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MHS ALUMNI STORIES
10TH IN A 10 PART SERIES
2000 AND 20005 HONOR YEARS

Ten years ago was an exciting time going into the twenty first century. Certainly being a Grad of MHS in the Year 2000 is memorable in itself. Twelve years of regular schooling brought them into the new century with hopes and plans like all graduating classes. Finishing high school is a rite of passage in America and possibly the most important step young people can complete.

This Historian didn’t find a Yearbook for this class at the High School Library nor the Public Library. However, Karla Paxton, co-owner of the Mangum Star News, allowed me into the sacred room of stored and bound Mangum Stars, in very large binders for research purposes.

From the May 11, 2000, Mangum Star-News, Honor Students pictured on the front page were: Tyler Horton, Katie Bowen, Jeremy Deurmyer, Jackie Powell, Amber Bull and Jason Levi. Other recognitions/honors were: MHS Track Team Placed 4th at the State Track Meet consisting of Brice Parker, Jacob Mallett, Ralph Hernandez and Michael Merritt. Ann Hendricks placed 2nd in the 100 meter dash and 6th in the 200 meter dash. Armando Frias placed 4th in Pole Vault; Jacob Mallett placed 6th in the 110-meter hurdles and Tim Wiggins placed 8th in the 300 meter hurdles. The 3200 meter relay team took 7th place; runners were Armando Frias, Tim Wiggins, Jon Dyer and J. P. Salcido. Track Coach was Mark Box. United States Achievement Academy awards went to: Lindsay Shaw, Brandon Maddex, Sarah Hamilton, Megan Clayton, Jan Mayabb, Brandon Burnam and April McDonald. These were listed in more than one Mangum Star edition.

The Mangum-Star Alumni Edition, May 18, 2000, greeted readers with a huge orange Tiger across the front page. Alumni news was through-out the paper and letters were numerous coming in from alumni all over the United States and abroad. Baccalaureate was scheduled for May 14 and Graduation was held May 18 in the high school auditorium. Two full pages displayed all the Seniors’ pictures surrounding a Tiger!!!

On May 25, 2000, the Mangum-Star-News continued to carry alumni news and more information on Mangum’s seniors. Chosen All-Conference in Basketball were: Chris Skinner, Amber Blain, Sarah Hamilton and Tyler Horton. Amber Bull was named to Class 3A-4A All State Slow Pitch Team. Chaz Polk and Anna Stehr received the Marilyn Caver Award.

The June 1, 2000, Mangum Star-News, had plenty of follow up stories on alumni activities and more recognitions/pictures were available. Brice Parker was shown receiving the Ray Hogan Award as Outstanding Male Athlete; Mr. Hogan was pictured standing with Brice in a rare piece of history caught on film. Also, Miss Tyler Horton was pictured receiving the W. D. Hibler Award as Outstanding Tiger Athlete.

Class Parents were: Dane and Pam Polk and Tammy Stehr.

2000 Classmates
Brandon Allmon
Cassie Anderson
Brianna Baumann
Amber Blain
Katie Bowen
Michael Bowen
Amber Bull
William Byrd
Misti Carter
Katherine Coble
David Cook
Seth Davis
Jeremy Deurmyer
Glenda Dickson
Nicole Fellenberg
Amanda Fuentes
Tony Guilliams
Jennifer Halford
Keegan Hawley
Tyler Horton
M. Todd Hunter
Juenita Jeffrey
David Killingsworth
Katherine Kingery
Jason Levi
Michael Long
Randi Lynch
Nichelle Madeksho
Jacob Mallett
April McDonald
Amy McLin
Kathryn Miller
Justin Minson
Katharina Neumann
Karina Norris
Mary Ann Palmer
Brice Parker
Gary Parton
Chaz Polk
Jackie Powell
Sara Prinz
Damon Reed
Minette Salcido
Jesus Sarcos
Andy Scott
David Simmons
Danica Smith
Rebekah Smith
Richie Solis
Wesley Stafford
Anna Stehr
Erin Thornton
Kevin Warner
Marie Watson
Matt Wright
Joe Yates

2000 MHS ALUMNI OFFICERS were: President: Jim Scivally Class of 1950; Vice-President, Dale Clayton, Class of 1975; Secretary, Paula Nunn-Banister, Class of 1972; Treasurer, Mary McDaniel Burgess, Class of 1972; Historians: Linda Lanford Foraker, Class of 1950 and Barbie Ridley Stover, Class of 1972.

