Campus Heaps and Wheels Of Note

Hubert Rainbolt Colt Special Reporter wrote the original car column...it was called "Wheels...by Hub

Merle Robinson 'Colt Special' Sports Editor wrote the Heap of the Week Column in the 1962 School Year.

History Note: The West Word official school newspaper of Wichita West had a similar column called, Pride of the Parking Lot." Those former West High students may remember a black '41 Ford named "Ol Betsy" that belonged to Anita Chacon, senior in 1960. It sported an obvious dent in the front fender caused by a lady backing into it, V-8 engine and faded red and green plaid seat covers in the front and faded red covers in the back. Anita wants to get the following items working properly, the horn, door lights and trunk, before she drives it to W. U. next year.

Cliff Utter's 53 Mercury was called "leaping Leopard" because the tan car sports black primer spots. Inside white pin-striping by Ken Moore and a newly installed "hi-fi."

Colt Special February 23, 1962

Did You Know?

...a car with an automatic transmission can shift itself from park to reverse. This is what happened to one of our English teachers cars, Friday, February 16. While on her way to school the hood of her car flew up. When she got out to shut it her car shifted into reverse, started moving and hit a school bus, (no damage done.) The bus driver shut her hood for her and she came on to school. "I won't tell her name but initials are Irmgard Feldman.)
...we have an official inspector on the campus. This sophomore wears her inspectors pin on the inside of her rain coat. "Judy Lacy, what are you an inspector of?)

More Did You Know? December 7, 1961

Senior Colt, Jim Zeiner, has his hoofs all duded out in lavender shoes? Wow!

Most Teenagers and Teachers realize the value of a dollar? It will buy about three gallons of gasoline. Right Colts!

***Attention all lovers on Campus! "When you wish upon a star, be sure that it is not just another satellite!"

Senior, Don Merz, has been teased about needing his face washed, but it really needs a shave?

Egg-Shaped Heads have been noticed around campus lately? The latest hair style for wrestlers is the burr haircut. Just look at Joe Kramer!

Bob Semonick driver instructor, was visited Thursday by a local policeman? Was it because of your driving, Sir?

If you find a '61 senior class ring running around by itself from now on, just take it to Merri Edwards, senior--she'll greatly appreciate it?

A Stalled Car caused an unexcused tardy for Gayle Forney, senior, but she took it in stride when Mr. Young, principal told her that she had to? Better get another car besides a Dodge, Gayle!

*** blogger's note: In Mr. Killian's morning Sociology class the 'hot' April Current Events topic was:

12 April 1961 - Vostok 1. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: Vostok 1. First manned spaceflight, one orbit of the earth. Three press releases were prepared, one for success, two for failures. It was only known ten minutes after burnout, 25 minutes after launch, if a stable orbit had been achieved.

More Campus Heaps of the Week

It Was Fate

The moon was high,
The road was dark,
A perfect place
To stop and park.

I gave a sigh,
I gave a groan.
I cursed the fates,
I was alone!


The 'infamous' missing back seat..Campus Colt's ride.

Mr. Z's Cool Heap!




More Automotive News Around Campus

Feb 23, 1962 Colt Special
Students Section Engine For Classroom Use

Larry Ballard, senior and Julius Cline, junior students in fifth and sixth hour auto mechanics class have cut away a V-8 engine for a project last nine weeks. The purpose of cutting away the engine is to enable the student to see all working parts. Some of the features of the engine are cut away block, cylinders, pistons, carburetor, manifolding and many other parts. The engine will be used by the drivers education classes to allow these students to see what make the automobile tick.

Mar 22, 1961
'Bomb' Explodes in Class

Blowing up things seems to be the going rate in auto mechanics at Campus High School. During the year there have been about four of these mysterious explosions. These bombs are actually caused by the ignition coil which has a tendency to explode when it becomes too hot.
The most recent of these explosion happened Thursday when a group of students were trying to start a 51 Mercury engine. It seems as if Jim Holmes, Lynn Shelton and Duane Quirico were trying to start the engine with a 12 volt battery using a 6 volt coil with out a register. The engine had run about ten minutes when suddenly there was a loud explosion.
Looking around to see what had happened, everyone saw Duane and Jim who had been splattered with hot stinking tarish-like oil. Jim had it all over his shirt and Duane had been splattered around the neck and face. Luckily he was not injured.
___Elvin Leedy, Typing I

Special April Fools Colt Edition 1962

Selected Articles from a four page suppliment of the Colt Special, Official newspaper for Campus High School.

Did You Know?

By Linda Haymond

Did you know that Mr. Young's wife picks out all of his secretaries for him? I wonder why.

Did you know that Michele Sealey and Sandy Kolb are going to start an all women's wrestling team?

Would you like to know what Jim Johnson carries in his lunch? Pickled pig tail curls, a little garlic on a hunk of prison bread, a couple of fried caterpillers, and if he is good, some of ole Granny's fish head pie.

Did you know that John Calkins has a glass eye? You girls just thought he was flirting with you didn't you?

Did you know that Mr. Burnett has pictures of girls in swimming suits hung in his office?

Did you know that the Freshmen have already planned their financial program for next year? Thier project to make money is to sell old restroom tickets to nex't year's freshman.

