Central High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Muskogee, OK)

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Row 1: Ila June Shoemake, Mary Rinehart, Jimmy Pittman, R. L. Corbell, Loren Wilson, Mary White, Eulita Cannon. Row 2: Dwight Ashley, Frances Elms, Mary McNeil, Junior Farley, Marilyn King, Billy Ruth Myers, James Waldron. Row 3: Dorothy Gray, Mary Stout, Leon Harris, James Johnson, James Lowell, Lorene Hood, Virginia Hall. Row 4: Bobby Lee, Bob Crittenden, George Tetrough,Juan1ta Hogard, Virginia Clark, Jean Mar- tin Sam Hudson. Row 5: Donald Dunn, Charles Lester, Joe Burgess, Bob Carpenter, Wayne Youngblood, Jerry Errlbree Ruth Blair. Row 6: George Tuter, Herchel Berke, R. B. Lazenby, Betty Bridgwater, John Birdsong, Lu- cille Sideback, Dwight Ashley. Row 7: Claybourne Morris, fllendean Hill, Frank Kerr, Felix Swan, Margaret Grant, Joyce Robinson, Florence Farnham.

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255315: -,-, ,,., , 1 -..... 1 vv.. t ,Y .v.-v E 'Ti' Row li Bill Choate, Helen Evans, Charles Hawkins, Catherine Windle, Joe Wolfe, Bonnie Cundiff, Billy Har- ris. Row 2: Virginia Sandlin, Marvin Stewart, lla Reeh- ling, Gerald Lively, Imogene Compton, Leonard Cro- man, Eldee A1'bll,Ckl6, Row 3: Bill Grant, Dorothy Bleaker, Roy Bynum, Stuart Smith, Roland Ray, Patty Hines Raymond Poitevent, Row 4: Annawalce Sevier, Louise Winn, Leta Brown. Morris Youngblood, Betty Jd Hunter, Hale Bicknell, Bobbie Cox. Row 5: Leon Addington, Laive Smith, Ed Harris, A. L. Corbell, Dixie McFadden, Renetta Jacobson, Bobby Fugate. Row 6: Bill Madden, Betty Ann Propp, Kenneth Duncan, Billy Asquith, Rita Spraker, Beecher Bryant, Jack Leming. Row 7: Mary Coombs, Eulita Cannon, Lorraine Cody, .Iimfmie Crain, Norma Jnrgens, Betty Boriretz, Robert Collins.

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Senior Class Good evening Mr. and Mrs. North America, and all the graduating class of l943, on this beautiful day of May l943, Iet's go to press . . . . again! Although the sweet potato won't have any- thing to do wiith me, and neither will the lrish potato, just because l'm a commentator, l'm sure the graduating seniors of l943, to which this column is dedicated will . . . for it was exactly twenty years ago today that this class of which you and l were members received those slips of paper that didn't look so important, but did mean a lot to us, because finally after twelve long years of attending school we were out, and kinda sad about the whole thing. The only people present who looked the least bit glad about the whole thing were the teachers who were finally getting rid of us. Speaking of teachers, quite a few of the graduating class of Central have taken posi- tions as teachers in different schools. The most important one perhaps is Joan Neely, who is now the Principal of the Washington and Houston grade schools in Muskogee, where she used to work part time while she was a senior. Another girl who has chosen this occupation is Mary Ty- ree. Just take three guesses as to what subject it is. Yes, it's chemistry. Mary has taken the place of Miss Merry Berry who isn't a Miss any longer, and who doesn't teach any longer. Betty Lou Hale and Kathryn Ritchey have taken over the gym classes of Central, and l hear that the lat- est addition to Kathryn's teaching is to teach the girls how to improve bowlegs, and that Betty's is tap dancing and skipping the rope at the same time! Genevieve Barnett is now teaching piano lessons in Los Angeles, California, and they say she has accomplished quite a lot. Archie Kester- son has been coach of the Central Roughers for about fifteen years now, and Ward Belt is his helper, acting as both assistant football coach, and basketball coach. The former Peggy Nichols has been teaching at a girls' school for quite a while now. She and her husband, Robert Lynch, work tcgether, since Robert is the professor of the school. There are a lot of students of '43 who have taken, up various other occupations, Iet's see what. Carclyn Curl, Martha Hooker and Mary Jo Hammond have all gotten iobs as secretaries. You can auess where they got their training! Sylvia Jacobson, Gloria Salmon, Myrle Kock, Shirley Lacy, Kittie Lou Lytle, Eileen Sibbitt, and Mary Jo Swan have all ended up as private secre- taries, while George Withers the only boy who stuck to his shorthand and typing, is doing the Prophesy same, but in a more masculine manner! Central can surely be proud of three former students who graduated in the class of '43. Not every other school can say that one of its gradu- ating seniors turned out to be the President of the United States! And were we proud of John Albright, and he was only 35 years old when he was elected last year! Bill Bouldin has brought fame to Central by being elected to the Senate, when he was elected because of his opposition to the New Deal. After Bill's graduation from West Point, he immediately went into politics, and he has done a good job. Another one we can yell for when we see her picture in the newsreels is Marcia Pantel. Perhaps we of i943 didn't ap- prove of women in politics, but Marcia out-talked the people and became the leader of the bill of lowering the voting age from 2l to l8. But dog- gonit! She didn't talk quite fast enough, because we were all around thirty by the time she got the bill passed! Helping Marcia was Tom Pierson who had the ability to out-talk anything while he was still in school, especially a low grade! Dick Jones and Sarah Rutherford returned to Muskogee only last week to hold a perfor- mance at the City Hall. This wrestling couple have appeared over the world with Dick being the champion heavyweight of the world, and his partner being able to throw anything her own weight. They received a hearty welcome from the Muskogee fans, and sitting on the front row was Duncan Clark, who is the national heavyweight boxing champion of the world, and of course he was rooting for Dick. A lot of ex-Centralites have become ex- tensive travelers, taking jobs that take them all over the United States. Phil Hawkins has turned out to be a world famous ballet dancer, dancing at such places as Buckingham Palace, the White house, etc. Gene Kellet is now an F. B. I. agent lthey call him Sherlock! and also does his trav- eling chasing down dangerous criminals. Jean Denos is making good money as the Yo-yo Queen, by traveling over the United States to all of the dime stores, teaching dumbfounded on- lookers the art of trick yo-yoing. J. C. Mackey and Blewet Smyth are pocket billard instructors, teaching the fair and technical ways of playing this interesting game. Bill Smith's life isn't a happy one. He now has the distinctive job of dog catcher! As for traveling, Glen Frisby can say that he has walked around the world three times, but only literally of course. He is now a postman in New York City, and Shirley Smith, his lovely wife, takes one day a week when she walks his route with him, and about once a month they take little Glen with them.