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

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CLASS WILL Ladxes and gentlemen, Board of Educatxon, Superxntendent, teachers and frlends Upon behalf of my clxent, the Class of 1951 of Tuttle Hxgh School, of the Cxty of Tuttle State of Oklahoma, U S A I have called you together upon thxs solemn and serxous occaszon to lxsten to her last wxll and testament, and to recexve from her dyxng hand the few gxfts she has to bestow in her last moments Lxsten then, one and all whnle I read the document as duly drawn up and sworn to The Senxor Class of 1951 leave thelr unpaxd bnlls thexr unflnxshed lessons, the responsx bxlxtxes and expenses of next years annuals our specxal place nn the 8Ud1f0flUm and the unsolved problem of flnancxng each Senlor through the twelfth grade and graduatnon to the junxor Class To the Sophomore class and the Freshman class we wlll the band unxforms basket ball surts, the responsxbxlxty of feedxng and servxng the banquet and the worry of the consess1on stands B111 Crxsp bequeaths hxs gxft of gab to Jxmmxe Bowers To anybody who needs xt jerry Craxg leaves hxs crew haxr cut qApply early to avoxd the rush, Gene Douglas commxts hxs alarm clock to Margaret Stermer We hope she learns how to use xtj And to Donnxe Douglas, Gene leaves hls morse code Thelma Steves gxves her glggles t Glorxa Hoover Naomz McK1nney wxlls her abxlxty to hold the same boy for 4 years to Norma Chaney Ealmer Kllppel wxlls some of hrs extra slze to Terry Parks and Eldon Englebretson To the underclassmen B111 Baumann bestows hxs skxll xn drawxng that he has used for the teachers and student body and he also grants hxs parkxng place xn the hall to johnny Shores Troy Streber gxves hxs abxlxty to tend to hls own busxness to Garland Hutchxson and hls abxlxty to drxve a car to Tom Parks To Devota McCarthy and Sharon Cherry, Shlrley Franklln bestows her pretty brown curls fThey could dxvxde them and stxll have plentyj jlmmre McGee bequeaths her broad grxn to Kathleen Peden and her flxrtxness to Norma Woods To Marle Embrey Ruth Slmmons leaves her place on the Honor Roll but she gust wouldn't part wrth her 1nterest xn Camp Gordon B111 Barton wxlls hxs xnterest xn the Freshman gxrls to Dempsey Mxlton and joe Tommy Bledsoe To Bxlly Conner and Donald McFall Doyle Eades bestows some of hxs wonderful personalxty Doyle has plenty to spare Helen Black leaves her sxlence to Margaret Stermer and jeanxne To Glenn McK1ttrxck goes Leroy Coat s abxlxty to play football Barbara Wlgley and Loxs Ann Breese yxeld thexr Future Old Maxds Club to Marne Sxngletary Lxlllan Crxsp, and Wanada Cruzan George Yeakley commxts h1s way wxth the ladxes to To my Yeakley, Loyd jackson, and Ray Mxller To Murlene Sxpes and Margxe Sessums, joy fG1bsonj McC1a1n and Edna fMcFallj Roblnett bestow thexr secret of how to trap and keep a man Annabel! Moody wxlls her quxet, lady lxke ways to Mary Eva Duckwall Loxs june Roblnett wzlls her tenacxty to Mary Ellen Shook In wxtness whereof, , the class of 1 1 the testators, have to thxs our w ll set our hands and seal thxs fxfteenth day of May CLASS HISTORY On September 4 1939 Gene Douglas, George Yeakley, Troy Streber, Bxll Barton, Shrrley Franklxn, Ava Cruzan, Edna McFall, Annabelle Moody, jnmmxe McGee, Ruth Sxmmons, and Naomx McK1nney started to Tuttle School The second year, we were joxned by Loxs june Robxnett and jerry Craxg In the third grade, Doyle Eades enrolled wxth us and Shxrley Franklxn left After leavxng xn the fxrst Bzll Barton agaxn enrolled ln the fourth, along wxth joy Gxbson The fxfth year, joy Gxbson and Ava Cruzan left and Thelma Steves Jolned us In the slxth Lons Breese, also Shzrley Franklxn and joy Gxbson yoxned us although after eleven