Driftwood High School - Tiger Yearbook (Driftwood, OK)

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CLASS PROPHECY I have been away from Driftwood for fifteen years. Since I hadn't decided whether I wanted to be a newspaper reporter or a dean of girls in a large school I had been doing both. As a newspaper reporter on the New York Eagle and with the title of Alyce Miller, Dean of Girls at an all girls school in New York, I thought I had earned myself a vacation. Since it had been fifteen years since I had seen my former classmates I decided that it would be pleasant to visit them. I learned from the Driftwood Store, which was a branch of the Ferrell- Frey Grocery Co., that Mr. and Mrs. Bill Ferrell were living on the former Dotterer place. As the former Ruth Nossaman opened the door I was greeted by the noisne of their fifteen children. After an interesting, but exhausting time I left this hectic place. I learned from Ruth that Jo Ann was proprietor of an orphanage near Byron. This was a convenient place since Milton was farming in this locality. Mr. Whitehead still thought J o too young to marry. I next journeyed over to Burlington. Here I found Nyla June attending the Grocery store and Jim managing the drug store. With these two establishments under their cgntrql, Ny1g, and Jirn had almost taken over the city of Burlington. Betty was always the most unpredictable of our class so she was the hardest to locate. Her mother had always said that you couldn't pay Betty to get married and she was right. Betty had married free of charge to anyone except her husband. Settling down wasn't for Betty. She was working in the telephone office at Portland, Oregon to fulfill her life longambition. I returned to New York rested and confident that my fellow classmates had made a success of their lives.

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CLASS WILL Ladies and Gentlemen, Board of Education, Superintendent, Teachers and Friends. We, the class of 1948 of the Driftwood Community High School, of the County of Alfalfa, and of the State of Oklahoma being of sound mind and body after four strenuous years, do hereby make, publish and declare this as our last and best wills, bequests, and devices of whatever nature of form heretofore made by us. Ruth wills her ability to make good grades to Carrol Nossarnan. Alice wills her clothes to Mrs. Tate. Betty wills her writing ability to Norman Nossaman. Jo A.nn wills her eagerness to get married to her sister Gladys Whitehead. Alyce wills her boy friend, Tommy Ferrell, to Gladys providing Gladys doesn't take the inheritance too seriously. J Betty and Alyce will their ability to get along with Mr. Maddox to Gladys and Barbara. Ruth wills her slowness to Elizabeth Orton. Betty wills a rope to Ted Johnson to keep Elizabeth from getting away from him. Alyce wills her winning ways to Gladys. Jim, the only senior boy, wills his hen peeked qualities to Elizabeth, the only girl in the Junior class. We, the seniors will the money in our treasure to the juniors Qwe haven't a centl. Jo wills her figure to Elinor Glynn. Jim wills to his little brother, Henry, the ability to try to make dents in concrete walls during basketball games. Alyce wills her freckles, with no regrets, to Darlene Sartin. Ruth wills her hands with fingers large enough to wear a boys' ring to DeVeda Martin. Jim wills his shorthand to Gladys so that she can write more and talk less. Betty wills her quietness to Barbara Orton. Jim wills his grammar knowledge to Larry Hendricks. Alyce wills to Elizabeth the bench that she warmed during the basketball season. Jim wills his activness on roller skates to Don Banker. Betty wills to Mrs. Hendricks her ability of fixing hair. Alyce wills her recipe box to Elinor. Jim wills his beautifully toned horn to Doug so that he can wake Driftwood up in the middle of the night. Ruth wills her glasses to Elinor so that she can find a boy friend closer to home. To Ted Ferrell, Jim wills his power of thought Think Ted and do all your shopping at home for girls before it is too 1ate. Betty wills her maid uniform, from the Senior Play, to Tommy Ferrell. fAlyce doesn't like to cook., To Barbara, Ruth wills her walk.