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EL RENO (OKLA.) DAILY TRIBUNE
WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1940
] P Tonight Marks Close
of Highschool Year
The E. H. S. Boomer
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El. RENO HIGHSCHOOI* MAY IS. 1940
-JS £ SASTU! BANQUET GIVES
MANY THRILLS
Class. Under Supervision Of
Miss Josephine Hodnett
t HARRIET GOLDEN, Editor
Associate Editor—Hubert Marsh.
* ' Club Editor—James Willmon.
”’’’ Feature Writer—Elizabeth Cox.
•" Sports Writers—8tuart Chambers
. '■’and Porter Beard.
I - Copy Readers—Gloria Gilbert,
Penny Vimn. Myrtle Hlnrickaen,
Echoes Are Heard Today
With Everybody Still
Talking About It
Wasn’t the Junior-senior ban-
quet fun? We've talked about it
so lont. it really doesn't seem
Kenneth Flagler and Leon Baker. ## (f lt.g ovpr
up the walk
Reporters—Mildred Means. Wilma
■'[‘Jean Dungan. Barbara Taylor. Dan
"Carter, Anna Marie Wied, Boyd
“Wilson, jf„ Laura Baehler, Glenn
Hansberry, Carleton Bayless. Mary
" ’Ellen Pouts. Bud Hardwick. Billy
Douglas.
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"NOW IT'S GOODBYE
TO HIGHSCHOOL DAYS
After four years of hard work.
‘ we seniors receive our diplomas
,’.tonight.
,1, During these four years we have
. .come to love the hlRhscliool and
... the teachers After we receive our ! manJon
diplomas tonight, we will not be. After we were seated, we began
htghsehcol students and we will I looking at the beautiful table dec-
.*miss the helping hands of our J orations. We Investigated the old
teachers. I f**hloned lamps, which were our
Teachers have been our friends favors, and found they con-
and our counselors during the talnefl gum drops Then we sat-
•'’"years; they have given their time
Coming up the walk at the
Etta Dale Junior highschool, we
wondered If all the pretty dresses
and good looking suits we saw
could be worn by the boys and
girls we had gone to school with
for so long. It was fun Just to
stand and look at everybody.
When we finally did go In.
the "Oone With the Wind" dec-
orations took our breath, they
were so beautiful. The silhouettes
and framed pictures which were
hung on the walls made us think
EDITORIAL GROUP
FETED AT PICNIC
SENIOR CLASS WILL
S™;:; jlx st £ s
«. i*nk i-,-.* sr-2r»Ks tJSur«'s
and other outstanding features [girls' glee club. Anita Grant re-
. I to the members of the junior, 1 ceives Eileen Green's style.
Students who enjoyed the picnic #ophomore, and freshman classes Bud Hardwick gives his position
Z' Xval'V.^ FouU Mv"; We. as representatives ot the as presidentV^te^Ets'
Hinrlchsen. Mtklred Gardner, Gloria I s6n*01 p»a’* of the El Heno high- association to Jack Valllant.
school of the year 1940, do here Craig Hampton gives his discus
AWARDS GIVEN
MANY SENIORS
man bridge.
Outstanding Ability Wins
Recognition In
Highschool
THERE’S NOTHING
TO DO ABOUT IT
being valedictorian and salutatcr-
lan. respectively,
Curtis Myers, a member of the
Seniors with outstanding ability
have been rewarded at some time
during the year with various spe-
* cial awards
Gilbert Elizabeth Cox. Kathleen; U1 l"'' ,c"‘ craig Hampton gives his discus j ’ . ,
Kester Rebecca Rice Harriet bequeath alld wdl ,b6 fo ow n” that he used in the senior plav ! Ruth Conrad and Jewel Laid
Golden, Vann, James, ^*«nt. abilities, and outstanding to Jack MltcheU. but we rpPftlly have earned the distinction -
Willmon. Kenneth Flagler, Albert | fp*l“reK ,0 ll,e followln8 members don't, know why. and June Holland “ * nr an "
Houle, Jr., Stuart Chambers and of mp loWpr classes: gives her red hair to Naomi Mc-
Jewel Lord I "Penny” Vann would like very Dermott.
