Warrensburg High School - Arrow Yearbook (Warrensburg, MO)

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Page 4 W. H. S. Spirit March 22, 1950 Seventh and Eighth Grade Snooper Jerry Riifle has been spending most of h1s study hall per1ods 1n shop lately Hes makmg a model car to enter 1n the F1sher Body Contest The seventh graders have been makmg puppets 1n art class They are gomg to present puppet shows for the grade school soon It seems Joe IS g1v1ng Alan some keen competltlon Huh Pat? The bus trlp back from Sedalla surely was fun If you don t thmk so Just ask Martha Jane We hear Betty has an educated dog How about a performance please? What happens 1n soclal stud1es'P Here s an example CThe subJect of dlscusslon was the starvlng people 1n Texasb Mrs Thomas asked I wonder why those people are starv1ng Leonard Goodall phed Because they dont eat' Brenda Bartel had a skatlng party Sunday at the Estes Hotel Her guests were D1ane Montgom ery D1ane Denny Rosemary Cot? man Delores Peek and Dorothy Carson The elghth grade welcomes back Shlrley Bradshaw Hope youll stay awhlle Shlrley HONOR FOR JUNE BURR June Burr has been elected chalrman of the West Central She w11l be lnstalled along w1th the other state offxclals at the state meetmg ln Columbla Apr1l Don Glaspey Elected Presldent of Junior Red Cross County Council At a meetmg of the Junlor Red Cross County Councll at Holden last Saturday Don Glaspey was elected presldent and Ruth Ann Marr was elected secretary trea surer Several of the muslcal numbers appearmg on th1s program were from WHS Among these were Ton1 Braunmger who d1d a twlrl 1ng number Joan Almond vocal solo Patr1c1a Summers vocal so lo and the glrls vocal sextette composed of Patr1c1a Summers Betty Pme Jo Ann Almond Lon me Ann Woodruff Florence Ball and Barbara Black ELTON DARRAH PERSONALITY Make way for the man of the lssue the seventh grade personal 1tV Elton Darrah' Elton IS the l1ttle carrot top you see run nlng around w1th a cornet Hls favorlte class ln fact IS band CTheres a plug Mr Fendorf how about a grade J Hrs favorlte color IS red He llkes all the guys ln h1s class chxcken Royal Crown Cola chocolate cake and 1ce cream Guess what hls favorlte song IS Uh huh Mule Tra1n In hxs spare tlme he plays the plnball machme and runs around wxth the fellows goes huntlng and flshxng Oh yes he llkes glrls too I understand that 1tS two ln general Clnltlals are M A D and D M5 The man of the 1ssue d1SllkCS people who brag all the txme sausage bananas glrls fhey what goes on here l basketball Che says 1ts a good game but he doesnt l1ke ltl and he def1n1te I dlSllkCS people who always th1nk they re rlght no matter what Elton lxkes h1s pets too He has a cat named Kztsy and a rat terrler named Chlgger QI won der 1f he calls h1m ch1gger be cause he scratches? Oh What a cornylb You should remember hun be cause one of these years hes go 1ng to be a band leader Cor would hke to bel or else a professional baseball player Well good luck EIementary, My Dear Watson How many times the past week do you suppose youve heard that phrase? Yes all super sleuths and would be detectlves are now shln mg by attemptmg to solve The Case of the Cracked Safe Durmg the early hours of the morn1ng of March 14 a person or persons unknown broke 1nto WHS tak1ng approxlmately S50 from varlous places By 800 the next mornmg 300 curlous and exclbed students were peerlng 1nto rooms closets and lockers hoplng to see some evldences of the crlme Trooper Abney and Sher1ff Alex Nlchols spent the greater part of the mormng at WHS and the ex cltement grew hourly The crlme as of today IS un solved whlch fact only adds to the already overwhelmlng fervor of all