Two bits, four bits, six bits a dollar. All for Huron, stand up and holler!
Jeanette Doane Ralston was a cheerleader for four years at Huron High School. She began cheering with the squad in the sixth grade. The collection of pictures and fashions were donated to the museum by her daughter, Marsha Ralston.
Other high school artifactis can be seen in the background.
Identification on next page
Cheer Leaders Conference hosted at Bedford High School—Dec. 2, 1948—Saddle shoes, bobby socks, knee-length skirts and curly hair were all the rage!
First row front—(l-r) Tunnelton cheerleaders: (1) Becky (Jean) Mitchell, (2) Pauline (Earl) Dorsett, (3) Catherine (Flinn) Foddrill. Williams cheerleaders: (4) Doris Roberts, (5) Theresa (Baker) Stalcup. Oolitic cheerleaders: (6) Marge (Hillenburg) Clampitt, (7) Sue (Day) Ball, (8) Ruth Sipes. Needmore cheerleaders: (9) Bonnie Rollins, (10) Ada (Ritter) Deckard, (11) Betty Spaulding.
Second Row—(12) Catherine Wright, sponsor. Fayetteville cheerleaders: (13) Gail (Nikirk) Feltner. Not shown: Edna Bolton, Donna Mitchell. Bedford Glee Club: (14) Barbara Gerkin, (15) Jewell Flynn. Heltonville cheerleaders: (16) Claudette (Wiley) Jackson, (17) Barbara Todd, (18) Betty Wray. Huron cheerleaders: (19) Mary Frances (Stroud) Reynolds, (20) Jeanette Trueblood, (21) Jeanette (Doane) Bates.
Third row—Bedford cheerleaders: (22) Jean Wycoff, (23) Sue Armstrong, Bob Simmons (see (33) back row). Shawswick cheerleaders: (24) Dick Sluder, (25) “Choc” McCain, (26) Leland Gilstrap, (27) Burnettia Denny, teacher, cheer sponsor, Heltonville. Mitchell cheerleaders: (28) Deloris Briscoe, (29) Jack Braman, (30) Deloris Cooper.
Back Row—(31) Marjorie Cox, teacher assisting yell leaders, Bedford; (32) Not identified, (33) Bob Simmons, Bedford yell leader; (34) Kenneth Black, Oolitic Principal; (35) Lester Gilstrap, teacher, Shawswick; (36) Gladys Patton, teacher, Oolitic; (37) Todd Gainey, Bedford teacher; (38) Not identified; (39) H. C. Weathers, Principal at Williams; (40) Ray Fry, teacher, sponsor, Needmore.