They were accompanied by Miss much t0 wl“ hpr pretty' curIy j Albert Houle. jr„ gives his tal- 36,1816 debating .society was pre-
Josephine Hodnett P blonri lialr t0 Ix>is Higginbotham ent on the xylophone to Jimmy I senled the Forum award' a stlV6r
p __ Mgry H,en Fouls wishes to will Hodges, add Marjorie Hunt wills I lovlng cup' bPcause of his oul-
her prettv brown eves to Betty i,-,. debating talent to r;eiaifii,ie I standing citizenship. , - , ----- _ , ......
... • ---«->— ------>-■ ng 1 ° 8 1 ne | g^nior boys who were awarded ’hen at la*t when 1 realized that] Squaws elected Bernice Wise
letters in t ' Vetban are Bob Board-11 wouldn’t be singing it much | president; Opal Todd, vice presl-
Tommy McGill gets Morris ’ n Pranlc c „son Sammy | more-T cried just a little bit. j dent; Catherine Newsom, secretary;
Hurst’s track ability, and Barbara 1 shackplford Raymond Wagner and I Well. I guess nothing can be ! Dorothv Todd, treasurer; and Dnna
” *" ‘ orrig Hurst. done about growing up and grad-| Mae Fahey and Helen Tinsley.
Those receiving football letters uating, but I still wish I were yell leaders.
Well, here I am. sitting here j
trying to think of something to - Several of the clubs of El Reno
write. I’m a graduating senior at j highschool have elected officers
last. It isn’t nearly as pleasant as for the coming school term.
I had anticipated. As a matter of; New officers of the Laterati arc
fact. I find a very unpleasant j as f0u0WS: president, Geraldine
feeling clutching at mv midriff, j GarnPtt; vice president, Nellie
The more I think about it, the Marle ghtrttz: secretary. Patty
closer I come to tears. Just, think— 1 Tompkins; treasurer. Dona Mae
for six years fl started up here1 pahPy
before El Reno had a junior high- | _e e]ected Mpne Hebberd
school) Ive tolled and struggled, j p 8 N l McDprmott. vice
“idinf rr: T 2" 5SS; S ***»». —
in this building. Ive been ells- j tarv-trea-ui-eri. Sara Ann Preston,
appointed lots of times, but some- j ,.v , ad
thing always happened to maker1'6 eacP1-
up for that, I Eleanor Davis was elected prest-
And the teachers—they have dent r'** the National Fo,6118lc 168
been so sweet. Well, maybe once , K110- Other officers are ‘ „ ,,-
in awhile I would be mean and j water, vice president, ' 8,16‘ ’
the teacher would get after me i secretary; Geraldine
ana I would say mean things ] treasurer. pip(,led
under my breath, but I didn't ' Members of the B. M. ■ - ;
mean them honest I didn’t. (Betty Mia Stitt preslcen -
Oh! I mustn't forget to men-;June Zimmerman, vice pr ■
lion the sensation I always felt • Additional Boomer on Page 4
when wo sang the "Alma Mater.” j __ —
I always sang the bass because ] Faye Gardner, secretary: Doris
it made me feel so collegiate And I Roundtree, treasurer.
Allen, while Leon Baker would Donnellan
like for Moyna June Nicholson
I to have her place on the girls
<|llaltPl , , Mitchell gives her French book i "u.M-ct*
_ ....... There are several "fellas ' and | The exchange editor. Glenn to Dorothy MltcheU. Kathleen KM-1 H
of the inside ot a large southern "Sa*" who will be considerably ManM.en-, v ,11s the exchange Ier givP, lVha| ablli|, sh„ mif I J^Tchamhew Bud H»rd-
lonesome next year, Harold Defen-, papers to any strong. health\ pei- pCssess 011 (bp pjflno |,0 ail Up. j ' , T ,p
baugh and Jack Mitchell will cry ' son In the creative writing class and_comlng |)ianlst *■ • 'wlck Jack McKinster, I.onme
on each other's shoulders when j next vear. j orrene.
to us to make us study harder.
