Oakland High School - Oak Yearbook (Oakland, MD)

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[The EF T3s5 J wishes—and may they always have a “Mr. Browning.” ARTICLE II. We feel that, due to the hardships of the “buses” which have brought many of us over such rough and weary roads, we should remember them, therefore, we leave— Item I. To the Crellin bus three flat tires. ‘Flat less.” Item II. To the Red House bus, a bundle of shovels to help them in coming through the snow drifts. Item III. To the Dodge and Swanton bus we bequeath a barrel of ‘“‘no- nox” gas. ARTICLE III. With sincere appreciation to the members of the faculty for their faith- ful services, we leave the following: Item I. To Miss Conley, a history class of ‘Little Napoleons.” Item IJ. To Mr. Jenkins, ever faithful and always lending a helping hand, an adding machine with geometric attachment so he will have no trouble in checking registers and papers. Item III. To Miss Hollar, a year’s study of plant life and bugs in Texas. Item IV. To Miss Kraft, spikes, so she won’t ‘faw down an’ go boom.” Item V. To Miss Fernald, all our discarded and lost hairpins. Item VI. To Miss Broadwater, an orchestra as famous as Paul White- man’s. Item VII. To Miss Brown, a forest for her Girl Scout meetings. item VIII. To Mrs. Towler, a Senior English class without giggles and chewing gum. Item IX. To Miss Engle, all our broken test tubes and “written” up experiments for her coming classes. Item X. To Mr. Speicher, a whole soccer team of “Welba Casteel’s” and—“The Star Spangled Banner.”’ Item XI. To Mr. Humbertson, some new records for his Commercial “music lessons.’ Item XII. To Miss Rice, a revolver and bars for “The Outlaw Gang.” Item XIII. To Mr. Graser, a candy factory for his Agriculture Club boys to sell. ARTICLE IV. All members of our Senior Class have decided to leave their choicest possessions to those who most need them. Since they are our pride and joy, we hope the ones who receive them will appreciate such gifts and value them accordingly: Item I. Dorothea Sturgiss to Mildred Stemple, her cat sneeze. Item II. Helen Leighton to Virginia Gilbert, her ability to play the piano. Item III. Oma Brenneman to Thelma Wolfe, her boyish bob. Item IV. Dorothy Stevenson to Roselle Brenneman, her ability to day dream. Item V. William DeBerry to Willard Gibson, his ability to ‘“experi- ment” with chemistry experiments. Item VI. Gerald Harris to Elvin Iman, his brilliancy in history. Item VII. Alice Holtschneider to Otto Menear, her love of geometry. ol

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In an adjoining building we see a court room. A distinguished judge is announcing his decision in a divorce case. We cannot see the man, but the woman is Anna Slabaugh. The judge, Kermit Lohr, pompous, impressive in his judicial robes—how we laughed. If he had only had a robe like that in high school, how impressive he would have looked at the Senior class meetings. He advises Anna to go to Reno. Her lawyers, Iona Kelley and Gladys Sanders, protest. We leave them still arguing. Then Walter Reed Hospital and the angels of mercy in their white uni- forms—Alice Holtschneider and Ethel Fike—are the soldiers’ attraction. Paris. An opera house. A group of young girls in the front seats chaperoned by a tall, dignified woman who still giggles quite charmingly — no need to look twice. That giggle—Dorothea Sturgiss—principal of a girls’ boarding school training girls for social service work and trying to reform the world. She feels a draft, beckons an usher and from force of habit says, ‘““Welba put that window down.” As she recognizes Welba Casteel himself, she faints from the shock and is carried out. We hear her giggle and know she is all right. In the Louvre in Paris, by Raphael’s Madonnas, we see three pic- tures painted by the great American artist, Adeline Sincell. How proud we are of “Tinkie!” | A street fair in Terra Alta, nearer our dear Oakland. Two girls are speaking from soap boxes—the Calhoun Sisters—selling “improved erasers for typewriters.” Mr. Humbertson steps forth and buys the whole fac- tory for his commercial students. Next Oakland! How beautiful; just the same. Hark! the strains of a wedding march. Louise Lauer is playing it. The preacher, Bud Stemple, enters; the maid of honor enters—Blanche Gilbert; then the bride, beauti- ful and fair—Martha Gonder. The groom ? ? ? The lights flicker and go out (so typical of Oakland) and we could not distinguish the groom. Helen and I are alone! Time—where are we?—and we realize we are there in Hollywood, and it has been just ten years since that wonderful day in Oakland when we graduated. Then we begin to babble, babble, babble, all over again. —Dorothy Stevenson —Helen Leighton. LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT K, the Senior Class of the Oakland High School, Oakland, Garrett County, Maryland, being of sound mind and body, but fearful lest Maney Our last desires and wishes are not carried out, do hereby and hereon ease! dieclare this to be our last will and testament: ARTICLE I. Item I. To our own dear Mr. Rathbun, who has made possible the past happy days for us, we leave all of our stocks and bonds so that he may build high schools as he would like and have all the buses he wants to bring “unfortunates” to high school. Item II. To the County Board of Commissioners, we leave our best 30