The Board of Directors were: Joe McGuffin (1965), Mary McDaniel Burgess (1972), Carolyn Weaver Thomas (1968), Cindy Smith Clayton (1976); Bob Travis (1966); Susie Hughes Thompson (1965); Jack Heatly (1978); Yonne Pendleton McDaniel, (1939); Judy Tidmore (1962) and Tuni Lucas Lively, (1987).

The Alumni Banquet was held at in the High School Gym. The theme was “Once A Tiger, Always A Tiger”. The program included a sheet of music titled “Alma Mater” written by Virginia Fessler, MHS Class of 1943. Everyone stood and sung the tune. Receiving awards for traveling the furthest were: Mac Coffman, Bend, OR, and Katarina Newman, who came in from Germany. Irene Dial Jones, Class of 1922, was pictured the Mangum Star-News, celebrating her 96th birthday at Grace Living Center.


Mrs. Anna Fritsche Hunter, Class of 1929, gave this writer a copy of the 2000 invitation along with several old letters and pictures. It must be noted that Ms. Hunter is a classmate of Russell Pierson, also Class of 1929, and Parade Marshal of the 2009 Alumni Parade. How often does an Alumni Organization have two 98-year-olds still passing history on to younger members? Ms. Hunter lives in Sun City West, Arizona and Mr. Pierson lives in Oklahoma City.

In 2010, the MHS High School Class of 2005, will be celebrating its 5th reunion from the Halls of the third Mangum High School. This ‘new high school’ opened to students in September of 1963 with the first class graduating from its Halls in 1964. This class published a Yearbook titled, “Eye of The Tiger”. It’s an impressive solid orange book and a “Black Eye” peering at you. Cover page has a picture of the school, the actual street address of the school and the web site. The index is also on the same page displaying six sections of the book. The Yearbook staff included: Kelli Kyle, Allison Hopper, Allison Scott, Amanda Knight, Kylie Gahagan, Amanda Irby, Stephanie Hughes, Elizabeth Baumann, Buddy Knight and Kayly Combs. This Yearbook is scarce to find and thanks to Barbie Ridley Stover, High School librarian and Past Alumni Historian, I was able to copy several pages of the book.

The Class Motto was “Learn from yesterday, live for today and hope for tomorrow”. Class Officers were: President, Kelli Kyle; V-President, Maggie Rader; Secretary, Allison Scott and Reporter was Amanda Knight. Academic Honor Students were: Maggie Rader, Kelli Kyle, Allison Scott, Carina Gamino and Anthony Cox. Oklahoma Honor Scholars were: Rachelle Petzold, Allison Scott, Maggie Rader and James Dock. The Senior Hall of Fame included: Mr. & Misses MHS: Brent Bogart, Elissa Mitchell and Maggie Rader. Football King and Queen: Dustin Phillips and Maggie Rader; Basketball King and Queen: Clay Toole and Tysha Kilgore; Girls and Boys State: Elizabeth Baumann, Molly Hamilton, Toni Tebeau, Toby Thomas, Allison Graumann, Shawn Wooten, Zach Fawn, Alberto Adame and Chase Parker.

The Administration, Faculty and Support Personnel were grouped together and included: Marsha Alexander, Mark Baumann, Shirley Berry, Aaron Burr, Kay Caddel, Jeff Carlisle, Becky Combs, Terry Crabb, Jill Floyd, Barbara Gahagan, Bruce Gahagan, Denny Geno, Joe Gray, Amy Hart, Dianne Haygood, Nancy Halladay, Sharon Horton, Darlene Irby, Greta Kane, Jim Kerbo, Brian Lively, Cheryl Lively, Micky Lively, Paula Lively, Angie Matthews, Synott Matthews, Don Mitchell, Karen Mitchell, Lucretia Myers, Brett Pitts, Travis Reese, Glen Reeves, Mary Jane Scott, Gary Smith, Cindy Spears, Mike Southall, Barbie Stover, Rebecca Strawman, Jane Travis, Mike Wendt, Roberta Williams and Robin Zachary.

