'Seniors were visibly shaken by the sudden death of Jesse Cushinberry, their long time friend and popular classmate, in November. Jessie, "Cubby" to most of his classmates, had been their Student Councel president at Highland Park Junior High. As one of his close friends put it, "There isn't a person I know that didn't like him." '
Bob Dennison
From the 1964 Yearbook:
'Seniors were visibly shaken by the sudden death of Jesse Cushinberry, their long time friend and popular classmate, in November. Jessie, "Cubby" to most of his classmates, had been their Student Councel president at Highland Park Junior High. As one of his close friends put it, "There isn't a person I know that didn't like him." '