College High School - Col Hi Yearbook (Bartlesville, OH)

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Senuor Class On September 14 1942, we entered Central Hugh School as unnocent U1 seventh graders and even though we were the babues of the school no one ever felt so grown up as we dud Luttle dud we realuze then that every ounce of our youthful stamuna and enthusuasm would be needed for the sux long years ahead One of our furst dutues as students of Central was to elect our class offucers Among those elected to the Student Councul was Tommy Q Bates I Preston who never dreamed he would hold that honor all four years at Central and end up as presudent of the student body un hus sophomore year The hughlught of the year was our class operetta Hansel and Gretel, wuth Bully Sroffe holdung one of the leads The produgy of the seventh grade was luttle Davud Kundug, who went around amazung everyone fteachers uncludedl wuth hus scuentufuc vocabulary Came the eughth grade and we were superuor' We actually had someone to look down on' The gurls began wearung lupstuck and developed a terrufuc crush on the A M A and the boys started notucung both Tommy Sears became the prude of the eughth grade by wunnung the slogan con test durung Fure Preventuon Week Sunce then he s become famous for wunnung Terroruzed vuctums of hazungs and proud possessors of Freshman Alley we left Junuor hugh days behund us and cntered the nunth grade Muss Jackson wull undoubtedly remem ber how Louann Kudd wowed em as presudent of the Belles Lettres Club The nunth grade brought the horrors of Latun and Algebra We ll never forget the dazed Latun students stumblung through the halls mumblung huc, haec hoc Speakung of Latun, ohn Shaws wolf ush unstuncts were unearthed as a result of thus course On the second day of chool, whule glancung through the Latun text book he found the word for love and he Joyfully trotted around the halls dusplayung hus new found knowledge to all the gurls Our class was mughty proud when Ellen Talley captured honors for Washungton county at the state 4 H Club Conference By the tenth grade Tacky Day had become a much loved annual event un our Central daze We all burned the mudnught oul tryung to dream up outland ush costumes and un our mudst there ap peared everythung from kungs to tramps The hughlught of the day was the Tacky Day assembly wuth Bob Damon reugnung as kung for a day By thus tume we had perfected our technuques at skuppung wuthout gettung I-lustory caught lWell at least most of us hadl But even the best of us had our weak moments and well never forget those long hours of makeup tume un Mr Lees offuce Our sophomore lune party was hular uous but tears flooded the school as we bud our funal adueu to Central un our farewell assembly Upon arruvung at College Hugh from the hub bub at Central, we were awed at the sulent halls whuch greeted us However we felt that the soberuty was befuttung to our new posutuon as dugnufued junuors One famuluar thung un the new sur roundungs was Mr Roberts who followed us over from Central to be our pruncupal agaun I ust how much punushment can 1 min take99j We started the year off wuth a bang by dusplayung our dramatuc talents un the all school play, The More the Merruer It was un thus play that Austun Hunt gauned hus reputatuon as the shoutung senator and hes been shoutung hus way un and out of plays ever sunce Our Junuor class play Howdy Stranger was a howlung sucess too and we earned enough money to show the senuors a wonderful prom We Junuors also got a chance to show what we could do un the College Hugh unks, the second all school revuew The memory of those beautuful 'H costumes whuch almost dudn t arruve on tume wull haunt us forever It was durung the fall of our junuor ye1r that our long dreamed of Teen Town the Y Hut had uts grand openung We were proud of our new recreatuon center and our class had a lot to do wuth uts success The school band and debate team un whuch junuors partucupated won honors for our school durung the year The band won the sweepstakes at the Tru State Musc Festuval, and the speech students brought home a nuce trophy as part of theur loot from the Northeastern Dustruct Speech contest Bartlesvulle celebrated uts fuftueth annu versary on Aprul the Furst and College Hugh students staged a Puoneer Day honor of the bug event The two