Duncan High School - Wildkat Yearbook (Duncan, AZ)

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He has lots of money and he lives like a king. He is also the leader of a tough smuggling ring. To college Carol Claridge went To try and catch some men. But try and try as she would, She still wishes she could! Eugenia Herrera, the strong-armed girl When she used to serve a ball, your toes would curl. Now she paints pictures of bouquets of roses. That’s why they call her Grandma Moses! Sposored by SEARS, ROEBUCK AND COMPANY 513 Main Street Safford. Arizona Billy Erwin Crolls. the prosperous one, Has him a wife, a little short one. His wife is coarse and rough and tan, From working in the fields for her old man. Raydene Hancheit, a character so cool, She was the artist in our dear old school. Now she paints pictures of bouquets of roses. That’s why they call her Grandma Moses! In Las Vegas in a great big bar, Stands Willie Davis, a great big star. He croons all day to the cigarette girls. He goes for that kind with the ribbons and curls. Down in the tropics, in the middle of the sea, Swings Manuel Garcia from tree to tree, He swings all day in the tropic sun. He doesn’t work hard, but he sure has fun! Here in Duncan laying bricks. Is Marvin Eldred with his children six. He works and works and never has any fun. And all he has to show for it is a bottle of rum. Rcnald Jacobson, one of our football stars, Comes out of the games all covered with scars. With all those scars you’d think he’d be sore. But he always seems to go back for more. Martin Tellez is on East Van Buren: His many gals have been his ruin. When he gets out, he wants to be a hermit. He’ll live far away on old Mt. Kermit. Sitting in a bar down Texas way, Is John Hamilton, he’s there to stay. He says to the bartender, “Fill er up. Bill, Or I’ll go home and start up my still.” Henry Brubaker's taking a real long trip, All because of a black and blue lip. Seems he want out with a cute girl one night. And her and her husband had a big fight. Hey, Shirley Mcsley, “How lucky can a girl get? ’ She bought a ticket and on her man she did bet. She placed it for win, and him she did snare. Now she tells this to her kids, in her ole rockin’ chair. Here’s Joe Baber, who loves “Widder Brown.” He’s the mayor of our little town. For traffic tickets he charges very large fines And on “pardons he shakes his head and declines. Now this is the tale, said and sore Of the Senior Class of '54. They were stinkers when they were here, But thoughts of them, we’ll always hold dear. Bob John

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Sponsored by CO-ED SHOP Chase Creek Clifton, Arizona SENIORS Marvin Lonnie Now listen my children and you shall hear The story of our seniors of these past years. The years have gone by, one and two, And left in Duncan, ’54’s are but few. Off on an island, deserted and wild, Live Alvin Baber, his wife and his child. Now look at Alvin, the most likely to suceed. All that grows in his garden is one little weed! Across the sea in distant Siam Dena Parks awakens and says, ‘‘Wonder where I am!” After a party, a dance, and a drink, Dena doesn’t seem able to think. Here in New York, Verna Lunt is a model; She peddles fine gowns with a flirt and a toddle. Cute little Verna with a figure so trim Never did catch a something called “him.” Down in Oklahoma where they grow’em tall. Live Charles Ballew and his wife so small. She’s a cute little thing only four feet eleven You can see how she measures to his six feet seven. Doris Cosper still lives here in Duncan. She’s as cute as a peach and as round as a pumpkin. She just couldn’t wait to get out of school But she says the last couple of years she’s quit acting the fool. You remember Gerry Allred, the smale little girl? She dances in Las Vegas with a turn and a twirl. To be a bookkeeper was her ambition. But now she’s a show girl, “To heck with addition!” Now take Sally Foote, a regular old “brain.” She’s a black sheep in her family, one they don’t claim. She studied so “hard” to get a good education. But now she washes cars in her husband’s gas station. Now there’s a girl named Wilma Daniel She has a career raising spaniels. There’s a bow wow here and a bow wow there. Don’t you think Daniel and the spaniels will make a good pair? Donald Smallwood tried being a Hollywood star But as you see he didn’t go very far. He sang all the western songs he knew But everyone said, ‘‘Boy, you’re through!” What’s this we see in Barnum and Bailey’s show It’s our old friend, Wayne McGrath, the old crow, He’s in the freak show with all of his charms. He just thrills the girls with his real long arms. Now left back in Duncan is poor Bobby Knight He sleeps in the day and works through the night. For up in P. D. he works by long shifts He’s an engineer on the trains upon the cliffs. Over in Phoenix we see Lcnnie Moore He is just getting ready for another long tour, The Superstition Mountains is said his aim Although they all sav he has nothing to gain. Billy Nelson was a lifeguard way out on the coast “I can lick anyone,’’ was his big boast. One day he got caught by a big fellow’s right. Poor fellow, he was killed in this terrible fight. Over in San Francisco we have James Tuey He’s a Chinese cook, his specialty’s chop suey. Shirley Alvin

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Sponsored by GOODMAN'S Phone 36-R2 Franklin, Arizona SENIOR Wilma and Eugenia We, twenty-seven strong and very intelligent seniors, the mighty class of fifty-four, being about to pass over the threshold of dear old Duncan High, do make, publish and declare this to be our last will and testament, in manner and form as follows: Article I We direct that all students of D.H.S. do always remember and uphold the outstanding record we seniors have made. We give and bequeath to the junior class the remainder of our enormous fortune, $.01. To the underclassmen and future Wildkat teams, we leave our best regards and good luck, plus our intelligence and athletic ability. Article II To Mr. Clothier, we will a private eye to watch his typing, bookkeeping, art, and tennis classes which are the same period. To Mr. Lovett, we will a lie detector and a book entitled, “How to Please Them All.” To Shirley, we will Marlon Brando for a private secretary. To Coach Frealy, we will a Toni Home Permanent to charm the basket- ball team to victory. To Topper, we will a French chamber maid to clean up after him. To Mr. Santee, we will “Oscar,” a special robot, to take his place in the Driver Training car. To Mr. Foot, we will a gas mask to protect him from the terrible smells of the chemistry room. To Coach Miller, we will a bucket of ice water to cool him off when the football team makes an error. To Miss Henderson, we will a ticket on the slow boat to China to use when she gets fed up with next year's seniors. To Gene, we will our footprints, provided he imprints them in the sands of time. To Mrs. Van Gundy, we will the Pony Express to carry the typewriter back and forth. To Mr. Simons, we will a 600-acre farm complete with cows and pigs for use in his agriculture classes. To Mrs. Wilder, we will the Treasury Department to use in cooking the class of 1954 a going away banquet. Article III I, Martin Tellez, will my friendly ways to Nancy Henry. I, Donald Smallwood, will the words of “Hotrod Race” and my tall tales to Paul Francom.