Broken Arrow High School - Arrow Life Yearbook (Broken Arrow, OK)

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I I wwf: Wutaw Twelve years ago on a September morning in 1942, we began our journey. Boys in short breeches and girls with pigtails tied with bright ribbons, teeth clenched and knees knocking, clung to their mothers' hands as they were taken through the south entrance of Broken Arrow Grade School to Mrs. Patterson and Miss Cox. The twenty still with us nery. I.C. Duensing, Janice Hudson, Bill Cobb, Shirley Bickel, Dawain McNabb, Eu- von Loyd, Jim Megee, Barbara Wagner, Clarence Drummond, Pat Ibison, Kenneth Par- nell,Carolyn Howard, Joe Montgomery, Louise Kemp, LeRoy Lemon, and Orpha Kellams Our teachers in the second grade were Mrs. Talbot and Mrs. Morse. Remember the rhythm band and how we dreaded those vaccinations? New members that year were Harold Poplin, Lendell Martin, and Dearl Watson. Remember the fire that burned part of the building before school started the next fall? Mrs. Hollabaugh had to look at our smutty faces in the basement for a while until we had a room we could call our own. Miss Winters had the rest of us. Molly Hollabaugh, Ted Barron, and John Mar quiess joined us that year. fTed, do you remember putting the ant down the little boy's back'?j The following year we really began climbing as Miss Helm and Miss Wilson urged us upstairs with loving hands. Added to our class of hopefuls were Russell Coates, Sidney Cummings, Gerald Blissit, and Raymond Neal. fRemember what happened when that fire cracker went off, Russ?j In the fifth grade several of us seemed to think that we were wheels but we learned different under the capable leadership of Mrs. Scott and Mrs. Smith. Lou Hocker, Philip Sparling, Gayle Livesay, Paul Hamilton, and Shirley Tarlton joined our class then. Remember the hair cuts, boys, and oun operetta, The Christmas Toys Woke ? As top men in grade school we thought we had the world by the tail until Mrs. Lee and Mr. Rhoades changed our minds. Re- member the boys with their long trousers and slicked-back hair and the girls with curls and frills? Added to our class were Joe Tom Reed and Wayne Ledbetter. Remember Mrs. Condon's Glee clubs and our operetta, Snow White ? How we enjoyed our geography scrapbooks with their South American scenes! ln approaching junior high territory, we were alert and added four reinforcements: Dwayne Harris, Irene Taber, Toby Blankenship, and Robert Ingold. Remember our bewilderment with lockers, different teachers every hour, new rooms to find? Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Helm helped us become adjusted, but upperclassmen laughed at us. Our eighth year started out successfully with the addition of two new faces: Susanna Couch and Lois McMath. Mr. Kennedy and Miss Blair were our sponsors. Remember Visitation Day and our play, Wilbur Faces Life ? Some of the girls wore their first formals usher- ing at graduation. Joining us as freshmen were Ronald Williams, Maxine Peterson, Melvin Douglas, Anna Belle Houser, Kenneth Kindley, Phyllis Kerr, Bob Winingham, Nancy Francy, Donald Lee, and our own set of beloved twins, Kay and Jay Jennings. Mr. Kennedy sponsored us the third year and Mr. White joined him. Our highlights were class day and grad- uation, with Robert Ingold valedictorian, Molly Hollabaugh salutatorian, and J. C. Duensing receiving the American Legion Award. Robert was class president and Molly reporter. The other officers have since moved away. As sophomores we were again underclassmen and felt very unnecessary. We were joined by Derald Kennedy, Bill Wheeler, and Jerry Crawford, with Miss Silva and Mr. Gwartney as sponsors. Remember our Dogpatch float, our play, Girl Shy and serving the junior-senior banquet blacked up as darkies? Dearl Watson and Shirley Tarlton were our first representatives to the newly-organized student council. Russell Coates was president, J. C. Duensing , vice- president: Susanna Couch, secretary-ueasurerg Lou Hooker, reporterg and Dwayne Harris, sergeant-at-arms. As juniors, we added Jimmy Dall, Joan Monroe, Perry Warren, Dennis Caldwell, Sheilia Hopkins, and Hershell Caple to our gathering. Remember choosing our class rings, dur Hawaiian banquet, and our play, The Campbells Are Coming ? Our sponsors were Mrs. Cupples and Mr. Mitchell. Melvin Douglas was president, Russell Coates, vice-presidentg Molly Hollabaugh, secretary- treasurerg Lou Hocker, reporterg and Mary Connery and Jay Jennings, student council representatives. Robert Ingold went to Boys' State, Molly and Lou to Girls' State. Now at last we became seniors. New enlistments were Frank Banfield, Barbara Olson, Hollis Murphy, and Deloy Pollard. Our sponsors were Miss Clason and Mr. Hays, with Russell Coates again president, Robert Ingold, vice- presidentg Molly Hollabaugh, secretaryg Shirley Tarlton, treasurer. Remember Tiger House, our mystery play? Melvin Douglas was student council president and Joan Monroe and Derald Kennedy, senior representatives. Nancy Francy was crowned Football Queen by Ted Barron: Sidney Cummings, Band Queen by Drum Major, Melvin Douglas: and Kay Jennings, FFA Queen by FFA President, Dearl Watson. Annual Queen and King were Anna Belle Houser and Dwayne Harris. Shirley Lemon was Cotton Queen. Molly Hollabaugh was Arrow-Life editor and Susanna Couch was journalism editor. Organization presidents not mentioned above were: Kenneth Kindley, Band: Melvin Douglas, D. E. : Irene Taber, Pep Club falso head cheerleaderjg Lou I-locker, FTA: Molly Hollabaugh, Fl-IAQ and Russell Coates, T8tI. Robert Ingold and Philip Sparling were co-captains of the football team, and Jim Lofton and L. C. Showman were co- captains of the baseball team. Donald Lee was listed as all-state end in football and Lendell Martin made all-conference guard. Now as commencement draws near, we are writing the final chapter of our history. We shall never forget our days at Broken Arrow High School. who entered the doors then are: L. C. Showman, Shirley Lemon, Jim Lofton, Mary Con-