OKLAHOMA EDUCATIONAL DIRECTORY 1959-1960 Bulletin No. 109-1 Issued by OLIVER HODGE State Superintendent Oklahoma City OKLAHOMA EDUCATIONAL DIRECTORY CONTAINING The names of all the cities and villages in Oklahoma employing as many as four teachers, together with the names of the superintendents; also the names of the high school, junior high, and elementary princi­ pals, president of the board of education of all districts, authorized book company repre­ sentatives, and names of state institutions, and denominational and private colleges. FOR THE SCHOOL YEAE 1959-60 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS (Numbers refer to pages) State Department of Education 4 Division of Vocational Education 7 Vocational Rehabilitation Division 8 Oklahoma Education Association 11 Counties Composing the 0. E. A.(Districts of the State 11 Oklahoma Congress of Parents and Teachers 12 Board of Regents for Colleges and Universities 14 Colleges and Universities 14 State Committee on Municipal ,and Independent and Junior Colleges 16 Oklahoma Commission of Teacher Education and Certification 16 Board of Trustees and Executive Officers of the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma 17 Board of Affairs 17 Board of Mental Health 17 Board of Health 18 State Historical Society 18 Oklahoma State Accrediting Agency 18 State Elective Officials 18 List of Parochial Schools and Business Colleges 20 List of Independent Schools, and All Other Public Schools Employing Four or More Teachers 23 County Superintendents 76 List of Certified Textbook Representatives in Oklahoma 78 Board of Directors and Officers of the Oklahoma State School Board Association 81 List of School Board Presidents by Counties 82 Alphabetical List of Schools Showing Counties in Which They are Located 97 OKLAHOMA EDUCATIONAL DIRECTORY STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Phone JA 5-2153 State Superintendent of Public Instruction Oliver Hodge Secretary Verna Yeats Assistant Superintendent in Charge of Administration E. H. McDonald Secretary Elwanda McAnally Chief Clerk : Louise Smith Stenographer Vera Kincaid Switchboard Operator Mimeograph Operator Karen Carter CERTIFICATION AND TEACHER EDUCATION DIVISION Phone JA 5-2153, Sta. 6 or 15 Director of Certification E. H. Bingham Assistant Director of Certification Wallace Brewer Secretary Rose Carson Director of Teacher Education R. B. Johnson Secretary Allene Aaron INSTRUCTION DIVISION Phone JA 5-2153, Sta. 4, 7, or 8 Director of Instruction Jake Smart Assistant Directors: V. J. Bonner 'Carl Taylor E. P. Bryan Floyd Hubbard O. U. Campbell V. J. Lockett Ben P. Chapman G. G. Morgan Hampton Crowder Merrill Roberson Floyd Thompson Secretaries: • Onnolee Burns Gladys Isabell Beulah Ponder Mary Gene Barrett DEFENSE EDUCATION DIVISION Phone JA 5-2153, Sta. 13 Administrator of Federal Funds Earl Cross Secretary Helen Durie Auditor Marion Patrick Secretary Betty Joe Burney GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING DIVISION Phone Director Herschel Melton Assistant Director George Cheek Assistant Director Fred Lawson Secretary Katherine Tyler CURRICULUM DIVISION Phone JA 5-2153, Sta. 25 Director F. R. Born Secretary Ines Andrews OKLAHOMA EDUCATIONAL DIRECTORY SAFETY, HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION DIVISION Phone JA 5-2153, Sta. 19 Director Henry Vaughan Secretary Adah I. Broadland INDIAN EDUCATION DIVISION Phone JA 5-2153, Sta. 23 or 26 Director W. H. Clasby Asst. Director and Supervisor of the Anadarko Area J. L. Laney Supervisor of the Muskogee Area Dick Pryor Secretary Geraldine Harry Clerk-Stenographers Nancy Hamilton Helen Johnson RESEARCH AND CENSUS DIVISION Phone JA 5-2153, Sta. 24 Director Clay Kerr Secretary Mayme P. Proctor SPECIAL EDUCATION DIVISION Phone JA 5-2153, Sta. 16 Director A. LeRoy Taylor Supervisor Thurman E. Coburn Supervisor Ira E. Bugg Secretaries : Vivian Clason SCHOOL PLANT SERVICES DIVISION Phone JA 5-2153. Sta. 10 Director Phil Gruber Assistant Director '. W. E. Howard Draftswoman Marjorie Lou Almond Secretaries Margie Goyer Helen Dierdorf TELEVISION EDUCATION DIVISION Phone JA 5-2153, Sta. 24 Director Leon Hibbs Secretary '. Camillia Thompson STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION President Oliver Hodge Secretary M. C. Collum Stenographer Helen Braisher MEMBERS Roy Craig Leedey G. L. Hollabaugh Broken Arrow V. A. Coleman Harjo Jack Malin Idabel Elbert Costner ...