The Grass Burr (Weatherford, Tex.), No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, September 30, 1955 Page: 2 of 4
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PAGE TWO
THE GRASS BURR
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1955
All that's New In the
Way of Rooland
Relatively Calm Roos Visit Relatives, Rest,
Relax, Run Wild During Runderful Vacation
. Matching' skirts and blouses
seem to be the fashion this year
with Barbara Alexander, Sandra
Barrel and Betty Green coming' up
with some cute combinations. But
Linda Merritt seems to prefer solid
■©range.
I’ll bet those four girls in 2nd
period Home Ec. class really feel
out of place with those fifteen
boys.
Seems like Charles Daugherty
and Barbara Bragg are support-
ing Carter Riverside a little too
strongly this week. Wonder why?
What if—*
The school had no teachers?
Louie Turner was taken on a
last ride by Moore and Boyd?
Marilyn. Monroe was Dean of
Boys?
O’Deana Mars was O’Deana ]
Jupiter?
Shirley Oatman was Shirley
Ryeman?
Wanda Bright were Wanda
Dim?
Song' dedications:
To Sam Thompson “Moments
To Remember” From Barbara
Bragg.
To Mrs. Crum “Too Pooped to
Pop” From the third period bas-
ketball girls.
To Robert Reusch “All By My-
self” From Charlotte Read.
To Barbara Marshall “That’s
All I Want From You”, From
Raymond Schoenke,
To Marilyn Schoenke “Davy
Crockett” From E. D. Rains.
To Bill McDavid “It’s Been Too
Long” From Bill Jordan.
To Allen Green “My Own True
Love” From Suzy Taylor.
To a certain Texas Aggie “Love
is a Many Splendored Thing”.
To a Guy from Texas Tech
“Love Me or Leave Me”.
To Joan Bellenger “Black Den-
ium Trousers” From Ruth Lynn
Barker.
To Mary Ann Ellis and Sarah
Williams “Haweye” from Mary
Jane Cole.
To Mary Jane Hightower “Only
You”.
To Frankie McCourtie “Death of
An Angel” from Charles Daugh-
erty.
To Wanda Barnes “Maybelline”
from Louie Turner.
To Beverly Guiles “Ain’t That
a Shame” from Kathy Thompson.
To Clemon Measures “Make Be-
lieve”.
To Diego Valtierra “You’re The
One”,
To Jackie Gruben “Hep Cat
Baby” from Beverly Gilbert,
To Doug Hargis “Drunken Driv-
er” from Bill Russell.
To Lynn Dobbins “Kiss Crazy
Baby” from Jean Mask.
To Robert Hardin “At My Front
Door” from Henry Driver.
To Boyd Mayo “Hurry Back
Home” from Mary Jo Claunch,
To Louie Turner “Out of This
World” from the Journalism Class.
To Jarvidene Moore “Side By
Side” from Ima Lee Boyd.
Remember way back when
these were familiar sights?
The K-ettes, Mr. Charles Ham-
ilton, Gail Bowden and Jerry
Smith, Middy blouses, couples jit-
terbugging, Coach “Red” Emmons,
Poodle hair cuts, Hoop earrings,
two piece bathing suits.
Or when you heard songs like
these on the radio? “My Secret
Love”, “You’ll Never Know”,
“April Showers”, “Somewhere
Over The Rainbow”, “Down in the
Valley”, “Harbor Lights”, “Room-
ful of Roses”, “Crusing Down the
River”, “Lavender Blue”, “On
Moonlight Bay”, “Forever and
Ever”, “Beloved, Be Faithful.”
The Long And The
Short of It All
Mutt and Jeff, you might think
when you see them but no, just
two W. H. S.’s.
Mutt and Jeff are really George
Love and Robert Fredrick.
George Love is a senior and
has been in Weatherford since
1945 when he moved from El Paso
where he was born. He is 6’4 and
weights—?- lbs. Girls think he
has the most beautiful brown’eyes,
so says some Sophomore, and a
doll of a Pontiac. He is football
manager for W. H. S.
Robert Fredrick moved here this
year from Hobbs, New Mexico,
where he went to school eight
years. He weights 65 pounds soak-
ing wet, and stands 4’2”, wears
size 13 Vz boys shoes. Robert plays
1 and 2 trumpet in the band and
he has been in the band for 5
years.
When asked if he liked girls he
said “Naturally, who don’t.” He
said he liked the school, but will
be glad when they build the new
one. Who won’t?
It seems as if most W. H. S.’s
have just spent a pretty enjoyable
summer. Some went to school,
others traveled, and still others
just loafed. Let’s put it into then-
own words:
Linda Copeland—“I spent six
weeks in Florida—just loafing.”
