Warrensburg High School - Arrow Yearbook (Warrensburg, MO)

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Page 4 W H S Splrlt Nov 2 1949 THIS IS THE ARROW STAFF OF 49 By Martha Caldwell The Edltor ln Chlef of the Ar row staff 1S Betty Basham She has a mad pass1on for football games I wonder It the players h ve anythmg to do wlth 1t'P Bet ty IS well known for her or1g1n al1ty 1n wr1t1ng plays Her fav or1te food IS Chlcken Tetrazmnl' Mar1lyn Sh1vely who IS an As slstant Art Edlt0F and she my goodness We talked about he.r 1n the Sp1r1t last week too So on to Ke1tl1 Cox lb another ASSlStaHt Art Edlt01 Hls favor1te d1Sh S fun yat sung Hmmmm sounds lke sometl11ng stra1ght from low 61 Slobovla to me but he 1ns1sts lt 1s from Cllllld His favvorlte game IS POSTOFFICE f wonder 11 Martha mfluenced th1s dec1s1on'7J I Sald Hobb1es and he sa1d Yeah so I sa1d On to Rowena Bobbltt who was al e wr1tten about 1n last weeks Sp1r1t staff hne up She 1S the L1te.rary Edltor Ass1stant Llterary Edltor Helen Holder wl1o IS another of 1 st weeks l1ne up Parker Chr1stopher IS the tall dark Senlor boy who IS seemlng I., afra1d of g1rls We dont b1te fno matter what Stewart tells xoub Park1e IS the buslness man ger of the Arrow Donna Morrxson IS a photog rapher for the annual FIOOSIC can usually be seen squ1r1ng half the k1dS IH school around 1n her truck Joan Dodge IS another photog rapher At football games she can be found out on the S1dG111'1eS Wlth her trusty flash camera The secretary of the Arrow staff IS Sarah Regers I hear she makes Mr Turnbow a rel1able secretary Her hobby lS crochet mg and she really does beautlful vtork The sponsor of the Arrow IS the general busmess teacher the typlng teacher the bookkeepmg teacher the fellow who sells foot ball t1CkGtS at the games and the person who keeps the score at the basketball games If by now you haven t recognlzed Mr George W Young you are really mlsslng the acqualntance of a grand SENIOR PERSONALITY Prom1seths prom1seths thats al' I ever get prom1seths Th1S 15 a facs1m1le of Elmer Fudd If you have heard th1S remark com mg from a tall blonde semor you leave had the pleasure of meet1ng Florence Ball Florence 1S the v1ce pres1dent of the Semor Class Her favor1te foods are fr1ed eh1cken and cherry p1e she l1kes to skate very much he prefers ta1lored clothes and her favor1te classes are short hand and Spanush We under stand she IS the Wh1Z of the short hand class Her hObb1e 1S Cuh huhb J C By the way she l1kes sweet people Hmmmmm When asked what she does 1n her spare tlme she can be heard to say Ha' What spare tll'I'l69 Florence IS one 1nd1v1dual whom well surely m1ss at the end of th1s year Her humor and v1vac1ty have made Clarence well known to the students of WHS I Ben Pryon Jr New and old flames D1ane M and Charles S Margaret D and DaVld B Margot E and Turrys George A and Betty P Jean1e S and Norman J Pat L and Joe L Ina May Gaebel the new e1ghth grade g1rl seems to be dolng all r1ght for herself Whats wrong Luc11le'? You re treatmg DaV1d sort of cool' A1nt love grand? Martha I thmks so could No 75 have tnythmg to do w1th 1t George A seems to have crush on Betty P but we know Bettys heart belongs to No 22 seems 'oo be carrymg qu1te a few torches Lee Ann tlme try1ng to make up her m1nd w1ll lt be Joyce F J IS havmg a hard Wh1ch one was a gal named Jo a lot to hex beau But one day 1n d1smay He ran away And now we find Jo so low Lee Adams There once Who talked teacher and a real frlend to all We re sure the students of W H S w1ll never forget the encourage lrent and advlce of a swell per son 'our Mr Young SEEN HEARD IMAGINED I Ben Pryon Say d1d you hear about the hayr1de a bunch of the Jun1ors and SCHIOTS went on last Satur day n1ght'P It seems some of the g1rls suddenly went on a myster 1ous walk 1n the old cemetery' For further 1nformat1on see Jo Campbell or Mar1lyn Sh1vely' The grapevlne has lt that a certa1n romance seems to be bud d1ng 1n fifth hour typmg class' A certa1n Junlor g1rl one Betty 1ne and a blond semor