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

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of humor always produced something for a laugh. Never shall we forget “Mergetroid’s Victory”. . . . The junior class was well-rep- resented in the all-school play, “The Man Who Came To Dinner. Ten juniors with parts were Bob Fowler (the “Man”), Louise Powell, Bill Shirey, Keith Schroeder, Alan Peabody, Mary Wynes, Jack Riley, Don Smith, Tommy Spurr, and Jack Kinkade. Mary Cornelius was the student director. . . . Then the day came for the “intelligent- sia” of the class to shine. Eight lucky students received bids to the National Honor Society—Jack Tomlins, Marie Dittmer, Louise Powell, Glyndeen Crawford, Natalie Lokensgard, Marcia Nation, Emma Cul- ley, and Gene Von Tungeln. . . . The first junior creative writing class was organized that year, under the direction of Miss Josephine Hodnett. We juniors felt important to be given a chance to work on the newspaper and annual along with the seniors. . . . Remember the Victory Bond Drive and how we all “knocked ourselves out” selling bonds? As a perfect climax to the drive, Betty Merveldt was crowned Victory Bond Queen. . . . An event of events that none

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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

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 of us will ever forget was our first junior-senior banquet, except- ing of course for the lucky girls who served as waitresses in their sophomore year. We worked hard all year at the concessions at the football and basketball games to raise money. And we worked more making decorations to carry out the “Oklahoma” theme. Then came the big day! Everything was buzzing with excitement but no one “buzzed” harder than Hugh Hawkins. Remember how he worked all day and was still in his shirt sleeves at 7:00 o’clock that night? . . . But all our hard work was well worth-while, as the “Oklahoma” theme was beautifully portrayed in both decorations and program as an appropriate setting for an evening of fun.......... So ended our junior year. . . . Let’s move on to the year 1946-47 when we were “dignified” seniors. . . . The boys didn’t have a chance when it came to electing class officers because the girls took every office. Kathleen Miller was elected president; Louise Powell, vice president; Norma Lorenzen, secretary; Pat Hooe, treasurer; and Mary Cornelius, student council representative. . . . Two 1947 seniors,