1931 BRONCO, YEARBOOK OF SIMMONS UNIVERSITY, ABILENE, TEXAS Contributed by: Don Brownlee *************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *************************************************************************** 1931 Bronco, Yearbook of Simmons University, Abilene, Texas The following students and faculty are pictured in the 1931 Bronco, the yearbook of Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. They are listed in order of family name, given names, class, hometown (for seniors only) and yearbook page. For seniors there is an additional listing of the student's major and club/sports participation. For this information you are welcome to contact Akin, Cleo, fr, 76 Akins, Wesley, so, 59 Alexander, Virginia, sr, Breckenridge, 39 Allen, Hollis, jr, 52 Allen, Idahlia, fr, 68 Allen, Martha Washington Pipkin, sr, Dallas, 43 Allison, Irl, fac, 28 Allsion, Willie Mae, fr, 75 Anderson, Charles, fac, 27 Anderson, George S., fac, 21 Andrews, Thelma, fac, 21 Armour, Mrs. Pliny L., fac, 23 Arnette, David Wesley, fac, 25 Arnette, Hoyland, so, 58 Arrant, Hiram Reddick, fac, 22 Bacon, Lillian, fr, 71 Bade, Annie, fr, 72 Baker, Orvie Eustace, fac, 26 Balderee, Henry N., jr, 54 Baldwin, Jesse, jr, 55 Baley, Sibyl, so, 58 Ball, Fred, fr, 68 Ballard, Modrel Moffett, fac, 23 Barnes, Charles, jr, 54 Barnes, Tom, so, 58 Barnett, Laura, fr, 70 Barrett, Cornelia, fr, 68 Barrett, Mike, fr, 73 Barrow, Juanita, sr, Abilene, 36 Bartlett, Leon, fr, 74 Baucom, Bessie, so, 61 Baxter, Dorothy, jr, 48 Baxter, Nora, fr, 76 Beal, Joe, so, 62 Beard, Mrs., fac, 20 Beaty, Collins, so, 58 Beaver, Matty Lynn, fr, 70 Bell, James, fr, 69 Bennett, Mac Leon, so, 66 Bennett, Mary Olive, fac, 29 Blackmon, Truett, jr, 51 Blackwood, J. D., fr, 69 Blaine, Winton, jr, 48 Boles, Mary Ruth, sr, Gordon, 42 Bond, William Dixon, fac, 24 Boney, Harold, fr, 70 Booth, Pat, fr, 72 Bowers, Gid, fr, 74 Bradbury, Violet, so, 64 Branch, Lala Fern, fr, 73 Brashear, Cecil, fr, 69 Brashear, Maurice, sr, Lubbock, 36 Brennard, Mary Belle, so, 63 Britt, Elizabeth, fr, 69 Britt, Estelle, jr, 55 Brooks, Margaret, fr, 68 Brooks, Mary Jane, fr, 71 Brooks, P. B., jr, 53 Brown, Burgess, fr, 70 Brown, Lucille, fr, 74 Bruce, Eudora, fr, 69 Bruce, M. C., fr, 76 Bryson, Hattie Jo, sr, Hamlin, 37 Buchanan, Floyd, so, 66 Burnam, Edwin, so, 60 Burnam, Joseph Edward, fac, 22 Burnam, Wayne, fr, 73 Butler, Lucille, sr, Spring Hill LA, 40 Byron, W. L., jr, 50 Cagle, Bob, so, 65 Caldwell, C. M., fac, 21 Caldwell, Rachel, jr, 49 Cammack, Cecil C., sr, Matador, 44 Campbell, Earl, jr, 56 Campbell, Fay, sr, Rotan, 41 Campbell, Irma, fac, 