A reprint of the Wewoka High School Ruf-Nexs' 1943 Thanksgiving Formal. It appears, every Miss and Mister in town, was at that Formal.

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Read and Enjoy.........................From the Wewoka Times Democrat, 11/28/1943

RUF-NEXS' ANNUAL THANKSGIVING FORMAL IS OUTSTANDING EVENT
A strictly formal affair was the annual Thanksgiving dance given by the members of the Ruf-Nex when they entertained at a dance Wednesday evening in the Community Building. A harvest note was manifest in the appointments, turkeys, and pumpkins decorating the walls, and mistletoe topping the mantle and hung from the chandeliers. The guest book was adorned with a strutting gobbler.

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"I'll Be Seeing You"
Bing Crosby

The stage curtain, partially parted, held a huge placard bearing the inscription "Ruf-Nexs", which had a spot light directed on it. Producing a splash of color on the dance floor were the soft color notes of the formal frocks and boutoniers on the dinner coats as they whirled past the tunes played on the nickelodeon.

"RufNexs"

DrumsGene Krupa

Officers of the Ruf-Nexs:

Mr. David Ramage, Pres.; Mr. Bob Bates, Vice-Pres.; Mr. David Cross, Sec.-Treas.; and Mr. Joe Filson, Sgt. At Arms. Other members of the organization are the Mssrs. Jim Pyle, Bob Willis, Bob Poole, Raymond Parnell, Earl Roberts, Earl Weston, Durward Tucker, Jack Stephens, Don Jackson, Bob Crouch, Roger McCracken, and George Rhodes.

The guest list included:
Miss Mary Lou Sarber, Miss Peggy Hutson, Miss Amy Rolater, Miss Jackie Wallace, Miss Doris Nurse, Miss Lara May Terry, Miss Bill Mae Stalling, Miss Pat Whitehead, Miss Wanita Schlehuber, Miss Ann Whitehead, Miss Alva June Kindred, Miss Norma Holder, Miss Donna Badgwell, Miss Anna Mary Ogle, Miss Mary Wingate, Miss Barbara Gilbert, Miss Joan Looney, Miss Marcine Redding, Miss Joyce Jones, Miss Jacqueline Shubert, Chicago, Ill., Miss Mary Lou Hedley, Miss Bonnie Sue Moore, Miss Mary Lou Roland, Miss Velma Fern Jones, Miss Marylu Sweatt, Miss Tommy Wall, Miss Mary Adelyn Roberts, Miss Delores Nurse, Miss Lillian Aloway.

And the Messrs. John Brooks, Jim Drake, Johnny Klentos, Bill Fronterhouse, Bob Abram, Jack Hutson, John Carl VanEss, George Rhodes, Donald Wells, Seminole, Mike Hooaway, Seminole, Jack Stephens, Bob Crouch, Corky Bishop, Jerrell Goen, Warren Walker, Joe Wells, David Ramage, Bill Moore, Jim Maytubby, Jack Chisholm, Bill French, Ronald Kennedy, David Cross, Dick Peterson, Durward Tucker, Floyd W. Dancey, and Roy Wood

And Bill Granger, Bob Hutchison, Rex Moore, Seminole, Joe Bruce, Bob Peterson, Shorty Fitzpatrick, Bob Boothe, Buford White, Seminole, Butch Bailey, Randal Mikeman, R. Parnell, Kenneth Jones, Bill Perkins, Don Jackson, K.J. Factor, Roger McCracken, Bob Bates, Tom Walker, and Bob Abram.

Chaperones for the dance included: Mr. and Mrs. G.A. Adams, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Ramage, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. C.M. Davidson, Mrs. W.W. Gilbert, Mrs. Julian Herera, Mrs. John B Rowland, Mrs. B.F. Bates, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Holder, Mr. and Mrs. Bob McCracken, and Mr and Mrs. Guy L Cross.........................