Clinton High School - Tornado Yearbook (Clinton, OK)

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1951-BIOGRAPHICAL UPDATES--2001 Then for a few years, I just did substitute teaching now and then until I took a course in scoping and note reading in courtroom stenography. Alter Bnishing that, the school asked me to stay on and teach court-reporting theory and English. So I was with them from 1989-1993. At that time I had my mother with us and I really needed to stay with her more and more, so I quit teaching, although it was a very fulfilling job. As it happens, I lost my mother just this past week. She was 89. I lost my dad in 1971, two years after they pulled up stakes in Clinton and moved here to be near us and again help in the babysitting department. Our 'ffamily togethernessn thing for my family has always been golf- as we all have played, and played together a lot of the time. I haven't been able to play much the past 10 years because of back problems. However, we are still in the baby-sittingu mode when we are needed, so all-in-all, we don't let much grass grow under our feet. God has given us so many blessings and we have so much to b thankfill for. Sure goes by in a hurry, doesnit it, my friends? For all of you who have taken time to calllwrite me, thank you so much. I know it must be a tremendous thing to organize all of this. I think it's great, and the Lord willing, 1,11 see all of you in Jtme. Won't it be tim to see how weive changed and talk ofthe Hold days '? Till then, God bless! ii -ffl A ,V ' P - a 1 . X I K s 5 fs fy? t EW 1 IW! 9 f- -H 3'-if ,A N .i F ff- ,551 . 24-t V V V c :1-,Xg,vift',z'- ras' ? J , , an-,.: 1- sw . ' Jibril! - . hfvgltf, ' -fff'1f . -,gl .' ngwp,-7,' ', ,ff - ' . , :Q , ' vfHyyav,-Akai: 3 ss- - A-Q ....... .1 Jack Bieberich 4412 Luree Dr. Salem, OR 97305 1951 Jack Bieberich, another student moving to Clinton only this year, plans to attend Southwestern State College afer graduation. Jack is now a member of the T and I Club. Q- 64 5 fx I I.. if . J' :Iii 'lx' Bill Boies 2500 University Hts. Muskogee, OK 74403 19185 682-3159 2001 Happy 50'h retmion to the Red Tornado Class of 1951! As some of you may recall, I moved from Clinton to Muskogee in January 1951 so did not graduate with you. As tate would have it, my move to Muskogee provided me the great blessing of meeting Ann Kilgore. We married on June 7, 1952.

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1951--BIOGRAPHICAL UPDATES--2001 through these past 48 yer without too many bruises, and we are fairly well intact! Really though it's been a great marriage and hardly seems possible that we are itsenior citizens? Ken had eight brothers and sisters, so I, being the only one, inherited a large wonderful family. It took me a couple of years to get use to this, but how thankful I am now, and have been through the years, for all of them. Just before we were married, Ken was inducted into the Army, so we spent the first two years of marriage in San Antonio, Texas. After his stint there, we moved to Weatherford, Oklahoma to finish our schooling. We both needed about the same amount of' hours to finish. He majored in sports and I in music. Since he wanted to be a coach and teach. I decided to get my degree in music education and teach also. I was with childs' when we returned to Weatherford so it took me a little longer to finish, but we graduated together in the summer of 1957. Our first child, a boy, Kevin was born in 1955. He is now 45 years old and he is also a teacher. He played professional golf for several years after graduating from TCU. He also married a teacher and went back to school to get his teaching certificate, He and his wife, Teresa, both teach in the Mansfield CTXJ I.S.D. He teaches high school chemistry and she works in the ESL Cteaching other languagesl. They have two daughters, Laura, 15 and Katy Ann, age 10. Our first jobs after graduation were in Mooreland, OK. We spent four years there, Ken being basketball coach and assistant football coach. I taught music in the elementary grades and private lessons, also. While in Mooreland, our second child was born, a girl named Karla. She is married and owns and works in her beauty salon in Grand Prairie. She and her husband have two daughters, Alane, 8 years and Alison, 6 years of' age. Alan is with Southwest Airlines, CWe get a free ticket now and thenj. Alter our four years in Mooreland, we were in Wellington, TX. for only a year before moving on to Arlington, Texas in 1962. Ken again coached several schools in Arlington, where he retired with 35 years in 1989. I taught music again, until 1977. During this time our little caboose', came along. Kelly was bom in 1968. After his college days, he turned professional in golf He has played a lot of the mini-tours since 1992. Last year he played on the Buy.com fOld Nike tourl and was among the top 15 money winners CS200,000j. So that qualified him to play on the PGA tour. this being his first year. He and his wife Kelley falsoj have one daughter, Riley, 2 years old. They live across the street from our daughter here in Grand Prairie. We are so proud and thankful for our three children and that they all live so close. Needless to say, Ken and I have spent a good deal of traveling all over to watch Kelly play golff Ken plays golf nearly every day, also when we are at home. I love to read, read, read! I also have done lots of handwork fknitting. crocheting, needlepointj through the years and still do when the mood strikes me. I quit teaching in 1977, had just had enough of it. I have had several ucareersw, trying to find another Pnichei' I guess. I worked for the Texas Rangers Baseball Club from its inception in 1971-1982. this was mostly part-time and in the summer I was still teaching. I worked there afitll- timei' from 1979-1982. Had lots of fun and enjoyed it tremendously! I also studied Real Estate and got my license only to find out it just wasnit my cup of tea. I purchase a small antique-resale shop in Grand Prairie, and had fun fnot much profitj with that for a couple of years before closing up.

