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A YEARBOOK WAS PUBLISHED

The Class of 1950 published the FIRST yearbook since the Class of 1939!!!!!! That’s good news. Sad news is that the only other yearbook published in the 1950’s was the Class of 1952. Thereafter the records lay dormant until the 1960’s when Yearbooks again became available to record school history. This 1950 Yearbook is solid black and a Tiger Head is embossed on the cover; it is named “The Tiger”. It was donated to this Historian by Bob and Patty Bratton. In turn, the Editorial Staff dedicated this volume to Miss Nina Davis, long time Mangum school teacher. It can also be viewed at the Old Greer County Museum.

The Tiger staff included: Connie Weese, June McArthur, Lee Wayne Morris, Paul Goode, Dale Bryant, Richard White, Wanda Sue Rush, Alma Lue Rush, H. C. Anglin, Darrell Price, Scotty Coffman, Bert Kirk, Winona Wilhite. Yearbook sponsor was Miss Minnie Lee Sumrow. This is a wonderful piece of history, well planned and indexed covering seventh grade through twelfth. All extra curricular clubs and activities are also included. There was also a Tiger Staff-School Newspaper published in 1950 supervised by Circulation Managers, Henry Warlick, Charles Worthen and Miss Johnnie Wilburn.

Headline news: A 1950 MHS graduate, Jim Scivally, would become City Manager according to The Mangum Star, September 13, 1971. He was welcomed to the job by Mayor Forrest Wright (MHS 1934) grad.

A bit of history during this time period: According to The Mangum Star, May 15, 1975, the Class of 1950 was celebrated 25 years since graduation from ‘MHS’. Fifty seniors graduated from Mangum High School in 1950; later, four more members were added: one is shown in the yearbook as attending second semester; two received a delayed diploma and a GED for their military time and one finished course work after graduation. Bob Barnett, Chamber of Commerce President, organized a welcoming party for the new high way post office bus which began its run from Oklahoma City to Mangum, the first in the state. The 36-passenger size bus had been equipped as a railroad mail car. A new traffic law required all automobile drivers to signal their intentions when they were about to turn, slow down or stop. Mr. Ray Hogan came to Mangum from Friendship in 1949 to pilot the seniors of 1950 through their final days at MHS.

Class officers for this class were: Paul Goode, President; H. C. Anglin, V-President; Secretary was Linda Lanford; June McArthur was Valedictorian and Gwen Hannah, was Salutatorian; Evelyn Barrett was the Football Queen; Severlan Vaughn was named All-State Catcher at the close of the baseball season; Class Sponsors were: Mrs. J. L. Smalling and Mr. Kenneth Smith. Class Parents were Mr. and Mrs. Ed J. Grigsby.

Officers for the MHS Alumni Association were: President: Alzie Worthen, Class of 1935; V –President was ‘Bob’ Overton, Class of 1943; Margaret Gray-Carder, Class of 1939, served as Secretary and Lacy S. Noble Jr., Class of 1929, held the Treasurer position.

Celebrating sixty years of reunions in 2010, the following fifty-five classmates appear on the Alumni roll: *Denotes added members.

Emily Anderson
Gene Anderson
H. C. Anglin
Evelyn Barrett
J. B. Barrett
Clyde Barton
Oleta Burris
Jack P. Clayton
Scotty Coffman
Edwina Crews *
Wilbur D. Cross
Lyla J. Cummings
Cleon Fails
George M. Gable *
Ollie L. Givens
Paul Goode
Tommy Goodman
Viola L. Graumann
Gerald T. Hall-Richards *
Gwen Hannah
Nita Harris *
Monte J. Hatchett
Paul Hay
June Heintz *
Miss Ardell Hood
Wanda Killingsworth
Linda R. Lanford
Wayne A. Martin
June McArthur
Garland McBrayer
Revis McClure
Phyllis A. Montgomery
Juarld Nunn
Ella M. Parker
Kenneth Powell
Kent Ragsdale
Roberta E. Ray
C. A. Ross
Paul Sanger
Raymond C. Savage
Jimmy Scivally
Ramona Sewell
Betty Shannon
Marcia Shumate
Jake D. Silk
Severlan D. Vaughan
Henry O. Warlick
Charles Whitener
Lynda R. Wiginton
Miss Johnnie Wilburn
Winona A. Wilhite
Jeannesty J. Willard
Kenneth Wilson
Charles W. Worthen
Eugene Yeager

Deceased members include: Scotty Coffman, Wilbur Cross, Gwen Hannah, Tom Goodman, Monte Hatchett, June Heintz, Evelyn Barrett, Ed wina Crews Smith and Mr. and Mrs Ed Greasby; Unknown whereabouts: Dr. Clyde Barton, Paul Hay, Wanda Killingsworth, Kenneth Powell and Kent Ragsdale.

Mangum Star, May 19, 2005: This class graduated 37 seniors with 22 girls and 15 boys. “Four valedictorians were produced from this class and the career fields are varied: professional baseball signee, college Chancellor, lawyer, educators, pilot, flight attendant, sculptress, professional people, working folk and moms, dads, friends and neighbors,” according to the quote from the newspaper.

