60 years ago, May 25, 1961Coach Mann Gets Milking Stool at Awards AssemblyEarl Mann, retiring industrial arts instructor at Tonkawa high school, was not overlooked at the annual awards assembly of the school held Friday. Mann was presented with a milking stool, painted in orange and black – school colors.Supt. A. J. Evans read a letter “from Mann’s cows” as Bill Plummer made the presentation. The “letter” called attention to the fact that Mann’s present milking stool was the “unstable one-prong type.” Dale Simpson, Mann’s successor in the industrial arts department, built the new four-legged model.Mann, who spent 23 of his 36 years of teaching at Tonkawa and was also a school bus driver, was further honored by pep club students who presented him with a cake baked in the shape of a school bus. It was decorated in the orange and black of THS. Lauralea Taylor made the presentation.English Teacher Lauds Poetry of Seventh GradersTwo poems, written by seventh grade English students as voluntary assignments, were selected last week by Jack Smith, instructor, for special mention.“America, the Free,” was written by Joyce Wilson:“Where can the flag fly so high? Where can we sing a song of the free? Where can we see the beauty of the sky? In America – America, the land of the free.“Where can we see God’s light? Where can we know what’s right? Where can we know God’s might? In America – America land of the free.“Where can we live with freedom delight, And see the sun shine bright? In America – America, the land of the free; America, America, that’s for me.”Written by Harold Price, the second poem was entitled, “The Greatest Combination.”“A combination of greatness – A combination of woe, the greatest combination anyone will ever know.“The combination I’m part of – The combination I love. The combination that’s blessed, By God in Heaven above.“A combination unbreakable, even though some try, For if it’s ever broken, Humanity will surely die.“A combination that depends on us, to not let it lag; A combination of – Our Bible and our Flag.Annual Rose Banquet Held For Church YouthThe Rose banquet, annual observance of the First Christian church was held Friday in the Fellowship hall.Miss Jill Harris and Dennis Clark were crowned in the traditional ceremony as queen and king. Miss Judy McPherson and Harold Price were named princess and prince.Attendants were Mark Bolick, Janet Gearheard, Lael ...
