Rangers of 36-37 were basketball champs

One of the better basketball teams in Perryton High School history was the 1936-37 squad which won the district title at a time when there were no size classifications, thus the Rangers competed on the same basis against Pampa, Amarillo, Borger and other larger schools.

PERRYTON MAIN STREET

PERRYTON MAIN STREET — Perryton had a bustling Main Street in 1935. Shown is the 200 block of South Main on the west side. Businesses pictured are the City Drug Company, R. B. Orrill and R. H. Holland’s Men’s Wear Store and the Club Cafe.

Wage scale up in ‘38

The wage scale was rising in the Perryton area by 1938, as shown by the published schedule of rates for the highway construction project underway that year. Top daily wages went to carpenters, shovel operators, crane operators, powder men and mechanics at $8 per day.

Good times gets annual

Times were so “good’’ in Perryton high school by 1937 that the high school students decided to have an annual after an absence of some six years while funds dried up due to the drought and depression.

Big snowfall hit Perryton in 1938

One of the biggest snowfalls on record hit Perryton on April 7, 1938, when a nine inch snowfall was whipped into 20 foot drifts by high winds, blocking traffic and stopping all business activity for several days. The storm hit while school was in progress, preventing rural students from going home.

Ranger Field grassed during 1937

(Reprinted from the Herald, April 21, 1937) Due to the interest of Calvin Flowers, a member of the Perryton Independent School District Board, and the boys of the Ranger football squad, contesting athletes of the future will find a beautiful green Ranger Field. Mr.

Canadian Road paved in ‘37

Travel between Perryton and Canadian became much easier in October 1937 when the new black top pavement was opened between the two towns. This cut the distance to Canadian nine miles, making the route only 43.8 miles as compared with more than 60 miles the old way by dirt road.

Perryton had top polo team

Polo is not always a sport for the rich. Back in 1937, Perryton had a polo team which was very successful in matches around the country and the team played before crowds at the polo field on the north side of town.

Beer outlawed by ‘37 election

After having legal beer in Perryton for almost four years, Perryton citizens went to the polls on March 20, 1937, and voted the town dry again. There were 420 votes for prohibition and 313 votes against it, giving the drys a margin of 107 votes.

BETA SIGMA PHI

BETA SIGMA PHI — Beta Phi Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi sorority held a pledge service when this picture was made at the Hotel Perryton Coffee Shop in November 1939. Left to right, front row, are Mrs. Dan Archer, Miss Virginia Vaughn, Mrs.