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

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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]

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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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THE T O K A I 9 } 2 19)2 May 7. The College Club Luncheon The College Club invited us on the seventh day of May To be their luncheon guests and meet in best array at one. They entertained us beautifully in their inimitable way With cordial words, with music’s charm, some serious thoughts, and fun. May 9. Order of G The Order of the G is the lettermen’s organization in the Grants Pass High School, which is composed of men who have earned their letters in athletics and debate. The lettermen take active part in school activities by working for the betterment of the school and in many cases help to keep order in the school. The Order of the G sponsors the wrestling and boxing matches, which are much enjoyed by the boys of the school. Carlton Wiley was president for the first semester, and Gordon Corporon was chosen for the second semester. Ralph Fredericks was vice-president, and Edwin Strack, secretary. The members, who earned their letters in football are Robert Voetberg, Melvin Jaquette, Walton Massie, Ralph Fredericks, Edwin Strack, Bob Nickison. Wallace Palmer, Carlton Wiley, Gordon Corporon, Roland Thompson. James McGuire, Boyd Wyatt, Kenneth Carrell, Rolland Flory, Frank O’Neil, and Paul Neely. Basketball lettermen are Rolland Flory, James McGuire, George Jackson, Ralph Fredericks, and Jack Cook. Track lettermen are Joe Hamilton. John Shaw, Norman Howard, Frank O’Neil, and Herman Henrikson. Tennis lettermen are Harrison McCracken, Karl Layton, and Jack Cook. PH