Midwest City High School - Bomber Yearbook (Midwest City, OK)

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Superintendent of Schools Oscar G, Rose inspects charred remains of Jarman Junior High after fire in 1965 destroyed three fourths of the structure MC Builds Future Citizens for Nation In the spring of 1943, Mr. Oscar V. Rose asked Mrs. Flor- ence Jenkins, then principal of the Soldier Creek School, to encourage eighth grade graduates to enter Midwest City High School the following fall. Mr. J.E. Sutton was elected iunior-se- nior high school principal in July, 1943. Miss Eva Clifford was chosen grade school principal, and Mrs. Virginia Rose was elected principal of Sooner School. These, with Mr. Rose and Mrs. Mary Ann Shaw, constituted the administrative staff of the new Midwest City school system. Another faculty member was Mrs. Bertha Looper, teaching at Sooner School. The first semester of school opened late in the fall of 1943, with an enrollment of 467 students and 17 faculty rnem- bers in five wooden buildings. Mr. Rose managed to borrow some buildings and, through the assistance of businessman Bill Atkinson, who underwrote the shipping costs, had portable structures moved from Dallas. Soon after the buildings were put up, Rose borrowed a bus from the Perry Valley system. Students got through the first semester, but when winter came, lack of heat threatened until Rose borrowed oil-burning stoves.

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pw--W A continuous flow of Kwai' ,O ,A l,L ,,A.,A.,, . Q 1 Q Midwest City residents went to and from work at Tinker Field ten years ago. ,,M.i.,..w N-.. 11 - gs if W-A ,ff-., M , ,s,4 WM I uv' I I ll u ' 4 g I L . X un ., W IQMMHIJUL I I I I I I 1' I I I I I I I I T I I I I I I I I I I I E I I I I I I Q ' I I I I I I we Fll I I I I, I I I I I 42,45 444 r V 4V -47 f',' .f :wi Qsiausnw.. V-If mf Chart shows school system growth, i942 to I 1 1' W, ..- ,-. , W. .W . , ' 15? 1la55z7 'm: ui 1 Today Midwest City covers nearly 30 square miles and has a population of 65,000, with citizens from all 50 states and many foreign countries. ln just 25 years, the city has de- veloped one ot the premier school systems ot the nation. One ot today's Oklahoma employing dents, the opened in industrial giants and the largest single industry in is Midwest City's neighbor, Tinker Air Force Base, 35,000 workers. Dedicated to the health ot resi- first unit of Midwest City Memorial Hospital was l962, the hospital now has a T75-bed capacity. A modern public library is open daily, and all faiths are repre- sented in the city's 36 churches. Midwest Citians enioy parks and playgrounds, a modern YMCA, and nearby lakes. 1958. Flag raising at first city hall drew residents, U , 1 ! 3 3 on ZQKQT Construction of Midwest City's first Bell Telephone Company building neared completion in 1956. The MWC city hall was expanded and remodeled in T966 to accommodate the increasing number of employees necessary to operate the growing city.

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