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

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ra deny In the summer of I972 I was back rn Walters vrsrtang among frrends and relatrves Whrle there I rnqulred cround to see what had happened to the class of 1952 It was so rnterestang that I am relatrng rt to you and hope you frnd at as enlrghtenrng as I dad Thrs rs my report Coach ROBERT HOWARD of the Oklahoma Sooners was presented a Cadrllac last week an honor of hrs teams 52 straaght wrns Has assrstant coach JOHN CRUSE was also awarded a whrte shart for hrs outstandrng work Senator ANDREW FLANAGAN of Oklahoma made the headlrnes last week when he proved that GLORIA PORTILLO had not pard her mcome taxes truthfully for the past fave years She was grven a sentence of fave years rn Srng Sang DOROTHY STRICKLAND has been recognrzed as the most outstandrng secretary rn Washrng ton She rs secretary for Supreme Court Justrce RONNIE GOLDON Mr and Mrs ROBERT GREEN she rs the fomrer ALEENE ELKINS are vrsrtang rn France wrth Ambassador and Mrs DONALD DANIELS she as the former RETHA SEAY Mr and Mrs Green are the owners of the Green Mrdget Company an England Mr and Mrs ROYCE STONE she as the former MARTHA UNSICKER made the lreadlrnes this week when Martha gave barth to qurntruplets The couple have two other chrldr-en and were not expectrng frve more so rf you can spare drapers dresses blankets etc please send them at once BOBBY NAUNI and has wrfe the former NELDA LEDFORD are owners of Naunr Typrng School for Adults Some of therr students have been GENE STURDIVANT now presrdent of the Ford Company and hrs secretary BETTY SMITH I hear weddrng bells may be rrngrng soon The noted chemrst WALTER FLIPPO has rust completed an experrment amprovrng the hydro gen bomb The funeral was held last week for all rnterested PHIL HURST and BOBBY MASON loaned partnershrps lost week They are now operatrng Clyde s Caravan Club Cagarette garls an the club are WILLIE ALICE DAVIS and MARY JOYCE KERR The torch srnger BARBARA HOUSTON BURTON as accompanaed by JUNIOR SWANSON and hrs swrng band CHARLIE ROBERTSON and WENDELL MASON are grvrng the Caravan much competrtaon they are operators of the Shamrock Club next door Thear marn attractron rs JUERETTA BRANNON and her trarned cats MARGARET HOLCOMB concert pranrst rs berng featured at Carnegae Hall Saturday nrght Her theme as entrtled Three Bland Mace JOYCE BRIDGES has been drscharged from the Englash department at W H S after frfteen years She was caught beatrng one of her students because he called her an old mard JIMMY TURNER and LOUIS SEWARD are workrng on ANITA WALTON s ranch an West Texas therr boss has 302 orl wells MELVIN COPELAND an emrnent lawyer has successfully won a drvorce case for WYVA RHEU MINNICH agarnst CHARLES PIATT Charles was charged wrth mental cruelrty Muscles NORMA POTTER and Brutal ELVIAN PERMANSU renowned lady wrestlers made front page headlanes when they became anvolved wrth referee IVAN PHILLIPS but as usual the ladres came out on top JERRY DAGE rs now employed as barker and cashrer for the Brnglang Bros Crrcus The crrcus made rts last performance last week For some unknown reason rt went bankrupt The Sanctuary a home for dasappornted men who faaled to get therr women rs owned and operated by ALBERT MOON DONALD SANDERS and JACK O DELL are regulars BILLIE JO BOOTH rs now operator of the Booth Ice Co one of the largest rn Faarbanks Al MAXINE HOLT rs now operator of a reducrng salon She has turned out such people as VIRGINIA MOWLES now a famous model rn Parrs DONALD HATHAWAY and ELMER EDGEMON Hollywood s most elrgrble bachelors are com petang for the hand of glamor queen DORIS NANCE From what I hear Donald rs rn the lead BARBARA KIESPERT and RUBY MCNIEL have rust returned to therr home rn Lawton after tourang the U S demonstratrng therr new shorthand methods Thear book whach has sold 'I 000 000 copaes was publrshed by Kerspert McNrel and Co CHARLES FINCHER made sports hrghlrghts thas week when he hrt a homerun for Cleveland R L EVANS rs a mrssronary an the Bronx New York Each day he preaches on the corner Has organast as WANDA SYLVEST ER MARVIN TAHMAHKERA was admrtted to the Narcotrcs hosprtal rn Tennessee last month I hear he may recover Arrested for sellrng hrm dope was JEAN MEJIA famous sope rang leader PENELOPE TEAKELL recently recorded her mrllaoneth song entrtled Why Should ITeII You W YNANCY DAVIS rs now operatrng a Ladres Dress Shop rn Walters where she as prosperrng Recently JOY BRISCOE opened a ChrropractrcClrnrc rn Walters She has become very famous These drscoveraes about my classmates of 1952 have made me sad and happy But now my mrnd rs at ease because I know what venture my classmates of I952 have made V M . . - I 1 . ' o . . , 1 ' I . . - . . , I , I I I I 'I . 1 I ' I I I ' ' . p . . . ' 1 I I . . , . . . n . - rr . . . . . . - . g . I 1 1 I r I . . . . . ' H H . . . . . 1 I l , . . 0, I l . I . , I - - 1 . . . . . , , , . . . . I f ' . f I ' ' . . . u h . . . . y . . . . - . . U 1 l l

