The Bandera Bulletin (Bandera, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, November 11, 1955 Page: 7 of 8
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Friday, November 11, 1955
THE BANDERA BULLETIN
Pace Sev«
SCHOOL DAZE
Editor: Helen Gray.
Reporters: Jane Johnson, Mel-
burn Hardin, Loy Ed Johnson, Dan-
ny Alanis, Mary Kathryn French,
Patricia Ritcheson, Carole Hardin,
Elsie Faurie, Brenda Williams,
Robert Thalmann, Lois Hayes,
Katherine Strieker, June Anderson,
Gerald Vanderveer, Jeanne Focke.
The dads who have been out of
town are coming home again.
Everett’s dad got back from the
meeting he was conducting. He
brought Everett and his brother
beautiful western belts.
Louis Reininger’s dad is back
from an exciting bobcat hunt. The
dogs killed one bobcat and from
Typists: Howard Carl Eckhart, j Louis’ account, it must have been
Margie Schoenert, Jean Searcy.
Sponsor: Mrs. A. B. Lewis.
Junior news
The Junior boys were pretty
excited Tuesday morning about
the “snow storm”. The result was
a big snow fight before the school
bell rang—just a little after the
bell rang—but it was all in good
fun. Someone has a receipt for
a very noisy affair—with all the
dogs barking cat once.
Juan Fernandez visited
sin Sunday. They ran races on
horses.
SENIOR LOW-DOWN _
This week the Seniors are full
of bubbling pride for the great
of
"Signals—1, 2, 3, 4, Hike!” As
the band started playing “On
Wisconsin” the football floated
down the field into the arms of the
football player in a completed pass
for the Bulldogs! Our next figure
was that of a stick horse and we
played "The Old Gray Mare”. As
we started on the second strain
the music slowed down, the hack
of the horse slumped and its tail
dropped. We marched off the
field to “Hosts of Freedom”.
Our Dixieland Combo band play-
ed for the District VII F.H.A.
meeting in Kerrville last Satur-
, ,, , e day morning. Bobby Searcy sub-
noie and he honorees were pres- 8t£uted fo* Mr. Gore who was
u ? ' w* .f°lbalr Tn" v W“S sick and therefore not able to play
Barbara Word the football heroith the Combo. Also, thl, Combo
lus cou- | Woody Don Richards, and the Band played for the (iancei Sunday ni>,ht
at the Si!vei*'Spur at the beginning
of Hospitality** Week.
The band and the Pup Pets will
march in the parade today, Vet-
BANI) NEWS
This has been a very busy week
for the band and the way things
look it is probable that we will be
quite as busy for many weeks to
come. First we’ll tell you about
our halftime, lust Friday night.
The hand made the formations of
a heart, a football, and a music
save a the annual old stove round-up saLE!
sweetheart, Anna Katherine Striek-
er. It was quite unique that all
the Seniors in the band participat-
ed in the presentation of the band
sweetheart award, II. V. O’Bryant
did
the
a very able ’job of directing ! gSmMneak’
band m the numbers that were ■ . r,a....;.
percentage of class members'pur- j Howard inR of thl‘ Bandera Count>’ A«ri'
taking in last week's events First t O'muttons, How-arU ,.11|tll,.„i r(,„,„r
the money to pay for a broken {how kdi)J you like our f0ott>ali (a-' Eckhart, Ray Allen Weber, |
Wonderful, wc
when a snowball «| iwl! j
hut there were a number of red i ' "'re was'" IV n‘’ 7w In^'nrn of ........te where Katherine Strick-
and what felt like frozen hands. I w.ls lv (JoinJ his (j )b ‘prtday n P««ented with a beautiful,
This is the earl.est that we can | night. Why-what would -the Warn - mUS'C '*** Th*
remember a snow in Bandera and | do without 0UI. senioP boys. Don-
it certainly was pretty outside for j nk. RjsinK(,r and Bobby Storms,
awhile this morning. So far, we i ,, .....
have not heard of any ill effects1 p,ula>- 1,1 the FHA skit seven
of the snow such as colds, and we I s®'"or girls participated with tre-
hop*. that everyone will be m good niendoua.ligmty these were: Anna
condition to attend the game here E,l/a"1:; Opal Baker, Jean
h s Wand also to watch the /D1 !y,'s' MarK>e fchoe-1
Zt i wSnr -wr **.«
her of our juniors are planning to y,'ul' John ( a,'ter U •'l.lrum ’.; Spur We really enjoyed playing
attend. This is a crucial game ‘ I/./.I'.™. , “. / U‘..'''^°" ' f,”i tlu‘hoys and we hope that they
and a lot hangs on the outcome of
these two games this week.
cultural Center.
