Blackwell High School - Booster Yearbook (Blackwell, OK)

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Do you remember the lockers wlth the comblnatlon locks? We had the locker numbers to remember along wlth the locatlon and the eluslve confuslng comblnatlons of the lock At the close of our Jumor year the Methodlst Church Gymnaslum was the scene for the annual Jumor Senior reception Dutch decoratlons were carrled out 1n blue and whlte colors with a windmill erected ln the center of the gym Al Jennmg s orchestra was seated beside the w1ndm1ll Another windmill was used to serve refreshments to us Betty Randall was 1n charge of the receptlon A welcomlng address was glven by Hart Wrlght Jumor class president and the response was glven by Neal Savage presldent of the Senior class Those ln the receiving line were Hart Wright Betty Randall Don Garton Dorothy Mclnturff Helen Lentz Mlss Benlta Mossman and Fenton McAllister For our Sen1or year the Blackwell Hlgh School held a dmner party 1n the Methodlst Church basement wlth the ladles preparing the dlnner Special guests were Mr and Mrs Harry Huston Mr and Mrs Arch Thompson Miss Josephine Bell Mrs Glen Henderson and the class sponsors Miss Eva Young and Mr Glen Henderson The five long tables were beautifully decorated w1th Maroon and White colors suggestlng Commence ment tlme Helen Jane Woodward and Dorothy Stewart were ln charge of decoratlons Followlng the dlnner the class accepted the 1nv1tat1on of Mr F C Jackson to see the show at the Palace Theater Our athletes our Band and Chorus won so many trophles durmg our Sen1or year It sounds reasonable that a new Hlgh School should be bullt to display them all Remember Wzth Me The Following Events We were born during World War I we can remember the crash of Wall Street IH 1929 we experienced the depression and the dust bowl days in the 20 s we can remember the first radlo that we were ever prlvlleged to hear two passenger alrplanes the first car our family owned when electr1c lights replaced gas llghts and coal o1l lamps then lovely cool electric lrons replaced the hot flat sad iron when automatic washlng machlnes replaced the wash tubs wash boards and home made soap when refrlgerators with had to add the color when moving plcture shows with sound and color replaced sllent movles when It was almost a mlracle to own our first black and whlte TV We were very much a part of World War II the draft ration cards much moving about long lines to purchase scarce ltems Then a few years later our sons and daughters were a vltal part of the Korean War then Vletnam We went from the horse and wagon era to actually v1ew1ng on our TV screen the first man to land on the Moon We heard airplanes break the sound barrler we know about robots microfilm and computers that record everything And we know the horrors of the Atom and Hydrogen bombs Our religious freedom IS preclous to us we are proud of the U S A of our Flag We are not ashamed of being sentlmental when we hear the Natlonal Anthem We are looking forward to the 21st Century and being an important part of the future D Y R b .7 By Belva Crzst Ballmger 0 OU einem el' ell. Coke was something you drank' We were born before televlslon penicillin polio shots antlblotlcs and Frlsbees Before frozen food nylon dacron Xerox and Klnsey We were before radar fluorescent llghts credlt cards and ballpolnt pens For us time sharlng meant togetherness not computers a chlp meant a piece of wood hardware meant hardware and software wasn t even a word We were before pantyhose and drip dry clothes Before lce makers and dishwashers clothes dryers freezers and electric blankets Before Hawau and Alaska became states' Before men wore long hair and earrlngs and women who wear tuxedos We were before Leonard Bernsteln yogurt Ann Landers plastlcs halrdryers the 40 hour work week and the mmlmum wage We got married first then lived together Closets were for clothes not for commg out of bunnies were small rabbits and rabblts were not Volkswagons We were before FM radlo tape recorders electr1c typewrlters word processors electr1c music d1scodanc1ng We were not before the differ ence between the sexes were discovered but we were before sex change We 1ust made do with what we had And we were the last generatlon that was so dumb to thlnk you need a husband to have a baby by Mabel Brown Murray and Vzrgmza Ambrose Savage ' 9 , . 7 . . . , . . , . , . . . . . 2 . a Y 7 , , . . , . . . . , . 1 . . , . . 7 7 ' 7 ' , . . . , , . . . , . I I I I . , . , . . . , . 7 a ' a a 7 7 7 7 Y 7 7 automatic lce makers replaced 1ce boxes and the 1ce cards ln the W1Hd0WS, when oleo was whlte and we 7 7 7 7 ' 7 I Y I 7 7 ' ' 7 7 , . . ., . . . , . . . , . , . . . . t 7 Y 7 ' 7 7 ' 1 ' 1 . 7 , . ' - ' I v 1 l ' I 7 7 7 . 7 , ' . , . . l . , , . ' ' 7 7 7 7 ' 1 I 1 I , .

