Drumright High School - Gusher Yearbook (Drumright, OK)

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I ltoy Sl urgeon was the next and as he rose from h1 place at the table he yelled I ot tamales are my hobby I sell them from mornlno tlll nlght After raduatlon I wandered tuvo or three years wlth no occupatlon Tlred of thls mo e of llvlnv I sought some honest professlon and falllng ln other fields I turned to ICCClllI'1U tamales I worked dlllgently golng through the varlous streets of Capper selllno my ware ln order thatl may take a Wlfe ln the future who wlll help me share the burdens of maklng a l'vel1hood Recelvlng three cheels fox follo Nlng such an honest occupatlon he retlred to hls seat Reb cca Steele then arose glggllnv from hel chalr and began arrangmg her halr about her face and puttlng a few SI ots of powder on her dalnty cheeks She then told that she had opened a beauty parlor ln Calro Ebypt and was trying cut one of her own prepalatlons for chanvlng the complexlon of ne foes to l31OfltlS She llked her m sslon well and was prepatlng to return to E ypt the followlnv morrllno Then I+lorence Pltcher arose and announced herself a mllllner Of course Fa bb b thx hat w s knocked from my head and the burro stepped on lt It IS not at lts best at all She hurrled to explaln that she had rldden a burro out of Mex co whele she o med a mlllvner s shop She was dolng well and had folgotten her love or Drumrlght butchers Next Ethel Cook arose and wlnked at me Guess I can speak for both can t I Ena 9 I answered ln the afhrmatlve whlle tears hlled mv eyes Ethel choklngly related thls story DUFIHQ, the summer after graduatlon we went lnto partner hlp as Clalrvoyants Trade mcreased and we were dolng well untll two young men came one day to have thelr fortunes told Love at first slght was a result and before three months had elapsed we were brldes We set up housekeeplng ln the same Flat For a tlme we were happy untll my darlmg husband fell ln love Wlth Ena and her husband wlth me Instead of Ena and me havlng a quarrel we declded to break matrlmonlal tles wlth our husbands and vo West and start a hand laundry At thls we are stlll worklno and belleve we have found happlness No weddlno bells for me After thls the llttle party turned to Mlss Nlchols and pleaded that she tell her exper ence She told us how MISS Green captured Mr Funk and left her n the background so she had sought a llttle cottage ln Alwrlght and enter tamed extenslvely She lnvlted us to vlslt her the next tlme we had a class receotlon ENA SNY DER 16 Jgfllxgtv ',l'lilI'I If-l'Sfl'lI'1R l1.Jl.3'Hl3 I I I j D 3 V 1' l ' C IMXSS I lxlll llfllul W ' r 'S , ' ' ' s 1 C 4 1 . 1 1 . ' 1 . .O u' '. l L 3 I b I J K N1 I b 1 .1 1 - 1 I C- M 2 . . by . y . 5 V . , 4 U I . O ' N1 H . J ., A . X b. k . g x CS A ' C' . - each one notxced her hat and giggled. At thls she said: You needn't 1au0l'1: f , t t . S . . . W . b . . I 6 1 . . I 1 ' . s Q y 1 Q . p . . - I :fffVC2:: fig?