Better quit now—see you next
week.
played “Alma Mater”
as a fitting close to an impressive
halftime.
The band sweaters arrived last
week and we were very glad to
get them. We’re still waiting for
the jackets, though.
Last Sunday evening the hand
played for the kick-off supper of
the Silver
every-
THIRD GRADE NEWS
Happy Novi tuber 11th,
body! The Third Graders are gymnasium after the football
really excited over having a hoii- game Friday night, There was
day for the first time on this j approximately one hundred and
occasion. fifty persons present. The seniors
This seems a strange time for J appreciated all the help received in
snakes to come into our news hut making this dance possible.
Howard Hicks found his dog (lead . Pride and joy were evident in
BANDERA HIGH RED
LETTER DAY
Friday was Red Letter Day at
Bandera High. The Pep Rally was
tremendous and a special program
called “This is Your Life, John
Carter Waldrum”, surprised every-
one. The Future Homemakers of
America Chapter did a very fine
job in creating this skit.
The ball game, Friday night,
was a thrill, especially for Ban-
dera because the score was 31-0.
At .half-time the tension built
up by everyone during the week
was released. Inside the tradition
al heart, with “In My Heart” as
hack ground music, Barbara Word
received the token of affection
! are really proud of our “coach”, j en joyed listening as much as we
for the great job he has done with did playing.
I our hoys and because of his lead-! The members of the bandSlccid-
«*i'hij> m our victories.. I to cancel the trip to Austin on
The Victory Dance was a great ; Friday, to attend the Band Dav ,■ , ,, „ ,, . , ,
success. It was held in the school celebration, Instead they voted f" /he football team, a gold foot-
to attend the Boerne-Northside baLand “ f‘0M!ered1 c,;own' . .
football tranu* on Friday afternoon. Trie head cheerleader, \ ivirm
\\Y have started work on our Ross» and sophomore cheerleader
('hr - : m t music -the an-1 Elizabeth Dugosh excorted tb
mmI , , ! I,,, jriven during i Football Hero, Woody Don Ricli-
the week preceding the Christ- alds- to the football formed by
mas holidays—speaking of Christ-IhifJ supporters. The
hark at some-
thing'.
Domingo saw a
and his brother were walking to
a lit ghhor’s house. They killeii
it sv'th rocks.
J. I. Clements and his hro’hei
kilh-! snake with an axe when
they were cutting 'wood.'
Kay Evans had an unexpected
hath Friday afternoon when she
played “Mr. Touchdown. B. H. S.”
en Band Sweetheart. Good luck, The Band Boosters were in! Anna Katherine Strieker, the
Katherine, you deserve it. charge of the concession stand at senior Bass Drum player was un-
formed
his supporters. The gold foot
under thi house. He believes he senior rank- when Katherine i mas. it seemed right around the Inill, with “Our Hero written on
wa.- bitten by a snake. He had Strieker, an "honored” senior, was corner when that snow fell Tues- It was awarded him as the band
been hearing him hark at some- j bestowed the honor of being ehos- j day morning, didn't it!
snake white he
Nine seniors went to the Dis- .the football game last night—pie- nounced as the hand sweetheart and
ti n t FHA Meet in Kerrville. Tho | ceeding the game they sponsored the band members really put their
-cdors were a- follows: Opal a Mexican supper in the school hearts into "Let Me Call You
Baker. Jean Focke, Vivian Ross, | cafeteria. • | Sweetheart”. Katherine received
I .os Hayes, Margie Schoenert, Our halftime at the game last *!'e traditional lyre and mum cor
\nna Lee Edwards, Joslyn Wright. I night- was quite different than the saKp- This is Katherine’s last
Katherine Strieker, and Helen j ones' we’ve had before this year, j y*ar Bandera High.
