Tuttle High School - Tiger Tales Yearbook (Tuttle, OK)

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CLASS HISTORY Monday September 5 1938 joy McCroskey Paul Plumlee Leon Case Roe Lee Chaney Wanema Cherry, George Englebretson Ted Gannaway Maudxe Sxngletary Buddy Skaggs Arlene Tate Anna Ienell Hardesty and joe Stxnchcomb went to school for the fxrst txme The second year we were Joxned by Matt jones Jr These 13 contxnued through thexr fxrst fxve years gettlng whlpplngs for chewxng gum and many other thlngs to numerous to mentxon Wonder nf Wanema Cherry remembers that cabbage pot holder she made ln Mrs Hudson s room the flrst th1ng she ever made by herself and do you remember the bxrd houses Buddy Skaggs Roe Lee Chaney and joe Stxnchcomb made the same year? I H bet Anna jenell Hardesty stxll gets out her lxttle woven doll tam and apron she made ID Mrs Fryrear s room The flfth year we were Jolned by Bob Culp and Roy Campbell who have been a great entertaxnment to our class The sxxth year Floyd Warxner Joxned us Floyd was a lxttle bashful but he soon got over that The next one to joxn the class was Jlmmy Yates who came ln the seventh grade Charles Coats Bobby McKxttr1ck and Edward Tllson were added to the roll ID the elghth grade Betty Autry Betty Mann and Harold DeShazo Joxned us when we were greenhorn freshmen By the end of our freshman year wlth all eyes turned toward graduatxon many began to make excuses The flrst sald I am needed at home therefore I cannot graduate Another saxd I am dull and cannot learn I pray thee have me excused And stxll another sa1d I am goxng to be marrxed therefore I need not graduate So thus dxd thls class decrease untxl the number at the begxnnxng of our sophomore year was a total of 39 An addltlon to the class then was Irene Rxch At the beglnnxng of our junxor year two new youths who came up from an adjoxnxng terrltory were Don Rlch and Eugene Arnett Wxth many dropplng out between our sophomore and senxor years the total was 27 xncludlng our latest addxtxon Darlene Klepper who Joxned us ln tlme to get a whxpplng wlth the rest of the senxors because of a walk out So nt came to pass that of the forty two that entered thxs bulldxng xn 1945 only 27 wxll depart for verlly ver1ly I say unto you that broad IS the gate and wlde IS the way that leadeth to the Hxghschool and many there be that go thereat but stralt IS the gate and narrow ns the way that leadeth to graduatxon and few there be that fxnd xt CLASS WILL Ladxes and Gentlemen Board of Educatlon Superlntendent teachers and frxends Upon behalf of my clxent the Class of 1950 of Tuttle Hxgh School of the Cnty of Tuttle, State of Oklahoma U S A I have called you together upon thxs solemn and serxous occasxon to lxsten to her last will and testament and to recelve from her dyxng hand the few gxfts she has to bestow in her last moments Arlene Tate s vocal abxlxty IS bestowed upon Helen Black Carol Endsley and Shzrley Franklln Dxvxded equally xt should be enough To Dorothy Cofer joy McCroskey wxlls her abxlxty to play basketball Irene Rxch ynelds her Future old Malds of Amerlca Club to Barbara Wzgley and Loxs breese Anna jenell Hardesty gxves her secret of how to trap and keep a man to joy Gzbson and jxmmy McGee To Norma Woods faudxe Slngletary bequeaths her red haxr rlnses Betty Maln leaves her thxrd hour physxcs class to Ruth Slmmons and Thelma Steves fShe wlshes she could have left lt sooner To june Roblnett Wanema Cherry confers her fxckle eye to Edna Nell McFall her abxlxty to chase bog Dorothy Long s sklll xn playxng a clarxnet IS left to joe Tommy Bledsoe Betty Autry leaves her mechanxcal abxlxty to jane Robxnett to use ln her new home Darlene Calamlty jane Klepper regretfully leaves her levxs and boots to Gearlxne Autry Roy Campbell bestows has pxtchxng arm upon Garland Hutchlnson To Leroy Coats Ted Gannaway gxves hxs alarm clock qeven though xt IS an antxquej Gene Arnett lmparts hrs tonx wave kxt to Franczs DeShazo xt w1ll be most attractxve we're sure To Bxll Crxsp the abxlxty of Bob Culp Matt jones and Don Rxch to play football Charles Coats couldn t be persuaded to part wxth h1s To Cy Shaw joe Stlnchcomb grants h1s favorxte parkxng place south of the school Roe Lee Chaney s hexght to Elmer Kllppel we thought he needed some more George Englebretson yxelds his haxr to Lee Wayne Parrlsh He thought he mxght need hxs personalxty and hrs artxstxc abxlxty Leon Cotton Case leaves hns brxllxant blond haxr to Doyle Eades Bobby McK1ttr1ck bestows hrs secret of how to drxve hxs Model A to Alta Plumlee To Tommy Parks who comes to school when he feels lxke xt Carl jackson bequeaths hxs perfect attendance record Harold DeShazo regretfully admxts that he needs everythlng he has and cannot leave anvth1ng Floyd War1ner grants hxs half lnterest ln the Freshman Class to Gene Douglas Paul Plumlee leaves hxs Charles Atlas muscle bunldxng course to Duane Wlgley and Woody Arnett so they can t be run out of Mznco so easxly Buddy Skaggs ylelds hxs reputatxon as a lady s man to George Yeakley Edward Tllson xmparts hxs xnterest ln the town of Cougar to jerry Craxg, to do wlth as he sees fxt jlmmy Yates bestows hrs technxque of how to wow the gxrls to Ray Miller In wxtness whereof, We the class of 1950 the testators, have to thls our wlll set our hands and seal thxs slxteenth day of May 'll . , . . 