hour assembly that day was unforgettable com plete wuth a realustuc can can done by members of our class, Ann Marue Doorn bos Ann Ruppel and Carolyn Neal We regretted that school was dusmussed at noon, but made the best of the sutuatuon cmd 'attended the bug parade downtown The College Hugh float was one of the most outstandung, representung a comparu son between the puoneer and modern schools At last We made ut' After fuve long strenuous years we were SENIORS the bug guns around school Strangely enough our many attempts at beung dugnufued were unsuccessful for we dudnt feel or act much older than we dud fuve years ago -4 We all had fun watchung those poor junuors and theur hularuous attempts to gaun fur t place un the cafeterua lune But 'us we laughed behund theur backs we secretly remember that just a year ago we had been employung the same practuces and devuses ourselves Our football team was somethung to be proud of thus year makung a better than average showung Our basketball team also provuded some mughty excutung games durung the year and even tho the score was not always un our favor we are proud of our boys Royalty was at uts best thus year wuth Betty Burrus and Ann Ruppel beung crowned football and basketball queens respectuvely Beverly Stevens 1947 48 band queen was one of the fuve candu dates for queen of the Buson Relay Races held by the B Club of the Oklahoma Baptust Unuversuty There were brauns as well as beauty runnung around the halls Wuzard Carter Revard was our candudate to the Tulsa Unuversuty Goung To College uuz and also won an award un the Pepsu Cola Scholarshup Contest College Hugh was proud of Charlotte Carpenter, too, who won an honorable mentuon un the same contest One of the most outstandung senuors was Louann Kudd who receuved the D A R Good Cutuzenshup Award We welcomed back Sadue Hawkuns Day after a years rest All of the Dausy Maes and Lul Abners runnung around school made Dogpatch seem a very real place The sock dance held that evenung un the gym, a new experuence for many was a super duper success Wuth the help of the junuors we put on our all school play Green Stockungs Extra colossal was our senuor play The Man Who Came to Dunner We were mughty proud of thus show and had every rught to be Austun Hunt had us rollung un ausles wuth hus part as The Man The props were wonderful and thus us one play well never forget The junuor senuor prom turned out to be a royal affaur' Our last grand march the swushung skurts and the heavenly orchestra wull be cherushed memorues for ever In spute of the long antucupated end of school as the year drew to a close most of us were regretful to end our years at College Hugh XVe funally began to realuze fully just what outstandung people w had been assocuatung wuth for the past sux years Baccalaureate and Commencement the long awauted and dreamed of days funal ly arruvedll But wuth them came tears and regrets that our hugh school days had come to an end In Splle of all the truals and trubulatuons the ruch fruend shups we gauned and the many experuences we shared together combuned to make our hugh school days some of the most loved of our enture luves n u n n u n t Y ' 7 ' y 4 . 9 4 I I I . u 1 . . . , - - , . 1 a u ' . 7 V u - ts n U b h ' , u . . . . y . - u . 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Dr Graves Delivers Baccalaureate Address A Farth For This Day was the top c of Dr Harold K Graves pas tor of the Flrst Baptlst church who dehvered th Baccalaureate address to the graduatlng semors on Sunday evenlng May 16 rn the College Hlgh fleld house The ceremony opened wrth an or gan prelude C1bav1t by Tltcomb played by Mrs Harold Malone Fol lowlng thls March Royale by sional for the senxors The Reverend Paul H Tr1pp pas tor of the Flrst Methodrst church gave the mvocatlon and the College High mixed choir under the dlrec t1on of Mr Frank Robmson sang Make a oyful Sound and The Lord Is My Shepherd both by Noble Cam The scripture lesson for the eve nmg was read by the Reverend ames E Splv y pastor of the Flrst Pres byterlan church before the Bacca laureate address by Dr Graves Followmg the benedlctlon by the Reverend Rlchard Rodgers rector of St Lukes Eprscopal church Mrs Malone played as the recesslonal for the service Land of Hope and Glory by Elgar Award Presentations Hiahllaht Frnal Assembly Raymond Govett semor