Our School Years

 

  • McCallum '61 flickr collection
    • Eddy Peterson's football pix
    • Niki Bohn Sander's memorabilia, 2006 reunion
    • Marti's pictures
    • Bobby Jackson's photos
    • Dick Barr's old school photos
    • 50-year reunion photos
  • Baccalaureate Service Program. At University Methodist Church, May 28, 1961.
  • Graduation Commencement Program, May 31, 1961. Lists senior class officers, graduation exercises, scholarship and award winners.
  • Shield archive - Our Senior Year (PDF 1-2MB each, searchable text):
    • V8N1: 9/9/60. McCallum begins 8th year; new majorettes Donna, Sandra, Patsy, & Beth; Blue Brigage practices; Student Council Award to Carol Cummings
    • V8N2: 9/23/60. Senior rings arrive; Cooper, Jackson chosen Mac Friendliest
    • V8N3: 10/7/60. Student Council elections; Bob Hope arrives in Austin; second win for football team
    • V8N4: 10/24/60. Royal Court Players complete casting for "Our Hearts Were Young and Gay;" Presidential candidates profiled; FFA elects officers
    • V8N5: 11/4/60. Nixon wins straw poll; Mac majorettes' international recognition; seniors trail sophomores on honor roll; Diane Horn DAR Good Citizen
    • V8N6: 11/18/60. Football sweetheart to be announced tonight; student council projects underway; Knights play Maroons in last season football game; McCallum Squires complete 9-0 undefeated seasion
    • V8N9, 1/13/61. Beauty Review and Queen of Hearts Ball upcoming, RCP will entertain; mid-term seniors graduation upcoming; Shiflet replaces Kline as football coach; basketball season underway
    • V8N9 (again) 2/10/61. Beauty and most handsome finalists; nominees for class favorites and Queen of Hearts; final basketball game against Travis
    • V8N10: 2/24/61.'Letters to Lucerne' opens tonight; seniors win medals at Baylor Speech Tournament; search for lost contact lenses; Metscham, Mabry win student council elections
    • V8N12: 3/9/61.Citywide Math-Science Fair tomorrow; Lairds hold spring dance; Huie, Peterson win Elk scholarships; baseball team prepares for season
    • V8N13: 3/24/61. Pan-Am Forum convenes, John Pojman seeks presidency; McCallum cheerleaders elected; Stan McDonald wins engineering research award at Science-Math Fair
    • V8N13 (again): 4/7/61.McCallum band wins first place awards for first time in Region 17 contest; Judy Ellis selected Lairds sweetheart; Interscholastic Leage competition upcoming
    • V8N14: 4/21/61. Galt Graydon scores high in Teen-age Safe Driving Road-E-O; Vivian Hagood gets FHA state degree; Clark, Sitra elected football  captains
    • V8N15: 5/5/61.Wayne Kramer, Bob Smith campaign for Marilyn Mays as ILPC veep; 69 new members of National Honor Society; Ronnie Yates runs in State Track and Field Meet
    • V8N16: 5/19/61. Results of annual Awards Assembly; seniors close year with banquet, prom, baccalaureate, graduation
  • Shield archive - Our Junior Year (PDF 1-2MB each, searchable text): 
    • V7N1: 9/11/59. Enrollment reaches 1500; new majorettes elected; Band marches at Pro Bowl; 1959 football lineup.
    • V7N2: 9/25/59. Student Council election coming; senior rings arrive; Home Management class overbooked; sports teams struggle.
    • V7N3: 10/9/59. Ten seniors compete for National Merit Scholars scholarship; Knights victorious over unbeaten Unicorns, break loss string.
    • V7N4: 10/22/59. Friendliest: Jerry Jennings and Charlyne Cooper; Dick Peterson elected junior class prez; second football win.
    • V7N5: 11/6/59. 120 RCP cast members rehearse 'Oklahoma;' choir practices; Blue Brigade in school-wide flag-raising ceremony; Knights stumble to 'Cats.
    • V7N6: 11/20/59. 'Oklahoma' opens tonight, featuring Tommy Alexander, Sue Townes, Calvin Preece, Wayne Kramer, Brenda Bogan; Carol Kaye Fleming new football sweetheart
    • V7N7: 12/4/59. Six choir members named all-state; Tony Pfannkuche, Dennis Reeves top sales presentation contest