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Come Wzth Me Down Memory Lane 1916 1989 Three score and 13 years ago bundles of Joy wrapped in pink or blue blankets became a part of families that were scattered near and far Many different circumstances brought these First Graders to Blackwell Oklahoma school system These students attended various elementary schools Upon becoming 6th graders everything changed and brought about an exciting event All 6th graders became students of South A School This school consisted of a series of classrooms located on the East area of the High School grounds The students stayed in their homerooms and the teachers came to the rooms Each teacher taught a different subject Nell Mann was the school Principal Other teachers were Jean Bontz Jack Braden Catherine Carter Grace Combest Meryl Neal Frances Nelson Verna Parcher and Earlene Shepherd South A School was a great equalizer There were no younger students to try to lmpress and no older students to guide us We had a fantastic group of teachers who taught pulled tugged pushed and finally managed to get us ready for a very scary change ln our lives Junior High School' Was Junior High ready for us but more importantly were we ready for the change? Everything was so different It was a three level building and three dlfferent grades The teachers remained in their classrooms and the students changed classes Glen Hamilton was the Principal and he had a large staff of eager to teach well qualified teachers which included Helen Ambrose Jack Braden Lula Claybaker Grace Combest Harold Cotton Alice Crow Florence Fadler George Huckaby Hazel LeForce Nell Mann Merle Neal Ethel Orvis Myra Robertson Opal Schweisburger Vivian Sharp and Alpha Skirving At Junior High our growth both physical and mental was erratic Some grew faster than others in Most of the students lived one or more miles from the school building Where oh where were the yellow school busses and the convenient cafeter1as We walked to and from school four times a day Very few families had one car per family We got our exercise that way Girls remember the silk hose and high heel shoes we wore? The silk hose managed to get runners and had to be sewed up No self respectmg girl wore hose with runners showing We only discarded them when the hose became so small due to the sewed up places that we could no longer get the hose over our feet Forget the school busses forget the cafeterlas where were the runproof nylons when we needed them so desperately? Remember Mrs OTVIS our Study Hall Teacher? That remarkable lady could dlrect us toward the correct answer to any questlon in any subject And her ability to detect chewing gum' Early S1gI'lS of radar before we knew the meanlng of the word Ah High School We had at last arrived The experiences of Science departments Home Ec Band Chorus and the wonderful Chapel programs were most excltlng And for those sports mlnded fellows football basketball wrestling and tennis were waiting for them to prove their abilities For the glrls gymnasium awalted us The exciting games of basketball with the court divided into three sections for us dehcate females The dances and movements that Miss Wheeler put us through were sheer joy for some and a nightmare for others Shower time was a horrible time for all of us the first few weeks For some speed became a necessity to avoid the frowned upon late arrival to the next class And there were no blowers to dry the halr Maypole wrapping tlme was quite an event' To be escorted by those older young men created a lot of anticipation That was the tlme to display our long crepe paper dresses as well as our other dance costumes One year wasn t enough for some and an endless agony for others 7 . 7 . l 7 , . 7 7 ' . ' ' : 7 7 . 7 7 7 7 ' . H . , ' 7 7 7 . . , . , 1 . . , . . . . ,, . ,, 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 , . . . , , . , . . . both areas. Different talents were becoming more evident, such as Art, Music, Math, Science and Athletics. ' 7 1 , . v ' 1 ' 7 7 . , . , . I . l . . , -, , ' 1 ' a 7 7 ' 7 ' 7 . , . ' a . , , . , .

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