boy 1111t1als M S Just m1ght be be h1nd all th1s ' We saw J1mmy PeUH1Hgt0H at the Raytown game Tuesday nlght' Mall oh man Somethlng new has been added ' Have yvou met Charles Senlor our new Freshman boy? It looks as 1f Dorxs D lS helplng h1m get acqua1nted Who wouldnt w1th a car l1ke that? If you have not1ced Joan W1l hams and Earl Murphy strolhng surpr1sed' They re another addl t1on to our Hall of Flames Joan tells us she has to look up to Earl' Oh these tall dark men ' It looks as 1f both those Sh1vely gals have crushes lon football men' Rumor IS that Mar1lyn s heart was 1n her tluoat when a certa1n r1ght guard was capta1n at the Raytown game ' Speakmg of Mar1lyn we lear she received a myster1ous mum for the Dads Day Game wxth no card m1nd you' We wonder P If you happened to notlce the glrls swmgmg lassos last M-on day lt was noth1ng unusual' Those Baucom men were here We hear John WeltZ61 fsup posedly gomg steady m1nd youj was seen 1-1d1ng w1th Celesta H1ghland the other n1ght ' John declares he was forced 1nto 1t' We wonder what Jloan thlnks of all that? Our Love Bug IS certa1n1y gettmg around lately Our latest report are two blond V1Ct1lTLS namely Mary Carolyn and W11 L.1e ' Say lets make thlS a perma nent arrangement Orch1ds to J1mmy Teater our Future Flreman of Amerlca Be sure to see the Lexmgton game Nov 4 . . . , I 1 A, . . , I I I 1 a . ,, . . I , . . . . . , v U . S 1 . 1 - - . A L . A . . 4 - a - Q . . - ' - I A . l v - - A I , , , . . : . . .. - - ' A , ' '- S . . , . , . , . A ' . . . 1 v , ' Y , u 1 - ID- Q - - - ' ' - - : s , ' , . . - . ., 1. ,x . . . , . D... U A ', ' 3 ' ' ' ' . . . 141 - , 0.1: ' ' . , . . i . - , , .... 1 . - . I. , sa - an , e , . . . I . . I , . . . , ' . . . . , , . . . U . . ,, I as 1, -- . . , , . . ' Sl 77 ' K4 . 1 I ' 9 7 9 ' ' ' ' ' , ' Wi - - rx ' ' ' Y U, . . . HEARD, through the halls lately, donft be r . I V A . , V .- . 4 . . I ' ., . ,. - ss as a . . - ' l, . L, . , ' , ' ... . . , 1 1 U I, I E 1 F ' F - . 1, o F . . , v . . , . . 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Nov 2 I 949 W H S Splrlt Page 3 TIGER VICTORY STRING BROKEN BY RAYTOWN The W H S Tlgers suffered then' first set back of the season to a strong Raytown eleven at Raytown Oct 18 Both teams were hampered by a sllppery ram soaked field Raytown led I 0 at halftlme The Trgers scored the1r touch acwn w1th less than a m1nute left took the Raytown k1CkOff on the War on a who good Ron Heatherly m1ssed the k1ck for the extra pofnt Raytowns fllllt-131 score came early 1n the flrst quarter The Tlg ers kfcked off and downed Raytown on the Bengal 49 Two first downs moved the ball to the 10 where halfback Parker went for 3 and Kroenke fullback went the rest of the way Cockran ran the converslon on a quarterback sneak The Bengals stopped a Raytown dr1ve on the Warrensburg 18 1n the game Pete Wertzel .rensburg 25 and handed off reverse to Joe DeBacker sklrted the s1de11ne behmd blockmg to score untouched of the1r own 1n the thxrd quarter but were unable to push the ball 1nto scormg pos1t1on Late 1n the last quarter Ray town returned a punt to the War lcnsburg 48 and drove to the 8 where Parker went :off tackle for the second Raytown counter and Cockran again converted on a sreak Then Raytown klcked off to set up the Warrensburg tally The Tlgers although on the short end of the final score shvow ed up well agaxnst the Raytown powerhouse The1r touchdown was the second to be scored agalnst Raytown th1s season and the 14 po1nts for Raytown represented the fewest po1nts scored by the team 1n any game th1s year There was a small boy named Lee Who came face to face wlth a flea The flea sp1t ln h1s eye And Lee started to cry That dlrtg old flea splt on me Herble Smlth There once was a boy from Beserk Who would rather sleep than work One day In a daze He sat on a blaze Now he s a wxde awake Jerk Lee Adams TIGERS MAUL RICH HILL The W H S Tlgers steam xollered R1ch H111 51 0 at R1ch H111 October 21 111 a conference tlt R1ch H111 never penetrated