Dewey High School - Bulldogger Yearbook (Dewey, OK)

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Wednesday May 24 1939 TH1 DI H IA X Page a LI XSS VIII We the senror clrss of Dewey Hrgh School County of Washmgton 3nd state ot Oklahoma berng of unsound mrnd and drsrntegratrng memory rfter four strenuous years do hereby make publrsh and declare thrs our last and best w1ll and testament hereby revok mg., all former wrll bequests and de V1 es of whatever nature by us already made Frrstly We grve and bequeath to the Junror class Mrss Reeves and Mr H rmon our sponsors Sard sponsers to have our everlastrng thanks and good wr Secondly Wrth M1 C R Clodfelter cur Superrntendcnt we leave our srn cerc and deep apprecratrons for h1s thoughtfulness nd manv acts of krnd nes and rlbert Mercy toward us Thrrdly Be rt hereby known that tl'e tollowrn stud nts collectrvely and rndrvrdually do wrll and beque th the followrng pre ents to wrt James Cross leaves hrs Jrtterburf grn to Cecrl Taggart James Vansant be rueaths ol mrr real abrlrty and darnty feet to Johnny Pop ke s Fred Esser w1lls hr be utrful bond han frts n turalh and rosv cl'e ks to any one that w1ll have them Margorre Leamon to rs rt Leamon J w1lls all her men to Lourse Grlson Doyle Gladfeltcr gr nt hrs wa wrth the l dres to Dean Johnson The Cox twrns grant therr pl c rn the lrmelrght to the Kountouors twrns Burl Krmbley wrlls hrs olace on th end of the bench to D ua Clarbourn Brll Kent and Leo Cook present Evnr-st Che k wrth tl'erv book on how to drrve safclv rn four e sv lessons We hope he uses rt Brll and Leo never drd Orvrlle Spence erants hrs golf abr' rty to B ucc Pettrgrove James Shull leav s hr fl Sarah C vrols nerkrng nook to Scaley Hale Ho needs rt badly Ike Stemmer leaves hrs devotron for rnrlk to the mercres of Eugene Stead Evelyn Cockrell wrllrnvlx hands Ox er to George Iohnson her abrlrtx to be a matlaemrtrcran Cha leg Prttm rr l aves hrs manopolx on wereht to Lee Sharpton George Defenbaueh la que ths h great musrcal abrlrtv to Butch Grayl rl Anrta Popkess relrnours e he 1 of good looks and ler love for Nel on Eddy to any 1un1or ffrrl who wants rt Noverta Ryan and Mary Lee Dempsey w1ll therr book on How to Hold Your Wan to Edrth Robrnson Elma Lourse Ewrng grves her baby talk and her cute walk to Lors South Walter Scott leaxes hrs all around rthletrc abrlrty to C A COl1ver Twrstl Atkrnson De Lors Clark wrlls her love for the teachers lo Loretta Turley Vrrgrnra Burkhead leaves all her Oklahoma boy frrends to the Junrors hes reservrng the Kansas ones Arthur Hanna wrlls hrs mechanrcal drawrng abrlrty to Mauky Hale M lv1n Isham w1lls hrs love for geometry to Grady Hughes George Morrrson wrlls hrs abrlrty to cut classes to Zeke Scott Cl renee Peters bequeaths hrs danc rng abrlrty to Russell Warwrck Ray Reynolds leaves hrs love f chewrngf to Curtrs Hooker Henry Roe wrlls hrs abrlrty to frnrsh ehcol rn as many years as possrble to Joda Anderson Rrehard Kendall w1lls hrs sluggrng abrlrtv to any guy who lrkes to frght rn publrc B R Lasure leaves hrs posrtron as offrce boy to Carl Ableson Tlaelma K 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expect to possess we hereby appornt Carl Able son as executor of thrs wrll and testa ment We hope that thrs wrll keep hrm busy throughout the year thus solvrng one brg Junror problem In wrtness whereof we have hereunto set our hand and feet thrs twenty fourth day of May A D 1939 SIGNED SENIOR CLASS -lo PLUPIII1 LX Lrfe rs drvrded rnto three great per rods the east the present and the futurc The past wrth rts many happy days of freedom rs behrnd you It rs now only a successron of beautrful memorres that rn years to come W shall love to recall The present wrth rts petty trrals rs wrth you now but the grrat unknown future stretches out before you an untraveled road frlled wrth you knod not what Per haps rt rs great Joy and success per lr ps haps wealth