Walters High School - Blue Devil Yearbook (Walters, OK)

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8 Zl'lO'L DALOL II As I was travel1ng back to my old hometown from Europe where I had been for many years I was dr1v1ng just several m1les out of town when my car began sputter1ng and ra1s1ng a fuss I was h1tchh1k1ng along when a 1940 Ford came to a sk1dd1ng stop be S1dE me I cl1mbed 1n and to my SUFDFISG I found La Wayne Jones my old schoolmate We began talkmg over old t1mes He was the new Bapt1st Preacher He Sald that among the people 1n hlS congregatlon were BObb19 Nell Durbln w1fe of Leon WIISOD who IS do1ng all r1ght for h1m Self U1 the b0Ot19gg1f1g DUSIHGSS L8 Wayf1G'S f1ancee Dor1s Dan1el IS now Manager of Jark1es WhlCh 15 owned by Bobby Tomah On arr1v1ng 1n town we v1s1ted our old school Who would have ever thought that .hm St1ne would have ever become head of the Walters Publ1c School H15 ass1stant the now Pr1nc1pal IS Jr Tahsuda Jr 's w1fe IS Sue Pr1ce the Semor Engl1sh teacher We heard there that Bones Spence who was the Llterature Gemus of om class IS now the most renowned Professor of Engllsh at Harvard Un1vers1ty H1SWlfS Freda Daughtery w1ll be remembered as the famous Acrobat1c Star of the ' Shoot1ng Stars We were all surpr1sed to hear that Johnny Parr1sh had ga1ned world fame as a ballet dancer H1s Wlfe and partner was the former Wgema Mart1n I left the school house and traveled on downthe street and met Joy GIIIISPIG who told me that she was now a Burlesque Queen Her husband and Manager IS Cl1fford Shook Wanda Carney and Betty Thacker who IS now dworced from James Roy After leavmg Queen1e we walked by the C1ty Hall and of all people to see Eugene WIISOH IS now Sher1ff on the Republ1can t1cket Sherr1ff W1lson was haul1ng 1n Devonna M1HH1Ch the town drunkard Devonna's husband 15 Swampy Marsh who now owns a strmg of pool halls and has been tour1ng the world w1th h1s marvelous pool play1ng Walkmg down the street I looked 1nto a cafe and there sat Paul Carter and h1s Wlfe the former Joan Jackson Paul now owns and operates the ' Purple Lounge Also Joan IS s1ng1ng torch songs for Bob Hoover and h1s orchestra In Paul's Purple Lounge are two famous c1gare-Lte g1rls June Roller and Jean Park Paul told me that Bob and Jean have been see1ng qu1te a lot of each other but lately June has barged 1n After leavlng Paul and Joan we found Anne Kurtz cook1ng 1n Ralph Thorne' s Restaurant and h1s Wlfe Joan Colston who was wa1t1ng tables They told us that Robert Shackleford and La Nelle Carl1le are now tour1ng the country 1n an oratory exh1b1t1on They also told us that Pat Hancock and Thelma Fletcher are now co owners of a trave11ng rodeo 1n Wh1Ch Bonnle Walker IS featured as Gun Tot1n Sal' Paul S1mms as the1r clown bull f1ghter As we were leavmg town we V1S1t9d the ch1cken farm of B1lly Joe Blgbee and w1fe Marlene Nahwooksky They told us that the1r former ne1ghbor Yvonne Ledford owns an A1rplane factory Her a1r hostess 15 Janell Ph1l11ps The p11OtS are Bobby Sanders and B1lly Boyer These two are cont1nously at each others throats for Janell's love I got 1n my car and went on my way 1n a cond1t1on of great shock over the thmgs that had happened to my classmates The Graudates of 1950 l 7-lm g 4 ass P ec . . .1 . , 'y Among the former classmates working for her were Barbara Turner, Bertha Chemah, ' I ' . J ' - 1 - , vu . . , .TW a' ii Tl' . . - I . . , -

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Z en ot GIG, We the Sen1or Class of 1950 IH the tnwn of Walters the County of Cotton and the State of Oklahoma bemg tn as good mental cond1t1on as usual and 1n much better temperature than usual do hereby makc thts our Last Wlll and Testament rendermg vo1d and of no avall any former w1ll or w1lls that have been made prevtously by us durlng a per1od of temporary opt1m1sm Although bemg as psychologlcally complex as benefmts a Sen1or Class We conslst of 40 seperate entltles or what have yuu we are In such complete accord th1nk1ng allke and seldom that the ed1tor1al now alas funeral 'we' w1ll be used to denote our collectlve ent1ty throughout th1s document We fee that our brllllant rec ard and our unusual ach1evements w1ll l1ve after us but not w1sh1ng to take any chances we suggest that a tablet on wh1ch shall be 1nscr1bed our several names and a few mf our most astoundlng deeds be purchased and placed 1n the aud1t mrlum of the school ln a poslt on where t w1ll str1ke the eye of all who enter And 1nth1s manner do we d1spose of our possesstons Item We g1ve and bequeath freely and w1thout reservat1on or stlpulatlons to the Jumor Class our r1ghtful helrs and to the1r he1rs and ass1gns forever our most 1m portant and valuabel properttes v1z our self sat1sfact1on of mmportance and our w1s dom all of whlch we possess 1n enormous quant1t1es and we hope sa1d g1fts w1ll be of use m overcom1ng the1r present 1nert1a need next year and all the examlnatlon que st1ons we have been g1ven durmg the past year We belleve that an exammauon l1ke H1story and Engllsh often repeats 1tself 'IY1eanSWeI'S never owned 1n ent1rety have long slnce been m1sla1d by us and are not 1ncluded 1n the legacy Item To our good fr1ends the Sophomore Class we leave our pat1ence It w1ll be found useful as the only means by whlch they can endure the Jun1ors Item To the young and unsophxstxcated Freshmen we leave a map of the school build mg so that they w1ll not get lost and roam about ID everybod1es way looklng for the1r classrooms To our dear old school bu1ldmg xtself we leave the peaceful qu1et caused by our absence and any apple cores wads of gum f1re crackers or crumpled notes we may have left about Last but not least we leave our dear sponsors M1ss B1ll1e Moore and Mr Carl J W1ll1ams to any class who take the1r adv1ce the1r helpmg ways toward us and love them as much as we have So herebv each m h1s 1nd1v1dual way leave the followmg possessxons I PAUL CARTER w1ll my ab1l1ty to Gold Br1ck m football to Charl1e Robertson and get away wlth It I EUGENE WILSON w1ll My Hatchet a gxft from Mrs Mullms to Alv1e Moon I JOYE GILLISPIE w1ll my ablllty to have blond ha1r any txme I want It to Jueretta Brannon who has the nerve to proxlde hers too I LEON WILSON leave Norton's love for me to Donald Hathaway May It be as great for htm as It was for me I PAT HANCOCK leave my typ1ng ab1l1ty to Bas1l Johnson rumors are he needs It I JOAN JACKSON leave my place 1n Mrs St1nson's Enghsh class to any person brave enough to cross her I JUNE ROLLER w1ll to Donna Lea Jones my abxlxty to go w1th men e1ther on one ex treme or the other 'lL Sf 1 SS wt!! Item--We give and bequeath to the Junior Class our well-known nerve, which they will