Duncan High School - Wildkat Yearbook (Duncan, AZ)

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Duncan schools' ten bus drivers scatter fast in the morning, some to teach and some to farm, and some on other busi- ness. By three o'clock, however, those who don't teach meet in this pleasant spot and swap advice on cars, cattle, ranching, farming, and how to control busloads of wild young'uns. OPPOSITE PAGE: Antone Thygerson drives between Virden and the Virden bridge. F. D. Chapman (Duff) is maintenance supervisor for all busses and makes the run to the booster station , picking up town students also. DRIVERS This page sponsored by BARLOW'S UNION SERVICE Duncan Phone 2491 LEFT: Jimmy Sanders hauls kids from the Elmer Stevens home to Apache Grove and back. Garth Lunt, besides driving from Apache Grove to Guthrie, drives rooters' busses to out-of-town games. BELOW: J. W. Santee takes out time from music lessons to do the Sam Foster lane. Kenneth Lunt, fourth grade teacher, covers the highway camp and the Clifton road to the Elmer Stevens home. John Smith, seventh grade, goes out on the new Virden road and returns by the old.

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CUSTODIANS Dean Chapman is the first per- son in the gym each morning and the last one to leave at night after a game or a dance or a meeting. Floyd Johnson (Topper) may be found in the basement coaxing the furnace or on the top of a ladder re- pairing a Venetian blind--or he and Dean may be moving pops to the concession booth and cleaning up after the games; or they may be mow- ing the lawns or watering the football field, or letting a student into a locked building to get forgotten books or coats. Dean watches utilities trouble- shooter Harvey Hartley hunt down a gas leak Topper replaces a cord This page sponsored by B D AUTO SUPPLY Clifton Phone UN 4-2952 BUS BELOW: Melvin Burrell, fifth grade teacher, drives the Franklin route. Ned Merrell, new eighth grade teacher, brings students from Johnsonville . Jay Pierce stops in Virden and between Duncan and Virden. Two additional Virden busses run this year, since the merging of Virden Grammar School with Duncan Grammar School.

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Mrs. Loma McEuen is secretary to both Superintendent Brubaker and Principal Dumond, and also directs the sale of school supplies to students. Mrs. McEuen gives girls excellent training in office practice. Office Assistants: Sharon Merrell, Nedra Luiu, Manda Moffett, Janette Barney, Margaret McEuen, Annette Lunt. These girls collect absentee slips each period, assist Mrs. McEuen in the office, and help teachers type and grade tests. J27I This page sponsored by GREENLEE COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY Clifton UN 4-2542 OFFICE Office life i s important at Duncan High. A smooth-running system depends on Mrs. McEuen's efficiently run office. Students planning on employment in business offices are given practical expe- rience and training as well as school credit for assisting in the principal's office or in the commercial department. Sylvia Lee takes dictation, and Julie Thygerson takes instructions on grading papers from Mr. Clothier. These girls are kept running in the commercial department by grading shorthand, bookkeeping, and typing papers, typing letters, giving speed-tests, and keeping order.