Sapulpa High School - Sapulphan Yearbook (Sapulpa, OK)

Text from Pages 1 - 104 of the 1943 volume:

. Wm mi m W M. ■ wmm-, WKm wmm m y AYs wm watt for m3 ★ Published by the Students Sapulpa, Oklahoma z-At the threshold of a new life« , On every side there is much to inspire gladness of life; the love of men, the beauties of nature, the sweetness of friendship, the joy of service. Every day is the dawn of golden opportunity and every night a purple benediction of rest and peace. We should go forward with blithesome heartsong, happy in the consciousness of living here and now. ★ To those ypho are ★ serving our nation CAPT. JAMES MILES I heard of him but little, I knew of him the less; But wherever be his soul, May his Cosmic Maker bless. —Jim Van Landingham HIGH FLIGHT John Magee O, 1 have slipped the surly bonds of earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings. Sunward I’ve climbed and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun-split clouds—and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of—wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there I’ve chased the shouting wind along and flung My eager craft through footless halls of air. Up, up the long delirious burning blue I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace Where never lark, nor even eagle flew, And, while with silent, lifting mind I’ve trod The high untrespassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand, and touched the face of God. ★ ★ ★ ★★★★★★ ★★★ N the past years, many young men and women have gone from the halls of Sapulpa High to travel the various roads of life. Among these there are many who are now serving us and our country on the battlefronts all over the world. It is to them, the alumni of Sapulpa High who are fighting to preserve the American way of life, that we, the Class of ’43, proudly dedicate “The Sapulpan.” There may be other Sapulpa High graduates in the armed forces. We include them in spirit, if not in name. Van A. Albertson Roy V. Anthis Hubert Ary Reese Auston Paul Bailey Wright G. Baker, Jr. W. E. Bateman Doyle Banks Charles Baxter Roy Baxter Richard Beaverson Horace B. Bell, Jr. John W. Bennett N. W. Bennett O. R. Bennett Burdette Berton Donald Biddle Theodore Bilyeu N. W. Black' Frank Block Joe Lee Boaz Hazard Bowman I. lovd Boyd Powell Boyd William Deeds Boyd William E. Boyd Eugene Bragg Dorothy Jean Brown Jack Bruin Bob Burdick Frank Burdick Thomas H. Burden Garland Burton Robert W. Butler Francis L. Campbell Jimmy Canterbury Joel Campbell John F. Carmichael A. L. Chenoweth Harold R. Clements Robert Cleveland William Cleveland Frank E. Cline Jack Colvard Roy D. Collier J. L. Collins John P. Conway Raymond Cooper Edward H. Cox John B. Cox Thaylcs Cornwell J. Will Courtney Leo B. Craun Carl L. Crawford George B. Crawford Edwin Curtis Daniel Tom H. Daniel James Davenport Paul C. Davis Jimmie Deer Reynard B. Dingman John G. Dougherty James R. Douglas E. C. Duckert Kenneth Duckert Robert Duckert Charles Drum E. A. Ellinghausen Robert F. Engles Qian H. Epperson Clarence Ezzell Lee Falwell Hcber Finch, Jr. Franklin Fitzgerald William Fleming Ivan Foley J. V. Frazier, Jr. Donald W. Fulp Raccie T. Langston Logan Gantz Robert Gish George E. Gleason Neil R. Gordon Jim Gorman Owen M. Gray Leon Hale T. J. Haney Joe Hanna Arnold Paul Hart Conley V. Hart Montie A. Hart William H. Hart Victor Harmony Sherman Harper Tom Harrison Arvel Hartung David S. Harmony Charles Hartman Frank Hasley, Jr. E. R. Haubert Chester J. Hayes James L. Haynes W. C. Haynes Warren F. Heath Bill F. Helena C. C. Helena Olen Hemphill Eugene Henderson Moreland Herrin Carl E. Herrmann Lewis L. Herrmann J. M. Hibbard Bryce Hickey Forest Hinderer F. E. Hopkins James Hopkins Marcus F. Horn David H. Howard Dean Howard Oren Howard Randal Ray Iker Charles H. Inglish George R. Inglish Lon Jackson Clovis B. Jameson John E. Jones Robert D. Jones Robert L. Jones William W. Jones Johnny Jowers Tom Kelly George L. King David Knipp Russell Lacock John C. Lauber Robert Lawson Robert V. Lcachman, Jr. Pelo Lee D. L. Lewallyn Robert E. Lewallcn Page Seven ★ ★★ ★★★★★★ ★ ★ ★ Thomas J. Lunn Charles Payne James W. Lynch Leo C. Pawlukanes Milton Martin C. L. Perkins Claude W. Masters Joe Ed Pettit Norman Matlock Robert Powers Harry Mathis Floyd Leon Pratt M. W. Mathis, Jr. W. R. Raines Karl Mauch Roy L. Rainwater M. Mever E. T. Rankin J. E. Miles, Jr. G. J ackson Reese Charles S. Miller Joseph Riser L. L. Molder Andrew J. Robbins Harold William Moore J. E. Robbins Clarence Morehouse Kenneth Roberts Ray Moore Hobart Robertson Jack Morris Mitchell Robertson Ralph J. Murphy, Jr. Joe Rockwood Paul Lozier McClain Frederick Rollman Elmer McIntyre Billy Rogers, Jr. Frank Naif eh Winston Rose Sam Naifeh Gerald E. Rush Jack Newcomb Bertram N. Sullengcr James W. Newman Gerald T. Sample Ben O. Nickel C. C. Saner Curtis Lee Nolan Earl Saner Clyde L. Oakes James Sawyer John M. Oakes Vernon Scott Robert E. Ozment Charles W. Selby Joe M. Paag Logan Seneker Lelin Pack John P. Simmermacher Jack B. Parkins Joe C. Shelton Bret Patrick Cleon V. Shock Jack Patrick Albert Snider G. J. Patton Delbert Snider Jean Snider ★ ★ ★ Paul Snider James R. Sommerfrucht Streeter Speakman, Jr. Leroy Stanley Arthur John Steck Pat A. Stinson Frank K. Swartzlandcr James V. Tarpley D. R. Taylor George Taylor William Ira Thomas, Jr. Raymond M. Tullius George Turner Harold Turner James Updike Willard Updike Harold Upshaw H. C. Vaughn Lewis vonGonten Benny West Leo E. Whitson Noble A. Wiggs Pat Wildman L. K. Wilcox Adam Wiley Harmon Wiley E. C. Willhclm Otha Willhelm R. L. Willhelm Delbert Wolfe David Young Glenn A. Young John Young George B. Zachritz Page Eight inutLitxatioii BOARD OF EDUCATION ★ ★ Mr. William Griess President Mr. Ben H. Terry Page Ten BOARD OF EDUCATION Mr. C. H. Hartman Page Eleven SUPERINTENDENT ■ James L. Prince Mr. Prince, who has been with Sapul-pa High School three years, has shown fine qualities and made many needed changes in our school system. The class of ’43 wishes to extend its thanks to him for his able assistance. Page Twelve ★ ★ ☆ PRINCIPAL ■ We, the Senior Class of ’43, wish to extend our thanks to Mr. Ransbarger for his consideration and help to us. He has given us advice and encouragement willingly. His office has never been closed to students. ★ ★ Page Thirteen COUNSELOR TO GIRLS Fkrna Faye Bateman We, the class of ’43, wish to extend our thanks to Mrs. Bateman for her kind and understanding ways. Mrs. Bateman became Dean of Girls two years ago. She is a teacher of Commercial work and is sponsor of the Student Council. She has accomplished a great deal for this organization. Page Fourteen ADVISOR TO BOYS k k- J. I?. Moore The class of ’43 wishes to extend its thanks to Mr. Moore, who has helped us during our high school years. He is Dean of Boys and is sponsor of the Hi-Y. He has shown great enthusiasm for this organization and has made it outstanding in our school. Page Fifteen Mrs. F. A. Manning B. A. Southeastern State College Director of Auditorium Latin, History Mrs. Elmer Carter I. A. University of Tulsa Spanish, English Miss Davida Phillips M. S. Oklahoma A. and M. College Biology, Chemistry, Geography Miss Ethel Kelly B. S. Columbia U Diversity Home Economics Commercial Cookery Mrs. H. T. Fegax A. B. Northeastern State College Mathematics, Social Science Miss Marie Whitson Associate in Arts Sapulpa Junior College Commerce Miss Mary Newman B. S. Oklahoma A. and M. College Vocational Home Economics Page Sixteen Mr. H. II. Porter M. A. George Peabody College for Teachers Director of Stage Craft Mathematics FACULTY ----★★--- Mrs. Erma Morris Oklahoma A. and M. College Registrar Miss Anna Rearick M. S. University of Kansas English Mr. Victor Heusel M. S. Oklahoma A. and M. College Industrial Arts Trade and Industrial Education National Defense Training Mr. Gordon C. Davis M. S. Oklahoma A. and M. College Graphic Arts Trade and Industrial Education Mr. H. E. White B. S. Oklahoma A. and M. College Band, Music Theory Mrs. E. C. McMichael M. S. Oklahoma A. and M. College Director of Music, Vocal Music Miss Elizabeth Reynolds M. A. University of Tulsa English Page Seventeen FACULTY ----★★--- Mrs. Opal Hellewell B. A. University of Oklahoma Mr. To.M GRISHAM Librarian y University of Tulsa Athletic Director. Football Coach Social Studies Miss Maxine Deloe University of Oklahoma Secretary to Superintendent Mrs. Zella Breitenbecher B. A. University of Tulsa Physics, Aeronautics General Science Miss Ruby Jo Stevens M. A. University of Oklahoma Speech, English Page Eighteen CAFETERIA FORCE k k k- Mrs. Lee Ford Mrs. Eva Mathewson BUILDING CUSTODIANS -----------★ ★ ★------ Mr. H. A. Clark Mr. W. L. Wells Page Nineteen WHAT WE HEAR EVERY DAY Bateman—Were you really sick? Bobeck—We’ll have this for homework tonight. Breitenbecher—Put that up and get your lessons. Carter—Buenos Dias, clase. Davis—Same routine as yesterday except crap shooting. E'egan—Now sit down. Grisham—Take a lap and go on in. Uellewell—That was the last bell. Heusel—Who has my coke bottles ? Kelly—This point system ! Manning—Fun is fun, but let’s get down to business. Moore—I think we can do without that chewing gum. McMichael—Do, ra, mi,------. Newman—Girls ! Don’t sit on the tables and machines. Phillips—Keep the acid off the window sills. Porter—Did you get the assignment, students? Rearick—Write something for the paper this hour. Reynolds—1 hesitate to articulate for fear of prevarication. Stephens-—That’s good, that's good. White—We’re going to Camp Gruber this week. Whitson—Accuracy. Ransbarger—So glad to have so many visitors today. Prince—I overheard a little conversation in the hall today. Morris—What can I do for you? SALUTE “Hats off, the flag is passing by.’' f hus someone wrote to the Americans Of long ago. Attention? Reverence? Or what? What is correct for us to do as the flag, our flag, passes by? The flag stops and is raised aloft and I give pledge to my flag, symbol of my country. My allegiance : Hand to heart I vow— 1 pledge allegiance’.— my life, love, and loyalty,—“to the flag”—that small piece of cloth that means liberty; that symbol of a nation united—“of the United States of America”—the land where all are invited to dwell, equal to all men—“and to the republic for which it stands, one nation,”—a nation made of all nations; a melting pot of the world—“indivisible,”—sturdy and staunch we shall stand—“with liberty,”—freedom of rights given by the bill of rights and our constitution—“and justice”—fair trial given to me and all others in a nation of just laws and peace—“for all”—me, my neighbors, my friends, my enemies. This is my pledge to you, Oh Flag. I stand and salute you for I am a part of you, and you a part of me and those around me. —Dorothy Bartlett igc Twenty Martha Hubbard, President “Let me play some boogie woogie Latina Societas, Spanish Club, Office Assistant, Thespians, Vocal Music, Instrumental Music, Junior Red Cross, War Service Committee, Smoke Signal Staff, Dramatics Dorothy Lawrence, Vice-President “Just like a Ford, she runs all the time” Vocal Music, Instrumental Music, Student Council, Office Assistant, Thespians, Spanish Club, Junior Red Cross Joan Kelly, Secretary “I don’t get it Vocal Music, Spanish Club. Auditorium Hoard, Junior Red Cross. Girl Reserves, War Service Committee, Latina Societas, Thespians, Office Assistant, Homemaking Club, Student Council Hetty Kemp, Treasurer “You, too, can be the life of the party” Student Council, Vocal Music, Instrumental Music, Junior Red Cross, Girl Reserves Sponsors ★ ★ ★ Mr. Grisham Miss Kelly Mr. Davjs Mrs. Carter Mr. Porter Class Director Page Twenty-two Delores Adams Not graduating Hobby Adkins “Teach me some pantomimes Hi-Y, Thespians, Tcll-a-Tale Club John Andrews Gun it! Office Assistant, Junior Red Cross Dorothy Bartlett Not graduating Delmar Bailey “He walks, lie talks, he’s almost human Football Deloris Baird Not graduating Betty Baxter “Brenda oca I Music, Spanish Club, Latina Socictas, Girl Reserves, Junior Red Cross John Bell “No Girlie, it isn’t a permanent Printers Club Joe Bias “Twi nkle Toes Football, Basketball, Softball, Hi-Y, Letter-men’s Club Dorothy Bilby The way to a man’s heart? Well, I can cook Commercial Cook, Junior Red Cross Edytha Billings “There’s something about a soldier Spanish Club, Girl Reserves, Vocal Music, Pepooses, Junior Red Cross, War Service Committee, Office Assistant, Thespians Myrtle Bond How many, please? Junior Red Cross. Librarian Billy Bowles “Girls, don’t bother me Hi-Y, Instrumental Music, Spanish Club, Tennis, Basketball Charlene Bradley I get my shoes in Tulsa Office Assistant, Vocal Music, Spanish Club, Thespians, Girl Reserves Glenn Bradley “Will you write me an excuse? Latina Socictas, Hi-Y, Football, Tennis, Auditorium Board. War Service Committee, Student Council, Smoke Signal Staff Dorothy Brandon “How do you write that in shorthand? Junior Red Cross. Vocal Music, Spanish Club, Latina Socictas, Girl Reserves Helen Bray “You’ll have to be more quiet Student Council, Vocal Music, Girl Reserves, Smoke Signal Staff, Junior Red Cross LeRoy Brim Not graduating Paul Brown “Thy hair with waves of—Ecstasy Woodwork Club, Junior Red Cross Albert Bullock “It you want to fight go outside” TEDDY J EAN BU RDIC K “Mrs. is the name” Vocal Music, Office Assistant, Latina Soeictas, Spanish Club, Junior Red Cross. Smoke Signal Staff Richard Burdick “Oh, for a bed when on hall duty” Robert Burke “Hold that pose” Hi-Y, Vocal Music, Yearbook Staff, Spanish Club, Junior Red Cross Betty Caldwell “Energetic” James Clemm “Ladies and gentlemen” Vocal Music, Model Airplane Club, Woodwork Club Betty Clements “What! Go to school six whole hours? Instrumental Music, oca I Music, Spanish Club, Thespians, Girl Reserves, Librarian, Junior Red Cross, War Service Committee Katiiryn Collins “I’m growing up Spanish Club, Tcll-a-Tale Club, Vocal Music. Office Assistant, Smoke Signal Staff, Girl Reserves Billy Joe Corgan “You’ve got to be a football hero Football, Instrumental Music J EAN ETTE CrA W FORD Not graduating Martha Crawford “Sweet and shy Robert Criswell “Where’s Boob?” Betty Ann Daniel “My heart's in South Dakota” Instrumental Music. Spanish Club, Vocal Music, Thespians Edwin Daniel “What has Tyrone got that 1 haven’t?” Instrumental Music, Hi-Y, Spanish Club, Vocal Music, Yearbook Staff, Thespians, Tell-a-Tale Club, Junior Red Cross Robert Davenport “Just call me Casanova” Lois Davidson “I can keep a secret Girl Reserves Margaret Davis “At last” Page Twenty-four Joan Deer “Colonel Annie” Vocal Music, Spanish Club, Smoke Signal Staff, Junior Red Cross, Office Assistant, Yearbook Staff, Thespians, Printers Club Bob Dobson “Whoops! Where did my finger go?” Elaine Douvas “I may look weak, but I'm powerful” Latina Socictas, Spanish Club, Vocal Music, Thespians Ida Mae Drake “Nice and