Okmulgee High School - Torchlight Yearbook (Okmulgee, OK)

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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

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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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GEORGE MILNER leaves his spac- ious vocabulary to Mr. Blakey-to spring on future O. H. S. assemblies. HAROLD AZBELL leaves his Ioq- uaciousness to Jane Bingman- WILMER BELL leaves his stud- iousness to Molly McCoy. ROSCOE FLETCHER wills his knowledge of autos to John Hutchin- son. BETTY JO LYKINS wills her ability to get along in study hall with Miss Haley to John Lenox, a quiet, studious junior. KENNETH ROARK leaves Geral- dine Francis to .Tack Cooke with much regret. MARGARET HURD leaves .Tack Hill and his pestering traits to just anvone who can take it- ' CHARLIE DUNHAM leaves his abil- ity to make people blush in speech class to Elizabeth Crowther. Bv popular demand MAE RUTH FOTH leaves her excellent grades to Kenneth Caldwell-so he can graduate next VearQwe hope-!! BETTY LOU BARR leaves her abil- ity to graduate to Keith Redmond- with hopes for the best. BTLLIE RUTH JERNIGAN wills her detentions and consultations to Mil- dred Lawhead and Lois Ann Long- with. ROBERT PEAK Wills his ability to throw Tulsa Tribunes to Dickie Baily- who can throw nothing but Tulsa Worlds. BTLLY NEVINS leaves his studious nnalities to Jerry Davishwho should take advantage of it. THEODORE O'SHIEl'jDS Wills his ability to make long shots in basket- ball to his little brother Richard, just to keen it in the family. TJRACKERT LEE JONES leaves his outstanding athletic record to Richard Pellar, PATTI WELCH wills twelve inches to Isabelle Morgan: now at last they will be of the same height, to the relief of everyone, RAYMOND MORTON wills his un- usually well developed trait of heck- ling' Mr. Warriner to any poor fish taking physics. ZELMA HELMS wills her natural ability as a chemist to Denzell Skid- more-who in several more years Slwllld get a free pass !!! PAUL LAURSEN wills his tau. garlgly physique to Lewis Greene-for better use on the tennis court. CRYSTAL NAY leaves to soph. Margaret Milner her sparkling person- ality-not that she needs it-!!! DVVIGHT RODDA- is doubtful Whether to 163-VG his SW00ping dance routine to anyone or not-for he fears they might not do it justice- and we are inclined to agree. DON MANN leaves his manliness and general good looks to Tommy Brower. ' BETTY MERLISS - regretfully leaves her many boy friends to Terisa Gibbs. N The Holden Twins, MOREAN and IREAN, leave their slow ambling gait to anyone of those dashing little preps. LUCILLE KESSINGER wills her pretty blue eyes to Elizabeth Kirk. ROY JORDON gives his trim phy- sique to Mervin Bean. MARTHA DEAN leaves her attitude to Rae Ann Colchensky. JANE ALYS RAGSDALE wills her boisterous laughter to Mary Pitts. J. B. WISELEY leaves his ability to stay in school to J. R. Newport. WANDA and RAYMOND SZALAN- KIEWIEZ leave to O. H. S. a bottle of ink to make up for the extra in re- quired to write their names. BILL BULLA leaves his extraord- inary talents as a laboratory techni- cian to anyone with that pioneering instinct. GORDON CUMMINGS wills to Jack snow Alsop a bottle of glue to im- prove his pass snatching technique. HANFORD HULL takes Frances PETERSON but leaves his position as drum major to some one with long legs and that certain swing. GEORGE LEE leaves his unusual greeting of raising his right eyebrow to anyone that can master this art. VIRGINIA DOZIER leaves BOB MEYERS to Jean Wheeler, provided Helen Olson doesn't have any object- ions. GUY STEELE leaves his astounding ability to distribute typewriter parts to Marylynn Mason to use in second year typing class. It seems that he gets a little rough with the typewriter every now and then. HELEN OLSON leaves her ability to run the linotype to Mr. Longwith. CHARLOTTE ANN CARR leaves her ability in physics to any brave junior pursuing this subject. BETTY DAVIS leaves her lipstick to Virginia Hickman. VIOLET KIRKPATRICK leaves her fetching smile to Mr. McMillian, who is going to break his one of these days RALPH KIKER leaves his high hurdle records to Eugene James, who we hope will carry on. VERA BERNARD leaves her lock- er on the second floor to any eight who can get in it. CLYDE DAVIS wills his position as ladykiller to Paul Buckthal, page twenty-three