Weleetka High School - Outlaw Yearbook (Weleetka, OK)

Text from Pages 1 - 130 of the 1956 volume:

DEDICATION To an understanding friend who has served as an inspiration to the students of Weleetka High School, who has gained the profound respect of all for his ability to exemplify and teach others the great principle of living as he molded their minds, who has given of his years that we might be “equipped to live a happy life and earn an honest living”— To C. M. Johnson, we, the Senior Class, dedicate this 1956 Outlaw. THE SUPERINTENDENT’S MESSAGE CLASS OF 1956: The Mirorid challenKes you to have faith—faith in vourselves— of ma!T Th Pe°P S ?r0.Und -Vou—faith in your work—faith in the destiny of man. The world is in need of people who have deep, clear conviction. l. .. is a freat w;de world, unlimited frontiers on a far flung horizon, that you face as you go forth from high school. You are to bf urned that you shall live your active years in such a wonderful age that eu,- Produced by the deep thinking of man and fashioned by the plenUfu 1 lySendowed hfmfr0m the which nature hL so t you™, wTh Tur' st £ d iv 'wh °f the,fl|fure.Just beyond the horizon of your own high school days, where a challenging world awaits you. My best wishes to you as you graduate from high school. Sincerely, C. M. JOHNSON THE BOARD OF EDUCATION T. J. Lasater, president; J. T. Spence, vice president: Murrel Cowherd, member: Homer Griffin, member; E. S. Gray, clerk. HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING PRIMARY BUILDING Faculty c. M. JOHNSON DEAN TRAMMELL LEWIS KENNEDY GENE HODGENS DAVE PUCKETT CHARLES BRILEY KATHRYN SMITH FRIEDA LEWIS ALMA JAMES ETHEL JOHNSON COZETTE COOPER MILDRED RAEUBER HAZEL WOOD EDNA STANKEWITZ VIOLET KING Seniors MISS WILMA GRANSTAFF BRIAN STEWART FRED LARNEY Sponsor President Chairman—Teens for Polio Annual Staff Dramatics Vice President Football Basketball Baseball JOY LUMBERT Secretary Majorette Dramatics Queen Attendant Reporter Drum Major Dramatics Queen Attendant Cheerleader Dramatics Queen Attendant Tennis JO STANKEWITZ JEANETTE FULLER TERRY ALLEN Baseball Basketball Football Visual Education SHIRLEY REDDICK Football Queen Majorette Dramatics Tennis DON CRAWLEY Football Basketball Tennis Visual Education PEGGY REID Pep Club Queen Attendant Glee Club BILL RASBERRY Annual Editor Football Tennis Dramatics JEANNE SANDLIN F. H. A. President Cheerleader Dramatics Tennis JOSH LUNSFORD Football F. F. A. Baseball Dramatics LEONA CANARD Cheerleader F. H. A. Secretary Dramatics Annual Staff CHARLES WILEY F ootball Basketball Baseball Dramatics LORETTA PENROD JOE BROWN Pep Club Football MARTHA GROENEWOLD Sub.