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'rI'l3l I'I I'-l'S.I I IC R Ill I .3 -'I 13 The Class of 1916 held as had been planned prevrously therr reunron at Drumrrght rn 1921 A banquet was Urven at the most popular hotel rn the crty The Baby Grand Mr Harden was appornted toastmaster of the evenrng and each member of the class was to respond by grvrng an account of hrs lrfe after leavrnv DHS After grvrng a toast Chester proceeded to make known the last frve years of hrs lrfe whrch vrere very excrtrnv After leavrnf Hr h School he desrred somethrnv new and thrrllrn so one evenrno he looked over the want ads of Drumrrght s paper the News He searched lono and drlr ently but was umm pressed untrl hrs gaze met these words WANTED A popular handsome well educated youno man to advertrse for soecral drners at the cafes bv the Baby Grand In other words they desrred a sandwrch man Chester applred and the next day was seen on the street wrth Chrcken Drnner 50c Sunday at the Baby Grand wrrtten rn large letters on orlcloth whrch hunv around hrs neck On the back were the words Beans onrors and cabbage today Specral prrces He has been workrng fa thfully recervrnv 50 per day and has lard up the sum of about S15 00 but the enroyment of walkrnv throuoh the crow ded streets and flrrtrno wrth Freshmen Orrls on the way to and from s hool have many trmes pard hrm for hrs work Chester then called on Edrth Johnston who rmmenmtely arose a very dronrfied lokrnv dame who told rn eloquent words a story rmrlar to the fol lowrno Frve long years afro she left D H S and after a short vacatron went to Pemeta to conduct a prrmary school She was very successful and the next year she recerved a posrtron at Drumrroht Here she taught for four years but got no rarse rn salary and she sternly refused o offer her servrces for the com rnv term unless she recerved a two dollar a month rarse Here he blushrnglv drsplayed a dramond on her left hand and sweetly ard I do not have to teach school for a lrvelrhood We suppc e a rorrstabout has come rnto her l fe and offered her hrs heart and hand Next Chester called on Celra Taylor who startrno lrvhtly to her feet bowed as a professronal and began rn 1 ft vorce to tell her fortune One nrffht at Shamrock a banquet rn honor of Ireland was Orven and she sang Has Anyone Here Seen Kelly? A theatrrcal manager was attracted by her wonderful vo ce and sh re erved a la ve surn of money to tour the world as a Great srn er Durrn leer trrp h anc, to large audrences rn the vxorld s greatest theater and on lr ttle helds to cheer wounded soldrers for Celra s Greatest ambrtron was to help humanrty But now she has an offer for the fomrnv sea on at the Electrrc She has won manv admrrers among them Paul Allen w ho rs an antr suffra ette lecturer of v hom she rs very fond l I I I I ' 1. s s X 1 l I X55 I'l'Ul'IIl'l N I '1 I . . b B 1 ls 4 C xl tw L sl , T si . . . Y .. . , .O N . ' zs' rs b ' . O, . , . b 'CJ' 'O k , , . 5 g , S - 1 1 N 1 ' m 4 I Q 1 V 1 b ' ' 4 rr ' , ' ' V ., -, . h . . I -Y' ' 1 -s C . ' ' ' . , ,V . - v . ey m B :J N' ' . . ,. , L . ts to ' 2' ' O. I 3,5 . . . . h . A . . Q V . 0 Q . i - . - . t . . S ' - - - c . 'S 1' ' ' it I 4 . - S ., C ' 'I U 'A . ' es ts , - x . c 'Sn , b ' A s ' . r' ' e C rg ' . . 5 ' g . ' 51 . ' S YT S if R' ' N ' f ' 4 S . C ' ' ' 4 ' Q f J ' ' ' ' Q ' ' . , ,,. ., . L, L 7 V I .-' U - - , . ' ' ' ' ' lr . ' M -