M .
""When some of us hnve been close
to the failing point, they have
' come to our rescue We have play-
__ed many JokPs and pranks on
fc.our teachers, and they have laugh-
VP<1 with us. We shall miss their
- cheery “Good mornings;" we shall
miss their scoldings when we loaf-
pd Instead of studied
. We appreciate the fact now
that several teachers found It
„ necessary to burden us with heavy
» assignments.
Wp appreciate the efforts of the
J school administrators tn improv-
’ log the school and the campus
isfled Stuart Chambers' curostty
by telling him why there were
glass bowls over the flowers. <It
made them look so sweet and old
fashioned,)
Sara Ann Preston and Albert
Houle. Jr., at our table, and she
was wearing a real orchid. Since
we've never visited the south sea
Islands, we don't mind saying It
Mhi-y Lou j Mjtcj,eu, Curtis Myers, Ira Palmer,
Virginia Timberlake and Leon Juanita Townsend wills her pep Lonnie Mitchell is
coming back to E. H.
year- Penny Vann
S next
j Raymond Rollin. Don Smith and
Baker march out of the auditorium, aro| personality to Helen Tinsley. i>er 0^ he Track Temn ' who ’fne's I ^mrs Sing in track are I
s.- - -.......- —
Mildred Novy gives her good nat- Five seniors lettered in tennis, j
lire to Donella Monday, and J W. I Dan Carter. Kenneth Sain, Hubert
Thanks a Million
Tommy McGill was elected presi-
dent of the National Honor society;
Bolene Hebberd, vice president;
and Louise Spears, secretary,
i Sara Ann Preston was elected
| president of the Phi literary soc-
j iety; Eleanor Davis, vice presi-
dent; Delores Harrison secretary;
To the Students’ association for , Helen Lou Ricker, treasurer.
Ann Rice will keep each other to accept her artistic ability
company on lonely evenings. When Winifred Williams gives her urP"to^ Donella Monday.’ andYw I Dan’ Carter.' Kenneth Sain. Hubert Iits tlm work this year. Every
Albert Houle, tr. and James Will- SWeet personality to her best Qffield gives his "lateness" to 1 Marsh. Jimmy Canon and Albert year thp association is picking ANTICIPATED
mon are away at college friend's sister. Betty Buss, and | •■Tubby” Rush Betty Roundtree ] Houle )r up sp6Pd and be(’ominS more
Marian Riggs will be a blue | David Wright would like to will ^voiilci like for Kathleen Maynard Golf letters were presented to
sophomore with Albert Mongold j his "curly hair lo Plnk> Dyelie l0 KP^ bPr southern aecent. | Byion Gambel. Sammy Shackelford
gone Jewel Ixjrds ability on the corn,'1 Another unusual gift is that of [and Frank Gibson.
Donrllu Monday will hnve fond is to go to Bob Miefedtth, and gammv Shackelford, who gives his Seniors who lettered in drama-
was the first one we ever saw
The food was wonderful. And j June Nicholson will be riding In
look who served It—'twas a group <he same boat uftei Jack Evans
of lassies from the sophomore class j and Raymond Urton say adieu
who were "done up" In frilly, j to E H S
starched pinafores and looked like j Ruth Birlew will stroll In the
the little kid sisters of the south- \ halls alone next vear, because
ern belles who were present j Morris Hurst will be out on his
• rtiTrlnc the four venrs that we! Some of the sophomore class, own
* have been here wb0 W6rP Pressed as waiters, help- Margaret Ogden will spend many
: In farewell, we wish to express ed their classmate, with the bls-
- our appreciation to the Junior | cult passing. Incidentally, we kept
— class for the lovelv banquet they I OeorglaMae Huckabee who served
gave in our honor Friday night. «"■ ,ab'6 V6ry b""y
O F Carlton came by
memories when anyone mentions Ruth Conrad wills her 'smart- to Johnny Sanir Raymond
Dan Carter's name ness to Charles Faubkrn. Wagner wills his center position
Bonnye Bell Bayless and Moyna Other wishes ot the seniors In- on the basketball squad to Reese
elude that it Bob BoardmanP who [Thompson.