Did you know that Mr. McClintock really eats "Mad" magazine up. He's a fiend after satire.

Mr. Young always reads "Esquire." Come to think of it he a pretty busy man so he probably just looks at the pictures.

Did you know that Tom Ashleman, Hub Rainbolt, Kay Langhoffer and Mrs. Knight were picked to chaperon the Senior Prom.

German Club Takes Over

The German Club has released the secret that they announced last Thursday. It is: The CHS German club orders the complete and immediate annihilation of all languages except German. After April 1st all persons caught speaking any language except German will be horribly tortured. All activities on the campus must be okayed through Larry Martin, dictator of the sovereign sate of "Die Deustchen Kenner and Lustigmacher von Schulhof." A six-thirty p.m. curfew will be strictly enforced as will the law against the holding of any contests whatsoever.

Players To Sleep In Tent

By Ronald Hood, Merle Robinson, Jeanette Miller

The discarded cafeteria tent has been awarded to next year's basketball team for out-of-town trips. The tent will cut hotel bills considerably.

Graduation Pals

With the prospect of graduation growing closer every time grade cards are issued, several of the seniors have been asking friends to walk with them down the aisle at graduation. We have learned of several of these cases through the grapevine and here they are:

Marty Briley-----------------John Calkins

Tom Ashleman-----------------------"B.B"

Donna Jackson------------------Ron Hood

Waynetta Maple--------------Bobby Rydell

Jim Bethea---------------------Kathy Kahler

Ray Lansdowne--------------Bridie Murphy

Marva Morrison-----Herman McGillicutty

Norman Slade------------------Effie Clinker

Minnie Sweeden----------Goeffrey Chaucer

Jon Kile-------------------------Lindy Kearns

What Is It? Who Did It?

Unsolved Mystery from the 60's at Campus High School.

What Is It?

Circle the correct answer..caution do not mark directly on the monitor..scrolling may change your answer.

A) Campus art class entry in "Sculpture by the Side Walk Contest."

B) The thing Slim Pickens rode to ground in the movie Dr. Strangelove.

C) Hot water heater (disguised as a barber pole) to keep sidewalks warm and dry.

D) Results of National Honor Society member flexing his physical psyche.

E) Stonehenge North America





















Who Did It?

70 Votes were tallied for multiple choice D

This student fits the profile. If it was in fact him (the jury is still out on this) do you really think he acted alone or was it a conspiracy with possibly two or three other students? What do you think? Has the 'statute of limitations' expired?


Or should a fact finding committee be appointed and its conclusion presented to all in attendance at the Oct 10-12 2008 Reunion at Campus High?

April 01..Sometime Late in the 60's

News from the End of the '60's..Campus High Original Seniors....Or Campus Original High Seniors..(All A's)..What did you think it meant?

Dueling Saxes at the National High School Music Competition in Chicago, IL. Tony L won the competition and the side bet. Now he pays no taxes!

Other Alumni found at the end of the 60's...or later:

Sandy K Campus FBLA Club member now a top security clearance employee at O.B.I. Hint..think CSI NY or CSI Las Vegas and that state below KS.

Robert B geneticist spent his post grad years working under cover for the Gov. developing a secret code using periodic table symbols. Robert also patented the process that used fruit flies to carry microchip messages. Unfortunately after breeding in the traits for homing pigeon-like behavior he was unable to over come the bigger challenge..the short life cycle of the fruit fly. This permitted only enough time for one training flight, after which flies knew the way home, but were dead.

Barbara Barbie Y spent her grade school years waiting for us to catch up to her in height. She took the jealous looks from the short Enterprise Eagles basketball team in stride, while playing center for the girls green uniform-clad gym class team. We all wanted on Barbara's side, but they wouldn't let us run across the half court line...stupid 60's girls' rules. Barb was hired by Mattel Corp. to be the model for the first Barbie doll. Only paid minimum women's' wage, they stole her name and all she has left is her Barbie Doll email address and a husband named Ken.

Larry J completes first medical book, Memory Loss in Homo sapien Dudes. All through high school Larry carried an unusually thick "little black book." Everyone thought it contained lists of his many social dates, when in fact they were copious notes listing the stressors leading to early on-set memory loss in his fellow classmates.

Study Group "B" who attended Enterprise, Truesdale, West, South and Campus high schools, four years after graduation could not remember from which school they had graduated.

Group "C" scored a little better. Students attended Haysville grade school, Clearwater three years and Campus their senior year. Sixty percent of those graduates remembered they had graduated from a Sedgwick Co. high school whose name started with a "C."

Group "A" suffered from the same stressors plus they were more literate, with all sharing the same copy of Mad magazine. When asked about their Alma mater, they answered: "What! Me graduate?"

This disorder has prompted past class officer and reunion organizer Ray L to pen the following 50th Reunion Slogan, "Campus Classes 1961-64 Still Finding Themselves After All These Years."

........................ Instructor, Robert Semonisck asks 18 yr old female student to: "Keep your attention on the driver's screen, I don't care if those moving tree shadows do make you dizzy. Stop whining, your car is not harder to steer. It is identical to everyone elses drivo-trainer. No it is not true the administration ran out of funds and bought used equipment from Joyland Corp."

Happy April 01, 2008 from the Campus Grad Search Committee.