quiet” Vocal Music, Girl Reserves Delores Elliott “May f help you?” Vocal Music, Spanish Club, Smoke Signal Staff, Pepooses Lois Gaddy 10 cents and 2 mills Librarian. Instrumental Music, Vocal Music, Junior Red Cress, Thespians Ken non Garvin “Have to go early and type” Ray Gray “I love my Model A” Harriet Jo Greenberg “Was I embarrassed!” Spanish Club, Vocal Music, Office Assistant. Student Council, Debate Club, Junior Red Cross. Thespians, Yearbook Staff, Homemaking Club, Instrumental Music Charles Ham “Hi! Yo| Silver” Woodwork Club Clyde Hanna LiF Abner” Instrumental Music, Vocal Music. Thespians, Hi-Y Donnadee Baxter “Mr. and Mrs. is the name” Vocal Music. Debate Club, Instrumental Music. Thespians, Smoke Signal Staff Pear.man Herrin “I’m all out for Liz Stage Craft, Football, Auditorium Hoard Bonnie Hodges “Have you seen the Yale?” Commercial Cook Wilma Jackson “Waves, here I come Auditorium Hoard, Thespians, Office Assistant, Vocal Music, Yearbook Staff, Girl Reserves. Latina Socictas. Spanish Club, Junior Red Cross, Debate Club, Dramatics Virginia James Give me my boots and saddle Instrumental Music, Vocal Music, Spanish Club. Junior Red Cross, Homemaking Club Johnnie Jones “One of the Jones boys” Woodwork Club Piiillip Jones “1 have a deferment until June first Printers Club, Yearbook Staff ________________________________Page Twenty-five Walter Kyser N ot graduating Richard Kaiser Say, coach, who’s got the ball now? Football, Honor Society, Lettermen's Club Joan Kellar Short, sweet and hard to beat Girl Reserves Alma Jean King Can’t go. I’m engaged Spanish Club, Vocal Music, Office Assistant. Junior Red Cross, Instrumental Music, Pcpooses Roy Langford Oh boy! Just watch him prance Vocal Music, Hi-Y, Instrumental Music, Thespians, Junior Red Cross Bor Lauber Better late than never Softball, Basketball Freddy Lear Honk for service Vocal Music Jimmy Leach m a n I just don’t like to exert myself Student Council. Instrumental Music. Thespians, Junior Red Cross, Spanish Club, War Service Committee, Yearbook Staff, Library Club, Office Assistant Trennie Lee Little but mighty Spanish Club, Smoke Signal Staff, Wrestling, Football, Lettermen's Club, Junior Red Cross Roberta Legg I’ve been there with O. R.” Tell-a-Talc Club. Vocal Music, Girl Reserves, Latina Socictas, Junior Red Cross W ill a Mae Lightfoot Not graduating Charles Linnet Not graduating J acq u e li n e Log A N Not graduating Jean Lovett Hec! Hee! Latina Socictas, Office Assistant, Junior Red Cross Bettie Lowry Davis’ able assistant (jirl Reserves, Instrumental Music, Junior Red Cross, Office Assistant, Vocal Music, Printers Club. Yearbook Staff Virginia Marsh “Daisie Mae Vocal Music, Junior Red Cross, Thespians, Office Assistant, Printers Club, Latina Socictas, Spanish Club, Homemaking Club, Girl Reserves, Yearbook Staff, Smoke Signal Staff Sophia Maroutsos Watch me tic myself into a knot Instrumental Music, Girl Reserves, Vocal Music J. D. Moore All I need is inspiration” Woodwork Club. Junior Red Cross Page Twenty-six Sandy Moulder “Don’t say I haven’t tried’’ Hi-Y, Thespians, Latina Societas Dorothy McCormick Brainchild” Office Assistant Pauline McDaniel “Pnulie the Riveter” Commercial Cook Robert McGouldrick Bubbles” Vocal Music, Thespians, Debate Club, Student Council, Instrumental Music, Smoke Signal Staff, Junior Red Cross Murle McPherson “The yearbook, the staff, and I Printers Club, War Service Committee. Yearbook Staff, Student Council Wanda Lynn McVay Not graduating Gerald Much more Sorry, boys, I have a paper route” Elsie Jo Myers Blondic Student Council, Girl Reserves, Spanish Club, Vocal Music, Junior Red Cross Cleo Oleson Boy, can she cook !’’ Commercial Cook, Spanish Club, ocal Music, Girl Reserves Bertie Marie Overton I’m just wild about Harry” Instrumental Music, Office Assistant, ocal Music, Junior Red Cross, Smoke Signal Staff Jimmy Pacaud This is my night for the Jalopy Instrumental Music. Hi-Y, Thespians Earl Parker We’re going to be married” Patsy Patton My heart belongs to daddy” Vocal Music, Student Council, Office Assistant, Thespians, Latina Societas, Spanish Club, ear-book Staff, Junior Red Cross, Auditorium Board Ella Patty I’ll tell Mrs. Me” to send me a pass Instrumental Music, ocal Music, Junior Red Cross Jeanne Pennington I came here to look for Joe Student Council. Vocal Music, Latina Societas, Spanish Club, Thespians, Instrumental Music, Office Assistant, Junior Red Cross, Girl Reserves Colleen Phillips Fashion designer extraordinary Vocal Music, Auditorium Board, Junior Red Cross, Instrumental Music Kenneth Phillips Not graduating La Vonia Phipps Not graduating Page Twenty-seven T!W ERS “Me and my car” Latina Socictas, Homemaking Club. Girl Reserves, Vocal Music, Office Assistant, Junior Red Cross, Thespians, Commercial Cook Honnie Pressgrove “Jean and I Homemaking Club, Vocal Music, Junior Red Cross June Proctor Not graduating L. B. PURDIN “Nelson Eddy the second Basketball. Vocal Music, Hi-Y, Tennis Vera Lee Ramsey “Huh! What did you say? Spanish Club, Instrumental Music, Homemak-ing Club, Office Assistant. Student Council, Junior Red Cross, Thespians Jimmie Sue Rector “Have you seen Stroud? Junior Red Cross Oleta Roberts “Me and my stories Latina Societas, Junior Red Cross Joan Robson “Have you ever been fishing? Vocal Music, Instrumental Music, Spanish Club, Smoke Signal Staff. Lati a Societas, Junior Red Cross, Thespians, War Service Committee Doris Rogers “I’ve got Gobs of love for the Navy Instrumental Music, Spanish Club, Auditorium Beard, Vocal Music, War Service Committee, Office Assistant. Smoke Signal Staff. Student Council, Junior Red Cross, Homemaking Club Erma Jean Ross “I want to live in Kiefer Spanish Club, Thespians, Vocal Music. Dramatics Roberta Jean Parker “I keep Newberry’s going Librarian, Office Assistant, Girl Reserves, Vocal Music, Instrumental Music Jack Rowland “I can’t keep track of her Football, Spanish Club, Track, S. O. S. Club Richard Ruhi. “Lost and found Art Club, Office Assistant Joe Rusk “Oh, those Sugar Blues Hi-Y, Instrumental Music, Tcll-a-Tale Club, Thespians Dorothy Rutledge It takes brains to ask questions” Junior Red Cross, Instrumental Music, Vocal Music, Debate Club Joan Seneker “Three’s a crowd Vocal Music, Auditorium Board. Spanish Club, Dramatics, Junior Red Cross. Yearbook Staff, Thespians. Office Assistant Bobby Scott t Not graduating Jennie Lou Shouse “Mrs. Bateman’s office Student Council, Spanish Club, Instrumental Music, Junior Red Cross Page Twenty-eight Glendoween Warren “I'm not i ashful, I just don’t want to say anything” Frances Simmermacher “Can’t go, I have a date Instrumental Music, Homemaking Club, Vocal Music, Junior Red Cress, Commercial Cook Charles Skidmore Not graduating Catherine Slaybaugh “Four feet eleven Junior Red Cross Eunice Smith “Can’t go, Marvin won’t let me Instrumental Music. Latina Socictas, Spanish Club, Debate Club, Smoke Signal Staff, Thespians, Vocal Music Kenneth Smith “Water Boy Football, Smoke Signal Staff Laura Snider “Typing is my specialty Vocal Music, Girl Reserves, Latina Socictas, Junior Red Cross Lillie Soloman “It doesn’t bother me Jean Steeples “Smile of beauty Office Assistant Dorothy Stowe “Stowe-way Vocal Music. Girl Reserves, Librarian Howell 'Fait Caught in the draft Football, Lettermen’s Club, Thespians, Yearbook Staff, Office Assistant, Vocal Music, Hi-Y, 4-H Club Stephen Terry Not graduating Mary Agnes Thompson “Meet you at the drug store Vocal Music. Girl Reserves, Librarian Wetzel Thompson “Noisy like an oyster Woodwork Club Dorothy Thrift “Sweet sixteen” Latina Socictas, Spanish Club, Vocal Music. Student Council. Junior Red Cross, Girl Reserves. War Service Committee, Thespians J immy VanLandingham I wonder if Gable ever gets jealous Thespians, Junior Red Cross Lowell Walker “Have you seen any stray dates? Basketball Dorothy Warner Not graduating Page Thirty Don McIntiri;, President Royce McDoucaL, Vice-President Martha Deer, Secretary Lillie Kelin, Treasurer Miss Rearick Sponsors ★ ★ Mr. Moorf. Class Director Mrs. Fegan Miss Phillips Mr. Heusel Page Thirty-one HETTY BRADSHAW HILLY BROOKS NINA BROWN COLLEEN CARR CHARLES CARSON LORENECHARLES BILLY CLARK BILLY CLINE HENRY COLE CAROL JEAN COTTON EDMOND COTTON NELLIE COX BILLY JEAN DAVIDSON JANICE DAVIS R. D. DAVIS DELORIA EDWARDS NELSON ESCUE TOM EVANS MAXINE FAUPELL WANDA FENSKA KATHERINE FITZGERALD ALFRED FLAN NIGAN EARL FOX LEONA LEE GANTZ DOROTHY GISH VIOLET GOOCH JACKIE GROOVER DOROTHY HANKS DONALD HANNA VONDA HARPER RICHARD HARTMAN JACK HAUGHT PAULINE HAY DAPHNE HENDERSON BERT HICKMAN M X HICKEY KATHRYN KILL HARRY HOHN LOUISE HOLDERBY KATHERINE HUBBARD JEANNETT SIMPSON BOBBY MAXINE JACKSON MILDRED JACKSON GLENN JAMESON CECIL JOHNSON DEWEY JOHNSON HELEN KIRKWOOD NORMA JEAN LAIDLEY CAROLYN LANDRITH ANN LANTZ URSULA LEDESMA CHARLES LINNET EULA MAE LOVETT EREEDA LOWERY JEAN LOWRY JULIA MAROUTSOS MARY JUNE MeMAHAN G ERA LI)INE M A YFIELD JACKIE MINER MARY FRANCES MOORE DICKIE MOULDER DORSEY Mt CLEARY ROBERT NATION ALYNNE NELSON VIRGINIA PATTON ALMEDA PIERCE DEWEY PHIPPS MARY POWERS CARL PRATER GEORGE PRITCHETT MARY JOE RABY FRANCES RITCHIE ARMILDA RISER PATTY LOUISE RIPLEY EUGENE ROBERTSON ROBERT RUSH ROSIE RUTH ELIZABETH SHIRLEY DOROTHY SIMPSON JOHNNY BILL SIMPSON BEN SMITH BILLY SMITH EULALAH SMITH CAROL SNIDER ARTHUR SOLOMON Page Thirty-three KENNETH STANLEY BOYD STINE BUCK PEGGY SWINDLE BOBBY TAIT PATSY TAYLOR VIRGIL TAYLOR JUNE TERRY LUCILLE THOMAS MARY MARGARET TREIB PAULINE YERTREES JOHN YON GONTEN DIMPLE WEST BETTY WHITE VIRGINIA WILLARD ETTA JEAN WILLIAMS KENDALL WILLIAMS BETTY JEAN WINN DEWEY PHIPPS FRANCES MOORE AMON YOUNG BILL BONHAM Page Thirty-four Sum a Ann Bowles, President Curt Edgerton, Vice-President Beryl Chapman, Secretary Ruth Crow, Treasurer Sponsors ★ ★ ★ Miss Whitson Mrs. McMichael Class Director Mrs. Hellewell Miss Stephens Miss Newman Page Thirty-five TOP SECTION FIRST ROW — Jonell Thompson, Marcella Crawford, Wanda Sherman, Anna May Ridenour, Jacqueline Cloud. Billie Putman, Wanda Joy Kitterman. Geraldine Courtney, Dorothy Linnet, Betty Ann Quinn, Syblc Davis, Lavada Gonvcr, Mary Morford, Arlinc Haught, Lorene Kitchen. SECOND ROW — Merle Scott, Betty Lou Davis. Novella Boyd, Jean Gantz, Jeanne Armstrong, Clara Baxcndalc, Betty Covington, Pauline Banks, Lola Dale, Dolores Adams. Betty Ann Coffey, Wancita Cooper, Glenda Patterson. THIRD ROW — Joe Land, Joe Jones, Billy Horn. LcRoy Slaybaugh. Jack Lunn. Ray Dillman, Robert McCormick, Bill Pettit. Gilbert Miller, Paul Cobbs, Carrie Ozmcnt. FOURTH ROW — Albert Scott, Travis Bclk, Vcrn Spiller, Eugene Pritchard, Jimmy Hagan, Billy Campbell, Kenneth Bristow. CENTER FIRST ROW Donia Burdick. Sara Mauch, Clara Mauch, Margaret Johnston, Mary Heath, Delma Davis, Beryl Chapman, James Cobbs, Catherine Hartman. Goldie Haney, Suma Ann Bowles, Betty Woodruff, Vernon Shock, John Brock. John AuSmus. SECOND ROW -- Wanda Morris, Gail Whitfield, Violet Daniel, Martha True, Mildred Berton, Betty Jo Smith, Bill Seyler, Betty Russell, Margaret Smith. Minnie French, Doris SECTION Casey, Gilbert Wood, Bobbie Baxter. THIRD ROW — Charles Terry, L. Ray Crawford, Ermond Smith, Charles Vcrtrccs. Eugene Bean, Jack Weaver, Howard Randolph, Roy Bodkins. Julia Grigsby, Margaret Hobens, Joella Carson. FOURTH ROW — Dorothy Young, Betty Wilcox, Wendell Evanson, Sammy Roach, Donald Adams, Kenneth Kincannon. Joe McRcynolds. BOTTOM FIRST ROW — Joan Dill, Phyllis Brackett, Carol Gaddy, Francis Dodson. Shirley Nevin, Wilma Nation. Billy Stone, Harry Greenberg, Gerald Smith, Jack Stack, Robert Suddath, Glenn Michael, V'enita Austin, Wanda Post. SECOND ROV ' — Dorothy Sandeffer, June Rose Fleming, Ruth Carter. Addic Lou Riddle, Dan Hayes, Bob Wright, Clyde Fosburg, Jack Williams, Ruth Reynolds, Doris Hibbard, Dorothy Ralls, Helen Fosburg. SECTION THIRD ROW Beverly Jones, Kathleen Tcehce, Ruth Crow, Betty Jane Eubanks, Virginia Mabry, Pat Dobson, Verla Harper, Wanda Lister, Jerry Zartaludcs, Leroy Canterbury, Mary Lou Myers, Betty Muchmore. FOURTH ROW’ — Betty Lou Crowder, Beatrice Dause, Flora Bell Stroud, Glenn Lowe, Raymond Cooper, Jack Miller, Jack Pierce, Jack McBride, Jack Lewallen, Jean Taylor, Maxine Ryker. Page Thirty-six Jimmy Babcock, President Cyr.il Miller, Vice-President Joan McKnight, Secretary Alma Lawrence, Treasurer Mrs. Bateman Miss Bobeck Class D'rector Sponsors ★ ★ ★ Mrs. Breitbnbecher Miss Reynolds Mrs. Manning Page Thirty-seven TOP SECTION FIRST ROW — Dorcene Lauber, Ima Jean Frazier, Vanessa Ponder, Rose Marie Moses, Kathryn Davenport, Patti June Fox, Alice DeShazo, Joan Snider. Joan Hill, Mary Edna Murray, Peggy Seay, Martha Horn, Geraldine Vertrees, Linda Wilmot. SECOND ROW Xel! Sidcbottom, Barbara Phillips, Marian Kitterman. Virginia Phipps. Joan Hayes, June Rogers. Marvinc Ray. 'cra Rogers, Delores Lear, Alice Ruby, Mary Jo Langmaid, Alice Stevens, Mildred English. Charlsic Pollock. CENTER FIRST ROW — Bob Martin, Cyril Miller, Harry Redding, Johnny Taylor, Benny Thompson, George Singer, Wayne Bays, Johnny Miles, Billy Drake, Gene Oakes, Robert IMayford, Richard Routh, Charles Ozment, Sam Naifeh. SECOND ROW - Russell Snow, Bobby Pressgrovc, Wayne Harper. Gene Hankins, Jimmy Blodgett, Sanford Whilchouse, Wendell Briggs, Cleo Bassham, Ethel Irene Ausmus, Darlene Riley. Joan Bean, Bobby Stowe. BOTTOM FIRST ROW — Dean Bray, Merle Ralls, Dan Criswell. Carl Martin, Gene Shcrrcr, Bruce Richardson, Jimmy Babcock, Robert Reed, Jack Link. Kenneth Nichols, James Carter, Yarcell Herrin, Billy Flannigan, Roy Lee Ament, Derwocd Grecson. SECOND ROW —Johnny Taylor, Patsy Ruth Miller, Iva Faye Gray, Ada Jean Kelly, Rosie Mac Marshall, Alma Lawrence, Joan McKnight, Juanita Fret . Phyllis Morris, Lou Carol Doudican, Wahllel Kuykendall, Mary Jane Collins, Blanche Hartman. Page Thirty-eight THIRD ROW — Stanton Adams, Ray Smith, Evelyn Bragg, Dorothea McYay, Margie Dickens. Billy McMahan, Peggy McGuire. Anna Belle Longwcll, Jeanetta McCrackin, Mildred Prater, Minnie Stevens. FOURTH ROW — Wilbur Clark, Vera Mae Gooch. Imogenc Vickers, LaVcrn McGrew. Lorenc Bilby, Elsie Stinebuck, Alan Miller, Clarence Denman, Pat McFarlin, Denver Grigsby. SECTION THIRD ROW — Wanda Blankenship, Lota Mae Smith, George Beck. Robert Cooper, H1 1 ridge Edward, Cl de Kelly, Melvin Wright, Elma June Harper, Alvin Penn. Dorothy Jo Asher, Wilienc Philya wo. FOL'RTH ROW — Joe McClymond, Mary Clements, Mary Jeane McClellan, Margaret Hartnett, Dorothy Ann Davis, Theresa Steichcn, Raymond Lance, Joe Collins. SECTION THIRD ROW — Helen Brown, Mary Lois Williams. Mary Sue Smith. Margaret Engles, Mary Zartaludes, Patricia McDougal. Doris Cowman, Maurine Johnson, Joan Lawson, Joyce Fowler. FOURTH ROW — Edna Jean Campbell, Gerald Rowland. Ruth Crawford. Wilma Bassham, Margaret Milham, Dorothy Charles. 