days joy agaln left us Leroy Coats and Ealmer Klxppel enrolled wxth us the seventh year and xn the exghth Barbara Wxgley joxned us and got a crush on Gene Douglas the fxrst day We were Joxned by B111 Crxsp ln our freshman year, joy Gxbson our sophomore year, and Helen Black 1D our junxor year As we drew near our goal 1n our fxnal year, Cup1d's unfaxlxng a1m took lts toll leavxng us two marrled women, joy McCla1n and Edna Robxnett, and decreasxng our class of 24 to 23 Because the road that leads through high school xs rough and rocky many students dropped out, thus, of the forty nxne that entered thxs buxldxng ln 1947 Only twenty three w1ll depart 9 . . i' . . . . . ' , ' : . ' . . . . . . . . ' l C . . . 0 . ' . . ' . . Ava Lee Cruzan bequeaths her ability to get along with people to Patsy Greene. . , . . 0 ' We 95 , ' i . I I . . ' . ' . . . . . . , . . . . in o n 1 . a u . Q ' u

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CIMA Prophecy 15 the summer of 1961 and I haxe dCC1dCd for my vacation to v1s1t m former senior classmates who spent some tlmC 1n the torture chambers QT U S with me When I got to Tuttle I went to the Eades Grocery which was formerly the L Hartlr Grocery and Hardware Then I dropped 1D on B111 Cf1Sp who IS now FUDDIUQ tis own drugstore As 1 came out of the drugstore I ran Jnto Leroy Coats We talked a wh1le and Leroy told e was t1l Cf1V1ng bus old T H S I went down to the Tuttle Feed M111 and found George Yeakley Jr very busy trying to make a l1V1Dg for Mrs Yeakley and family lou probably remember Mrs Yeaklev as Naomi McKinney I asked George about B111 Baumann George S31d that B111 was head of a COUSIYUCIIOD company 1D Houston Texas And he also told me that Alma Lee G1bSOD was V1S1t1D2 ID Houston While I was lf town I decided to V1Q1t Lois Ann Breese xncidentally Lois 1S now the County Health Nurse We had quite a chat and I asked her about several other g1r1s IH our class Lois said that Ava Lee Cruzan was still trying to talk Melbourne Cummlngs into t1k1ng that fatal step She said that Helen Black 1G stenographer for a large law flrn 1U Oklahoma City are still members of Old Maids of America Club But I hear Ruth 1S about t loose her membersh1p because of some soldier joy Bosler better known as Toy Streber 1S 11V1Dg on a farm out near Brxdge Creek and I hear she has a full t1me Job tending to l1ttle Boslers Barbara W1gley IS st11l keep1ng the boys IU a Whlfl She said she d1dn t know whether to go w1th B111 or Ogh1 Lo1s june Rob1nett has finished her degree ID an Eastern Cbllege and IS now a typ1st for an 1nsurance company ID Chicago Jxmmle Sheff1eld IS now 11v1ng 1U McAlester You u11l probably remember j1mm1e as T1mm1C McGee I guess the nar1ne has landed They tell me that Edna and j1m Rob1nett are l1v1ng 1D Ft Sm1th Arkansas They 11ke It so well there that they decided to stay when jxm got h1S d1S charge Betty joy G1bson McCla1n 1s 11v1ng at Ft Sill Lonnie has just been raised to Corporal Troy Streber l1ked the Airforce so well that he dec1ded to take that up for a career He IS now a corporal and w111 get another rating after ten years servxce Ealmer Klxppel f1n1shed his degree at ASLM and 1S now farm1ng out south of town Sh1rley IS keep1ng house for h1m As I walked down the street I met jerry Craig He IS now Pres1dent of the R E A Gene Douglas 1s play1ng football for the Green Bay Packers He and Sh1rley qformerly Sh1rley wllllib are l1v1ng a l1fe of luxery Now, as I return to my Trucking company It seems as though I have 11ved these past ten years over with my former classmates of Tuttle High It . K 7 . . .,. y . . . . 5 'I' ij J. . .V ' . . . . . ' ' me h. . s ' l 1 ' ' a for I found Shirley Franklin, Annabelle Moody. Ruth Simmons, and Thelma Steves . . . ' . I O