-Poteau Dion C. Wood Duncan FINANCE DIVISION Phone JA 5-2153, Sta. 11 or 18 or JA 8-5513 Director of Finance R. H. Emans Assistant Director of Finance and Supervisor of School Bus Purchase and Rentals Clarence L. DeWees OKLAHOMA EDUCATIONAL DIRECTORY Secretary to Director of Finance Georgia Rogers Secretary to Assistant Director of Finance .Sue Clayton Supervisor of Files and Records Mary W. Spohn Financial Secretary, Bookkeeper, and Claims Auditor Elma L. Henry Supervisor of State Aid Calculation Guy H. Lambert Assistant Supervisor of State Aid Calculation Alvin H. Alcorn Supervisor of Financial Statistics, and Budget Examiner G. M. Johnson Assistant Supervisor of Financial Statistics Mae Belle Prickett Statistician Leo Dunlap Financial Research Sample Brockman Comptometer Supervisor Alta Burns Assistant Comptometer Supervisor Jeanne Carson Comptometer Operator Nellie Pemberton Comptometer Operator Nadine Mays Director of Transportation and School Bus Driver Education Wesley L. Camp Assistant Director of Transportation G. A. O'Neal Supervisor of Transportation Route and Areas Bill Crutcher Secretary to Director of Transportation Vesta K. Watts Supervisor of Maps, Transportation Reports and Records Sue Hulse Chief Examiner Ernest E. Ayres Secretary to Chief Examiner Ina Ince Deputy Examiner Amos Kimberling Deputy Examiner T. T. Spencer Deputy Examiner Fred Shackleford Deputy Examiner Ballard Clowdus Deputy Examiner W. H. Northcott Deputy Examiner Jack Clifford Deputy Examiner T. E. McDonald Auditor of Teacher Qualifications and Experiences Robyn Eldridge Secretary to Auditor of Teacher Qualifications Jessie Mae Fields Clerk-Typist Fern Orr Clerk-Typist Cecelia Morgan Clerk-Typist Linda Douglass Clerk Ruth LeClair TEXTBOOK DIVISION Phone JA 5-2153, Sta. 21 or JA 5-0686 Director G. V. Williams Assistant Director Othelle Bond Stenographer-Secretary Velma Shiflett Stenographer-Secretary Maxine Horton Accountant Jessie Milford Typist Clerk Mary Jo Barrett SCHOOL LUNCH DIVISION Phone JA 8-4461 Director Drew V. Langley Asst. Director and Secretary Martha D. McGee Office Manager Lewis Boyne Auditor Jeanette McElvaney Bookkeeping Machine Operator Martha Line Account-Clerks Carol Brown Doris Disch Bess Harris Ramona Klotz OKLAHOMA EDUCATIONAL DIRECTORY NUTRITION SECTION School Lunch Home Economists Vera Collins Katherine Hall Helen Massengale Rita Cornish Ann McKee Lexa Rockett Josephine Smith Dorothy Watkins School Lunch Supervisors Mae Baker Pearl Butler Pearl Wickham FIELD AUDIT SECTION Carl Savage Jim Nix Bill Gardner L. J. Simmons DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION Director, 1515 West Sixth Street, Stillwater, Phone FR 2-6211, Ext. 458 J. B. Perky Secretary, 1515 West Sixth Street, Stillwater Thelma Dennis Financial Secretary, State Capitol, Oklahoma City Phone JA 8-3349 Paul D. Bryant Secretary-Bookkeeper, State Capitol, Oklahoma City Dolores Hains. VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE, 1515 West Sixth Street, Phone FR 2-6211 (Ask for Ext. No.) State Supervisor J. B. Perky Assistant F. F. A. Advisor Byrle Killian District Supervisor Cleo A. Collins District Supervisor Benton Thomason District Supervisor Ralph Dreessen District Supervisor j. B. Morton Executive Secetary, Future Farmers of America Earl Schweikhard Asst. Executive Secretary, Future Farmers of America Dale Cotton Secretary Evelyn Wilson Secretary Viola Schulze Secretary Janiece DeBerry Secretary Barbara Laspisa Secretary Sue Connally Secretary Charlene Cook VETERANS AGRICULTURAL TRAINING PROGRAM 1515 West Sixth, FR 2-6211 ,Ext. 583 State Supervisor Lawrence O. Hansen Secretary Claribel Wadsworth DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION, 1515 West Sixth Street, Stillwater, Phone FR 2-6211. Ext. 7008 State Supervisor M. J. DeBenning Assistant State Supervisor Ted Best Coordinator of Restaurant Training Frank M. Barrett Secretary Oneita Patten Secretary Fay Ward OKLAHOMA EDUCATIONAL DIRECTORY TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION, 1515 West Sixth Street, Stillwater, Phone FR 2-4460 State Supervisor, Stillwater H. T. Archibald Assistant State Supervisor J. Perry Norris District Supervisor Pete Chapman Secretary Mildred P. Lee Secretary Normajean Cook Secretary Charlyne Bainum DIVISION OF PRACTICAL NURSES, 1515 West Sixth Street, Phone FR 2-6211, Ext. 581 State Supervisor Ruth Burris Secretary Wenonah Tidwell AREA TECHNICAL TRAINING SERVICES, 1515 West Sixth Street, Phone FR 2-6211, Ext. 471 State Supervisor Roy W. Dugger Secretary Mary L. Drain HOME ECONOMICS EDUCATION, STATE CAPITOL. Phone JA 4-8497 State Supervisor , Blanche Portwood Assistant Supervisor , Martha Frizzell Assistant Supervisor Helen Jensen Assistant Supervisor Nedra Johnson Assistant Supervisor May Rollow Special Assistant Marion Hurst Secretary — Mary Hamlett Secretary Lorene Anthis Secretary Sue Crook Secretary .Hedvika Schultz VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION DIVISION CENTRAL OFFICE, 1212 N. Hudson, Oklahoma City 3 Phone CEntral 5-6684 Director Voyle C. Scurlock Assistant Director C. L. Dalke Supervisor of Physical Restoration Idabel Sine Supervisor of Special Rehabilitation Services Richard A. Grant Supervisor of Accounting, Finance, and Clerical Services....Maurice Johnson Medical Consultant Francis E. Dill, M. D. Psychiatric Consultant Moorman P. Prosser, M. D. Accountants Beatrice Badgett J. G. McCanless Edgar Whitehead,