Laverne High School - Tiger Roar Yearbook (Laverne, OK)

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see the game. Imagine our surprise when we saw on the manager's bench, Mr, Woolbright, our former sponsor. He is now coaching the Harlem Globe Trotters during the basketball season and in the sum er, serves as head coach and manager to the New York Yankees. We were sitting there watching the game when we heard a familiar voice say, NCome on pitch! Srike the bums outln Looking around we saw Joy fBrinsonJ Moore jumping and shouting. It seems that Bill was pitching and had struck out every man in the last three games. On Sunday, Bertha and I decided to attend Church, As we entered, quiet music came to us. Nearing the front we saw Roy Johnson playing the organ. The oreacher rose and delivered a very touching sermon. Much to our surprise we discovered that the preacher was none other than our own John Marker. We saw Lavora, too. we had always heard that she wanted to be a preacher's wife. From New York we went to Laverne to visit old friends. While passing through Slapout, we saw a sign which read nCurtis's Bar and Grilln. When we entered, Curtis was mopping up the bar and Raymona was running the cash register. In Curtis's Cafe we saw the boxing matches over television. The fight was at Madison Square Garden. There we saw Cody Miller, who is noted as the second great nJohn L.' We went to see Hazel fFarrellJ Travis while in Laverne. She was rocking the baby and mending socks. While we were there, five little dirty-faced kids came in and said, WMomma, could we have a nickel for an ice cream cone?N We were really shocked when we heard about Donald Hennigh, our

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Adams singing the nHa1lelujah Chorus' in four parts. My, we were thrilled! It seems that Marilyn had obtained the position with the orchestra after haveing appeared on Arthur Godfrey's 'Talent Scouts singing nThe Holy Cityn. After the show we again took off and Bertha told me more about our old friends. Betty Jones has recently become the proprietor and manager of the 'Hatched, Matched, and Snatchedn funeral parlor of Laverne. Wayne Howard has made his fortune. He is now able to hire a chauffeur so that he could use both arms instead of one. Jerry Mills has full time employment with him. As we were flying over Arkansas, Bertha looked through our tele- scope. In the Arkansas Valley was Donna Jo CSparksl LaMunyon, waving a whip and shouting, nGet along there, you confounded muleln And Virl was sittin' under a shade tree drinking Uhome brew.n When we arrived in New York, we saw a copy of the Daily Mirror, and found an editorial by Betty Baker. She had gained wide recognition after the publication of the 1953 ULaverne Tigern and is now editor-in- chief of the 'Mirrorn. She commented that she was always seeing herself in the nMirrorn. In the WNew York Mirrorn we red an article about Leora Baker. She is now the Secretary-General of the Unived Nations. She started on the road to fame when she was Mr. Harry Shackelford's secretary at Laverne High School. We heard that the Yankees were playing the Red Sox, so we went to

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fromer class president. It seems that only last week he had been con- victed of bootlegging liquor. We went down to the city jail and there was Ginger sobbing as if her heart would break and saying, U0h, Hnmey, why did you do it?U Pretty soon, the sheriff came along and says, 'Times upin That voice sounded familiar! It was Stella Shuman. Since Stella had taken office, crime in Harper County has decreased 505. On the corner of Main and Broadway at Laverne, a rather large crowd had gathered. Near the center, we saw Leota Hosler standing on a soap box and shouting at the top of her voice, Ulf I am elected for Governor, there will be a tooth in every mouth, a hair on every head, and a rat in every barnln We had never thought of Leota as a politician. We were sorry to hear about J. C. McKee. It seems that he had been standing in for Roy Rogers. The bandits had caught him, tied him up, and set a time bomb under the house. Of course,he whistled for Trigger, but Trigger is getting old, and when he tried to untie the rope, his false teeth fell out and he couldn't get the knots out. J.C. will be in the hospital several weeks. Two of our married classmates, June Richards and Louise Colten Bower were also living in Laverne. They have formed a union and are selling alley cats at 84 apeice to support their husbands who have re- tired. We also visited Oklahoma University. A sign on one of the doors said, nProfessor Myers---Physcology and Philosophyn. Well, Rose must have decided to follow in her mother's footsteps. ' We turned on the radio. A program, UJust Plain Willn, was just