Canadian High School - Beargrass Yearbook (Canadian, TX)

 - Class of 1941

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To AA54 C,Lc1,3c-rnaftex Carzadzan I-lzcyh, Schoof Ltcebo 01, 47 Thankfis to each one whoi Stozy appeaw tn thu 600k I much aa I am! putttng them togethez A6 I 'read these tettew I notteed a common theme umntng thfzough them Atmost eteiy one of, the thtmty etght mentton a good happy ttge and happtneso ami contentment tn them pfnebent twet Sumety we have laeen Bteboed And anothefl thtng that mahefb ws a uefvy untque gmoup att thwty etght ale SULCESS STORIES' Not a totem tn the lyunchff I wtth each ol, you a. conttnued happy Lage' wayne Bahefz MARCH, 1992 ho e ou enfo teadi and me-Ieadt thete acoountfb cz-5 I9 U J U UQ' '19 1 or ' R L ROBERTS 713 S Houston Shamrock TX 79079 1806 256 36631 n the Fall of 41 I e Texas College attended two years dropplng out because I had been classlfled 4 F' on my army lnductlon because of my hearlng problem Many years later I completed my educatlon graduatlng from the Southwestern Graduate School of Banklng at SMU Incldentally 1D 1961 62 63 I had a serles of ear operatlons that restored my healng one of the great moments 1D my llfe to be able to hear the blrds crlckets etc I w1ll ever be grateful to God for thls feat In 1944 I went to work at a bank lH Shamrock Texas as a bookkeeper teller contlnulng there purchased the controlllng lnterest lH the bank 1D 1967 and became presldent I later turned the presldency over to another and took on the Chalrman of the Board actlvltles as well as chelf executlve offlcer In 1983 I sold the bank and retlred bought a farm to glve me somethlng to do and have enjoyed that llfe slnce I only help out on the farm as a frlend oversees the management I marrled a Shamrock glrl 1D 1947 We had four years together before she dled of a heart attack there were no chlldren Later I marrled Mary Phllllps a local school teacher and we have had 39 years of happlness Our one daughter Becky 37 and her husband llve here There no grandchlldren but a dozen dogs In 1973 I met Jesus Chrlst ln a tremendous experlence and have been a llcensed mlnlster for the past several years no a pastor but a teachlng mlnlstry At one point 1D my llfe I gave polltlcsa thought but after two terms as mayor that was enough Llfe lS full I m maturlng graciously and ln good health Hobbles farm antlque shopplng Blble Study GEORGE EARL TUBB Box 295 Canadlan TX 79014 C806 323 68141 After graduatlng from CHS I enrolled ln Texas A SM I Jo1ned the army whlle at college and was sent to Camp Roberts Callfornla for lnfantry baslc tralnlng I attended offlcer canldate school at Ft Bennlng Georgla and was commlssloned After jolnlng the 42nd Infantry Dlvlslon at Camp Gruber Oklahoma we were sent to France I served for four years over two ln France Germany and Austrla After the war returned to A QM and graduated I returned to Canadlan and began ranchlng In 1951 I marrled a Canadlan glrl Paullne Polly Shepherd CHS Class of 45 We have two sons G Davld Tubb and Gary E Tubb who have blessed us wlth slx grandchildren Because of all the shooting that was done whlle servlng ln the army my hobby turned out to be competltlve rlfle shootlng whlch rubbed off on the entlre fammlv Thls resulted ln my belng lnvolved ln the Natlonal Rlfle Assoclatlon I served as Presldent of the Texas State Rlfle ASSOClatlOD and for ten years on the NRA Board of Dlrectors I stlll enjoy my hobby and won the Natlonal Hlghpower Rlfle Senlor Champlonshlp 1D 1991 I am stlll envolved lD farmlng and ranchlng . . e . 1 U 1 . 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A . . - . - ' 1 . . . . . . . . . . - - BUCK WORLEY 1100 Mary Ellen Pampa TX 79065 C806 665 89791 I left Canadian soon after graduation and went to Dallas to Luscombe School of Aeronautics to learn something about building airplanes After that short time I went to work for Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation in San Diego helping to build the B 24 bomber I left California in early 1943 to enter the Army Air Corp under the Aviation Cadet Program I graduated in early 1945 and finished the War as a Fixed Gunnery Instructor and remained in the Air Force Reserve until 1971 when I retired I returned to Canadian after being discharged from active duty in 1945 and worked for Sisco ElSCtflC installing REA service until they finished the Canadian part of their contract They left and I stayed going to work for White House Lunber Company in 1946 Along about this time Chleo and I were married and that resulted in one son Chuck He and his family live in Dayton Ohio I worked for White House until 1957 at which time I resigned and went into the Public Accounting business until 1959when I returned to work for White House Lumber This time I 1asted until 1970 when I resigned again to go into the glass business In 1975 I Lumber Company which I did while still maintaining my interest in the glass company I continued to purchase parts of my partners interest until 1989 when I acquired the last remaining interest I guess I will have to remain with the firm now MARGARET NIX SANDERS Rt 2 Box Canadian TX 79014 C806 323 60855 I married Homer Sanders October 13 1941 and four days later he was drafted into the Army While he served. over two years I remained in Canadian awaiting his return We moved to Gem Community to farm and ranch in 1943 and still live in the grand community we byuilt our home here in September 1952 We raised two children both are CHS graduates Janiz Lunsford Smith of Granbury Texas and Debie McCravens of Canadian There are two grandchildren Jamie Lunsford and Tyrel McCravens I am a long time member of Tri C Home Demonstration Club joining in 1946 and received two plaques for Woman of The Year of Hemphill County Home Demonstration Clubs in 1977 and 1978 We attend Gem Baptist Church I served as teacher, Treasurer, song leader, and I am Church Clerk Homer is a Deacon Homer retired in 1990 We celebrated our 50th Wedding Anniversary October 13, 1991 in Granbury My health went bad in 1989 I had a stroke in May and cancer surgery in September 1989 I had Chemotherapy for 8 months at Harrington Cancer Center in Amarillo I have had a good life, good friends, loving family, and a great husband God has richly blessed me these 67 years of life. Cwargaret wrote this in December, 1991, and died January 7, 19929 was offered the opportunity to purchase a part interest in White House 18 GEORGIA LEE MORRIS ISAACS Box 785 Canadian TX 79014 C806 323 60641 After graduating from CHS lH 1941 I attended North Texas State at Denton for one year Came back to Canadian and worked at the Canadian Lumber Company as bookkeeper This was a good job and decided to stay on for another year and then go back to college ThlS didn t happen for I went to work at the First National Bank loved this job and stayed there until 1945 Quentin Isaacs and I were married that same year We had two sons David and B111 In 1959 we moved into our present home built on the ranch west of Canadian Now we have four grandchildren two boys and two girls Both sons and their families 1 ve 1D or near Canadian We are very pleased they came back to their hometown Ours lS a close family and we think l1fe here on the ranch lS so rewarding that we could w1sh for no better place to live and F3136 the grandchildren WAYNE BAKER 915 CODkllD Canadian TX 79014 1806 323 65195 After graduating CHS 1n 1941 I spent three years in the Army A1r Corps mostly in England during WW II I returned to Canadian and married Maxine Bryan CHS Class of 43 in July 1945 Was discharged from A1r Corp November 1945 we have one daughter Carolyn Sims living in Canyon with husband David and three of the most precious grandkids God ever gave Panhandle of Texas for 31. years ret1r1ng JI1 1976 D1d surveying and engineering