1. Phillip Jones 2. Glenda Warren 3. Dorothy Thrit 4. Charles Ham 5. Mary Agnes Thompson 6. Bertie Overton 7. Teddy Olson Burdick 8. Cleo Olc on 9. era Lea Ramsey 10. Roberta Legg 1 1. Joan Seneker 12. Jennie Lou Shousc 13. Will a Mac Light foot 14. Pauline McDaniels 15. Edytha Billings 16. Kenneth Phillips 17. Jimmy Leachman I 8. Elsie Jo Myers 19. Charlene Bradley 20. Donnadcc Hayden Baxter 21. Murlc McPherson 22. Kennon Garvin 23. Del mar Bailey 24. Joan Deer 25. L. B. Purdin 26. Doris Rogers 27. Elaine Douvas 28. Dorothy Lawrence 29. Pauline Powers 30. Roy Langford 31. Jimmy Pacaud Page Thirty-nine 1. Jeanne Pennington 2. Dorothy Stowe 3. Joe Bias Page Forty 4. Joan Robson 5. Joan Kelly 6. Dorothy Rutledge 7. Betty Kemp 8. Patsy Patton 9. Dorothy Bartlett 111. Ida Mac Drake 13. Jo Ann Kcllar 11. Harriet Jo Greenberg 14. Jean Steeples 12. Joe Rusk 1. Earl J arker 2. John Andrews 3. Hobby Adkins 4. Virginia Marsh 5. Dale Wortman 6. Kenneth Smith 7. Kathryn Collins S. Hettie Lowry 9. Lois Gaddy 10. Virginia James 11. Virginia White 12. Louise Wright 13. Hetty Clements 14. Wilma Jackson 15. Howell Tait 16. Helen Bray 17. Sandy Moulder 18. Martha Hubbard 19. Glenn Bradley 20. Jack Rowland 21. Eunice Smith 22. John Hell Page Forty-one Page Forty-two Page Forty-three Page Forty-five ★ ★ ★ DALE WORTMAN and JOAN DEER Yearbook King and Queen Page Forty-six ★ ★ ★ JEANNE PENNINGTON War Savings Stamp and Bond Queen Page Forty-seven SAPULPA HIGH SCHOOL’S WAR EFFORT Every phase of the Sapulpa High School curriculum has undergone some re-adjustment this year. High school organizations have placed war work first and the following courses have been organized or revised to meet war demands: Pre-flight Aeronautics, Office Machines, Transcription, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Home Economics, Industrial Arts, and Social Studies. In order that the war efforts in the high school be well coordinated, a War Service Board was organized soon after school began in the fall. The board is composed of teachers from the various school departments and pupils from the various school organizations. The board itself has sponsored several projects, one of which was the sending of a Christmas card to every former student of Sapulpa High School who was in the armed services at that time. The members of the committee—teachers and students—comoiled a card file bearing the names and addresses of these persons and mailed them a card on which was a picture of the high school and a Christmas greeting. Approximately 350 cards were mailed to enlisted persons in the United States and overseas. Names and addresses are constantly being added to the card file, which the committee is attempting to keep up to date. The War Service Board also sponsored the Silk and Nylon drive in the high school and the Infantile Paralysis Fund drive. The members of the Speech classes aided in the latter drive by furnishing speakers who talked in each classroom. Enough silk and nylon stockings to fill two large cardboard boxes were brought in and $22.83 was collected for the Infantile Paralysis fund. The members of the Student Council have given recognition to former graduates of Sapulpa High School by having an honor roll constructed by the Trade and Industrial Arts class. The case, which contains the names and the branch of service of all graduates in the armed forces, has been installed in the front hall of the school. It is the purpose of the council to keep this honor roll complete as the war progresses. The Student Council also has charge of the sale of war stamps in the high school. In a special booth, paid for by the organization and the War Service Board, stamps are sold every school day during the lunch period. More than one thousand dollars worth of stamps had been sold by the middle of February. A survey early in February showed that the amount of war stamps and bonds owned by teachers and students in the high school exceeded $9,000. When the Junior Red Cross drive was conducted in November, approximately 400 students joined the organization. The total amount of money collected was $23.91. The girls of the Homemaking Club and the Homemaking classes have worked hand in hand with the Junior Red Cross. They have made card table covers, bedroom slippers, utility bags, and chair cushions which have been sent to camps in the United States. The living room of the homemaking department is being used by the local Red Cross chapter as the meeting place for classes in knitting and surgical dressing making for high school students. The Homemaking Club also sponsored a grease drive. The members collected over five pounds of grease which will be used to make explosives necessary for war. One of the Homemaking teachers is available to citizens for conferences on point rationing and to civic clubs as a speaker on the same subject. The Tin Can drive which began in December was sponsored by the Hi-Y organization. The boys gathered the cans from time to time and cleaned and smashed those that housewives had failed to get in the proper condition. By the middle of February one and three-(Continucd on Page 54) Page Forty-eight TOP ROW: Tom Grisham, coach; Daniel Hayes, Joe Land, Jackie Miner, Joe Bias, Roy Bodkins. DOWN: Bill Corgan, R. D. Davis. BOTTOM ROW: Stephen Terry, Leabron Walker, Jack Rowland, Albert Scott, Billy Stone Page Fifty MOP ROW: IIowcll Tait, Dale Wortman, co-captains. SECOND ROW: Joe Jones, Jack Lewis, Henry Tiger. M'HIRD ROW: Glenn Bradley, Johnnie Simpson, Pearman Herrin, Don Mclntire, Bob Wright, Teddy McDaniel. FOURTH ROW: Richard Kaiser, Trennie Lee, Charles Vertrees, Ermond Smith, Carl Boyd. Page Fifty-one FOOTBALL The day before Labor Day the Sa-pulpa Chieftains received their football suits and on Labor Day practice began with two sessions daily. Lettermen returning from the year before were Johnnie Simpson and Howell Tait, three-year lettermen; Dale Wortman, a two-year letterman; Joe Bias, Trennie Lee and R. D. Davis, one-year lettermen. Our first game was with Drumright who visited us and avenged their defeat of last year by three points. They had the edge 9-7 when the game was over. The following Friday the Chieftains journeyed to Muskogee to meet the Roughers. That was a very hard fought game and at the end the “Roughers” had won with a 7-0 score. The Chieftains met Sand Springs the following Friday and were beaten worse than thev had been for a long time. Sand Springs had a team that played as a unit and it really “clicked.” When the final whistle blew they had the Chieftains down 19-7. The following Friday night the team went to Tulsa to meet Daniel Webster and again was defeated 28-0. Henryetta came to visit the Chieftains the following Friday. The “Hens” were one of the best teams in the state but that night every Chieftain was really playing ball and they gave that good team the scare of their lives. At the end of the game the “Liens” were only one jump ahead by a score of 7-6. The next week saw another thriller, when our club met the Braves from Tulsa Central. Central has alwavs been an “old rival” and it does Sapulpa more good to beat them than any other team in the state. Central was sure of running over the Chieftains but when the final gun was fired the Braves gave a long sigh of relief, being ahead only one touchdown. One Tulsa player was heard to say—“We were lucky to get that ‘counter’.” The next week the boys played Rogers at Tulsa on a field covered with water and mud up to their necks. Sheets of rain that would have drowned an ordinary water fowl fell during the game. The Ropers, being the biggest ducks in the puddle, were able to swim to victory with a 25-6 final count. The following game was the annual Armistice Day game with Bristow’s Purple Pirates, who beat the Chieftains 26-0. This was the last game for Howell Tait who had been with the team five years, four of them on the regular squad. T'he next week Sapulpa played Bartlesville at home. Quarterback Joe Bias hurt his hip in the first quarter of play and was forced to leave the game. Dale Wortman then called signals with Simpson and Corgan carrying the ball. The other eight boys cleared the field for them to win an 18-6 victory for the Sapulpa Chieftains. For the last game of the season the Chietfains journeyed to Okmulgee on Thanksgiving Eve. With Joe Bias, ouarterback, again ready for action, the Chieftains put up a good fight, but lost the game 13-6. Page Fifty-two FIRST ROW: L. B. Purdin, Max Hickey, Bill Bowles, Don Mclntire, Bob Wright, Bill Bonham, Sammy Roach, Howard Randolph. SECOND ROW: Joe Bias, Royce McDougal, Lowell Walker, Charles Vertrees, Pat McFarlin, Carrol Parker, coach. BASKETBALL The basketball team had a hard time getting started this season. At the first of the season we had a great misfortune in the loss of Mr. Krueger, who had been coach here for three years. The team under his direction played the first game, which was with Tulsa Central. He left us and went to Northwestern High in Oklahoma City. Then the team practiced with Carroll Parker as an instructor, and later he was elected as coach for the remainder of the year. They spent long hours practicing after school and on Saturdays, for they knew that games are not won in one night. In previous years Sapulpa High School and the public have not recognized basketball as one of the outstanding sports, but lately it has been recognized as a major sport, well liked by all. Although the boys were small and lacked experience, they were a hard fighting team. The games were hard fought, but our team didn’t come out as successfully as they should have. L. B. Purdin was the outstanding player and was leading scorer on the Sapulpa team. This year we are losing four boys. They are: Lowell Walker, Joe Bias, Billy Bowles, and L. B. Purdin. But in spite of this, we have good prospects for a good team next year. Page Fifty-three SAPULPA HIGH SCHOOL’S WAR EFFORT (Continued from Page 48) quarters tons of cans had been turned in to the National Can Drive. Members of the Hi-Y also served as weighers and assisted at the city salvage yard during the Scrap Iron and Rubber drive. While the entire high school joined in the Scrap Iron and Rubber drive, much of the actual labor was performed by the Trades and Industrial Arts teacher and a group of boys from his classes. They manned a truck and hauled in large quantities of scrap. In all, the high school was responsible for adding 97,149 pounds of scrap to the nation’s total. The money received from the scrap was turned over to the War Service fund to further war work in the school. At the beginning of the school year a War Information center was established in the school library for the benefit of students, teachers, and townspeople. Here may be found pamphlets, books and articles on all phases and subjects of the war. The Victory Book Campaign was sponsored in the high school by the Library Club. Over 75 usable books were collected during the campaign period. In addition, the club made $62 by having a book review at night in the high school auditorium. All of this money was given to the national Victory Book Compaign to provide books for persons in service camps. In February the Yearbook Staff sponsored a Bond Queen contest, the winner to have her picture in the high school annual. Anyone could nominate the girl of his or her choice by purchasing fifty cents worth of war stamps at the Student Council booth. Then each penny invested in war stamps from the Student Council booth gave the buyer a vote to cast for his favorite candidate out of a field of twenty. A display in the trophy case in the front hall showed the progress of the candidates each day. Page Fifty-four Because of this contest considerable money was invested in war stamps. The high school assemblies have done much during the year to promote patriotism on the part of students and teachers and to make them conscious of the part they themselves can play in winning the war. On January 30, a variety show of Sa-pulpa High School talent under the direction of teachers in the music and dramatics departments was presented to about 500 soldiers in Recreation Center No. 1 at Camp Gruber, Muskogee. Thirty-two entertainers made the trip in a chartered bus under the sponsorship of the Sapulpa Service Center. Each teacher and student who made the trip paid his or her own expenses. The program was so well received that the group was asked to return for two additional programs at different recreation centers at the camp. The music department also cooperated with local civic organizations by furnishing several numbers for their home talent show given to stimulate the sale of war bonds and stamps. Students in the Woodwork classes have made ring boards, clamp boards, China checker boards, and lap boards for the use of men in the service. These same students have also participated in the model airplane project which provides model planes for men who are taking aviation training in the army. They have been joined in their work bv other students who have volunteered their services. Almost 100 British Spitfire models and 50 models of other types of planes have been completed or will be in the near future. Each week the Journalism department mails free over 100 copies of “The Smoke Signal,” the school paper, to former students who are now in the armed services. During the periods when people have registered for ration books, students in (Continued on Page 58) AMERICANISM I have a land. I am the joint owner of this land with some 130,000,000 other people. I possess this land in the name of the United States of America. I am indeed happy that 1 can claim this land. It means a lot to me. If I had a singing voice superior in tone, quality, and volume to any other in the world, I would use it singing “God Bless America,” “My Country ’Tis of Thee,” “The Star Spangled Banner,” and other songs like them till they took root all around the earth. If I had the gift of oratory superior to that of any other person in the world, I should cause all equipment of the world to respond to my command; then 1 would persuade all people to accept the principles of Americanism. If I had the ability to write the superior hook of all other books, one that would transform the world, I should write the principles of Americanism. If I were an artist and could paint the picture that would convert the world. I would paint the picture of Americanism. Why? Why should I sing Americanism? Had I the golden voice of all ages, why should I use it to sing the praises of Americanism? Why should I declaim Americanism? Had I the command of language, voice, and personality to persuade the world, why should 1 choose the theme— “Americanism”? Had I the ability to transform the world with the major book of the ages why should I expound the principles of Americanism? Had 1 the genius to convert the world with a single picture, why should 1 paint the picture of Americanism? I’ll tell why. I was born near a little town—Gentry—in Benton county, Arkansas. Mv parents were descendants of Scotch, Irish, English, French, Dutch, and Germans. In and around Gentry one could find people from Denmark, Poland, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Assyria, Spain, and Portugal. 