was awarded the coveted Robert Mlller Kane Memorxal Scholarshlp at the annual semor class farewell assembly Frlday May 14 The scholarshrp was pr sented by Prlnclpal Carl A Rans barger The assembly program was begun Wlth the processlonal and devotlons were presented by Bob Damon Pa tr1c1a ames B111 Sexton and ane Robertson Follow no the devotlons Bob Wertz read the class hlstory A plano solo Claire de Lune by De bussy was gwen by Margaret Law rence and Don Van Dall read the class wrll After the presentatlon of the awards the clos n ceremonlals were glven m whlch ohnny Frelburger 1947 48 semor class presrdent Lee Skrnner Dr sxdent elect of the semor class Margle Lausten edltor of the Nautilus for 194748 Nxta Bateman edltor el ct of the Nautr lus Tommy Sears 1947 48 chairman of the Delnberatlve Commrttee and Nadean Hawklns temporary chalr man of the 1948 49 Dellberatlve Committee partlclpated Annual lunlor Senlor Prom Provrdes Emoyment for Many Gala decoratnons of flowers and balloons bedecked the Hlllcrest Country Club as the scene of the annual unlor Senror Prom held Frl day May 7 Frank acksons orches tra provnded music for dancmg and a large crowd of junlors senrors and Jun or college students fllled the ball room The ceremonnes for the eve mng wlth ohn Hlatt as master of ceremonies started wlth the welcome address by Nadean Hawkms presr dent of the junior class and the re sponse by ohnny Frexburger semor class presldent ThlS was followed by the grand march and dancmg 3 Dr M. L Wardell GIVGS Commencement Address Dr M L Wardell professor of history at the Unrverslty of Okla homa delxvered the commencement address to the graduating semors on Thursday evemng May 20 1n the College High field house The organ processlonal and reces slonal was played by Mrs Harold Malone and Frank Sldorfsky played Arabesques by eanjean as a clar1 net solo der was followed by the entrance of the senlors to March Royale by Smetsky The Reverend George Beasley r pastor of the F1rstChr1s nan church gave the 1nvocat1on Pre cedmg Dr Wardells address Mr G M Roberts superintendent of schools mtroduced the speaker Th presentatlon of diplomas to the semors was made by Mr M S Douglass president of the board of educatxon followlng the rntroductlon of the semor class by Prxnclpal Carl A Ransbarger Follow1ng the slngmg of the Alma Mater the Reverend S C Kmmngham pastor of the Church of Chrlst gave the benedlctlon The program was closed wlth the playing of Umversxty Grand March by Goldmas as the reces slonal fe ' ' 77 i . . , - , ' , b . . . Q ,' . . , . . - - . S , . . g 9 ' l . 9 9 1 a 9 ' 3 ' ' . - - ' . , zz ' ' as ' ' ' ' , ' 3 , y - . 1 O . , ' QQ ' Y, . , - f U ' 5 J , - ' ' , joe . O . - , p . 7 7 ' 9 . H u .- , - 9 9 ' . . - ' . . ' ff v J ' '- - - ee 97 , , , - , 7 ' I . ,, - Smetsky was played as the proces- The Prelude EXulfar10n bl' Km' . . ' ' Q! 77 ' 9 ' . . . . 7 ' 'J -1 A 1 ' 9 ' . l , - ' . . . . . , a ' 1 ' 7 ' . . I , . 0 a l , rr -I v Qc , - 77 2 . U , ' ' 7 ' J ' 9 ' - 7 1 , ' 1 3 9 . ' 1 . ' . . ' ' J ' Y! 1, - -. - . , . . . . 1 . I . , , 9 , ' , 4 7 ' 1 . . . , , , . - J . . . ,, . . - ec . . , ,, 7, . . -

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Semor Class Finding that many of us are up for parole in May we of the Senior Class of 1948 deem it fitting and proper to make due provision for our heirs and assigns the unior Class by disposing of all solid liquid and abstract properties in such a way that thev will not be left around for Mr Owens to clean up Therefore we the Seniors Class of Dementia Year of Hysteria and Premeditated Murder being broken in spirit wasted in body and ab ent in mind do hereby declare assign and bequeath the various proper ties assets liabilities and junk which we have acquired legally and otherwise through our sojourn in Purgatory the youthful and innocent Junior Class OVERALL GENERAL JUNK Whereas First, we of the Senior Class as a whole bequeath to our brethren the lndomitable courage which has stood us in good stead through the last two black years of de gradation and dissipation Whereas Secondly we bequeath to the younger generation Miss Pax t0hS class in English, with a side bet at any odds that they cant give her as many grey hairs as we did Whereas Thirdly we will to them our much loved capacity for turn mg the halls into a small Gettysburg between classes