perhaps poverty perhaps fame sorrow md drsapporntment per You go forward as rt were wrth your eyes blrndfolded travelrnff the great read of lrfe e ch st p openrng up somethrng new somet mg unexpected But we the class prophets of 1939 that future to you and grve a brref glrmpse of thrs class thrrty years from today Then you can Judge for your elves the path each one has traveled the efforts e ch one has made Our beloved class presrdent Brll Kent wrth all of hrs drgnrty and ma Jestrc bcarrng rs now the Governor of Arkansas Truckrng J mes Cross rs now play rnf wrth a months engagement at the Casa Loma wrth hrs own orchestra Th Jrttcrbug Hot Shots The Ajax Truckrng Co IS now own cd and ooerated by that long lanky lad rn cowboy boots Leo tSpeedyJ Cook The Metropolrtan Opera Co has thrs year drscovered the greatest vorce rnce Nelson Eddy rn George Defen barrgh The prrze corn at the County Farr was rarscd by Dovle Gladfelter he most uccessful farmer rn Washrngton Countx The Plant um Funeral Home s now donrff a rushrng busrness under rt new p oprretorshrp Fred and Agne Essex Arthur Hanna holds the Trr State corn luskrnv record for huskrng more corn thon anxone else rn thrs corner o tl e s ate . . , v Y Y V a 1 1 - ' 2 2 1 ' . . 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Page 6 T DI It I 1 X Wednesday May 26 1939 I ROI HI4 L X Contrnued Through rnherrtance Melvrn Isham has acqurred a three acre cattle ranch rn the Osage hrlls and IS there rearrnsf hs amrly Burl Krmbley was voted the most valuable man on the professronal foot ball freld thrs year Burl carrres water lr the Packers B B La ure hrs settled down wrth hrs wrfe and several chrldren on 1 sm ll chrcken ranch somewhere rn Arrzona Georg Morrrson remarns unemploy ed but strll has hrs applrcatron wrth t L Dewey Portland Cement Co That man of the freld and stream Clarence Peters has Just returned fom Labrador where he has made a fortune traporng furs That most rngenrous lrttle man Charles Prttman rs now the chref chemrst for I E DuPont De Nemours Ray Reynolds rs now the Prrncrpal of Dewey Hrgh School and the champ ron bull dogger of the Dewey Rodeo Henry Roe rs now the proud pro the Crtres Servrce frllrng the corner of erghth and He eats hrs meals across prretor of tatron at Delaware Weston rs the head cook W lter Scott rs now playrng football wrth a New York team though we are not sure Just what team rt rs Wade Scudder who always was a speed demon rs now testrng hrgh speed r ree s rn the salt plarnts rn Utah A letter recertly recerved rnforms us that Robert Sharpton the engrneer on hrs way to Panama where he rs to survey the land for a second canal across the canal zone Doctor James Shull says he hardly has trme to play 18 holes of golf go fr hrng and treat hrs twenty regular patrents all rn one day The Unron Natronal Bank of Bart lesvrlle recently elected Hubert Stem mer rts presrdent We have reasons to be proud of Cap torn Orvrlle Spencer the army flrer W1 0 has made a very outstandrng re cord for hrmself James Vansant drrector for Warner Brothers Studros recently turned out an excellent prtcure recordrng many of the happenrngs of hrs hrgh school days De Lors Clark has recently returned to dear D H S 'rs teacher of forergn languages Roberta Newton has taken up dutres s ecretary to the Secretary of the Interror of the Unrted States Fvelyn Cockrell rs makrnv a concert tour of Europe at the present We wont tell you what Marthr Lou Speegle rs dorng but wrll let you see for yourself She rs plsryrng Conan thrs week as a trrck pony rrder wrth Rrnglrng Brothers Crrcus Vrrgrnra Bulkhead rs now the per sonnl manager of the Metropolrtan tore rn the crty of Bartlesvrlle Where Ray Whrteturkey and Lester Stull are wc are not qurte ce-rt'rrn 'Ih y have not been heard from srncc the mrddle of last month when they left on round the world flrffht rn Les ter s plane Darsy Hale rs the wrfe of a rrcn banker She