around Canadian for four years retired again Worked. as General Manager for Love Company Wholesale Dr11l1ng Fluids for six years retired. again Now II play golf teach an adult Bible 131ass at First Christian Church teach Defensive Driving Course to the Public QlVe deVOtlODS and teach B1b1e Classes and history lessons to the res1dents of Abraham Memorial Home I serve on the Board of Directors of Cookson H1115 Christian Ministries which operates a Children s Home near Canadian well as in Kansas Missouri Oklahoma Florida and Haiti I m Secretary Treasurer for the Panhandle Evangelist Association an organization which starts Christian Churches in Oklahoma and Texas I serve on the Board of D1rectors of Canadian Golf Cldb We enyov good health good l1v1ng and traveling hav ng been to Europe tv c the Br1t1sh Isles twice Alaska Nova Scotia Hawai Aust alia and New Zealand But mostly I play golf Q ' . I W 1 ' Y ' . - . . A i . , - D anyone. I worked with the Texas Highway Engineering Department around the . . . . . . . , . I as ' , ' '. , q . n h- 6 I Q ' I . A 4 . , ' ' , ' , 1 :i e, . ' ' ' , , L , 'i, I ', IDA MAE JOHNSON LANCASTER 3308 Llnda Amarlllo TX 79109 4806 352 08183 I entered Northwest Texas Hospltal School of Nurslng 1D September f 1941 I graduated ln 1944 I worked as a Publlc Health Nurse and School Nurse 1D Amarlllo for 24 years I worked on the east slde lH the Barrio fMexlcan areal and loved every mlnute of lt I was a frlend of the wlno the newborn the medlcare patlent and the school chlldren I had 2500 students 1300 were teenagers I have set on the curb of the streets of Amarlllo hung my feet off 1D the gutters and checked the wlno s blood pressure I have held lmmunlzatlon cllnlc 1D the alleys and Westley Communlty Center Chased T B patlents hepatltls patients and others to rat hole apartments There were two places that I had to VlSlf that I w1l1 never forget The Maln Hotel and Mr Story s home I had a bllnd patlent at the Maln Hotel I had to VlSlt twlce a week The negro porter had a b1g knlfe ln the elevator he kept for hls protectlon and all I had was my nurslng bag Mr Story had been ln the hospltal for the crlmlnal lnsane He had a twelve year of son that was a dlabetlc an I had to teach hlm a dlabetlc dlet Mr Story would lay a plstol on the sofa between us and ask me lf I wasn t afrald of hlm I would reply that I had to dle sometlme I had three wonderful chlldren and three grandsons Two of my children have followed me ln the medlcal fleld D Nlcola Deveraux has her prlvate practlce ln Seattle Steve was an accountant for Sante Fe and took early retlrement He lS now a student doctor at Cleveland School of Chlropractlc 1D Kansas Clty I retlred 5L years ago I learned to type agaln run a computer and just flnlshed wrltlng a book of Genealogy I would wrlte a book about my experlences as a nurse but no one would believe lt BETTY ANN STUDER WEISHAUPT 61 54 Borgoyne Dr HOUSTON TX 77057 After graduatlon I had a year at Texas Tech and then went to Oklhoma Unlverslty School of Nurslng There worked and went part tlme college for several years Marrled had 3 chlldren 2 of whom survlve and 3 grandchlldren Dlvorced 1D 1975 the best move I ever made Have traveled to Alaska Canada Hawall Mexlco The Orlent the South Paclflc and Europe And mostly to my all tlme favorlte England You can tell that I love to travel but have been grounded slnce 1986 Lucky to have crammed so much 1U when I could Haven t been back to Canadlan except once ln 1968 and to some funerals 1D the early 1980 s Peggy O Nelll Wolf gave me a wonderful descrlptlon of the 1990 Reunlon It was llke belng there My chlldren and grandchlldren got a tremendous klck out of the playbllls of our Jr 8 Sr plays My accountant says I am an lnvestor and they should know I don t work very hard at lt anymore, bvecause lt really lS work I - . - . . 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J P BUSSELL Box 175 Rlngwood OK 73768 1405 883 46083 In the fall of 1941 I went to Texas Tech on an athletlc scholarshlp I got my knee torn up and had surgery World war II came along and I went to the Navy I returned from overseas and was dlscharged 1n 1946 I bought some cattle and leased a place I formed and ralsed some cattle for 10 years I marrled Lols Freeman daughter of Ralph and Angle Freeman of Canadlan October 29 1948 We had 3 chlldren Elalne of Hobbs Larry of Stlnnett TX and Stephen of Enld OK We have ll grandklds 2 great grandklds and another due 1D February 1992 I went to work 1D the oll fleld 1D 1949 as a doodle bugger wlth Petty Selsmograph Co then as a drlller for Bralthwalte and Caldwell a contract exploratlon drllllng company In 1954 I went to work for the Texas Plpellne Co at Lefors TX In 1959 I xuent to work for' Cltles Servlce O11 Co Gasollne Dlvlslon Plant By 1972 I had worked my way up to Shlft Foreman and was then promoted 113 Malntenance Supervisor .Ui late 1973 I was transferred to Carthage TX down ln the beautlful plney woods as Malntenance Supt f the Cltles Servlce Gasollne Plant January 1 1976 I was transferred to the Pampa TX plant as Operatlons Supt In 1977 the Malntenance Supt passed away and that Job was added to me In November 1983 we shut the Pampa Plant down and I took early retlrement I took about 10 months for me to declde that retlrement was not for me November l 1984 I took a job w1th Odessa Babbltt Bearlng Co My terrltory was Oklahoma and Kansas We bought an acreage south of Rlngwood Oklahoma a blg whlte house on a hlll cats have busy ever says MARY ELIZABETH PUCKETT BREWER 5372 E Junlper Scottsdale AZ 85254 wlth a large machlne shep shop and barn I have a few cows a few and one spotted dog all pampered and spolled beyond bellef I also played golf for 25 years Never very good but sure do enjoy lt As as I have been slnce retlrement ln Aprll 1990 I don t know how I had time to hold a job Lols lS stlll working for J C Penny Co She she lS too old to work but too young to retlre After gradutlng from CHS I attended buslness school 1D Oklahoma Clty OK Durlng the war years I worked for Western Unlon 1D Pampa TX I met and marrled John Brewer from Vlrglnla We llved lh Texas most of our l ves He retlred lH 1983, and we moved to Scottsdale John dled September 1989 We had been marrled 46 years. We ralsed 3 sons: Ken llves here ln the valley, Randy llves in Albuqueque, NM, Dennls llves ln Dallas, TX I have had a good and full llfe. I have always been Involved ln my church I play brldge, do needlework, dabble ln palntlng. I enjoy my family and mY frlends I am belng marrled February 14, 1992 to Hugh Fortner We wlll remaln here 1D Scottsdale. -722 AI, Te. I . . ' I , , . , , NM, 4-' - 1 I I I ' V V I ' . . . ,, ,, . . I . no , , . - O ' I . . . ' I . . ' I I I ' I I I ' . . . . , . . , u ' ' , . , . ' L . . C'-s HELEN STUDER SLUSSER Sulte l25 3809 Splcewood Sprlngs Rd Austln TX 78759 Llfe has not been wlthout lf s trauma and challenges but so far I ve survlved and. wlth a smlle on my face and thanks 1D nqf heart It s lt some years yet In retlrement for 7 years lh East Texas and on a cove of Sam Rayburn was a real change a pleasure and lots of work Gardenlng flshlng and mowlng 9 acres was lndeed hard work My famlly never thought lt offered the challenge my llfe thrlved. on and so rejolced when I accepted a job to teach school So here I am stlll teachlng and enjoylng being busy and teachlng As long as I am healthy and effectlve I probably w1ll 1D some capaclty Slnce I teach lH Burnet my days are long and I am rarely to be found at home I am unmarrled and enjoy vlsltlng wlth sons and their famllles lD Arllngton Houston Brentwood TN and wlth my brother Tom ln Corpus I make these rounds rather conslstently My son John dled of cancer when he was a college student The other three are successful buslnessmen and have lovely wlves and chlldren I occaslonaly