Mayetta Rural High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Mayetta, KS)

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Oran Daugherty Barbara Daugherty Mr. Platter In loving memory of the Daugherty Twins. Barbara and Oran and Mr. Harrison Platter. We, The Sen- ior Class of Mayetta High School. 1958, wish to dedicate this annual. Barbara and Oran were killed in an automobile accident. November 26, 1957 and Mr. Platter died November 27, 1957, following an attack of pneumonia. Barbara, a senior, and Oran, a junior, will always be remembered by their classmates for their sunny, cheerful dispositions and thoughtfulness of others. Mr. Platter, our Mathematics teacher for more than two years was, by nature, a retiring person but he was vitally interested in young people and their problems. He was never too busy to help a student. There are no friends like old friends, And none so good and true; We greet them when we meet them. As roses greet the dew; No other friends are dearer. Though born of kindred mold; And while we prize the new ones. We treasure more the old. There are no friends like old friends. Where’er we dwell or roam. In lands beyond the ocean, Or near the bounds of home; And where they smile to gladden, Or sometimes frown to guide. We fondly wish those old friends Were always by our side. There are no friends like old friends, To calm our frequent fears, When shadows fall and deepen Through life’s declining years; And when our faltering footsteps Approach the Great Divide, We’ll long to meet the old friends, Who wait on the other side.