rrdes rn hrs aeroplrne and wears hrs dramond Margorre Leanfron rs a dsrrnty lrdy of socrety berng flattered 'md envred by all the great ladres Eva Purdom has become a lady of strong mrnd 'md wrll She rs ar lectur er on the subject of the rrrdependence of woman Thelma Key rs burldrng a home for her famrly rn the pronee wrlderness of Lrttle Amerrca Elma Lourse Fwrnff has Just become a brrde and rs seen we prng srncerelv over the loss of her pet poodle On a brllboard near New York Crty the e rs sr slovfm A second Lrly Pnns greatest opera srnger of the day Mary L e Demosey Alyce and Alma Cox 'rre lrvrnff rn bachelor grrl apartment rn a forergn crty Alyce rs sr famous pranrst and Alma a famous vocalrst Wrlma Serblod 1 a prosperous prrv ate ecretary for a lawyer rn Kansa Crty Betty Ellrott rs a mother and home maker Her belref rs that homemak rnrf rs the rdeal prof ssron Helen Rybka rs her ro d te Broadway hrtch hrkrng Anrta Popkess rs one of the most famous physrcrl educatron drrectors of 'rll trmes She rs located at present rn Dallas Texas Ike cts as her prrv ate secretary Ncvreta Ryan CJohnsonJ and Mary McClune CHughesJ are lrvrng net door to one another rn a small town rn Arrzona Whrle therr husbands rrde the plarns they drscuss domestre drf treultres and the lat st method for cookrng brscurts Rrchard Kendall after much thought and delrberatron h'1s entered rnto the work of the church He 'rcts as usher every Sunday mornrng Juanrtfr H111 took Baby Snooks place over KGGF at the trme of her farlure Wrlma Inabnrt strll carrres her mard en name She rs a well loved teacher rn the Bartlesvrlle Hrgh School HISTC JIxX Hrstory repeats rtself so says a well known and oftquoted adage so do not be surprrsed rf our hrstory happens to be rn some respects much lrke a great many other class chronrcles you have read There rs strll enough drfference to grve us a personalrty ot our own FRESHMEN YEAR 1935 1936 On September 8 1936 the Senror class ot 1939 started rts four year tour througr hrgh school to attarn many outstandrng achrevements The offreers cho en to lead the class that year were Rrchard Kendall as presrdent Vrrgrnra Burkhead as vrce presrdent Roberta Newton as Secretary and Treasurer Buddre Mumford as Student Councrl Repre entatrve Marry McClune and Hubert Stemmer as yell leaders It was that year that we were very warmly welcomed rnto hrgh school by tre ser rors Inrtratron may be out of fashron now but rt ce tarnly wasnt then Our class queen for HomeComrng was Alyce Cox and she was attend d by Brlly Kent We attended our frrst Hobo D'ry Prcnrc that year There were several games rn whrch to enter archery golt soft ball and a very rnterestrng tug of war across the lake No one fell rn and every one had a good trme Several entered the band to play through the remarnrng three years More boys Jorned the H1 Y and sev eral grrls entered rnto therr frrst year of Grrl Reserve work The Boy Scouts were begrnnrng therr much talked about upward clrmb All thrs was com brned rnto fr very successful Freshman year SOPHOMORE YEAR 1936 1937 Then we took our second step A Sophomore we began to feel a lrttle more rmportant To lead us through thrs our econd year of hrgh school was Vrrgrnra Burkhead as presrdent Charles Prttman as vrce presrdent Roberta Newton s Secretarv and Trcauer 'md Rrchard Kendall as Stud n Councrl Reoresentatrve Jam Vansant had the honor of bern elected to the All State Band 'rnd lso the All Southwestern Band Ag rn rt was Home Comrng trme Thr year Vrrgrnra Burkhead was class qu en and James Shull placed the crown At Swans Lake we held our 'rn nr l Hobo Day 'UWIOR YBAR 1937 1938 Rrchard Kendall was elected presr det o Junror class Roberta Newton was vrce presrdent Alyce Cox S cretary Freddre Esser Treas urer and Vrrgrnra Burkhead Student w v ' Y -Q' ll la 1 .V 1 , , .1 J J W 1 ' ' ' ' ' ' - A ' . . s , v . . 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