Eldorado High School - Panther Yearbook (Eldorado, OK)

Text from Pages 1 - 74 of the 1956 volume:

The 1956 Panther Eldorado, Oklahoma Norma Nelson Editor Bertha Yates Assistant Editor Marion Owen Business Manager MRS. J. C. STROUD We, the Seniors of 1956, hereby dedicate this annual to Mrs. J. C. Stroud, who has been a loyal and understanding sponsor of the Senior Class throughout the year. No other instructor that we have ever known has given so much continual unselfish service to Eldorado School. Mrs. Stroud has been an inspiration to many young men and women by virtue of her Christian living, her ideals of good-citizenship, and the Ameri- can way of life. She is a woman of utmost integrity, an open-minded woman, and an individual who can claim the honor of being able to accept new ideals. We salute Mrs. Stroud in the name of the school, ourselves, and all those students in the past who have known and worked with this wonderful and inspiring person. Table of Contents ADMINISTRATION Board of Education Faculty SENIOR HIGH Seniors Juniors Sophomores JUNIOR HIGH Freshmen Eighth Grade Seventh Grade QUEENS Carnival ACTIVITIES Clubs Organizations GRADE SCHOOL Sixth Grade Fifth Grade Fourth Grade Third Grade Second Grade First Grade Foreword If out of the pages of this book march the memories of the romances, the friendships formed, the little things of big importance, and if in the years to come this book will fan into flames the dying embers of these memories, and enable you to recall and relive the happy hours of 1955-56, it will have served its purpose. ANNUAL STAFF LEFT TO RIGHT: Marion Owen, Norma Nelson, Bertha Yates, Leanno Mitchell, Benita Caldwell, Darlene McGee, Melba Howard. School Board Members LEFT TO RIGHT: Diilion Shumaker, W. G. Martin, E. W. Springer, G. W. Littlefield, Clerk, and G. W. Strawn, President. Mr. Vernon Durham, Superintendent of Eldorado Schools MR. C. G. McMINDES Vocational Agriculture MR.GWYN MILLER History High School Coach MRS. L. F. DIAL Math MRS. J. C. STROUD Commerce Home Economics MR. BILL HENRY Science Junior High Coach MRS. D.C. KINCANNON Music Grade English MR. ROY TRAMMELL, JR. Geography Grade Coach enters Mrs. J. C. Stroud Sponsor Mrs. Alger Mitchell Class Mother Jana Miller Mascot Ricky Jones Mascot Mr. Norman Dehtan Class Father YVONNE SHUMAKER Most Likely To Succeed; Senior Class fWsident; Olee Club, Quartet, Trio; Senior Play; Editor of Panther News; Best Magazine Salesman. THOMAS PIERCY Senior Play; Basketball; Baseball; Best Notured Boy. JIMMY GLEN HANKINS Aost Handsome; Senior Vice-President; Senior Play; F. F. A. LEANNA MITCHELL Most Popular; Senior Class Secretary; Annual Staff; Assistant Editor of Panther News; Senior Play; Best-Dancer; Car- nival Queen Candidate. BERTHA YATES Treasurer; Assistant Annual Editor; Fashions Reporter; Glee Club, Trio and Quartet; Senior Play; Biggest Flirt. MARION OWEN Senior Reporter; Annual Staff; Panther News Staff; Senior Play; Most Beauti- ful . RONALD PATRICK Senior Play; Best Athlete; Basketball; Baseball; 2 years