Velma Alma High School - Hurricane Yearbook (Velma, OK)

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C'laAA lulz tory Twelve years ago the Senuor Class of l954 started un a number of small schools whuch later con soludated to make what us now Velma Alma Ver few of our graduatun students started at euther Velma or Alma Marue Mutchell started at Vel usa gndt ety McCartney starte at Alma Roy Smuth moved to Velma about mud term from a Texas School us ruc ln the second year Countylune and Caddo consoludated wuth Alma and that brought Laura Lee Norton, Laverne Auld Pansy Shelton and Pe gy Hollus from Countylune Wesley Roberson and Raymond Hurst from Caddo Also un the second ear na Peters uouned us at Velma from Centergrove and Tex Parks from Prarue Dale Roy Smuth left us t at year but soon to return The thurd year Johnue Smuth came to Velma from Meruduan The fourth year proved to be a successful year because Santa Fe consoludated wuth Alma and Arthur consoludated wuth Velma From Santa Fe came La Don Gulmore Bonnue Stullwell and Margaret Whute Aqatha Gentrv came to Velma from Arthur Charlene and Kav Poque came to Velma from Mereduan and Roy Smuth reuouned us from Owens Prarue We lost one student that year Johme Smuth left Velma but returned fuve years later The fufth year was the buggest year of our hustory because Velma and Alma consoludated At thus tume our class consusted of suxteen students The class was stull duvuded though because euther school wasn t bug enough to carry all of the students Raymond Hurst left us that year and went to Lundsey Our suxth year was stull a duvuded one But that year Cecul Baker uouned the Velma duvusuon from Healdton Mary Moore from Woodland and Raymond Hurst came back from Lundsey ln the seventh year the whole class uouned at Alma and ut was our farst year un uunuor hugh That year Carmen Jackson came from Maysvulle and Betty MaShore from Corune We lost Mary Moore ln the eughth grade we neuther gauned nor lost anyone The year ran smoothly and we had a grand tume together ln our freshmen year we gauned Wayne Parsons from Wulson Mary Moore reuouned us from Unuon Val uated that year unto hugh school and were promusung hugh school students Johnue Smuth also reuouned us from Star It seemed that un our last few years we were not goung to gaun many new members but un our sopho more year we gauned James Harden from Lula and Betty Wulson from Faurfax That year our class was very outstandung and through our many efforts Beth McCartney won the football queen race Charlene Pogue, band queen race Our sponsor was Mr Holleyman ln our uunuor year we gauned Jeannue Coppage from Shawnee and Roger Matthews from Saluna, Kansas That year our class worked very hard and the uunuor candudate Jeannette Scott was ele ted annual queen Margaret Whute was basketball queen Our class favorutes were James Harden and Kay Pogue We gave the senuors a beautuful banquet wuth the tutle of run tume We had our furst class play that year and the tutle was The Green Lught Our sponsors were r Holleyman and Muss McCarty ln our Senuor year we gauned Geraldene Clower from Tecumseh James Towell from Fox, Norma Dug b from Davus and La uetta Burkhart who came back after a year of absence to funush hugh school hus yearwe workedhar er and won the annual queen electuon Geraldune Clower was our queen Agatha Gentry was bask tball queen and Tex Parks was basketball kung Our carnuval kun and ueen were Roger Matthews and Bonnue Stullwell Barbara Stune was musuc queen Mr and Muss A Hu were La Don Gulmore and Beth McCartney and our class favorutes were Wayne Parsons and Charlene ogue Our Senuor play was June graduate Our sponsors were Mr Holleyman and Mrs Morse We went to Gal veston on our senuor trup ln the year of l960 the l954 Senuor Class plan to make an unuted class effort to attend the alumnu banquet held durung the Chrustmas holudays Roll wull be held for our class that nught 20- o I . il ' . . ' 1 . ,. I . . I . . 1 - . ' I I ' ley and Melva Newman' ioined us from Claud. We moved into ouf new modern school at Velma. We grad-- ' 1 . ' ' . ' C 1 . . ' . I . ll Q n ,I . . n II ' ll Sp R . ' 1 ' . Y I - 4 a . - 1Y. ' 3 ' . . ' ' ll If I I . 1. s ' ' '