-Dist. F. H. A. President Pep Club Dramatics Tennis PHILLIP CRAWLEY Dramatics Band Vocal Music RUTH ANN BROWN HALL F. H. A. Pep Club DAVID BOLING F. F. A. Dramatics Pep Club F. H. A. Library Pep Club Football Tennis Visual Education - LEON COSSEY F. F. A. Football PEGGY EDENS F. H. A. Pep Club KEITH VENCILL Vocal Music Tennis Annual Staff Visual Education .10 ANN DUNZY F. H. A. Pep Club HENRY REID EDNA WOODS Basketball Pep Club F. H. A. Juniors . MRS. FREIDA LEWIS Sponsor BARBARA BASSETT Secretary Dramatics ARVELLA BLANKENSHIP Pep Club RICHARD BEATTIE President Football PATSY ASBURY Pep Club V ‘a ►1' DENNY SPENCE Vice-President Band STANLEY CRAWLEY Football WALTER HARPER Track JOYCE BOWMAN Pep Club TOMMY HODGE Football WANDA ELLARD Cheer Leader LINDA HOOVER Pep Club DAVID REDDICK Football RONNIE THOMAS Football MARY KUB Dramatics CLARENCE HOOPER Band JOAN BURDEN Dramatics DWAIN STEPHENS Baseball BETTY WATSON Pep Club CLARK VENCILL Baseball BARBARA WALKER Dramatics PATSY MORGAN Dramati?s JIMMY WILLIAMS Football GEORGE LENTZ Dramatics CATHERINE GIBSON BURDEN PATTY STEPHENS Pep Club Dramatics PEGGY GIBSON Dramatics DAVID LOLLIS President JACK HOOVER Vice President SANDRA PRATER Secretary-Treasurer PATTY TOMS SUE BROWN DON L. PAYNE JIMMY TRAIL BETTY CANARD HENDRICK SCOTT JUDY BEATTIE HELEN RASBERRY JIMMY FIXICO ALBERTA TRAIL DENNY JONES MARY REID MARTHA ELLIG DELORES JOHNSON RUTH CLENDENING FRANK BURTON JANE ANN WAGONER TOMMY CURRAN BERNICE MILAM ALLEN CHADIC BETTY PATTERSON KENNETH ANTHONY DOROTHY MAGHE JAMES BARBER THEO KENNEDY JOE ALLEN VONDA KAY FRYE CONNIE COBLE SARAH CISSNA JON WINN SUE DAGGETT JOAN CRAWFORD ROSIE UNDERWOOD MELOSIE FISH SUSANNA JACKSON I Junior High FRESHMEN Helen Johnson President Clifford Mahan Vice-President Jimmy Jones Secretary-Treasurer Pat Briggs Owen Chadic Toie Ellig Killy Maddox Iona Fite Jimmy Maddox Mildred Gibson James Newman Shirley Goswick Bennie Prater Billie Gail Hall Tommy Puckett Sue Kramer Kay Keid Peggy Minyard Gene Sams Linda Reddick Johnny Smith Faye Keid Jerry Snell Mary Ann Roberts Jerry Trottmann Helen Underwood James Watkins Sally Watson EIGHTH GRADE FIRST ROW: Seamon, Seamon, Sandlin, Reid, Puckett. SECOND ROW: Moore, Minyard, McKinnon, Mahan, Maghe, Maddox, Ray. THIRD ROW: Hooper, Groenewold, Graham, Gibson, Frye, Diggins, Sallee. FOURTH ROW: Cossey, Cossey, Clendening, Burden, Bex, Ellig. STANDING: Winn, Williams, Toms, Trottmann, Wa.ker, webb, Wiley, Williamson, Crawley, Jones, Patterson, Thompson. SEVENTH GRADE FIRST ROW: Atterberry, Fuller, Cooper. SECOND ROW: Jones, Folsom, Johnson, Hoover, Cossey. THIRD ROW: Neff, Payne, Brown. FOURTH ROW: Buckley, Hooper, Burton, Puckett, West, Milam. Elementary SIXTH GRADE LEFT TO RIGHT: FIRST ROW: Mason, Bex, White, Bowman. SECOND ROW: Allred, Earls, Graham, Quinn. THIRD ROW: Harris, Ellig, Williams, Fite, Walker, Prater, Spenre. FOI RTH ROW: Patterson, Webb, Atterberry, Cowherd. Dunzy, Frye, Johnson, Davis. FIFTH ROW: Gaines, Jones, Kramer, Jackson, Chotkey. FIFTH GRADE LEFT TO RIGHT FIRST ROW: Lancaster, Tippin, Kub, Manley, Adams, Wiley, Simmer. SECOND ROW: Kramer, Ladd, Roby, Winn, Wise, Kettle, Anthony. THIRD ROW: Kennedy, Humphrey, Fuller, Jones, White, Venciil, Morgan. FOURTH ROW: Snell, Burden, Deen, Smith, Scott, Gibson, Atterberry. STANDING: Grayson, Reddick, Hodgens, Jackson, Hodge, Bolt. FOURTH GRADE LEFT TO RIGHT FIRST ROW: Walker, Renfrow, Beaulieu, Reid, Fields, Sallee. SECOND ROW: Fields, Jones, Coyle, Kramer, Patterson, Henshaw. THIRD ROW: Jackson, Graham, Cossey, Beaver, Wind, Manley. FOURTH ROW: Goswick, Blankenship, Ellig, Gaines, Shatwell, Shatwell. FIFTH ROW: Sallee, Crawley. Not Shown: Lee-, Toms, Brown. THIRD GRADE LEFT TO RIGHT FIRST ROW: Ladd, Kub, Ladd, Fields, Patterson. SECOND ROW: Hoover, Colley, Kettle, Bowman, Sallee, Adams. THIRD ROW: Crump, Hahn, Diggins, Griffin, Snell, Payne, White. FOURTH ROW: Chadic, Crump, Wells, West, Mead, Fuller, Mahan. SECOND GRADE LEFT TO RIGHT FIRST ROW: Folsom, Harjo, Webb, Langston, Ellig. SECOND ROW: Barrett, Duncan, Jones, Shatwell, Ellig, Reddick, Scott, Renfrow, Watts. THIRD ROW: Stankewitz, Deen, Pruett, Fields, Bonet, Allred, Brown, Cowherd, Crump, Jones, Radford, Bennett. FOURTH ROW: Ray, Porter, Taylor, Rasberry, Jackson, Roby. FIRST GRADE LEFT TO RIGHT FIRST ROW: Hayes, Fuller, Workman, Mead. SECOND ROW: Briggs, Snell, Cossey, White. THIRD ROW: Puckett, Stanford, Smith, Frye, Chadic, Wells. FOURTH ROW: Prater, Hoover, May, Wainscott, Earls, Barrett. FIFTH ROW: Campbell, Wood, Wainscott, Colley, Shatweli, Hester. SIXTH ROW: Gordon, Sallee, Scott, Crump. Harjo, Reid, Ladd. Activities and Athletics FOOTBALL QUEEN MISS SHIRLEY REDDICK QUEEN ATTENDANTS Captain Don Crawley and Queen Shirley Reddick Joy Lumbert Ted Thomas Helen Johnson Joe Brown Pefjgy Reid Leon Cossey Jeanette Fuller Charles Wiley Sue Brown Josh Lunsford Catherine Gibson Burden Jeanne Sandlin Fred Larney Jo Stankewitz Terry Allen Bill Rasberry GLEE CLUB FIRST ROW: Stankewitz, Fuller, Briggs, Stephens, Bassett, Rasberry, Ellig, Reddick, Kennedy, Brown, Reddick, M'ss Granstaff SECOND ROW: Minyard, Lumbert, Reid, Had, Johnson, Kub. Wagner, Daggett, Burden, Walker, Canard, Beattie. GIRLS QUARTET MIXED QUARTET mmamsKm ? w mm n—i...... r m, t i ElKg, Stankewitz, Lumbert, Burden. Beattie, Bassett, Stankewitz, Vencill. SOLOS , Briggs, Burden. Second Row: Groenewold, Kennedy, Vencill, Bassett. GIRLS TRIO Ellig, Bassett, Burden. I PEP CLUB FIRST ROW: Canard, Sandlin, Ellard, Fuller. SECOND ROW: Reid, Hall, Roberts, Johnson, Briggs, Kramer, Ellig, Gibson. Canard. THIRD ROW: Reid, Blankenship, Fite, Gibson, Daggett, Groenewold, Beattie, Minyard. FOURTH ROW: Lumbert, Stephens. Stankewitz, Bassett. Watson, Reddick, Rasberry, Ellig. CHEER LEADERS Leona Canard, Jeanne Sandlin, Wanda Ellard, Jeanette Fuller BAND ! FIRST ROW, left to right: Reddick, Beattie, Kub, Kennedy, Spence Bassett, Stephens, Briggs. SECOND ROW: Canard, Trottmann, Wagner, Hooper, Graham, Graham, Rasberry, Lumbert, Crawley, Thompson, Hooper. THIRD ROW: Moore, Quinn. Coble, Stankewitz, Spence, Payne, Rasberry, Johnson, Hooper, Mason, Allred. FOURTH ROW: Reddick, Minyard, Walker, Burden, Brown. MAJORETTES Joy Lumbert Jo Jo