concerned But after all we dont make the headl1nes every day ln the week so when we do we have to make up for lost tlme Say you don t suppose True De tect1ve Magazine would want a wr1te up on th1s do you? Seventh Grade Gave Assembly Program On Wednesday March 22 the seventh grade presented the fol lowlng program m assembly wxth Leonard Goodall announclng Flag Salute Jean Swope D lores Peek and Margaret Ann De Backer Star Spangled Banner School J,un1or hlgh band Style show Home Economlcs gxrls Clar1net tr1o- How Can Leave You? Margaret Ann De Backer W1lmalee Norrls James Cash Plano solo Theres No To morrow Jlmmy Garrlson Playette 'W11l1e Glrl D1ane Montgomery Lee Ann Jaeger Brenda Bartel Jackie Moon J1m my Bradshaw Noble Davls J W Bradford Presentatlon of check to Stu dent Councll through hlgh school llttle Dorsey or D1Magg1o whlchever lt may be . . . , , . 1 1 , ' . ' ' U 11 1 ' 1 I , , . ' ' : A 1 - . . n l I , .. , , n , . , 1 ' . 1 U ' ' ss . . . , Y ' . A re- I - an 1 11 , , , , . 1 . ' - 1 ' , ' ' . . 1 ' . , - 1 - 1 ' ' H - 11 - ' . 1 1 - - - ' - ' , , - - , - y - i .i.l...f-ii. 7 o ' 7 Y ' 7 , . . . . . 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March 2 1950 W. H. S. Spirit Page 3 Seen, Heard, and Imaglned By I Ben Pryon D1d everyone have a good t1me at the Arrow Ball? We d1d And that new dance we learned Hey' A new very new couple was seen at the Arrow Ball Florence F and Monty Say' What happen ed to Tommacene Dld you see Janlces formal? I wonder lf she got cold Della IS carry1ng a great blg torch for a certa1n tall blonde Jun lor Don t tell anyone but h1s 1n1 tlals are J C Who was the cute man Nancy Rae was wlth at the Arrow Ball? W1nn1e had a handsome one 1n tow too Lor1n and Barbara are st1ll go 1ng together They were at the Bal too Congratulatlons to La Vaughn and Reva You made beautlful royalty gxrls Connxe seems to have a l1ttle trouble every now and then 1n Amerxcan Hlstory Wlth Ivan and Burton D1d Ivan get h1S l1ttle pet back COHHIE7 Several of the male populatlon of W H S were at the Rambow ch1l1 supper Wasnt that dellclous ch1l1 Dld you know that La Rena has a new s1ster'P For several days she spent her t1me runmng between her mothers room and Rob s' Norma Jean had a card party the other nlght It was lots of fun and the food was DELICIOUS' Wanted Seventeen cots and boxes of asp1r1n Generous reward For further 1nformat1on see the sen1or play cast' Clf they need cots and aspxrln Mrs McKean needs a prlvate room and knock out drops 'J The Jlbbermg people 1n the halls th1s week are merely the speech students declammg Dont be a larmed lt 1snt contag1ous BRIDAL SHOWER FOR JO ANN WARDEN Jo Ann Warden was the guest of honor at a brldal shower glV en on March 2 at the home of Helen R1ch There were fourteen guests and many useful glfts were presented Refreshments were ser ved Jo Ann wlll be marrled 1n the early summer to Donald Copas A gxrl should hold on to her youth but not wh1le hes drlvlng Eif15 '1f'5 ' UISITU Home Team Q1 , 'Who Made That Basket7' Here 1S another llSt of those flghtlng T1gers who helped make those baskets It m1ght have been 44 who made that last basket That sult belongs to Charlle Sen1or who we1ghs 150 pounds and IS 5 ft 1114 1n Charlle s favorlte pastlme lS drlvlng Ted Dowler m1ght have made that last basket Teds number IS 77 He has brown eyes W61ghS 168 pounds and IS 5 ft 11 1n He 11kes to watch college basketball games to go hunt1ng and to run around w1th the boys fAnother m1l1t1a member no doubt I repeat Shall We Joln the m1l1t1a'7 D It could have been Jack Col bern Jack WelghS 175 pounds and lS a s1x footer HIS number lS 21 Jack llk9S to sleep to loaf to go r1d1ng around 1n the