1 did not have to leave Benton County to find people from China, Japan, Australia, and India. A family of Egyptians lived in Bentonville, the county seat. As a boy I do not remember that I felt any regret for the acquaintance of any of these people, not even “Akkie,” the Italian boy, who played with us as long as his father worked on the extra-gang for the Kansas City Southern railroad. When the Dagoes, as we called them, were moved to another location we corresponded with him for several months. I think now that I must have had no other consideration than that these people were Americans. Their names were—Charley, John, Bill, Bob, Henry, Tom, Dick, and Harry, for the boys; Mary, Annie, Grace, Irene, Thelma, Elma, Dorothy, Ethel, and Elizabeth, for the girls. These names gave me no suggestion of aliens or foreigners. In fact they were not. They were Americans who like my father’s and mother’s people had braved the seas and frontiers to become a part of this 130,000,000 people—this America, this land of mine. From this mixture of European, Asiatic, and African people there has developed the genuine American whose traditions, customs, ideals, education, training, and habits have resulted in Americanism. This Americanism is saturated with the best virtues to be found in any civilization. Think of the origin of our freedoms. I speak of the freedoms outlined in the Constitution of the United States. Documents in history which show a consistent development of the rights and privileges of individuals happen to be English. Up to this present time no other record of any great significance still stands in the development of individual rights and privileges. In 1215 the Barons of England wrested from old King John the Magna Carta, in 1628 the Parliament of England forced Charles 1 to grant to the people the Petition of Right, and in 1689 William and Marv granted the Bill of Rights. These three documents form the basis of English constitutional history. Students of these documents with the aid of colonial charters and a hoard of frontier experiences were able to compose two of the world’s most famous statutes of liberty. The Declaration of Independence came because men of America had inherited and inculcated the best that blood, training and experience could give. “We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these rights are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” These words written by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence did not come by accident or through spontaneous action They were the result of a long train of events, conflicts, and righteous living. Likewise the Constitution of the United States did not just happen. It was drawn up by able and widely-read scholars, students of history; and, profiting by the mistakes of others, they selected the great workable principles of government from the beginning of written history to their own times and incorporated them into that simple and concise document. The great English statesman, Gladstone, who was the greatest influence in the life of England in his age, made this famous statement: “The American Constitution is the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of man.” When one knows the fundamental principles of government developed in the Magna Carta (1215), the Mayflower Compact (1620). The Fundamental Orders of Connecticutt (1639), the New England Confederation (1643), the English Bill of Rights (1689), the Declaration of Independence (1776), and the Articles of Confederation (1777), it is quite clear that the framers of the Constitution drew their inspira- Page Fifty-five tion from the history of their own time, from the experience of themselves, their fathers in America and in England, and from their reading of the political theorists. Such wholesome and fair principles as: freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of the press, the right of trial by jury of one’s peers, the right of the writ of habeas corpus, the right of security in houses, papers, and property and the freedom from excessive bail and imprisonment are sufficient evidence that the American Constitution was established for the people and by the people. In view of the fact that Americanism has been developed from the greatest document in history and the best culture, traditions, customs, and habits of the peoples of the world, I believe I am amply justified in singing, declaiming, writing, and painting its praises. Where else in the world can one find the essence of the best in each of the following: (developed without prejudice and the utmost tolerance) Greek and Roman literature, law, art, and architecture; French and German science and culture, Italian music, Russian and Slovakian folk lore, Chinese and Hindu behaviorisms, Indian benevolence, Japanese loyalty, Negro spirituality, Jewish frugality, Spanish romance, and the English language? When the best principles of the world are united with descendants of the best people in the world, the result should be the best civilization in the world. Put this civilization in a land of bounteous wealth and unlimited resources with just enough resistance to produce, fight, work, and initiate, the result will inevitably be unequaled and unparalleled. This land is America, this civilization is Americanism. In the development of this Americanism I am very proud of some especially outstanding exhibitions of courage, initiative, and integrity upon which it has grown and progressed. During the perilous times of moulding the minds of the colonists into action for their rights as subjects of England, Patrick Henry exhibited unusual oratory and unquestionable courage when he said in that great speech before the Virginia Assembly, “Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace!—but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the North will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren arc already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!” Surely that was Americanism. Upon that spirit Americanism has been built and upon that spirit Americanism will live. Another demonstration of this same spirit is that of the young American officer who, dressed as a school teacher, entered the enemy lines, and secured vital information for his forces; then unfortunately was apprehended, convicted as a spy, and condemned to the gallows. When asked if he had any message to send, Nathan Hale said, “1 regret that I have only one life to give for my country.” Surely, this is Americanism. Not so many years after the founding of the United States under the Constitution, C. C. Pinckney was confronted with a proposition of fraud and tribute by a foreign country. Very courageously he gave an unquestionable reply. “We have millions for defense but not one cent for tribute.” This is the Americanism of which I speak. It is that invisible surety of decision and action which lives for freedom and when necessary dies for freedom. Christ gave it to the world in these words, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.” Mark 12:30, 31. In this land of mine, this America, I am privileged to observe these great commandments. There must be an unparalled and supreme significance in this fact. I cannot escape it. It thrills me through and through. It is a heritage of which any man should be proud. The Barons in 1215 conceived it when they wrote, “We will sell to no man, we will not deny to any man, either justice or right.” Our American forefathers established it here for themselves and for us when they secured independence for the United States of America. Abraham Lincoln preserved it in simple and eternal language when he said: “Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But in a larger sense wrc cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note nor long remember, what we say here; but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us, the living, rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion; that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the earth.” Page Fifty-six This heritage, this Americanism, this precious development of the American people which we must now defend—it not material. You cannot see it, you cannot taste it; vet you know it when you meet it. It is not Liberty Bell that rang out. It is not Concord Bridge which stood up. It is not Old North Church which sheltered the heroes. Rather it is what Liberty Bell rang out to proclaim; it is what was defended and fought for at Lexington and Concord; it is the beam of light that shone upon Paul Revere and through him inflamed a whole nation. Every American must come to understand this heritage, love this heritage, and defend this heritage with his iife, his fortune and his sacred honor. Sir Walter Scott must have had a vision of this land, because he put into poetry an almost perfect description of Americanism. It is familiar to everyone but always worth quoting. “Breathes there the man with soul so dead Who never to himself hath said: ‘This is my own, my native land’? Whose heart hath ne’er within him burned. As home his footsteps he hath turned. From wandering on a foreign strand? If such there breathe, go mark him well; For him no minstrel raptures swell; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim. Despite those titles power and pelf, 'The wretch concentered all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down, To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung.” Francis Scott Key has given us a vision of the symbol of Americanism. In what was to him a most perilous situation, a condition that would wreck the hope of any man whose faith was not grounded in the God of righteousness, he envisioned the freedom upon which Old Glory floats. Here are his words—they have become our national anthem: “Oh! Say, can you sec, by the dawn’s early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro’ the perilous fight, O’er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air, (Live proof thro’ the night that our flag was still there. Oh! Say docs that star-spangled banner still wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?” When the fog of battle has cleared away and the din of tumultuous bombs and cannon has subsided, will there remain the ramparts of Americanism floated over by the symbol of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness? I am very much aware that certan dangers will be lurking in the alcoves of isms which have invaded the ramparts of democracy. Against these we must be fortified. History reveals them clearly and distinctly. The rise of Greek culture was stopped by non-unity and greed for power. Roman ascension to domination of a civilized world was overcome when Rome was sacked by the Gauls, having been made possible by the selfish greed of the Caesars and the Triumvirs. France has fallen twice, each time the victim of unrighteous connivances. The progress of two German Reichs has been suppressed through a misguided and misconceived idea of a superior race, and the third Reich might profit by their example I am tremendously concerned lest we forget these isms. Governments cannot be perpetuated by curtailing the source of its power—the people. Prosperity cannot be made by discouraging thrift. Small men cannot be made large by destroying big men. Poor people cannot be helped by the destruction of wealth. The wage earner cannot be lifted up by pulling down the wage payer. Security cannot be had bv overspending the income. Unity cannot be built by inciting class hatred. Tolerance cannot be inculcated by practicing intolerance. Character cannot be established by doing for men what they should do for themselves. In my estimation it behooves every American, both great and small, to study well the fortifications of Americanism; then when the decisions come—and come they must—raise the banner high o’er the ramparts, and defend them as sternly as they are just. Then we can say again with Abraham Lincoln, “That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the earth.” It may be assumed by this time that Americanism is my religion. God forbid! My religion is Christianity. My God is Jehovah. My hope of eternity is Christ Jesus. But mv creed is Americanism. I know it isn’t perfect; but it comes closer to being so than any other creed in the world. That’s why I love it. That’s why I would sing it, speak it, write it, and paint it. I repeat, 1 sing to this America, this land of mine. What American is not thrilled by these words? “My country ’tis of thee. Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing: Land where my fathers died. Land of the pilgrim’s pride. From every mountain side Let freedom ring!” “Let music swell the breeze, And ring from all the trees Sweet freedom’s song: Let mortal tongues awake; Let all that breathe partake. Let rocks their silence break, The sound prolong.” Page Fifty-seven “My native country, thee, Land of the noble, free, Thy name I love: I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills; My heart with rapture thrills Like that above.” And lastly, if I were able to inculcate one practice into the daily life of every American at home and on the battle front it would be this one “prayer —prayer for the divine power to drive us onward in the freedom that has been handed down to us. I pray for this land of mine, this America. “Our father’s God! To Thee, Author of liberty, To Thee we pray: Long may our land be bright With freedom’s holy light; Protect us by thy might, Great God, our King!” —J. B. Moore ★ ★★★★★ -A SAPULPA HIGH SCHOOL’S WAR EFFORT (Continued from Page 54) the Commercial department have given valuable assistance to the teachers. Students in the English classes have written slogans and have made posters for drives promoted by different organizations of the school. The department is also assisting in an Americanism essay contest sponsored by a local civic organization. The high school houses and assists in sponsoring a VE-ND Aircraft Sheet- metal School, where people are trained for jobs in war plants. Four hundred and seventy-five students have completed the course and 92 per cent of these men and women have been placed in immediate employment. At the beginning of the second semester the course was opened to girls who are seniors in high school. Sixteen senior girls are now enrolled in the course. Thus Sapulpa High Schol goes about its business of helping to win the war. ★ ★ ★ AUDITORIUM BOARD FIRST ROW — Patsy Jean Taylor, Doris Rogers, Miss Newman, Miss Stevens, Dorothy Bartlett, Joan Seneker, Theresa Steichen, Joe McReynolds, Joe McCljmond. SECOND ROW - Mrs. Carter, Mrs. Manning, Miss Rearick, Mr. Moore. Mr. Ransbarger, Harry Holm, Mr. Davis. THIRD ROW — Beryl Chapman, Ruth Crow, Pearman Herrin, Glenn Bradley, V. ilma Jackson, Don Mclhtire. WAR SERVICE COMMITTEE FIRST ROW — Doris Rogers, Edytha Billings, Mrs. Fcgan, Dorothy Bartlett, Don Mclntire, Joan Robson, Joan Kelly, Suma Ann Bowles, Mrs. Brcitcnbecher. SECOND ROW— Mrs. Hcllcwcll, Martha Hubbard, Mrs. Bateman, Dorothy Thrift, Miss Rearick, Glenn Bradley, Mr. Hcuscl. THIRD ROW—Jimmy Leachman, Mr. Moore, Mr. Ransbarger. Murle McPherson, Mr, Davis. STUDENT COUNCIL FIRST ROW -Dan Criswell, Harriet Jo Greenberg, Billy Smith, Martha Deer, Anita Blodgett, Margaret Hobens, Marian Kitterman. SECOND ROW - Jean Armstrong, Peggy Seay, Ruth Reynolds, Vera Lee Ramsey, Gene Oakes, Dorothy Bartlett, Mildred Jackson. THIRD ROW — Glenn Bradley, Mrs. Bateman, Jimmy Leachman, Bob Martin. Page Sixty LATINA I-1 RSI ROW — Patsy Patton, Daphne Henderson, Eunice Smith. Joan Robson, Elaine Douvas, Eula Mac Lovett, Jeanne Pennington, Jean Kelly. Pauline Powers, Jeanne Atchley. SECOND ROW - Wilma Jackson, Dorothy Thrift, Martha Hubbard. Dorothy Bartlett, Roberta Legg. Dorothy Brandon. Betty Baxter, Geraldine Mayfield, Mary June Marshall, Nina Brown. SPANISH hlRSI ROW — Patsy Patton, Wanda Penska, Bill Bonham, Betty Woodruff, Suina Ann Bowles, Virginia James, Bill Bowling, Wilma Jackson, Elaine Douvas, Betty Wilcox, Mildred Berton, Dorothy Young, Doris Rogers. SECOND ROW — Jeanne Pennington, Mrs. Carter, Mary Jo Rabv, Joan Kelly, Betty Ann Daniel, Gail Whitfield, Ruth Crow. Violet Daniel, Martha Ann True, Elsie Jo Myers, Erma Jean Ross, Robert Burke, Jackie Miner. SOCIETAS THIRD ROW — Oleta Roberts, Dewey Johnson, Carol Snider, Laura Snider, Dorothy Simpson, Elizabeth Shirley, Betty Winn, Kathrxn Fitzgerald, Bobby Jackson, Janice Davis. FOURTH ROW — Dickey Moulder. Mildred Jackson, Carolyn Landrith, Betty Jane White. Helen McClymond, Sandy Moulder, Glenn Bradley, Virginia Marsh. Jean Lovett. CLUB THIRD ROW — Kathryn Collins, Joan Seneker, Alma Jean King, Joan Deer, Dorothy Lawrence, Vera Lee Ramsey, Frances Dohsen, Edwin Daniel, Charlene Bradley, Jennie Lou Shouse, Edytha Billings, Harriet Jo Greenberg, Johnny vonGonten. FOURTH ROW — Joan Rrbson, Cleo Oleson. Betty Baxter, Dorothy Brandon, Wanda Lister. Jimmy Leachman. Vi-ginia Marsh, Dorothy Thrift, Martha Hubbard, Billy Bowles, Ro; cc McDougal, Joe Bill Petteway. COMMERCIAL COOKS I.. I RSI ROW — Cleo Oleson, Pauline McDaniel, Bonnie Hodges, Dorothy Bilby, Jacqueline Logan, Frances Simmermacher, Pauline Powers. Page Sixty-one THESPIANS FIRST ROW — Erma Jean Ross, Harriet Greenberg, Dorothy Lawrence, Patsy Patton, Joan Kelly, Wilma Jackson, Pauline Powers, Jeanne Pennington. SECOND ROW — Hobby Adkins, Edytha Hillings, Dorothy Hartlelt, Virginia Marsh, Robert McGouldrick, Edwin Daniel. Donnadee Baxter, Hetty Clements, Charlene Bradley, Eunice Smith. THIRD ROW — Clyde Hanna, Martha Hubbard, Joan Robson, Howell Tait, Roy Langford, Jimmy VanLandingham. Jimmy Lcachman, Miss Stephens. OFFICE ASSISTANTS FIRST ROW — Doris Rogers. lidytha Hillings, Jennie Lou Shousc, Charlene Bradley, Mildred Jackson. Hilly Smith, Hetty Smith, Norma Jean Laidly, liulalah Smith, irginia Willard. Kathryn Collins. SECOND ROW Mavo Curtis, Leona Bassham, Betty Jo HI FIRST ROW - Carl Martin. Johnny vonGonten. Bert Hickman, Dicky Moulder, Edwin Daniel, Robert Burke, Charles Terry, Curt Edgerton. Robert Reed, Harry Redding. SECOND ROW — Junior Townsend. Roy Langford, Glenn Bradley, Marvin Avra, Jimmy Pacaud, Sandy Moulder, Leroy Brim, Kenneth Phillips, II. P. Bowles, Bobby Tait, L. B. Purdin. Crowder, Roy Lee Bodkins, Betty Ann Quinn, Virginia Marsh, Helen McClymond, Jean Lowry, Bettie Lowry, Joan Deer, Martha Faye Deer. Harry Holm. THIRD ROW Alma Jean King, Pauline Powers, Dorothy Lawrence, Carolyn Landrith, Bertie Overton, Vera Lee Ramsey, Jeanne Pennington, Joan Kelly. Y THIRD ROW — Richard Routh. Robert Play ford. Gene Oakes, Nelson Escue, Jack Lcwellyu, Hilly Bowles, Max Hickey, Kendall Williams, Bill Roofe. FOURTH ROW — Mr. Davis, jack Miner, Johnny Simpson, Mr. Moore, Harry Holm, Howell Tait, Lcabron Walker Page Sixty-two STAGECRAFT FIRST ROW — Glenn Jameson, Janies Cobbs, Jack Lew alien, Pcarman Herrin, Charles Linnet. PRINTERS CLUB FIRST ROW — Charlie Robertson, Ret tic Lowry, Phil lip Jcncs, George Pritchett, Jack H aught. Dale Thrasher. SECOND ROW — Mr. Davis, Virginia Marsh, Murle McPherson, Lcabrcn Walker, Harry Crum, Earl Fox. WOODWORK CLUB FIRST ROW — Charlie Robertson, Archie Scchrest, Robert Nation. Jackie Groover, Rill Cline, Jim Clem, Charles Ham, Dale Wortman. SECOND ROW' — Mr. Hcuscl, Donald I'anna, Tcm Evans, Hilly Clark, J. D. Moore, Stephen Terry, Paul Brown, Charles Skidmore. Page Sixty-three FRESHMAN TRIPLE TRIO FIRST ROW Phyllis Jean Morris, Kathryn Davenport, Patricia McDougal. Lou Carol Doudican. Marian Kitterman, Rosie Mae Marshall, Joan McKnight, Rose Marie Moses, Dorothea MeVay. LIBRARIANS FIRST ROW — Clara Mauch, Sara Mauch, Margaret Jrhnstcn, Marcella Crawford, Betty Lou Davis, Shirley Nevin, Garnetta Bell, Carol Snider, Deletes Adams. SECOND ROW — Dorothy Stowe, Jean Armstrong. Wanda Sherman, Lilly Joe Corgan, Jimmy Leachman, Daphne Henderson. Donnia Burdick. Paul Cobbs, John Brock. SMOKE SIGNAL STAFF FIRST ROW — Helen Bray, Dorothy Bartlett, Ella Patty, Eula Mac Lovett, Joan Robson, Elaine Douvas, Eunice Smith, Trcnnic Lee. SECOND ROW — Miss Rearick, Jimmy Clem, Dale Wortman. Billy Cline, Glenn Bradley, Marvin Avra, Joe Bias, Bob Lauber. Page Sixty-four HOME ECONOMICS CLUB HRS I ROW — Margaret Hartnett, Jacqueline Cloud, Elma Armstrong, Virginia Marsh, Vera Lee Ramsey, Geraldine June Harper, Suma Ann Howies. Joan Kelly, Harriet Greenberg, Mayfield, Irene Arnold, Shirley Nevin, Alice DeShazo. Doris Rogers. THIRD ROW — Miss Newman, Donnia Burdick, Colleen Carr, SECOND ROW — Armilda Riser, Hilly Ruth Putman, Jean Virginia James, Jean Gantz, Patty Ripley, Margaret Milham. JUNIOR GIRL RESERVES HRS I ROW —Maurine Johnson, Patricia McDougal. Wahllcl SECOND ROW’ — Jean Lawson. Juanita Fretz, Joan Snider. Kuykendall, Mary Jane Collins, Delores Lear, Alice Raby, Helen Carol Snider, Mary Clements, Ethel Irene Ausmus. Oakes. SENIOR GIRL RESERVES FIRST ROW — Carol Gaddy, Dorothy Gish, Kathryn Collins. Bcttic Lowry, Elsie Jo Meyers, Charlene Bradley, Wahllcl Kuykendall, Delores Lear. Alice Raby, Helen Oakes, Kathryn Hill, Etta Jean Williams, Janice Davis. SECOND ROW — L' o a Gantz, Mary Clements, Joan Kellar, Virginia James, Ed;, tba Billings, Dorothy Bartlett, Donnia Burdick. Suma Ann Bowles, Joan Kelly, Armilda Riser, Carol Snider, Dorothy Young, Viola Ann Lautz. THIRD ROW — Mary Louise Alexander. Ethel Irene Ausmus, Daphne Henderson. Helen McClymond. Donadee Hayden, Virginia Marsh, Dorothy Thrift, I.aura Snider, Betty Baxter, Page Sixty-five Dorothy Brandon, Delores Adams, Pauline Powers. Mary Jo Raby. FOURTH ROW —Jeanne Atchley, Mary June Marshall. June Terry. Adeline McMillan, Dorothy Simpson, Bobby Maxine Jackson, Betty Jane White, Carolyn Landrith. Mildred Jackson, Kathryn Fitzgerald, Kathryn Hartman, Dorothy Hanks. FIFTH ROW — Delores Edwards. Jean VanLandingham, Wanda Morris, Gail Whitfield. Violet Daniel, Martha Ann True, Mildred Berton, Betty Winn. June Rose Fleming, Shirley Nevin, Elizabeth Shirley. SENIOR GIRLS TRIO Hetty Daniel, Kiln Patty, Joan Scnckcr. n FRESHMAN GLEE CLUB FIRST ROW — Vanessa Ponder. Rose Marie Moses, Patti June Fox. Doreene Lauhcr. Barbara Phillips. Margaret Hartnett, Phyllis Morris, Lou Carol Doudican, Dcloris Lear, Walillcl Kuykendall, Patricia McDougal, Joan Lawson, Juanita Fretz, Mary Jane Collins. SECOND ROW — Peggy Seay, Theresa Steichen, Katherine Davenport, Alice Raby, Virginia Phipps, Joan Bean, Mary Jo Langmaid. Joan McKnight, Alma Lawrence, Rosie Mac Marshall, Nadine O’Dell, Cleo Bassham, Marvine Ray, Maurine Johnson. THIRD ROW — Helen Oakes. Mary Lois Williams, Dorothea McVay. Evelyn Bragg, Mary Xartaludes, Doris Cowman, Wilmoth Brock, Allynne Nelson, Alice DcShazo, Mary Clements. A CAPPELLA CHOIR HRS I ROW — Patsy Jean Taylor, Colleen Phillips, Dorothy Sandeffer, Carol Jean Cotton. Nellie Cox, Joan Seneker, Betty Ann Daniel, Ella Patty, Betty Jane White, Jeanne Atchley. SECOND ROW — Marian Rusk, Violet Daniel, Dorothy Young, June 'Ferry, Vonda Harper, Dorothy Simpson, Mary June Marshall, Adeline MacMillan, Bobbie Maxine Jackson, Patty Louise Ripley. Venita Austin. THIRD ROW — Carolyn Landrith, Helen McClymond, Mildred Berton, Martha True. Ruth Crow, Bettv Wilcox, Helen Ruth Fosburg, Laura Snider, Wilma Nation, Phyllis Brackett, Beryl Chapman, Kathryn Hartman. FOURTH ROW — Bert Hickman, Robert Burke, Paul Ray Andrews. Joan Robson. Nelson Escue, Roy Langford, Clyde Hanna, Edwin Daniel, Boh McGouldrick. Page Sixtv-six SENIOR MOTHERS CLUB FIRST ROW — Mrs. Powers, Mrs. Slaybaugh, Mrs. Greenberg, Mrs. Davenport. Mrs. Kemp, Mrs. Rogers, Mrs. Hillings, Mrs. Burdick. SECOND ROW — Mrs. McDaniel, Mrs. Phillips. Mrs. Tait, Mrs. Hubbard, Mrs. Ruhl, Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Wortman, Mrs. Terry, Mrs. Phillips, Mrs. McPherson. THIRD ROW — Mrs. Lawrence, Mrs. Collins, Mrs. Daniel, Mrs. Rector, Mrs. Overton, Mrs. Ham, Mrs. Hayden, Mrs. Baxter, Mrs. Corgan. FOURTH ROW — Mrs. Deer, Mrs. Ramsey, Mrs. Bradley. JUNIOR MOTHERS CLUB FIRST ROW — Mrs. Bowles, Mrs. Mclntire, Mrs. Kldridge, Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Robertson. SECOND ROW' — Mrs. Hickman, Mrs. Andrews, Mrs. Deer, Mrs. Riser, Mrs. Treib. THIRD ROW — Mrs. Henderson, Mrs. Mayfield, Mrs. Jackson, Mrs. Brooks, Mrs. Hill. BAND MOTHERS FIRST ROW — Mr. White, Mrs. Wagner, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Rusk. Mrs. Greenberg, Mrs. Faupell, Mrs. Edgerton, Mrs. Ramsey, Mrs. Fret ,, Mrs. Lcachman. SECOND ROW — Mrs. Shcrrer, Mrs. Collins, Mrs. Lawrence, Mrs. Kemp, Mrs.Holtzclaw, Mrs. Shock, Mrs. Hickman, Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Martin. Page Sixty-seven BAND FIRST ROW Mr. White, Doris Regers. Ain a Lawrence, Colleen Phillips, Ruth Crow. Mary Lois Williams. Doris Hibbard, Sophia Maroutsos, Martha True, Jeanne Atchlcv, Maxine Faupcl, Jeanne Pennington, Jeanette Hugo, Jennie Lou Shousc, Roy Langford. SECOND ROW — Eugene Reynolds. Robert Playford, Patricia McDougal, Betty Kemp, Harry Greenberg, Violet Daniel, Juanita Fret , Mary Zartaludcs, Curt Edgcrton, Richard Routh. THIRD ROW — Carol Jean Cotton, Alice DeShazo, Judy Maroutsrs, Wahllcl Kuykendall, Lou Carol Doudican, Glenn Southard. Jimmy Leachman, Dcnnadec Hayden, Betty Clements, Lillie Kelin, Dorothy Lawrence, June Rose Fleming, Eunice Smith. FOl’RTH ROW Rosie Mac Marshall, Jeanette Crawford, Peggy Swindle, Sara Mauch, Clara Mauch, Phyllis Brackett, Venita Austin. Elma June Harper, Vera Lee Ramsey, Dorothy Hanks. Almeda Pearce, Ruth Reynolds, Marian Kittcrnian. FIFTH ROW — Jack Link, Edwin Daricl, Gene Oakes. Martha Deer. Joan McKnight, Gene Slierrer, Dean Bray, Vernon Shock. SIXTH ROW —Jimmy Pacaud, Henry Cole, Edwin Cotton, Nellie Cox, Billy Bowles, Robert Reed, Jack Pierce, Benny Thompson, Carl Martin, Bob Martin. Bert Hickman, Bob Tait, Clyde Hanna. DRUM CORPS FIRST ROW — Mr. White, Wanda Morris, Joan VanLandingham, Phyllis Jean Morris, Joan Robson. SECOND ROW — Mary Langmaid, Virginia Davenport, Eulalah Smith. Patti Fox, Harriet Jo Greenberg, Joan Lawson, Dorothy Gish. THIRD ROW' — Mary Jane Collins, Bertie Overton, Patty Louise Ripley, Syblc Davis, Anita Blodgett, Virginia James, Virginia Patton. Page Sixty-eight ★ ★ THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER O say! can you see, by the dawn’s early light, What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro’ the perilous fight, O’er the ramparts we watch’d, were so gallantly streaming? And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof thro’ the night that our flag was still there. O, say, does that Star-spangled Banner yet wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave? On the shore, dimly seen thro’ the mists of the deep, Where the foe’s haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o’er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam, In full glory reflected now shines on the stream; ’Tis the Star-Spangled Banner, Oh, long may it wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave. Oh, thus be it ever when free men shall stand Between their loved homes and the war’s desolation; Blest with vict’ry and peace, may the heav’n-rescued land Praise the Pow’r that hath made and preserved us a nation! Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto: “In God is our trust!” And the Star-spangled Banner in triumph shall wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave! ★ ★★★★★★ ★ Page Seventy SHIRT SLEEVES” YEARBOOK PLAY CAST FIRST ROW— Pauline Powers, Erma Jean Ross, Edytha Billings, Dorothy Bartlett, Joan Robson, Jeanne Pennington, Joan Kelly, Charlene Bradley, Dorothy Lawrence. SECOND ROW— Miss Stevens, Edwin Daniel, Howell Tait, Roy Langford, Clyde Hanna, Martha Hubbard, Sandy Moulder, Jimmy Leachman. Page Seventy-one DON’T KEEP HIM WAITING” SENIOR PLAY CAST FIRST ROW — Colleen Phillips, Joan Deer, Joan Kelly, Wilma Jackson. SECOND ROW — Joan Seneker, Clyde Hanna, Miss Stephens, Jo Ann Kellar. NOT IN PICTURE — Jim VanLandingham, Pauline Powers, Edwin Daniel, Bobby McGouldrick, Robert Burke, Roy Langford. JUNIOR PLAY CAST FIRST ROW — Daphne Henderson, Mildred Jackson, Vonda June Harper, Jeanne Atchley, Pat Carson. SECOND ROW — Jackie Miner, Miss Stephens, Mary June Marshall, Geraldine Mayfield, R. D. Davis, Don Mclntire. NOT IN PICTURE — Louise Boaz, Nelson Escue. Page Seventy-two SOPHOMORE SALUTE” CAST FIRST ROW — John Ausmus, Dorothy Sandeffer, Judy Grigsby, Vernon Shock, Betty Ann Quinn, Syble Davis, Jeanne Armstrong, Marian Rusk, Delma Davis, Joan Dill. SECOND ROW — Betty Smith, Joan VanLanding-ham, June Rose Fleming, Dorothy Young, Violet Daniel, Betty Wilcox, Mildred Burton, Martha True, Ruth Crow, Jo Ella Carson, Margaret Hobens, Kathryn Hartman, Doris Hibbard. TF11RD ROW — Elrose Kyser, Beryl Chapman. Betty Lou Davis, Ruth Reynolds, Helen Fosburg, Betty Woodruff, Helen Dose, Phyllis Brackett. Clara Mauch, Sara Mauch, Margaret Johnston, Carol Gaddy. FOURTH ROW — Harry Greenberg, Glenn Michael, Rov Lee Bodkins, Bob Eshelman, Wendell Evanson, Bob Wright, Charles Terry, Joe Jones. “AROUND THE CALENDAR WITH THE FRESHMEN” CAST FIRST ROW — Jack Morgan, Mary Jo Wortman, Marian Kitterman, Delores Lear, Joan Bean, Rose Marie Moses, Mary Clements, Virginia Phipps, Joan Snider, Alice DeShazo, Anna Belle Langwell, Ethel Irene Ausmus, Helen Oakes, Phyllis Morris. SECOND ROW — Dean Bray, Stanton Adams, Mary Jo Langmaid, Wahllel Kuykendall, Iva Faye Gray, Margie Dickens, Wilma Bassham, Cleo Bassham, Marvine Ray, Barbara Phillips, Doreenc Lauber, Patricia