Okmulgee High School - Torchlight Yearbook (Okmulgee, OK)

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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,

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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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MYRTLE KEITH leaves to any brave person tackling chemistry all her ability to sit through Mr. Valla's lectures. VERNELL TAYLOR leaves Frances Martin to entertain the future study halls of O.H. S. with her drab sense of humor. BOB MEYERS leaves his hall sing- ing ability CU to some quiet, shy jun- lorlike Addison Sessions. JOE PROCTOR leaves his unoc- cupled love to O.H.S.-That's not much, Joe!!! BETTY ANN ASHWILL leaves her tltlan locks to Charlotte Lucas. To John Bort ALFRED DISIERE wills his Uaffalres d'amours BOBBY LUNA wills his printer to anyone able to under the strain. ERBIE HARRIS leaves another bridge which can't be crossed and quote I'm not sorry !!! unquote. EDGAR NEWKIRK just leaves- he hopes! CHARLES MONTGOMERY leaves his ability to drive carefully to Billy McLoud. I CLAYTON WILLIAMS wills his llt- tle blue ford to anyone who can keep it running- MELVA JEAN WHITE leaves her sparkling eyes and elf-likeness to Nor- ma Sue McCulloch. BILL AYERS wills his ability to skip school without getting caught to Walter Dickinson and Warren Ussery. PEGGY JONES leaves her poetry to the boys in the print shop-who Peggy thinks are the only ones who really appreciate it-Modest Peggy!!! ANNA LEE ROBERTSON leaves her dark hair and fair complexion to Caroyln Richardson. MILDRED WATTS wills her intel- lect to Stanley Hopper to help him through Spanish. SAM SIMPSON leaves a. year of struggling through English Lit. to Miss Mlddlebrook-With pleasure!! RUBY JANTZEN leaves her posi- tion on the Torchlight staff to some journallstlcally minded student- PAULINE HARPER leaves her many boy friends to anyone capable of handling them-P. S. lessons free. EVELYN DAWSON wills her big brown eyes to Norma Lee Hightower. REGINALD CARTER'S possessing smile he leaves to Patsy Rebold. JR. HANIOTIS leaves his con- stant love for music etc. to Mary Louise Haney. MARGARET ANN CATER wills her ability to spell anything with letters to the future writer of Minnie Mitchell. EDGAR GRIFFIN'S one hundred job as a stand up school as percent average on Mr. Eads pop quizzes-he wills to Lora Emmons. KENNETH HUDSON wills his curlv hair to anyone promising not to get one of those awful crew haircuts. BARBARA KIRKHAM leaves her duty as hall monitor to some big strong guy who can enforce the traffic rules with a motorcycle. BETTY KRAMP another poor Torchlighter, devoted to the pen, leaves her role as a news hound to just anyone- LEOMA HUTTON leaves her golden tresses to Rae Lee Cunningham. ELLEN WA-TSON leaves her quiet serene to Nancy Blngman. LAVERL STORMS wills her Scar- let O'Hara locks to anyone with green eyes. JACK SIMMONS leaves his six feet and black hair to Dickie Bodenham- mer, ' BETTYE SELF wills her little red shoes to her little red-headed brother Bobby. DOUGLAS MINTER leaves his big bass horn to James Allen Nichols. To Jackie Scroggins, FRED LANE leaves all his woodworking talents. PAULINE COVINGTON wills her coveted position in the main office to any unsuspecting person ready, willing and capable to carry on. WANDA COOPER'S love for the un- usual she wills to Nil Kenan. VIOLET PENN leaves her ability to leave Cshe hopesj to all those genius left in O. H. S. BILLY THOMPSON leaves his abil- ity as a librarian to his little sister Mary. RALPH HUDSON'S frlendlyatti- tudc he leaves to J. R. McElroy- MILDRED KUNKLER leaves her journalist traits to anyone possessing warm eyes and a cold heart. GLADYS SANDLIN leaves her fiery locks to Zelda Stekoll-that she may forever wear the colors of dear old O. H. S. in her hair- FREDERICK GOODWIN wills his smiling visage to Dixie Powers. To David Frakes, MARY LOU DAV- is wills her undivided interest in math, The Brown twins, MARY ELLEN and HELEN JANE, will their ability to confuse people to the Condrey twins Doris and Dorothy. BETTY RUTH BAKER wills her shy blushing self to just anyone- B. L. CLARK wills his knowledge of women to Johnnie Burtscher. DAN BENNETT leaves all his extra height to Bill Bryant. JOHN BOYDSTON, despite public opposition, leaves Carolyn Gannon to Dayne Herndon. page twenty-two