stop by Cleburne to have coffee wlth Sylvester Reed and hls wlfe wllma who are lnterested and lnvolved wlth grandchlldren as I am I made a speclal trlp recently to vlslt Betty Ann Studer Welshaupt She lS the same brlght wltty beautlful smlle cousln she always was It would please me to travel more yet I ve been to Spaln Canada and to several countrles 1D Europe I thlnk I would llke to teach school one year ln Alaska dependlng on good health and other conslderatlons It lS about the last of the frontlers and that lnterests me The only other thlng I can thlnk of to wrlte lS how good food 1s ' About the only 2 thlngs I don t llke are llmburger cheese and buttermilk I am not sure lf that lS fortunate or unfortunate' It s one reason for my worklng out at a sports club when I drlve ln from Burnet I don t know how people go through rough tlmes wlthout a lot of falth Truly the Lord lS good Cwhen I was young 1D college I thought anyone who taught school had to be crazy 1D the head But I enjoy lt now and flnd I enjoy klds today BIG SURPISE D ei . -is .ii - s i f . , . .Q f 1- really been a great life, I continue to enjoy it, and hope I get to keep JIM BUSSARD P O Box 6 Llpscomb TX 79056 1806 862 44815 After graduatlon I went to college at Goodwell Oklahoma After one year of college I jolned the Navy Alr Force I spent a llttle over three years 1D the Navv about one half the tlme golng to dlfferent schools and about one and one half years 1D the South Paclflc After I got out of the Navy 1D the sprlng of 1946 I went to work for Rock Cowan on ea ranch 1 nL1pscomb County In 1953 I marrled Mona Turner H111 She had two chlldren Lavoun and Lane In 1955 we had a son Lance In 1973 I leased the ranch that Mr Cowan had and I am stlll 1D the ranching business I guess the best part about gettlng older lS grandchlldren and medlcare ELAINE BROADUS HENRY P O Box 1177 Estes Park CO 80517 C303 586 38189 After graduatlng from CHS I attended Buslness College 1D Wlchlta Kansas worklng there for a whlle Durlng thls tlme I started uslng my flrst name Dusky I am known as Dusky E Henry Left Wlchlta to attend Pepperdlne Unlverslty 1D Los Angeles and later Abllene Chrlstlan Unlv 1D Abllene Texas Back to wlchlta lP 1947 llvlng there for two years From 1949 to 1952 I llved 1D Amarlllo Texas dolng Secretarlal work Marrlage plans were made then cancelled Moved to Portland Oregon 1D 1952 where QI worked for- the Oregon Journal lnewspaperl for two and one half years Returned to WlChlta ln 1954 and llved there untll 1969 Had several posltlons the last one belng with the U S Federal Court In early 1969 I marrled Cecll F Henry who had retlred from the Alr Force He had a log house plus 3g acres 5 mlles outslde of Estes Park Colorado lH a beautlful area I acqulred a great step son and eventually a lovely daJghter ln law followed by two terrlflc grandsons They llve 1D Houston Texas Cecll worked for Rocky Mountaln Natlonal Park for several years I taught Sunday School classes at the Church of Chrlst dld part tlme offlce work plus home maklng Cecll developed emphysema ln 1989 and we made plans to move to a lower altltude In June 1990 we signed a sales contract on our property On July 5 1990 Cecll dled qulte suddenly leavlng a blg vo1d 1U my llfe Strength from the Lord and lovlng f lends helped me deal wlth my grlef The property was sold and I moved Into an apartment 1D Estes Park I have a part tlme offlce job and do volunteer work st the publ c library Senlor Center and Nurs ng Home I cont nue to be Involved In church actlvltles September 1991 I had surgery for total rlgnt knee replacement qulte an exper1ence If you are ever ln thls area please call f , . . ... ,f I . . f . , . 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' - . . . . - .i I OLEY WILSON 2029 Sallal Road Woodburn OR 97071 Followlng graduatlon at CHS I att Panhandle A S M College at Goodwell Oklahoma for a couple of years Then I dld a short stlnt 1U the Army Alr Corp comlng home to farm for my Dad who was 111 In 1946 I marrled June Ward a 1944 grad of CHS We llved ID Canadlan and I had several jobs Our daughter Loulse was born In 1948 and our son Rlchard was born lH 1951 In 1955 after a unlque dlvlne prod I flnally answered a llfe long call to the mlnlstry We moved to Abllene and I enrolled 1D McMurry College also taklng the job of Youth Dlrector at the Flrst Methodlst Church there Before graduation I became student pastor of two small churches Flnlshlng McMurry I enrolled at Perklns School of Theology at S M U Agaln I had two rural churches whlle attendlng School Upon my graduatlon and ordlnatlon 1D 1961 we moved to southern Mlnnesota My home Conference of Northwest Texas was full at the tlme and semlnary graduates were belng lntervlewed and sought by Dlstrlct Superlntendents from varlous parts of the country We felt led to go to Mlnnesota and spent twenty two happy and productlve years there In 1983 I became dlsabled and had to take dlsablllty leave whlch contlnued untll the date of my scheduled retlrement We now llve 1D Woodburn Or ibetween Salem and Portland! where June has relatlves We are ln a corporatlon Senlor Estates Golf and Country Club which lS a retlremert center We don t play golf but enjoy the other beautlful facllltles especlally the swlmmlng pool And we have a wonderful Unlted Methodlst Church nearby where we flnd help and love JERRY PONDER ROUSH 5709 Berget Amarlllo TX 79106 1806 353 02661 After graduatlng from Canadlan Hlgh School I attended Texas Tech Unlverslty along wlth Peggy O Nelll and Betty Ann Studer As we all know the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and World War II started that year I flnlshed only one semester because my parents moved to Amarillo and I declded to attend Buslness SChool there After flnlshlng school I went to work for The Cotton Belt and Southern Paclflc Rallroad as a secretary and later for Southland Llfe Insurance Company I was lnvolved lH the J S O and met my husband who was statloned at Amarlllo Alr Force Base We were marrled 1D 1944 and 5 months later he was sent overseas to the south Pac f c He was gone for about a year when he returned we settled down and he was 1D the bulldlng buslness We llved 1D Amarlllo all our marrled life except for one year when we moved to Wlchlta Kansas whlle my husband dld a houslng proJect We had a daughter 1D 1947 and a son lh 1953 I dld not work full tlme whlle our children were growlng up My husband died ln January of 1978 from a heart attack I went to work 1D Aprll of that year for Zales Jewelers and worked there for l2 years I am now retired and am fortunate to have both my daughter and son and hls famlly llvlng here I am blessed wlth two darllng granddaughters and keep busy wlth church actlvltles frlends and famlly r . . . . . . . , . . , , . . . - . , . .L - r r r . . ,I . . . ,, r ' r 1 r . , n. - 1 . . . , . . . . . . . . . .. . . - . . . . . , . . , . . . v . - . , 1 4 - I . . . . . - . . , . . . . - r . . r - . 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' 1 ' - ' . s . 