Cushing High School - Oiler Yearbook (Cushing, OK)

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Sen ion Clabb (Pnophecy commentator from Washington. D. C., ably served as chairman of the dinner and introduced Hugh Ben LaKue who made a very interesting talk. He was associated with a group of lawyers in Chicago. Betty Watkins, dean of women at Wisconsin University, also gave an enlightening address. Next came the introductions and we were reac- quainted with all those we had been unable to con- tact. At the end of the table was Russell Sadler and his wife, Exine Turn bow. Rusty” was now coaching football in Yale, Okla. Then Archie Cotton and spouse. Ernestine Campbell, who were at the head of an orphanage in Tulsa; Bernice Hamilton and Juanita Davis, nurses at the Cushing hospital; Winifred Slater, foreign language teacher from A. and M.; Ella Lee Taylor, reporter on the Daily Citizen; Hobart Trease and his wife. Emma Holland. Hobart being a highway patrolman. At another table. Ritchie Mur- rell. county commissioner and his wife. Betty Orr; Catherine Cheatham, who had been chosen Miss Okla- homa for two years consecutively; Emma Darnaby, home service correspondent for the Daily Oklahoman; Ola Cook, health adviser at the Y. W. C. A. in Kansas City; Austin Bolerjack. a very noted author and his wife. Sybil Beall, from Atlanta. Ga. Also in our pres- ence were two celcbrites from Hollywood—Kenneth Gillespie, who was 'tiling the place of Bob Burns, and Betty Jo Turner, another Martha Rayc. In- cidentally. they were married. Calvin Martin and his wife. Martha Vineyard, came next. Calvin was work- ing for the railroad. Eugene McMahan stopped to give a campaign speech since he was running foi stale representative. His wife was Juanita Henry. Margaret Roll had inherited a large department store in Dallas. Raymond Goff and Galen Holkir.ger were co-partners of a filling station in Cushing. Their wives were Nadyine Edwards and Juanita Benson, very active in womens clubs in Cushing. Next. Lester Robb, a great cattle man and his wife. Sybil Johnson. Quite an oddity followed—Melvin. Tommy. Eugene, owners of the Brookshire-Brookshire-Brookshire Cough Drop Corporation. Bob Abercrombie a fam- ous ballroom dancing teacher, and Doris Loftis, a petite airway stewardess were having an interesting conversation. Maxine Adams. Pern Campbell, and Virginia Wheeler were the owners of the largert bak- ery in the southwest. John Bamer. president of Ear- ner's Better Bam Builders Association, and his co- workers. Joe Nichols, and Robert Welch, were biisily engaged planning a new bam for Secretary Wallace. Raymond Jeske was following in the steps of his father, now being the owner of the cleaning shop. HLc wife was Lotha Wilson. Trellys Williams was now filling Dorothy Dix's position in the news. Her ad- vice to the lovelorn was surprisingly helpful. Donald Heidemann had become quite an authority on bridge while Leon Dethloff was a traveling magician. Ken- neth McVay, Ishmael Harvison. and Hubert McNair were managers of an escort service in Reno. Earl Cotton was the owner of a profitable garage where Carl Garrett was employed as chief mechanic. Alla Mae. Frances, and Elva were becoming quite success- ful in the Tipton-Walker Candy Company in Vinita. Jewel Franks was a well-known Scout Executive whose wife, Virginia Burris, was head of the Girl Reserves. Dashing in a trifle late came Harvey Stone and Noah Tuttle, the two leading glamour boys of America. Ray Dwinell represented another de- partment in American affairs, the navy. He was commander of the S. S. Slnk-or-Swim. After the introductions, that master of syncopat- ed rhythm, Bennie Bragg, led his orchestra in a brand new lyric written by Carl Phillips. Some of the mem- bers of the group were quite familiar. The drummer was the one and only Michael Blake; the tuba player. Edwin Carrico (we wondered if had acquired his blowing ability while taking debate); James Smith, clarinet player; and Wallace Gumm. a wizard on the trombone. Ruth Larry did a beautiful vocal selection while Lloyd Fritch entertained us with an operatic aria. After checking on the group, we found that only seven were unable to attend our wonderful reunion. One of these was Cousin Joe Goodman” who came on the air later In the evening. Two others were James Givans and Bessie Baker, a happily married couple who were now in South America. James was a successful engineer. Louise Brown had been injur- ed in a train wreck while touring the country. Wanda Reedy and Virginia Quick were on a cruise and Ponzy Waller, matron of the women's prison in Colorado, was unable to attend. After all was over, we bade our friends goodbye and continued the trip we had planned. JANE HINDS CHARLAINE DAVIS

