El Reno High School - Boomer Yearbook (El Reno, OK)

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Things really started buzzing in our junior year. . . . First of all, we elected our officers. Hugh Hawkins was our prexy , while Clarice Childers was vice president; Wilma Mathews, secretary; and Emma Culley, treasurer. . . . And remember all the excitement when E.H.S. was host to the Oklahoma Federation of Student Councils conven- tion? In addition to all the fun, we learned about plans and proj- ects sponsored by student councils in other parts of the state. . . . Speaking of student councils, this was the year when E.H.S.’s stu- dent council officers attended the Southern Association of Student Governments at Little Rock, Arkansas. What wonderful reports those officers brought back with them! Made us all wish we were officers. ... Of course, there was the junior class play, “Arsenic and Old Lace.” Students participating in it included Glyndeen Crawford, Norma Lorenzen, Mary Cornelius, Bill Shirey, Bob Fowler, Hugh Hawkins, Jack Tomlins, Bill Bowers, Joe Perry, Jack Riley, Jack Ricker, Chauncey Hall, and Jack Kinkade. Glyndeen and Norma were perfect in their parts as “old maids” (a compliment),

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But to become MEMBERS was worth all the trials and tribulations. Oh, happy day! . . . The F.F.A. boys really “shined” that year. James Sands was elected treasurer of the club, and Gaylord Reuter’s hog won grand champion at one of the stock shows. Leslie Lunnon’s barrow was rated as reserve grand champion at the State Fair. . . . FLASH! LOCAL GIRL MAKES GOOD! That’s what we all said when we heard Melva Cupp sing over the radio on the Farm and Home Hour. ... It was another happy day when the girls received their literary club bids. Then there were more pledge days. Hor- rors! . . . And the dramatic talent that blossomed that year! Remem- ber Jack Tomlins and Hugh Hawkins as Regina and Horace in a take-off on “The Little Foxes,” presented on the variety show at the band carnival? . . . And the “almost perfect” way for the girls to end their year as “sophs” was by serving at the junior-senior ban- quet. Won’t mention any names, but «-emember what a big laugh we all had when one of the waitresses spilled water down one boy’s back? Ha! . . . Well, that’s about all that happened that year, so-o-o-.

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ri»T»A lortum and there couldn’t have been anyone better than Jack Riley as the eccentric brother! Indeed a swell performance! . . . The E.H.S. In- dians really played basketball that year! First of all, they won the Boomer Conference title; then the regional; and last, but definitely not least, the state championship. Don’t believe there was one of us El Renoites who wasn’t dying a slow death during the last sec- onds of that final game with the Muskogee Roughers. No need to remind any of us that the final score was 32-30 in favor of El Reno. Close, but, oh, how wonderful! . . . After that, the sky was the limit for the Indians and their coach, Jenks Simmons. Remember the day school turned out for the big parade and “send-off” for the boys when they left for Kansas City to attend the National Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament? .... Members of our class who played on the championship team were Richard Dozier and Chauncey Hall. Then, every once in a while some occasion for Jack Tomlins, Bob Fowler and Jack Riley to get their heads together and come up with one of their clever skits would pop up. Their droll sense