deeper than the Warrensburg 25 and the Tlgers held a 20 to 0 ad vantage at half tfme Blocked punts set up the first two Bengal tall1es After the k1ck ofl Rxch H111 was forced to punt nd the attempt was blocked The 'lfgers took over on the R1ch H111 18 where J1m Coll1ns went off tackle for the counter and through the mlddle for the converslon Warrensburg aga1n klcked off and forced R1ch H111 to punt Agam the punt was blocked and Warrensburg grabbed the ball on the R1Ch H111 25 Ron Heatherly p1cked up 15 yards around left end and John Wertzel went around r1ght end to pay d1rt Coll1ns placed klcked the extra pomt The Bengals mterrupted a pass fn the second quarter and drove to the opponents 1 yard l1ne where John Weltzel went through the mlddle to score Heatherly After takmg the klcksoff to open the second half the Tlgers mov ed to the R1Ch H111 10 where Heatherly went around r1ght end to score A pass from Heatherly to Lee Adams for the extra pomt was lncomplete Warrensburg took a punt and was downed on the R1Ch H111 41 Pete Weitzel went around left end and lateralled to Coll1ns whvo went all the way An attempt to run the converslon falled The Bengals next took over af ter a fourth down fumble on the R1ch H111 32 Two plays moved xt to the 5 where Bob Ross drove through the mlddle bo score Pete W6ltZe1S attempt to run the con vers1on was stopped Ron Heatherly xntercepted an aer1al and was downed on the R1ch H111 25 where Pete Weltzel scored on two runs Joe DeBacker dropped klcked the extra pomt The final Tlger touchdown came on another fourth down fumble and Warrensburg galned posses s1on of the ball on the R1ch H111 22 Jim P1eschel passed to Bob Ross for 8 yards and Lee Adams completed an aerlal to J1m Plesch el ln the end zone An attempt to run the converslon was stopped TIGERS ROLL OVER EL DORADO The WHS Tfgers mamtamed the1.r West Central Conference lead by downmg the El Dorado Sprfngs bulldogs 31 6 at El Do rado October 28 The hustlmg Tlger l1ne and backfield chcked inom the open1ng kfckoff and soon earned the respect ot El Dorado Warrensburg took a bad klckoli and .retulneu It to the Bulldog 43 yard l1ne where Ron Heather ly skfrted lert end for 37 and aga1n for 30 and the touchdown John Weftzel went over on a quarterback sneak for the con version After an exchange of downs the Bengals quarter orove wlth four first dvowns to the El Dorado 10 where Heatherly knlfed off tackle to pay dfrt A pass from Joe DeBacker to Lee Adams for the converslon was m complete The half ended wxth the core 13 0 After k1ck1ng off to open the second half the Bengals forced took over 1n the second on the1r own 38 and El Dorado to punt and took over on the Bulldog 46 After one play was called back on a pen alty John Weltzel went around left end and reversed h1S field to go all the way J1m Coll1ns k1ck from placement for the con vers1on was wlde After the krckoff El Dorado punted and Warrensburg was downed on the Bengal 45 yard lne Two first downs moved the o ll to the El Dorad-o 18 where Pete Wertzel drove off tackle for the touchdown Heatherlys kfck for the converslon was no good To beg1n the th1.rd perbod War rensburg took over the ball on downs on the E1 Dorado 30 and moved to the 8 where J1m Pleschel passed to Adams xn the end zone DeBacker s dropklck for the extra pomt was low Wuth less than a m1nute to play El Dorado capltallzed on the ap pearance of the final T1ger re serves and drove to the Bengal 5 yard lme where Roundtree went over A pass for the conversnon was lncomplete Soph You ought to take chloroform' Fresh Who teaches 1t'7 . , . . . 