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CLASS WILL We the Semor Class of the ll1 h S hool of the C1ty of ljrumu ht County of Cleek State of Oklahoma l3C1I1,, ot ood health ard body and of sound and d1spos1nO mmd and memory and belnv destrous of settlm our class aFfa1rs whue me have the tapacxty to do s 1 do mal e publ sh and declare thxs our last wlll and testament that 18 to say l+nst To M158 Nxchols our lsmd and worthy advlsor to lVlr Petets our revered Supermtendent and to all the k nd teacher who have asslsted us ln our H1 h School work we b1VC and bequeath our reatest love and many heart felt thanks Second To the un1o1 Class we ,,,lVC our dx mty and SLIQICITIHLY 111 the chool also the respons1b1l1ty of ed1t1n the thlrd Annual of D H S Thxrd To the school we IVC and bequeath the fl ht to roam unmolestecl throu h the noted H1 h School corr1dors and halls also the unl m1ted author 1ty to v1s1t all sald H1 h School bulldm also to all comm Senlors the fl ht to have thelr pxctures made ID our caps and ,Downs and to VlSlt lVlr Busby mornm noon and mght and between tlmes as much as possxble for the pur rose of absolbln saxd p1LtLlI'CS Fourth To oe Wells Chester ,,lVCS the p11v1le,,e of Flutln wxth the lreshmen 1rls also to the favorlte Senxor the honor of Hfblllfl wlth MISS Nxchols over Geometry and to debate w1th Mrs Poster In Hxstory of Educa txon also h1s ab11xty for p1ck1nv students pockets of thelr penclls he not hem hnancxally able to buy sald penc1l Plfth To Neta S1vadon Ena bequeaths her T1 ht to be ba Jvled out by Mr Punk Su th To Cec1l Krxbbs Edlth 01ves her r1Uht to be teacher s pet al o to Neta her beaux not exceptln those cla1med by Rebecca Seventh To Alto Thomason Rebecca bequeaths hex art of Fllltlli also her act of 01 O ID F1 hth To her worthy frxend I:,st1 Spellm nn P thel lves 'md bequeaths the tapac1ty for be1nU the most brxllxant Senlrr Nlnth To all the umor xrls Florence w1lls her meet ch1ld1sh 1nno cence and much admxred beauty Tenth To the jumor boys Roy leaves h1s axr of offended mnocence also h1s place IU the hearts of all the 01rls Eleventh To 65516 Kolburn Ceha T bequeaths her pOpLll3I'lty w1th oe Wells also her acknowled ed tltle of Old Maxd Twelfth To the Physxcs cla s Fchth and Chester wlll then mterest m the llttle Ford Car m the Laboratory Thyrteenth To the umor xrls Ethel Ed1th and Florence bequeath the pr1v1le0e of quarrelmt over joe the aforesa1d oe tak n a perfectly neutral stand And hstly To all future Semors such ma1esty and qmtglmegq of man r 1 1 1 1 1 . 3 V I ,- s l.lllul.lSIlI'.I1l.Jl.,II, . N Y . i A . N -. 1 - 2-1 s Q, 1 1 1 I - ' Q. ' l s 1 . - b is I :J ' . Y- 1 ' . fi. T . ' . Q ' . 1 Q .' I I v lf ' f, ' 1 . 1 . Af, , 3 1 .S . 'gy - 0' o ' - ra ' fa ' v 1 J . - . N U. .O . S . v . . .. M b . . . O- 5 , , , , b . . . ' - 04 'O' - 'Q tv . , , . - , - 21 3 ' I A I ' 1 ' U U ' 0 ' 0 h r-sh' ' ' ts as N ,' U f .' . .4 , g. . C ' 1 ' . ' O - 's 1 , 5 . . , ' J . M Q O. Q H. . O .- . U . . ., , Q . k h 3 g 5 , 0' g .. . . , . . . . .. . . i , 8 . x. A . U , . ,D . . ., :X 1 S. ' ' '- 'Q x ' ' ' rs , 1 . 7 u W. . Q . v. 1 . 8 ,Q Q X ' V 3 n D . , -1 O , 1 1 6 . Z S , 5 ' ' gg, . 3 o' 1 o 'Q bb 1-1' ' - ' '. , '. ' 1 g - , . c c , 1 4 ,' tx - J I . - . O. Q , x . A 1 V K , , , . 5 ,, A s, l X - - -11 .i . . ' I n Q C b ,- ' bt ' II .l 1 - S1 . . - .' . . ,.. ' 1 . . . - , , S., . , ' 5 - I J . O. , , . . . 3' ' 1 ' H C1 - J i QQ 1- 3 . .' . ' , C ' -