Clinton High School - Tornado Yearbook (Clinton, OK)

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Through the Years SENIOR 1 I A55 HIHTORX When thls enterprlslng class of 134 freshmen landed at f H S Airport in 1943 teach ers tradesmen townspeople and all agreed as for spunk originality holsterousness and good sportsmanship we were the icmg on the cake 11 hy we even had both quantity and qualltv We elected Roy Edward Meador better known as The Bram for our president Ron ald flleaven Forbldl Bablone was vlce presl dent and ,loann 188 Keys! Smith served as sec retary and treasurer Our representatives to Student 101111011 who were undoubtedly chosen because they were the most bfllllalll students in lngh school were Madonna Harrell and james Dave! port Under the guidance of our sponsors Mr A L Lee and 'Vlrs ,l H Scrogg who was at that tlme Mlss Ada Ruth Trent, and wlth the lCadCl'8lllP of our business manager 'Vlargaret fMoney Bags! Codfrey and Samnne tflo fet ltb Simon we were able to make a beautiful three polnt landlng durmg the Popularity Contest Our candidates this year were vlvaclous ,lane Asher and magnammous Monte Nltzkowskl lane has now returned to her old homestead m Oklahoma City and Monte to hls natlve Calxfomla This class dwindled slightly for when we became sophomores we were only 111 strong 'Wo doubt about lt the sophs really put all others ln the shade that year of 1944 45 flllls was the first year of our Interscholastlc Basketball Tournament and you dont even need to guess who took lt the sophomores naturally wlth the greatest of ease Our officers this year were Ronald Bablone presldent and Sammle Simon vice presl Our lllustnous representatives to Student Councll for this term were Marjone fBreathlessj Wade and Rov 1Bra1ny1 Meador Regulations for the Populanty Contest were changed 1.1118 year so as to elect the most popular boy and girl the student bodv elected them by popular vote Corky Cometsevah a sophomore boy of course took off with the tztle forky has been a star football and basket ball player all through hlgh school Wlth Miss Hazel Evans and Coach Waldo Wllson as our gold dlgglll sponsors, the W ranglers Hoe Down was a bang up success by the sophs that year After deciding to glve the poor down trodden freshmen a chance to try their wmgs at being sophomores we became full fledged Junlors Heaven Forbld Babxone dxd lt agaln and was president of the Jumor class Aubra fFarmerj Wilson was vlce presldent and Gladys tGnnan P Barrett was secretary and treasurer The mam event of the year was the ,lumor Senlor banquet and prom which 122 of us Juniors with the help of our sponsors Mr Clyde Taylor and Miss Sophia Rodrlquez gave ln honor of the graduating class 'Ih1s was un uestxonably the most magmficent occasion ln the history of Clinton high school what with fined clncken cape Jasmine and colored butlers to carry out the theme Among other tlnngs we Junlors also found txme to wln the interscholastic basketball toumament agam and tnough we could have taken the popularlty contest we decided to save our money After getting rld of that graduatlng class we declded to command the C H S Alrforce figuratlvely as well as factually Commanding officers this year are guess who-Ronald Ba blone for first flight officer and Paul Nxeto as second fhght officer secretary of the class 13 Cnnan Barrett, and Pat 4Curlylocksb Moore IB our treasurer fWho said we were going broke! Jane Smith and Billy Paul Granot represent us ln Student Councll At the tlme this was wrltten we seniors havent had time to take all the honors that we undoubtedly will but varlous students have already added their laurels Our secretary Gladys Barrett was nominated by us and unanimously elected by the faculty as the best cxtlzen in Clinton hlgh school Then too among the five candidates for football queen, three were seniors and one of them Frances Fnednch was elected Also elected by popular vote Were Pat Moore and Rita Nlchols both senlors as the most popular boy and girl ln high school Was xt comcldence or just using our heads that they were our candidates durlng both our Jumor and BCIIIOI years And so our High School History comes to an end when 108 of us are granted our wings May 23, 1947. if 99 L 1 A 1 g n T , , ,- ,, ' Q 9 ' Y', , I , V . i 3 4 . . J i 7 , , 1 as I - 91 - , 1 1 - ' . . - , . A J, L . I D A 5 1 I 4 y , . . . . ' 1 . . . . s, ' ' , g. . . 1 Q . 1 , 1 I L , , ' ' ' ' 5 9 V ' 1 , ' - . , ta ' 1 99 9 ' 1 , -1 1 V1 - 9 1 1 ' ' dent, and Joann Smith pulled a repeater on us and was elected secretary and treasurer agam. . . A A v I . 1 1 , - A 1 1 -1 1 1 V ' . . ' 1 7. . - . - , G5 7 9 97 . . . ,s . ,, . . . . 1 ' - u , . ' , I . , . - . , . . 9 . I l ,v 9 9 . ' . . . 9 9 , . . . 7 . I 9 as - 99 f - . - ' 7 - ' ' sc - as - ' . . . . , . Q I , 1 , 0 1 I 9 , , ' a . 1 , , . , l I 0 1 1 ' ' . . if ' ' 99

