The Grass Burr (Weatherford, Tex.), No. 15, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 4, 1955 Page: 2 of 4
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THE GRASS BURR
WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1955
National Music Week
The week of May 1-8 will be observed as National and
Inter-American Music Week. The purpose -of this week is to
stress music as a means of world understanding'.
It is the general belief that music may be a path to peace.
Through music we understand other people’s feelings regard-
less of race or color.
This week will be observed in churches, through radio
and TV programs and in our schools, throughout the world.
Let us, as students of Weatherford High School, enter
into the spirit of this week.
Dear Seniors of
i t ' ■ . ■ ■
Through the years we have looked up to and have been
•encouraged by the inspiring example that your class has set.
You have managed to raise the standards of W. H. S, to new
heights, and we realize the responsibilities that are ours in
upholding these standards. This has been a wonderful year
and we, as juniors, have been proud of each new accomplish-
ment of yours. As this year is rapidly coming to a close, may
we say that its been a true pleasure to follow in your foot-
steps and that it is our earnest hope that we may be as out-
standing as you have been.
THE SENIORS OF ’56
"I Need A Little Help"
“And the time for all good things to end will surely come
to pass.” Brother, do the seniors ever believe the proverb to be
so. For now, during this last six weeks, a senior may be seen
running around the school like a chicken with its head off
trying to sell tickets to the senior play. Sophomores and
Juniors, it’s especially your job to back the seniors for every
ticket he is worth, because, next year or the year after next
will find you also bearing part, of a senior’s burdens. Let’s
back the seniors all the way and give them a little help.
Congratulations, Fellows!
“Hats off” to Jimmy Galbreaith, Wesley Curtis, and
Richard Stevens, better known to everyone as the “Texas
Drifters”, for their excellent performance on Doc Rhuman’s
T. V. Show over Channel 5 at 12:30 P. M, last Saturday, April
23.
The troup was selected to appear on television after
winning the talent award at the Area 5 F. F. A. contest at
Arlington,
The Grass Burr
Published Bi-Weekly by the Journalism Class of Weatherford
Senior High School, Weatherford, Texas
STAFF
EDITOR--------------------------------__ Barbara Bounds
ASSISTANT EDITOR--------------—_______ Barbara Bragg
ADVERTISING MANAGER __________________Lonny Fraze
ASSISTANT ADVERTISING MANAGER ______ David Stone
SPORTS EDITOR .................______ Gerald Williams
PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR .............._____ Sandra Little
EXCHANGE EDITOR.....................Frankie McGuire
CIRCULATION MANAGER......__________ Shirley Shelton
ASSIST. CIRCULATION MANAGER........ Norma Glenn
BUSINESS MANAGER_________Jennye Henderson
CARTOONIST _________________________Jerry McFerrin
SPONSOR-------------------------Miss May Bell Whitsett
Other class members;
James Parker, Norris Stroud, Margie Lowry, Donna
Rankin, Linda Merritt, Carolyn Springer, Lonny Fraze, Fred
Curtis, Madeline James, Dorothy Harris, Gail Bowden, Gale
Malone.
Juniors Again Remember
The Past Years of Fun
The Building
Of the Paper
by Barbara Bragg
We rant and rave
And scrape and seep
To get material, ‘til
We can do it in our sleep,
We toil and slave
And watch and worry
For as slowly as we must go,
Our minds must hurry.
We watch the paper,
Bare and plain
Gain the columns
That bear our name.
And then we know jj
Without a doubt
Just what this Grass Burr
Is all about.
A simple word that
Tells a lot
Something that you’n me
‘N everybody’s got: Pride,
Who's Who
(by the teachers)
American History Boy Girl
Cowan, Gregory Keurilec, Mary
Garvin.
Zimmerman, Dan Boone, Nancy
Gracy.
Wilson, Handy Coney, Wanda
Ragle.
Physical Ed, Cooper Wallace,
Barbara Clark.
Algebra, James Burk> Nancy
Gracy.
English.
Kayser, Randy Coney, Abigail
Clark.
Cooke, James Parker, Donna
Rankin.
Voc. Ag. II, Jerral Johnson.