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Student Publication of WARRENSBURG HIGH SCHOOL . Vol. 8 Worrensburg Missouri Wednesday November 23 I949 No. 3 WHS Wms est Central Conference Mary Ann Slgrlst Rowena Bobbltt Joan Hardmg tQueenD Mary C Mc Klnney I Crown Thee By Martha Caldwell The flags were flymg hlgh The band marched onto the fleld The n1ght was beaut1ful because the moon had pushed the clouds a Slde as though they were double doors The crowd became s1lent and anx1ous A green convertlble crulsed around the field and stop ped at the east entrance Four gxrls stepped from the car These Queens walked across the field and through an alsle prepared by the band The drums began to 1011 The atmosphere was tense A fanfare blared out 1nto the st11l ness of the nlght The candldates pproached the throne The Queen h1t xts stepped of red a VV' of wh1te carnatlons on the Queen s head and announced As captam of the football squad I crown Joan Hardmg Homecom1ng Queen When the wa1t1ng and tenslon xx ere over I thought of the events o' the precedmg week Early 1n the week each class m sen1or 111gh had nom1nated a candldate for Homecomlng Queen Th1s year for the first tlme the W Club chose a candldate also Posters lmed the cor1'1dors unt11 they resembled a l-fall of Fame Dlfferent methods were used to persuade students to vote for the RIGHT Queen At 2 30 on th1s sunny afternoon was seated The evemng cl1max as John We1tze1 forward placed a crown carn'1t1ons centered wlth of November 11 the Homecommg parade started 1ts two mile Jaunt Behmd the band came the floats and other entrles and each queen 1n a oonverltble Behmd the sen 1or float rode Rowena Bobb1tt the sen1or queen Mary Ann S1 grlst the Jumor queen was 1n a convertlble behlnd the Jumor float After the sophomore entry rode Mary Canolyn McK1nney and af ter the W Club float rode the1r candldate for Queen Joan Hard 1n After an over whelmmg vxctory cryone returned to the hlgh school to d1scover the gym masked ln the costume of a dance floor The at mosphere was dreamy In the back ground a symbohc T1ger was set to l1fe by a spotllght the only hghtmg 1n the room The punch and C0Ok1eS furnlsh ed by the Student Councll added sp1ce to the evenmg for those hungry 1nd1v1duals The Queens and thelr escorts began the dance The excltement and tenslon of the evenmg finally subs1ded and from thelr attractlve settlng couples made thelr way home ward to dream of another year cf Homecomlng gone by A relgn mg Queen has been crowned The hghts have been turned down The dance has begun and has end ed So untll next year Homecom mg IS over and done but never forgotten Tngers Defeat Holden To Clinch Tltle For the first tlme 1n the hlstory of our school W H S th1s year won und1s'puted first place IH the VVest Central Conference The Txgers downed every conference foe Appleton C1ty C45 07 Clm ton 625137 Butler C26 77 Rlch H C51 OD Eldorado Sprlngs C31 65 Adrlan C48 OJ and Holden C40 OD The v1ctor1ous team w1ll recelve a trophy and 1nd1v1dual gold foot balls they w11l be honored at two banquets sponsored by theWClub and the Mule Sklnners By Wm n1ng the Holden game W H S was awarded the Holden War rensburg trophy for one year An all star team was chosen by the athletlc board on November 21 The follow1ng members of that team were W H S players Lee Adams end Don Parmley tackle Elbert Le1gh guard John We1t zel halfback Ron Heatherly half back Ralph Ross was chosen as center on the second team The Tlgers were coached by J D Copple MISSOUTI Valley All Star Th1s IS the second consecu tlve year under h1s gu1dance that W H S has placed 1n one of the three top brackets COMING EVENTS Not 24 25 Thanksglvlng H011 days Nov 30 Dec l 2 Mule Skmners Basketball Tournament Dcc 5 Joh11son County Prose and Poetry Contest Dec 8 Assembly at CMSC Dec 9 Sophomore Assembly Band and Choral Cl1n1c Dec 13 Basketball Lexlngton Here Sen1or Chlll Supper Dec 16 Basketball Cllnton There Dec 20 Basketball Holden there Dec 22 Basketball Raytown here Dec 23 Chrlstmas Assembly I I I I I , . , ., Z . - Y . - 1 ' 1 ' v . 111 - , ' 1 ' 1 I . ' s - 1 . , . I - - Q ll ll A - , , I I 0 I , a - 1 - ' ' , . . . . ' x - 1 ' . . . , , . , . Q ' ' ' I v 3 7 5 - . 1 Q ' ' . - Q , ' . y - i - g. . . ' over the Adrian Blackhawks, ev- ' ..'. - - ' , - D 1 . . 1 a . ' ' . 1 7 . . . y I - ,, ' as 7 . ,h - T ' ' ', . , , . . - ca ' ' - , S . ' . A - ' H ' ' ' V . . I: ' ' . ' I 'U , i h Q . . . ' 3