... j Gray. Wc marched onto the field to • After the game a Victory Dance
fell into a lake neai her home. It; The seniors have had a very J "Blackjack March” and made a was held in the new gymnasium,
was not very deep, and if she got busy hut evidently happy week i stick man, representing a foot- As this was a Waist and Sox
as muddy as we expect she did. ; and they are looking forward to hall player, at the midstripe of | Dance, everyone was measured, at
she must have had to take an “ex-
pected” hath when she got home.
many more to duplicate this one.
See you next Friday,
ball
the field. At about the ten yard j the door, told to pay a penny per
line the Pup Pets made a football, inch of waistline and to turn in
i
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it’s smart to trade
that tired old stove
' gas
?ally modern #
automatic
gas range
enjoy cooking with
on a really modern
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We've got'em!
And here they are!
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range. For you receive all the
advantages of smart styling .. . the
exciting new convenience features
you've heard so much about . . . plus
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See the grand array of values
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trade now and save during
MU£L OLD STOVE RODUD-UP SRLE
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don't be fooled . .
gas gives you really
smokeless broiling
Yes. real smokeless broiling, with the door closed'
The live gas flame consumes all the smoke and
grease, keeps kitd^n — and cook — cooler and
cleaner. With artificial non-flame cooking methods,
the oven door is kept open . . . there's no flame to
consume smoke ... there's none of the natural
flame-kissed flavor. You broil better with gas!
A
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the shoes. The gym was gayly many beautiful autumn leave.-
decorated by the FHA in blue Jimmy Brykut went driving Sun
am!
anil wliitc and on the stage was
heart, honoring our sweethearts
day through Leakey, Prnde Ranch,
and Kerrville. They ate a pienk
2ms
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and our hero, A juke box provid- [ lunch in Garner State Park
ed the music and the refreshments Bonnie Lou Mansfield visited
served by the FHA were good. Marsha Saturday.
The dance ended the night's uc-1 Karen Kitzman's grandparents
tivities, but oh, what a (lay! [spent the weekend with
I They brought lots of nice pecans
j with them and they spent the
I week end shelling.
Carolyn Wright
from San Antonio.
Ronald t'astleman
week-end in Menard v
grandfather, who is ill.
Kenneth Lind had a
party Saturday and vi.-it
the Victory Dance. Patricia \nn , Antonio Sunday.
FRESHMAN FACTS
This has been a pretty big week-
end for the Freshmen. First of
all, wo would like to mention the
hoys who played in flic game. We
think George Searcy., Preston
Word, and Jon Murrell did a very
good job.
The gym looked very pretty for!
mee. Patrjcia Ann,
and Mary Kathryn,'with the help I ,
of some other girls, decorated it 1 1 < • 11 I If <iRA)'K
in our school colors. /’RJy \ll. Id I S
Saturday, several Freshman girls Ik's week in Inal h
attended a District FHA meeting ’have been itial.ing t re
for the first t ime. The girls who | " *’ kave al-o been studyii
went were Dottie Vaughn, I’a- ‘'’’ool proL'eei.:
trivia Vaster, Sherry Mayes, I’a- . 1,1 c.ienee class we
trivia Ritchf'son, Betty June Las- j about the in , t
kowski, Terry Cox, Mattie Butts. I we haw re id ........ m
Margaret Callahan, Marlene Lei
bold, and Mary Kathryn French,
had company
pent the
siting his
b rtlidav
I in San
via
was
blue
Vet y
interesting.
Mrs. Vaughn came hack Monday.
Sundav after thd* band finished j "'e missed her. hut we thank .Mrs
at the Isaacs very much for taking her
place so well.
Some of the eighth graders are
going out for tennis. We think
we wilt . hilwv a good team. Mr.,
Barclay will he our coach.
It was wonderful that we won
the football game Friday night:
We are very happy, for the people
who are the Band Sweetheart,
Football Queen and Football Hero
playing for the veterans
Silver Spur, Grade Richard
in a style show. She wore ;
western outfit.
See you next week!