Whereas Fourthly, the members of the Semor play cast leave all the censored lmes from The Man Who Came to Dinner to next years Senior play cast wxth the hope that they will be able to persuade Mrs Turk to use them ereas Las ly we leave them our m famously insidious ability for buffaloing Mr Den Adel in the lunch line INDIVIDUAL LEAVINGS Harry Baldwin leaves his loud ties to Keith Carleton with the provision that he will wear nothing else Ted Douglas leaves his red hair t Kent Rollmann W1 Frank Sidorfsky leaves his dismantled clarinet to Tommy Lowery if he can put it together again eanette Leuty leaves her love for poor homeless pussy cats to oe Carson Ray Perkins leaves his ability to be on stage at all times when not needed during Senior Play rehearsals to Jim Monroe Bob Damon wills his amazing capacity for losing slide rules to Kathryn York who never loses anything 17, Ann Marie Doornbos and Ann Rippel leave their secret code to any two unior girls who want to correspond in Spanish c ass Nancy Lynd leaves her middle name, I-hnna her green eyes, and her red hair to Carolyn Smith Howard ones wills his enduring love to Mary Alice Beall, who is already en Joymg the greater part of Marianne Foster wills her shrewxsh dis position to ohn Hiatt Fish to Prank Thomas Donna McBride wills her ability as a female cupid to Mary lane Heine Bill Morgan leaves his pickup truck to anyone who will love it as he does Carter Revard leaves his brain power to Hunter Allen who we are sure will know how to use ll Beverly Stevens leaves her golden tresses to Mary Aldridge, who rrught like to have a change Tommy Sears leaves his ability to blow the drum major s whistle audibly to Rose mary Van Sickle who most certainly needs it Lura ean Estey leaves her fiendish nature to Richard Drlsko who can use it to good 'advantage Jack Edgerton wtlls his mathematical prowess to im Wood, who can use some of the same ean Dewar leaves her cigarette voice to Thelma Edmondson in hopes that it will conceal that oppressive Southern drawl H1 Camp leaves his moustache to any junior lboyj willing to rake it every morning Billy Cunningham leaves his winning 5 ways with the ladies to Everett Dewees the pride of the unior Girls Margie Lausten leaves her assortment of bull whips blackjacks and brass knuckles to Nita Bateman who, as editor of next years Nautilus will need them ean Tallant wills her long hair and sophisticated expression to Dolores Love and Peggy Munson just leaves darn it' ack Bogk leaves his ability to reduce slowly to Ted Waxss, who may need it some day Bo Killian leaves his knack for getting the wrong drum beat on the wrong foot to any unior who can be found to play the snare drum next year David Kmdig leaves to the school the chemistry equipment which he has ac cumulated throughout the past year Af ter all, thats who it belonged to origin 3 Y Jac Adams leaves his piercing Haaaa aaaaaa' to Martha Den Adel whose voice is weak but willing ness to Bill Calohan im Cronin leaves his remarkable skill at Spanish to any unior who is willing to continue im s devotion to the subject immie Pigg leaves his ability to dis cuss any subject to Margaret Gentry Una o Conover wills her fascinating false teeth to Sally Drew who can have them installed easily by her father Marilyn McCreary wills her talent for looking innocent to Patsy Thurber ohnny Freiburger wills his college cuts in Trlg class to any unlor good at ex plammg things to hard boiled math teachers Carole Calkm leaves her telephone number to all the Junior boys We the above named Semor Class do herebv name 1s executors of this our last will and testament the faculty of College High School to whom we leave our deepest sympathy for all the griefs we have caused them unintentionally and otherwise IN XVITNESS whereof we have here unto set our seal and affixed our names on this Fourteenth day of May nine teen hundred and forty eight A D fsignedl The Senior Class of 1948 . Y . . , . . J . . . Q . . g .h . l , J I Q , I y I . J Y . r Y J . Y V , 7 . I . 1 I , I . I I - V 5 ' ' , g , l - i ' ' J ' ' ' , to . . - . I . J . z . . J . . . , ' -h . V I I - l ' Il . lt. . I l H - . 1 -I . . . I - I I I , i D i I - Bob Lyons leaves his nickname of Phillip Teter wills his disarming frank- . - . 4 . J- , I ' . l H I . . . . . J . - . J ' ' ' - Wh : : , ' - - i ' . ' J ' ' ' . i . ' ' o U ' I