24 Campbell, Ruby Ruth, sr, Tucson AZ, 37 Carden, Mack, fr, 71 Carpenter, A. M., fac, 28 Carter, Weldon, fr, 73 Carver, Ella Brooks, fr, 70 Casner, Gladys, sr, Stamford, 36 Cates, Hazel, jr, 52 Caveness, Jeanette, sr, Tahoka, 31 Christian, Benjamin, fr, 73 Clemer, Bernelle, fr, 70 Cole, Buster, so, 60 Cole, Lela Clyde, fr, 76 Collier, Helen, so, 64 Comer, Ethel, jr, 55 Conn, Beatrice, sr, Kirbyville, 37 Conn, Zelma, fr, 73 Conway, Walter, fr, 68 Coon, Genevieve, fr, 75 Cooper, Oscar Henry, fac, 23 Cope, Lloyd, fr, 75 Corhn, William B., jr, 50 Corley, Mildred, fr, 72 Corley, Ruth, so, 59 Covington, Harmon, sr, Alvord, 43 Covington, Weldon, sr, Alvord, 37 Cox, Sidney, fr, 70 Cox, W. E., so, 63 Craighead, Virginia, so, 65 Crain, Nicholas, so, 63 Crowley, Reba, jr, 51 Crutchfield, Travis, fr, 69 Dale, Troy, so, 61 Daniel, Claude T., sr, Abilene, 37 Davenport, James, so, 61 Davis, Buster, jr, 56 Davis, Gladys, fr, 74 Davis, Iola, fr, 71 Davison, Daisy Mae, fr, 74 Davison, Howard, sr, McCaulley, 31 De Loache, Audna, fr, 72 Dickenson, Walter, fr, 73 Dillingham, Margaret, so, 66 Dixon, Henry L., sr, Winters, 38 Dodd, Roy D., sr, Brownfield, 41 Donahoe, Rita, jr, 49 Doolen, Oran, so, 62 Doughty, James, so, 60 Douglas, Francis, fr, 75 Drew, Louise, fr, 71 Du Priest, Evelyn, fr, 76 Eakin, Sally, fr, 68 Ensey, Donald, jr, 55 Ensey, Melvin, fr, 69 Eplen, Mack, fr, 76 Etheridge, Marion, sr, Granview, 41 Evans, Morgan, jr, 48 Featherson, Edward, so, 66 Ferguson, Ruby, fr, 74 Fitzhugh, Gordon, jr, 55 Ford, allene, so, 64 Ford, Hoyt, fac, 23 Foy, Doris, so, 59 Francis, Harrison, fr, 74 Francis, Mildred, fr, 71 Frost, Bert, fr, 70 Fry, Marjorie, fr, 68 Gardner, Pansy, so, 62 Gartner, Bertha, sr, Detroit MI, 42 Gartner, Mary, sr, Detroit MI, 40 Gartside, Valeria, sr, Abilene, 39 Gideon, Oneita, fr, 75 Giestman, Clara, fr, 32 68 Girvin, Edwina, fr, 72 Girvin, La Verne, so, 58 Gladden, Pauline, fr, 73 Glass, Alex, jr, 51 Goodloe, Basil, jr, 53 Grant, Glenna Fay, fac, 29 Grant, Ralph, sr, Lamesa, 42 Griffin, John, fr, 69 Griffin, Troy, fr, 72 Grimes, Margie, fr, 73 Guffey, Loree, fr, 71 Guimarian, Beatrice, so, 60 Guthrie, Robert, fr, 76 Halbert, Grady, jr, 52 Ham, Irene, sr, Rule, 41 Haney, J. T., fac, Abilene, 20 Hardesty, Beryl, jr, 31 56 Hardin, A. C., so, 61 Harris, J. C., so, 64 Harris, Jack, fr, 68 Harris, Odessa, fr, 68 Harrison, Thelma, so, 66 Hartley, Huie, jr, 52 Harwell, Etta Fleming, fac, 28 Hatton, Helen, so, 66 Hawkins, Virginia, so, 65 Head, John, jr, 55 Head, Mary E., fac, 19 Hefner, Jane, fr, 75 Hendon, Orval, fr, 69 Hennington, Roy B., sr, McCaulley, 37 