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We the class of 1952 an the town ot Walters county of Cotton and the state of Oklahoma beang of sound mand and body do hereby made our last wall and testament I DhORlS NdANCE wall my shorthand books to Frances Thompson and hope she wall fand more tame to study t an I da I JACK O DELL wall my abalaty to wrate test notes on the desk to Monzell Walson and hope he gets away wath at as I dad We NANCY DAVIS and GLORIA PORTILLA wall our places an the labrary to any persons who thank they have that much pataence CHARL EY ROBERSON do hereby wall my abalaty to play football to Elroy Cooper hell need at next year RETHA INEZ SEAY wall my abalaty to pass typang to Sharon Sue Clark I thank she needs at ROBERT GREEN wall my place as the baggest boy an school to anyone who thanks he can fall at BILLIE JO BOOTH wall my quaetness to Mary Thomas I thank she needs It WENDELL MASON wall my abalaty to play basketball to anyone who can fall my shoes We JUERETTA BRANNON and BARBARA H BURTON wall our abalaty to make all the school traps bas ketball football track speech and especaally band to Wauraka to Daxae Spear and Sherry McDonald R L EVANS wall my ears to Roger Wallard although at doesn t appear that he wall need them JOY BRISCOE wall my abalaty to talk an study hall and get away wath at to Charles Ray JUNIOR SWANSON wall my abalaty to speak Spanash to Mrs a.eGrand Also I leave my good looks to Davad Penn MARGARET HOLCOMB wall my posataon as secretary of the se'aaor class to any lunaor who can do at and stay sane ANDY FLANAGAN wall my football helmet fsaze IMI to Monzell Walson and hope he can till at better than I d d MARTHA UNSICKER wall my place as gossap edator to anyone who can keep news about themselves out JERRY DAGE wall my abalaty to get anto trouble wath all the teachers to Hershel Gandy MARY JOYCE KERR wall my clesare to play basketball to Delores Bradges CHARLES FINCHER wall to any aunaor my specaal carrot eatang technaque to grow larger ears and I cer taanly hope you have better luck at at than I dad BARBARA IHoustonl BURTON wall my abalaty to hook my man before I fanash school to Frances Thomp son and anyone else who thanks she can NORMA JEAN TURNER wall my love for rodeos and western clothes to Zella Sue Thompson NELDA LEDFORD wall my abalaty to get along wath Mrs Bradford to Barbara Burton I hear she needs at DONALD SANDERS wall my school problems to anyohe who can solve them and stay out late at naght PENELOPE TEACLE wall my genaus an typaaag fafteen words a manute to Sharley Kay Yakeyonny and hope she has as much fun as I dad whale doang so JIMMY TUNNER wall my abalaty to cause trouble an study hall to Doy Balls DOROTHY STRICKLAND wall my abalaty to chew gum an rhythm wath my typang speed to anyone who thanks they can do at BOBBY MASON beang of sound mand and body and able to control my mental facalataes I hope wall my abalaty to sleep an Englash and stall make my grades to anyone who thanks he can do as well as I dad ALBERT MOON hereby wall by abalaty to sleep an study hall to anyone who thanks he can get by wath at We JOYCE BRIDGES NORMA POTTER and VIRGINIA MOWL ES wall our three seats an Englash to any three who can sat an them and all have dafferent answers on the tests but stall make the same grades MELVIN COP ELAND wall my abalaty to get the most fouls and score the least number of poants to any basketball player who can do at BETTYE SMITH wall my abalaty to go wath the same boy as long as l have to any couple who can get along together as well as we have WALTER FLIPPO leave my seat by the door an Speech and Englash classes to Frank Calfy that s about as far from the teacher as you can get and stall be an the room WILLIE ALICE DAVIS wall my abalaty to wrate shorthand at forty words pea' manute to anyone who can achaeve such a great standang We DONALD HATHAWAY and ROYCE STONE wall our abalaty to fly anto a bradge an a car to anyone who thanks they can do at and come out alave MAXINE HOLT wall my abalaty to be valdactoraan to Davad Penn 8- Bally R Owens may the best man wan ELMER EDGMON wall my football and basketball lerseys to Edwan Howard hopang he can do a better aob fallang them than I dad WYVA RHEU MINNICH wall my part an all the plays as the adaot to Sylvaa Copeland ROBERT HOWARD wall my bus dravang aob to anyone who as crazy enough to take at We JOHN CRUSE and ELMER EDGMON wall our abalaty to have good ooks a car money and no garl to Elroy Cooper and Jerry Gallaam BARBARA KIESPERT wall my boyfraend Hershel Gandy to any garl who thanks she can get ham and keep ham as long as I have I KEY WOLF wall