Norman High School - Trail Yearbook (Norman, OK)

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at half-time of the Homecoming football game. The five Junior Rotarians, selected by the fac- ulty. were Milton Smith, Pierre Delattre, Leigh Or- tenburger, Reece McGee, and Paul Fitzgerald. Scholastic honors were awarded to sixteen sen- iors who qualified for membership in the National Honor Society. Listed among the intelligentsia were Nadine Baughman. Marilyn Jo Beck. Bobbie DeArman. Paul Fitzgerald, Maribeth Ford. Shirley Hill. Nadine Kidd, Geneva Larson, Anita Linn. Pat Luster. Janet Morris, Anne Oakes, Leigh Orten- burger, Irma Jean O'Neal, Juanita Panncll. and Ernie Schultz. The football lettermen got their Jackets in Feb- ruary, and even the hottest days of the following months would find eleven proud seniors wearing the Jackets which testified to their athletic prow- ess. Those senior boys who fought for the glory of NHS on the gridiron were Mack Murray. Reece McGee. Mack Sherman. Herschel Dye. Milton Smith. James Bradshaw. Steve DuBoise. Jack Greenway, Bill Tadlock. Don Bittman, and Ernie Schultz. Norman High was more than proud of Mack Murray, who lettered during all four years, and of Reece McGee, who was selected by the Daily Oklahoman as center on the all-state foot- ball team. Fourteen members of the graduating class of '47 deserve special commendation. They are the veterans whose high school training was inter- rupted by World War II. Those boys who returned this year to complete high school included Dalton Bowman. Don Burkett. Roy Cooper. Paul Crass. Allen Copeland. Marshall Etchieson, Bill Graham. Jack Greenway. Albert Hall. Bill Haney. Beverly Helsing. Gene Morgan. Bill Tadlock. and Ted Wil- son. They took part in many school activities: the swing band would never have been the same without Dalton Bowman’s high class bass fiddling; and Ted Wilson, who was elected as one of the Gingersnap cheerleaders, contributed greatly to the fine spirit of that organization. The highlight of the year for some seven senior members of F.F.A. was their trip to Kansas City to the National Chapter Convention. The fact that the Norman chapter won the gold medal aw-ard for the second time didn't dampen their spirits. In fact, according to word received back home, the trip was quite successful in every way! Thase senior boys who attended the convention were Floyd Davis, president of the chapter. Billy Meyer. J. C. Smith, Dale Fox. Doyle Gill. Thomas Myers, and Robert Starzcr. Teen Town this year, more than ever before, was the high school hangout on week-end eve- nings. Many a Friday night following an exciting football or basketball game would find a troop of noisy celebrants climbing the steep steps that lead to fun. food, and frolic under the guise of Teen Town. Raymond Collins was elected mayor of Teen Town in May of 1946 and served until De- cember. The representative elected from the sen- ior class for that term was Marjorie Allman. In December the seniors elected Barbara Bryant and Raymond Collins as council representatives. Though the war was over, preparedness” was still the byword, and the National Guard sought recruits. The senior boys who spent two nights a week following the rhythm of army cadence were Mack Sherman. Milton Smith, Mack Murray. James Bradshaw. Herschel Dye. Bill Bross. Jack Greenway. Jack Whistler, and Allen Copclar.d. Twelve seniors were elected by the Faculty to (Continued to Page 16) THE SENIOR SPONSORS, pictured above, are Mrs. E. L. Marti. Mr. Arlo Skivey Davis, Mrs. Nellie Childs. Mr. Gordon Shelton (chairman), Mrs. Georgetta Landt, Mr. Harley Doc La- Fevers. Mrs. Dolly Connally, and Mr. E. F. Fore- man. BATTLE ROYAL is being waged between Bill Tadlock and Herschel Dye during a winter snow. [15] LAST MINUTE CRAMMING is being done by Mary Helen Combs, Joan Glander, and Mari- beth Ford.

