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

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lass Hlstury The class of 51 started on our long and hard Journey rn the year 1939 In the frrst grade we were members of the rhythm band The rest of our grade school was calm When we graduated from grade school xnto junlor Hlgh we were LH our seventh Heaven The f1rst slx weeks was spent xn try1ng to get used to the lockers changlng classes every hour and the rush rn between classes By the trme we were 1U the elght grade we thought we knew everythlng there was to know but soon found out we d1dn t The dlscovery of the class of 1951 was an accldent Four years ago early one mornlng on the erghth of September 1947 the faculty of Walters Hlgh School were stroll1ng almlessly through the corrxdors chattlng about the just end1ng vacat1on and wonderlng whether there would be any startllng changes ln thelr work durlng the comlng year Suddenly they caught a gllmpse of somethlng new and strange just lnslde the front door huddled together rn mute embarrassment and anxlety were the members of what became the class of 1951 Gently attemptlng to dlspel the fears of the strangers the faculty bade them enter and spent the next few weeks attemptrng to ga1n thelr conf1dence and frlendshlps The dlscovery hav1ng been reported to the ruler of the hlgh school Mr G0re our pr1nc1pal he recelved the news of th1s rennrkable 3CQU1S1tXOH to h1s terrxtory wlth marked dellght and a few m1Sg1V1DgS He examlned w1th 1nterest the trophxes presented by the strangers to thexr d1scoverers Among these trophles were report cards bearxng sxgns supposed to denote the degree of mental alertness possessed by the owner and to show hls POSS1b1l1t16S as a future Cltllen of the country The Freshmen became rnterested rn strange new exerclses called basket ball and football and atta1ned a sl1ght degree of prowess rn each At the end of the year a terrlble dxsaster befell the Freshmen called Flnal EX3m1D8t1OUS and ranks as one of the worst massrcres of the trme Wrth the comlng of the next September we recerved a new name because of our sklll ln acquxrxng the customs of the school we were renamed sophomores And now a strange th1ng happened rememberlng the scorn wrth whlch we had been regarded the prev1ous year we now adopted the same attltude toward the 1ncom1ng strangers who took The soclal functxons of thls perlod were dellghtful the Host xmportant be1ng serv1ng at the JUD1Of Senlor banquet and our sophomore plcnxc In the thlrd year owrng to an old educatxonal custom the sophonnres became Junxors and our promotlon made our sense of lmportance lncrease out of due proport1on Thls was the year of hard work and the dreaded ordeal of examlnatlons In our Junlor year we presented the play L1ttle Women We were hosts to the senxors ln the annual banquet Our theme was In the Southern Garden We ended our happy year the Junror prcnrc And now we come to the fourth and greatest year ln the hlstory of our class automatlcally became senrors 1U September All th1s was looked upon wrth frlendly amusement by the teachers explores who regarded the result of thelr four years of hard labor w1th rxghtful pr1de The soc1al events were of marked brllllance Those most worthy of note are The Senror play Hobo day Junlor Senlor banquet and last but not least our Senlor tr1p The ploneers of our class are Carol Ann Ruyle jane Wershon Deedrre Meyer Glenna Edgar Robert Berendzen Buddy Mowles Jo Nell Shephard Marlene Faulkner and Bruce Reed At the exp1rat1on of the four years the prxnclpal expressed hlmself as greatly pleased wlth the addltlons to hxs country and pronounced us all hxghly el1g1ble for admlsslon as c1t1zens By the way of approprlate celebrat1on a strange ceremony known as commencement was held Speeches were made for no partlcular reason songs were sung and scrolls called dlplomas s1gn1fy1ng the skllled and flnesse lt took to get one were grven to the senrors S Li 51 X I , . . . ! . . , , . , Y . ' Y . . . y 'Q y Y . . , . . . I . ' Y , . 1 . . . our places as Freshmen. . Y 1 1 . . i - ' u ' 11 - - U H . . , ' ' . We , , . . Y . . 1 1 , 5 . . . D ' I , 1. , , T Y 1 I D ' - . Y 5 7 - Y V' V PI

