a little out of shape. R-r-ring! That's the bell. It's time for second hour. I get to get out of my second hour class today fwhat a reliefj. I have to go see my counselor Mrs. Moats. I need to talk to her about college costs. I have finally narrowed down what I want to be to two things. I will either go into bee farming or forestry. I would really like to be a bee farmer because the profits are really rewarding fif you know what I meanj. On the other hand, I have always been a big fan of Smokey's and I can already see my picture on all those fire prevention posters. I just can't decide. Anyway whatever I choose will cost money. That ll Zi is what I need to find out about, how much? gn--f v 2 Feature