Wilson High School - Eagle Yearbook (Wilson, OK)

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S E N I () R S Ernest Alexander Charlotte Brooks Sadie Kerr Wilma Wright Walter Holder Lessie Mae Dunn Carl Edwards Melvin Walker Earl Whitfield Waldo Teel Dora Lee Gunn Hazel M. Keele Lela Pearce George Bailey Mildred Mills Jack Walker Lemuel Apala Oleta Green Boyce Myers Odell Mitchell J. R. O’Dell Merrill Laurence Ruth Smith Leo Hubbard

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SENIOR PLAY ff Drums In My Heart 99 (CAST) Micro, The Chore Boy Darrell Lee Stevens Mrs. Graustark, A Crippled Old Lady Mary Ruth Haynes Helen Hunter, Mrs. Graustark’s Only Grandchild Hazel Deane Fuller Robert Morse, A Young Lawyer Carl Edwards Honor, The Housekeeper...... Lorene Newsom Nita, Her Pretty Daughter Ruth Smith Braxton Hunter, An Ex-Soldier Fritz Clark Sam Houston, A Private Investigator Waldo Teel The Sergeant, Sergeant of Police Edward Cowan Helen Hunter, whose husband disappeared five years ago is desperately in love with Robert Morse, a rising young lawyer. She refuses to get a divorce from her husband as she feels he will return and need her. Her grandmother and Robert feel that she is wrong and want her to marry Robert. During the play, Micro who wants to be a detective, unravels many points thus helping solve the mystery. Braxton Hunter, Helen’s husband, returns and we find that he has been married to Honor, Mrs. Graustark’s housekeeper. Braxton is murdered as he is about to kill Honor, his wife, to destroy all proof of his former marriage. Detective Sam Houston and the Sergeant of Police help solve the mystery. Houston at first is suspected as he was found investigating another case. Nita is Micro’s girl friend, and some amusing scenes, based upon their affair, take place. As the play unfolds, we find that Mrs. Graustark murdered Hunter to even the score he had made before. She is freed of the crime after Houston discovers facts that she had kept hidden for a year. Houston turns out to be the former sweetheart of Mrs. Graustark’s dead daughter, who had married Hunter after she had heard of Houston’s reported death. A war medal of Houston’s was stolen by Hunter and he gave it to Helen; thus, Mrs. Graustark kills Braxton with a bullet made out of the medal. Helen and Robert are married, and the play is climaxed with Houston telling Mrs. Graustark that it is a closed case as far as he is concerned. One - Act Play (CAST) Mike, Irishman, In Charge of Crew, About 40 J. C. Kerr Sam, Jew, About 28 Melvin Walker Thompson, Englishman, About 30 Fritz Clark Monk, Yankee, About 35 Edward Cowan Ed Roland, Mine Boss Son, About 24 Darrell Stevens Blackie, Negro, About 45 Earl Whitfield In a small clearing amid coal in a mine shaft deep underground, the entrance blocked by a landslide of coal from a previous cave-in, sit six men. All wear miner’s caps, the lights from which cast a ghastly light on both men and surroundings. There is little hope of rescue, and, the air being inadequate for six men, Thompson suggests that they draw lots and shoot the three men who draw the short pieces. Blackie draws the first short one, Sam the next and Mike the last. Only Thompson, Monk and Roland are left, and Monk and Roland fall asleep. During this time Thompson, tormented with the thought of having killed his friends, kills himself with the last bullet in the gun. The shot awakens Monk and Roland who quarrel again and Roland strikes Monk on the head with a piece of coal, killing him instantly. Roland then dies because of lack of air.

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S E N I O R S LEMUEL APALA— Footb? 11, 3 Years GEORGE BAILEY— PAT REED— Football, 4 Years Glee Club Mixed Chorus Quartet, Band Fresidcnt Student Council 36-37 HAZEL DEANE FULLER— Bend, Dramatics Treasurer Student Council 33-37 Senior Play MARY RUTH HAYNES— Student Ccunc'l 35-36 Quartet, Glee Club Mixed Chorus, Band Dramatics, Senior Play Annual Staff EUGENE BROOKS— Football, 3 Years DARREL STEVENS— Senior Play, One-Act Play Dramatics, Oratory OSCAR SWINFORD— Football, 3 Years Dramatics EDITH AUSTIN— Pep Club Band LEROY BEASLEY— Glee Club Mixed Chorus WALDO TEEL— Football, 3 Years Dramatics Senior Play Annual Staff Senior Class Reporter ERNEST ALEXANDER— Band BOYCE MYERS— Football, 4 Years Glee Club Mixed Chorus Band Dramatics MARY KATHERINE HARRIS— Band, Annual Staff Dramatics Student Council 35-36 Glee Club, Mixed Chorus. LORENE NEWSOM— Secretary Student Council 36-37 Glee Club, Mixed Chorus Dramatics, Senior Play Senior Class Sec.-Treas. Annual Staff Annual Queen BAINE HAWTHORNE -President of Band President of Senior Class Vice-Pres. Student Council 36-37 Glee Club, Mixed Chorus Brass Quartet, Band Dramatics, Soloist (Trombone) MALCOLM TUDOR— Glee Club, Mixed Chorus JACK WALKER— Glee Club, Mixed Chorus Quartet, Football, 3 Years Student Council 36-37 LESSIE MAE DUNN— Pep Club, Dramatics DORA LEE GUNN— Glee Club, Mixed Chorus MOZELLE LANGFORD— MILDRED MILLS—