all my penny anne rockets to Tony Matthews I JOYCE BRIDGES wall my front seat an Mrs Bradford s class to my boyfraend Mason Cranford and also the abalaty to be as quaet as I was and stall get anto trouble We PHIL HURST MELVIN COPELAND and ANDY FLANAGAN wall our abalaty to pester Mrs Bradford ara class and get away wath at to any three aunaor boys who can do at ILVINA PERMANSU wall my abalaty to play basketball to Sylvaa Copeland LOUIS SEWARD wall my abalaty to stay out ofthe army untal I m twenty one by goang to school to Chubby Garrason ANITA WALTON wall my abalaty to perk sodas at Jarkaes to Judy Crenshaw CHARLES PIATT wall my seat on the school bus to anyone who thanks he as bag enough to keep at VIRGINIA MOWLES wall my book How to Eat and Get Slam to anyone who has the tame to read at follow the darectaons and get no results Ias I dad to anyone who thanks she may have more luck PHIL HURST wall my abalaty to argue wath all the teachers and come out on top to Hershel Gandy We KEY WOLF TAHMAHKERA NOAL GENE STURDIVENT and LOUIS SEWARD wall our abalaty to be together an the lunch lane everyday to any three kads who thank they can do at l BOBBY NAUNI wall my abalaty to stack my fanger an the buzz saw to anyone who as so bland that they can't see at las I dadl I I I . 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Colors Blue and Salver J Motto Hlgher Ideals to attain, new Fl0wer Red Rose 5 0 flelds to conquer thus our duty In September of l940 a small exclted group entered the first grade rn Walters lf the teachers could have called the roll of those who entered that day and would stay here and fmlsh together twelve long years later at mlght have read like this Jueretta Brannon Joy Briscoe, Nancy Davls Norma Potter, Betty Smuth Dorothy Draper Strrckland Wanda Sylvester Vurglnla Mowles, Maxme Holt Doris Nance Phul Hurst Walter Fllppo and Marvln Tahmahkera-we lost and gamed others One of our frrst actlvltles was the Rhythm Band for which we had our own specral umforms One of our most thrrllmg thmgs was assembly We got to put on our own plays and wntness those ofthe other classes ln grade school When we finally got to be slxth graders we had our own art exhlblt We were very proud of the monstrosntres we produced And then came graduatnon into highschool the most grown up day of our whole llves We wanted rt lust like the graduation of the seniors We worked and made money and planned our grft we were leavmg to the school The grft was a large clock to go an the hallway We had some money left so we planned a banquet lust as the seniors dad We had our banquet In the Leguon Hall and It was a success wrth entertalnment by the fnfth grade speeches gowns and the boys had on theur Sunday sults We were the first and the last class an gradeschool to have a banquet when we graduated from the sixth grade Frnally It was tame for the graduation exercises we were filled with awe as once more we donned our grown up clothes After we re celved our diplomas we dec :ded we dldn t want to leave gradeschool after all The next year we entered Into a whlrlwund of lockers changing classes and crowded hall ways wuthout recess Our time was fnlled watchmg our upper classmates saunter down the hall un a self assured way We stayed out of too much trouble except for a small matter not large enough to mentron ln the eighth grade we loaned the Senior Hugh pep club Our upper classmates started such a fuss about us lolmng the pep club that the next year we made a fuss because the eighth grade wanted to loan the pep club they drdn t We all had problems un thesqtrylng years of growmg up but our class had sailed thus far wrth flying colors We had to learn all about the openlng exercises In assembly and also how to partlclpate ln the assembly program We slowly made our cllmb untll we became the top class In W H S Seniors, at last Let us not forget to mentlon that we had our turn at serving the Junlor Senior banquet and then our year of havrng been In charge of the banquet As we sang our last song, Haul to Our Colors,' a funny feeling crept over our bod ues that made us want to be a mem ber of that group for as long as we lrved This year as the great last days are approachmg, we walt for that some feelmg to creep over us ln some of us we have a mlxed up feelmg of wanting to hurry on to the next step rn lrfe and strll regrettxng to take leave of our own W H S But whatever our feelrngs may be l am sure we can be proud of our class as a whole, and I know we wrll always be grateful to Dear Old Walters School Z D - ' . gg . . . . , . I, . . . t I . . I . 1 . I I . . . . I . I . I . I . . u i . . . I . . . I . . . I by the teachers, and all the food that we could stuff into our stomachs. The girls all wore evening . I . . I u - . . . , I - I . . . . . 1 . e I . . . I . ,. . , . . - . . n . u . I