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i SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS are. left to right. Reece McGee, president: Milton Smith, vice-president: Maribeth Ford, secretary-treasurer; and Shirley Hill, reporter. SENIOR CLOSE-UPS by PAT LUSTER For one hundred forty-seven students of Nor- man High School this year. 1946-47. has been a memorable one—their senior year. It has been full of the traditional thrills known only to that exciting and too-short phase of high school life, that year when senior rings are flashed, senior cards are exchanged, and. finally, when graduation day rolls around and high school days are over. It has been gay and giddy, and it has also been laborious, this business of being a senior. Exams have seemed more important, somehow, with the realization that failure to pass them could post- pone graduation another year; and those college entrance exams that a great majority of the class took seemed a far cry from the six weeks tests which used to perturb so many of us in sophomore English! The lighter moments, though, are those that will linger the longest in most memories—the thrill of enrolling as a senior, the football games and victory dances at Teen Town afterwards, that Jan- uary day when the senior rings arrived and cheered an otherwise gray day (semester grades were distributed that day», the fun and excite- ment cf promoting our senior candidate for TRAIL Queen, the senior play, and last, but far from least, the junior-senior shin-dig. What merry remi- niscing the seniors of 47 will do as grandmas and ‘pas in '97! Each event leaves its vivid memories of certain individuals. Four outstanding seniors were elected to hold class offices. Reece McGee was elected president; Milton Smith, vice-president; Maribeth Ford, secretary-treasurer; and Shirley Hill, re- porter. Sponsors chosen were Mr. Gordon Shelton, chairman. Mrs. E. L. Marti. Mrs. Dolly Connally, Mrs. Nellie Childs. Mrs. Georgetta Landt. Mr. F ank Foreman, Mr. Arlo “Skivey Davis, and Mr. Harley Doc LaFevers. When honors were bestowed in NHS, the sen- iors received a full share. Maribeth Ford was selected by the students and faculty to receive the D A.R. Award, an honor given on the basis of lead- ership. scholarship, and patriotism. Pat Luster was elected football queen and was crowned by James Biadshaw and Milton Smith, co-captains. TIIE SENIOR FLOAT, one of the cleverest in the Homecoming parade, is manned by Anne Taylor and Joanne Starzer. ANCIENT-AUTOMOBILE ENTHUSIASTS pic tured below are Phil Albertson, Raymond Col lins. Wilmer Wagner. Bob Carder, Leigh Orten- burger, and Jack Brixey.

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THE SENIOR MEETING pictured above was called for the purpose of selecting a TRAIL Queen candidate to represent the senior class. Miss Joanne Starzer was the lucky girl who received this honor. (Continued from Page 15) “Who’s Who in Norman High” on the basis of ac- tivities entered into throughout their high school years. These ambitious souls were Shirley Hill Paul Fitzgerald, Maribeth Ford. Floyd Davis. Anne Oakes. Milton Smith. Reece McGee. Gene Rainbolt, Marjorie Allman. Leigh Ortenburger, Ernie Schultz, and Pat Luster. The Norman High School Band, recognized as one of the best in the state, provided an interest for the more musically inclined. Those senibrs who played in the band each year since their jun- ior high school enrollment were Gordon Conklin, Leigh Ortenburger. Ernie Schultz, Curtis Clen- dening, and Bob Carder. Leigh and Curtis deserve special commendation for the fine showings they made at district and state meets, receiving high ratings for their solos on the clarinet and the bari- tone horn respectively. Leigh has been concert master of both the tri-state and all-state bands. There were twelve bona fide seniors whose indi- vidual pictures do not appear on the following pages because of their late enrollment or other reasons. Just for the record, these seniors were Phil Beeler. Bettie Blanton, Tommy Cornelison. Paul Crass. Steve DuBoise. Mrs. Norma Edwards. Marshall Etchieson. Hassell Grimes. Bobby Gene McGuffee. Gene Morgan. Tom Puckett, and Vir- ginia Lee Starks. This brings the total enrollment of the senior class of '47 to one hundred forty- seven wonderful people! Yes. it has been an eventful and exciting ye£r, full not only of fun, frolic, and friendship, but also of study and serious endeavor. Memories of this year in Norman High will linger long in the thoughts of the graduating seniors of 1947. [1(