gives his ability on tin basketball^ Barburn Ta' lor gives her long
court to Loren Rochelle.
Dan Carter would like for Carl
c,
' Into—the deep south we were
tiiten %*t Friday evening, on a
Journey that will Unger forever
In our hearts.
A sigh of remembrance escapes
as we think of the beautifully dec-
orated banquet hall, but the real
thrill of remembering comes when
the Visions of lovely, lovely young
ladles tn their beautiful dresses
come before our mind.
fheda Stephenson, with the sen-
ior president. Sammy Shackelford,
at the head of the receiving
and greeted all guests with
her charming smile. Theda was
armed In a low cut aquamarine
printed formal.
maabeth Cox looked like an
•ngel tn her starched chiffon of
the mdit heavenly shade of blue
Another dreaa that certainly
the eye was the rose bustle
taffeta of Dorothy Buss,
taffeta dresaes that wen-
pretty were the peach
Juanita Miller; the blue
OOe worn by Rebecca Rice; the
pMch and blue ones worn by tlie
VMd Maters; the rose taffeta with
0 ONne bolero, worn by Vesta Hfn-
rteksen: and yellow dress of
Burdette Weldmann
Quite a novel-y was the sheer
coral catered seersucker dress of
Dorothy Jean Pipkin
All qghl were turned to talented
Blttmft .Taylor as she gave her
W splendidly not onlv be-
irauae of her entertaining ability
ause her dress of pink
and lace was perfect for
and
lonely hours over pleasant mem-
ories of Bill Baker.
Virginia Belle Bmce Will find It
hard to forget Billy Palmer
Jokingly asked us please not to
take home any of the silverware
or table linens. Why. Mr. Carlton!
Following Toastmaster Tommy
McGill’s Introduction. S a m in y
Shackelford, president of the sen-
ior class, told hls usual number SUCCPSS
of good Jokes.
Time soon passed; and alter
eating all of "Mammy" Hatties
beaten biscuits that we could hold
We found It was time to go home
Thank you, Juniors, for giving
us such a lovely banquet. Though
It's "gone with the wind," well
always remember It—Elizabeth
Cox.
THESE ARE WORTH
A SECOND READING ceive her friendliness
- Kermlt Anderson gives hls tal-
Here are a few quotations for ent for driving to Jack Burmeler
graduating seniors to
eyelashes to Mary LaVonne Bourne,
and Howard Timanus wills Ills
Little to receive his ability on , chewing gum to Edith Rae Tally,
the tennis court so that he may William Wallace gives his well-
be on the team next year after known laugh to Zennon Gill.
Dan Is gone. 1 Kenneth Wheeler gives his job ns
Margaret Shtrey wills her courage librarian of the band to anv boy
to Georgette Storv, and Howard In the bnnd who wants it. A J
Minton w ills hls unusual ability , Stitt, gives his ability on the ] S*'n und Albert Houle. Jr.
to remember dates tn history to I trumpet to Hnrlan Helgeson. And1 Howard Minton received a letter
Bernice Wise. long may he "swing!” l°r winning third In modem Europ-
Faye Anderson, one of the newer----
members ot the highschool, would BETTER FARMING
like for Betty Jo Palmer to re- METHODS STUDIED
tics are Barbara Taylor, Billie
Jeanne Torpev, Elizabeth Cox and
Jimmy Canon
efficient and effective.
