Canadian High School - Beargrass Yearbook (Canadian, TX)

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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

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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 . .

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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 . , . I . , A ' . . , I f f . , . . . . . . . . . . , . . , . , I ' I ' I - 1 . . . . . ' I 0 I 1 1 . . . . I I ' - 1 - - I I .. . . - . , - . . . . . . . ' ' . . . . . . . . . . . . ' I I . . W. . J. . .h . Q A A ' 1 , . J. . . 4 v 4 . . - , , .L . 4. ' - . . . . - .i I