Juanita Hood Stockton, class of 1954, attended WKU between 1950 and 1954. During her time here she created two scrapbooks which were donated to University Archives. In late 2009 the scrapbooks consisting mainly of photographs were scanned and then taken apart in order to better preserve the images. Ms. Stockton included images of herself and friends such as Rosemary Scholl, Reed Johnson, Barbara Marsh and Nancy Slocum. There are images of couples preparing for Military Balls, Valentine’s Day dances, Beech Bend Park, Fountain Square Park, Hilltoppers Lunch, the Senators Club and in the dorms.
This week pdf files of those scrapbooks have been made available through TopScholar: http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/stu_alum_papers/. Individual images which have yet to be identified are also available through KenCat – search using Juanita Hood Stockton. Check out these sources to see a slice of campus life from the early 1950’s and help us identify some people.
Clara Ramsey DeWilde was a pretty typical WKU student in 1945. Born in Russellville, Kentucky in 1926, she was 19 when she came to Bowling Green. She lived in West Hall and created a scrapbook of photographs of her time on the Hill. These include friends on campus, Halloween in the dorm, a trip to Mammoth Cave and family.