In 1966, Sheridan High Graduated 15 Seniors

At the Sheridan Alumni Reunion Sunday, many yearbooks were on display. One of the yearbooks was the 1966 yearbook.

Graduating from Sheridan High School that year were Roberta Anderson, Richard Bird, Richard Blackford, Reggie Carden, Tammy Constant, Sarah Cossins, Johnnie Farrell, Sandra Henry, Bonnie Lasley, Larry Musick, Dean Nelson, Eddie Nigh, Jay Sanders, Diane Troutwine, and Joyce Wake.
Administrators were Elvin Long (Superintendent), Wayne Winstead (Principal), and Helen Anderson was the Secretary. Long also taught Physics, while Winstead also taught PE and World History.
School board members were Vernon Wilson (President), Francis Goff (Vice-President), Kay Rowen (Treasurer), Robert Henry, Bud Allee, Virgil Ray, and Earl Finch. Afterwards, Bud was the postmaster and then long-time mayor of Sheridan. Robert Henry was a long-time mail carrier. Earl was a well-dressed man who never went anywhere without his three-piece suit, complete with hat.

Teachers were Kathlyn Brown (English, Commerce), Londell Severson (Driver’s Ed, Industrial Arts, Elementary PE), Norma Maudlin (Biology, Math), Ann Waldeier (Home Economics, Science), Sharon Weir (English, Social Studies), Opal Shelman (Art, Math), Veldeva Long (Music), Margaret Findley (5th, 6th), Edith Parman (3rd, 4th), Velda Carden (1st, 2nd), and Nina Runyan (Kindergarten). Nina had a passion for learning that she had right up to the end of her days. One of her favorite subjects was Laura Ingalls Wilder and her “Little House on the Prairie” series. She passed the love of reading down to her own children as well as her Kindergarten students.

Cooks were Vetra Constant and Mary Pullen. The custodian was Philip Wake. Bus drivers were Bill Carden, Cleo Seckman, Glen Farrell, and Viron Nelson. Viron Nelson ran the Blacksmith shop where Shepherdsfold Meat Processing was southeast of Sheridan; he was also a mechanic who loved tinkering with anything that could be fixed. He was a big towering figure that you did not want to mess with.

There were 16 Sheridan businesses that sponsored the 1966 Yearbook. They were Hoot Holland and Sons, Parman’s Hardware, Carden’s Auto Supply, J.S. Feed Store (“A Feed for Every Need”), Ruth’s Beauty Shop, Caldwell Service Station (Phillips 66), Don Fletchall Plumbing, Taylor’s Cafe (Glen “Limpy” Taylor), Family Fair Variety Store, Walker’s Auto and Tractor Repair, Farmer’s Bank (Linda Nigh, Reece Streeter, and Lois Hodge), 4 Valleys (Farm and Ranch, Plant Food), Sheridan Inn (“Where the Service is Good and the Food is Best”), Parman Bros. Thrif-Tee Market, MFA, and Jackson Insurance (Reece Streeter, agent). Out of those 16 businesses, only two, MFA and Parman’s Hardware survive today.