Hill, Geraldine, sr, Abilene, 44 Hill, Howard, fr, 74 Hinson, Zona Belle, fr, 68 Hix, Annie Laurie, so, 61 Hoaldridge, Vernon, jr, 53 Hollingshead, Ethel, sr, Abilene, 40 Hollingshead, Nadine, fr, 70 Hollis, Evelyn, jr, 50 Hollis, Irene, fr, 68 Holmberg, Ruth, so, 65 Holmes, Pickett, sr, Abilene, 43 Horby, Vernon, sr, O'Donnell, 41 Horton, Joe Beth, fr, 74 Howell, Faytine, so, 62 Howell, Leora, fr, 72 Howell, William Clarence, sr, Olton, 42 Huber, Ralph, fr, 69 Hutcheron, jewell, so, 60 Hutto, Nelson Allen, fac, 24 Ingerson, Mrs. Earl, fac, 21 Ingerson, Edgar, so, 64 Ingerson, Fred Earl, fac, 22 Ivey, Josie Lois, so, 66 Ivy, Johnnie, fr, 70 Jackson, J. C., fr, 73 Jamison, William M., sr, Gorman, 41 Jenkins, Pauline, so, 63 Jenson, O. P., so, 66 Jobe, Elizabeth, fr, 68 Jobe, Lewis, jr, 50 Johnson, Carol, jr, 54 Jones, Clara Mae, jr, 51 Jones, Felton T., sr, Goree, 37 Jones, Pearl Cyrus, sr, Huntington WV, 45 Jones, Ruth, sr, Olney, 43 Joyner, Lorna, so, 64 Kendell, Jeanne, fr, 71 King, Foy, so, 65 King, Howard, fr, 32 71 Kirk, Elizabeth, jr, 56 Kuykendall, Edessa, fac, 23 Lacy, George, jr, 51 Landers, Emmett, fac, 27 Landers, Mrs. Emmett, fac, 21 Lane, Elizabeth, so, 60 Langston, Bessie, so, 59 Lawson, James Bryan, sr, Goree, 38 Leck, Fromona, jr, 53 Lecke, Mary Belle, so, 59 Lee, Oswald, fr, 68 Lee, Ovella, jr, 53 Little, Archie, fr, 71 Little, Wilse, sr, Denton, 44 Lloyd, D. E., jr, 54 Locke, Florence, jr, 51 Looby, Richard, jr, 53 Loughridge, Catherine, fr, 73 Love, Dorothy, fr, 72 Love, Elizabeth, sr, Kiln MS, 36 Lovell, J. A., sr, Fort Worth, 36 Low, Elmo, sr, Abilene, 39 Low, Karleen, fr, 71 Lowe, Phyllis, fr, 72 Lowe, Vora, so, 63 Malone, Sam, fac, 25 Manley, P. J., fr, 72 Marrs, Camilla, fac, 29 Marshall, U. S., jr, 31 54 Matthews, Choice B., sr, Alma, 40 Mattox, Lucille, so, 63 McAdams, Clara Nell, jr, 48 McCarty, Stanley, fr, 75 McClesky, Ovesta, jr, 53 McClure, Charles H., fr, 72 McClure, Marion, so, 66 McCollum, Eugene, fr, 70 McCord, Blanton, jr, 54 McCrorey, Linn, fr, 75 McCuin, Alvin J., sr, Gorman, 38 McCuin, Ted, jr, 56 McCuiston, Mattie Vee, so, 59 McCurdy, Angie, so, 32 58 McDaniel, Wilbur J., sr, Fort Worth, 39 McDonald, Maurine, sr, Edinburg, 43 McDonald, Willie Ray, fac, 28 McElwrath, Hazel, fr, 71 McGowan, Donna, so, 64 McIntosh, Bess, fr, 74 McKay, Jack, jr, 31 48 McKelvain, Ray, so, 64 McLaughlin, Howard, so, 60 McLeod, J. Orville, so, 62 McMichen, Arett, sr, Weatherford, 40 McMinn, Edna Elizabeth, sr, Abilene, 38 McMurry, Cleron, so, 58 McNeely, M. Holmes, sr, Memphis, 45 McQuary, Kathryn, sr, Abilene, 44 McReynolds, Eunice, so, 61 Meadows, Lillian