Oakland High School - Oak Yearbook (Oakland, MD)

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—F 19028 — CLASS PROPHECY (Extracts from the Diary of the first man to fly to Mars) UNE 28, 1940.—Today our ship came in sight of the land of Mars. It looked very much like our Earth. There were mountains, forests mand seas. Careful tests were made of the atmosphere and it was found to contain practically the same elements as that of our own earth. In the distance we could see a large city, which we were rapidly ap- proaching. Soon the city was reached and we landed in a field just out- side it and were soon surrounded by a large crowd of people slightly smaller than we. Their skin was copper red and the majority of them were very handsome. They were all talking and crying out in a strange language. Then suddenly, and much to our surprise, a man stepped from the crowd and addressed us in very good English. “We suppose you are from the earth,” he said, “and we welcome you to our land. We are glad that some one has been able to reach us from some other planet. For many years we have been listening to conversations and entertainments that have been broadcasted by what you call a radio. We have lately completed a device by which we can both see and hear what is going on on the earth. Thus it is that I can understand English. We have been listening to the reports of your flight day by day. June 29, 1940 (by our time).—Today I saw the Martean hamodic, the machine which receives radio messages and pictures from the earth. It reminded me very much of the new invention being developed by Kenneth Stahl, one of the most noted electricians of the United States. It was he who made the delicate electrical equipment of our own ship. Then Alfric, for that was the name of the man who had first spoken to us and in whose house I was staying, turned on the hamodic and tuned in on the earth. The first voice and picture startled me, for it was none other than that of Denver Sanders. He was reporting a big league baseball game. Next came a talk on better cattle raising by Elwood Hauser. Again the dials were turned and we were listening in on a report of late medical discoveries. Among others was an important discovery concern- ing the cure of cancer made by Dr. Alvin Ream. He was assisted in his work by Miss Hasaleah Yutzy, one of the leading nurses of our time. It was also said that Dr. R. W. Stemple had finally discovered, after many years’ research, an absolute method of preventing the decay of teeth. I then asked Alfric to get some music, so he tuned in on the Metropoli- tan Opera House, which was broadcasting Romeo and Juliet. The over- ture of this was played by the great accordionist, Wilmer Brown. The part of Juliet was played by Miss Lavona Blamble and the applause at her ap- pearance almost broke the hamodic. Alfric next turned in on O. H. S., and we listened to an assembly pro- gram. Here we saw the head master, “Mutt” Ready, the burnt cork come- dian. This was followed by a solo by Miss Mary Jane Kahl, the famous soprano. Following this was a report of conditions in the school. The agriculture teacher was Dale Sanders. Other familiar names among the faculty were Marie Bernard, English; Beryldine Fulk, commercial sub- 27 see: aw MN

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Jo” 1928 — SENIOR CLASS HISTORY NCE upon a time, four long years ago, one hundred and eight little pages climbed to the castle door and entered therein to obtain their Wes training. Training? Yes, the ones who were willing to master the hardships and battles of life, entered the castle with the intention of emerging as first class Knights. The members of the class have worked diligently and earnestly to reach their goal, and now, that we are Seniors, we want to tell you a few of the facts which have taken place in our lives the past four years and which will enable us, as a class, to-go ‘‘over the top” in number, service and loyalty. Since we, as students, had an earnest purpose, we started in bravely, always striving to live up to the highest standards, and now, at the end of our Senior year, we have made for ourselves a history that will go ringing down through the years proclaiming us the most dependable and strongest Senior class ever leaving the Oakland High School. Throughout the first year, we, as “pages”, worked industriously in order to make ourselves recognized as a part of the court and eventually after the battles were won we were made “squires’’, or in other words Sopho- mores. On entering the second year our number had decreased. Although there were only a few of us to carry the increased burden, we met our tasks over half way and thus gained a splendid record for ourselves and were made “Knights.” As a result a greater effort had to be made to retain our stand- ard in O. H. 8S. Throughout the year we were successful in placing a rep- resentative of our class in every circle in school. At this time we must not fail to mention that a number of our class rep- resented our school in the County-wide Declamation Contest. Thus ended our Junior year with a splendid record and we were admitted into the “Higher Court.” The happiest yet the saddest of all times in the history of our class is that of our Senior year. It is now that we must raise anchor and set sai! into the unknown. We can only hope that our bark will have a favorable wind and that we shall encounter no unsurmountable obstacles in reaching port on the other side. Now as we board the good ship “Hope” and set sail out into the unknown future, we extend the wishes of good luck and prosperity to all the under-classmates In leaving this dear old Alma Mater of ours, we wish to express our heartiest thanks for all that she has done for us and may we never forget the many happy hours which we have spent within her walls, and may we close this Volume V that records our experiences in High School with a heart that remembers only the hours that shine, and may our ship, which had set sail so bravely, be guided by as favorable a wind as has been with us for the past four years. —James Dodge and Irva Ashby, ’28. 29