1 . . . , . , ' . r 1 9 LOUISE GREEN SPILKER 1414 Trllllum Ct Indlanapolls IN 46219 C317 898 39927 I attended T S C W at Denton TX durlng 1941 1942 before taklng a buslness course 1D Amarlllo I was soon employed at the Foxworth Galbralth Lumber Co as Secretary Bookkeeper I met my husband to be at a USO dance 1D Amarlllo 1D late 1942 He was LewJs Spllker of Indlanapolls ln the Army statloned at the Amarlllo Alr Force Base We marrled ln 1943 and son new Our and llved 1D an apartment 1D Amarlllo untll the end of the war Our flrst John was born 1D 1944 We moved to Indlananapolls ln 1945 bullt a home and my husband eventually became employed at the E11 Lllly Co second son Rlchard was born lh 1949 These sons grew up marrled located 1D the Indlanapolls area They have glven us three wonderful granddaughters In 1954 I enrolled at an Indlanapolls Unlverslty Butler and contlnued untll I recelved my BS degree 1D 1959 I was employed at a local Jr Hlgh School where I taught home economlcs for ten years I 1964 I recelved my MS degree from Purdue Unlverslty I changed to teachlng famlly l1v1ng and psychology 1D a local Sr Hlgh School where I stayed unt1l my retlrement 1D 1985 I have been actlve ln our church and varlous women s organlzatlons and have taught Sunday School Classes for Chrlstlan Educatlon a state teachers sororlty and church assoclatlon s women s group My husband and I have enjoyed travellng to Europe 3 tlmes Vlrgln Islands Abaco Islands Hawallan Islands as well as numerous Canadlan provlnces and. Unlted States My' health was good untll 1988 when Q1 was dlagnosed as havlng ovarlan cancer I underwent varlous treatments and surgerles before the cancer was 1D remlsslon In 1991 the cancer returned and more treatments were necessary So far I have had 10 weeks of hospltallzatlon and. more to go Hopefully the cancer can be put lnto remlsslon agaln Llfe has been good to me and that educatlon at CHS seems to have served me well No plcture 1 MAXINE WINKLE TRULY avallab 8 4612 Brldlewood Dr Dallas TX 75211 7812 C214 337 38279 As much as I would llke to contrlbute somethlng to thls project I honestly can not thlnk of anythlng that would be of lnterest to anyone other than myself Then to I am not what you would call a wrlter' For the has boy and and past forty years or so I have called Dallas home Most of my llfe been spent belng a housewlfe and mother I have three chlldren one and two lovely daughters Between them there are flve grandchlldren one great grandchlld I enjoy stamp collectlng bowllng craft work baseball card collectlng Among other thlngs I am a member of the Lloness Club and Eastern Star. For almost slx years I have been a wldow. Durlng the summer months I almost llve 1D the yard. It 1sn't real blg, but a full t1me Job for me. For two years stralght lt was voted Hprettlest yard on the blocku. - ,N . 1 1 1 . ' ' . n over 35 years. I have served as president of my church, Board of . . . ' , . a Y 1 u ' MARGARET ELLEN HUTTON WEATHERBY 3104 Covert Ave Ft Worth TX 76l33 After graduatlng CHS I attended West Texas State Unlverslty and recelved my degree ln Publlc School Muslc I taught school ln Dumas Shamrock and Crandall whlch lS S E of Dallas I dld flllng for a short tlme at Sears 1D Dallas Gordon Weatherby and I were lnarrled lH September l946 1D Denver Colorado Gordon lS ea veteran of World War II havlng served overseas as a pllot We were based 1D Tennessee Alabama Florlda and Connectlcut where Gordon lnstructed alr sclence and tactlcs at Yale Unlverslty Ft Worth has been our home for 39 years Followlng some grad work at TCU I taught school 1D the Ft Worth school system for twenty years Before hls retirement Gordon was an englneerlng wrlter at General Dynamlcs Alrcraft Plant 1D Ft Worth My hobbles have been muslc geneology palntlng and collectlng art of the lmpresslonlsts Pierre Renlor Claude Monet Maurlce Utrlllo Mary Cassett and others Needless to say genealogy fEDQllSh and French! and muslc are endless llfe tlme pursults J M THRASHER 400 Jupiter Pampa TX 79065 C806 665 30281 After I flnlshed hlgh school I began worklng for the rallroad I worked for several months before I jolned the Navy where I served for three and one half years 1D the South PaClflC on two shlps Upon dlscharge from the Navy I returned to Canadlan and resumed worklng for the rallroad There I met and marrled Mlldred Chaffln We were blessed wlth two chlldren Kennlth of Canadlan and Kay of Pampa Each of them have four chlldren worked for the rallroad for forty three years retlrlng at age slxty I now reslde ln Pampa and have some deallngs wlth cattle 1 . - r r . . , , , . . 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I . . . . , . . . . . r v 1 JOSEPHINE FINCHER TYREE 1561 W Center Ave Huntlngton Beach CA 92647 C714 894 90945 After graduatlon 1D l94l I played wlth a dance band untll December when the war broke out then went to Callfornla and worked at Douglas Aircraft for the Duratlon Well after many trlals and errors 1 two marrlages two dlvorces llfe b ecame very excltlng The old adage llfe beglns at 40 Cactually 37 for me! really came true I went to work for the Matson Navlgatlon Co 1D 1961 I salled I8 years as stewardess on Matson Llners SS Lurllne Matsonla Marlposa and Monterey and on Amerlcan Presldent shlps SS Presldent Cleaveland Wllson and Roosevelt I have been all over the world and the memorles stlll thrlll me Whlle at sea I studled gemology and on retlrlng 1D 1978 I enrolled at Gemologlcal Instltute of Amerlca for courses ln dlamond appralsal and colored stone ldentlflcat on opened a jewelry store ln thls very attractlve llttle shopplng center called Old World Vlllage A large part of my collectlon lS my own deslgn I have one son Rlchard wlfe Judy and two orandchlldren Rlch fought lH Vletnam Huey Cobra Gunshlps CCareer manl retlred as Major now travel lH an R V and when I can t take long trlps I just drlve to the beach for a couple of nlghts Love waklng up wlth that blg P3ClflC rlght ln front of my wlndow Blggest regret I wasn t the flrst person on the moon Future Asplratlon Relncarnatlon as an Astronaut Mlneralologlst and discover all the gems and preclous metals on the Planets WILLIAM J CAKA BILLY JOED JACKSON 707 Maln Street Canadlan TX 79014 4806 323 63327 Graduated CHS ln May l94l went to Unlverslty of Texas one year and went to work at Pantex to awalt the draft ln fall of 1942 The Army flunked me so I waved old Dorsey Tubb off on the bus to klll Japs wlth a bulldozer and went back to UT ln January 1943 to study accountlng and law Dld the smartest thing 1U my llfe marrylng Lllree ln Apr11 1946 Took the Bar and got mv llcense 1D December l947 followed by baby born January 20 flnals th next day and opened my law off ce 1D Canadian lH Aprll 1948 Retlred almost 1D January 1991 Wayne told me not to flll thls wlth k ds and grandklds so I can t tell you about Janle and her Chrlstlan and Llzzy Dlane and her Katy and Sara Elleen and her Llly Maggle and wllllam Jackson Kuhn age 20 Mo Wayne has mentloned God and Church and famlly and you know what that lS about anyway ' - ' , 'ez ' , . . . . . . . 4 works at Boeing, Seattle. 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' - WILBUR MERRELL 23 Brown Street Henderson NV 89015 we l I can t say I have had as exciting a life as some of you but here goes my story After graduating from CHS I put in a very hard summer on a farm working from 4 am to 9 pm I swore that I would never work on a farm again so I went to Chicago to a trade school I was there when the war broke out Later in l942 I enlisted in the Navy I went all over the South Pacific Came back to the States in l945 I had 30 days leave coming so I came back to Canadian to visit my family Spent some time with Norman Curnutt Visited several people at the Kilarney Cafe After I was discharged from the Navy I went to Santa Barabra California to go to USC which did not last long I couldn t support a wife and go to College too I then moved to Norwalq Worked as a n electrician construction Also drove a truck hauling hay I bought L acre of land in Buena Park CA built a house on the land We now had two girls In l95O I contacted Polio and spent a year in the Hospital While I was still in the wheelchair I wanted to go to college First College I contacted would not accept me because I was in the wheelchair I then went to Long Beach Electronics Graduated with a degree in Electronics in l953 While I was still on crutches a fellow hire me to repair radios and TV s In l953 we came to Las Vegas NV We had a third daughter in l957 I managed a TV and Appliance Store in Boulder City My wife filed for divorce in l965 I l966 I met a