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1951--BIOGRAPHICAL UPDATES--2001 Alter graduating from Muskogee Central High in 195l I enrolled in Oklahoma University and graduated in 1955. ln March, 1954. our first daughter, Becky, was born. As was the norm in those days for the guys, I was in the ROTC and was commissioned a 2 d Lt. in the Army Finance Corp and was on active duty from October 1955 'til September 1957. Most of our days were spent at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas. While at San Antonio, our son, Wes, was born in .Iuly 1957. September 1957 ....... Out of the amiy and back to Muskogee, where our youngest daughter, Andrea, was bom in October, 1960. From 1957 to July 1962 I worked for Ann's dad, a cotton merchant and bought and sold real estate. On August 1, 1962, I purchased a small casket manufacturing company QRoyal Casket Co., lnc.j in Muskogee. We struggled to make a living tor several years betbre being in the right place at the right time which made limited success come a little easier. The company has distribution centers in Muskogee and Oklahoma City and a warehouse in Dallas. In 1997 I sold majority interest to my son and started semi-retirement. Enough about me. Ann and I have eight grandchildren. Becky, a single mom, has two girls. Wes and his wife have two boys and Andrea and her husband have two boys and two girls. Ann and l spend a lot of time at our cabin in Colorado. We both enjoy tly- lishing in the surrnner and skiing in the winter. Ann has made several back packing trips in the Colorado motmtains. She is much tougher than me! When in Muskogee, we both play golL enjoy art, antiques and traveling, and we are active in First Baptist Church. l still consider Clinton High School as my alma mater and thank you for including me in out reunions. The Iriends and relationships l made during my life in Clinton will have a place in my heart as long as I am alive, I-sa: Ronnie Bonham Route 2, Box 218 Hugo, OK 74743 C5801 326-2054 1951 An employee of his father 's service station, Ronnie is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hi Bonham. He has been in glee club for-four years and during his freshman year sang with the boys sextelle. Ajier gradualion he plans to continue working. 2001 Alter graduation. I worked as a surveyor at Carswell AB and with the Oklahoma Highway Department. I spent a hitch in the Army as a Paratrooper and served a tour in Germany. When I got out I went back to being a surveyor. Survey tumed into a construction site engineer and in that capacity, I worked many major projects still around today such as the Oklahoma Tumpike. the Hugo dam, and in Kentucky, the Cave Run dam, One of my last jobs was with the City of Tulsa constructing their new water plants in 1991. I have one daughter, who lives in Miami and one granddaughter. I have lived in Oklahoma. Qstill dol. Kentucky. and Colorado and in Houston