Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Dr. Ernest Bolinger shows off his medical degree."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Juanita Wood brushes up her road skills at the wheel of a driving simulator during senior citizens driver education class at Southeastern Oklahoma State University."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Ward 3rd Dist. Cong. Dem."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "More students are staying in high school and getting diplomas and then planning a college career today than 15 years ago - partly because of a larger emphasis in vocational-technical education - Durant's new superintendent David Williams, believes."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Adrenalin Pumps just as fast for some basketball fans as it does for the players, as Colbert booster Maxine Teeples could testify after a heart-stopping battle between Colbert and Canton girls at the State Fair Arena in Oklahoma City Saturday."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "SWORN IN as the new Bryan County district judge was Joe Taylor."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "There's another James Spivey on the loose in Bryan Co., and according to the original James Spivey, "he does a lot of things better than I did." Spivey the elder, right, is a Southeastern State College basketball legend. He came out of tiny Bray near Duncan to go to school at the Durant college, and led the Savages to a national runner-up finish in 1955 and third place in 1957. His son now plays at Colbert in Bryan Co., where the elder Spivey is superintendent."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "C. F. Howard has resigned as superintendent of school at Colbert, and will be replaced by Jim Spivey, a former all-American basketball player from Southeastern State Univ. in Durant, who has been athletic director at Grayson Co. College in Denison, Tex."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Bryan County Dist. Judge Sam Sullivan."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Former Dist. Judge Sam Sullivan."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Judge Sam Sullivan and Atty. Whit Pate."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Judge Sam Sullivan, suspended Bryan County Dist. Judge."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Maxine Teeples"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Byran county Memorial hospital has added its first osteopathic physiscian to its medical staff."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Adrenalin Pumps just as fast for some basketball fans as it does for the players, as Colbert booster Maxine Teeples could testify after a heart-stopping battle between Colbert and Canton girls at the State Fair Arena in Oklahoma City Saturday."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Left to right, Judge Sam Sullivan and Whit Pate."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "One of Oklahoma's premier basketball players figures he has sufficiently scratched his coaching itch. James Spivey, two-time All-American basketball player at Southeastern in Durant back in the 1950s, has now put up his basketball coaching whistle and has become superintendent of school's in the Bryan Co. town of Colbert, replacing the retiring C. F. Howard."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Adrenalin Pumps just as fast for some basketball fans as it does for the players, as Colbert booster Maxine Teeples could testify after a heart-stopping battle between Colbert and Canton girls at the State Fair Arena in Oklahoma City Saturday."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Greeting visitors who cross the state line into Oklahoma these days is a "Happy Birthday America" greeting, which have been added to the welcome signs on major highways entering the state. This one is at the Oklahoma-Texas line south of Durant on U. S. 69 / 75."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "More than 40 years as an administrator, the last 16 as superintendent of schools in Durant, will come to an end June 30, exactly 12 months behind schedule for W. H. (Bill) Rainwater."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Durant Schools Superintendent W. H. Rainwater will be honored with a reception Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Northwest Heights cafeteria."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "For second time in 13 months W. H. Rainwater resigned as superintendent of schools at Durant, and his time the board acted quickly to name a successor."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Great Believer" in the people and prodctivity of Oklahomans and the state of Oklahoma, Jo Lester president Lester Rosen said in an interview that a new factory will open this week in Durant."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "I thought I was being invaded, " Said the Rev. Beal Nix, Bryan County's "Marrying Sam."