McDougal, Juanita Fretz, Mary Jane Collins, Katherine Davenport. THIRD ROW — Harold Jeter, Sam Naifeh, Joanne Lawson, Johnnie Taylor, Carl Martin, Bob Martin, Harry Redding, Jimmy Babcock, Jack Link, Mary Edna Murray, Maurine Johnson, Alma Lawrence, Lou Carol Doudican, Blanche Hartman. FOURTH ROW —• Alice Raby, Darlene Enochs, Elma June Harper, Theresa Steichen, Helen Brown, Vanessa Ponder, Dorothea McVey, Patti June F'ox, M arv Zartaludes, Doris Cowman, Richard Routh, Bob Reed, Denver Grigsby, Johnny Miles, George Singer. FIFTH ROW — Rosie Mae Marshall, Marv Sue Smith, Gene Oakes, Robert Playford, Gene Sherrer, James Carter, Ben Thompson, Bob Henry'. Page Seventy-three CHRISTMAS ASSEMBLY T he Christmas program was given on December 23, 1942. A playlet was presented with music supplied by the a cappella choir. The student chairman tor the morning was Edwin Daniel, and devotional leader was Dorothy Thrift. PAN-AMERICAN ASSEMBLY (No Picture) The Pan-American assembly, given on April 9, 1943, was presented by the Spanish department. The skit was entitled “Know Your Neighbor.” The student chairman was Dorothy Thrift and the devotional leader was Joe Bill Petteway. Page Seventy-four ARMISTICE ASSEMBLY On November 11, 1942, a patriotic program entitled “The Cavalcade of Freedom” was presented, with a special tribute to the U. S. Marines. The student chairman was Eunice Smith, and Charlene Bradley was devotional leader. Special musical effects were supplied by the a cappella choir. THANKSGIVING ASSEMBLY On November 25, 1942, special Thanksgiving numbers were presented by the High School A Cappella Choir under the direction of Mrs. Gertrude McMichael. An address was given by Rev. W. E. White of the First Baptist Church. The student chairman was Joan Robson, and the devotionals were led by Bob McGouldrick. Page Seventy-five THE SAPULPAN STAFF FIRST ROW — Harriet Jo Greenberg, Patsy Patton, Bettie Lowry, Joan Deer, Joan Senekcr, Wilma Jackson, Virginia Marsh, secretary and typist. SECOND ROW— Mr. Davis, Robert Burke, Edwin Daniel. Murle McPherson, ed to ; Jimmy Lcachman, Phillip Jones, business manager; Howell Tait. a crq r (Si n S O n RED CROSS SURGICAL DRESSING CLASS FIRST ROW— Betty Workman, Dorothy Sandeffer, Wilmoth Brock, Elma June Harper, Vanessa Ponder, Margaret Johnston, Sarah Mauch, Clara Mauch, Irene Arnold, Kathryn Davenport. SECOND ROW— Imogene Frazier, Mary Sue Smith, Theresa Steichen, June Rose Fleming, Mary Zartaludes, Mary Frances Heath, Doreene Laubcr, Anna Belle Langwell, Willeen Philyawo, Minnie May Stevens. I HIRD ROW— Rose Marie Moses, Wanda Kitterman, Ruth Crawford, Geraldine Mayfield, Alice DeShazo, Daphne Henderson, Virginia Mabry, Betty Jean Eubanks, Patti Tune Fox. RANSBARGER! YOUR TIE! On November the 11th, the Sapulpa Chieftains traveled to Bristow to tangle with the Purple Pirates in their annual Armistice Day game. This game is more than an ordinary game, for behind it there are much tradition, honor, and rivalry between the two towns and their respective teams. Mr. Ransbarger, our principal, has a special interest in the game, and not as a school official, either. This interest is that he stands to lose one of his most prized possessions, his necktie, as he has a standing bet with the principal of Bristow. To the winner of the game goes a silver trophy or football that now rests with Bristow. The cup was put up by the American Legions of the two towns. Just as the Sapulpa American Legion fought for the present Sapulpa High School Chieftains, the Chieftains fought for them and their trophy on November 11 th, but lost. Carry on, Chieftains! AERONAUTICS COURSE The Aeronautics Course was introduced this year at Sapulpa High School as a Natural Science. Its purpose is to make students “air-minded,” or “air-conditioned.” It is a thorough study of the airplane and its abilities. To be eligible to enroll you must have at least one year of Algebra. Obviously, by the size of the classes, aeronautics is an exceedingly popular subject. Most of the students are enthusiastic and are, of course, ambitious to fly as a career, or just to fly. Others are merely there to find out what it’s all about. Nearly every boy in the class is an authority on or knows about all types of military and commercial planes; but, apparently at the first of the term, none knew anything about aircraft or what held it up. Now with only a few weeks of instruction the magic of aerial flight has been dispelled and shown to be only a simple physical phenomena. Everyone planning to fly will find aeronautics a very interesting and valuable course, especially for the boys who are planning to enlist in the Air Corps. SHORTAGE OF BOY POWER According to this year’s statistics compared with last year’s at this time, there really is proof of manpower shortage. At this time last year, there were 750 students enrolled in S. H. S. compared with 577 at the present date. In other words, enrollment has fallen off 25% in the last months of school. Of the 577 students enrolled, 332 of these are girls while the remaining 245 are boys. This decrease in the number of boys enrolled in school is obviously due either directly or indirectly to the war. Those boys who are not serving in the various branches of the service are engaged in work directly connected with the war. Page Seventy-eight PROPHECY Let’s float down to the local “jive house” and see what’s “cooking.” This place looks like something out of a dream world or maybe Flash Gordon. Just look at those limousines of the air. There is Edwin Daniel, pulling over to a cloud bank. Let’s see who’s with him. A surprise! It’s Miss Harriet Jo Greenberg (today’s fastest deb), and in the back is Howell Tait, that well-known production man, and Lois Gaddy. (Oh, yes, they are hitched.) If we didn’t know this was the Earth we’d swear it was Nomgo. Oh, look! There is a caravan of funny looking horned horses. Let’s go see who it is. Listen to that music. It sounds like something out of an Orson Wells nightmare. Well, if it isn’t the Royal Three : Vera Lee Ramsey, Martha Hubbard and Dorothy Thrift, on their way to Aplupas to sell goods and visit the Parkers. Phis is strange—they have a retinue to rival King Brazor. That music we heard was produced by Joe Rusk and his Craphaft Specials featuring Bettv Clements, Sandy Moulder, Jimmy Pacaud, Jack Rowland, and Richard Kaiser on some of the weirdest instruments ever witnessed by the human eye, such as the onaip, teniralc, smurd, emobmort, and the tepmurt. Here we are at La Casa de Jose. Let’s see who’s running the joint. Oh! It’s Billy Jo Corgan. Some of his hsahsreg-nils are Betty Caldwell, Ida Mae Drake, Delores Elliott, Roberta Legg, Lois Davidson, Pauline McDaniel, and the female camarera, Jennie Lou S.house. (There’s a manpower shortage here, too.) Taste this luscious mah and sgge an outstanding gormet’s delight prepared by Jimmie Clemm, Albert Bullock and Wetzel Thompson. Sitting at the ringside table we find Glenn Bradley (key man in world affairs) and wife, Joan (Seneker), of the Metropolitan. They are the guests of honor at a party given by Roy Langford, world renowned playwright, to celebrate his new musical comedy, “Dorothy.” As the whole restaurant has been reserved for this affair we see many vaguely familiar faces. No, it can’t be! They look like our old school chums. There’s that distinguished-looking Marine Photographer, Robert Burke, with Lieutenant Colonel Wilma Jack-son, who continued her work in the military service. Across the elaborately draped room we recognize Joan Robson, the dramatic actress in the production. She seems to have none other than Jimmy VanLand-ingham, well-known playboy, on the line. They are with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bias (Jeanne Pennington). Mr. Corgan turns the knobs of his latest Tele-Floor show machine and music breaks the hubbub as we see Joan Kelly, that flaming torch singer, and her Five Hotshots. It reminds us of the Ink Soots. Incidentally, two of the “Hotshots” are Elaine Douvas and Ella Patty. We have had enough of this. Let’s depart to more luxurious surroundings. Look at the excitement over at “Colleen’s” (house of gowns). Miss Phillips is presenting her latest in Dame F ashion’s line. Some of the mannequins are Patsy Patton, Bertie Overton, Bonnie Pressgrove, Pauline Powers, Jean Steeples, Martha Crawford, Edytha Billings, and Donnadee Hayden. Oh, yes! The manager, Robert McGould-rick, looks like something out of that vaguely remembered magazine, Esquire. Having enough of this, we adjourn to the “Shack” of the Parkers. Cruising along above the clouds we see an enizo-mie (latest model) crammed to the radiator with such “oomph” as Dorothy Brandon, Mary Agnes Thompson, Betty Baxter, Charlene Bradley, Elsie Jo Meyers, Jo Ann Kellar, Virginia Marsh, Alma Jean King, Erma Jean Ross, and Dorothy Rutledge. Making a three-point landing, we “cast our peepers” on the festivities on the inside. Page Seventy-nine On entering we find Johnnie Bill Simpson and Sam Naifeh waiting patiently on Kenneth LeFavor, Billy Bowles, Oran Wheeler, and Bob Laub-er. Is this place ever embellished 1! Now we see, draped over a lounge, Bobby Atkins and Robert Davenport. (This is a minor detail, but these two duds were Generals in that war of long ago.) We turn our control knobs and go to the South Sea Islands. There’s “Shangri Ta.” (Lo and behold, L. B. Purdin and Betty Daniel have their own little kingdom.) We see the Jones boys (Phillip and Johnnie), Generals of yesteryear, have settled here. Let’s not tarry, another twist of the wrist and we’re in what seems to be North Africa. In yon Arabian palace resides Trennie Lee. Let’s see if he has anyone around whom we know. Oh ! There is world-renowned news correspondent, Eunice Smith, and concert pianist Clyde Hanna. Mr. Lee must have something important in the making. Another one of those limousines of the air just swished by. Look who is getting out! It’s that world-renowned dancer, Sophia Maroutsos, and the man who has big business in a dither, Richard Burdick. He has his sister-in-law, Mrs. Teddy Olson Burdick, and his secretary, Doris Rogers, along. Would that we could stay, but another twist of the wrist and,—Well! What’s this? It is Hawaii, the land of sunshine and romance. Lowell Walker, man of the world, seems to have the most exclusive hotel. It looks like all the Tele-nictor industry is here. Some of the starlets in sight are Jeanne Love (Jean Lovett). Rita Davis (Margaret Davis), Kathy Lvnn (Katherine Collins), Ginny White (Virginia White), and Fran Mac (Francis Simmermacher). That stunning lady gliding down the stairs is Bettie, designer of beautiful homes. You probably knew her as Bettie Lowry. With Cleo Oleson as dietician and such cooks as J. D. Moore, Kenneth Smith, and Paul Brown, the food should certainly be good. We see that Pearman Herrin, stage Page Eighty production man, is here for a well-earned vacation. Do you suppose the eminent Murle McPherson (television man) is talking business with him? Those men over there in Uncle Sam’s uniform received those stars in a war long past. Ray Gray, John Andrews (the one with the silver wings), Freddie Lear, and Gerald Muchmore are stationed here to keep order. (It really doesn’t take all of them for that.) Miss Helen Bray and assistants, Dorothy Stowe, and Laura Snider, are here for a rest. They are the girls who keep the archives of history. Miss Snider seems to be busily engaged in a conversation with the novelist, Oleta Roberts. We take to our controls again and here we are in “Souse America.” What laughing senoritas are these who greet us from the James hacienda? Virginia seems to have surrounded herself with Latin-Americans. Her neighbors are Catherine Slaybaugh and Jimmie Sue Rector, nurses of the last war who didn’t go home. SWISH—In case you are interested, we’re now in Canada. There’s Charles Ham’s horse ranch. Due to the manpower shortage we see several “cowgirls,” Dorothy Bilby, Dorothy McCormick and Glendoween Warren, with foreman Dale Wortman. Why don’t they move? Oh! now we see, that caricaturist. Richard Ruhl, is giving us something for posterity. We’re homesick. “Take Us Back to Tulsa”—and here we are—Oh, there’s Mert Bond. (She holds the purse strings of the largest playhouse in town).) She is with Bob Dobson, who owns the place. The door is opened by Delmar Bailey and Kennon Garvin, doormen, who swing wide the portals for guests. Louise Wright and Bonnie Hodges receive the patrons. The crashers are bounced by Robert Criswell. Take one last “peep” before it’s too late. As we blackout we see Dorothy Lawrence and Betty Kemp having a “free for all” on the screen. That’s all there is—there ain’t no more. We’re through. Joan Deer, Jimmy Leachman LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT To whom it may concern: We, the Senior Class of 1943 of Sapulpa High School, County of Creek, State of Oklahoma, United States of America, being of sound mind and body, although physical wrecks after four years of hard work, do hereby make and publish this, our last will and testament. We hereby revoke and cancel all other bequests made by us at any previous time. We do hereby appoint and designate Mrs. I'erna Fave Bateman and Mr. J. B. Moore as sole administrators of this, our last legacy. To Billy Smith, 1 Betty Kemp, will my baby haircut. To June Terry, 1, Patsy Patton, will my long hair. To Martha Deer, 1, Joan Kelly, will my harum-scarum ways. To my little sister Mildred, I, Wilma Jackson, bequeath the Jackson name and fame. To next year’s band queen, I, Jennie Lou Shouse, will my thrill of being crowned. To Bobby Reed, I, Dorothy Thrift, will my bashfulness. To Patricia Dobson, I, Jeanne Pennington, will my ability to keep my hair red. To Don Mclntire, I, Joe Bias, will my place as the fighting quarterback. To Billy Grigsby and Jimmy Hand, we, Glenn Bradley and L. B. Purdin, will our ability to skip school and return with a signed excuse. To Marvin Avra, I, Eunice Smith, will my love. To Carl Boyd, I, Vera Lee Ramsey, will my nickname, “Slatts.” To Garnctta Bell, 1, Kathryn Collins, will my baby ways. To Bert Hickman, I, Edytha Billings, will my neatness. To Bill Bonham, I, Ray Gray, will my ability to have enough gas, even on an A card. To some lucky boy, I, Kenneth Smith, will my management of the football team. To Jackie Miner, I, Richard Kaiser, will my belief in Santa Claus. To Amon Young, I, Bob Dobson, will my ability to scare pedestrians. To whoever gets it, I, Myrtle Bond, will my switchboard on the Fibber McGee program. To Jerry Zartaludes, I, Richard Burdick, will my fair complexion. To Billy Bolling, I, Helen Bray will my quiet ways. To next year’s yearbook queen, I, Joan Deer, will my loyal voters. To Donald Ray Hanna, I, John Andrews, will my sixth hour janitor job. To Joan VanLandingham, I, Frances