very wonderful lady named Thelma We went together for 3 years I was now a Department Manager for a very large department store in Las Vegas Thelma and I were married in I969 She has 5 children 3 boys and 22 girls with my E3 girls we now have 8 children Thank God they didn t all live here at home I opened aa TV' and Appliance Store in Henderson NV in l974 We kept the store until l986 At that time we retired and we are enjoying every minute We have a very large family 8 children 24 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren Keeps us busy We don t have the money to do much traveling Post polio is catching up with me so I guess we will spend our kids inheritance and do a little t aveling before it is too late I have a lot of fun going places in my wheelchair watching peoples faces how they try to ignore me I usually get a smile out of them one way or another of course some are impossible we go to shows on the strip and who goes in firstc I DO' We go to a buffet and we get the royal treatment So there are a lot of advantages being handicapped All the pr etty girls smile at me Well that brings it up to date The life of a Country Boy .:.L- . gl, 1 I , . . . 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I JOAN CHAMBERS NOVAK 916 Porpolse Austln TX 78734 C512 261 67603 To begln wlth I have had a wonderful llfe from the day I was born ln my grandmothers house on Maln Street lD Canadlan After graduatlng I attended Stephens College ln Columbus MO a Jr Women s College Recelved a degree ln 1943 Marrled Jack Osborne 1D August 1943 Jack was ea Navy pllot I was able to be wlth hlm most of the tlme durlng the war In 1945 we came to Canadlan for a short time then to Pampa where our two boys were born Son Frank llves 1D Pampa Mlchael llves ln Austln Each have a glrl and a boy that I enjoy so much Moved to Austln 1D 1971 met and marrled a retlred Navy Captaln We moved to Lakeway 1D 1975 a retlrement communlty on Lake Travls 20 mlles out of Austln wlth golf courses etc John and I traveled extenslvly always wlth golf 1D mlnd Have been fortunate enough to play many of the courses 1D the States and numerous forlgn countrles John dled 1D 1987 I am now marrled to Charlle Novak whom I have known for years We are very happy golfing brldge UT Basketball and Football Most of all we both work 1D our wonderful Ecumenlcal Church one of the few ln exlstance DORSEY TUBB Box 1127 , Canadlan TX 79014 After graduatlng from Hlgh School I entered Texas A S M when World War II was declared I qult school and was drafted I spent three years ln the Phlllpplnes and New Gulnea returnlng home lH 1945 on the same shlp wlth Curley Owens and Jlm McMeans from Manlla I went lnto the ranchlng and farmlng buslness wlth my father I marrled Gena and we had two chlldren Mlke and Teresa Mlke lS a laser technlclan 1D Mountaln Vlew and Teresa lS a housewlfe ln Houston wlth two chlldren I went lnto ranchlng and farmlng buslness on my own In 1964 and retlred from ranchlng 1D 1978 and from farming 1D 1980 My wlfe and I have traveled the world extenslvely and have enjoyed retlrement I really enjoy turnlng over and golng back to sleep or slttlng by the flreplace when lt lS 14 degrees below zero and snowlng and blowlng outslde' I have had three heart blopsys and seven angloplastys lH the past eleven years and feel wonderful We contlnue to llve ln Canadlan and lntend to travel more 1 1 1 f . 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ARTHUR MCPHERSON Box 1180 Magalia, CA 95954 1916-873-06381 September 1941 found me at Texas A S M in Engineering Sshool Then Came Pearl Harbor on December 7 The next month I enllsted 1D the Naval Alr Corps and enrolled ln Amarlllo College 1D the Navy V 5 Fllght Program In 1943 I graduated ln Englneerlng Buslness and Clvlllan Pllot Tralnlng Then came 3 years ln the Navy Alr Corps all Stateslde I was dlscharged ln 1946 marrled a Navy Wave Sylvla Tartas natlve of Ch cago and returned to college at Oregon State Unlverslty I graduated 1D 1948 nlth a B S 1D Forestry and mlnor ln Buslness Admlnlstratlon I worked for 10 years for a large San Franclsco based Forest Products flrm lH a varlety of capacltles from Logglng Management to Sales Manager In 1958 wlth Partners we aqulred our flrst wood mlllwork MFG Company lH Chlco Over the next 7 years we added 3 more companles to our group We then had over 350 employees My area of responslblllty was management plus raw materlal procurement and natlonal carload sales At the end of 1986 the age of 62Q I cashed lH my Interests 1D the mlllwork buslness and retlred to Paradlse Plnes on the 3rd Tee ln the Sierra Nevada Mts two hours Northeast of Sacramento CA In 1980 my flrst marrlage falled after 35 years and two sons Robert now 41 and a Presbyterlan Clergyman and Davld 39 a skatlng rlnk proprletor 1D RlV6fSld8 19 1 marrled Patty Eusanlo M S from Yuba Clty CA Patty 1S a hospltal consultant 1D nurslng admlnlstratlon My hobbles are woodworklng travel readlng wrltlng and deep sea flshlng but mostly travel I am a Llfe Member of the Natlonal Rlfle Assoclatlon The John Blrch Soclety and XI SIGMA PHI Natlonal Honor Soclety 1D Forestry Summers you can generally flnd me slttlng on our deck overlooklng the golf course readlng a good book but November to Aprll you w11l most llkely flnd me relaxlng on the deck of a frelghter somewhere or the seven seas near the equator headed for Afrlca Slngapore Tahltl or whatever PEGGY O NEILL WOLF 807 Sllver Spruce San Antonlo TX 78232 C512 490 51267 After two years at Texas Tech pursued a secretarlal career ln the Los Angeles CA area wlth US Army and prlvate buslness then lh Washlngton DC and Manlla Phlllpplnes wlth the State Department After marrlage 1D Hong Kong Brltlsh Crown Colony to a US Alr Force man contlnued work ng 1D Washlngton DC wlth the State Department and the Defense Department ln Munlch and Berlln Germany and Ohlo and Mlssourl Retlred 1D 1986 from Offlce of the Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon after 9Q years 1D Arllngton VA Presently llvlng 1D San Antonio TX wlth husband and three cats Hope to attend future CHS reunlons as I so much enjoyed my flrst one 1D 1990 For the record In splte of what appears on our hlgh school senlor plcture my malden name lS spelled O Ne1ll . . - . . . . . - , - . . . . . . . . . . . , . , . . . . - 4 r r r a -5- I . . . 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LEONARD SANDERS HCR 2 Box 40 Canadlan TX 79014 i806 323 69239 In the Fall of 1941 my brother Howard and I went to the Unlverslty of Texas to enroll 1D college We had not been there very long untll our father became serlously 111 so I had to come home to help out on the farm I stayed there untll I was called lnto the Army They sent me to Camp Roblnson Arkansas for my Basls Tralnlng then to Fort Ord Callfornla and then to Seattle Washlngton we boarded shlp there and slx days later arrlved lH Hawall for thlrty days of further tralnlng From there we went to the Johnson Islands Marshall Islands Caroline Islands and then up to the Marlanas to the lsland of Salpan where we had two weeks of lntenslve tralnlng Then we left for Oklnawa whlch lS an Island 325 mlles from Japan where we found out that we were not really very welcome when the war was over I was sent to the Phllllplne Islands and spent another thlrteen months there on Mlndoro and Luzon before returnlng to the States to be dlscharged On October 19 1947 T marrled Maxlne Owens another CHS Graduate and we have two chlldren Howard and Shlrley and two grandchlldren Scott and Krls We st1l1 llve on part of country llvlng Our maln enjoyment though comes from taklng trlps by car and so far we have vlslted every state west of the Mlsslsslppl and part of Canada We wlll observe our 45th weddlng annlversary thls year JUANITA DURHAM WILSON 4209 Crockett Amarlllo TX 79110 1807 C806 352 03177 I am retlred worked as unlt secretary for 20 years at North West Texas Hospltal Have 3 chhlldren 2 boys and l glr slx beautlful granddaughters and one handsome grandson Two of my grandchlldren l1ve ln Callfornla so I do not get to see them often enough I haven t been to a reunlon of Canadlan Hlgh School graduates I am elther worklng or off somewhere on vatcatlon when the tlme comes Llfe lS never dull' I had a chance to come to Canadlan last summer to see the Wlld Klngdom That was my flrst tlme back ln thlrty years I had forgotten how beautlful the hllls and trees are I am looking forward to the letters from all our classmates Maybe we could get some of us together sometime the farm that my grandfather started 85 years ago, and we still enjoy 1 . 