The Seniors of 2005 include as shown in the Yearbook:

2005proofed

Vanessa Blain
Brent Bogart
John Burgess
Justin Cagg
Anthony Cox
Shawn Dixon
James Dock
Troy Enderle
Katherine Foster
Carina Gamino
Lance Griffis
Kerry Henry
Allison Hopper
Devin Kerbo
Tysha Kilgore
Amanda Knight
Buddy Dale Knight
Richard Krider
Kelli Kyle
Tyson Lane
Clint Lively
LeeAnn Lovett
Ashley Marks
Ricky Maxwell
Sabrina McDonald
Elissa Mitchell
Darren Newcomb
Angela Nicholas
Jeremy Parks
Rachelle Petzold
Dustin Phillips
Maggie Rader
Allison Scott
Armando Serna
Jahnee Smith
Kayleigh Smith
Jason Stover
Necole Stowe
Kevin Struck
Clay Toole
Jessica Watson
Christina Wiggins
Steffany Wilson

Class Parents were: Curtis and Kayla (Wade) Bogart. Mrs. Bogart’s parents, Dr. Wade and Pat (Simonton) Norman were both MHS 1951 Grads, and Mr. Bogart’s mother, Doris Hogue Bogart, was a 1957 MHS grad.

The Enterpriser, June 30, 2005, noted that Sara R. Potter had been selected for a top scholar award; criteria used showed the student had achieved superior academic excellence. The NSHSS (National Society of High School Scholars) spokesman Mr. Nobel commented, “On behalf of NSHSS, I am honored to recognize the hard work, sacrifice, and commitment that Sara has demonstrated to achieve this exceptional level of academic excellence.” Mr. Nobel, a senior member of the Nobel Prize family further stated, “Sara is now a member of a unique community of scholars – a community that represents our very best hope for the future.” The NSHSS was formed in 2002. In 2005, there were 150,000 members representing 15,000 high schools in nearly 20 countries. The NSHSS had awarded more than $100,000 in scholarships since its inception in 2002.

According to the Mangum Star-News, another MHS Grad, Bob Bratton, Class of 1963, was honored by the National Weather Service for his 10-year length-of-service to Mangum. Mangum weather records began at the town post office on February 1, 1892, and had been relocated at various locations in and around town. In the 1950’s, the station was located one half mile north of Mangum with the U. S. Forrest Service taking the observations. By 1960, the station was relocated at the Sandy Land Research Station about 5 miles east of Mangum. By the mid 1990’s, the station was relocated back into town at Mr. Bratton’s residence. Mr. Bratton is part of the National Weather Service Cooperative Observer Program. This program has over 10,000 volunteers who record temperature, precipitation, evaporation and river levels, according to the news article. Bratton’s daily observations are sent to the National Weather Service’s Arkansas-Red Basin River Forecast Center in Tulsa and are used for forecasting river stages, such as the Salt Fork-Red River just south of Mangum. Greer County is served by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Norman. The Norman office served 48 counties in western and central Oklahoma, and eight counties in western North Texas. Bob continues this service in 2010 for Mangum and Greer County.

Serving as MHS Alumni Officers in 2005 were: President, Jodie Denton, Class of 1952; V-President, Jim Scivally, Class of 1950; Secretary, Paula Nunn-Banister, Class of 1972; Assistant Secretary, Joy Hall Grant, Class of 1957; Treasurer, Mary McDaniel Scott, Class of 1972 and Historians: Linda Lanford Foraker, Class of 1950, and Barbie Ridley Stover, Class of 1972.

The Mangum Star-News, May 26, 2005, headlined “350 Attend MHS Alumni Reunion”. The Banquet theme was “Have No Illusions---The Times They Are A Changin’. The banquet was held at the Quartz Mountain State Lodge. Rev. Wendell Harris coordinated the BiGhumni (spouses) group. Three generations of McDaniel’s were recognized: Yonne Pendleton McDaniel, Class of 1939; Mary McDaniel Scott, Class of 1972 and John L. Burgess, Class of 2005

