Okmulgee High School - Torchlight Yearbook (Okmulgee, OK)

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OKMULGEE HIGH SCHOOL YEAR Book Okmulgee Ward Schools Danrel Webster ANIEL WEBSTER school famrlrarlx knoxxn as the Fast srde burldlng rs the oldest of the ward schools havrng been burlt rn 1909 rts capacrtv xx as more than doubled rn 1915 bv the addrtron of srxc rooms There are ten class rooms besrdes one portable burldrn and sri other rooms rncludrng 1 5. vrnnasrum and a manual tram rng room There ue 345 students enrolled rn the srx grades taught plus 15 rn the specral class xxrth a faculty of eleven teachers Webster rs a shrnrng llglflt rn athletrcs The grrls volrey ball team coached by Mattre Sue Berry of the phx srcal educatron depar tmen and captarned by Thelma Ersenhauer of the specral class won the pennant offered by A H Nooneg to the crty champrons rn that sport Webster had a strong soccer team and sent a goodly delegatron to the grade track and freld meet There vxas also a bas ball team organrved there The Junror Red Cross rn the fall the Health Crusade rn the xx rnter and the Max festrval rn the sprmg xxere the prrncrpal non athletrc actlx rtres No hrstorx of Webster xx ould be complete xx rth out mentronmg Mr Turner the beloved Janrtor of the school xx ho lrx ed rn quartersof the school and had a genrus for mventmg useful lrttle thrngs as xx ell as for bcmg 'xlxx xxs krnd and thoughtful The facultx of NK ebster xx as lVlar1an Walsh prrncrpal Zelma Wells 1B and 1A Gertrude Gen try 1A and 'PB Lela Hafner 2A and 2B Lucrlle Blakemore 3B and 2A Sarah Pmxrne, 4A and 4B Cynthra Blakemore 4Aand 5B Lolah Chestnut 5A Lourse Lorselle 6A and 6B Zelma Lrnd specral class The enrollmentby grades xx as first 64 second 78 thrrd 60 fourth 61 fifth 48 srrxth 34 V , .t 'rf X S B kt a ' I ' V r - ' . ' ' . 9 . 1 - H 1. . . H . . ' , Y, A . , . . , , - - - 7 . I . 1. Y Q 4. . - x s . . . . 1 '1 Q 7 I 1 v v. 4 l t - ' . ' . . O- . i . . ' v . . 1 9 - or K 1 - , ' . I 7' . 'Il . - v . 3 . 1 iw 9 f 1. 1 ' 9 . l ' ' . . . . . . . Q . c . ' . . -1 ' ' f' v . , 1' Y. v, v 4' , c . , , . ' Q cv . . , . 1 , r v . . . . W . A 1 , , v . . . .T . . i 1. . . , F . 1 i , K ' V Nl I .- ' 1 V K . 1 V Q V 1 I . - .I I . 9 -' a 1 v v ' . 1 A' I . 1 K n 1 V. Q .V Lv s v y ' C 5 . 'I I 1 v D r 1 u i 9 1 Q v 1 1 . 7 ' ' . ' ' 9 ' 1 L ' u L 1 g . Y I v 0 1 l - v - 9 x y ' y fi- I ' . . . ' Y ' V 9 ' s v 3 s 9 9 1 '

