Duncan High School - Wildkat Yearbook (Duncan, AZ)

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SENIOR It is now the year 2050 A.D. The world seems different since the mighty class of 1956 passed on to the greater world—or elsewhere. They had their glory once, but glory fades fast, and now, buried in their separate plots, they are known only by their epitaphs: LORNA ALLRED—Died Because She Talked Too Much EMMA JO BAILEY—Drowned in an Arkansas Swamp DENTON BARNEY—Died Chasin' Girls LUPE BEJARANO—Worried Herself to a Shadow CORENE BOHANNON—A Louisiana Alligator Swallowed Her JO ANN BRADFORD—Slept Too Late—Never Woke Up JANICE CLARIDGE—A Horse Scared Her to Death DOROTHY COSPER—Died, Buried, Never Married ANN DAY—Her Rings Became Too Heavy to Carry KENT ELLSWORTH—Spurred in the Head by a Rooster JUNE ELMER—Her Enemies Got Her KENNETH ELY—Met a Curve Too Fast on 666 DWAIN GALE—Laughed Too Loud Too Often MYRON HANCHETT—Girls Were His Ruin NORMA HARRINGTON—Coaching Volleyball Was Too Much for Her SALLY HENDRICKS—A High Note Backfired OLIVIA HERRERA—School Teaching Wasn't Her Line Compliments of GREENLAW'S CLOTHESLINE DRESS SHOP Safford, Arizona

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 CLASS HISTORY If you were to look into that kindergarten room way hack in 19-43, you would recognize only twelve members of our present senior class. You would find they are: Lorna Allred, Janice Claridge, Dorothy Cosper, Myron Hanchett, Alice Howell, Arlene Lehman, Alan Lunt, Dean Lunt, Clarence McGrath, Joana Moffett, Ellen Moore and Patsy Tuey. We have advanced, losing members and finding new ones. We found Denton Barney, Sally Hendricks, and Billy Joe Phelps in the first grade, and Shirley Sprouls in the second. Lon Holliday and Bobby Martin were added in the third grade. Our whole fourth year flew by without a soul joining us for good, but we acquired two more members in the fifth grade—Norma Harrington and Jack Rapier. Sixth grade gains were June Elmer, Robert Tellez, Olivia Herrera, and Robert Rodriguez. In the seventh grade, Kenneth Ely hitched onto what was becoming a long and memorable train. Emma Jo Bailey boarded in the eighth grade. We will always remember our last year in grade school be- cause of our wonderful graduation ceremony. Then we were freshmen, green ones, evidently. The sophomores must have decided we weren’t attractive enough for D.H.S., so we were initiated—you know—gunny sacks, garlic, baby bottles, and the like. That year our number was increased by Corene Bohannon, Dwain Gale, and Kent Ellsworth. When we were sophs, we were joined by Ann Day and Norman Yet- man, and ti e did some initiating too! Barbara Steffan and Joan Bradford hopped on when we were juniors. Of course, the highlight of the year was the Junior-Senior Banquet and Prom. Our theme was Three Coins in the Fountain. Our sponsors, Mrs. Van Gundy, Coach Grant, Mr. Lovett and others, were invaluable in the planning and decorating. The evening was a success and something to be remembered for years to come. And now as seniors, we look forward to graduation, only one of the many goals in our lives. With Lupe Bejarano and Jerry Merrell coming from Virden to make our class complete, we number thirty-five, the largest graduating class of good old Duncan High. We are grateful to our grade school principal, Mr. Brubaker, and to our high school principal, Mr. Lovett, and to all the teachers we have had who have made our education possible. We hope we have set a good example for classes that succeed us. Graduation means that many of us will never see each other again. Each person lives his own life. Today we launch . . . when shall we anchor? Compliments of DUNCAN EQUIPMENT CO. Duncan, Arizona

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PROPHECY LON HOLLIDAY—Blew Too Loud on His Horn ALICE HOWELL—Bit Her Nails-—Died of Indigestion ARLENE LEHMAN—She Has Made Her Last Boo Boo ALAN LUNT—A Professor's Job Is Nerve Cracking—His Cracked DEAN LUNT—Met a Revolving Door—Didn’t Bend His Seven Foot Frame CLARENCE McGRATH—It’s Hard for Anyone to Live Past 102 BOBBY MARTIN—Worked Himself to Death JERRY MERRELL—Mistook a Black Widow for a Blackberry JOANA MOFFETT—Cheated in Poker—Didn't Live to Tell It ELLEN MOORE—Choked on Her Chewin’ Gum BILLY JO PHELPS—One of His Pocket Books Got Im JACK RAPIER—He Moaned, Groaned, Sighed—and Gracefully Died ROBERT RODRIGUEZ—Died Counting His Dollars (He Only Had Two) SHIRLEY SPROULS—Her Aims Were High But She Had to Die BARBARA STEFFAN—Walked Herself to Death ROBERT TELLEZ—Sassed the Wrong Teacher PATSY TUEY—Swallowed One of Her Own Jokes NORM YETMAN—He Wasn't Proud—But Neither Was the Bear