All Star in Basketball. NORMA NELSON Glee Club; Trio and Quartet; Annual Editor; Junior High News; Senior Play; Betty Crocker Award; Heod Li- brarian . BENITA CALDWELL Best All-Round; Glee Club; Basket- ball; Annual Staff; Grade News Re- porter; Senior Play. JAMES AVANT Baseball; Basketball; Panther News Staff; Senior Play; F.F.A.; Most Like- ly To Be Whistled at. MELBA HOWARD Glee Club; Annual Staff; Senior Play; Best Natured. ------— CARLTON EASLEY Senior Play; Most-Likely To Suc fififiL High School Choir; F.F.A. GLEN BRAKER Senior Play; Most Pog loc Basketball; Baseball; F DARLENE McGEE Best Athlete; Basketball; Glee Club; Senior-of-the-week Reporter; Annual Staff; Senior Play. LEROY THOMPSON Biggest Wolf; Star Farmer in F.F.A.; 'Senior Hay. miors A 1 f ' ■ -A A A k Jerry Gunkel Class President F.F.A. Basketball Baseball Nova Strawn Class Mother Wayne Neeley Reporter Junior Play F.F.A. Danny Tice Class Vice-Pres. F.F.A. Wayne Springer Secretary-Treasurer Truman Henderson Class Father Jerrye Henderion Junior Play Lenora Hankins Most Popular Girl Basketball Basketball Baseball Junior Play F.F.A. Junior Play Basketball F.F.A. Junior Play Baseball Basketball Junior Play H. S. Glee Club H. S. Quartet Eodene Miller Librarian William O'Bannon Junior Play F.F.A Norma Driver Librarian James Babb Junior Play F.F.A. Robert Wesley Junior Play Basketball Baseball F.F.A. Kenneth Vann Junior Play Baseball F.F.A. Jimmie Strawn Most Popular Boy F.F.A. Kathlene Buchanan Librarian Junior Play Charles Doughten Junior Play F.F.A. Oleta Yousey Music Mary Joy • Lawrence Morton Basketball (Quit School at end of first Sem.) Carrol Babb Basketball Baseball F.F.A. Sophomore President Eddie Jones Basketball Baseball F.F.A. Sophomore Vice-Pres. Maxine Brownlow Class Mother Helen McMindes Basketball Most Popular Eddie Mitchell Basketball Baseball F.F.A. Most Popular Jo Karen Clonts Basketball Corky Mitchell Class Father i A Kenneth Lyons Basketball Baseball F.F.A. Manuel Nix Basketball Baseball F.F.A. Nelda Bennett Secretary-Treasurer Basketball Attended 1st. Semester Jimmie Adams F.F.A. Jerry McEndree Basketball Baseball F.F.A. Sandra Vann 7th Grade Carnival Queen Candidate Jo Carolyn Lawrence Basketball 4-H Club Joe Carroll Goss F.F.A. Candidate Melton Konkler Basketball Baseball F.F.A Charles Walker F.F.A. Edwin Easley F.F.A. Buddy O'Bannon High School Chorus F.F.A. Beverley Currey Jerry Burnett H.S. Glee Club F.F.A. Panther News Staff v fe AT DESK: Yvonne Shumaker, Darlene McGee. FIRST ROW: Norma Nelson, Marion Owen, Martha y Cleverdon. SECOND ROW: Bertha YateS, James Avant, Leanna Mitchell. THIRD ROW . Dean Colvins, Jimmie Hankins, Benita Caldwell. unior Migh 1 Charles Sample President Linda Huckabay Vice-President Audean Burnett Secretary-Treasurer Myrna Mefford Reporter 9 Arthur Kinconnon Donnie Easley Kay Huckabay Jerry Chambers Monte Garren Gary Randolph Kathryn Justice sm «k .