The school year for 1960-61 is fast drawing to a close with mixed emotions for the many who are involved.

Senior commencement will be at 8:00 p.m. Friday [May 19, 1961] in the auditorium. Guest speaker at the commencement exercises will be Oklahoma Lieutenant Governor George Nigh. The sermon at the baccalaureate service will be given by Rev. David Forester, pastor of Allen First Baptist church.

Graduates are Valedictorian Janice Carolyn Borders, Salutatorian Sandra Eubank, Brenda Kaye Capps, Betty Jane Canada, Linda Kay Walker, Sharolyn Snow, Linda Gray, Bob Maloy, Linda Wheeler, Georgene Rowsey, Kirby Angelly, W.B. Davis, Ethel Mae Matthews, Judith Ilona Massey, Dean Vinson, Jim Haley, Ella Victoria Walton, James Nickell, Larry Tiley, Lizzie Cash, Margaret Lee Revels, Roberta Bain, Mary Ann Clary, Nancy Thompson, Jerry Brewer, Linda Sue Deaton, Kay Haliburton, Harold Edward Erwin, and Judith Iker.

Commencement Exercises Set For Friday Night

The 1971 Senior class of Allen high school will complete their graduation activities with Commencement Exercises Friday evening, May 21, at 8:00 o’clock in the school auditorium.

Deborah Pollard will play the processional and recessional. Rev. Joe Howry, pastor of the First Baptist Church, will give the Invocation; a musical number will be presented by the Allen Choral Group; Mary Whitaker will give the Salutatory Address and Jeanette Ritter will make the Valedictory Address.

The Class History will be ready by Gail Burright and Cindy Priest will read the Class Will. Eric Pierce will make the Presentation of Kay and Bruce Guy will accept for the junior class. Patsy Cosper will read the Class Prophecy. Rev. Weldon Manney, minister of the Allen United Methodist Church, will give the Benediction.

Bob Somerhalder, high school principal, will then present the graduating class for their diplomas to Superintendent Alfred Darras who will award them to the forty seniors.

Graduating and receiving diplomas are Sherry Ruth Ashby, Rebecca Ann Brown, Gail Ann Burright, Patsy Lynn Cosper, Judy Ann Cozad, Linda Carol Hogue, Sandra Michelle Hughes, Mary Ann Matthews, Mary Kathryn Mitchell, Peggy Ann Nickell, Cynthia Lynn Priest, Ella Jeanette Ritter, Carolyn Kay Smith, Cynthia Jean Stephens, Barbara J. Traylor, Mary Margaret Whitaker, Gloria Jean Wofford,

Gary Dale Anderson, Kenneth Ray Arthur, Glenn Mahlon Beavers, Edwin Kenneth Clark III, Dennis Rollen Eubank, Winston L. Hanks, Frankie Hardage, Gary Neil Matthews, Ronnie Nickell, Gary Van Pannell, Eric Steve Pierce, Sammy Ray Pilant, Danny J. Reynolds, Billy Stephens, Virgil Walker, Larry Joe Watson, Vernon Don Whitten, Simon Eugene Williams, Don Lee Wilson, Jackie Lee Wofford, Roy Lynn Wofford, Delbert Walter Young and Jerry O’Neal Young.

Ḟorty-Four Allen Seniors To Graduate

The Baccalaureate program for the 1981 graduating class will be held Sunday, May 10, at 2:00 p.m. in the school auditorium.

Rev. Richard Harrod, pastor of the United Pentecostal Church, will bring the sermon. Rev. Don Cooley, pastor of the Church of God of Prophecy, will give the invocation and the benediction will be given by Rev. LaVerle Carrington, pastor of the Allen United Methodist Church.

Forty-four seniors will join in the traditional march down Allen High School aisles Tuesday, May 12, to receive their diplomas for having successfully completed the requirements for graduation. Commencement exercises begin at 8:00 p.m.

The invocation will be delivered by Rev. DuWayne Colvin, pastor of Allen First Baptist Church. Jack Way of the Church of Christ will lead in the benediction.

The Salutatory Address will be given by Paula Turpin, after which George Martinez, Allen football coach, will deliver the commencement address.

Following the speech by Coach Martinez will be the Presentation of Key by senior class president Terri Vinson, with junior class president Phillip Harrington accepting.

Kerri Vinson will then deliver the Valedictory address.

Members of this year’s graduating class include Blain Marcus Black, Dianna Lee Brannan, Sheri Lynn Dorsett, Tonda Suzette Edwards, Lilah Renea Gardner, Shelly Annette Hatton, Robert Earl Jarrett, Sheila Kay Johnson, Keith Eugene Kilcrease, Bill R. Knighten, Robin R. Lamoni,

Rodney Lynn Levingston, Jessica Dyann Long, Charles Haskell McAnally, Devin Patrick McGuire, Donna Lee Elizabeth Mallan, Michelle Renee Duncan Maloy, Josie Jacqueline Chiles Moore, David Reed Nickell, Mark Allen Nickell, Marvin Lee Nickell, Patrick Robin Oglesbee,

Mark Lyn Ross, Virginia Ann Sanders, Elzy Lee Self, Sharon D. Smith, Jackie Dean Stephens, Melody Roxann Stewart, Michael Wayne Summers, Sheila Ann Summers, Kevin Scott Tate, Garry Allen Tow, Paula Renee Turpin,

Kerri Suzanne Vinson, Terri Luanne Vinson, Curtis Walker, Mary L. Walker, Alan Paul Way, Connie Denise West, Donald Shane White, Timothy Eugene Williams, Angela Carol Wilson, Carol DeAnn Yoakum and Connie J. Young.

1991 Senior

Edition

Bob Somerhalder

Announces Retirement Final Year for Donny Johnson

Baccalaureate will be held for the graduating class on Sunday, May 12 ^th , 2:00 p.m. Invocation will be given by Earl Scroggins of the Bethel Freewill Baptist Church; sermon by Roy Robertson, Assembly of God Church; and benediction by Danny Huntsman, Church of Christ. Music will be provided by Stacy Nix, Kristal Stinson, Leah LanCaster and Terri Reid.

Commencement exercises will be held Tuesday, May 14 ^th , 8:00 p.m. Addressing the seniors will be Cynthia Roland McClure.

Our heartiest congratulations to the Class of 1991. You’ve worked hard and one will. Best of luck in the future.

Valedictorian Kristal Lee Stinson, Salutatorian Bonnie Jo Smith, Christy Lynne Webster, Brad Lancaster, Arthur Leon Moore II, Mendy Ann Snider, Shane L. Matthews, Callie Rosa Roebuck, Liliana Maria Diaz, Kimberly Ann Iker, Leah Edens Lancaster, Shelly Anne Beeney, Annita Diann Hopper, Windie Clifton, Sheila Gayle Ott, Stephanie Dawn Bixler, Shellie Rena Horton Stringer,