Kingfisher High School - Yellow Jacket Yearbook (Kingfisher, OK)

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Seated: Monroe Darragh. Dale Wrobbel, Harold McMillan, Emmanuel Vleth. Standing: Edwin Mitchell, RusseU Pursell. Our cooperative and capable school board Emmanuel Vieth implement dealer manages the affairs of our school system. Monroe Darragh grocer Edwin Mitchell hardware and appliance dealer

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I made the great decision to become a teach- er at the age of eight years. I attained this goal by firm determination and persistent effort. Each new school year presented an opportunity to gain more knowledge in growing a life of service. I have always considered the classroom as a large family gathering that makes the world seem a much less lonely place. 1 have enjoyed living in such an environment. It has been a privilege to serve the youth of the community and to have had a hand in making the world a much less lonely place,” for them. It has been a stimulating and gratifying ex- perience to teach and study human beings, es- pecially the young. For the association with men and women of learning; for the friendships, too deeply felt to speak of lightly; and by no means least important, for the comradeship of youth— many facets of a teacher’s way of life—I feel deeply thankful. I shall leave Kingfisher schools with gratitude for nearly a half century of hard work, filled with warm and cherished memories, and spiced by many exciting recollections of in- tellectual adventure. I hope that we may continue as fellow stu- dents, always striving to have confidence in our- selves and in our school—proud of its enduring vitality, and inspired by its vision. Most of all may we recognize its service and achievement in working so effectively to build successive gen- erations of fine young people into educated and dedicated men and women ready to approach a new threshold of life. As I close my tenure of service with the Kingfisher schools I have no message of farewell. We have walked together up history’s hill and have discovered the great adventure in human relations; we have lived, learned, laughed, and loved with understanding hearts and minds. So, may I say, as one of our modern com- posers has so aptly expressed: So long, it’s been good to know you!” e I I

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Russell Pursell, Superintendent Carl Books, Principal Superintendent's Message That wonderful, wonderful year 1961. Do you recall all the happy memories of events listed in this annual? To those of you who are graduating and others who have shared in the many events pictured here, 1961 is indeed a wonderful year. For some of you listed in this annual, 1961 will be the end of your formal education; for others, it will be a step to technical and higher education, whichever the case may be. You have been given the tools and foun- dation on which to build a better life. Use them with wisdom, and all the remaining years will be filled with Highlights like 1961. Principal's Message Education is the most prized possession that a person can have. It is something that no one can take from you regardless of how he tries. The highlight of your public school education comes in your senior year when you are planning for your graduation. As you look back over the past twelve years, you analyze to see whether you have received an educa- tion or whether you spent twelve years that meant noth- ing to you. It is our sincere hope that you who are leaving us have realized the value of good education and will go into the world prepared to take your place as a worth while citizen and leader. Lighting the way into the future for students of K.H.S., the efficient and well-qualified faculty encourages and guides us through our school days. ?f«ieiLi?IrSwea,!?1e w?r Mrs- Buswell, Mrs. Eva Solomon, Mrs. Ruth Payne, Miss Frances Moore, Mrs. Mary Cochrane, Mrs. Mary « J in1 », ii?' . «ys Michelsen Standing: Homer Harmon, Jack Edge, Paul Stiner, Rodger Howell, Dale Bailey, Carl Crowder, Terry Swann. Virgil Wells, Russell Pursell. Carl Books.