Okmulgee High School - Torchlight Yearbook (Okmulgee, OK)

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E IOR OF 1941 55 .....,.X.,:lx'f page twent BILLIE LOU SIMMONS-Senior plaj Student Council '40-413 Semi-finals dramatic reading '39-413 Advisory o ficer '36-39. RALPH KIKER--Track letter. PATSY ALLISON-Essay award '4 Office worker. '. MELVA JEAN WHITE-Gleeiu clu' Choral clubg Sth grade operettag F ano soloist: Musical Extravaganz Operetta '39g Hi-steppers. BETTY HANCE-8th grade operett Junior-senior banquet committe Rainbow girls. REGINA LD CARTER-Secretary, Junior classy Choral clubg Boys' G1 clubg Musical Extravaganza '40-4 Hi-Yg Secretary and treasurer of a visory '40-41. JOYCE BOWDEN-Business mana. er Torchlightg Advisory reporter. JACK SIMMONS--Hi-Y '39g Band '3 383 Intra-murals athletic contest. MA RGA RET BOATMANi JAMES SHOUSE-Football letteri IE YQ Boys' Gloe club: Hall monitor. MILIJRED KUNKLER--Torchlight staffg M. Service club, Arch Beare Muskogee. KENNETH ROARK--Football lette man: Student council representative. President of advisoryg secretary al treasurer '36,

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page nineteen GORDON t'llMMINGSfFootball squad: Basketball squad: Parliamen- tarian of T and I clubg President of advisory. BILLIF1 RUTH JERNIGAN-'I'orch- light staffq Girl Reserves: shorthand rlub: F. H. 0.3 Librariang Choral club, Bible reader. TARL VVILI,IAlWSON7Hi-Y. MARTHA DEAN-Offiee workerg Hi- stepperq Pepperettesg Operetta. HANFORD HULL-Band Drum Maj- Jr'-10-41: Ere-neh Horn quartet '39-413 Brass sextet '40-413 Student eouneil 'epresentative '39-403 Advisory presi- ient '39-403 Candidate for student 'ouneil president '40-41. FRANCES FORRINE PETERSON- Dffiee workerg Hi-steppersg Band Maj iretteg Advisory seeretaryg Senior play wommittee. WOODROW VVILSONM- ,UPILLE KESSINGER-Office work- -rg Shorthand club: Hall monitor. GA M SIM PSON-Band. 'AUL IAAIYRSICN-Third in mechani- al drawing at state meet at Stillwat- r '4i. YARMELITA TRAMMELI.-Operetta 37-413 Glee elubg Choral eluhg Girls' uartetg Torchlight staff: Spanish ontest '393 Senior playg Pep leader: D.A.R. Citizenship winner '403 D.A.R. lmerican History Winner '40g Hall monitor captain. iARSHALL HARIDING-Football '39 03 Choral club '39-413 Giee eluh '4ig bperetta '40-413 Boys' quartet '40-41: Rand '39-41: Banquet Committee '40. ILLEN WATSON- OHN WYA'I'TfHi-Y. VANIJA SZA LANKIEWICZ-Ot'fiee forker. E IOR 0F1941

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x THE LAST WILL D TESTAME T OF ENIORS 0F '41 'Do VVh0m It May Concern lVe the Senior Class of 1941, of the Okmulgee high school, City of Ok- mulgee, State of Oklahoma, being of sound mind and disposing memory do hereby make and publish this our last will and testament, which docu- ment contains instructions for the dis- posal of our affairs. Article I. To the classes to come we leave our beloved sponsors, Any mis- treatment of these individuals will be immediately reported to Chief Blakey and proper punishment meted out to the offenders. ARTICLE II: To the present Soph- omores we will the right to enter- tain the present Juniors, or the class of '42, at the Junior-Senior banquet next year, provided they have adequate funds. ARTICLE III: To the Freshmen, young and verdant, we leave all the dangers that beset their way to be- come Seniors, with the caution to avoid cuts and chewing gum, the bane of all their teachers-especially Miss Haley. ARTICLE VI: To Superintendent Chambers we leave all our love and friendship, and hope that those who follow in our footsteps will find him as good a friend as we have. ARTICLE VII: To Principal Blakey we leave our undying admiration for his enormous vocabulary and assembly speeches. ARTICLE VIII: To all connected with OI-IS, in any way, we will the solemn duty to uphold her name and integrity and spreading her fame to the utmost confines of the United States. ARTICLE IX: To the following in- dividuals we do hereby Will and be- queath our personal effects to be dis- posed of as seen proper and fitting by said individuals. JOHN CALLAHAN leaves his approximately seven feet to Shelby Gibbs, with hopes for the best . PAT ALLISON will her interest in tall, dark, and handsomes to Betty Lou French. BILLY HUGHES wills his ability to graduate at the young and tender age of ten to any one having difficulty. EDGAR BOATMAN leaves his suave man about town attitude to Eddie Lovett. Although MARSHALL HARDING thinks it impossible to make up for the loss of CARMELITA TRAMMELL -he wills to Harley Harris his lovely baritone voice. JOHN WYATT leaves his good friend Kent Spring to brave the perils of 3, photographer alone-for one more year. BILLIE EDNA PETTIT and ELMO SPOON collaborate to will their last names to Patsy Loomis and Mark Fla- ter-Figure that out????? !!!! ROY REED leaves his magnetic personality to Marshall Wright. MARY SPARKS wills her unequaled pleasantness to Jean Wheeler. J, R. HILL leaves his many heart- broken girl friends, his never dying love forl-himself!!!! BILLY DeVOY, our Eddie Duchin of O.H. S., wills his ability to tickle the ivories to Dickie Bailey--Who, bY the way, is a Frankie Carle in his own name. WILLIAM JONES wills his way with the Women to Harold Grant. CLAYTON HUSS wills his artistic talents to Patsy Jones. ORENE GATTIS'S shy, bashful way she wills to Stanford Wilks. TED HURST wills his little red ford to Tommy-who practically owns it anyway, even though he has a heck of a time with the alr-con- ditioned clutch. BETTY KEATON leaves her ability to laugh, cry and act silly all at the same time to anyone able to accomp- lish this feat. LUKE PALMER leaves the memol'Y of his Clyde McCoy Sugar Blues to O. H. S.--Wow!! What a. memory!! J. R, WOOTTEN just wootten leave anything- LAURA JEAN REBOLD proudly leaves her little sister Pat- CARL WILLIAMSON willingly wills his will to Willy Thompson. NORMA SHARP wills her terribly dull name to Betty Frey. ULYSS VASSAUR leaves by the nearest exit possible- To windy Jack Alsop, EDNA SWICEGOOD wills her ability to toot a flute. DAN MCBRAYER leaves her ability to give baby talk speechs to some one who can keep from blushing, because babies don't blush!!! To Red Southern. FRANCES ROB- TSON leaves her red 'hair- NORMA JEAN ARRAUGI-I wills the residue of her midnight oil to Homer Wilson. WOODIE WILSON rezretfullv leaves to his little brother. Jlmmv, his ability to be quiet in Miss Haley's study hall. JANE HOWE wills to Mr. Long- with all her crossword puzzles. To any of those beautiful junior's BETTY RICHARDSON leaves her be- witching smile and cute dimples,