Simmer-macher, will my complicated name. To Vonda Lee Harper, I, Lois Gaddy, will my shorthand book. To my little brother, Dicky, I, Sandy Moulder, will my place at the piano. To Colleen Carr, I, Ella Patty, will my alto voice. To Carolyn Landrith, I, Roberta Legg, will my love for the boys in the Army Air Corps. To Charles Linnet, I, Jimmy VanLandingham, will my Clark Gable ways. To Neal Snider, I, Phillip Jones, will my favorite reading material, “How to Reduce.” To my little sister, Violet, I, Betty Ann Daniel, will my accordion. To Jimmy Babcock, I, Joe Rusk, will my mouthpiece. To Dewey Johnson, I, Dorothy Lawrence, will my skill at starting a car that won’t start. To Daphne Henderson, I, Harriet Greenberg, will my unquenchable thirst for knowledge. To Rovce McDougal, I, Lowell Walker, will my knee pads. To the next yearbook king, 1, Dale Wortman, will my 24-carat gold crown. To Katherine Hartman, 1, Betty Clements, will my overstuffed locker. To Glenn Jameson, I, Pearman Herrin, will my place as master of the stage. To my successor, I, Murle McPherson, will all my troubles as yearbook editor. , To anybody who wants it, we, Clyde Hanna and Bob Lauber, will our record of punctuality. To Lou Carrol Doudican, I, Edwin Daniel, will my completely controlled hair. To Dean Bray, 1, Billy Corgan, will my physique. To Curt Edgerton, I, Robert Burke, will my place as the leading camera fiend of S. H. S. To next year’s drum major, I, Roy Langford, will my uniform and the directions for alterations. To Donald Dickens, I, Trennie Lee, will my groove in the hall. To Lillie Kelin, I, Jimmy Leachman, will my title as “The Slobber-Stick Kid.” To R. D. Davis, I, Jimmy Pacaud, will my cowboy boots. To Bobbie Jackson, I, Martha Hubbard, will my sophistication. To Ermond Smith, I, Howell Tait, will my skinned nose. Page Eighty-one To Mary Margaret Trieb, I, Charlene Bradley, will my weakness for shoe salesmen. To Betty Smith, I, Virginia Marsh, will mv love for a uniform. To Harry Greenberg and Billy McKnight, we, Bobby Atkins and John Bell, will our jobs in the stores. To the I). A. R. girl of ’44, I, Doris Rogers, will my qualifications. To Geraldine Mayfield, I, Joan Robson, will my part of “Glamour Girl’’ in the Yearbook play. To the future commercial cooks, we, Dorothy Bilby, Cleo Oleson, Pauline McDaniel, and Pauline Powers, will our ability to pacify the raving a cappella choir. To Teddy McDaniel, I, Richard Ruhl, will my love for the Criterion. To Eugene Pritchard, I, Sophia Maroutsos, will my nimbleness. To Bobby Tait, I, Paul Brown, will my quiet manner. To Betty Wilcox, I, Joan Sencker, will my chair in room 111. To all people hit by rationing. I, Gerald Much-more, will my last name. To Sara and Clara Mauch, we. Betty Baxter and Dorothy Brandon, will our sisterly ways. To Nelson Escue, 1, Billy Bowles, will my wolfishness. To Glenn Michael, I, Albert Bullock, will my scarlet locks. To Bobbie Jackson, I. Jimmy Clem, will my ability to concentrate in Aeronautics class. To Gene Oakes, I, Oran Wheeler, will my technique. To Dorothy Hanks, I, Betty Caldwell, will my love for intense mental activity. To any lucky boy, I, Earl Parker, will my ability to marry a girl who has a car. To Bobby Beaverson I, Kennon Garvin, will my way of having so much fun in life. To Margaret Hobens, I, Martha Crawford, will my ability to get out of school. To Dale Thrasher, I, Lois Davidson, will my timidness. To Jean Lowry, I, Laura Snider, will my place at the typewriter. To Etta Jean Williams, I, Joan Kellar, will my good talks in speech class. To Shirley Nevin, I, Dorothy Stowe, will my place in the library. To Nina Brown, I, Bonnie Hodges, will my cooking apron—if it fits. To Suma Ann Bowles, I, Dorothy McCormick, will my place in Mrs. Bateman’s office. To Dorothy Simpson, I, Elaine Douvas, will my silver-toned voice. To Betty Bradshaw, 1, Jean Lovett, will my musical laughter. To Katherine Hill, I, Glendoween Warren, will my ability to grow tall. To all the lucky girls, we Donnadee Hayden Baxter, Teddie Jean Olson Burdick and Roberta Routh Parker, will our ability to get married during the school year. , To Billie Jean Davidson, I, Erma Jean Ross, will my southern accent. To Pauline Vertrees, I, Louise Wright, will my bruises acquired in the daily struggle to get a seat on the school bus. To Raymond Cooper, I, Wetzel Thompson, will my position as a termite. To Robert Wright. I, Johnnie Bill Simpson, will the pleasure of walking my girl to class. To Billy Stone, I. Jack Rowland, will my ability to get by. To Wanda Morris, I, Virginia White, will my riveting gun. To Leroy Canterbury, I, Elsie Jo Myers, will my Journalism scrapbook (and I do mean scrap). To Betty Nichols, I, Colleen Phillips, will my choir robe. To Alma Lawrence, I, Alma Jean King, will my first name. To Wendell Evanson, I, Kenneth LeFavor, will my permanent. To Betty Jane Coffee, I, Charles Ham, will my rationed name. To C. K. Wagner, I, Robert Davenport, will my argumentative nature. To Barty Cavendcr, 1, Bobby McGouldrick, will my material for inspiration of writing “Mr. Five by Five.” To Paul Cobbs, I, Robert Criswell, will my position as sandlot quarterback. To Edmund Cotton, I, J. D. Moore, will my imagination. To Dorothy Davis, I, Bonnie Pressgrove, will my needle and thimble. To Joe Bill Pettewav, I, Johnnie Jones, will my explosive nature. To Theresa Steichen, I, Oleta Roberts, will my morbidity. To Jeanne Atchley, I, Bertie Marie Overton, will my extra set of ball bearings. To anyone who can stand it, I, Bettie Lowry, will my place in Mr. Davis’ office. To Ruth Crow, I, Dorothy Rutledge, will my gullibility. To Martha True, I, Mary Agnes Thompson, will my retreads. To Mary Alexander, I, Ida Mac Drake, will my love for “Sadie Hawkins Day.” Page Eighty-two To the W. A. A. C.’s, 1, Jean Steeples, will myself. To Virginia Mabry, I, Virginia James, will my title of “Ginner.” To Robert Playford, I, Sam Naif eh, will my ability to graduate without going to school. To Robert Hayden, I, Freddie Lear, will my Degree of “Fizzician.” To all the' hopeless, we, Delores Elliott. Jimmie Sue Rector, Catherine Slaybaugh and Lillie Solomon, will the remains of the Senior Class of ’43. In witness whereof we, the Senior Class of 1943, have to this last will and testament, subscribed our mark on this the twenty-first day of May, 1943. THE SENIOR MARK, “X,” CLASS OF 1943. Subscribed by the Senior Class, in the presence of each of us, the undersigned, and at the same time declared by the class to be its last will and testament. We, at the request of the Seniors, in their presence, and in the presence of each other, sign our names hereto as witnesses, on this, the twenty-first day of May, 1943. Wilma Inez Jackson Edwin Yates Daniel Sapulpa High School Hymn Myrtle MacKay Jean Casteel — 1 •a—rr _ T= 1 ■j 1 mu 7 U . T 4 M 1 E f Wk fl y-V—br 5 i J , 5 % i 3? a 1 ■B r i r r 1 3 2 [ L w— w 1. Guid - inj 2. 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Regretfully leaving vacation behind us, we are ready to settle down to another school year in Sapulpa High School .... am I kiddin’? 11 With 500 in attendance, our new Field House was dedicated. We all look forward to the football season and hope that the new house will bring us luck. 14 The first meeting of the Auditorium Board was held today—-teachers suggesting this and that and the students nodding their approval. 1«S Our first game brought a Pep Assembly with plenty of E flat pep and enthusiasm for our first game. Our new cheer leaders were chosen—Betty Muchmore. Bill McMahan, and Betty Smith. 20 Student Council was organzed with Glenn Bradley taking over as president. 23 With all the eye-scratching, hair-pulling, etc., practically over, it was proclaimed safe to announce the class officers. Those lucky dogs! 24 First issue of the Smoke Signal and everyone looks eagerly for Girt’s Dirt column. . . . Who jilted whom? Who is wearing a dress copied off the one belonging to whom? and other stuff like that! Everyone rushed to sec if his name was in it. 25 Muskogee 7 — Sapulpa 0. That’s O. K., boys, we’re just getting started. (I hope this doesn’t become a habit.) First meeting of the Library Club held . . . I wonder if they ever discuss the odd requests they receive by freshmen who simply step up and ask for “that book on the book list,” or “the one about a man and a horse,” etc. 29 War committee organized .... its purpose is to cooperate with our government in doing everything it can to help in the war effort 28 Student Council decided to sell War Stamps. “Step right up—Who’ll buy the first one?” Month of October 1-9 Hi-Y initiation held. They at least couldn’t make them eat raw eggs this year, rationing, you know. 2 Scrap assembly—speech by Mr. Dinsmore. It was sincerely enjoyed by the student body and it gave us a good idea of just what we must do to fill that scrap pile in the basement to overflowing. Six Weeks’ Testies as usual were pestics. Pep Assembly. 2 Sand Springs 19 — Sapulpa 7. Words fail me! The crowning of the queen was the highlight of the game—not the crowning so much as what w’ent with it (Jennie Lou and Jimmy Whitworth). 5 As usual Mr. Ransbarger was glad to see so many visitors present at this special fire pre- Page Eighty-four vention assembly. We were glad to have with us, Mr. Ed Trammel of Okmulgee, who demonstrated what happens when we are not careful. 6 Senior class meets and votes unanimously for the publication of the Year Book. We’ll have one if we have to hock everything in the school for its publication. 9 Some lessons from the Life of Columbus— an interesting talk by Mr. James L. Prince in assembly. 12 Classroom Teachers hold gigantic feed. Eat now for tomorrow you may be rationed. 10 Officers chosen by the Hi-Y. Harry Holm is to be the new flunky! 13 “Get Thee Behind Me,” a book review by Lewis Meyer, was sponsored by the Auditorium Board. As a result of the contest in ticket sales to the book review, the Auditorium Board enjoyed a chili feed in the home of Wilma Jackson. 14 Spanish Club held a typical picnic. We are thinking of signing Prof. Carter up on the softball team for the way she handles a bat .... or is she just getting into practice for the initiation coming up soon? 16 Parade and assembly (pep assembly). Come on, boys, let’s turn the tide and start an all-out offensive against those mugs from Henryetta. 19 Hi-Y boys held a feed with the Rev. Charles M. Hill as guest speaker. 23 “Get in the Scrap,” Mr. Moore’s play, was produced in assembly today. Tulsa 13 — Sapulpa 7. I have nothing to say. 26 Acappella choir holds a picnic and from what I hear, Don Mclntire was the official joke teller. Clown! 27 Seniors meet to choose their rings and announcements. 28 Drive begins for Christmas cards—they are to be sent to our boys over seas and in the armed forces of our country. 29 Will Rogers 25 — Sapulpa 6. An under-water football game was held at Skellv Pool this evening. Touchdown made by Bias using a floating stroke while Tait follows up with a breast stroke. 30 Sam McGregor’s Diary — Halloween Assembly written by members of the student body. Must have been effective .... from the reaction of the student body. Month of November 2 Year Book Staff selected and the first meeting held. 5 First meeting of the P. T. A. 11 Armistice Day Assembly. Our usual 11 o’clock memorial was most impressive. It really made one think about our present war. Bristow 26 — Sapulpa 0. Mr. Ransbarger, your tie! 16 “ Who’s your date tonight?” “My father. 1'his is a Father-Son banquet tonight, Joan. I’m sorry I can’t take you.” Signed, Hud. (This is a note which was handed to me during Spanish class.) 20 What do you know? We won a game (or so they told me when I came to). Sapulpa 18 — Bartlesville 6. Whoopeeeceee! this is a great help to the morale of the student body. 23 Tests flunked and everyone eager for the holidays — eager did you say, they are crawling the walls. 25 Assembly — address by Rev. White, Baptist minister. Okmulgee 13 — Sapulpa 6. I fear we arc back in our old rut again. 30 With Thanksgiving and indigestion behind us, we gaily trip back to school eager for work and study. (Don’t mind me, I’m always kiddin’!) Month of December 1 Gas rationing starts tonight. Want to go or a walk tonight, babe? Mother: Iodine, it is nine thirty, you know I don’t allow this on school nights. Iodine: Oh, shucks, ma, you dun orgit, thev done turned the clocks up. 3 Get your program! Get your program! You can’t tell the girls from the boys without a program .... oh these slacks! 4 Yearbook Play, “Shirt Sleeves.” You know, that family had me worried there for a minute. 7 A year ago today we were angered bv a bunch of yellow pip-squeaks, and, brother, are we going to make them sorry for that little dirty deal ? 8 Basketball Assembly and goodbye to Mr. Krueger . Woe is us! Mr. Krueger is leaving us .... no more ggg space, ggg space, ggg space. Good luck, Mr. Krueger! Sapulpa 10 — Tulsa Central 40. Jim Hand was high point man — 5 points. Basketball season is starting out like Football season. Let’s hope we will have better luck. 12 The Latina Societas initiation turned out to be a nauseating mess as usual. I don’t know what that stuff was, but I feel ill. . . UUPs, one side, please! Senior Sales Day. Anywhere you look you can see a senior working for a change. Quite a successful day if we may say so. We made the largest amount of money that has been raised in years, and on top of that, we are the smallest senior class to graduate from Sapulpa High School in several years. 15 Sapulpa 19 — Will Rogers 28. L. B. Purdin was high point man — 7 points. Tough luck, boys, better luck next time. 22 Christmas Assembly—one of the most beautiful of the year. 17 Band concert with Maestro White at the helm. 23 Christmas .... Santa Claus .... presents .... no school .... and oh, just everything! Month of January 4 Back to school—oh, happy day! I have never seen so many engagement rings in all my life. A successful New Year was had by all. 5 Sapulpa 17 — Bartlesville 39. L. B. Purdin was high point man — 7 points. Oh, no! 11 Band concert. These printers have a lot of influence with the band. 12 Sapulpa 13 — Sand Springs 29. no comment. 12-15 Oh yes! Semester tests. And the students (by this time bored with education) are awaiting the holidays like race horses waiting or the bell that sets them FREE. 15 Sapulpa 8 — Muskogee 28. L. B. Purdin was high point man — 6 points. 18 With a new semester ahead, we come to school ready to slip back in the old groove—sleeping as usual. 21 School dismissed—no fuel! We gladlv sacrifice our fuel so others may have it to WORK. 22 Sapulpa 18 — Bristow 15 ... . Oh boy, oh boy! Our luck has changed at last! (I hope.) L. B. Purdin was high point man — 7 points. 26 Basketball game: Central 49 — Sapulpa 4. Purdin was high point man, that is to say, he made the only four points. 