Some extra history needs to be included dating back exactly 100 years ago. According to old Mangum High School yearbooks, only three ‘pupils’ graduated 100 years ago in 1905; they were Eugene Curry, Linnie Lockerd and Stella Naudain. Today’s 2005 Class, in contrast, graduated 43 students. In 1905, the first new High School opened in September, built exactly where today’s Middle School stands. This 1905 High School became the Junior High School about the Fall of 1920 when the second new high school opened on North Penn Avenue, according to Anna Fritsche Hunter, Class of 1929, who e-mails with this Historian daily. Yes, this 98-year-young MHS Grad, e-mails regularly. She attended 7th, 8th and 9th grades in the ‘old Junior High’. Quote: “A full auditorium was on the top floor. The restrooms were in the basement and ‘pupils’ had to pull a chain to flush the commodes.” This writer notes that the old 3-story school building was very similar to the “Old Edison”, except the huge auditorium was in the basement of Old Edison, along with a full cafeteria which fed all the Mangum school population, also housed classrooms and all the restrooms. This ‘old 1905 High School turned Junior High Building’ was condemned in the early 1930’s, according to Yonne Pendleton McDaniel, Class of 1939, who lives in Mangum. After her sixth grade year at Edison, her class went straight to the High School on Pennsylvania for classes. Joe Head, (1939 Grad) says this old school was also used as a commodity kitchen during the depression years of the 1930’s. Work was on-going in the ‘old Junior High building’ for a period of time while classes were shuffled to and from the ‘new 1920 high school’ which stood on Pennsylvania Avenue. Jean Hall Robberson, Class of 1942, remembers attending 6th Grade in one end of the ‘old Junior High’ while it was being renovated/constructed. With input from Harold Stubbs (MHS 1938), Jack Givens (MHS 1941) and Rob Overton (MHS 1943), it appears that Fall of 1938 found the building re-opened as a one-story structure, allowing the Seniors of 1942 to be the first 9th grade class to ‘graduate’ from it. Their story sounds like the Seniors of 1962 and 1963, after their high school burned in 1962, who went back to the ‘Old Edison’, which was standing empty, and completed graduation from whence they started. James C. Hall (Class of 1938), remembers grades nine through twelve being at the 1920 High School on Pennsylvania during his senior year. Today, in 2010, about the only memories ‘old alumni’ have of Mangum schools is the Middle School building (with new rooms built onto the south end facing Polk Street), the ‘Old Gym (opened in 1929) on Pennsylvania and the ‘Old Vocational/Home-Economics Building’ (opened in 1937), which today houses the Superintendent’s offices.

Note: Most of this history was written by Miss Tommie Johnson, long time educator in the Mangum Schools. It was published in the 1938 Yearbook which can be found at the Old Greer County Museum.

Since this is a census year, the following article about 1900, is timely: According to The Enterpriser, taken from The Willow Book, May 24, 2006: “The typical farms in 1900 averaged 160 acres in size. Land was valued at $7.50 per acre in the census report. By the 1910 census, the average value of an acre of farm land in Greer County had increased to $25.60 per acre. Cotton represented 63% of the value of all crops grown. There were 2,058 farms in Greer County and the average size was 167 acres. However, some 1000 farms were operated by tenants. Mortgage debit was about 27% of the value of the land and buildings. By 1920, life was returning to normal after the first World War and times were good. In Greer County, the value of the land increased to $31.43 per acre on average. Wheat was becoming the bigger crop, almost four times the acreage of corn. Cotton was still the largest crop. Only 10% of the farms were mortgage free. In 1930, cotton was still the cash crop. 1940 census gives only a glimpse of the hardships of the decade of 1930-40, this being the toughest period for farmers. Farms dropped by 33%. All production on Greer County farms dropped by 64%. The Dust Bowl days, the toll was heavy on the farmers of Greer County. By 1940, there were only 4700 horses and mules in Greer County, down from almost 11,000 in 1910. An era was passing and farming became more complicated. Today there is no comparison of the farming of the 1920’s and 1930’s.”

This concludes Alumni Series 2010 focusing on memories of the first 100 plus years of Mangum Schools and the Alumni Association. May the next 100 years be as interesting and enlightening.

Corrections, additions or deletions would be appreciated. joy.grant@sbcglobal.net or 580-782-5107.

Researched and written by Alumni Historian, Joy Hall Grant, Class of 1957.

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