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Semor pf-vpkecq Date December l960 Place Stunes Cheesery Tuma 800 As l wandered around through the crowd at the Alumni banquet I found that the sensors of 54 had scattered to the four corners of the earth Whlle mquxrmg about the various members of the class I found that Roger Matthews us Presldent In charge of blushing In the Bachelor s Society and James Har den IS forergn mmlster to Russxa James abrllty to thunk of short speeches nn a splrt second has pro bably kept us out of two or three wars What s the at? You say Agatha Gentry IS now helpung out wuth the Coffees for the varuous drsves smgmg Tea For Two She hopes to bet an audmon woth Homerand Jethro soon Well there s Betty MoShore with Capt MaShore who has lust returned from service for the thlrd tame I wonder why the bug crowd rs around Beth McCartney? Well I II be They say she s lust won an Oscar Award for her latest picture She reacted lust as she drd In the Sensor Play except r was with the emcee Tex Parks Say there s Margaret White She s now ressdmg IQ Texas, but she never has to sweep because she has a bug bag of wand to blow the dust out Well there s James Towellglvmg out samples You know of course that he s presndent of the Cannon Washrog Company La Don Gul more now runs a laundry so he can get free diaper servrce It looks luke we have at least one celebruty of the class I m speakung of Laqueta Burkhart f course you know she s a famous model for Harry Conovers She dyes her hanr to match her costume Well there s one of the old married women Norma Jean Tomlinson Dlgby, who ns now Ilvmg IH Davls and trying to teach the lrttle Dag snot to dug out Oh' Why there s Jeannie Coppoge She s now Captann of the Red Head Basketball team She as the reddest halr of any of the red heads of the red head team They say that Charlene Pogue, for sux years has worked to save money to bunld a house In Pogue Heaven but she hasn t as yet persuaded Pol lock to come goin her Laura Lee Norton IS stnll operator for the Alma Telephone Company She only Irstens to every telephone conversation There slts Melva Newman yes she s back punchmg tzckets at the cheesery smce the syrup buslness has gone bankrupt Marne Green Mltchell once sand I do Now she as saying I do wlsh I hadn t There IS Geraldnne Clower whose ambntaon was to become a secretary to a president We wonder could thus presldent have been one of the senior class of 54 Well thot s all the semors that I see In here Let s go out to the audltoruum where the rest of the gang rs congregatxng I hear that Wesley Roberson has swntched from coachnng the V A tag team tc coachung professional football He now coaches such all tame treats as Crazylegs Hurst Of course I mean Ray mond Hurst former all Amerucan of V A There ns Kay Pogue she s now connected wrth the factory that specuallzes In manufacturmg Ilttle couches Johnny Smlth and Ray Smith have bouoht out Smuth Brothers Cough Drop Co Cecil Baker now has has own hull bully hut show whnch advertises Tom There slts Peggy Hollis who replaced Leonard Haug as band director at O U Carmen Jackson an Ina Peters are slttmg at the next row of seats and they say they run a home for dusallusloned old mauds Bette Wilson has been and stall us, one of thenr longest and most faithful residents Wayne Parsons has replaced Fred A talre an the broadway hut Easter Parade Hrs leading lady Bonn: Stlllwell, has re stepped Into the spotllght once held by a famous blond We mnght add that ner husband Donald Pogue IS a famous baseball player There rs Laverne Auld the hortest lady an the world and slttmg two seats from Laverne IS Pansy Shelton the fattest lady In the world She rs stall Iuvnng In Lawton and as stall goung to beauty school She hopes In the future to be able to help Improve other unfortunate people Next IS Mary Moore the famous comedlan Well l see It s tnme to eat Oh' No' Not beans and cheese agcunlll 19 0 ' I I I . , , . . . . . . , . - , - , . . . - . . . . . 4, H . . . . , . . . . . . . . , , , I . , 0 . . . . . .l . . , . , . . . . . . . , . . . 1 - . a I l ' . 1 - O 1 . . . , . . . , , , . , . . . . . h . . . , I - . . . , . , . . ' 1 . . . . . U ,, ' 1 1 - - at - lu - ' - - , . . . . . , . . , . . , . . . . . - 5 l ' . , , , . - . I ' , . . . . . . . H ., ,, . S . . . d . . - v ' ' ll ll ' ' ' S . , ' . . . I ' I , , C . . . . I - , . l , . 0 , . ., . , . , . . .

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