Westport High School - Herald Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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,- -,, Y ar-vm ,mr-1 11 - Q I COMMISISIONED OFFICCEIRS BATTALION OFFICERS COMPANY B Edwin D. Peake ......................Q....... .----.-------.------ M aior Thos P' Headen 1 Captain . . ', Geo, Herald ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ....... F irst Lieutenant Robert Armour ........ ............... B attallon AdJutant Herbert E. Jones.--mn mm-Second Lieutenant Sanger Hinchman .......... Battalion Sergeant-Major Wynne Casteel .............. Battalion Supply Sergeant Edmund Platt ...,,,,,.,,, Battalion Ordnance Sergeant Wm. Schermfes ................ Battalion Sergeant Bugler Joseph H. Markley, Jr. ................................ Captain Howard Fisk .................. ...... F irst Lieutenant F. C. Smith ........... ....... S econd Lieutenant Rederick Ogden ........ .......... F irst Sergeant Joe McCaughey Alvin B. Chase ........ Charles Crider ........ Albert Smith .....,, ,,,,,,, Dale Shafer ..,,......,,,,,,,,,,,, Howard Wahrenbrock ....... J Ohn Hancock .......,.,,,,,,,, Dick Moore ....... ...........Sergeant .-.-...-Sergeant ........Sergeant ........Corporal ........Corporal ....-...Corporal ........Corporal ........Corporal Cecil Prettyman ....... Leon Finklestein Ralph White ...... John Moore ...... Brock Fagin ....... C. Histed ............ R. Silverman .... D. Alport .......... A. Reeves ...... Willard Deutsch .......First Sergeant ...........Ser'geant ........Sergeant ........Sergeant ........Corpofral ....,...-Corporal ........Corporal' .......-.Corporal ........Corporal C. ....................Captain Leeland Reeder ........ .......,.,, F irst Lieutenant Stanton Agnew Second Lieutenant Henry Baker ......... ........... F irst Sergeant Robert Dods ........,... ,,,,,,,,,,,, S ergeant Davld Brown ............. J. Wallace Wornall ....... Herbert Pettey Geo. W. Ogden ........ Russell Jordon .. -1 it F 4 Q X- 1 lv s!, Ji x Q As .........Sergeant ......-..Corpora1 ........Corporal ........Corporal ........Corporal l The a gem is the few h Like 2 midst ville won r While tion, i The coverg Riggs ly m1 offers The cause strugg pneur would playei His by H could fJera Who last, Edi lous impo: of pi most Cla ter, 4 cleve the f a tru Ar band 1, - 5-.us 1--fr Mfg-191-2 L-L ' A 1. -. tvs Q-fi-me rQ,i::,g,.:,.g,fv 'iai,.g.,.349. .1 - --Y -- :..u.e.g-.el - --g4:a.:Liasf i Tn ' 1 ft-3-r f' .Apr -'g .13, -'g-f3-.z-s..efi,..g3 -'--..,- . V . -,,,,,,:,W,l,m,,L , '

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-'-----'---sry:-A--1.-fef:-me-eg-1:12 A 9-gui-.,1.f:y1-..xs11:15 1.1.-if-. .-. ,nn-.vi yu., an u . Q - time SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR CADETS The year 1920-1921 has been a very successful one for the Cadet Corps. As it was the first year of the Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps, some time was required to get started, but under our new instructor progress was rapid as soon as the work of organizing the battalion, appointing officers and giving out equipment was completed. The battalion was composed of three companies A. B and C. Each cadet received a uniform, con- sisting of a garrison cap, two shirts, coat, breeches, spiral puttees and shoes. The regiment in Kansas City was under the command of Major Samuel Smoke, and the in- structor at Westport was Sergeant Otto Boman of the U. S. Army. The work taken up followed the regular R. O. T. C. schedule. Close and open order drill, minor tactics, signalling and rifle work from the Small Arms Firing Manual were taken up. A crack platoon, composed of one squad from each company, was under the command of Lieut. Leland Reeder. This platoon competed in the an- nual field day competitions. During the last year the battalion has improved Wonderfully, and next year, since the work inci- dent to establishing a new organization in the schools is over, the best Cadet Corps ever seen in this city will be the Reserve Officers Training Corps. In the annual competition among the cadets of the four high schools the Westport battalion carried off the honors by winning first place in the company comipetitive drill. Company A, CBP' tain Joe Markley, was given the decision. The Westport crack platoon, First Lieut. Leeland Reeder, was second, and Joe McCaughey and Edmlund Platt won third and fifth places respec- tively in the individual competition. As a result of the victory of the Westport Cadets Major Edwin D. Peake was appointed colonel of the Kansas City Cadet Corps and Cap- tain Joe Markley was advanced to the rank of major. Beck Boody Brennan Brewster, Britt, S. Buis Campbell, Earhart Feehan Fleeman