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No plcture avallable Graduated SUDIE RECORDS REEDER Perryton 1601 S Drake Hlgh School Perryton TX 79070 C806 435 66553 After graduatlon I worked at Walgreen Drug 1D Perryton for over one year Then I went to radio and electrlcal school at the Waco Texas War Work Center From there I worked for Consolidated Aircraft 1D Ft Worth TX My Perryton High School sweetheart Joseph Edward Reeder Jr and I were marrled on March 2 1943 1D Sprlngfleld MO He was ln the Coast Guard a branch of the U S Navy I went to work near hls lsland statlon t Ellzabeth C1ty NC for Consolldated Alrcraft agaln Our flrst son Joseph Edward Reeder III nas born Aprll 13 1945 the day Presldent Roosevelt dled Ed my husband was 1D charge of loadlng bombs lH shlps at Portsmouth VA at thls tlme Nhen our son was 3 months old Ed was sent to Italy After the war Ed went to a trade school 1D Sprlngfleld MO I worked awhlle 1U a bakery Ed went to work for the Frlsco Rallroad 1 Sprlngfleld Our second son Bobby Gene Reeder was born February 2 1947 Our daughter Carol Suzanne Reeder was born November 30 1957 The same year she was taklng phonics ln the lst grade our son Bob was taklng phonlcs ln college So much for slght reading and modern math taught that unch of klds' Our older Son J E was 1D the Alr Force and served 1D etnam and Thalland Bob later served 1D the Green Berets lH Vletnam The servlcemen who served 1D the Vletnam wal were treated wlth dlsrespect when they returned to the States That was really a hurtful tlme In 1968 Ed transferred to Tulsa OK as a llne gang foreman 1D the communlcatlons department We found a home near Tulsa 1D Mannford and moved there September 13 1968 In 1969 I went to work for the Lake Keystone News 1D Mannford as bookkeeper and soclety edltor we loved llvlng on Lake Keystone I started coughlng from allergles about 1973 My Sister Chrlsteen Dendy dled at Easter that year About 1985 West Tulsa began burnlng all of Tulsa s trash ln a blg bulldlng Mannford had yellow alr quite a blt of the tlme and my health deterlorated Tulsa flnally put 1D a fllter system but I stlll cough when I go back to the Tulsa area On September 8 1989 I bought an older home 1D a nlce nelghborhood 1U Perryton It lS great to renew old frlendshlps By the summer of 1990 my health had lmproved so much that I qult coughing However I stlll cough lf I am around tobacco smoke My 3 children are very conslderate and lovlng to me I now have 2 grandchlldren and 2 great grandchlldren I stay busy and I am thankful to God for my health and to be back HOME' . . 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I s EDWIN WARD 18610 Fairburn St Hesperia CA 92345 After graduating CHS in 1941 I worked for the Santa Fe RR in Amarillo until joining the Army in 1943 I served nearly three years in an Infantry Division in the S W Pacific After the war I went to West Texas State earning a Business Adm Degree While at WT 1 met and later married Mary Hudgins of Dalhart who is still my wife and loyal friend after 40 plus years We have two children and two granddaughters I left the Santa Fe in 1957 and worked 31 years for U S Potash in Carlsbad NM U S Borax Boron CA I retired from Borax in 1988 I have been working pa rt time as Human Resourse Consultant for EduTech a training and education firm of Newport Beach CA I have spent over 30 years in the Personal Industrial Hobbies Tennis woodworking CI started under Heck Wardl golf and restoring classic Mustangs fthe 4 wheel variety! We have traveled in Europe and Mexico and are busy with Church and Sunday School Although I was born and reared in Glazier I have many fond memories of CHS and the friends I made there In my mind s eye I still see Canadian as the beautiful friendly little town beside the river OVILINE BRUTON ELLIOTT 4231 A W 16th Amarillo TX 79106 i806 355 84643 After graduation I attended business college in Oklahoma City where I met Gordon Elliott We weie married and lived back east in Baltimore MD where he was from for many years Gordon was ill with tuberculosis and the hospital most of the time so it was up to me to make the living I worked as data entry operator for Humble Oil Co back east When Gordon passed away I moved here to Amarillo and worked for Diamond Shamrock OLI G Gas Corp for many years I retired in 1985 one week after I retired my older sister Iona was operated on June 7 in St Anthony s Hospital at ll 30 am And my younger sister Margorie died at Northwest Texas Hospital the same day at 12 10 PM I have two sons Randy and Charles Randy is aa Vietnam veteran has a degree in accounting but can t sit in an office so drives an eighteen wheeler all over the USA Charles is an accomplished musician and singer Attended Julliard School of American Opera, and performed with the Metropolitan Opera for two years. Curently he is in business for himself I belong to Trinity United Methodist Church. I visit friends, work in my flower garden so life goes on Nothing too exciting, I am afraid Relations field. My specialty is resolution of conflict in the workplace. n ' n ' n a No Picture SALVADOR PARRA SVS 1 1 ab 1 9- 4408 55th Str 'Savvy was Lubbock TX 79414 absent i806 792 12467 that day I have been on the road As all you might recall I was struck by lightning app roximately three weeks after graduation I thought that was the end of any future plans I had in mind Eventually I was drafted into the Army and left Canadian January 7 1943 to be sworn into the Army and departed for Ft Sill on January 14 1943 I stayed there aproximately two weeks just long enough to get my shots and clothing proceeded to Jefferson Barracks MO to March Field CA on to Banning CA to Indio to Thermal CA and onto the desert of Yuma AZ From there I was sent to Camp Stonement CA for shipment to Schofield Barracks and after a brief rest went to Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands returned to Schofield Barracks and subsequently went to Guam After being at Guam for a short period it was time to move onto Okinawa when the war ended we were preparing to to to Japan I spent three Christmas overseas I returned to Vancouver WA and dwent to Ft Sam Houston for seperation on January 14 1946 After my seperation from the Army I stayed in Canadian for several months went to Amarillo to work and finally enrolled at Texas Tech in September 1946 After much struggle I graduated in January 1950 with BS in Public Administration Still yearning for Military life I was commissioned in the Air Force and entered active duty in May 1951 I was assiggned to Eglin AFB FL shortly thereafter I was selected for assignment to the Air Force Office of Special Investigations I went to Barksdal AFB LA and later went to Washington DC for training on three ocassions Later QI was assigned to Jackson MS onto Ramey AFB P uerto Rico While there I was on assignments to the Virgin Islands and Martinque I returned to Kelly AFB TX then to McConnell AFB KS Peshawar Pakistan While stationed there: I was on assigments to New Delhi India Karachi Pakistan Kabul Aghanistan and