YEARBOOK ISSUED
To the Seniors of 1940 for all The long awaited momen' ar-
the thing.-, thev have left. The rived for the highschool students
new chimes, which will be Installed Monday when they received their
In the west towers, are one of copies of the 1940 Boomer
these. And. of course, the many This annual Is eight pages !:»rget
I (tiers in vocal music were given athletic and scholastic records (hey lhan la't ear's, and .) new type
have W, K. H s will long re- Of printing is used on the first
to Leon Baker, Pauline Bruce and
Raymond Urton.
Seniors who were awarded debate
main as memories.
and the last eight, pages.
The cover Is bPtge, with the
To the devoted mothers nnd highschool emblem in the upper
letters are Byron Gambel. Jimmy ^ fadlPrs 0f )bp graduating seniors ilght-hand corner and ''The Boom-
Blair. Marjorie Hunt and Charles | jor t|)e|r kjndn(.s}i m)d pare in er. 1940" written across the page
seeing us through 12 vears of In brown Ink.
school.
Blake.
Six senior boys received letters
tn Instrumental music—Jewel Lord,
Dau Carter. Billy Palmer. Kenneth
can history at the state meet.
Four senior boys were honored
Students of the creative writing
class wish to iliank all those who
To the creative writing class, helped make the 1940 Boomer
and the annual staff, for produc- „ slu.ce,.K
!ng the best annual ever compiled
In El Reno highschool After i-0 be doing ood is mail's most
looking at the annual several gljrjou ta,k. -Sophocles,
times, vou will realize that it is _
this year by being appointed stu-ias perfect as It should be and Thp b( , of aj, governments Is
j dent Kiwnnians. These boys were will cherish it more than any- ,hai Which teaches us to govern
’chosen primarily for their citizen- j thing you take from E H S ourselvi Goethe
r ti 1 »s pntMrinA ,i r\/l pnVin1o|(eLin - f ' L A I
To the seniors In the vocational | ship, service and scholarship. The
remember Laura Baehler wills her ability agricultural rlas-es of El Reno j four boys, In the order of their To the junior class for the beau-
as they "start on the road to 1 on the typewriter to Laddie Thomp- highschool who show promise of • appointment, were Bud Hardwick,
being leaders in (heir chosen lines Sammy Shackelford, Jimmy Blair,
What greater calamity can fall
Upon a nation than the loss of
worship?—Carlyle.
"Never one thing and seldom one Billv Baker, champion paper boj. 01 work. Bryan V Brndv. in- and Howard Minton,
person can make for success. It wills this ability to Delford S’loud. j etrurtor. wishes to express Ills
takes a number of them merging One of our "quiet as a mouse" i beRt regards.
Into one perfect whole."—Marie girls. Ruth Baker, wants Roger "However, thev do not all In-
Dressler. Woodman to have her talent for ,pnd 10 farm: but those who do
"We enn rip anything we want keeping quiet al the proper time have shown n desire to learn the
to do tf we stick to It long enough." and In the proper place | business of farming, and have
—Helen Keller Porter Beurd would like for becn willing to ndd practical im-
"I believe the true road to Theda Stephenson to have hls blond j provement practices of their melh-
grwmlnmt mmmm m nj imr It j hair tail net u 1 biuov titled
Sto make yourself master of that Sammy, we are only looting> ! Tbp graduating boys who have
Unr."—Andtew Carnegie. One of the most generous gifts 'bB(l one or more year* of ugrl-
"Fvervbodv finds out. sooner or Is that of Jimmy Blair, because * h'ture art William Whltacre.
later, that all success worth having I he wants Bobbv Lee Morrison to (Clarence Von Tungeln, S. A.