28 Seniors measured for caps and gowns—Pewee Lawrence’s case is a sad one. 29 Sapulpa 12 — Sand Springs 27. Here we go again. L. B. Purdin was high point man — 5 points. Month of February 1 Quiz Kids Assembly with Don Mclntire as M. C., anything could happen and did! Tain’t funny, Mclntire! Teachers hold dinner in cafeteria. Wonder if thev are as noisy as we are when we eat? I bet Miss Rearick kept everybody laughing. 2 Lewis Meyer reviewed “The Raft.” He was sponsored by the Library Club. 5 Sapulpa 10 — Daniel Webster 28. L. B. Purdin was high point man — 6 points. Again I say, “No further comment!” 8 Sapulpa 20 — Bartlesville 54. L. B. Purdin was high point man — 6 points. “I have nothing to say .... absolutely nothing.’” 9 Senior rings finally arrive .... all the seniors flashing their hands around. 10 Awards assembly. We shall all hate to see Mr. Grisham go. He was not only coach and teacher, but friend also. Among those to receive awards, we have Slim Walker, Bashful Bias, Dumbness Mclntire and Fats Lee. (Or am I a bit mixed up?) 12 Abraham Lincoln Assembly. Dancing was as tiring in those days as now, eh, Edwin! Everyone enjoyed the songs and Page Eighty-five dances and the inevitable Lincoln’s Gettysburg address which makes each assembly on this date complete. Shoe rationing begins .... hum. a Barefoot Banquet will be enjoyed by all. As another result, you may hear this familiar noise as the girls go down the halls .... squeqjc, squeak, squeak. 16 Sapulpa 14— Bristow 16. That ain’t bad, brother! (I take English from Reynolds — or Carter or somebody .... 1 think!) 18 Sapulpa 22 — Daniel Webster 32. Royce McDougal and Bias were high point men with 4 points each. 19 Bond Assembly and a speech by our friend and ever welcome guest, Mr. Sam Allen. Miss Jeanne Pennington was crowned Bond Queen .... you could have knocked her over with a feather. Also, dedication of our Sapulpa High School Honor Roll .... everyone rushed to see if his brother’s, cousin’s, uncle’s, or sweetheart’s name was on it in the right place, and if it was spelled correctly. Poor Mrs. Bateman! 21 Six Weeks Test again. Wish somebody would ration them. 22 Sapulpa 17 — Will Rogers 37. Lowell Walker 12 points, Bias 9 points. 24 Valedictorian and Salutatorian were announced — Martha Hubbard and Virginia Marsh. My, my, where were the boys? 26 Junior Class Play, “Grandma and the American Way.” Ah, at last we know. At last the mvstery of the show case window is cleared up. We know what that oil can was doing in the butter dish. Month of March 1 Flash! Senior Class winners of the ticket selling contest are treated to a show .... “Life Begins at 8:30.” 2 Double Flash! No Senior Class! Teachers arrived to find their students had sneaked out on them. 3 Seniors return to receive their punishment. O. K., so we’ll all flunk this six weeks. 5 Hi-Y Assembly. Joan, did you feel out of place up there with all those boys? Am I kidding? The talk by Mr. Ivan Singleton was very good. 12 Freshman Night. “Short and Sweet.” After such a fine program, we can’t say they’re so dumb! 16 Band party. Mr. White put on a show that was super—from what I hear. 17 St. Patrick’s Day. The girls really came through with the wearing of the green. 19 Latina Societas assembly program. What would this world be without Latin—ye gads, we couldn’t do a thing. All those people who heard those songs can’t say Latin is dead. It’s plenty modern! Hi-Y Sweetheart Banquet. Miss Kelly-reigned as queen with Sweetheart Sandy Page Eighty-Six Moulder standing by. A lovely program was enjoyed bv all. 26 Sophomore Class Night. “Sophomore Salute.” Patriotic music — cast of more than fifty people. A short one-act skit, “Sewing Club Meets,” War songs. Month of April 2 Army and Navy tests. Boys who are given high enough ratings maybe fortunate in being sent to college. This is a splendid opportunity for the boys — they may even become officers! 9 Band Concert held at night. Mr. White’s music was really good. 12 Pan-American Assembly. Prof. Carter beamed from the side lines. The skit as well as the dances show us a bit about our southern neighbors .... Don has the right idea! Some of us would be in an awful mess if we should go- 23 Easter Assembly. Everyone enjoyed the music of this assembly. It is always one of our very best assemblies and this year it was exceptionally good. 30 Senior Play, “Don’t Keep Him Waiting.” Some parents are rather hard to raise, but it usually ends well — and you can’t say this play didn’t end well — SWELL! Month of May 3-7 Music Week. The old high school sounds real “purty” with all the singing and music going on. 12 Oh, honored students, you have worked hard and have been rewarded. Take your scholarships and loving cups and make them not unhappy that they gave them to you. 14 Junior-Senior Banquet. The juniors really treated the seniors to a swell banquet — with all this rationing, we were scared for a while. 16 Baccalaureate Sermon by Rev. Oscar Evanson of the First Methodist Church. Seniors are all sad to leave their dear old school. They’ll have a lot of memories. ... It’s funny how all your life you dream of getting out of school, then when the time comes, you wish you were just starting all over again. 17 Senior Class Day Assembly. This Assembly which started out sadly — on the part of the seniors — turned out to be a most interesting one. Ah, girls, that “Stravanada.” 18 Senior Picnic. Well, folks, all I know is we are going to have one, and I can’t wait for details as this calendar must go to press! 20 Commencement exercises. It is not the end, but the beginning of a new life. We wish you seniors all the luck in the world. The mighty seniors walk forth in their gowns to receive their diplomas — happy that they made it — but sad to leave dear old Sapulpa High. We thank our teachers who have been so patient. We’ll never forget you! To our generous patrons, who gave us financial assistance and helped to make our Sapulpan a success, we extend our thanks and sincere appreciation. Herbert P. Johnson (Ins. Agency) Arthur Lawrence American National Bank Harmony Woodruff Harry Hibbard Safeway Store Bob Holzemer Naifeh and Son Grocery Diamond Service Station Allan’s Coffee Shop Dr. Levy Wickham Packing Co. Tom Freeman May Miller Hardware Co. Dr. Longmire Turley Studio St. James Hotel O. D. Page Grocery Frankoma Pottery Knappenberger Roberts Grocery Dr. Maness Warehouse Market Anguish Son Bob’s Meat Market Beaty’s Grocery Good Year Tire and Supply B. N. Billiards Butler’s Men’s Store Seneker the Jeweler Miller Jewelry Store Deep Rock Bottling Co. Reel Drug Store Pickett Loan Co. Landrith Funeral Home Sapulpa Herald Craun Motor Co. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Oklahoma Natural Gas Co. Jones Roberts Grocery and Market Soliday Porter Jewelry Clarence Saunders Sheffel Grocery and Market Morton’s Department Store William Griess Chastain Co. J. C. Penney Co. Katz Department Store Humes Drug Co. Standard Chevrolet Co. Mike’s Auto Supply Robertson Lawson Deason Stores Rogers Bakery J. J. Newberry “Speedy” Moulder Firestone Auto Supply Potter Milling Co. S. D. Giacomo Yale and State Theatres Davis Rule Wilson Bros. Furniture F armers Exchange Stewart’s Cleaners Loraine Flotel and Coffee Shop Sapulpa Brick and Tile Co. Dr. Farris Dr. P. K. Lewis Cowman’s Drug Store S. H. Kress Co. Alice Beauty Shop Don McMasters Insurance Co. Glenn O. Young Stuart Lumber Co. Bartlett-Collins Glass Co. R. S. Davey, American Nat. Ins. Co. Liberty Glass Co. Southwestern Engraving Co. Page Eighty-seven FASHIONS, PAST AND PRESENT A long time ago, the girls would dress, Exactly like poor Mother Hubbard, But now they do dress, oh my, you can guess, Precisely like poor mother’s cupboard. J. R. VanLandingham PROBLEMS IN TRANSPORTATION (AND LOVE) Without a car Where is a lover? At home, of course, With Dad and Mother. This old idea Of transportation Has certainly turned To evaporation. For what’s so rare As a treaded tire? Oh, nothing, no, nothing 1 And I’m no liar. And so by night In a manner discreet, I’ll do my wooing On my own little feet. J. R. VanLandingham HERR HITLER’S FATE OR FRESH MEAT When the Yanks go marching through that sorry place Berlin, We’ll round up Herr Hitler and say, “How ya been?” Just full of “der teufel” and twice as full of sin; As if we didn’t know by all the murdered men. Now listen, Herr Adolf, you sorry, scheming Hun, You’ll have no court, and of lawyers none. ’Cause your fate is written in the blood-drenched sand From foreign Casablanca, clean to Afghanistan. So from here, dear Fuehrer, the Czechs you’ll greet Well, what do ya know . . . fresh hamburger-meat! J. R. VanLandingham Page Eighty-eight ODE TO A FORGOTTEN HERO For six hellish days, and bleeding nights he crawled through mud and water; While all around him burst the roar of bomb, grenade and mortar. In his mouth and on his lips he tasted salty blood; While on his back, the shrapnel wounds were filled with stagnant mud. He weakly rolled into the trench, he rolled on bodies rotten; The stench that rose to meet his nose will never be forgotten. Back out of death’s own sanctum, he weakly crawled again, To see a sight beyond belief— ’twas Ronny, his buddy, and Tim. But as the men came slowly closer a panic seized him then, F or it wasn’t Ronny, his buddy, and it wasn’t even Tim. These men wore helmets from Fleinkle Land; they were returning from a : lid. Then out of his pocket, Johnny Doughboy brought out his last grenade. His trembling fingers pulled the pin; his weary limb did cast; There was no gasp; there was no scream, only a deadly blast. Now from the West three more appeared, and machine guns they all bore; One thousand bullets ripped the flesh and skull; a forgotten hero was no more. And now he rests on Nature’s breast, no deep remorse is his, nor fear; He gave to Freedom all he had— ONE LIFE, ONE SOUL, ONE TEAR. J. R. VanLandingiiam Page Eighty-nine v “HALLOWEEN” Now is the time when witches scream, This is the season of Halloween. In the midnight blue a bat sails high While they ride their broomsticks in the sky. Now is the time when goblins walk, When jack-o-lanterns grin and talk, You soap a window or move a post, Or you’re chased down the street by some white-clad ghost. You move a gate and a shotgun blasts; You move from the scene in a blinding flash. In the morning your temper is all afire, Your car—that’s right, no air in your tires. But with all the jokes and all the scares, That boys will give to damsels fair; With all the ghosts and witches that scream, What would we do without Halloween? Cleo Oleson LIGHTS OVER THE WORLD Thru the darkness of this war-torn world, A light of awakening will someday come, Above the horizon it will glow Like the birth of a glorious dawn. When God shall look down on the men of the earth, His eyes full of promise and love, And promise to rebuild the world again, And keep the symbol of peace—the dove, Yes, a light will come over the darkened world, The light in a mother’s eyes When she sees her boy come home to stay, With a heart full of gladness, she cries. The tiny light in the chapel will burn, Which dictators had put out one day, And Mother and son will kneel side by side In the light of this candle and pray. Cleo Oleson Page Ninety TO A BELOVED MOTHER Mother, your melancholy eyes do shine like springs, As bright, as lucid as the early morn sun beams. Your grace, your hopes, superbly you have borne, Forgive me, my darling, for your benevolent heart I’ve torn. A recompense to you, my dear, I fear I can’t repay, For all the things you’ve done for me, In your God-given motherly way. Sweet reminiscences of childhood bring back one thought above, Our greatest bonds of friendship, our sineerest bondage of love. J. R. VanLandingham TO MY FATHER ON IIIS THIRTY-EIGHTH BIRTHDAY O, immortal! At least to me, another year has passed, But when I look at you, I see, the same old Dad, as was the last. And now that you're far away, I’ve found real love for you, Dad, For when I retire at the end of day, I recall some things I regret I said. Your great mein, your pure, clean soul, Depression, distress all in your stride; But never have I seen you fold, Or never my ways you did deride. I’m sure you have no slight remorse; I know you’ve done no sin; For there’s but one man of your source, You, Dad, man of men. J. R. VanLandingham J IN MARCH Look to that yonder hill, The snow melts lazily, The streams run crazily, Running down the declivity, Stirring into activity, The turbulent, neighboring river. Look to that budding tree. Two Robins sing abreast, Chiding their bless’t within their nest. Now from a bough, there drops a tear, The melting snow, then spring is here. Fair March, then April soon. J. R. VanLandingHAM THE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS In a manger long ago, When the outside world was covered with snow, A heavenly baby boy was born, On a cold December morn. That night in the heavens shone a star, Guiding the wise men from afar, I'he shepherds came and brought their sheep, To give to the babe who lay asleep. Now we have presents and Christmas trees, With all the lights and things to see, With carols and sermons and pretty toys, That bring joy to the eyes of little girls and boys. Now a war is raging on land and sea, Threatening the security of the free, So we give up the things we had in years before, To keep “Old Glory’’ waving forever more. Because it’s American, we still can know, A Christmas like we knew long ago, With the Christ Child theme running through our heads, And children dreaming of toys in their beds. Let us pray that on Christmas of 1943 America will be peaceful as well as free, Because we believe the Christmas story is true, America will always be “red, white, and blue.” Cleo Oeeson Page Ninety-two ACKNOWLEDGMENT The members of the Sapulpan Staff take this opportunity to express their appreciation of the following who have helped us attain our goal of publishing our annual: The faculty, for their patience, and for the assistance they have given us in the production of the yearbook. The Senior Sponsors: Mr. Grisham. Mr. Porter, Mrs. Carter, Miss Kelly and Mr. Davis who have been responsible for the publication of this yearbook in no small part. The administration for their help and support throughout the year. For their cooperation we are truly grateful. We, the Seniors of 1943, wish to express our appreciation for the help and guidance Mr. Davis has given us in the preparation of the Sapulpan. He has listened patiently to our ideas, then improved them, or pointed out the errors. When the going got a little rough and we became discouraged, he was always in there to encourage us and keep us working. To Mr. Davis, we say, “Thanks.” Page Ninety-four AUTOGRAPHS Page Ninety-five ■ k 'Sw- jW HARMONY‘WOODRUFF, INC., SAPULPA, OKLA. '4,': mWm (PiP: 7 . V . vvV.