Allen Green—“I slept all sum-
mer”.
Jean Choate—“I sewed, kept
house, and ran around.”
Miss Juanita Davis—“I spent
one week in Galveston visiting the
W. W. Emmons. Then I visited in
Tulsa with relatives. We spent
one week in El Paso attending a
Delta Kappa Gama Convention.
While we were there, we went
to White Sands, Ruidoso, and to
Juarez.” '
Ben Durham—“I went to Color-
ado and fell off the Royal George
The Teen Age Girl
To The Teacher
I’ve drank my last coke
I’ve smoked my last cigarette
For tomorrow I’ll sit and choke
Without that coke or extra smoke.
But the time has come at last
To put aside and far into the past
The summer’s fun and helpful
little task.
No more radio nor T. V.
Man! What a future for me,
But alas—I must go for the time
has come—
Good-by summer-g o o d-by fun.
Hello school, here we come
a little sad and a whole lot dumb!
Bridge.” (On his head, no doubt!)
Sharon Beauchamp—“Nothing.”
Mrs, Alvah Allen—“I went to
Texas Tech College and finished
the work on my master’s degree.”
Bennie Wolfenberger—“I had
my blood typed and watched a
nurse draw a whole tube of nice
gooey blood out of my arm. It was
lots of fun.”
Clifford Smith—“I went to
S. M. U. for cheerleaders training
and worked the rest of the sum-
mer.”
Mrs. Melba Puryear—“I went
to school part of the summer then
laid brick (at home) and graveled
our driveway.”
Pat Byrnes—“Worked and went
to Houston.”
Gail Bowden—“I was a coun-
selor at Brownie Camp and taught
Vacation Bible School. I went to
twirling school at S. M. U.”
Norma Glenn—“I taught Vaca-
tion Bible School and went to
Oklahoma. I went fishing with
Barbara Bragg.”
Barbara Bragg—“Taught twir-
ling at the Youth Center and went
fishing with Sam Thompson and
Norma Glenn”.
Diana Morgan—“Stayed home,
went to Irving for two weeks, and
went to church camp and got
thrown in the lake.”
Jan Terry—“I stayed home, kept^
house and went to Youth Re-
treat.”
Dear Jack,
The Guidance
Program
The Grass Burr
Published Bi-Weekly by the Journalism Class of Weatherford
Senior High School, Weatherford, Texas
By Mrs. Knox Childress
Guidance is an attempt to help
the individual become well ad-
justed educationally, physically,
and vocationally, and make in-
telligent plans for the future. The
guidance, Dean of Girls, Dean of
Boys, the home room teacher, and
principal feel that their primary
function is to assist the student.
The guidance counselor, Mrs.
Knox Childress, is ready for any
student to confer with her about
any personal problem. She is in-
terested in helping the student
plan his future high school cour-
ses, provide information regard-
ing vocational opportunities, col-
lege information, assist the student
in discovering his own interests,
and provide opportunity for per-
sonality development.
All students should feel free to
visit and make their own appoint-
ments with the counselor.
During October the Kuder Pre-
ference and the P. M. A. test will
be given to the new students and
to some of the classes. These will
be helpful in finding out your spe-
cial interests and your abilities in
several fields.
Any student in the High School
is welcomed to come to the Guid-
ance Office at any time to talk
over any personal problem which
he may have.
STAFF
EDITOR________________________________Barbara Bragg
ASSISTANT EDITOR__________Betty Green, Ina Sue Wingo
SPORTS EDITOR______—-----------------— Teddy Wiggs
PHOTOGRAPHY EDITORS — Jackie Gruben, Royce Gilbert
SPONSOR________________________Miss May Bell Whitsett
OTHER CLASS MEMBERS:
Jarvidene Moore, Ima Lee Boyd, Joe Chastain, Jimmye Smith,
Virginia Hutchenson, Henry Driver, Louie Turner, Pat Brynes.
TYPISTS:
Thank
you —
We of the Journalism class
would like to dedicate this issue
of the Grass Burr to Miss May
Bell Whitsett and to the many
teachers and students who have
helped us so much during Miss
Whitsett’s absence. We couldn’t
have done it without you. But es-
pecially we’d like to say thank you
to Mrs. Knox Childress who read
copy and offered to take the blame
| for any of our mistakes.
; And to the students we want
i you to know that its people like
Jimmye Smith, Royce Gilbert, Jackie Gruben, Melba Chilcutt, I this that give you the loyal W. H.
