Okmulgee High School - Torchlight Yearbook (Okmulgee, OK)

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STUDENT COUNCIL ln September the Student body elect- ed Kar-li Kyle as thc Student Council president, Vice-president. elected at the same tim.-, was .lohn Hutchinson. On Septvnlbr 28 the thirty-four re- presentatives, president, vice-president, and Mr. C. C. VVarriner, principal, met for the first time. Representatives at that time were Alice lladprer, llzivina Burris. Bar- bara Baugh. Doris .lean Bound, Gayle G. Brooks, Rosemary Pole, Mary Frouch, Mary Devoy, Charles lfenolio, Hanford Fletcher, C2 VV, Vandolsen, Betty June Frisby, Clarence Fuller, Carolyn Gannon, V. D. Grover. Harley Harris, Buster Har- vey, Doris I-lidgon, Eugene Vance, Tommy Hurst, Eugene James, Pat K1-nan, Pat Mc- Larty, Jimmie Mock, Betty Musgrave, Jimmie Norman, Glenna, 0'Bannon, Jamie Ruth Pierce, Wanda Jean Redpath, Bill Ridgeway, Nadine Rose. Mary Shackelton, Carrol Tarvin, and Louise Vivar. At the second meeting the council was really going strong. Wanda Redpath was elected Secretary, Eugene James ser- geant-at-arms, and Alice Badger, parlia- mentarian. During the football season several Pep Rallies, sponsored by the Student Council were held October 12, a decision was made that a football queen be elect- ed. From this decision the couneil made all plans and arrangements for crowning' Queen Reba Yassaur and her attendants, Carolyn Gannon and Barbara Burns, 'Phe main topic throughout the year was along the patriotic line. During the first semester the sale of war bonds and stamps was especially stressed. Also im- portant ww-re the scrap drive in October, Junior Red Uross fund in November, and the- Save thi- i'hildren Federation Clothing drive in llef-enibcr. The Victory Uorps in Okmulgee High School was supportd by the Student Coun- eil YVll0lt'-'ll0Ill'i0t1lY. It was enforced in the school early in the school early in the second semester. At the heginning of the second se- mester several new representatives began their duties, 'Phese were Bobby Barris, Edward Blevins, Theodore Blevins, Bob Greenwood, Gladys Lavery, Mary K. Pen- nington, la-in Smith, Genevieve Torbett, and Gayle Webb, Nadine Rose was elect- Pd secretary and Buster Harvey, Sgt-aff arms. The N143 Red Cross War Fund Drive was another project which the Student Council sponsored. Student Founcil continued on page 36

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JUNIORS SCORE HIT WITH JUNE MAD During the last part of Novi-niber. 1942, the juniors started rehearsal on something that resulted in making the seniors very happy this spring. lt was the .Junior play Julie Mad, ii modern three act comedy by Florence Ryerson and Colin Clements. June Mad was the story of Penny NVood, 15-year-old daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Wood who, to the sympathetic but amused audience, learned about life the hard way, Chuck Harris was the average teen-age boy, who was always working on his glider and caused quite at lot of ex- eitement, later in the play, Julene Harris was the W00d's Beauteous neighbor whose heart is being sought by the Mervin Roberts, Mrs. VVood's brother and Roger Van Vleck, a. sophisticated playboy, Comedy highlights were Effie, the maid and Elmer, The man about the , ,. ........---1.-u house. Also adding to the production were liiillie Lou the general nuisance and Chun-li and Julie Harris. Those who played in the afternoon were Ann Montgomery as Penny Woods: 'Fommy Hurst and Mary Lee Nvilliams as Dr. and Mrs. XVoodsg Bill l.oar as Chuck Hurrisg Sue Pierce as Millie T.oug Martha Norris, Juline Harris: Harry VVhite, Mr. Harrisg Bill Allison, Mervin Roberts: and the two ''naturals h.lerry Selheim as Ef- fie, the maid and Joe Hassell as Elmer Tuttle. The cast for the night performance was the same with the exception of Penny, played by Margaret Milner: Juline, played by Carolyn Braunliehg and Milly Lou which was played by Pat Bulla. Right in the pitching to make the play rt success were the junior sponsors June Mad continued on page 36