Stankewitz Shirley Reddick TWIRLERS PAWNEE TROPHY Reddick, Stankewitz, Lumbert. Reddick, Lumbert, Spence, Stankewitz. TWIRLING ENSEMBLE BAND OFFICERS Brown, Reddick, Rasberry, Johnson, Kennedy, Briggs, Stankewitz, Lumbert. Spence, Rasberry, Brown, Crawley, Briley, Reddick, Stankewitz, Lumbert. Pawnee Solos Ensembles Ada Solos Ensembles Sitting: Mason, Spence, Rasberry, Sitting: Lumbert, Rasberry. Lumbert, Allred. Standing: Spence. Reddick, Bassett, Standing: Beattie, Reddick, Bassett, Briggs, Beattie. Briggs, Stankewitz, Spence. Future Homemakers of America FIRST ROW: Sandlin, Stephens, Reddick, Beattie, Canard, Asbury, Reid, Lumbert, Brown. SECOND ROW: Crawford, Rdd, Fite, Hall, Gibson, Walker, Rasberry, Brown, Ellig, Smith, Milum, Reddick. THIRD ROW: Patterson, Ellig, Johnson, Kramer, Minyard, Clendening, Groenewoid, Johnson, Canard, Burden, Burden, Fuller, Stankew'tz. FOURTH ROW: Toms, Dunzy, Bassett, Story, Wagoner, Gibson, Kennedy, Maghe, Reid, Daggett, Prater, Milum. F. H. A. Officers FIRST ROW: Canard, Kennedy, Sandlin, Groenewoid. SECOND ROW: Walker. Fuller, Ellig, Burden, Milum. I F. F. A. FIRST ROW: Jones, Gaines, Smith, Newman, Watkins, Scott', Vencill. SECOND ROW: Cossey, Hoover, Curran, Anthony, Chadic, Chadic, Maddox, Jones, Puckett, Sams. THIRD ROW: Hodgens, Mahan, Hooper, Hodge, Wi'.ey, Payne, Burden, Maddox, Fixico, Lollis, Boling. CHAPTER PROJECT F. F. A. SWEETHEARTS Hoover, Jones, Hodge, Lollis Joan Burden ami Mildred Gibson F. F. A. OFFICERS Hodge, president — Anthony, vice-president Hodgens, advisor — Lollis, sentinel Hoover, secretary DRIVER EDUCATION LEFT TO RIGHT: Ralph Harlin—Instructor FRONT ROW: Morgan, Barber, Crawley, Coble, Scott. BACK ROW: Underwood, Fish, Cissna, Bui den, Wagner. Canard, Brown, Rasbeiry, Blankenship, Ciendening, Crater, Fite, Trail, Crawford. LIBRARIANS VISUAL ED 'T' j in v r v i SITTING: Frye, Ellig, Gibson, Roberts, Reid, Kramer. STANDING: Toms, Daggett, Milam, Gibson, Watson, Maghe, Patterson, Milam. FIRST ROW: Coble, Thomas, Jones, Trottmann. SECOND ROW: Rasberry, Allen, Bur- ton, Vencill, Allen, Crawley. SENIOR HONOR STUDENTS VALEDICTORIAN: Jo Jo Stankewitz and Billy Rasberry SALUTATORIAN: Jeanne Sandlin STATE HONOR SOCIETY LEFT TO RIGHT SITTING: Stephens, Bassett, Reddick, Reid, Sandlin, Fuller, Stankewitz. STANDING: Hall, Watson, Toms, Maghe, Rasberry, Jones, Puckett, Allen, Stewart, Rasberry. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SITTING: Beattie, Puckett, Smith, Chadic, Jones, Maddox, Burton. KNEELING: Payne, Thomas, Lollis, Chadic, Sams, Fixico, Cossey, Williams. STANDING: Puckett, Crawley, Reddick, Hodge, Brown, Thomas, Larney, Wiley, Rasberry, Crawley, Allen, Trammell. COACHES Dean Trammell and David Puckett FOOTBALL SCHEDULE OPPONENT Weleetka • Morris 34 • • Savanna 21 • Konawa 7 • Allen 6 • • Wetumka 21 • Bowlegs 0 • Talihina 27 • • Dewar 7 • • Maud 0 • District Games 0 13 0 33 7 C 6 14 37 ★Home Games High School Basketball STANDING, Left to Right: Coach Dean Trammell, Allen, Crawley, Reid. Wiley, Burton, Larney. KNEELING: Williams, Hoover, Thomas. Coble, Stephens. 