Is founded on Christian rules of \ have hls "talkabillty" j Thompson, Morris Hurst, Veil
conduct."—H. M Field One of the most unusual gifts Hlckerton. Kermlt Anderson and
Instead of being sad, like we! •-n,p surest way not to fall Is ts that of Jimmy Canon. It seems TJarwtn Blanc,
feel, because we have to leave 110 determine to succeed '— Sheri- that Jimmy would like for Miss
our dear alma mater, they wantldar<. Mav Shanklin to have hls nbilily I A dose of poison ran do Its work
us to write our gossip column I ''Nothing succeeds so well as to leach Jimmy found this out ]0,1 h once, but a bad book can go
bv accident, didn't
tlful banquet they presented the
seniors. The delicious food, in-
teresting program, and outstand-
ing decorations all added to the
success of this banquet and it is
vou juniors whom the seniors
thank.
TYPEWRITERS AND
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Typewriter I)en’t. Phone ?X9
With tears dripping on the page,
we’re penning our parting para-
graphs.
Did ycu see that worried look
on Ruth Conrad's and Jewel lord's
Intelligent faces? You guessed It—
they're writing their valedictory
and salutatory speeches
And by the way, what's this we
hear about Jewel’s "crush." shall
we call It? "Well have to Investi-
gate.
success.Talleyrand. quite
"Put all good eggs In one basket
and then watch that basket ”—
Andrew Carnegie
"Character Is the real founda-
tion of all worthwhile success."—
John Hammond.
you, I o*1 poisoning people’s minds for
Jimmy? any length of time.—John Murray.
Jack Evans wills his cuteir.sz [
to Bob Mowry. Mildred Gardner I Fatherly Bdviee Economy, son.
gives her Job as secretary for 1 i* tmvthinr your mother wants to
the Students' association to Cath-lbuv Fred Neher in the New York
erlne Newsom. Sun.
If for no other reason a high- j
school student should like to grad-!
have cotton evening dresses U(de jU8( M |1P can wa(rb Walter [
Vtrgtntu Bell Bruce was so-o-o
embarrassed when she spilled the i
spoons at the banquet last Friday ;
night. Bob Kelly, dkt you trip her. i
g^Gr'<««s *
K popular nor so pretty
Little and Helen Smith
multi-colored platd dotted
Maxine Heltaman was dress-
i shantung Pearl Pennybaker
White twin dotted with red
cunning little bustle wns an
attraction Prances Fahey
white dotted swtss. and the
pique sailor-styled formal
Vann was just ss rule
be.
i Bruce In tulle was darling
1; and a* pretty as a pie-
blond Mariam Keller In
Matte Wled changed her
«y that a second
te be assured It
blue crepe dinner
boy pockets not
a* to color, but
lines were not to
girls, who
uet the huge
re Juat darling
pinafores
who can do what he
l te wise who wlnltas to
C4U1.
P Mar»h walk and demonstrate the |
dignity which a senior should have ;
when graduating.
Why was Harriet Golden so eager
for Tuesday evening to come? It
surely wasn't because Oene got |
back from Texas along about fl i
o’clock. Now, Harriet, have you for-
gotten that controvrry you had
before he left?
DANIEL CARTER IS
TENNIS CHAMPION
Daniel Carter defeated Jimmy
Canon In a thrilling 6-2. «-« match
Monday morning to become the
highschool'* Intramural tennis
champion
Carter entered the finals after
defeating Clifford Whiteman, A J
Silij and Charles Faublon, while
Canon received forfeits from Al- j
bert Houle, Jr, and Kenneth Sain. I
and defeated Kenneth Flager to'
enter the finals against Carter
Both Carter and Canon are
members of the senior class, and
both were on thin year's tennis
team
other boys who entered the
tournament were Stuart Chambers.
Bob Woodhouse, Paul steams,
Laddie Thompson and Hubert
Marsh
Due to the small number of
entrlm In the girls’ division fliers
Was no girls tournament
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