FOURTH GRADE NEWS
('barmen Hicks went to Kerr-
ville on Saturday to buy new shoes
and other accessories to wear to
her uncle's wedding this week-end.
Ray Wedgworth and Douglas
Becker were at the newly decorat-
ed Bantex Theater this week-end.
They sav it looks wonderful.
Billy Small and Louis Neal Mat-
thews were in the Style Show at
the Silver Spur on Sunday night.
They don’t want to' he in one
again because when they were
through modeling clothes, the
food was all gone!
Richard Evans went by the Mar-
lin Forbes Chevrolet Co. on Fri-
day afternoon and was given all
sorts of lovely gifts!
Mike Fitzpatrick drove out to
the Mayan Ranch Sunday. He saw'
horses, geese and big dinosaur
tracks!
Glenda Kay Ritcheson’s brother,'
Boyd, and his wife were out for
the week-end.
Pat Wootton reports that they
have a beautiful new (!. E. Freez-
er at their home.
a dance in the gym
had loads of fun.
Then Safmday morning lb
FHA gills got up bright and cm h
to go to Kerrville to the detra'
meeting. The Sophomore gel
who went were: Margie Ma/.iliek.
Emma Lee Brown, Georgia l.o*
them. Clark, Mary Anne Aiiderwah;.
Doris lean F’ingleton and Loy I!
Johnson. \Yc had lots of fun.
The Dixieland Band played ti
tlte F. II Meeting in Kcrrvitb
SaAirday morning and at the Si!
vet" Split Sunday night. \V> ai-
proud to say that there are tin
Sophomore- in it. They an n
follow, ■ Dan Alanis, on the drums
Fl ank I .lira s. eu' t he t: otnbi • < •
and Tony Coiiwiil, on the trumpet
Klvima lye Blown and Loy F<
Johnson both entertained gue-t-
ilt tflir In IU< t h's week-end F u
ma .Lee's gue-ts were f oin Sa
Antonio and Boerne, Loy F,d’
from San Antonio
"' '! <':.(' it f o till • c
til V eg/-See Veil at the football g; no
\\ ' :! O ■’ ........
SIA EN'I II GRADE
G VI* V BUI IS
\\'e||, here it is Monday inoi.ui,
again and time to write tin new
Bandera Elementary , School ha ;
the tuhereulo-^s pat<|lt t* st !.e ;
Monday. We 'were glad when v
(guild remove tliem tweause w
itelied! You niigl)t sqy wr it' !>•• ■
to tiake them off.
We lost a metnhei of our e'.a
last Monday when Chris Vasipn
tin ned in Iris hooks and nuai d t
San Antonio.
Sevt-nth Graders just love t
s t ( ■ I .-
g ah ait wen
and know that they are proud of change about, so there was quite,
their honors. a race to see who could have th*
Rosalie Haun went to Hondo dc-k Chris vacated. Charles
Saturday and also t,o see the drews won.
Knihhes.
We are glad to see
lings hack. She had
ill.
Peggy Hil
been very
Jo Ann Baker had a liarhccu'
Sunday. She invited many of her
friends and everyone had a very
good time.
-— | Surah Mae Knihbc visited I
SOPHOMORE SCOOPS Natalia and Devine Satunl.
The Sophomores sure had a busy | Klvera Algueseva had visitoi -
week end. It all started with the from Hi loti * Sunday aften ixu
hall game and hoy, did these sopho j Ifuliy Strieker made a trip t.
mores play good. j Devine to visit her uncle and ami
Right after the game there was i She had a very nice time.
FIFTH GRADE NEWS
Edwin Lane Langford attended
the football game at College Sta-
tion Saturday. The gnme was
hi tv ecu A & M and SMC
Bobby Mueller had company
over the week-end and also at-
tended Kenneth Lind’s birthday
party.
Kay Wootton spent Friday night
with Linda Ruth Bausch. She en-
joyed helping Linda Ruth feed
the animals.
Susan Langford went to Utopia
on Saturday and reports seeing
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The Bandera Bulletin (Bandera, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, November 11, 1955, newspaper, November 11, 1955; Bandera, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth799291/m1/7/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bandera Public Library.