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Sen tan Cla k (Pn-apkecy. It was July 4, 1950. We, the Senior class of 194C, were anticipating our first reunion which was to be held in Cushing on that day. How exciting it was. preparing to meet all of our old friends, many of whom we had not seen since commencement ten year efore. We learned from the annual paper, published by Joe Thompson of Philadelphia, that a dinner dance, which had been arranged by some members of the class who had remained loyal to the old home town, was to be held at the Hotel Cushing. The mem- bers of the arrangements committee were Donald Pox. manager of the telephone company; Fred Simp- son. city manager; and Margaret Hitch and Billie Rose Isbell, co-owners of a dress shop. We found that Cushing looked much the same. The first person we met was Bill Montgomery who drove us in a cab to the hotel. While chatting with Bill we learned that our premonitions had been ful- filled—yes. he had married Thack. (Bill wanted to know If it would be permissible for them to bring their little genius to the dinner.) When we entered the lobby, we met our old fri- end B. P. Cook who now was manager. After we had freshened up a bit. B. P. told us that he would not be able to reacquaint us with the city as he had plan- ned. but that the former Mary Eathlyn Lathrop, his wife, would be more than glad to be our guide. After we had finished our dinner, which was very ably served by Laverne Evans, hostess in the coffee shop, she told us that Ova Farrow was the chef when we remarked on the exceptionally fine dinner. Mary was awaiting us in the lobby when we fin- ished. so we began our tour. We were quite surpris- ed to meet Taz Puckett who we found to be quite suc- cessful in oil dealings, thus providing for his wife, Catherine Jordan, in an elegant manner. Catherine was a leading society matron of Cushing. Her secre- tary and companion was also one of our old friends, Elverinc Isaacs. The first office we visited was that of Darrell Minnix. a wo1 promising young attorney. His wife was the former Miss Billie Ruth Bass. Booher. We were so eager to know who of our old friends had turned to teaching as a profession. The biggest surprise was that Nancy Stroup was a most successful instructor in physical education. And what was most fitting, we found the Le Sueur twins teaching commercial subjects. Once more taking leave of our alma mater, we returned to the notel and began to dress for dinner. After dressing hurriedly we rushed to the mez- zanine so we could be able to greet our old friends early. On the elevator, we met Kenneth Lauderdale, now a reporter and hie wife, Rosetta Cates, who were residing In Oklahoma City. With them was Buddy Miksch, also from the city, who was employed at the Fbrd agency. We noticed Bob Brooks and his wife the former Mary Prances Schmelzel. Bob was a dentist from that flashy little town, El Reno. Accompanying them was Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Standley. His wife was also familiar—Ruth Hogrefe They also resided In El Reno where Lloyd was man- ager of a chain of theatres. Glancing toward the elevator, we saw some uni- formed young men looking superb and gallant When they approached, we recognized Jud Johnson, a major in the army, and A. T. McClure captain of the Cush- Regiment. A. T.'s wife. Jo Lawrence, Leona Wood, who was at the head of the dietetics depart- ment at Stillwater A. ar d M.. and Floreine Swlggart also an instructor of home economics, followed. Different married couples who entered were- Doync Harber and his wife, Erma Ellis, from Still- water (Doyne was the truancy officer and Erma Ruin was girls’ adviser in the Stillwater High School); Joe F. Wilson and Ruth Ellen Adkins who were in the grocery business; Lewis Evans, district Judge, and Trcssa Barton; Ernest Jageler and Elizabeth Tidw’ell Erneit was employed with the Pan American Air- ways in San Francisco along with Harvey Iic-irv who was the -brains of the outfit. Having acquired some wealth, the Jagelers had with them Mrs. Jage- ler s secretary, Doris Bevins, and their chauffeur, Bcb Across the hall was the office of the mayor, one of our well known friends—Wayne Burns. And who should be his efficient secretary but Vada Green. We then saw a sign which read Drs. 8t 111 we 11 and Poffen- berger specialists In surgery. We were delighted to find June and Jean starting their first years out of intcrneshlp in their own home town. We finally asked Mary to direct us to a beauty shop. She immediately pointed out ‘'Mildreds.-- owned and operated by Mil- dred Phyfe. Her assistants were also class members —Ellanora Parks and Louise M enhelter. Our next stop was the high school. My. It did seem strange to walk into the office and gaze upon our michlevous classmate, Tommy Maloney, prin- cipal of C. H. S. His abb secretary was Evelyn suddenly we heard a crash down below on the street! Lo and behold we saw James JValker La very and Hubert Wells hailing over from Tulsa in La very's company drilling truck. It seemed that he had met with a slight accident, having removed the fender from Irvin Smith's milk truck. After the excitement was over, we approached the dining hall. Wayne Stinnett, former class president, who came !rom Texas Tech where he taught en- gineering. greeted us at the door. The invocation was given by Rev. Everett Larry, an evangelist, and his wife. Sue Prick, who assisted him in hts work. Of course w: could hardly eal for the thrill of meeting old acquaintances. At the close of the meal. Lowell Brandlc. a news

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doncj ratul’ationi dJo dJfie. dCan of JQ40 May you all continue on toward the coveted goal of happiness and success. To those of you who will embrace a college career, our ad- monition is to take full advantage of your privilege .... learn with a purpose! To the many who plan to enter into business, industry, and agriculture, we recommend initiative, alertness . . . and above all, WORK HARD! I