Ankara Turkey visited Istanbul I went thru the Khyber Pass on four occassions Going and returning I had stop overs at Beirut Lebanon Rove Italy Paris France and New York Saw the world s fair in 1965 I went to Homestead AFB FL onto the Canal Zone Panama While at Panama I was on assignment to Buenos Aires Argentina with stop overs at Lima Peru and Santiago Chile While Stationed at Homestead AFB I was on assigment for two weeks at the Republican Convention Miami Beach in 1968 the same year I was on assignment to George Wallace on one of his talks I served as Detachment Commander Cheif of Personnel Security Investigations and Cheif of Operations during my tour with the Spe cial Investigations After traveling so much I retired in June of 1970 as a Major I worked full time with the Texas Employment Commission in Lubbock from December 1970 to June 1986 and as of January 1987 I have been working part time four hours per day' I am married and have a son and a daughter who reside in Dallas My family went with me to Puerto Rico Pakistan and Panama My Daughter has a Journalism degree from the University of Missouri and a MBA from Tech My son has a BA and MA from Tech and working on his PHD he also has private flying license plus instructor s license and he served as lst Lt 1nArmy My wife is a few hours short of a degree from Tech I have been to Army and Air Force reunions at St Louis Seattle went to Vancouver BC from there Sacramento Clearwater FL San Antonio Dallas and Reno I have been active with the Golden K Kiawanis Club president three years Retired Officer s Association Secretary two years and treasurer one year Texas Tech Century Club Trustee Texas Tech Dads and Moms Association 854th Spearheaders Association DAV and Association of Former USAF Special Agents I also attended Ann Richards Inagural Ball at Austin in January 1991 as a guest of my wife since she received the invitation' I play golf at every opportunity' I suppose that all of you might conclude that I have itchy feet I ll IIIlIIIIII lII CA., . , , . I I I I HA' I I ' I I I I to Pakistan I had stop overs in Madrid, Spain, Libya, and Saudi Arabia, ' .I . I I I I . , . VIRGINIA MOSELEY BROMERT 3518 South Mllam Amarlllo TX 79109 C806 358 63723 ax GR-1 Immedlately after graduatlng from CHS I came to Amarlllo and attended buslness school and then went to work for Sante Fe Rallroad ln the accountlng department In November 1944 I marrled L H Bromert 1D Amarlllo who also worked for Sante Fe lalmost 47 years ago J We moved to Pamp lived there untll 1953 and then back to Amarlllo and I have loved lt' We have one daughter Llnda two wonderful grand daughters as well as a wonderful son 1D law Llnda lS a nurse the granddaughters are followlng ln her footsteps and Tom lS wlth Sante Fe Thelr home lS ln Topeka Kansas Q16 yearsl I love my church and worshlp lS and has always been a wonderful part of my llfe I have belonged to an Arts and Crafts Club for 25 years and an actlve member of the Ladles Auxllary to the Rallroad Tralnmen for 30 years dld volunteer work at St Anthony s Hospltal for many years and now volunteer at H1 Plalns Baptlst Hospltal I attend a SeUlOfClZe water exerclse class and am a walker retlred from Sante Fe ln 1982 after 41 years of servlce We travel qulte a blt by car and enjoy our famlly and frlends more than anythlng so come see us' Mlssed the 1990 Reunlon but attended the one, before that looklng forward to the next one' GENEVIE GALLOWAY JOHNSON 2135 Bryce Ct li '53 Grand Junctlon CO 81503 fig yi J 4303 241 68751 ,,, After graduatlon from CHS I attended the Amerlcan Buslness College 1n h b d who was attendlng Wlchlta Kansas While there I met my future us an the Unlverslty of Wlchlta After graduatlon I returned to Canadlan and worked at the Soll Conservatlon Servlce untll my marrlage ln Aprll of 1944 ln Bellevllle IL when my husband was sent overseas wlsth the Alr Force I returned to Canadlan and worked at the F1rst Natlonal Bank After hls return we llved 1n western Kansas for slx years where my husband managed a chaln grocery In 1952 we moved to the Denver area where we ralsed our famlly of two glrls and two boys After the chlldren f 25 were all ln school I went back to work ln the banklng buslness or years when my husband retlred from the grocery buslness ln 1987 we moved to Grand Jct We are enjoylng thls beautlful area we can see the Colorado Natlonal Monument from our back door F1ShlDQ huntlng boatlng are all close by and there lS very llttle trafflc or smog We have made many new frlends and are lnvolved 1D seJeral communlty clubs and organlzatlons We enjoy travellng and have been to Mexlco and Hawall We have flve beautlful grand chlldren who spend tlme wlth us ln the summers ...sqf-1 z v 1- f C :'5r2'f ' T' fx- f'z-15,3 J 1 - -' '1 'ff ' nf- L ,. ff, .2 ,Jil-Q' vfl '- 'rg - if - . 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WANDA PHILLIPS ROCKEL 1 7 ,ow 1506 Hllltown Plke 83 'L In September l94l I went to West Texas State as I wasn t old enough to enter nurslng school whlch was my ambltlon My mother hoped I would change my mlnd 1D that year and become a teacher But I stlll wanted to be a nurse I thought So 1D September 1942 I entered the nurslng school at Scott and Whlte Hospltal Temple Texas June 5 l943 I marrled Lt John H Rockel from Pennsylvanla who was statloned at Camp Hood when he was transferred from Camp Hood I left nurslng school to go with hlm Eventually ln 1946 after the war we came to Pennsylvanla so John could when anyone asks me how I am war booty other flnlsh college And I have been here ever slnce I came to be ln Pennsylvanla I tell them that soldlers brought home rlfles and helments I m home After my chlldren were 1D school I began on a part tlme basls However I dldn t qulte ge chlld entered college so I stopped agaln The three ln college lt became lmperatlve that I try what my husband brought to attend college agaln flnlshed when our flrst next year when we had to earn some money so I started worklng Flrst as a proofreader then I became a computer programmer Before I retlred ln March 1990 I was managlng a department of programmers as well as belng a senlor programmer analyst I stlll work as a programmer on a part tlme basls After all three of our chlldren flnlshed college they urged me to f1n1sh my degree So May 1980 I flnally recelved a BA ln Mathematlcs from Temple Unlverslty 1D Phlladelphla I contend that makes me the world s slowest learner as lt was 39 years after I graduated from CHS that I flnally graduated from college Through the years we travelled around the Unlted States lncludlng attendlng the 1984 Olymplcs ln Los Angeles We also made a trlp to Austrla and Germany whlch was very enjoyable even though we almost bot thrown off a traln 1n Germany because we dldn t know that you should reserve seats on thelr tralns I thlnk our most enjoyable trlps were two whltewater raft trlps on the Colorado Rlver through Grand Canyon I am a wldow now In December 1990 John surrered a severe dlsabllng stroke and he dled August 27 1991 as a consequence We made lt to Canadlan for several of the hlgh school reunions and I hope to attend the next one also. In addltlon to my three children, I also have four grandchlldren. I am presently qulltlng a quilt for my new granddaughter 1D a frame that Don Kite from Canadlan made for my mother ln about 1934. - - Q'-I' --'li - NVQ I' - , I gf f JH CIW I ilgfzi, J --fix 4. ' f -3, .'.1x'1, ' H4 .Ji i ,Q V -if . X Q , . ..a' u . , . Z V I ,gf -5. .7 U- gif Hllltown, PA 18927 .M ,. -. 