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Item VIII. Clara Dean Helbig to Francis Nethkin, her vocabulary of big words and a dictionary. Item IX. Anna Slabaugh to Beulah Shaffer, her sixth period conver- sations with Harold. Item X. Verna Calhoun to Elizabeth Gibson, all her A’s in conduct. Item XI. Eva Ashby to Gay Hamill, her fickle mind. Item XII. Wilda Adams to Gladys Tasker, her flirting ways. Item XIII. Monica Maroney to Mary Linn McIntire, her cane to keep Mary Linn on solid ground. Item XIV. Wilbert Ridder to Bernadette Maffett, his shy retiring ways. Item XV. Hilda Morris to Irene Thayer, her Titian locks. Item XVI. Martha Gonder to anyone who will have him, her “Imperial King.” Item XVII. Lyla Calhoun to Tommy Gonder, her ability to be seen and not heard. Item XVIII. Helen Gibson to Bernadine Canty, her intelligent look. Item XIX. Blanche Gilbert to Marion Brock, her famous saying, “Well, I thought I’d die.” Item XX. Ernest Spoerlein to Lavina Root, his heart. Item XXI. Gertrude Aronhalt to Margaret Fraley, her hiking ability. Item XXII. Frances Thrasher to Mary Sollars, her place in the orchestra. Item XXIII. Adeline Sincell leaves her ability to get to classes on time to “Don” Colaw. Item XXIV. Avonelle Savage to Betty Gonder, her bashful ways. Item XXV. Cleo DeWitt to Louise Casteel, her typing record. Item XXVI. Ethel Fike to Isabelle Hoye, her distinguished walk. Item XXVII. Gladys Sanders to George Comp, her knowledge of ““How to play Hookey and not Get Caught.” ‘ eee XXVIII. Richard Stemple to Bernard Gonder, his indifference 0 girls. Item XXIX. Kermit Lohr to Ralph Turney, his “shiekish” ways. Item XXX. Lester Winters to Howard Rathbun, his book on “‘Wander- ing in the Halls.” Item XXXI. Dorothy Welch to Clarence Tasker, her good humor and sunny disposition. Item XXXII. Archie Ridder to Leota Wotring, his excess height. Item XXXIII. Louise Lauer to Mary Pysell, her methods of vamping. eee XXXIV. Lorraine Bittinger to Nancy Franklin, her mathematical ability. Item XXXV. Elim Hawkins to Don Stemple, his “flaming youth.” Item XXXVI. Welba Casteel to Richard Roy, his excuses for being late. Item XXXVII. Iona Kelley to Jacqueline Lockyer, her dramatic ability. Since this is our last request, may each wish be carried out to the fullest. We leave O. H. S. with deepest sorrow and regret (?), and may our will and memory be so respected we may journey on in peace, knowing that our last desires are fulfilled. Given under our hand this 26th day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine. CLASS OF ’29, by L. BITTINGER. (Seal) 32