Grants Pass High School - Toka Yearbook (Grants Pass, OR)

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'932 THE T O K A '93 2 April 6 and 7. “The Call of the Banshee” Old Peter Adair, played by Merrill Gunter, and his housekeeper, played by Gladys Hively, have brought a statue of the Banshee from Ireland with them. A mishap to the statue always brings calamity. Peter’s adopted niece. Hazel Orpen, played by Moneta Meikle and Katherine Eismann, has as a houseguest her friend Joan Walters (Dorcas Sheldon and Venita Spalding) who inadvertently breaks the statue. Immediately weird and terrible events begin to occur. The call of the Banshee js heard and Peter Adair is found dead. Joan’s Swedish maid, Eleanor Hood, disappears. So does the deaf and “dumb” Tom Scott, played by Charles Vannice. The colored maids, Maxine Jenkins and Jean Welch, see old Peter’s ghost walk. The housekeeper; Clem Durward, Hazel’s fiance, played by Bob Nickison and Bob Peck; Dr. Markowitz, old Peter’s friend, played by Fred Wallace and Lyle Whitsett; and Dr. Neville, Peter’s cousin, played by Harrison McCracken, are all suspected of the murder. In the second act the Banshee call is again heard, this time to presage Dr. Lacey’s death. Abner Heckenschell, the sheriff (Walter Flint) and his deputy (Walton Massie and Louis Wagner) investigate the case, but it is Dr. Markowitz who finally discovers that Yuru, (Bill Fradd) the Indian servant of Dr. Lacey, has been responsible tor the murders and many other of the weird happenings. The missing people all reappear, Tom Scott with a wife (Maxine Wieland), and the play ends satisfactorily. Bud Flint is still sleeping in classes. He ought to be a river so he could stay in bed and follow his course. Nonie Howard: I’ll give you a dollar if you can figure out some questions for Stanley Bennett: Okay, where’s the buck? Nonie: That’s the first question. Clark Stokes: Ouch! I bumped my crazybone. Helen Welch: Never mind. Just comb your hair a different way and the bump won’t show. [29]

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i 9 3 3 19 3 3 THE T O K A March 27. Future Craftsmen This year saw the organization of the Grants Pass chapter of the Future Craftsmen of Oregon. The club has a membership of eighteen students who are enrolled in the trades and industries class, and is progressing rapidly under the able hand of its adviser, Mr. Morse. The purpose of this organization is to promote good fellowship among the apprenticed boys, and to solve any problems which they may encounter while on the job. Meetings are held semi-monthly and are conducted in the same manner as a directors’ meeting of an industrial plant. The officers correspond to the staff of some such plant. Officers elected for 1932 consist of superintendent, Boyd Wyatt; foreman, Harry Hagberg; time-keeper, Eugene Lee; and gate keeper, Curtis Conner. Members who have completed their apprenticeship but who still continue their interest in their chosen trade are kept on as honorary members but have no vote. March 29. Junior Flunk Day On the Junior class Flunk Day, the class met at the Episcopal church on Fourth and D, at one o’clock and went to Caves Camp on Williams Creek. Many went hiking while others played ball. Hot dogs and marshmallows were roasted over a bon-fire, and the group returned to G. P. about 7 o’clock. Avis Hostetler, Alice Rush, Mary Har-lacher, and Harold Hansen were in charge of the refreshments, and Herman Henrikson was in charge of the transportation. Miss Thayer and Miss Quinlan, Junior class advisors, accompanied the class. I think marriages are really made in heaven, don’t you? Well, if all men took as long to propose as you, most of them would have to be. April I. Freshman-Sophomore Party The members of the Freshman class entertained the Sophomores at an April Fool party. Many queer and comical costumes were worn. A delightful program was planned for this occasion. Early in the evening, mustard and paper sandwiches were served. One play and a skit were given, after which punch and cake were served. 1281

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1 9 3 3 THE T O K A » 9 3 3 April 1 2. Home Economics Club The home Economics Club was organized December 4, 1931 with the idea of promoting better fellowship among the students registered in the Home Economics course. It is not a study club. It is wholly for the purpose of sociability. The name selected for the club was. “Tes Trams”, and the colors chosen were green and orchid. The motto chosen was: “As our girlhood is, so shall our womanhood be.” To be eligible for membership a girl must be registered in home economics or must have had one year in it. The outstanding accomplishment of the year has been the painting of the sewing room. Next year they hope to go much farther in the decoration of the Home Economics rooms. This year they were not affiliated with the National Home Economics clubs, but next year they hope to join. The meetings are held once a month. 1 here are twenty new members. Those holding offices are Yelda I hornburg, president: Peggy Schmidt, secretary; Evelyn Pruitt, vice-president; Viola Coover, treasurer; Dorothy Hoffman, chairman of refreshments; Lillian 1 roest, chairman of entertainment. s. Gladys H.: Will you give a dime to help the Old Ladies Home? Howard W.: What! Are they out again? April I 6. Typing and Shorthand Contest Grants Pass won the loving cup for first place in the shorthand division at the typing and shorthand contest which was held at Medford, April 16. The average of the team was 98.29. The team was composed of Mary Louise Neilson and Betty Springer, amateurs, and Mary Treadgold and Lola Myers, novices. Grants Pass placed third in the typing contest. Betty Springer won second place in the novice division of the typing contest. Grants Pass was represented in this contest by Bernadine Christiani and Lola Myers, amateurs, and Betty Springer and Ruth Ellis, novices. [30]