Sallisaw High School - Black Diamond Yearbook (Sallisaw, OK)

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Dedication 3'0- Q 5 er, coach, and principal and nineteen as superintendent. i i 7444 vi Zum 444, g. 2, Wm. You were born at Brighton, Missouri December iS, l902. You are one of four boys in your family. You attended grade school at Council Hill and Mor- ris, Oklahoma. You attended high school at Morris, Boynton, and Council Hill, Oklahoma. You attended Northeastern State College, Tahlequah, O. S. U. at Stillwater and University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. You hold two degrees, a Bach- elor of Arts and a Master of Arts. You were married to Miss Lucille Garrett of Stilwell on January l, 1926. You have been a member of the state textbook committee, a member of the board of directors for Oklahorra Education Association, President of Northeast District, Oklahoma Education Association, Vice-President of the Oklahoma State l'1eart Association, director for Oklahoma State accrediting association for the department of Education, and member of the state legislative committee for O. E. A. Your philosophy is Don't let anyone be a better friend to you than you have been to them. Two outstanding events in your life were: winning high School Invitation Tournament, the first time a tournament was held at N.E.S.C. in 'l9l8, Recog- nized by state school administrators association for having served twenty con- secutive years in one school system. As Superintendent you seen' never to grow tired of listening to or caring for the problems, wants and desires af students and teachers. The type of dress, the worn out shoes, or the home they came from seem never to influence or al- ter your decisions. They always find a welcome in your office. Your lite of public service and devotion to your school and community has produced one of your fine qualities that of a crusader for human rights among all students and citizens. Your life, G. R. Hurd, may it be filled with many memories of men and women who are and will become doctors, teachers, lawyers, business managers, bankers, secretaries because of your faith in young people. This volume XVI of the Black Diamond Yearbook is dedicated to Superintendent G. R. Hurd who has soent twenty-five years in service in Sallisaw City Schools. Six of these years were as a classroom teach

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WY 0 'FN- 1 CRV NJ QQ, x, A T' 'atom TOP ROW Freddre Burger Pearlene Frsner Becky Taylor Sue Ford Carl Davns Glenda Brogden Sophre Stroup Larry Walker Phyllrs Duftee Jerry Woody and Kay Kerr MIDDLE ROW Polly Srmth Sharley Martm Bermce Wrllrams Betty Cullum Charlene Mysmger Margaret McClure Co edntor James Sutton Co edrtor Sarah Starnes Joan Pitts and Wanda Sanders BOTTOM ROW Mrs Spear Sponsor Lrnda Smmth Donna Bonn and Barbara Pinkerton The Yearbook Staff rs happy to present to you thus vol ume ofthe Black Dromond Yearbook The big robs IH puttlng out a yearbook are selllng ads mountmg pictures getting wrntc ups and sellung yearbook subscruptrons It rs fascm atsng work when thlngs go well, when good pictures come nn on fume, and we have plenty of tame to do the work but JS ws QQZ , 'eve l 1 tx L A ' - i N ' it-'srl '-.lm .. If IV., . - E I' xy ,A I - . . ' 4 All H xl 8 l y 'Jil' 'rf Q A . , x Q 5 . 25. L X w . ' Y N 'A ff A -is W a A ' - ff' 4. f W' fr ' - ' - - WN X ' V . -Q Y, . . by . 1. V' to t y , ., I H E ,. 1 , 4 29 ., .l l I m ' ' ' f ffl' 'XX if tl . 3 J. EAAA N Y X, at Q r A W X qt., X e V A f l : S ,I 'W V S Pk A I K - ' Y? l , o' I tg I fm V L fy 'Q ' . f Q ttf., t I 'I fivfzgb X0 S some times It rs frustratrng when puctures come rn late and we have a deadlune to meet It rs the arm ol the Yearbook Staff to have a picture, of everyone un school, In the yearbook Usually when puctures are taken some are absent Also some enter school late and we dont have a prcture of them