Voc. Ag. Ill, Cooper Wallace.
(Continued On Pafl* Three)
Since the beginning of W.H.S.,
there has always been a Junior
class, but we feel that there is
none better than the Junior class
of 54 - 55. Now we’ll tell of
some of the happenings of this
class in the past weeks.
King of the Cowboys day
brought forth many Juniors wear-
ing real cool western clothes.
Among those in western attire
were BOBBY WALLIS, MAR-
ILYN HARKINS, CHARLES
WILLIAMS, MARGARETT HAR-
KINS, REGINALD REYNOLDS,
VONNA MASSENGALE, and
HELEN CHAPMAN.
Congratulations to BLAINE
BRAWLEY, who has well rep-
resented the Junior class in high
jumping at all the track meets
and who will be going to the
State meet May 6 and 7.
Seems as if the Sophomores and
Seniors are going out of their
way to entertain the Juniors by
giving slumber parties. DORIS
HALL and MABREN LYTLE
played hostess to such Junior
girls as GAIL BOWDEN, DONNA
RANKIN, GALE MALONE, LIN-
DA MERRITT, SANDRA LITTLE,
and NORMA GLENN.
The Juniors also are trying to
improve W.H.S. by helping start
a Teen Canteen. Representing
Juniors on the board are such
sudents as BILL RUSSELL,
SHIRLEY SHELTON, and LON-
NY FRAZE.
Notice anything different about
several of the girls on the Junior
class. These glittering left hands
belong to OPAL STOVAL PRU-
ETT, VONNA SPRINGFIELD
MASSENGALE, JO BOWDEN,
GLENDA FREEMAN, NADINE
PICKARD, MARGIE LOWRY
YOUNG, AND MARGIE CAR-
ROLL CARNLEY.
The Junior class now sports a
Some were eager and some were
not, but, for the 154 freshmen who
enrolled in Junior High, Sept. 1952,
there lay ahead a never-to-be-for-
gotten year. We got things started
by electing, as our-class officers,
Randy Coney, president; J. C.
Wright, vice-president; Don John-
son, secretary; and Gail Bowden,
treasurer.
Football became .the major sub-
ject of conversation and Donna
Rankin was elected the Longhorns’
sweetheart. Sandra Little and
Gregory Kurilec supplied the pep
and spirit behind our team in their
positions as cheerleaders.
Then basketball stole the lime-
light with our boys winning the
consolation trophy at the Waco
tournament and the championship
trophy at Poolville,
At the first of April we were
proud to crown our candidates,
Donna Rankin and Dan Boone,
King and Queen of Ranch Day.
Freshman Day arrived and we
went to WBAP-TV and Forrest
Park. Our ukelele players appeared
on TV.
Gail Bowden with Dan Boone as
her escort represented our class in
the ‘53 May Fete.
May 28 came at last and 124 ner-
vous students received the diplo-
mas that made them sophomores.
The DAR award was received by
Dan Boone and the Balfour award
was presented to Nancy Gracy. Our
honor graduates were Randy
Coney, Dan Boone, Bill Russell,
and Jack Knox.
Fall came again and we were in
Senior High. Oh, the thrill of be-
ing pushed around by juniors and
new cowgirl. I hear BETTY
BROWN is practicing barrel rac-
ing everyday at the Posse Club.
Seems as if Betty is entered in
the College Frontier Day Rodeo.
A typical conversation between
PAT BUTLER and MADELINE
JAMES, consists only of “DAN”
(BOONE and DAVIS).
Seen wearing bright new skirts
and shirts are TOMMIE HARRIS,
GEORGE LOVE, NANCY GRA-
CY, ROY VEATCH, BARBARA
BRAGG, DAVID SCOTT, BEV-
ERLY GILBERT, “MONKEY”
PENTECOST and RANDY
CONEY.
Busy at work on the Junior-
Senior prom are such Juniors as
DAVID ROCKWELL, WANDA
RAGLE, JACK WHITE, NELDA
WOOLSEY, and DAN BOONE.
Not war paint, just mercu-
rochrome because of spring train-
ing. Notice the red sploches on
such Kangaroos as J. C. WRIGHT,
DON JOHNSON, EARL MIN-
YARD, BILL THOMAS, DOUG
HARGIS, and NORRIS STROUD.