• V  r ' Mary Frances Jones President Gloria Rice Vice-President A Barbara Freeman Loretta Goodin Secretary-Treasurer Reporter Juanita Howard Fay Hankfro luynum Dewayne Thompson Mary Stroud Tim Springs Caroline Brownlow i Mary Nell Yousey Jimmy Dan Weddle Rita Colvins Alice Ann Watkins ) Eugene Chambers Yvonne Reeves Clyde Buchanan Phyllis Morton Joe Stroud Wanda Mason Kenneth Springer Herbert Nuttall Farryle Sherwood Wanda Walker amites Lenoro Hankins Carnival Queen Kay White Princess Leanna Mitchell Senior Candidate s JUNIOR HIGH GIRLS' GLEE CLUB FRONT ROW; Reba Myers, Rosemary Justus, Kay White, Connie Drake, Linda Huckaby, Pat Hickman, Wanda Mason, Phyllis Morton, Wanda Walker, Audene Burnett, Beulah O'Bannon, Rita Colvins, Caroline Brownlow, Alice Ann Watkins, Barbara Freeman, Rita Babb, Minnie Nuttall, Mrs. Kincannon. BACK ROW: Juanita Howard, Yvonne Reeves, Melveda A Vann, Gloria Rice, Mary Ann Stroud, Faye Hankins, Loretta Goodin, Janice Mefford, Karen Scott, Kay Huckabay, Myrna Mefford, Nancy Freeman, Mary Nell Yousey, Colleen Denton, Mary Frances Jones, Ruth O'Bannon, Janice Kaufman. -j $ 4 ||| •f JUNIOR HIGH BOYS1 GLEE CLUB FRONT ROW; George Chambers, Bubby Thompson, Clyde Buckanan, Hurbert Nuttall, George Johnston, Tommy Spradlin, Tim Springs, Jackie Miller, Joe Stroud, Bobby West, Dewayne Thompson, Arthur Kincannon, Billy Smith, Eddie Paul Tigert, Charles Samples, Gary Randolph, Mrs.. Kinconnop. BACK ROW: Denny Nichols, Jerry Nickens, Jimmy Hooper, Farrell Sherwood, Kenneth Springer, Gerald Neeley, Austin Bynum, Jimmy Dan Weddle, Ronald O'Bannon, Burt Walker, Homer Johnston, Roy West, Jackie Tillman, Bob Johnston, Jerry Chambers. .IIVJii jn-iiwwl ulcc V.LUD BACK ROW; Buddy O'Bannon, Carlton Easley. FRONT ROW; Martha Cleverdon, Beverley Currey, Benita Caldwell, Dar- lene McGee, Norma Nelson, Yvonne Shumaker, Wynona Justus, Edolou Mason, Oleta Yousey, Melba Howard, Instructor Mrs. D. C. Kincannon. I i « A ■ A 4 A i V i i 4 % f f JUNIOR HIGH GIRLS' BASKETBALL TEAM TOP ROW: Janice Mefford, Kay Huckabay, Karen Scott, Myrna Mefford, Gloria Rice, Loretta Hankins, Colene Denton, Coach Bill Henry. BOTTOM ROW: Reba Myers, Rita Colvins, Audean Burnett, Barbara Freeman, Alice Ann Watkins, Rita Babb, Carolyn Brownlow. JUNIOR HIGH BOYS' BASKETBALL TEAM TOP ROW: Charles Samples, Billy Smith, Arthur Dee Kincannon, Bert Walker, Donald Thompson, Duane Thompson. BOTTOM ROW: Bobby West, Gary Randolph, Eugene Taylor, Gerald Neeley, Jimmie Dan Weddle, Buddy Thompson. JUNIOR HIGH BOYS' BASEBALL TEAM TOP ROW: Eugene Taylor, Billy Smith, Arthur Kincannon, Donald Thompson, Charles Samples, Coach Bill Henry. BOTTOM ROW: Buddy Thompson, Duane Thompson, Bobby West, Jimmy Dan Weddle, Gerald Neeley. HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM TOP ROW: Benito Caldwell, Jo Carolyn Lawrence, Nelda Bennett, Lenora Hankins, Coach Gwynn Miller. BOTTOM ROW: Helen McMindes, Jo Karon Clonts, Kay Drake, Jan Franks, Darlene A-TE M LEFT TO RIGHT: Jerry McEndree, Jerry Gunkel, Thomas Piercy, Eddie Jones, Ronald Patrick, Coach Gwynn Miller, Jimmie Strawn, James Avant, Wayne Springer, Harold Wesley, Glen Broker. B-TEAM LEFT TO RIGHT: Billy Randolph, Eddie Wayne