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LOOKING INTO Tim e-1 9 63 Place+Heaven 1st Angel-Let us check on our favor- ite mortals on the planet earth. 2nd Angel-It seems we Planned 9- brilliant future for the class of '43, 3rd Angel-Yes, but look what we did to that poor class of '44, There were no more honors to be bestowed. But the deserving should be rewarded. fThe book is 011911660 Why, Laura Lenne Baxter, the fam- ous artist, ls listed first. She is busy sketching Virginia Lee Brooks who has spent the past five years in Mexico studying Spanish songs. Virginia makes her debut next week. What has become of Tron McAdams? Don ls still shipwrecked on that des- ert island with dark skinned hula girls. Sommers Horner, the Naval Fommandcr. came to rescue him once but the Navy lost a, good man on that trip when the two refused to leave. I-Iere's Rae Ann Colchensky manag- ing Joe H0gan's career. Imagine Rae Ann's glee when Glenn Millcr signed him UD. Montry Bourland and Brool'e Tvwilin-1 now the largest drug store chair in 'he world, They say business is good for lgro- mo seltzer. Phil Swain is in his Sophomore year in college-still studying English Lit. He says he plans to make it his life work. Nil Kenan is engaged to build a man- sion for Mary Elaine Compton. the mouse trap heiress. The white mice pcster Nil but Mary Elaine promises to protect her Alvin Wiggs ls playing Hamlet on the legitimate stage opposite Jean Rnseherry. This chance was an outcome of their brilliant performance ln Brother Goose . Wanda Jean, it is said, is the most shapley of Shakespearean actresses. Walter Earl Thompson runs the Smithsonian Institute with n remarkable salary. Janitor and care-taker of the din- osaurs there is Fred Merllss. Wilma. Berry and Ruth Buzza now have Madame's salon for beautiful wo- men, S30 a treatment. Their slogan is Beauty is only skin deep so we skin you. Pat Rebold has a family of four, Her job is to bring up future marines. As a sideline she runs a tourist camp. Viola Hayden and Murray Garner are in the bakery business, baking Tasty Tidbits for Tiny Tots. The good die young so Harley Harris ls planning on a ripe old age selling dance halls to widowed dowagers. Elizabeth Beaver and handsome Bill Peeler finally solved their problems and . x ai THE FUTURE now are trying to rear little problems called Betsy Ann and Bill Jr. Kenneth Shouse, the notorius villain, has thrown Mary Jean Hale and Tommy out of their rose covered cottage because they couldn't pay the rent. Someone should have told Mary Jean you can't live on love. Bette Schatt, Wilma Jean Hampton, and Burnice Jantzcn are directing the Amazon School for Women guaranteed to get you a man. Maybe not the man but a man. Who can bc choosey now? Jack Kyle, head of the bubble gum industry is still torn between his desire for Margaret and Katharine. Only the future can reveal who the unfortunate girl will be. Kenneth Payne, the yo yo king, leaves all his important business matters in the hands of lovely and capable, Lola Faye Morgan. La Vonna Van Dolsen runs the Okla- homa Business College. Her courses are so stiff only one out of ten graduates: so the school is flourishing. Ben Harned, the casanova of the air lines, is running a translantic clipper with charming Dixie Powers as hostess. Dlxle only sees her husband, Jack, between flights but then absence makes the heart grow fonder. Ben's hoping this works also. Ruth Cross is teaching kindergarten after retiring of the Deanship at O, U. The class of '43 send their children to her and Ruth says they arc following in their parents footsteps as the scamps of Ok- mulgee, Molly McF'oy ls busy giving advice to the lovelorn over her exclusive weekly coast-to-coast broadcast. Her latest prob- IPII1 is .lllst Who Farolyn Gannon's sixth husband will be. She ls now the ball of fire on Broadway. Gypsy Rose Gan- non-Three Geneva are heads Stations of place is in a car. shows daily. Robinson and Mary Thery of the Incorporated Filling America. They say a man's thc home, a woman's under Carmalita Mc-Guire, Norma Lee Park- er. and Mary Olive Phipps are the heads of a large law firm. They say they owe all their success to their training in 0. H.- S. and are they shysters. Modeen Meek. who writes mysteries, is fast becoming the Conan Doyle of her time, She writes from true experiences as she was formerly with F. B. I, not Fed, Bureau of Investigation but Fuller Brush Incorporated. Raymond Jenkins and Bill Mosley are busy constructing an under-water sub- way from New York to London. Raymond continued on page 36