I do think that I have become too interested in old yearbooks and the history that they hold. Looking through this 1948 Harding University (then College) Petit Jean I found 4 people of interest on just one page. Look at these professors at Harding at the time.
Let's take them from the top. Dr. Ganus is shown as a young man who has been so beneficial to Harding all through the years. He attended Harding and ended up running Harding as President for many years. When I attended Harding he was President. I see him around town now and feel proud to have him in our midst.
Now beside him is a man named Berryhill. On over in the book it put his name in parenthesis as "Pinky" Berryhill. I have always heard that our Berryhill Park was named after a Pinky Berryhill. This may be that man. Anyone know for sure?
Sadly, the next two pictures show the Stapletons. Mrs. Stapleton was murdered several years after this picture was taken. The person who took her life was never found and the case is supposedly still "open" after 50 years. Her grandchildren (according to the newspaper) can't get anything about her case through FOI because it is still open. I don't blame them for being angry and questioning whether it really is an on-going investigation.
If I am wrong about any of these observations let me know.
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