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

Page 24 text:

SEHIUR BHLLUT rf' -Q-...Q 3 --., T mn I fl I rlgfrl H11 Lxrlson Lollun Abd Blrbarl Poxur Cnrrx N01 mm urn Hnl He r Ill Phu Xiu mm XX lm 1 C lr son Don Cyossgtt lmd Iddm Vs mdus n fum mu 4.0 us Lnson Ju . II1 mu 1 1 C lmt 'Xux mm KI U XX 1 N 1 la Hkti HIYTL HX ,1 swung: wruud x mug x XX: ml 1 X KK I JIM ax rm L L lf w DKK IL Y nl nl , u ul IHITKL XLFNUHI Q I W v. ll L 1 u r UI y Q nl XR 14 I x U uv. rx s 1 1 M mpu .lr Lux .1 JL, n U IN I L c kg us! IK U k uw pu 1 4 K Uk L L ua L Xl 1 1 In mug l df L5 I' N W ur W NYY R15 t F I JY K K 11 nu mmm Idml Hunt Iom Stux 1rl lord I omrgmn-f uulll SIIDPSOH 1I'll Iomtgr omg In rms ru num me nu x C 1 1 r :Ll ull L 1 Q sun lr Xrglllwt x nu lmsuxll n 111 my u U. u my x 1 g ll I I1 J kr my x . H1lrkk md: N Hllfgx I 1 U11 .nu .1 x vpx ur U 1 L , A 5 9 5 6 1 . n 1'-. 5 '- 1 Y I K Q J . , 6 X y 2 M if .fy 5 2 vc f-Q 5 5 WW, P 5 , 4' T 3 , bf 3' - 5 5 op' ,ff 0 x. . X H . '. . . L' 1' .. ' J '45, .' ' . XXVL -.. J ' 'r : 'l. ll. ', 1. '11 l . X ' , 1. ' 1 3' ' , '- 4 ,f 7 'MBI ' :Ui CSI' .I. K4 g..'X 'XV'll4. .lf 'ifhqx t xI.15f 'l uuld. - - v in Xxvll Hu Duxl IHI Xlnxx nm 1 Nh 1 lAXl'Il Xl fyllkl flwml l11f.Il.f l'k1ux11xl Qual-li.: farm l'11ul1 vs lf! nllu 71 .HMI Sh- lmw wl1su,Ixur1l. sh 'K .1 l-I1 uf fun. XX' I mln- in gm, 111- nxuuuu xukfxg I Culluun has murc 111.111 L-.lr ' thu .I '. luy '- gurulxnlx dcwrxu nur' un -plml -- . By mn clw ' - -mu I g. -i. nz UL ' url 1. .1 1r'uulw.1uLx . '11, . l . I I N N1 1 YIXPIA Xl I' x -Im l'ffm1 f li II U , Nl X - IX I-vim: chvl 'EN' 'H' ' ,K I HN lmcrwl In Xywlpuni thu ,.L.Nl,ul Ilmlg lixrx sl IS wx -l.l.l1. Xl 1r1.l.11 x 'H 1 XX' I hand me lu-nkx .md Nmlcly xx. I . H- workcd nh uwlm mlm yg-.mn ,md lm nh ' V Y .i K AI H A N 'I K Y H' r'pr 'nu th- malurxu 411 nu. ' VU FUNK UM H' VU K WN 'ML' I- ' N1 uuiu Ixm'N mln hum Ut' ilu '-vp. R X1 I S f I f 1' tlkl us! INIIN lu Llllllr fn u HMI DMSHU clkliumj KJIIWH I I' . ul VHDL! W KIM W DH find. WH Sh. V hr but m KWH -ui H' gm irlmxlxlmg xnxrdmbc nw .1lx.1xN ,11 .-X 'x 1 ' 1' .lllf,.lI1d ILlH9Q'I1.lI ax. H williywmw, ,N ,ure U, IMA 'L' Mak' c- pup 1.1 lhruughu cm lx hx, xx - - ' YIM' PUVI Wh 'X bfi - 'i IS X1 1 lumix lb Snulnn--,Xmuw Xin I'm'L1 Bmw IJ.: K rr Nl A Bxw IIKINSIIJ Hux H- 'lvf , H4114 HL-K lzknly I su cd. wc 1 ul .d mr. In awry Heli th- mp In-'NI l. N . l'l1il'x the guy vxhmfs lvsqyx nun. Xi: I I 3 up ll yr-L, Hu'x llkuly uw luccd. wc . I . .X xl .lg A drus- fr r1xl1nlu.1dwl1ut'rr 7

Page 26 text:

H1111 11 lt xx IS 19-15 tl11t the elghth gr1de xx 19 hrst put IHIO the IXIDSIS C1tx publ1e school system 1nd xxe xxere pmnxptlx pl1eed 1n 1t A nexx eourse common le1r11 megs xx 1s fllkil on us 1nd ll prox eel so sueeessful Illlf If 111s beeo111e 1 per1111nent eoeuse 1n the e1ghth gr1de IFOIUIITLDI 1111ong tl1e f11st elghth q11ders xxere T018 Xloreheld lion Cossett Colleen Abel 1nd KlthCfS11L Kroup1 Bx tl1e elose of sehool 1n une xxe xx ere 111 well ILCIUIIDILL1 ll1LlLlQCl'ly look111 1 forxvlrd to our next four xe1rs 1n Westpolt A SLYIOLIS pol11J ep1e1e1111e postponed tl1e opemng of sehool fOl 1 xx eek Ill September 19-16 but xxe xx ere soon on our xx IX IS fresl1111en We elected our el1ss ofheers r1gl1t IV! 1y Cerry llunt, p1es1dent, Iames Newman x1ee preslelent, B1rb1r1 lovxer, seeretlrx, Io1el Pom 1en1ng IFCISUICT, 1nd NX lI1Lll C1rlson sergemt 1t 111115 Colleen Abel, 1018 lVl0I'Ll1Llel 1nd lorel Ponarenmg xx ere n11de 111L111lDL1S of tl1e A A UW 1nd the new D1n1 IIICI 1rx Soe1ety 1eeepted sexer1l freshmen 18 members lNexx Ill Olll eroxxd were IJIXL Kmg lVl1rlene Sull1x 1n 1nd er1x u1nl1n We xxere espee11llx proud xx hen B111 B1n1k1 -17 VIS elected I111yO1' on H1gl1 Sel1ool DW, llld we xxere sorry to see all the semors leave 1n un But vxe sold all our freshman books at Klee s, and hap p1lx xentured 1nto the summer months September, 1947, and our sophomore year found Col leen Abel destmed to become pres1e1ent, and Joyce Ire land v1ce pres1dent of our class Second team football ela1med Gerry Hunt, Daxe Kmg, and john Box ard as hard h1tt1ng grldsters The honor SOC1CIy pmned sex eral of our class members M1ss ames helped us arrange a party at the old T1ger Den Jean Roesler, Barbara Black wood, and Donna Sorrells 1o1ned us dur1ng the year, 1nd Betty McKanna left Westport W1th sprmg xxe soon forgot our algebra blues and tardy c1rds As yun1or1 we were QUIIC used to Westport Our able and energet1e off1cers were Anne W1ll1ams, pres1dent, LOIS Morehead, VICE pres1dent, Colleen Abel, secretary, and Bex erly Gould, treasurer A b1g 1un1or hay r1de was our first project for 1948 One th1ng vxe partlcularlx not1ced was the number of our classmates vxho were trusted w1th the fam1ly ears We xvelcomed Bex Gould ohn Snodgrass, and Dee Carstenson It vxas four short years ago that we braxely entered th1s 1nst1tut1on, and our class st1ll numbered about fifty members SIZE, how ever, vxas not a hand1c1p to us, for lt was easy to haue part1es and get togethers Most of us attended all t e football and basketball games, and got a b1g k1ck out of the box1ng matches 1n the boys gym We took t e yumor Enghsh test, math test, and apt1tude test, an the g1rls for the last t1me suffered belng dunked 1n gym by' the sen1ors Colleen Abel was elected to the ofhce of pres1dent