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Senior Class Prophecy The Semor Llass of 1947 looking into their crystal ball do prophecy that Eva Lee Alexander will be a theater man ager Pat Armstrong., will be a bubble dancer and a ll0UBPWlf0 as a sldellne Vlrglnia Avant will be chief nurse at the Westem Oklahoma Institute for Insane Ronald Bablone will be president of the United States Harold Barber will be an agriculture teacher ln ten years if he is through college by that tlme Cladys Barrett will be a pohtxcxan John G Bills jr wlll wnte a Pulltzer Prlze novel and someday will wnte a most Interesting., book about I H S and d f ferent members of its phlegmatlc faculty Lucille Bose wlll be a nosy old maid in ten years De Lores Brady wlll be an expert ID home economlcs Norma Brehm will be a telephone oper ator Alleen Brown w1ll be rn Wooster ln ten years .lxmmle Calmes w1ll be a famous obstetri clan ln fifteen years fIl0ll'llllg ln ten! Corky Cometsevah prophesles that when glf t to the boys Harold Cook will be a foreman on the latest govemment project Pauline Richardson Lorbln will be a housewife Chester Crane will be another 'Ihomas Jef ferson and will wnte the constxtutxon for the super race on Mars June Eames McFall will be walking the streets of New York looklng for a modehng Jo Frances Frlednch will be a concert or gamst ,luanlta Gamer vull be a burlesque queen Margaret Godfrey will become Housewife No 1 of Oklahoma this not bemg enough to absorb her talents she wlll become the lead mg executlve of Lllnton High School Brll Granot wlll rub shoulders with the richest ditch dlgger ln the country ln a few years Mildred Green will have persuaded Tooter to change her name from Green to Cholston in ten years Frances Haggards Tennessee accent will be absorbed by Clinton High scholars rn five years Madonna Harrell will be out of college and have eight boys ln ten years Irene Hams will be a secretary Clarence Henngton wlll be an Ensign ln the Navy Boomer Hooten will be a bar room pra-no player Betty Hoyt will be a schoolteacher with hom rimmed glasses ln ten years Joe Jones will be the most honorable member and president of the Lions club Gotthb Kempf will be the best cnmlnal lawyer in America Edward Klem will have the largest herd razorback hogs ln Arkansas ln 1950 Edna Kolb will be a telephone operator Juanita Kolb will be a physlclst Leona lxolb prophesles that ln ten years H S wlll have some new school buses Bill Lax wlll be burning up the Indian apolls speedway with a car of his own design lll ten years Phil Lucas will have llquor stores on every conler ln ten years Anna Mcbray will take a business course in Oklahoma I ity in one year Mary Jo NIBIIIOII wlll settle down to the llfe of .1 famiers wlfe Edna Mayhugh rophesles that before the end of the schoo term of 1948 all L H S teachers who thmk this years seniors are such terrors will not only have changed their mmds but will be shopplng for a wng Nelda Medders wlll be a saleslady Benny Moss wlll be ln charge of surgery at ,lohn Hopkins Hospltal ln ten years Jo Alice Murray prophecies that Johnny and she wlll someday operate Murray s Dairy formerly known as Essary s Dairy Paul Nelto wlll have put ten years be hmd bars ln ten years Ottlhe Neugebauer will be a bookkeeper Harold Powers wlll be leader of the Uruted Statess worst gangsters Kenneth Redmond will be head of am mal husbandry at A 81 M College ln ten years lT1me will tell J Ella Mae Ryder will be a dancing enter tamer at the Rocket Room and a cigarette glrl at the El Plne Sam Semkoff and Corky Lometsevah will be the biggest bootleggers rn Oklahoma Wllllil Mae Semkoff wlll be the Presl dent s personal secretary or the leading hair dresser III Hollywood Mary Lou Sllls w1ll be exactly where she is now m five years ,Ioann Smith if she rsn t marrled to a doc tor lh ten years will be one herself Wanda Stanleys fate I8 a great secret Betty Rhea Stine will be private keeper of Miss Betty Daily who will be driven to Fort Supply by her exhausting duties as govemor of Oklahoma Calvm Stout will be a general ln the Army Frances Sullms will be a music teacher at ,lulhard s School of Music in New York Cnty in ten years Betty Thompson will teach the teachers ln thenr second childhood Glenda Vandlver will be an editor of a fashion magazine adveruslng Miss Evanss famous perfumes Marjone Wade will be the most famous lntenor decorator of all time Velma West wlll be a foreign correspond ent lntervxewmg President Babnone Joyce Williams will be top fashion de signer ln ten years Gwyn Wxlllams wlll be a cnmlnal lawyer for the senlore of 1947 m ten years C V , 1 : 1 . . ' u l 7 I ' . I , , 1 . 1 N 1 1 . . - I. ' U u , , ., u . U - - Y 1. . i- n f -. . l. . . , . Q- q - V , y , 1 , I Virginia 'Moser is a senior she will be God's Delores Parks will be a housewife. - a 1 N Q s n 1 o . ' l Q5 SQ ' . bi f. . M y. .- . . , . . . . , . n , Q l - . , . S6 99 ' ' . ' ,l , . . . . . . . - 9 . . . . . ' , , . . . . . , if I 99 ' ' ' . ' , , , . . , .

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31? 4 -Q7 'MISS ALICE JANE ARMSTRONG, Sponsor I -sv' i -.--- 'x 12- .'- 41:1- :x ff? ,ff 1 ? 12 4 MR. G. H. lIASTI.l'IBERRY, Sponsor 'vL'r5Pu1f ?Qy's HERMAN BONHAM, Prenkienz 5 A ,.., A - . N 'fb - SY 'S N f'-F' If r A., ,,.---..x,L-1' S---'Y-W J lllllll GLINIL LARUL, Vice-Presulvnl W'ANDA WALLILR, Svrjv.-Trvas. lx-X Don 5m166l 3 f-f.--5,234 -I' 5-5 ns