car and to shoot bllllards Monty Draper could have made spectacular basketball thls season Hls number IS 99 He lS 6 ft 2 1n tall and we1ghs 157 pounds Hls favorxte pastlmes are argulng ln World Hlstory wlth the guys and dr1v1ng hxs car qwlth a certaln passenger'b It mlght have been John Mack Werlmg John Mack IS 5 ft 9 1n and W6lghS 140 pounds John Mack llkes to play basketball and to rlde around on hls scooter John Mack llke Monty prefers a spe c1al passenger' One of the up and commg fresh men played some good ball this year Thats r1ght Gary Larson number eleven Cmost of the txmeb Gary IS 5 ft 5 1n Cso he clalmsl and we1ghs almost 110 pounds' If xou want to fmd Gary he IS bound to be eating or playlng p1ng pong A sophomore th1s t1me number 55 and name Bob Hammond Bob IS 5 ft 8 1n tall and we1ghs 140 pounds Hls past1mes base ball basketball and football Another freshman number Cdlfferent thmgs sometlmes 887 name Paul Owmgs Paul IS ev erv blt of 5 ft and 4 1n an we1ghs 122 More than anyth1ng Paul llkes to eat Basketball Banquet Held The annual basketball banquet was held on March 14 at Rxggles and was attended by the members of the basketball teams both boys and g1rls the faculty and special guests Mr Tarbet pr1nc1pal after a few mtroductory remarks lntro duced Coach Copple who revxew ed the season and mtroduced the captams of both teams The co captaxns of the boys team were Elbert Le1gh and Herb Sm1th the capta1n of the g1rls team was Barbara Black Mr Tarbet then 1ntroduced the pr1nc1pal speaker Coach Keth of CMSC who gave an 1nsp1r1ng talk The program was concluded Wlth a fllm of a basketball game between the Mules and Cape Gu'ardeau SPRING IS HERE BECAUSE The senlor boys are playxng golf Coach has 1nsp1red the boys for track The senlor play IS under way Mar1lyn Shlvely IS anx1ously awa1t1ng the r1nks return Jack Stewart IS st11l practlcmg the long forgotten Charleston' 1n1t1at1on of new Natlonal Hon or Soclety members M1ss Sterl1ng has a bouquet of sprmg flowers Leo has d1scarded hls long les There are only 9 more weeks of school' Jo Campbell has her car out fmaybe she can repay a certaln senlor boyb Ah here we have a dashxng Jumor Number 33 name Ralph Huffaker Cknown to many as sunshlne J Ralph IS 5 ft 916 1n and we1ghs 145 H1s favorlte pastune IS do1ng noth1ng flndus trlous Id say'J Tom Cheatham made a lot of those baskets thls year too Tom we1ghs 147 pounds and IS 6 ft His favornte pastlme xs hav1ng nlce quxet d1scuss1ons w1th Mlke Hearne except they re not always so qulet And last but not least another wearer of 88 D1Ckle Clark H WC1ghS 135 and IS 5 ft 11 ln and hls favorlte pastlme IS staymg at home So ends a 11st of swell guys and we ll be seemg most of them back next year I A ' 1 . . - ' ' 7 , A , r ' . 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Ratmgs of excellent were re Student Publncatlon of WARRENSBURG HIGH SCHOOL V 8 Warrensburg, Mussourl Wednesday, Aprul 5 1950 N ll WHS Takes Part In Muslc Festnval At the West Central MUSIC Fes t1Va1 held 1n Cl1nton March 24 and A5 WHS recelved seventeen hon or ratugs of excellent and super 101 out of elghteen entrles Seven SCIIUUIS parL1c1paLed 1n tne iestl val vvno Cnnton Butler, 1-lolden rucn 11111 Appleton C1ty, and Ll uoraao Sprmgs ouuges were 1v11 Carl rranglu su Q. IIUULLUJ. UL me rxansas City Unlty Dana and lVl1SS Mary Lou lse loner ot LMSC muslc depart lent I. CE1V6d or the followmg WHS en tr1es g1rls glee club, baton twlrl 1ng 1-tutnanne Marr and Phy1l1s Bo1and coronet tr1o composed of Jo Ann Almond Bob Martln and Charles McCoy g1r1s hxgh vo1ce Patr1c1a Summers g1rls low vo1ce Joan Wlll1aIT1S Super1or ratmgs to Lonn1e Woodruff and McK1nney for plano solos