Millwood High School - Talon Yearbook (Oklahoma City, OK)

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A Decade to Remember It's so hard to believe. I am really ten years old! So much has happened to me in ten years. I hardly recognize my- self. My story starts in 1907 when South Carolina business- men surveyed 160 acres to be used for mill worker's homes and educational facilities. My mother, Deep Fork School, was erected on a portion of this acreage. They changed my mothers name to Millwood when a proposed saw mill was to be built in the area and a large amount of timber was dis- covered in the building loca- tion. My mother was small. She was constructed on a 2Vt acre plot and had only three rooms. But she was a two story building and held forty students (prima- ry through eighth grade). All of the plans for 160 acres did not work out. But Mother was strong and stayed right there at sixty-third and Eastern Ave. It wasn't until 1971 that school officials recommended to the community that a special election be held for the pur- pose of establishing a high school (grades 10-12) in con- junction with grades K-9. I, Millwood High School, was created. My mother was very strict. She insisted that I be built close to home. I was built only a few feet north of her site. I opened my doors the school year of 1971-72. These ten years have been beautiful. My first Superintendent and Principal were Mr. Harold Clark and Mr. Don Spurgin re- spectively. I graduated 19 sen- iors my first year. I wonder what happened to Linda Dela- no and Demeitrus Williams, 1972's Miss and Mister Falcon? (Oh, by the way, the peregrine falcon was chosen as my mas- cot. And a fine choice it was. The past ten years have shown that like the falcon, my athe- letes attack prey twice there size and my graduates are defi- nitely Birds of Nobility .) An- other of my first graduating class was Roberta McCray, who was my first Football Queen. In my first year I housed 196 stu- dents (grades 9-12). I started my second year with an administration change, Mr. L. W. Good became superin- tendent and Mr. Charles Greene was added as assistant principal. That year my basket- ball team won the district championship. My graduating senior class was smaller by one but my grades 7-12 enrollment increased to 256 and grades 7 and 8 totaled 191. I remember my 1972-73 football queen. Her name was Stacy Sherrill. Her little brother, Craig, is a graduating senior in my tenth year and he is an outstanding member of the mighty Falcon football team. Before I started my third year, I had a new principal, Dr. Donald M. Edwards. The size of my senior class increased sub- stantially. Seventy-one Falcons graduated in 1974. My total en- rollment, grades 7-12, re- mained about the same 508. It was a good year for the athele- tic Falcons, especially track. In girls track sophomore, Denise Mewborn took third in the top of the ratings in the Sooner Conference and sophomore Brain Jackson won best athelete at the Cache meet. As I grew older I grew in size and school spirit. My fourth year had a total enrollment (7- 12) of 554 and I gained a drill team of 14 members whose goal was to make the students have more spirit and pride in me. Seventy-eight seniors graduated in 1975. My fifth year started out with an enrollment of 583, sixty of which were seniors. My ath- letes were fantastic. Although the football team lost to Beggs, we completed the season with the best overall record in the state, an undefeated regular season in Conference play, and the un-precedent honor of playing in the state finals two years in a row. We took second in state. My basketball team won the District Tournament by defeating Jones and Harrah. To top it all off, my atheletes had brains. In 1976, senior Brain Jackson won the honor of be- ing a National Merit Scholar. When I started my sixth year, 1976-77 I began to hear the phrase the pride of the east- side . My band was being talked about all over town. All of the practice and hard work had paid off. Their perfor- mances were breathtaking. What a year! We had a girl to test the law against sex discri- mation in school athletics. Senior, Sally Allen, went out for football and stayed out for two whole weeks! My highest en- rollment of the first decade was in 76-77. I had 93 seniors and a total of 677 students. My seventh birthday brought another administration shuffle. The position of Assistant Su- perintendent was created and Dr. Donald M. Edwards was promoted to that position. I got a new principal and vice princi- pal, Mr. Jimmy Scales and Mrs. Charlene Factory assumed the respective positions. Wow! My first female administrator. My total enrollment dropped to 616, but I still had 93 seniors. All of my clubs and organiza- tions have been special since I was created. This 1977-78 year brought me a new group, The Falcon Singers, composed of five young ladies and five young men. As usual we did a fine job in sports. All-staters like Joe Carter, Cary Noel and 2 • Opening

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A decade to remember Contents Opening ............ Student Life ...... Administration ..... Faculty ............ Academics ......... Seniors ........... Juniors ........... Sophomores ........ Freshmen .......... Grade Eight ....... Grade Seven ....... Clubs Organizations Sports ............ '80-'81 News ...... Features .......... Index ............. Ads ............... . 2 . 4 12 18 26 32 48 54 60 66 70 76 98 112 114 116 120 The Talon Volume 10 Millwood Junior-Senior High School 6724 N. Eastern Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73111

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Darrin Smith graduated in '78. My yearbook staff felt that I was one in a Million in 1978- 79. I got several new clothes: a stadium, an east campus, a band room and a parking lot. Stu- dents would leave the stadium after football games and go to their favorite hangout, McDonalds. We got new hall passes that were designed and produced by Mr. Jerry Logan and Mr. Lonnie Thomas. The year saw an enrollment of 635 with 119 of them being seniors. A terrible thing happened; my mother caught fire. The fire was bad enough for mother to be completely rebuilt. The new building housed the intermedi- ate department (grades 4-6) of the elementary school. The pri- mary department (K-3) re- mained in the south end rooms of the main building (my build- ing). Another fantastic year in sports. We made it to the state finals in football again. At the end of the school year, Mr. L. W. Good retired as superinten- dent and Dr. Donald M. Ed- wards became superintendent. In my ninth year, 1979-80 we tried a new form of discipline called IN HOUSE SUSPENSION. It didn't work out to well. We discontinued it after the school year was over. I started the year with 584 students, 113 seniors. We had another outstanding year in sports. And now I'm ten years old. I love being ten. My birthday party (homecoming festivities) was super. A lot of my graduates came to see how I was getting along and to help me celebrate. My total enroll- ment is 582, with 95 seniors. We made it to the district play- offs in football. My marching Band won first place in the Northeast Clean Team's annual Christmas parade. Oh, what a decade to re- member! Our next Decade to Remember; Author Brison and Shanae Newton. Inflation has struck the pockets of all of us except Eric Ford. Opening • 3