Tulsa Central High School Graduating Class of 1925

Tulsa Central High School
Graduating Class of 1925

14 Students from Page 57 of the Tom Tom Year Book for Tulsa Central High School, Graduating Class of 1925. Surnames on this page:  Peckenpaugh, Teel, Laidley, Gholsten, Stalker, Summers, Miller, Kriete, Ammerman, Zumwalt, Smith, Bowen, Williams, Denny

marianpeckenpaugh.jpg (42052 bytes) MARIAN PECKENPAUGH
Girl Reserves, School Life.
"Know the news" is the slogan of this school lifester. Besides being a capable business manager she displays talent as a "Cub." Marian further distinguished herself as the winner of the Extemporaneous Speaking contest. If you want to hear a good debate just start an argument with her.
Bitter Truth: She thrives on compliments.
royteel.jpg (40338 bytes) ROY TEEL [Editors Note; First name also spelled Ray]
Woe unto the one who attempts to match this wrestler. His specialties are the toe-hold and head-lock and his classmates usually furnish the victim's list. Roy is a good-natured friend and the original "Kutup Kid."
Bitter Truth: He can't tolerate eels on the mat!
delvinlaidley.jpg (28322 bytes) DELVIN LAIDLEY
Interclass Basketball.
Delvin is known chiefly for his promiscuous use of hair oil. In fact the only things which keep him from being a perfect sheik are a turban and a harem. He seems to be well started for a complete harem, however, so his future looks quite promising.
Bitter Truth: Speaking of hair, he's "oil" right.
leoragholsten.jpg (35064 bytes) LEORA GHOLSTON   [Editor's note; also spelled Gholsten]
Girl Reserves.
Yellow hair is Leora's crowning glory. She's a blonde who craves manly brunettes. She seems to have quite a few hobbies but for some unknown reason she does not choose to divulge them to the world at large. Her motto is "patronize school plays first."
Bitter Truth: She yearns for a cottage by the lone seashore.
marystalker.jpg (31547 bytes) MARY LOUISE STALKER
T-Club, Girl Reserves, Honor Society, Tom Tom.
Smiles, dimples, work and Mary Louise. She is one of Tulsa High's most loyal boosters and scholars but no amount of responsibility has ever been able to overshadow her good humor. Besides being president of the T-Club, she is a member of almost all of the other organizations.
Bitter Truth: How the boys Stalker.
genevasummers.jpg (27831 bytes) GENEVA SUMMERS    [Editors note; Also spelled Summer]
Geneva is interested in bookkeeping and intends to make this her vocation when she leaves her "alma mater." She is not afraid to speak her opinion and her confident air assures her success.
Bitter Truth: Pearson's Chemistry is her acid test.
oscarmiller.jpg (28792 bytes) OSCAR MILLER
Big Bashful takes chemistry and miserably worships his idols from afar. His expression is confined to the conventional note, he even prints some of them. He dotes on irony and prides himself on being an authority on the subject. He even gives diplomas in it.
Bitter Truth: "No, dear boy--a pink slip has no relation to a pillow-slip."
archiekriete.jpg (32421 bytes) ARCHIE K. KRIETE
Hi-Y.
A blonde and dignified embryo lawyer from Kansas. Archie is a successful ex-home room president and an enthusiastic Hi-Y worker. He has such an amiable disposition that he doesn't even hate people who mispronounce his name.
Bitter Truth: He spends his evenings at home digesting chemistry books.
howardammerman.jpg (33851 bytes) HOWARD B. AMMERMAN
According to his appended cognomen Howard certainly am er man. He thinks so at least. Just How 'ard he is we don't know and although we are usually from Missouri we are still willing to accept his name as a definition:
Bitter Truth: It isn't hard for him to remain a boy scout.
winifredzumwalt.jpg (37459 bytes) WINIFRED ZUMWALT
Girl Reserves.
Winifred reminds one of the swaying palms and whispering waves of a Florida beach. She has a way of being in sympathetic accord with people even before she speaks. She is often seen at high school activities in company with Helen Gunsten.
Bitter Truth: She wears a perpetual blush.
ednasmith.jpg (42007 bytes) EDNA SMITH
She adores large people, especially tall ones. She thinks they have advantage. Salesmanship will never make her a saleslady, we fear. Chemistry will never assist her except in cooking.
Bitter Truth: Edna pokes her bonnet among the stars but her feet are more often in rippling brooks by the river of her dreams.
mildredbowen.jpg (40330 bytes) MILDRED BOWEN
Mildred likes men--but only the great ones. Those home room talks on great Americans found her orating on their lives both pro and con. The curling iron and Mildred are inseparable friends and oh, the results she achieves. Say, she's not hard to look at.
Bitter Truth: She likes archery--Bowen arrow.
carolinewilliams.jpg (40060 bytes) CAROLINE WILLIAMS
School Life, Girl Reserves, Athletic Assn.
Caroline, the middle of the famous Williams trio, the one with the wicked brown eyes. She is a versatile miss who can teach a Sunday School class or guard a berth on the varsity basketball team with equal ease and precision.
Bitter Truth: The postman visits her daily?
pauldenny.jpg (41503 bytes) PAUL DENNY
Hi-Y, Athletic Association, Orchestra, National Honor Society, Interclass Athletics, School Life.
Paul is another of the famous Dennys, and seems to uphold the family escutcheon quite well. He goes out for athletics, makes good grades, and wrestles with one of the second fiddles in the orchestra.
Bitter Truth: His voice is pitched as high as his aspirations.