Braunmger for baton tw1rl Lonme Woodruff for oboe Al1ce McCul1y for bassoon Wlar1lyr1 Sh1vely Mary Mc Kmnex and Phyll1s Boland for flute t11o Betty P1ne for glrls h1gh NOICC Jo Ann Almond for g1rls l'IlCdlUI'I'1 vo1ce g1rls tr1o composed of Betty Basham Jan1ce Etter and Betty Plne and g1rls sextet composed of Jo Campbell Bettv P1ne Barbara Black Jo Ann Almond L0 lIl16 Woodruff and Patr1c1a Summers went Mary TOHI 111g solo solo STUDENT COUNCIL SQUARE DANCE The Student Councll sponsored a square dance 1n the gymnas1um Apr1l 4 at 7 30 Refreshments were offered the east end of the gvm A short perlod of soclal dancmg was of fered The Jun1or h1gh party formerly scheduled for th1s date w1ll be g1ven later Meet Me In St Louls The well known Meet Me 1n St Louls dramat1zed from Sally Benson s book by Perry Clark w111 be presented by the sen1or class Apr1l 14 1n the h1gh school aud1 tor1um The story centers around the 'var1ed d1ff1cult1es Mr Smlth en counters when h attempts to move h1s famlly from St Louls to New York The quxck tempered Smlth sxsters launch the1r cam palgn to stay 1n St Lou1s and then the fireworks begln After dera1lmg a trolley throwmg wat er bombs on the1r fathers boss beatmg up thexr boy fr1ends and gnawmg on the bosss leg the glrls settle down and the prob lem IS sat1sfactor1ly 1roned out 1n a short t1me Both the story and characters as well as the colorful costumes are long t1me favorltes The cast 15 as follows M Helen Holder Rose Rowena Bob b1tt Esther Jeanneane Parsons Agnes Mar11yn Sh1ve1y Tootxe Jo Campbell Lon Herb1e Smxth Grandpa Prophater Parker Chrls topher Kat1e Irene Mette Mrs Waughop Barbara Black Ida Boothby Judy Coulson John Shepherd Ron Heatherly Fred Gregory Elbert Lelgh Lucllle Pentard Betty Barnh11l Dodge Earl Murphy Mr Duffy Bob Ball Conductor John We1t ze The play IS bemg presented by speclal arrangement Wlth the Dra matlc Publ1sh1ng Company and IS under the d1rect1on of Mrs Meryl McKean T1ckets can be purchased from any member of the sen1or class Buy yours now' You cant afford to mlss Meet Me IH St Louls LAST SPIRIT OUT APRIL 19 The last ISSUE of the SPIRIT Wlll be out Apr1l 19 Its game to be somethmg d1Fferent some thmg SDGCIHI Heres hopmg youll l1ke 1t' COMING EVENTS Apr1l 6 Easter assembly Ray town track meet here 2 30 Apr1l Apr1l Apr1l there Apr1l Cl1nton Apr1l 1or play Good Fr1day hollday FHA meetmg R1Ch H111 track meet Tr1angular meet w1th Holden here 14 Grade cards out sen Apr1l 19 WCAC track meet here Representotnve tor Glrls State Chosen Four Jun or g1rls from WHS w1ll ltend G1rls State th1s summer The project IS sponsored by the Amer1can Leglon AUXIIIHFY and w1ll be held at W1ll1am Woods College at Fulton from June 25 'o July 2 Betty Ann P1ne and Martha Caldwell who are members of the Matthews Crawford Aux1l1ary 1l1ary Two other glrls who were se lected by the faculty are Joan H rdmg and Sh1rley Slmmons These two w1ll be sponsored by the Bus1ness and Profess1onal Womens Club and the L1ons Club All glrls attendmg are honor uldcnts Ten Top Ratmgs to WHS In Dlstrlct Contest Ten of the slxteen entr1es of Warrensburg Hlgh School 1n the D1str1ct Muslc Contest recelved the h1ghest ratmg 1n thelr respec t1ve events Seven were excellent ratmgs and were qual1f1ed for the state contest to be held at the UH1V6FS1ty of M1ssour1 Apr1l 27 These were Lonme Woodruff p1 ano solo Mary Carolyn MCKlHHey plano solo Ruthanne Marr baton twxrllng Phyllls Boland baton tw1rl1ng Al1ce McCu1ly bassoon solo Patr1c1a Summers g1rls hlgh VOICE and Joan Wllllams tCont1nued on Page 31 ol. , , o. ll ' ' Il . . - U l K - g - . ,, . 1 1 Z ' . - . , , . 7 - . . . . 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