Duncan High School - Wildkat Yearbook (Duncan, AZ)

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Duncan schools pay Honor to Douglas Brubaker,distinguished teacher, 1 Wayne McGrath, DHS 1955 and dean of instruction at Eastern Arizona College, recalls a Brubaker story at a volleyball banquet, amuses Superintendent and Mrs. Brubaker. Mr. Brubaker checks figures with Mrs. Loma McEuen, school secretary. LEFT: Grandchildren of former students include kindergarten scholar Van Johns, whose grandpa, Gus Sanders, was in Mr. Bru- baker's first classg and Larry Crotts, whose grandparents, Jim and Ruby Cosper San- ders, were also in that class. OPPOSITE PAGE: Mr. Brubaker admires with Mrs. Carmen Garcia, 1963-64 PTA president, plaque won for membership increase, and talks plans with 1971-72 president, Mrs. Kathy Nichols. 2 With gratitude, respect, and admiration, the staff of the WILDKAT dedicates the 1972 edition to Douglas Brubaker, whose service to Duncan and Greenlee County schools spans 43 years. Mr. Brubaker came to Duncan to teach the eighth grade, later became elementary school prin- cipal, and since 1952 has been superintendent of schools as well as principal. Reared on a California farm, he was soon at home in the Dun- can Valley's farm and ranch country. To the school he brought an impressive record of athletics and of student leader- ship. ln Duncan, Mr. Brubaker worked hard at whatever he undertook. He held offices in county and state educational groupsg worked with the Boy Scoutsg served on the World War ll sugar rationing Board and has sat on the executive boards of the Methodist Church, the Arizona Crippled Children's Society, the Greenlee Associ- ation for Retarded Children, the Rotary Club, the Parent- Teachers' Association, and the Duncan Valley Electric C0- operative. His honors have included the Scouts' Silver Beaver Award, life memberships in the PTA and National Education As- sociationg honorary member- ship in the Future Farmers of America, and the naming of Duncan's chapter of the Future Teachers of America for him. As principal and superin- tendent, Mr. Brubaker has lis- tened patiently and answered wisely questions, suggestions,

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Il L WILDKAT '72 X : ' u o - .-1:rs'1 7'wd ' X I A ii S.. K , n F u Duncan Hlgh School Duncan Arizona Volume 39

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administrator, community leader DOUGLAS BRU BAKER and complaints, all the way up from the kindergartners' Mr. Brubaker, he took my ball. e He has substituted in the classrooms and on the bus runs, has in general superintended a smooth-running school system as he watched it grow in enroll- ment, land area, and facilities. He has shaken the hands of thousands of students, parents, and other friends in shared joys andgriefs. In dedicating this book to Douglas Brubaker Y friend, counselor, teacher, loyal citizen - we include his wife Margaret, also a loved teacher and church and community leader. We wish them health andjoy. And, Mr. Brubaker, may the cattle wax fat on the Lazy D 7, and may the fish bite, and bite, and bite - wherever you throw in yourline! ,X i ti.. 1972 Memories to keep When a year begins, how does anyone know which of its events he will rememberbest -A world- shaking events or person-mark- ing experiences? So - what happened and what was special at Duncan High in l97l-1972? Superintendent Douglas Bru- baker resigned, and Mr. Archie Stephens prepared to succeed him. Roses and shrubs began to grow and bloom for a third high school reunion. The class of '72 graduated, robed and capped in red. What happened varied in importance from person to per- son, but the staff hopes that as each person reads this book, he will re-live the days and keep the memories of all that l97l- l972 meant to him. CONTENTS The Year Curriculum Activities Classes A s Index ' .... ...... l 8 ...... ...... 4 0 Sports ........ ...... 5 8 d .......... ...... 9 2 , ...... -........ll5 3