Armitage Alport Campbell Cooper Eubank Fagin Gordon Harry Haug Histed, H. Hellman Jackson Jenkins Adamson Banta Cross Campbell, Dean Easter Gore H. R. C. Histed, C. Hauck Hecker Hopkins Hurlburt Jacobsen Roll of the Battalion COMPANY A Garrison Harkness J edlicka Long Lindsey Miller McMullen McHugh Monnett Ostrom COMPANY B' Lacy Luck Nelson Nance Pate Peters Pittinger Rapp Richardson Reeves Rogers Renz Salmon COMPANY C Jones Jordon Kerlin Kruse McElvain Mosher Miller Moore Nisbet Ogden, G. Payne Peake, G. Pettey Rebo, D. Renick Reynolds Stratton Turner Taylor White Ware, J. Ware, W. Sebree Scales Shay Sheldon Seiglar Silverman Spencer Topping Thompson Turner Wagner Wilson Quy Reitz Robinson Salmans Shinn Snyder, F. Snyder, N. Tonopolsky Ward White Wolfe, F, Ware, II. Wornall 1 , .nur-4--.c 2 -+:1,.4 ,, -.--gg:,::1,,.,, L, ,.. ,, Y . , 1 l l I

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K- --H --1 1 --fps-435:-fp vs-:mf-e - :fu 1. --1-Q 1-fiaygyrun-.1--:1-p s-.L-e..-. .-.fa , . Z .... pi: -.aa-.wi mt ., 4 ..Captain ,ieutenant ieutenant Sergeant .Sergeant .Sergeant .Sergeant -Corpo-ral -Corporal . Corporal .Corporal .Corporal ...Captain lieutenant ieutenant Sergeant .. Sergeant ,Sergeant ..Corporal .Corporal .Corporal .Corporal fg A A - .fi Q a 'X I-1 -ff4. 51.fx H5 ' , f f ,q - S HJ' Ill ' E Ei - S Laura Johnson SCIENCE IN RIGGSVILLE The Christmas Play was unique in that it was a genuine home product. So modest and retiring is the author that, until the night of the play, few had suspected his talents as a playwright. Like an angel, as it were, he had lurked in our midst and we never knew it. Science in Riggs- ville was undoubtedly a dramatic success and won much praise for Howard Fisk, the author. While there were numerous flaws in the produc- tion, it nevertheless had many merits. The plot itself, which revolves around the dis- covery of a cure for pneumonia by old Dr. Riggs, Riggsville's most highly esteemed citizen, is hard- ly more commendable than the opportunity it offers for character portrayal. The kind hearted old doctor, heart broken be- cause of the disappearance of his only son, and struggling between a passionate desire to put his pneumonia cure to the test and a fear that it would prove unsuccessful, was wonderfully played by James Britt. His daughter, Betty, was charmingly portrayed by Hulda Seidel, and even her adroit elusiveness could not prevent the enterprising Jack Palmer CJerauld Dissmanj from falling in love with her. Who can blame Jerry for the extra scene at the last, which smacked so of romance? Edith Landes, playing Mrs. Aines, the credu- lous housekeeper, was an easy mark for Jack's impossible tales, and with her remarkable power of portraying character, furnished one of the most interesting elements of the play. Claude Bowman, as Joe Beck, the station mas- ter, deserved all the praise rendered him. His clever interpretation of his character was one of the features of the production and marked him as a true actor. And why shouldn't he have been a model hus- band with such a conscientious, hard working, though rather high strung wife as Jerushia CCorinne Craigj? Julius Bischofsheimer, as their son, Pete, came in handy as an errand boy. As George Washington Brown, William Roth made an ideal henpecked husband of the Ethi- opian race. Elizabeth Forrester, as Susan, his nagging wife, displayed remarkable powers of persuasion, and Bill exercised rare judgment in acquiescing in her demands. The long lost son of Dr. Riggs was found in the person of Howard Wahrenbrock, who oblig- ingly submitted to the pneumonia cure, after the doctor had been persuaded by Palmer to try it out, and created a happy ending by his recovery. Mrs. Johnson QEleanor Seibertb was the anx- ious mother of Mary fMartha Hardyj, who, al- though very ill, recovered under Dr. Riggs's care. These parts, although small, received much favor- able comment. Elizabeth Andalaft was a typical girl friend of Betty's, and her naturalness of manner received praise. T. P. Headon was a typical old farmer, al- though he didn't put no trust in that there cure for pneumonyf' Dessa Skinner was a loyal supporter of Dr. Riggs, and Lois Van Evera was interesting as his little daughter, Julia. Harry Kruse, John Ware and Robert McDonald, as farmers of the vicinity, created an atmosphere which was especially praiseworthy. The scenic effects were commendable even though one was a bit surprised to see Jerry gal- lantly emerging in a straw lid, while the cur- tains were still gaily decked with Christmas bells. It was due to Mr. Humphreyis and Miss Short's untiring efforts that the play was the success that it proved to be. ---1-Q-rn.:-4--- +31 5 -,,.f,-. ,Ll-JW., Ha I