Bokoshe High School - Tigers Yearbook (Bokoshe, OK)

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Semor Class Wllls Shxrley Parsons w1lls her happy Sen1or days to Sh1r1ey Peerson Naoml Tecumseh w1lls her last g1ggles and stale Jokes to Doretha Statham Betty Fesperman w1lls her ab1l1ty to sew to Jean Ann Braun .Tackle Morgan w1lls hls ab1l1ty to keep basketball scores to Jlmmy McWaters LaFaye Smlth w1lls her glamorous ha1r styles to M1ldred Crow Donald Horton w1lls h1s curly halr to Buddy Wayne W1ll1ams Patr1c1a Wh1tecotton w1lls her ab1l1ty to play basketball to Mlldred Cloud Klawana Gamble w1lls her love letters to Oteka Nlxon AIICC Myers w1lls her ab111ty to stay out of trouble to Wanda Morgan slster Myra Rayrnond Beshers w1lls hxs ambltlon to play basketball to James Crow Helen Vmcent w1lls her abxhty to work 1n the lunchroom to anyone who 1S fool enough to take lt B111 Tackett w1lls hls left fleld pos1t1on to Tommy Tanksley James Patton W1l1s h1s dr1vers tramrung abxhty to Clmton Blasdel V1rg1n1a Statham w1lls her seat on the basketball bus to Sharon Barkley Elbert Arter w1lls hls out of th1s world han' cuts to John Lester McCafferty Inez Osborne w1lls her ab111ty to get along wlth Mrs Mann to Shelba Crutchfxeld Paul Braun w1lls h1s abllxty to get to school on tlme to B1lly Fesperman Barbara M1ller w1lls her ab1l1ty to sneak 1nto class to Ernest1ne Parker O O . . . . A ' . Barbara Norris wills her stenographers- notebook in shorthand to her little

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Class Hzstory In the Senlor Class of 1954 there are only s1x members who started 1n the flrst grade at Bokoshe 1n 1941 These s1x orxgxnal classmates are Paul Braun K1awan Gamble Jaclue Morgan Allce Myers Heler' Vlncent and Patr1c1a Wlutecotton ln the th1rd fourth flfth and sxxtl' grades consecut1vely were added Inez Osborne Jarnes Patton Raymond Beshers and NBOITII Tecumseh lt was our pleasure to have LaFaye Smlth and B111 Tackett to JOIN our class 1n the seventh grade We were honored by the presence of Betty Fesperrnan Donald Horton and Barbara Mlller who entered our class ln the e1ghth grade Our f1rst year 1n hlgh school was made gayer by Elbert Arter Barbara Norrls and V1rg1n1a Statham from Old Bokoshe Our class of mneteen was completed w1th the add1t1on of Sh1r1ey Parsons 1n our Sen1or year e1ghth grade w1th Phylhs Aust1n as queen and Paul Braun as presldent 1 he Freshman year lt was V1rg1n1a Statham and James Patton As Sophomores w chose LaFaye Smlth as queen and Elbert Arter as presldent Barbara Norr1s was queen 1n our Jumor year and Paul Braun Pres1dent ln our Senlor year whlch was our flfth consecutlve year to wln the presldent Elbert Arter crowned lnez Osborne queen Durlng our hlgh school days we presented three plays Love 1n Bloom Take Three G1r1s and Watch Out for Spooks Those recelvlng letter Jackets were as follows Elbert Arter Raymond Beshers Donald Jorton Jack1e Morgan James Patton V1rg1n1a Statham B111 Tackett and Patr1c1a Whltecotton Those recewmg awards were as follows Valed1ctor1an Sh1r1ey Parsons Salutator1an Paul Braun C1t1zensh1p awards J3.Ck18 Morgan and Betty Fesperman Athletlc awards Donald Horton and Patr1c1a Wh1tecotton and Typ1ng award Barbara Norms I . . L , . . ' 2 l ' 3 1 - 1 . ' 7 A . 1 ' 1 1 D I . A I A A r I 1 r I 0 I l D 1 Y U Our class history really starts when we won our first queen race in the . , . . . . . n t . . . . y 0 e . . . . . y ! U : ' , , . . . . I ' ! I ' I Y 1 . I . 1 . , . z , . . , l . . . . , .

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Clase Prophecy Just ten years ago the Semor Class of l954 was out 1n the world free of school l was th1nk1ng of all the graduates wondermg upon what road thelr llves were travehng My frlend sa1d Oh say 1f you really want to know let us go see Monsleur X He IS really a wonder when It comes to crystal gamng We went to a swanky part of town and there we went to a lovely apartrnent We met Monsxeur X In front of h1m was an enormous crystal ball He sald lYes I know why you have come set 1n front of me and gaze 1nto the ball l stared 1nto the ball and I beg1n to feel sort of dreamy Soon a b1g p1cture of a Petroleum lndustry located 1n Tulsa Okla came mto v1ew l suddenly remembered one of my former classmates say mg that he would be a m1ll1ona1re by the tlme he was th1rty lt was none other than Elbert Arter who was now marr1ed to Inez Osborne New York C1ty presented qu1te a plcture There we saw LaFaye Sm1th model1ng beautxful weddxng gowns 1n one of the most excluszve shops Soon a pxcture of a great crowd came 1n vmew 1n Washxnvton D C In the center of the crowd was a soap box on whxch Iackxe Morgan stood He was begmmng h1s campaxgn for Pres1dent Next aopeared a lxttle cottage on the outskxrts of Chxcago There stood Barbara lVI1l1er Exdschum watchmg her husband as he left for work The F1ISt Nat1onal Bank 1n Tulsa then came 1n sxght where Paul Braun was Pres1dent and whose secretary was Barbara Norms Then l was sw1ft1y wh1sked away to Bowen Alr Craft Company ln W1Ch1t3 Kansas where we saw Pat Wh1teC0ttOn employed there As I gazed mto the ball the v1s1on was cloudy then suddenly appeared a swanky restaurant Located on the Wa1k1k1 Beach Honolulu It was owned and managed by the former Betty Fesperman Behold that lmmense orange orchard What couple IS that strollmg through It Oh' l see 1ts the owner and h1s wlfe James Patton and the former Vxrguua Statham Here comes a b1g car and look the man gettmg out 1S Donald Horton the owner of the largest packlng plant 1n Southern Callforrua The scene changed and look there 15 a hospltal seated at the PBX board was Naom1 Tecurnseh ch1ef operator Klawana Gamble was head nurse at the hosJp1tal but walt a mmute who could that be Helen Vmcent servzng as dletxcxan for the hospltal A large hlgh school came 1nto v1ew and there teachlng commerce was Shu-ley Beth Parsons B111 Tackett came lnto vxew He was owner of a large ranch ln New Mexxco The w1lds of Afrlca now appeared there stood Raymond Beshers who was one of the greatest game hunters of hxs t1me Thls faded away and a lxttle mmssxonary school appeared located 1n the Bahamas Island Ahce Myers was one of the rn1ss1onar1es Mons1eur X passed h1s hand over the crystal ball and he was none other than our sponsor Mr Tolbert who we greatly respect '1 R so , ' - ,, . . . I I . . . . . H . U L I I I . , ' lv! . . . ' 8 Ui 9 I I . . H . . . . I I ' . - . I . - . . o . . ' u . . . . . 3 7 I ' i , . . . . . v . . p . . , , . . I . Q v , . . ' , . l . . 1 Y . , . , .