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1928 — jects, and Hildred Bernard, principal of the Junior High School. Then came a report of agriculture work in Garrett county by Mr. Harland Biggs, the county agent. Mr. James Dodge, president of the Oakland Aeroplane Corporation, gave a talk on “Building up a Business,” as did Miss Helen Hinebaugh, his head stenographer, on “The Importance of Ac- curate Bookkeeping.” Mr. Robert J. Stanton, of Stanton’s Taxi and Trans- fer, who had inherited the business from his father, and was making a great success of it, gave a talk on “Keeping Things Moving.” Follow- ing this was Mr. Leonard Murphy, editor of the Oakland News. His ad- dress was “Keeping Things Before the People.” Last, but not least, Miss Myrtle Kight, recently crowned World’s Champion Typist, told how she had reached her goal, beginning in the typewriting class of Oakland High School. This ended the program of the evening. The things I had heard and seen had greatly impressed me. I told Alfric that these people had been members of my class in high school back home. Then it was that I realized what a truly wonderful thing the hamodic was. June 30, 1940.—I did not go to sleep directly last night, for I lay awake thinking of the events of the evening. When I did sleep I dreamed the members of my class passed before me. There was Edith Bittinger, teacher in a country school. It was.a two-room school and none other was principal of it than Miss Katherine Filsinger. There was Mr. Thurl Tower, a famous engineer, who had built a railroad through the South American jungles, and Evelyn Bosley, the wife of a prominent banker of Oakland. And still they came. Vivian Clary was now Mrs. R. W. Stemple, the wife of the great dentist. Then I saw Mr. Albert Snyder and little wife, Eleanor White. He is one of the biggest farmers in Garrett County. Then came Mary Grace Shirer of the Oakland Hat Shop, and Miss Theoda Rice, coach of girls’ athletics in the University of Maryland. Again I saw a stage and there was Ruth Newman as the mother of the leading man. Teddy Marley passed by. He was making a success as the private secretary to a great lecturer. Next was a political meeting with Mary Louise Helbig on the box loudly proclaiming the benefits that would be derived by electing her a National Senator. Then was pictured a little home with the former Irva Ashby in a spic and span kitchen. She was the wife of a prominent merchant in Oakland and her house was one of the model houses of the town. The next scene was a large room with rows of white beds with white figures moving around among them. It seemed to be a room in a hospital and I recognized among the moving figures the faces of Irene Bond, Louise Michael and Martha Townshend. They were head nurses. Another scene, and Margaret Canty appeared as an important clerk in a department store. Then I saw a home in which was Marie Zimmerman and around her were three very pretty children. The last scene was that of a Paris beauty shop with Genevieve Sebold at one of the chairs. My experiences of the past night had brought back to me thoughts anc recollections of the time we had all graduated from high school together. All of us had done something more or less important. And then again 1 turned my attention to the contrivance that had done so much toward bringing two worlds together. Will wonders never cease? —George M. Altstetter. 28