Estelle, fac, 27 Meckel, Exa D., so, 62 Meredith, C. E., jr, 49 Middleton, Edwin, jr, 50 Milam, Aaron, so, 63 Milam, Homer, jr, 50 Mitchell, Fay, so, 59 Moore, Emma Edna, fr, 74 Morrow, Lula Mae, sr, Rotan, 41 Murdock, Martin, fr, 72 Murdock, Maxine, sr, Albuquerque NM, 37 Murphy, Clinton, fr, 75 Murphy, Dallas, fr, 32 68 Newberry, Doris, fr, 76 Nisbett, Mary, fac, 20 Norris, J. Frank, jr, 52 Olsen, Julius, fac, 17 Palmer, Annice, jr, 55 Palmer, Gladys, jr, 56 Parish, Esther, jr, 53 Parish, Marguerite, fr, 73 Parish, Thelma, sr, Ballinger, 42 Parmelly, Clara, jr, 52 Parris, Elizabeth, so, 60 Parris, Glenn, fr, 76 Parrish, Vhelma, sr, Ballinger, 42 Patterson, Clyde, so, 64 Pattillo, Paul, fr, 70 Pee, Carl, fr, 69 Pennington, Esta, so, 61 Perry, Wanda Opal, sr, Clyde, 45 Petrosky, Rosalie E., sr, Lockhart, 45 Phillips, Alma D., fac, 27 Phillips, Frank, so, 64 Phipps, W. L., so, 61 Pierce, Frankie, jr, 48 Pleasant, Grace, fac, 24 Plummer, Virginia, fr, 71 Polk, Jean, fr, 74 Polk, Otho, fac, 29 Pope, Baylis, so, 62 Porter, Euell, so, 32 59 Powell, Edwin, jr, 53 Pratt, Woodrow, so, 65 Prichard, Janice, so, 64 Pritchard, Aubrey, fr, 73 Pritchard, Mona, fr, 73 Randerson, Nell Gene, fr, 69 Rattan, Fred, jr, 55 Rawls, Ruby Lee, sr, San Angelo, 38 Ray, Grayson, fr, 69 Ray, Neal, fr, 69 Ray, Willis J., sr, White Deer, 42 Reed, D. E., jr, 55 Reed, Fannie Sue, fr, 74 Reed, Feldon, sr, Abilene, 43 Reed, Seldon, so, 64 Reeder, Helen, fr, 69 Reese, Alice, fr, 71 Reeves, Elba, jr, 55 Reeves, Pauline, so, 63 Reid, Lillian, fr, 72 Reynolds, Ita, fr, 70 Reynolds, Martin, fr, 74 Rhodes, Ivy, fac, 20 Ribble, Elsie, jr, 49 Ribble, W. Carnace, fac, 26 Ribble, Virginia Mae, sr, Abilene, 38 Rich, Mrs. W. D., fac, 26 Rich, Wiley Daniel, fac, 26 Richards, Bernard, jr, 48 Richardson, Pauline Mayes, fac, 22 Richardson, Rupert N., fac, 16 Riece, Cleo, so, 61 Riek, Ina Mae, so, 61 Rike, Zeb, so, 58 Riley, Truman, so, 63 Roach, Lorna, jr, 50 Robertson, Carroll, so, 66 Robinson, Mercedes, so, 65 Robinson, Steede, fr, 68 Roe, Bernice, fr, 73 Rogers, Francis, fr, 73 Rolley, Frances, jr, 54 Ross, L. C., sr, Abilene, 45 Rowan, Lucille, so, 58 Rowe, Clyde, sr, Cisco, 42 Rudd, Euna, fac, 22 Rudd, Eva, fac, 24 Rushing, Weldon, jr, 51 Russell, Aubrey, jr, 49 Rutledge, James, fr, 71 Rutledge, Mabel, fr, 68 Sale, Joy, so, 65 Sale, Sidney, fr, 74 Sandefer, Jefferson Davis, fac, 15 Sanders, William Lee, sr, Anson, 36 Sanderson, Lena Grace, so, 66 Sandige, Madison, so, 61 Savage, Orlena, jr, 56 Scott, Amber Estes, sr, Abilene, 45 Seed, Bernard, fr, 70 Sewell, Noll, sr, Midlothian, 40 Shahan, Roy, jr, 54 Shanks, Homer, so, 