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Alumni Museum News
 MUSEUM NEWS By Jean Thurston Harris ’48
Greetings and Happy Spring from the Classen Museum! Finally, the bitter cold winter is past and we are happy to see that all our plants didn’t freeze in the extremely cold temperatures we have had this winter. In addition to the bitter cold and a few mild days sprinkled in between, Oklahoma experienced the second worst snow storm ever occurring in Oklahoma in late March! Some parts of the state received 25-26 inches of snow with up to 5-6 foot snowdrifts! Only in Oklahoma!
Sharon Thompson Marolf ’51 mailed us the anniversary edition of the RFD TV - Rural America’s Most Important Network magazine in which there is a story written by Sharon entitled Mr. and Mrs. Project ‘Old Iron’. Sharon is an artistic genius and her husband, Howard is a mechanical genius who sees beauty in rehabilitated classic tractors made good as new. Together they teamed up with a husband and wife project involving a 1939 Allis Chalmers WC that he found buried in weeds on a local farm near their home in Montrose, Colorado. This is a very interesting story which was published in a national publication. This magazine may be found in our Alumni Author Alley in the Classen museum along with many other publications from our alumni of which we are so proud!
Dannie Hoskins ’48 brought a beautiful framed picture of Classen High School created by Greg Burns.
Tim Braun ’99 donated a cymbal from his band, “The Rackets.”
Virginia Holmes O’Leary ’48 donated a program from The Classen Little Theatre entitled Ten Little Indians, a mystery comedy written by Agatha Christie. Virginia played the part of Mrs. Rogers in this production.
Larry Pitts, son of Joe Pitts ’40 (dec.), donated two Orbits, one each from 1939 and 1940, on behalf of his late father Joe.
Bill and Judy Whetstone sent a 1954 and 1955 Orbit, two 54-55 Classen student directories, a 53-54 student handbook, two copies of The Classen Life, from April and May, 1955, and programs from the 1954 and 1955 Classen Classics. Bill was a sophomore at Classen during the 1954-55 school years, and then transferred to NW Classen.
Valerie Harris, principal of CSAS, donated a wonderful book to the museum entitled Oklahoma Centennial Celebration ’07.
Carol Fagerquist Moody ’52 sent a 1948 picture of the 8th grade Harding Junior High Girls’ Chorus.
Dr. John Janovy, Jr. 1955 is a Varner Distinguished Professor of Biological Science at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Nebraska. He sent the museum eleven autographed books which he authored to be deposited in the Classen High School Alumni Museum “Author’s Alley.” At the present time we have almost two bookcases completely full of books authored by our alumni which are very impressive! We really do appreciate receiving books from our alumni who are authors and we urge any and all of you who have written books to send us a copy of your book or books if you have not done so already.
Elaine Schuster ’54 brought a book to the museum which Billy Jeane Irwin Thompson ’42 located at an estate sale. It is a 1930 Senior Book which contains the names and pictures of all the 1930 graduates. This was possibly the first graduating class from Classen High School.
Thanks to our museum volunteers who spend a portion of their day once a month to open the museum and greet and assist visitors. They are: Harriette Westervelt Boatright ’47, Sally Freel Brunett ’54, Norma Williams Colston ’54, Janie Anderson Cotton ’50, Tony Hargis ’55, Marie Russell Harkey ’38, Alyse Myers Ramsey ’47, Suzanne Yowell Schneider ’50, Dorothy Plumer Shuminsky ’55, Pam Caughron Stottman ’63, Margene Arnett Walker ’40 and Mary Ellen Wells ’50.
That’s all I have for this time … see you in August!
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