Anadarko, Oklahoma scenes from downtown to high school

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Tandy Walker and Burl Stonum in 1953.

Notice Burl's 1940 Ford coupe in the background.

(Photos from the Tandy C. Walker Collection)

Tandy Walker, Class of 1953, and his 1949 Mercury.

(Photos from the Tandy C. Walker Collection)



The Reece sisters from the left: Shirley, Class of 1956; Frances, Class of 1954 and Gwen, Class of 1958.

(Photo from the Marshall Settle Collection)




Who are these students climbing
the stairs at the Junior High building in 1955? Carole Hart McCarty, Class of 1960, says she knows some of them.

Counterclock from the left is Robert White, Class of 1960;_______; Jerry Jackson, Class of 1959; Doris Boyler, Gordon Jacobs, Class of 1960; Alan Penturf, Class of 1960;_______;_______; Thresa Anderson, Class of 1959;_______;Karol Kidd, Class of 1959 and Vivian Baker, Class of 1959. Who are the others?

(Photo from the Juanita Tarpley Collection)





Can you name these faces....before the answers appear below???



From the top,
Pauletta Jane Hart,
Jean Friedman,
Beverly McBride
(Pauletta's cousin
from Okla City) and
Shirley Wolfenberger.
Maybe 1951 or 1952.





From the top,
Billy Joe Williams,
Jimmy Thompson and
Johnny Mosby.
Maybe 1949 or 1950.





Seven guys in a downtown bull session with J.E. West Hardware and Davis 10-Cent Store in the background. From the left, __________, Bobby Fisher, Darrell Sears, Joe Ed Talkington, Jimmy Givens, Jerry Headley and Herman Braswell.

(Photo from the Jimmy Givens Collection)




Cheerleaders of 1951-1952, left to right, Patsy Cussen, Judy Wolfenberger, Virginia McAdoo, Marlene Cummins and Margie Bell.





This 1950 picture of classmates coming down the steps of the First Baptist Church features the following names: Carl Tucker, Imogene Shipman, Peggy Jean Braden,

Betty Thompson, Berniece Lucas, Mary Elizabeth Brown, Pauletta Jane Hart,

Mary Ann Phillips, Mary Lear, Delores Wall, Gloria Jean Shipman, Margaret Ann Lacer,

Sally Steverson, Barbara Longhorn and Carlene Johnson. Can you name the others?? And, what was the occasion for this picture?? Was it after the funeral of Bill Craig??






A group from the Class of 1949, left to right, first row, Kathryn Joan Francen, Herbert R. Friedman and Lucille Johnson. Standing from left, is Paula Ann Stonum, Mary Edna James, Robert Newton Wall and Jimmy L. Givens.















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This is part of the Class of 1952 at their 35th Reunion on October 31, 1987.

First row, left to right, Edna Joan Allen Elrod, Wayne Feeney, William J. Lewis, Mary Marguaret Lear Logsdon and Perry Dale McKee.

Second row: Jessie McDonald Greer, Roberta Wanda Allison Crockett, Joyce Jones Courson, Lorene Post Webb, Polly Deason Grider, Bobbie Ann Bivans Edgmon Elder, Betty Marie Reece Bell and Esta Montelle Garrett Rames.

Third row: Virginia McAdoo Day, Norman Clyde Blankinship, Jerri Landes Blankinship, Wyvema Frances Burgett Startz, Kenneth Harris, Jay Dee Wingo, Robert Harris, Pauletta Jane Hart Wilson, Elizabeth Steverson Talkington and Joan Dudley Cochran.

Robert Hines, John Pat Moore, Betty Henderson DeLong, Jim Ray Polly, Max Victor Upchurch, James Skaggs, Patricia Ann Cussen Moran and Roy Rames. (Other classmates attended the Reunion, but were not present for this picture.)





This classic picture from long ago features a little sister who appears with the Class of 1952 above, and an older brother who graduated with the Class of 1949. Can you name them??





















Patsy Tonkinson, Mary Virginia Morris and Gayla Lamb serving food at a basketball game. Maybe 1950 or 1951.

















Virginia McAdoo and Pauletta Hart on a cold and windy day in 1950.





1951 picture of Marieta Hill, Pauletta Hart and Berniece Lucas. Maybe at Jay's Drive-In.





Royal Ambassadors from the First Baptist Church.(AWAITING PHOTO FROM BOB JERNIGAN)
First Row: _______________,Otis Trotter, Glen McVey, Bobby Jernigan, Richard Trotter and Mrs. Pauline Jernigan.

Second Row: _______________,_______________, Donald Johnston and Warren Johnston.

Third Row: Rev. John R. Kelly, Mrs. John Beeler, Mrs. John Kelly and Ruby Trotter. (Photo from the Bobby Jernigan collection)




Cub Scout Pack Football Team

First row, left to right : John Compton, Perry Hudson, Ross Hess, Mac Hart and David Hess.

Second row, left to right : Bill Rutherford, Joe Fearing, Pete Hammart, Jim Snavley, Jimmy Thompson, Jim Hudgens and Bob Hines.

Jim Hess, Scout Leader.

(Photo from the Bobby Jernigan collection)




Mrs. Hazel Snavley's Cub Scouts

First row, left to right : Pete Hammert, Glenn Umstead, Mac Hart, _______________, Jim Snavley, John D. Pugh, Bill Vaughn, Billy Shadid.

Second row, left to right : Ross Hess, David Hess, Clarence Tandy Walker, Carol Taylor, Perry Hudson, Mike Moran, Bill Hamilton and Bobby Jernigan.

Third row, left to right : Jim Hudgens, Bill Rutherford, Bob Hines, John Compton, Jimmy Thompson, Mrs. Hazel Snavley, ______________, Kenneth Thompson, H.D. Moore and Joe Fearing.

Back row, left to right : Jim Hess and L.T. Taylor.

(Photo from the Bobby Jernigan collection)




 



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1. Homepage: The opening page of the web site.

2. Early Anadarko: Pictures of downtown from 1907 to 1938.

3. 1906-1919 Graduates: A roster with every graduate from 1906.

4. School Pictures: Group pictures, Beauty Queens and Hobo Day.

5. More School Pictures: Classic snapshots from the Fabulous Fifties.

6. Band and Orchestra: Formal group pictures from 1943 to the 1950's.

7. Popejoy Music Club: Wonderful group pictures from 1941 to 1945

8. Class of 1949 Roster: Where they are today and which classmates have died.

9. Class of 1950 Roster: Where they are today and which classmates have died.

10. Class of 1951 Roster: Where they are today and which classmates have died.

11. Class of 1952 Roster: Where they are today and which classmates have died.

12. Class of 1951 Pictures: Rare snapshots of classmates from 1945.

13. Vanity Auto Tags: See the CRAZY words people put on their car tags.

14. Dale's MUCH Older Brother: A small tribute to a BIG brother.

15. Talkington Family History: A brief summary of the family history from Oklahoma back to early Pennsylvania.