4 . . . . , . . , , . . . 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38 fi.-5 GP GEORGE ENGLEBRETSON EDITOR 'YY i ANNA JENELL HARDESTY TYPIST ANNUAL STAFF TED GANNAWAY BUSINESS MANAGER 'in 4' is Nur WANEMA CHERRY TYPIST I0 91411 211 Wd? N ROE LEE CHANEY ASSISTANT EDITOR 'VD5 BETTY MAIN TYPIST

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CLASS PROPHECY It IS the summer of 1960 and I have decrded for my vacatron to vrsrt my former senror classmates who spent some trme on the Rock for THS wrth me W en I got to Tuttle I went to Betty Autry s garage for a motor tune up Betty was the mechanrcal brarn of the classj Then I dropped rn on Roe Lee haney now owner of Tuttle Theatres Inc Roe challenged me to a game of snooker so off to Bob s snooker parlor we went You all remember Bob Culp the tall athlete who always had De trort on hrs mrnd Comrng out of the pool hall I nearly knocked Gene Arnett down he was carryrng grocerres and packages for Helen Poor Gene I took to the country roads and found joe Strnchcomb cultrvatrng cotton I just stopped long enough to ask about joe J and ane It wasn t long before I came to the best bottom land rn the country and who could own thrs except Buddy Skaggs on kn w who the cky grrl but rt rs probably Shlrley Harold DeShazo lrves on down the road from Bud where he has a Hampshrre hog farm Besrdes berng the best hog caller rn the State that lrttle Dutch man rs cookrng for hrm I ask Harold what had happened to hrs huntrng partner Charles Coats He sard I could frnd hrm farmrng for B111 jeffrres I drove out to see Mrs Campbell formerly Anna jenell Hardesty She and Earl have twrns who start to school thrs fall also talked to Roy whrle was there He rs presrdent of the Watermelon Growers Assocratron rs r a bachelor but Dorothy Cofer hasn t grven up yet Roy told m he had a letter from Leon Case Leon rs operatrng a depot rn Pocunk Arkansas and rs gettrng frlthy rrch eon rsn t marrred erther b t I hear Alta Plumlee rs vrsltrn I found Arlene Tate Irene Rrch joy HcCroskey and Betty Marn are str members of the Future Old Mards of Amerrca Club Irene rs presrdent and joy and Betty are strong members but Arlene 1S weakenrng As for Don Rrch he rs now playrng pro football for the Los Angeles Rams Havrng played frve full seasons he rs makrng a great name for hrmself Roe Lee mentroned that when he flew to Calrfornra last f ll to see th Rams play, he met Wanema Cherry on the plane She had frnrshed her nurses trarnrng and was a hostess for Amerrcan Arrlrnes She told hrm that he pro bably wouldn t see frm Yates for rather Senator Yatesj for some trme srnce he and Maudze Srngletary who rs hrs prrvate secretary are rn Washrngton Before I left Tuttle I found out that George Englebretson Qthe artrst of our classj has an art studro rn New York Crty and he rs dorng qurte well was surprrsed to hear that he had as hrs model Darlene Klepper who has become well known as a professronal model and fashron stylrst I met Carl jackson rn Bob s snooker parlor told me that he had ready made corporal rn the Natronal Guard Edward Trlson rs owner and manager of the Trlson Grocery at Cougar and Bobby McK1ttrrck rs hrs bookkeeper Bobby told me that he had some money saved and was thrnkrng about buyrng half rnterest rn the store Floyd Warrner owns a frne darry northeast of Tuttle He sard that he was makrng lots of money but that hrs wrfe was spendrng most of rt I forgot o ask hrm who he marrred Matt jones rs doing qurte well also He purchased half rnterest rn the constructron company where he worked Now rt rs called Boardman Jones Con structron company I was just leavrng Tuttle rn route to my home rn St Lours when r nearly smashed rnto Paul Plumlee He was pullrng out of a hay freld wrth hrs one man baler just as everyone thought Paul has turned out to be a very successful farmer Now, as I return to my medrcal practrce rt seems as though I have lrved these past ten years over and have shared the Joys and sorrows of each of my former classmates at Tuttle Hrgh 12 ' ' la g n D - . C h ' A - . ' , ru I . ' D ' ' - I d 't o lu ' is 1 . ' 1 . I . n I . ' ' ' ' . He ' st'll I ' ' . e . . . L . , . . l U ' ' . . . . g her aunt in Podunk. . ' . . ' '11 . . . a e . . , 4 . . . . ' I ' ' . He al- . n 1 a . u 0 t