Bobbie Brown, Annie Chilcutt i s. Spirit.
Dear Jack,
How’s Arlington Heights and all
the kids? I surely do miss every-
body, especially Tim, Don, Jo
Ann, and you. We really had some
times. Remember the day in R. O.
T. C. when you got your thumb
caught in your rifle? I’ll never
forget that day and I’m sure your
thumb won’t either. I also remem-
ber that fatal day of the Federal
Inspection. I still can’t understand
why everyone was out of step but
me. I wonder if it could be that I
was out of step. Surely not.
How many buses are you taking
to the football games this year?
Weatherford usually takes about
six. Nearly the same as you. Every
year we. charter a train and this
year we are taking one to Long-
view. We have six cheerleaders to
your eight. They take care of dec-
oration of the building and they
do a really good job. We have
pep-rallies, and the band plays
for them. We have a nice size band
this year and they can really play
and march.
Say, there’s a big difference
here, (viva la dif.). We get an
hour off for lunch, and we can
stand around and get some talk-
ing done or studying, (but who
wants to study during lunch?) in-
stead of the 30 minutes you get.
But of course, you can sleep a half
hour later-lucky!
Every body’s excited about the
new school they’re going to build.
It’s supposed to be something pret-
ty big from all the talk I hear.
By the way, how’s Height’s new
annex and parking lots coming
along?
I just can’t get over the small
number of pupils here, you can
even breathe real air! Not that A.
H. H. S. is so crowded, but there
are about 10 or 15 more students
per class there.
Another difference in our two
schools is home room. In the
mornings here we only stay in
home room long enough to check
the roll. But after second period
on some of the days we have what
we call a home room period. It’s
nearly the same as Heights ex-
cept every day you stay a little
longer in your home room and
have what you call an assembly
period after 2nd lunch period.
If you get a holiday or some-
thing while we’re in school, I
want you to come on: over and
visit with us, I think you would
like it.
Your school pal,
Joe
Y Teen Organize
For First Time
In Weatherford
Mrs. Knox Childress assisted 94
girls of W. H. S. to organize a Y-
Teen Club on thurs. September 22.
The Y-Teen Club of Weatherford,
High School will be a registered
unit of the Young Women’s Chris-
tian Association which is a world-
wide organization.
Madeline James was elected
president, Ina Sue Wingo, vice-
president Donna Rankin, secreta-
ry, and Pat Butler, treasurer^
Along with these officers five oth-
er girls will serve as group lead-1"
ers.
To become a full-fledged mem-
ber, the girls must say from me-•
mory the purpose, the quest, and
pay their yearly dues of fifty
cents.
The Y-Teen Purpose is as fol-
lows: To build a fellowship of
women and girls devoted to the
task of realizing in our common-
life those ideal personal and social
living to which we are commit-
ted by our faith as Christians. In
this endeavor we seek to under-
stand Jesus, to share-his love for
all peoples, and to grow in the
knowledge and love of God.
Any girl who attends Weather-
ford High School may becomes a
member of this organization. The
Y-Teen slogan is: To find and givo-
the best.
October Birthdays
1. Don Bandy, Jackie Hightower.
2. Kermitt Plowman, Malcom Es-
tes, Raymond Mauldin.
3. Gale Malone, Linda Johnson,
Barbara Me Keown.
4. Marilyn Moore, John Hartness.
5. Gary Whitmore, Elroy Dog-
gett.
6. Clemon Measures.
7. Jerrel Mayer, Geiene Moon.
8. Gary Thomas.
9. Darrel Thomas.
10. Mary Jo Claunch, Wayne
Herring, Odis Roberts, James
Darby.
11. Burl Welch, Mary Ann Ellis,
Don Farris, Earl Carlisle.
12.
13. Judith Robertson,
14. Barbara Stephens.
15.
16. Robert Hardin, Virginia Hut-
chinson, Myrna Parsons, Fred*
Stults.
17.
18. Wanda Louise Ragle, Odell
West, John Milner.
19. Judy Wittmer.
20.
21. Robert Wilson, Louis McFar-
land.
22.
23. Molly Taylor, James Davis.
24. Noreana Cummins.
25. Garal Sue Edmeston.
26. Wanda Blocker, Craig’ Mc-
Adams.
27. Janet Bounds, Frankie Berk-
ley, Jean Mask, Harrell Cher-
ry, Patricia Mathews.
28.
29. Jarvidene Moore.
30. Edith Venable, Byron Kories.
31. Dickie Williams.
Name Shorts
J. C. not wrong
J. C. Wright
Betty not blue
Betty Green
Pat not heat
Pat Burns
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