1955-56 Record Opponent Weleetka Pharoah 50 36 Okemah 67 45 Graham 38 62 Bowlegs 53 31 Allen 34 36 Maud 37 47 Konawa 34 54 Allen 35 52 Bowlegs 46 41 Dustin 49 44 Graham 35 51 Dustin 55 36 Pharoah 66 47 Maud 44 54 Okemah 38 52 Konawa 31 39 Junior High Football KNEELING: Graham, Frye, Ellig, Jones, Buckley, Digging, Seamon. STANDING: Mr. Trammell, Ray, Cossey, Puckett, Puckett, Mahan, Bur den, Crawley, Puckett. Junior High Basketball KNEELING: Ellig, Sandlin, Trottmann, Puckett. STANDING: ( rawley, ( hadic, Sams, Mahan, Puckett, Jones, Groenewold. Tennis FIRST ROW: Stankewitz, Lumbert, Reddick, Sandlin, Groenewold. SECOND ROW: Mr. Parsons, Lollis, Coble, Fuller, Crawley, Rasberry, Thomas, Vencill, Trottmann. Baseball FIRST ROW: Sams, Larney, Wiley, Reddick, Aden, Vencill SECOND ROW: Mr. Trammell, Jones, Stephens, Mahan, Jones, Allen, Lunsford. THIRD ROW: Hodge, Crawley, Barber. Scott. Custodians Rufus Canard, Kenneth Wade, Delbert Durbin, Noble Walker Cooks Myra Cleaver, Virgie Brown, Pauline Mitchell Annual Staff LEFT TO RIGHT Charles Briley: Sponsor Patty Toms: Sophomore Representative Martha Groenewold: Advertising Staff Brian Stewart: Assistant Editor Jeanette Fuller: Senior Representative Bill Rasberry: Editor Fay Reid: Freshman Representative Patty Stephens: Junior Representative Jeanne Sandlin: Typist Keith Vencill: Sales Manager Calendar Of Events August 29—IN THE BEGINNING September 9—First Football Game with Morris September 23—First Conference Game with Konawa September 30—Won Conference Game with Allen October 7—Wetumka Game and Homecoming Coronation October 14—Won Conference Game with Bowlegs October 31—Halloween November 11—Labor Day Vacation November 18—Won Maud Game — Won Conference November 24-25—Thanksgiving Holidays December 2—First Basketball Game with Pharoah December 9—Junior Play December 23-January 3—Christmas Vacation January 13—First Semester Ends January 12-14—Weleetka Invititional Tournament January 26-28—County Basketball Tournament February 13-17—District Tournament March 9—District Teachers Meeting March 16—Senior Play March 13—Baseball Season Starts March 23—District Music Contest at Ada April 2—Easter Vacation April 18-19-20—State Vocal Contest at Norman April 7—Pawnee Parade May 2-6—Senior Trip at Lake Murray May 11—Junior-Senior Banquet and Prom May 13—Baccalaureate Program May 15—Junior High School Commencement May 16—Senior Class Day Program May 17—High School Commencement May 18—THE END Advertising Fine Flavor Fresh Daily Processed in Southern Oklahoma’s Largest and Finest Dairy Plant THE CLASS OF 1956, SEE YOUR GROCER Her work is easier— Her work is neater— with the new Standard FOR ROYAL MEADS World’s Largest Manufacturer of Typewriters FINE BREAD Howard Typewriter SERVICE COMPANY 107 N. 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