65 Shepperd, Riggs, sr, Colorado, 39 Shewbert, Peggy, fr, 68 Shick, Lillian, sr, Big Spring, 44 Simmons, Elmer Thornton, sr, Sweetwater, 43 Simpson, W. K., so, 65 Skaggs, Mrs. Roy, fac, 25 Skiles, Elwin, fr, 72 Slusser, Jesseal, so, 58 Smith, Aubrey, jr, 52 Smith, Doris, fr, 70 Smith, Elizabeth, fr, 73 Smith, Emma Mae, sr, Ballinger, 41 Smith, Grace, so, 66 Smith, Grace, fr, 71 Smith, Harold, fr, 73 Smith, Helen Elizabeth, sr, Munday, 44 Smith, Hester, jr, 49 Smith, Irene, so, 65 Smith, Jerold Jack, sr, Wichita Falls, 38 Smith, Johnye Murle, fr, 74 Smith, Maxine, fr, 72 Smith, Ruby Belle, sr, Godley, 39 Smith, Tommie, fr, 74 Smith, Vauda, so, 62 Sneath, Ruth, fr, 71 Sparks, Robert, so, 59 Speck, Edith, so, 60 Spraberry, Carr, fr, 74 Sprawls, Charlene, jr, 52 Sprawls, Tesa, fr, 69 Stafford, Vernon, sr, Wellington, 44 Stanton, Eleanor, fr, 74 Steakley, Dan, jr, 51 Stephenson, Rowland, jr, 56 Stevenson, Irene, fac, 20 Stevenson, Irene, jr, 50 Sublett, Ernest Royal, sr, Sweetwater, 39 Swank, Fred, jr, 49 Swanzy, Douglas B., 33 Taylor, Loraine, fr, 72 Thomas, Faye, so, 63 Thomas, Sammie, fr, 74 Thompson, Ruby, so, 63 Tignor, Maurine, jr, 48 Tiner, Edrie, jr, 49 Tipps, Roberta, so, 60 Tittle, Orion, fr, 74 Travis, Arthur, so, 62 Trompeeter, Jack, so, 61 Truitt, Mary Louise, jr, 56 Tucker, Marion, fr, 70 Turner, Imogene, jr, 50 Turner, J. G., fr, 74 Turner, M. Margaret, sr, Abilene, 43 Turner, Mary, fr, 69 Tyler, allie, fr, 75 Tyson, A. R., so, 59 Upshaw, Sarah, fr, 75 Van Dyke, Joseph, jr, 49 Veale, Marie, so, 58 Vineyard, Mary Preston, fac, 23 Walker, Zady Belle, sr, Memphis, 45 Walton, William Truett, fac, 25 Walston, Mary Beth, sr, Abilene, 36 Ward, Elmer, fr, 74 Watson, Melba, fr, 75 Welsh, T. A., jr, 51 Westmoreland, Caloway, fr, 69 Whatley, Calvin, jr, 56 Wheeler, William V., sr, Santa Anna, 31 Whitaker, Hubbard, jr, 52 White, Homer T., fr, 72 White, Mattie Ibera, sr, Abilene, 39 Wiggins, D. M., fac, 18 Wiggins, Mrs. Dossie Marion, fac, 26 Wilbanks, Obed, so, 62 Wilcox, Koreen, jr, 54 Wiley, Crystal, so, 62 Wiley, Dewey O., fac, 28 Williams, Finlon, so, 32 58 Williams, Gerald, jr, 49 Williams, Helen, fr, 76 Williams, Madelon, jr, 48 Williams, Vera Maude, so, 62 Wilson, Claude, so, 60 Wilson, Ella, so, 59 Wilson, T. B. Jr, fr, 70 Windham, Lucille, fr, 72 Wofford, W. D., so, 60 Wood, F. A., fr, 74 76 Woods, Vivian, jr, 51 Woodson, J. T., so, 63 Word, Edith Luella, sr, Ozona, 40 Work, William James, fac, 28 Work, Mrs. William James, fac, 29 Worthy, Virginia, fr, 70 Wright, Louise, jr, 50 Yarbrough, Ethmol, so, 59 Yeats, Dennis Frederick, fr, 71 York, Jewel, so, 65