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ITEV I Fthel Davis do hereby bequeath my love for out of town boys to Vlrgxnla Wowles ITEM W Dean Franklln Wxlma Ramey and Ima jean Prrvett wxll our ab1l1ty to grade txmed wrxtlngs for Mrs Hand to anyone who thlnks they can f1nd all the Iunlor s errors ITEM I Davxd Tettleton w1ll mv ab1l1ty to s1t on the football bench four years and have no calaces to any boy who was as unfortunate as I ITEM I Thomas Landrs wxll my ablllty 1D basketball to sxt on the bench all but forty seconds and then get blamed for los1ng the game to anxone who can achxexe such st1nd1ng ITEM I Bobby Sanders w1ll my ab1l1ty to sllp up 1U the lunch lxne to Dale Dutton Be Careful ITEM I Odessa Copeland thxnks she can keep house ITEM I Kathryn Denham borrowlng them ITEM I Dorothy Holcomb tr1ps to Howard Dyke and ITEM I Iblores Pr1ddy and Norma Potter wlll my determ1nat1on to graduate to any marr1ed glrl that anc go to school one and a half year a I d d wxll mv typ1ng paper and eraser to R I. Evans who IS always wxll mv ab1l1ty to get out of school and go on speclal band hope he enjoys xt as mlch I d d Q that ls POSQIDIL w1ll my abllxty to love sports as much as I do to Joyce Brxdges ITEM I Duane Prxddy wlll to Monzell Wxlson my ab111ty to read the flrst and last chapter for a book report and to slt on the bench ID a football game If he can take rt ITEM I Donna Lea Jones w1l1 my abxlnty to get a black eye 10 Spanlsh class to anyone who knows how to get one the way I dxd ITEM I Chloe Anne Burnaugh wxll my ab1l1ty to play hookxe and get caught to anyone who can take the consequences ITE! ITEM ITEM up a ITEM I Bruce Reed wxll I Clarence Fullen I Robert Berendzen lot of space I Coleen Poemoceah who thrnks she can pass the ITEM I Lrnda Berry wlll who can do lt l1ke I my abxlrty to be the only boy llbrarlan to Andy Flanagan wxll my love for Comanche to John Cruse wxll my gxb feet to Andy Flanagan although h1s seem to take w1ll nw place as the only gxrl IH Chem1stry class to any gxrl course tryrng to compete wlth ten men as I dld my ablllty to scare the Drxver Educatlon students to anyone ITEM I jane Mershon wxll mv ab1l1ty to be f1rst ID the lunch llne to Sylvla Copeland hopxng she can thlnk of excuses to get out of class just before the bell rlngs ITEM I Buddy Mowles wxll mv abxllty to type 24 words a mlnute to Andy Flanagan ITEM I Patsye Potts wxll my great love for lxterature to Andy Flannagan ITEM I Deedrre Meyer w1ll my place on the paper staff as prrnter to anyone that can get :nk all over them as I dxd ' 1 1 1 ' ' - ' 9 1 1 1 , . . . . . . , A 0 V , - I V , f - . Y. . . , . I D ' ' I I s - Q I ' ' . - Y f l , s 1 . - 1 ! , u u I f - I Y . 1 as 1 . If , , -.j - I I - I Y , . - D I - Y Y l - . .,. . . ' 1 1 ' - 1 V ' - Y V Y . - O Y , . - I I - I 9 . Y - . . . . 4 , .. , . ' 1 1 . - 1 D

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lass Prophecy Recently whrle tourrng part of the Unrted States I stopped for a few days rn Washrng ton D C Walkrng down the street not knowrng what to do I ran rnto Cbleen Berendzen my old class mate of 51 Srnce not havrng seen each other for ten years we were naturally eager to drscuss old trmes so we decrded to remrnrsce together at lunch Cbleen told me Robert had been rn the Senate for the past frve years Talkrng for a whrle rt seemed lrke only yesterday we were the graduatrng class of S1 Afterward the boys reported for a few years actrve duty rn Korea but all returned safely to crvrlrzatron lrfe Strll lrvrng rn Cotton County are Donald Whsely and hrs wrfe the former Ethel Davrs Donald rs runnrng the local farm rmplement busrness Clarence Fullen and hrs wrfe Dorrs High are farmrng gust outsrde Walters Dorrs rs known all over Cotton County for her cookrng jrmmy Rrce who rs marrred to the former Kathryn Denham has just conpleted hrs schoolrng rn the Mrnestry Oral Dean Copeland rs the town pharmrstrst and hrs wrfe ane Mershon 15 teachlng dramatrcs rn the Hrgh School Deedrre Meyer rs the head telephone operator She told me she hears all the gossrp Patsye Potts rs keeprng all the women beautrful rn her beauty parlor known as No Matter what you have we can frx Dorothy Murphy and Dorothy Holcomb are also teachrng rn the Hrgh School musrc department Two of our old class mates Buddy Mowles and Basrl johnson have rrval nrght clubs Donna Lea jones rs the torch rn Basrl s Srlver Key Also workrng for Basrl rs Novella Barnett as the hat check grrl and Dean Franklrn the crgarette grrl Chloe Anne Burnaugh rs the blues srnger rn Buddy s Golden Slrpper Workrng as crgarette grrl rs Clentrs NcCby and Ima jean Prrvrtt The former Glenna Edgar marrred to Basrl johnson 1S now playrng n Carnrge Hall After we had eaten but who should walk up but Odessa Copeland an old class mate As Coleen and I were walkrng down the street a newspaper hrt us Prckrng rt up we notrced several famrlrar names and prctures On the front page was a prcture of Leonard Srsk now a noted screntrst It told where Leonard rs tryrng to Egure out the Ernstren Theory Turnrng over a few pages we were surprrsed to see a prcture of Lum Barber and hrs wrfe Delores Prrddy Lum owns the largest cattle ranch rn Texas Delores has just been named champron barrel rrder of 1961 Lookrng at the sports sectron we saw where the famous mrdget auto racer Darrd Tettleton and hrs wrfe Wrlma Ramey have just arrrved rn New York Crty Also Tbmmy Landrs now coach at Strllwater has brought hrs basketball team to play rn Madrson Square Garden Glancrng at the back page we saw an ad The Lonely Hearts Club jorn now srgned Marlene Faulkner Carol Ann Ruyle and fo Nell Shepherd Throwrnp the newspaper away we were surprrsed to hear on a radro the vorce of Alva Moon Hrs announcrng brought back memorres of the F F A program durrng our Senror vear Whrle we were standrng and lrstenrng to Alva Bobby Sanders and hrs wrfe Betty Stevens walked up Bobby told us he owned a charn of shows over the Unrted States They told us Duane Prrddr omred the frnest thoroughbred race horses rn the Southwest Bruce Reed rs the owner and operator of the Reed Manufacturrng Conpany Workrng for Bruce rs Linda Berry hrs receptromst rm! Bea uonzwlrs hrs typrst It was growrng late when Coleen and I parted Fach carrrng wrth us the memorres of our class f S1 Qi' 2:5 I X W ff W 1 . . . . . I . . . . l . . , , i She told us she was the hostess in the restaurant. ' ' ' ll YI , . .i K 1 . K . ' . . ' o '. , A NX W - . I A ' 6' K . 14 K Q