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OKMULGEE HIGH SCHOOL YEAR Book Okmulgee Ward Schools was 'W if? 5m-a -.m'9 '1 Robert E Lee OBERT E LEE the most centrally located of all the schools and second largest of the ward schools was bullt IH 1910 fora hlgh school but lt was turned to the glades wlth the completlon of the Washmgton Irv1ngH1gh ln 1916 The bulldmg has six glades and four speclal rooms taught by fourteen teachers IH as many class rooms ln addltlon there IS a 1est room llbrary gymna slum store room manual tralnlng shop prlnclpal s office and a vacant room doxx nstaus xx hlch xx 111 probably be used for sevx mg IH the future There were 402 regulally enrolled and 82 ln the opportu nlty classes makmg a total of 484 students Lee s soccer team led by Captaln Homer W1l cox xvas clty champlon and xx as presented xxlth the sllver lovlng cup offered by Dave Franke ata speclal dlnner m the sprmg The girls volley ball team ranked hlgh and a glrls baseball team was organized ln the slxth grade Lee was promlnent 1n track work and the opportunlty boys had a fast basketball squad be Sld6S one or two baseball teams Lee vxon the American colors offered by the Amerlcan Leglon to the school selhng the most tickets to the J ollles and among other act1v1t1es the J unlor Red Cross In xx hlch Lee raised the most money of the grade schools the health crusade whlch lncluded a play and the May festlval were promlnent Phe faculty was as follows Juha Harms pr1n clpal Mehta Saunders 1 A and 1 B Lllllan Ixeena 1A and 2 B Ruth Jackson 2 A and 2 B Lulu Malshal 3 A and 3 B Galen Ohphant 3 A and 4 B Joyce Stone 4 A Frances Mxles 4 A and 5 B Cynthla Connel 5 A Ruth Tyner 6 B Iva Bee Medcalf 6 A Agnes Dllllnghdm Erm1n1eLo1selle Eugema Lolselle and Lucllle Watson speclal Lee IS the Opportunlty Center of Okmulgee wlth three opportunlty rooms and one sub hlgh room . . I 1 H A H K W WH-A ' 3,...-4 f:v+ A I T . ,,,,:..arq. . V , -i .1 Q-f. 1,-1 ' V' P 'V ' W . A 5,3 'ff-Q .,, . .. .3 fa, FN Q.-a-'4-f?+',,, ,g. df.,c ' FF . - f .,..-. , Mrs 4 .W-qi g 5-s,.-t w .4 bf ,1 ' 1 .afkfir l ' - JM 5,411 'rqf' 'fans YJ V. 1?14N.,.:'-l- V , 1.9 54 1 'Ju l - 'V -.rev 55,1 - 1 A 2 WH- ' 5'f'fF-Lain 'L -gfph ,gw 1',rff:fMea7,',-fa .' , - ,f few-',....'f-ag ' - . - ' f - . ,A,,,,p-,.-,ig - ,. ,Xanax ww. U- w- , '-V.. ' ' J, , ..-f -,sv-54. ., ,P-.A . - 11 .Q . V- --W-A -h at -f -... ' , .- ww ., .V , , I ,. - my 2,55 sf , . 52' . ,4-2 L, '.,,. ,A-SA1. - -4-5 a., M. . mx At , M, ,1,f9f4L,.kk., - 3,- ' fmw rw-fx f . 'I-f' ,, ,.,- as t-J - ' - A . . , , Y Y - 7 , . Y . Q . . I . , , , . . . . . . . . , K . H ' 9 . . K . Q . . . . . , 9 r . . V . . Y v . . . . . ' . - . . ' 1 9 s s y . . . i . . , ' . i 1 . 7 Y 7 I T . ' .. V ' ,' Y . ' .' ' - Y ' ' 9 Y V. . 1 . . . - - . . . , ' 7 7 Y 5 . v 1 ' , - - - . - - - v Y Y Y . ' N 1 - - I . I - - l Y ' I Y 7 9 7 , . ' .. - . , - - . 7 Y Y 7 ' ' 1- v' - '4 1 - - . Q - 1 Y 1 Y 7 7 . . . . .E ' . . . 1 y 1 ' 1 s 9 . . . . . , . . . . . , , , . U . . , - . H . ,, . U . 9 7 Q - 0

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OKMULGI-:E HIGH SCHOOL YEAR BOOK Okmulgee Ward Schools Benjamzn Franklin ENJAMIN FRANKLIN buxldmg known famlllarly as the Capltal Helghts school was bullt ln 1914 with ten rooms ln whlch last year there were 393 pupils enrolled from the first through the slxth grade In addltlon to a speclal class ln a portable bulldlng Franklln IS the only bulldmg wlth the prmclpal s office on the second floor The boys soccer team made a great effort to capture the Dave Franke cup but was defeated by Lee m the fmal serles Robert Stout was captam of the squad Basket ball and track and field work made up the rest of the athletlc work for the boys The girls had a strong volley ball team The schools actlvltles outside of athletlcs extended to the Junlor Red Cross campalgn the Health Crusade the bagworn war the May festlval and the contest for the American Leglon flag A feature of the school year was the marrlage of Mlss Pat Wyche durlng the Christmas holldays She was one of Franklin s most popular teachers The faculty durmg the year 1920 21 was Gelene Nlchols prmclpal Helen Thompson 1B and A Izora Hecker 1A Mary Balley 2B and A EvaLudw1ck 2Aand 3B Ruth Grablel 3A Helen Calhoun 4A and B Gladys Greene 4A and 5B Myrtle Roe 5A and 6B Carrle Lankford 6A Ollve Peltler speclal By grades the enrollment was first 80 second 57 thxrd 75 fourth 63 fifth 45 Slxth 73 -i - Q. . T, ., HX' 1.1-1-1,g..1 I I I A 1 1 . . H . . ,, . . 1 1 1 L 1 1 1 1 , . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . , . - . . . . . . - 1 1 , . - ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' I . I 1 1 1 1 1 . . . . . . . 1 1 1 1 I ' I - 1 1 1 1 . . . . . - , . 1 I I I U I I I Q - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . . . . . . 7 Y Y ' ,.1A. f'