11,7 gf gv- :H f1s1 I T ' . lu n , . . I a U A I ' ' I v n u . . , . I 'I Q ' JIM PAYTON 1773 Kirkmont Dr San Jose CA 95124 C408 978 29227 After graduation I. attended Howard Payne College 111 Brownwood Texas After that the Navy attempted to add to my education There were brief stays t Southwestern University t Georgetown Texas Columbia University in New York City and Northwestern University in Chicago where I was commissioned I was ordered to New Guinea as the Skipper of a LTC CLanding Craft Tankj McArthur s Navy Subsequently I was sent to the Philippines and participated in several assault landings on the Island of Mindanao We also assisted in the staging operations for the Okinawa invasion and the Japanese invasion which thankfully did not occur I was released from active duty in the Philippines in 1946 Four of us opened a commercial shipping company utilizing surplus LCT s with offices and home port in Cebu City We provided temporary shipping service to various areas in the archipelago until port facilities were restored In 1952 I joined Getz Bros S Co a San Francisco based Company as a salesman in their Manila Office On vacation trip to Texas in 1959 I met and married Connie Kubecka Wichita Falls Finest' At this time I was assistant general manager of the Getz s Philipines operations that consisted of import export manufacturers reps and a rather extensive distribution system Our daughter Patricia was born in where I was general manager for Getz s facilities in Singapore Malasia and Indonesia we were transfered to Taipei Taiwan as general manager for an exciting two years My mother had always advised me to settle down and I finally did in 1966 when I Joined Merrill Lynch in San Jose CA I am currently as assistant vice president and help my clients manage somewhat under S100 million Our daughter graduated from Stanford University in 1982 and is married and living in Los Angeles Connie and I do enjoy most weekends at our condo in Carmel which is about an hour and twenty minute drive from San Jose I have no current retirement plans I have had an exciting live and have seen. a great deal of the world However I have never met better le that TEXANS ELODIA ESTRADA GUERRERO Rt 1 Box 66 Miami TX 79059 1806 868 37813 Elodia Estrada and Jose L Guerrero were married in April 1942 In December 1942 my husband was drafted into the Army where he served for three years in France and England when he came back we moved to Miami TX We had four sons all of whom graduated from Miami High School and three af them attended college two served in the Navy and one in the National Guard All are married now and as I have two step daughters I have six. grandsons six granddaughters and six great grandsons' They seem to come in sixes for me My husband died of a heart attack in 1977 I am a member of The Sacred Heart Church in Canadian where I have beena member for over 70 years I belong to the Alter Society My hobbies are Crocheting afghans and making quilts Some of them I have received ribbons for at the Fair in Canadian. Not an exciting life, but a very happy one! a ' ' a , , ' ' 1 ll I ll 0 Manila, and remains our Hone and onlyu. In 1962 we moved to Singapore I I - - t . 4. . No picture CHARLES C STALLCUP avagjble 1716 S 2nd St Tucumcari NM 88401 4505 461 19427 Well it s been a long time since that May a 37 w en I le Canadian There has been a lot of water under the bridge since then when we moved to New Mexico it was an experience I will never forget The country was completely different and the people were too I tried to get a Job with the contractors building Conchas Dam and they told me they hired men not kids I found a Job with a Spanish family that owned a grocery store and gas station I worked for them for two and one half years They treated me like I was one of the family and still do I have the run of their ranch for hunting and fishing After the dam was finished we moved into Tucumcari and II went to work for the Bureau of Reclamation in their warehouse In October of 1943 I Joined the Navy I took my Boot Camp at Camp Perry near Williamsberg Va From there we were sent to Camp LeJeune North Carolina a Marine Camp The school was an Infantry Tactical Training course Wading the swamps at night with water Camp Parks CA and put in a seabee unit From there we were sent to Barbers Point Navel Air Station on Oahu Hawaii for more training jungle warfare Then to Enewitok to Saipan and on to Okinawa from April 9 to December 5 1945 when the war was over I returned home and back to my old job In 1947 I went to work for the City of Tucumcari at the Municipal power plant and for several years my s pervisor was John Armstrong Buck Worley s father in law I learned to fly on the G I Bill and have more than 250 hours in various types of aircraft single engine I have been married 42 years to a wonderful wife We have two daughters and five grandchildren Three are Army Brats and travel a great deal are in Okinawa at this time and they speak several languages The other two live in Canyon TX At present I am the Director of the Family Center for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints CMormonD We have one hundred and forty eight million names on the IGI compac disc Twelve million on the ancestral file Forty million on the Social Security file and death Index records Casualty records of the Korean and Vietnam wars are those that are missing In closing I will say Vaya Con Dios to alll!! ' ' ' ' d y in 19 h ft up to your waist in the winter time! After all of this we were sent to NO STORV AVAILABLE: --I A '.'w'f'-I in kg'-24? J' 'f 4 . -rr P I-J YJ -Y ' s. 4 4... Annette Wyatt FOlgO Mary Culbertson Johnson 1408 E Bronco Blvd 2116 Colony Dr SW Bloomfleld WM 87413 Huntsvllle AL 35802 1386 Tom Reed 7060 Becky Lane El Paso, TY 79901 A ' 4 CHARLES :Ltsn Max Callaway Norman Curnutt Clovls Star Rt Roswell NM 88201 B H Thornton 803 College Ave Alva OK 73717 ADDRESS UNKNOWN gf PEARL HANNA GENE UABB5 THF-AS BILL FORT v PRES W , 5 fi? T37 af :gsm . 31 - 1' - ? 'Z ..?': fl' 37 1 a-fm? L 1 JLG v . . 'P 4 . V 1 . 9 '- 3 - 'r:271' iff? 4rI '1 ' . ' LL? v ' . ifk- , f ' ',-if - - I' t :ft-'.. ' ?fa . . 4 a s O 9 f' -'11 'm+'f---- 1.-, qi., - . A . 'f5i'gQ1g, .yr - i A..-H' -Y C 1' ,. 'b fi ' 'ff ..p - 1. gk: 14,431 Qff ' i?i ,' 155 W . ' 1 if-,-'L if 1 , 4 fn I . 6 to . . to .1 L ' 253, - E ' f,,' ar: 0. 1' 1' lui- 7 f' -, 1 '- .q:iw1 '4. : ' A f 217.13 A ff ff -Eel . ,ifhf ' fi '13 ' 'fwff V 24- :1 4, -gp' .. ffl' ,-- 1faf'3 N. 1 , DECEASED EUGENE SPURLIN SGTARMS CHARLES VVRIGHT MILDRED LUIS CAROL BRYANT Q1 ff'- S J 'T J 1 MOZEL LE BRIGGJ Ldancla AAcAcLoo KNO pwtuae auavtalvtel MARGARET N IX I ' Iii? :. 52 'f -i-2' - A' iii . 5 ,H-A . IP ' 'f : 'f' . ' -. 'ff -. Q , v 1 ..' ' . x' . -ma f' X 'J' leaf, ' - F45 44 .5 . .M..,. 3 2'-.-- ' , ' . , F ', 1'-Q1 'al' ', f a a oasr, 1990 Wayne Baker Wanda Phillips Wanda's husband Dorsey Tubb Arthur McPherson Charles Pickens Jerry Ponder Nila June Elsie Wayne Baker George Earl Tubb Mary Elisabeth Puckett Ida Mae Johnson Sudie Records Cstandingj R.L Roberts Mary Roberts KR L.'s wife? Chloe Worley CBuck's wifeb Buck Worley Wanda Phillips Wanda's husband Art McPherson Wayne Baker Bo E tom two rows Bottom Art McPherson Marv 11zabeth Puckett Wayne Baker B111 Jackson J P Bussell J P s Wlfe Second row Jerry Ponder Peo y O'V91l1 Mary Roberts J1m Bussard Also, see 1f you can p1Ck em B111y Rogers Allen Webb Warren H111 Tex H111 Buddy Hobdy J1mmy Hodges 1990 Reunlon St Augm 41 Class of Canadlan Hlgh Sc1oo1 Peggy O Nell Wanda Ph1111ps 111 Jackson George Ear M1Hd1e Row to Rlght Left Jlm Bussard rthur McPherson Mary Ellzabeth Puckett Margaret Nlx Ida Mae Jo1nson Maxlne Wlnkle Front Row Sudle Record Jerry Ponder :fin-. as fvu.-ci V N --,F L fx NJ Lu J Stallcup Charles Merrlll llbur 7 rlg to Cleft d ow Q3 U7 Elalne ront row left to right Bert Briggs, Max Calloway, Salvador Para, FQ Q4j 4 1 v 1yg,n-Q con R ' ht W' ' , , .M. ras , ' , bs, eld ' , ' . . . . . I . . I t Nik Ida Mae Johnson, Juanita Reno, He , 1 ' h U A ' ' 1 ' I V e ' da McAdoo, Charles Eller. ' ' . . 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