Mitchell, Manuel Nix, Carrol Babb, Roy West, Dean Colvins, Kenneth Lyons, Melton Konkler, Coach Gwynn Miller. HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL TEAM TOP ROW: Gwynn Miller, Jerry Gunkel, Robert Wesley, Eddie Jones, Ronald Patrick, James Avant, Wayne Springer, Roy West, Glen Broker. BOTTOM ROW: Thomas Piercy, Melton Kon- kler, Carrol Babb, Jerry McEndre, Eddie Mitchell, Dean Colvins, Billy Randolph, Charles Samples, Kenneth Lyons. F.F.A. OFFICERS FRONT ROW: Wayne Springer, Secretary; Milton Shumaker, President; Jimmy Strawn, Vice- President. BACK ROW: William O'Brannon, Reporter; Charles Doughten, Parliamentarian; Wayne Neeley, Sentinel; Jerry Gunkel, Treasurer; C. G. McMindes, Instructor. ELDORADO 4-H CLUB Melvin Springer 1 Sixth Grade Paula Brewer Alan Ogles Cheryl Littlefield Linda Easley m j JoAnniMitchell H. T. Knokler Sandy Hulett Jacquita Mefford Jerry Mitchell Linda Hale Dalton Knokler Wayne Nix - 0A . James G. Carole Barker Jerry Lee Hammersley Kay Hartley Wendell Doughten Susie Cleverdon Gerald Dwayne Chambers Betty Reeves Mrs. Hutchinson History Healtiv ff)rt. f. h «Tott.'n •«  Mrs. L. F. Dial Arithmetic Mrs. Kincannon English Music Fifth Grade Dale Sherwood Kathy Springs Joe Allen Tipton Mr. Trammell Georgraphy Coach Kay Watkins Gary Huckabay George Brawley ■I Bridgett Barker Bruce Harkins Ronald Lee Morton Judith Ann Tigert Fourth Grade Jimmy Tigert Janice Doughten Karen Driver Jerry Mercer Bobby Nuttall Dora Weddle Gary Tigert Jeannie Livingston G. C. Nickens Ronald Walker Sharon Shirley Dennis Crume Linda Burnett Blane Vann Betty Vann Rudy Cole Third Grade y Jolene Tigert Melody Russell Madeline Slaton Nelda Spradlin Jimmy Webb Ricky Brewer Judy Tigert Margie Tipton Barbara Barney Shirley Long Gail Brown low Charlie Barry Charles Gunkel Tony Rogers Ravonda Taylor Lynda Gayle Reeves Paula Smith Larry Cope Margo Wilson Danny Mitchell Ed way na Nichols Tommy Ann Hankins Elaine Thomason Linda White First Grade Cathy Leese Joe Dale Freeman Fran Jean Toma Teddy Bernard Mrs. Colville Marie Richeson Rodney Schmidt Jo Anne Farley Donna Freeman Sheri Lea Garren Sue Gunkel Jimmy Shrum Ernie Mae Stermer Sammy Tigert Tommy Webb Vicki Hall Gary Freeman Jo Austin Gary Lee Jones Jerry Reeves Brenda Black Linda Kirby Janie Vann Shirley Ogles Cooks: Agnes Webb, Bertha Ritchey, Ruby Burnett, and Nadine Denton Janitors: Mr. Sam Nickens, and Mr. Frank Ritchie Lunchroom Sharon Easley Gymnasium )! ) W Almost a quarter of a century has passed ( , since USECO published its first school annual, As we review those pages of yesteryear, a pleasant thought comes to mind—on some to- morrow this, the nineteen hundred and fifty-six ■ T ... edition, will take its place in your heart asv|® ' ' a pictorial history of the good ole' days. 0' Vl !vVI' '• ly 'Jl'A We know this book will increase in value with y|rf' ( ' V '''Mw ,he passing of each year' and are honored to | |l| iMml have played a part in recording it. , i 1 ' ......................... 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