of the Student Counc1l, and 1n no t1me at all, the SCDIOYS turned W'estport ox er to us The gala event, the yumor sen1or prom, closed the xear, and W'1fl'l the last tw1rl around the beauuful Llttle Theater, we b1el ad1eu to our fellow classmates unt1l the next xear 22 By September 1949 xxe l11d 0lllL1lllX 1c1ehed th top of the ladder 1nd xxere r1n1llx 1fter 1 long 1nd ICd1OllS struggle fxou th1nk xxe re k1dd1ng semors' The boxs suddenlx beelme more pro1111nent II1 Pllbllk ofhee Cerrx Hunt xx IS eleeted presldent of the ellss of 50 xx1tl1 W 1nel1 C1rls11n IS XILC p1es1dent We l11d 1 b111g up sen1o1 plrtx 1nd se1xenger hunt If Dee C11 stenson s tl1e hrst of 1 long 11st of p1rt1es to be put o11 by the squ11el1e1ds We lllpplly found 10111 Stexx 1rt Bllllt Hynson lde11e Wmders, 1nd l'1t Puker nexx 111 ou el1ss After e1el1 foorb111 QIITIL the SLITIOYS eould be found ll one house or 1notl1e1 1l1Ll1'lLll1l1Q on donuts lllxl LlI'l111ill1Lf COLOI lt was 1 s1d oee1s1on fol us 111 when one of ou1 best f1lL1lllS 1nd el1ssn11tes, 1018 Moreheld, moxed to Texls One of tl1e QYLIILSI exents of the ,LIT xx IS the 13 to 0 XlLl0ly of 0111 115,L1S oxer the Nortl1e1st X1k1ngs The l1lllOWLtl1 PIFIX II Dee s xx IS e1eetr1e1lly shoekxng but xxe 111 l11d 1 good flllll, The sehool clubs kept us busx 1111111112 out th1t lf IS poss1ble to 111ve 111 excess numbe1 of 1Ct1XlIy POIDIS Durmg Colleens term as pres1den1 of the Student Counc1l, n11ny' new 1de1s were put xnto 1ct1on, such as the LOl'I1I'DllICL system on the coune1l W1111 the a1d of the PTA Youth N1ghts were es tlbllshed We found many of our LllSS1'111ICS presldlng oxer assembhes After a long debate we found that we would have a II1raI11 We eont1nued havmg part1es ane1 Chr1stmas brought a wonderful one w1th the boys par t1e1pat1ng 1n a baby contest We saw our 11st alumn1 as sembly as students 1n Westport, and admxred the g3llY decorated front hall Our officers had sever11 meetmvs to e11scuss class busmess, and It wasn t too long before We made the b1g dec1s1on to graduate 1n caps and gowns The all school play Mother Is a Freshman, was suc cessful, after lots of hard xxork Remember Tom Stew 1rts part of w1ndow curtam flutterer3 The 1950 bas ketball season drexv large crowds of sen1ors as usual, and brought a t1e Wlth Northeast for the chan1p1onsh1p Ou1 last year m th1s fine 1nst1tut1on was crowded sllghtly bx the short school year, but vxe contmued to pack ou1 l1ttle t1me full of expenences H1gh School Day found many of us 1n prom1nent pos1t1ons 1n c1ty hall, and we had more and more class meetmgs to dnseuss last mmute busmess vx1th Mr W1lcox, our sponsor We yomed 1n the all c1ty youth