    • V7N8: 12/18/59. Blue Brigade presents 'Old Fashioned Ball'; elections for beautiful, handsome, and favorites this week; editorial: number class periods properly
    • V7N9: 1/15/60. New test schedule adopted; MHS best in sportsmanship; all-district halfback Martin Tyson also receives UPI honorable mention halfback on all-state.
    • V7N10: 2/12/60. Student Council elections today, candidates campaign; Beauty Review coming up Saturday; Knights basketball season 1-5.
    • V7N11: 2/26/60. Beverly Loper Most Beautiful, Tommy Alexander Most Handsome; Alexander SC prez, Ben Trotter veep; Who's Who, class favorites announced; vice principal Roy Coers profiled.
    • V7N12: 3/11/60.22 cheerleader candidates announce; 10 Knights advance in Nat'l Merit Scholarship competition; McCallum history;
    • V7N13: 3/25/60. Dorothy Baltzer wins first prize in District Science Fair; Fehr, Bloebaum, Huie capture honors; band members win 68 gold medals in contest; Laird sweetheart to be crowned tonight; Mac baseball team beats three in opening weeks of season.
    • V7N99: 4/1/60. Baseball Special Issue. Senior rings deemed radioactive; Lairds and Blue Brigade create combined organization.
    • V7N14: 4/8/60. John Flowers and Barbara Kelley put up new 50-star U.S. flag; new cheerleaders announced: Charlyne, Martie, Tommy, Wanda, Suzanne, Carol, and Dennis; Linda Ramond; tennis and golf teams begin district matches.
    • V7N15: 4/29/60. Mac students win regional University Interscholastic League contests; Advanced Latin class plants flowering peach tree in courtyard; Billy Huie is first to reach district tennis finals; baseball Knights 8-1 over Travis, play Austin Maroons tonight.
    • V7N16: 5/13/60.55 picked for NHS membership; Gary Lindahl new band president; Mrs. Childs wins teaching excellence award; Dick Peterson, Marilyn Arnott plan to attend Boys and Birls State this summer.
    • V7N17: 5/27/60.Carol Cummings receives SC Service Award from Miss Agnor; Page Keeton, UT Law dean, to deliver commencement address; Coach Bennett announces 15 lettermen in golf, tennis; Patsy, Tommy, Sue receive RCP awards
  • Shield archive - Our Sophomore Year (PDF 1-2MB each, searchable text):
    • V6N1: 9/2/58. Knights anticipate first game; RCP to produce space-age play; band marches in preparation for busy football season
  • Highlander, the Highland Park Elementary School newspaper:
    • Highlander, December 16, 1953: Christmas edition, edited by Diane Horn, Dick Barr, Pat Swaner, Esmond Snell, and Becky Pinkston. New kid Clarence Ferguson. Bob Estus quoted. (PDF: color 5MB, b&w 0.6MB)
    • Highlander, November 24, 1954: Carnival raises $1,128, Richard Swanson and Bernie Linder elected patrol captains,  Mr. Koch's room wins paper drive, Bob Estus does good deed (PDF: color 4MB)
    • Highlander, February 11, 1955: 25% enrollment growth for the year, Doll Festival, crossword, newcomers Carol Cummings, Guest Whitaker, Bill Fryer (PDF,color 0.8 MB). Editors are Jo Faith Hutton and Judy Hawkins, story bi-lines include Sharon Carruth, Raymond Harkey, Diane Horn, George Shepherd, Martin Tyson, and Susan Wells.
    • Highlander, April 6, 1955: Jo Faith Hutton will play flute solo, Bernie Linder and Jerry Head are Safety Patrol captains (PDF, b&w 0.7MB)
    • The Cowboy Who Couldn't Sing program. Musical starring Martin Tyson, Jo Faith Hutton, Dick Cooper, Carol Cummings, Gary Lemmon, Dick Goedeke, Guest Whittaker, Mary Carol Rabun, and many other people you know (PDF: color 2MB)
  • 10-year Reunion Program (PDF: 2MB)
  • Lamar Junior High PTA 1956-57 (PDF, 4.7MB): directory of school staff, faculty, and homeroom parents, with names, addresses, phone numbers. Includes "Parent-Teacher Prayer," officers, committees, calendar, proposed by-laws.
  • Old McCallum61.com web site

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