Junior boys whose eyes wonder
to other classes and far away
places are JACK LISTENBEE,
DAVID McKENNY, CLEMON
MEASURES, JAMES PARKER,
FREDDIE COMPTON, ROBERT
HARDIN, CURTIS DANE and
LOUIS RAY TURNER,
Preparing for band solos for
the annual contest at Denton are
CHARLES MacNELLEY, AL-
BERT MILBURN, LARRY FOR-
REST, JIMMY VANLANDING-
HAM, and PERRY CLAUNCH.
Sorting new basketball jackets
are such Junior boys and girls as
JOAN BARKER, PAT BYRNES,
WAYMON TERRY, LEOLA
CALDWELL, LEON S C A R-
BROUGH.
seniors! Our class officers for the
year were Bill Russell, president;
Doug Hargis, vice-president; Jo
Bowden, secretary; and Diego Val-
tierra, treasurer.
Jo Bowden was elected B-team
football sweetheart and was pre-
sented by team captains, J. C. *
Wright and Doug Hargis.
Our candidate for Melon Vine
Queen of 1954 was Donna Rankin *
and our winning candidate for
King of the Cowboys was Bobby *•
Wallis. V i
Shirlene Leach was elected prin-
cess for the ‘54 May Fete and she t1
chose Bill Russell to escort her.
On May 14, 15 sophomore girls
served as waitresses at the Junior-
Senior Prom.
And this has been the most
wonderful year of all. We elected
as our class officers, J. C. Wright,
president; Norris Stroud, vice-
president; Donna Rankin, secre-
tary; and Wanda Ragle, treasurer.
Sports played a leading part in
the history of the ‘54-‘55 school-
year. The Junior class had ten let-
termen on the Roos’ Football team,
Cheerleaders from our class are
Linda Merritt, Lonny Fraze, and.
Freddie Compton. Boys lettered on
the basketball team, Blane Bi’aw-
ley will be entered in the state
track meet for the second time
this year.
Don Johnson, Norris Stroucf, and
Earl Minyard entered the Golden
Gloves Tournament and Don and
Norris won their first bouts.
Four girls from our class were
twirlers in the WHS band this
year. They were Gail Bowden,
Donna Rankin Tommie Harris,
and Nancy Gracy.
Glenda Freeman was our candi-
date for Melon Vine Queen, and
Bobby Wallis was again our eandi- «
date for King of the Cowboys. J.C.
Wright was elected G.A.A. Beau *
and Pat Butler was elected by the
track team to be a princess at the
annual triangular track meet. Gail „
Bowden was elected the Posse
Club sweetheart. Jean Dean will
be our princess in the May Fete
with Dan Boone escorting her.
The student body recently elect-
ed Bill Russell and Norris Stroud
as president and vice-president of
next year’s students body.
In short, we have truly enjoyed
being juniors and are real looking
forward to being seniors next year.
Who's Who
(by the students)
GIRLS
Most popular—Donna Rankin.
Best personality—Linda Merrit.
Best figure—Donna Rankin.
Best all-around—Linda Merritt
Most intelligent—Elaine Bennett
Most talented—Sandra Little
Friendliest—Donna Rankin, Lin- ^
da Merritt, Norma Glenn.
Prettiest eyes—Gail Bowden.
Prettiest hair—Sandra Little, 4
Nelda Woolsey.
Most energetic—Vonna Massen-
gale,
Most athletic—Leola Caldwell.
Most beautiful—Pat Butler.
Best Dressed—Gail Bowden.
BOYS
Most popular—Bill Russell.
Best personality—Bill Russell.
Best physique—Norris Stroud,
Best all-around—Norris Stroud.
Most intelligent—Randy Coney.
Most talented—Jack White.
Friendliest—Monkey Pentecoat,
Prettiest eyes—Blaine Brawley.
Prettiest hair—Billy Jack Lis-
tenbee.
Most energetic—Lonny Fraze.
Most athletic—Don Johnson.
Best Dressed—Dan Boone.
Handsomest—Dan Boone,
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