Alva High Goldbugs

The Graduates of the 1920s were the honored group during AHS Reunion 2000, Monday, 3rd July 2000, in downtown Alva, Oklahoma, 10:00AM. This lively lovely ladies were invited to be the marshals of the Reunion 2000 parade held July 3rd, 2000, on the downtown streets of Alva, Oklahoma. Not all are shown in this parade photograph taken the morning of the parade.

AHS names of 1920s...
Marjorie Hayward (1925),
Wilma Lee (1926),
Elanor Sterba (1927),
Vera Strasbaugh (1928),
Mary Barbara Korff (1923),
Eloise Ferguson Faull (1925),
Addie McGuire (1926).

1923 --- The earliest graduate of the group is Mary Barbara Korff who graduated in 1923. Mary Barbara is best known for her musical contributions to the community over the past many years. She regularly entertained the Woods County Senior Citizens with her piano skills until recently.

1925 --- Marjorie Hayward, Alva, and Eloise 'Dude' Ferguson Faull, Georgia, are two who graduated in 1925. Dude was a member of the national basketball championship team (The Goldmiddies). While her good friend was in NY playing the Croton-0n-the-Hudson team for the national title, Marjorie remembers sitting in the cafe listening to reports of the game on the radio. 'Dude' Faull, believed to be the only remaining member of the National Championship Goldmiddies team, will be in Alva for the reunion festivities. Faull resides in Georgia.

1926 --- Wilma Lee and Addie McGuire were members of the 1926 graduating class. Addie's favorite memories of her high school days are of the excitement surrounding the Goldmiddie's Championship. They had a snake dance around the square with the whole school involved. Wilma is still active in education as a mentor with the Alva Youth Summit and a volunteer at Share Convalescent Home. She has lots of fund memories from her school days, one of which she says involved a classmate's planting the class flag on top of the school's flag pole. Wilma said there was a continual contest between the classes of whose flag would fly on top of the extremely tall pole the longest. A classmae promised to get their flag up and keep it up for a long time. He took their flag up and took something else up with him. He took the others flag down, put their flag up, then put axle grease all over the pole on his way down so nobody could get up there.

1927 --- Eleanor Sterba graduated in 1927. She remains active in her church, Firt Presbytarian, serving in many areas including media liaison.

1928 --- The 1928 graduated is Vera Strasbaugh who is active in the Cherokee Strip Museum Board and the Woods County Senior Citizens. During her high school days, Vera was one of the AHS cheerleaders yelling loudest for N. J. "Bud" Strasbaugh, a grade ahead of her and a member of the football team who later became her husband.

One of Vera's favorite memories revolves around the rivalry between Alva and Cherokee teams. They had an assembly before plalying Cherokee and had built a casket with Cherokee in it and burned it. Cherokee beat Alva unmercifully that night.

There were stories shared of some of the boys coming to school with a Mohawk haircut which recieved a much less than enthusiastic reception from the administration. The boys had to wear ball caps until their hair grew out.

Other stories of skipping class, turning back wataches to give them more time out of school, and other mischievous pranks surfaced which they swore they would deny if they were quoted.

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