Miss Jackie Phillips, 1940 Webb City High School Homecoming Queen.

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of the Webb City Public Library

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Homecoming style in 1940

Webb City Area Genealogical Society

Student President Elroy Thomas, Queen Jackie Phillips’ escort.
Senior candidate Mabel Robinson. She married Joe Hensley and many years later became grandmother to Judge Joe Hensley.
Senior candidate Jane Hamilton
Bud Passley escorted Miss Jane Hamilton.
Dwain McCullough escorted Miss Mabel Robinson.

Before some of her classmates graduated and left for World War II in the early 1940s, Miss Jackie Phillips and her two attendants were still the football queen girls, and all the boys were fighting to win local games and to be football gentlemen carriers.

“Queen of Football” from King Jack ’40

Each year at the beginning of the football season a ticket sale is launched. To stimulate interest a contest is held among the senior girls for the purpose of electing a queen. The queen is chosen on the basis of sales of tickets. The three candidates chosen by the student body were: Jackie Phillips, Mabel Robinson, and Jane Hamilton.

The crowning of the queen is the climax of the football season. Jackie Phillips was crowned queen at the game at Hatten Field between Webb City and Carterville. Her attendants were the other candidates. Miss Phillips was escorted by the Student President, Elroy Thomas, Miss Hamilton by Bud Passley and Miss Robinson by Dwain McCullough. Jane Baldridge was the crown bearer and Richard Bellairs the football carrier.

Webb City Area Genealogical Society

WCAGS members staff the Genealogy Room on the third floor of the Webb City Public Library. Current hours are noon to 4 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. Meetings are held at 6 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month in the Genealogy Room.

Everything you want to know about Jasper County Missouri Schools is available at a site compiled by Webb City Area Genealogical Society member Kathy Sidenstricker.

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