Stratford High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Stratford, OK)

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Movrnf' onward step by step 7'-9 llllltltl ll' ee lor many years our loy al band llas made rts way together Of course we ve had a lot of help From parents frrends and teachers To them we grve our srateful thanl s Through farr and stormy weather Wrth hopeful smrlrnf features looltmg lllIO future years Wrth eyes full of ambrtron We te added year by year our part Io Stratford llrgh s tradrtron In all our work as well as pla We ve done the DSSI we could And we challenge any one, anywhere To show us a class as good We we laughed and play ed and had our fun And now we have come at last To graduatron and may we frnd The future as sweet as the past Based on the wrrtrngs of Jmtmy Ray Nrcl ols HISIURY All tlnngs must have a befvrnnrng and an end Thus rt was that our Senror Class of IQSI had tts begrnnrng on an early day of September 1939 Of that prrmary group only frve have con trnued on and frnrshed together They are Lela Corley Laura June Bryan Dorothy Pearl Wrl lramson Bessre Jane Shr and Harrell Blackburn They were taught by Mrs Zealand Scott Wood 'lhrs was our frrst step rn the drrectron of graduatron We contrnued happrly through the 2nd grade and rn our grdy ear we were Jomed by Eva Mae Feds whom we welcomed gladly Our next addrtron came the followrng year when we acqurred Brllv Bob Ashley In the 5th tear we proved to be rather drstrngurshed rn the number ofspanlungs we recery ed But we also presented fwrth a lrttle help from the 6th gradey a musrcalskrt called The Weddrng of the Pa1nted Doll The half wav mark our 6th year round two more students added to our roll call Dolores Rerdel and Mary Frances Etherrdge were our new classmates and we were happy to have them Jorn us We were really startrng to grow as we entered Jr Hrgh rn the 7th grade Four more came rnto our hardy group They were Benny Freeman Peggy Phrllrps Marye Ruth Jones and Loyd Freeman Together we went through the 8th grade and rejorced that we had come thrs far toward our frnal goal graduatron Now at last we prepared to enter Hrgh School When the doors swung open for the term of 1947 48 the Freshman Class found ten eager puprls seekrng admrsslonrnto our clan We wrllrng ly agreed to annex them and Brllye Betts Dortha McConnell Alrce Walgreen Betty Ann Crrsp Jrmmy Macl Cosby Troy Henry Evan Jones Jrmmy Ray Nrchols Ray Dean Underwood and Harold Wrrght became our classmates We were duly rmtrated and hazed by the Senrors ofthe same year but we managed to turn the tables at the Freshman Senror party by puttrng castor orl rnto the cokes we served the Senrors The results were qurte enough to avenge our rnruatron Our class had proved able to answer for rtself Our Sophomore year saw four capable students come rnto our rnrdst Avrs Savage George Grantham Preston Grantham and George Marcum Upperclassmen and Junrors we were now and hrgh fly rng ones Our candrdate for Acuvrty Queen won the contest and our class play Comm Around the Mountarn was recerved en thusrastrcally as one of the best ever grven We acqurred as sponsors Mrs Ruby Forrest and Mr Martrn Red Loper two of the most popular rnstructors rn school In fact we were so fond of them that we prevarled upon them to contrnue as sponsors for our next year Our frnal year has been our best one We gave another hrghly regarded play called Tumblrn Creek Our members were found rn all branches of actrvrtres and drd frne work Sammy Shr de crded to cast herlot wrth us and has enthusrastrcallydone her partto add to the ments ofour class Through the years our class members have taken honors rn their studres rn athletrcs F F A Sc F II A musrc and dramatrcs The Senror Class ofI95I wrll long be remembered and proudly harled as one of the most outstandrng rn the annals of Stratford l-hgh School Hrstory - I W MW - ' , V xq' I .l -1 -' , v. I - I Q 4- X. A U 1 ' . 1 , ' ' - , . - -1 1, : 1- I V ' 1 -1 ' ' I tr - ' . : I ' , ' ,' 4 - 4 'i . '. Q I 4 . . I 4. 4 1 , 1, - - .. A l Y -U. ' - ' I . , I . . ' . I I .- . . f . .. I. . 1 I I 1' l . V Q 4 ,QQ 4 4 043,41 - . . . ,' M I ' ' 1 . .. ' I . ' : ' V . I , ' f.- . . I - ' A- I y Q. . , - I .. . ' . I -' ' 1.1 Q 'VI ' rt l t M