Norvel Ray was President; Don Coffman, V-President; Pat Winn, Secretary and Marilyn Savage served as Treasurer. Jannell Morris was the Football Queen as well as Drum Major for the Tiger Band. Mike Burnett received top honors in the state organization for FFA…..1st place in the state plowing contest and the Junior Master Farmer degree. He received a tractor. Carroll Dillahunty won this award as a Junior. Sunya Sanger was the Sweetheart of the FFA Chapter and Pat Winn made the highest score in Typng I contest at Cameron College, Lawton; she exceeded the speed of Typing II contestants. Girl State delegates were Lida Sue Neil, and Marilyn Savage. Boys State delegates were Don Coffman, Jim Wharton and Norvel Ray.

Dr. and Mrs. Tom Wainwright were Class Parents and little brother was Tommy Wainwright (1956) class. Class Sponsors were: Berniece Gaylord and Tom Johnson, and Walter Dill. Note: Mr. Dill is living in Duncan, Oklahoma, today. His nephew is Jeff Dill, pastor of the Abundant Life Church, Mangum.
Commencement was held May 19, 1955, in the ‘old’ high school gym still standing today on North Pennsylvania. The Tiger Band played the Prelude and Processional. Allen A. Aaron, was superintendent of schools and gave out special awards. Lida Sue Neil gave the Valedictory address following by a piano solo by Allyne Goode. Marilyn Savage also gave a Valedictory address followed by a vocal solo by Evelyn Copelin. A third Valedictorian, Pat Winn, gave a speech followed by a piano solo by Jackie Duncan; and a fourth valedictorian was Sunya Sanger. Mr. Hogan, high school principal, presented the class and John Uecke, President of the Board, handed out diplomas. Rev. Leon Smith gave the benediction.

The Mangum ISD Board of Education (1952) included: C. U. Sellers, John Uecke, Leon
Freeman, Charles Covington, Ashley Lovett an d Frank Baker, Clerk. This information was published on the Mangum Junior High Commencement program. B. F. Johnson was Superintendent of Schools; Lee T. McMahan was MJHS Principal; Faculty included: Alva Hawkins, Leonard Chapman, Louella Moore, Pearl Rude, Ruth Mosby, Frances Phipps, Odie Jones, Ben Sorrells, Katherine Copeland, Walter Dill, Larry Cooper and Emily Hoover.

The 1955 School Board members were: Stephen W. Conatser, Charles Covington, Leon Freeman, Harold McDaniel and John Uecke. Notes for history records: Charles Covington, Class of 1938, died in Oklahoma City, December 2009. Leon Freeman’s (1930 class) widow, Deloris Norris Freeman, Class of 1932, is living near her daughter in Texas. Harold McDaniel’s widow, Yonne Pendleton McDaniel, Class of 1939, is living in Mangum. His daughter, Mary McDaniel Scott, Class of 1972, is serving as President of the MHS Alumni Association this year. John Uecke’s son, John Uecke Jr., Class of 1959, lives in Virginia; another son, David Uecke, lives in Oklahoma City.

More history notes: The commencement bulletin listed former members of the Board: J. Ray Baker, H. L. Barnett, Samuel Broome, Hiram Cawthon, L. P. Cotton, Goodwin Crittenden, J. B. Hollis, Jack Jacobs, Tom Lockhart, John Ashley Lovett, Forrest McKenzie, Clarence Oden, C. A. Pierson, W. J. Thompson, Louis M. Tittle, Jewett Scott Sr., C. U. Sellers, S. E. Short and R. V. Shortt.

The MHS Alumni Association’s officers were: President: Rita Powell-McKenzie, Class of 1943; V-President was Oleta Kelly-Moss, Class of 1946; Secretary was Aline Parish-Savage, Class of 1943; Assistant Secretary was Peggy Bryan-Ford, Class of 1952; Treasurer was Lacy S. Noble, Jr., Class of 1929 and Registrar was Lois Overton-Norman, Class of 1918.

LOVE IS ETERNAL
BY PAT WINN, SENIOR 1955
Mangum Star, May 19, 2005

Love is eternal, it is a sacred thing;
Tis something to honor and something to cherish;
It has that quality which makes the world sing,

And its undying Faith shall never perish.

Love is like a pure, clear, tinkling bell
Which resounds with a rich, vibrant note;
It ascends through the ages and continues to swell,
Like a song, melodious and full in a bird’s throat.

A love that grows as years mellow the age
Will be marked with a patience strong and fine;
And life will cease to be one long endless maze,
But will reflect a light filled with radiance sublime.

Tis love, eternal, will prove a rock of strength
Upon which dreams can be built and fulfilled, at length.

Series seven(7) will include the 1960 and 1965 MHS classes. Any additions or corrections are always appreciated. Please contact the writer at 580-782-5107 or joy.grant@sbcglobal.net

Research by Joy Hall Grant, Class of 1957, Alumni Historian.