dr1xe to pass the school levy, and March 28, we found that our vxork had not been 1n xa1n, for the levy passed Graduat1on came nearer all the t1me, and some of us vxere S1111 mak1ng last stabs at the honor roll Colleen Abel turned her h1gh ofhce ox er to Bob Hunt and our last fevx sen1or part1es vxere more fun than ex er On sen1or day vxe turned our alma mater ox er to th class of 1951, and looked towards the 1mportant ex ents, graduat1on and the sen1or prom In almost a twmklmg. we, the f1rst enghth grade, had come up to take ou1 place as alumn1 Novx, at the elose of our Hxe xears 1t W'estport, we look ahead to the OPPOYIUDIIICS wh1eh the future holds vt t 1 1 y t x 1 5 1 1 1, 1 , .,- , , K 1 , , 1 , 1 1 1 I 1 . , 1. . 1 1 1 - -1 -1- 1 11 11 1 . 1 . 11 1 , 1 . . 1 . 1 , 1 1 1 1, 1 1 K 1 - 1 X-1 U 1 1 . -1 . , I ' . , 1 ,,' , ' ' yy ., , ' 5 t 1 ' - 14 .1 1 A 1, 1 . 11, , ' ' , 1 , 1 ,1 1 , I , I 1 t 1 ., .. 1 4. 1 1 L- 1- 1A 1 1 1 - --1 1 1 , 1 1 11 '1 1 14- 11- 1 ' 1 1 s -- K K 1 . . 1 . . , 14 '1 1 4 j , 1 1 1 1 - . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 --1 11 1 1 1 Q - ' K 'L , - 1 1 L 11 A'- A 4 x -- 1 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 h , Y . Y .Q . 1 1 - 1 -1 1 11 11 'X 1' . 1 . 1 ' . . 11 11 1 - -- .. , , 1, , I , I 1 1 - L-1 1- -G '1 L 1 1 1- V '1 b ' 1,. ' , . 1 1 - 1 1 7 1- - 1 - 1 1 , h , . , . . 1 1 1 . . . 1 . I. 1, , ,,. . 1 1 1 1, ' 1 , -1 - 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 .. 1 1 K1 . L 1 . . , . , ., , ,. 1 - 1. 111 1 1 1 1 1, 1 1 . 1 , 1 1 1 , , 1 1 11 1- x - -1 1 - - 1 1.151 ' Q1 ' ' K 1 1 . 1 L 1 , 111- 1 . , ,. 1 ,, ,, 1. ., -1 -3 Q - - 1 L 11 R , K A y t 1 - . ,. . ,. , ., ' . ., V, , , . . 1 , 1 11 1- 111 - 111- 11- 1 R, . 1 1 1 1 1 , K 1 -1 -1 .. 1 ' ' ' ' ' ' ' -1 - ' 1-- 11 1 1 11- ' - . 11 1 - 1 11 . 1 1 11 1 V 1 ,, ,, 1 . 1 ,. , K 1 1 ' 1 '1 1 ' 1 1 1 1-- 1 1 1 1 . 1 H 1 '1 ', 'Q ' 1 '. , 1 . . . . ., 1 1 1 . 1 -1 1 -11.--1 1 -111. 1- 1 1- 1 1- 3 3 L ', ' ,' ' j 1' . 1 I 1 1 . 1 , 1, .. 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 111 ' 4 3 - - 1 -3 -- 1 K, 1 1 1 , 1 L If 1 '1 11 111 1 1 1 1 ' ' ,. L 1 , y 1 . V . I . - - 11- 11 1 -1 - 1 ' ' , ,K ' 1 . 1, , 1, 1 1' , 11 11 1 1 ' ' ,1 g , ' 1 ' , 1 1 1 1 1.1 , .i . . 1 . 1 - , - 1 . . ., , ' V r A y 1 . , 1 -, ' ' 1 1 , 1 1 . q , , i . 1 . 1 ,. 1 Q 1 1 , ' ' 1 1 - 1 ' 1 1 ' . 1 1 1 1 1 ' . 1 ' 1 1 1 1 -11 - , . xi - - . . J I A 1 1 U . . 1 , . .1 1 1 7 - ' I I 1 . L 4 A 1- . 1 1 11 11 1 ' 1 ' ' y 1 1 . , - 1 - , . . . . F . , I K , - - 1 1 1. ' 1 1 . . . . , 1 1 1- 1 . . . ' ' 1 1 Y 1 I - 1 1 1 . . . J 1 1 11 Y . 1 1 1 1 h V 1 . . 1 Y 1 h . . . . . d ' r Y ' . . . 1 ' , 1 11