Oakwood High School - Acorn Yearbook (Dayton, OH)

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THE ACORN, 1932 LAST lu. AND TESTAMENT of the Senior Class ' or OAKWOOD HIGH SCHOOL In the Year of Our Lord, 1932 VVe, the Class of 1932, of the City of Oakwood, County of Montgomery, State of Ohio, being of unsound mind and memory, do hereby make, publish, and declare this instrument to be our last will and testament, hereby revoking and annulling all wills by us previously made as to wit and to half-wit: VVe hereby nominate and appoint our principal, Arthur E. Claggett, to be the executor of this, our last will and testament, and request that all possible bonds be required of him as such executor. ITEM 1. Charles Allen wishes that his ability to snatch cradles be willed to Malcolm Edgeworth and Elso Barghoorn, as Charlie feels that it will take more than one to carry on his worthy profession. ITEM 2. Mary Lillian Frank requests that her silvery laugh be bestowed upon none other than Jane Ebyg while Mary Ellen Schumacher's red-headed temper goes to Miss Sylvia Bontecou. ITEM 3. Dorothy Flack's demure ways are bestowed upon Phyllis Otto, and Douglas Robinson's attrac- tion for a certain -young lady goes to Arthur Brand. ITEM 4. J. Barry O'Brien, Esq., wills his ever-growing harem to john Young, who, it seems, has already started in his footstepsg while Hastings Baker wills to Ames Gardner his winning ways with Miss Stilwell, and Leah Belle Mauck leaves her ability to play hockey to the Fitzgibbons twins. ITEM 5. To Bee Wuichet goes Elaine Hart's bashful appeal, to Daphne Thomas, Helen Compton's raccoon coat, and to Mary Jane Siebenthaler goes Elizabeth Cite's love of hiking. ITEM 6. Phyllis Chryst wills to Patty Gravett her overwhelming sense of humor, while Maxine Lohnes wills to Marcedas Bates a large much-needed box of pink hair dye. ITEM 7. Billy Greenfield wishes that Paul Dozier be given his pep, vim, and vitality, while Bob Landis wills his ability to run to Bob Connelly. ITEM 8. Betty Courtright wills her passion for small-town sheiks to Helene Stevens, while to Harriet Roehll goes Linda Dill's unemployment apple stand. PAGE 25

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TI-IE ACORN, 1932 Class History flfonlinzwdj loudest seventh grade in the history of the school. The new members this year were Harriet Barton, Betty Courtright, Mildred Herby, Jane Rodgers, Mary jane Schwinn, Eleanor Shawhan, Virginia Weiher, Charles Allen, and William Heir- mann. The eighth grade brought Anne Baker, Enid Martin, Johnny Hubler, and Kenneth Elfrits, and we were still loud. The new members of the ninth grade enlarged our enrollment greatly. These members were Jane Boggs, Inez Cooke, Carolyn Hosier, Mary Leen, Leah Belle Mauck, Frances Miller, Evelyn Pitt, Virginia Prinz, Thelma Requarth, Mary Ellen Schumacher, Jane Tipton, Dorothy Myers, Steffen Brown, Eugene Good, Carl Graves, Bob Herkins, and Bob Karg. By this time our class had proved itself so superior that Bill Hall, Jack O'Brien, Pete Wood, Cooper Gessaman, Ed Holtson, and Apostolos Zonars, originally of the Class of '31, chose our class as their graduating class of their own volition. The tenth year brought Elaine Hart, Milton Hall, James Jones, and Ronald Reeves. We were rapidly gaining knowledge and experience. Martha Altick and Charles Merckel were added to our class in the eleventh year. I will refrain from mentioning the innumerable accomplishments of the members of our class this year, as I do not wish to depreciate those of former graduating classes. ' This, our senior year, brought Kathleen Smith and Carmen Barbulescog and Fred Kramer and Jim Kohr returned to graduate with us. The old saying of all classes of all times is true of the most highly intelligent class that has ever been graduated from Oakwood. The saying goes: A Freshman knows not and knows he knows notg a Sophomore knows nor and knows not he knows not, a junior knows and knows not he knowsg but a Senior knows and knows he knows. VIRGINIA COMER. PAGE 74

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THE ACo12N,193Q ITEM 9. James Kohr wills to Robert Brundett his well-known bonnet, so that Bob can keep the sun out of his eyesg while Frances Miller wills a blush to Mary Louise Hollinger. ITEM 10. Virginia Comer leaves her magnetic personality to Harriet Brown, while Carolynne Cline is to receive Mary Jane Schwinn's gift of gab. ITEM 11. Helen Rounds bequeaths to Eleanor Black letters received from Charlie Black, for publication in The Life and Letters of the Notorious Gangster, Charles 'Bullneck' Black. ITEM 12. Ruth Brelsford wills her explanatory ability to Charlotte Ankeney, while to Clifton Drury goes Dorothy Myers' stature. ITEM 13. Philip Ci-owl bequeaths his red nose to Russ Freeman, while to Herb Bahl goes Kenneth Elfrits' athletic prowess, and to George Huffman, James Jones' demure timidity. ITEM 14. Robert Karg bestows his job as Absent List messenger upon Charles Morris, and Bill Eckert passes to Robert Servis his teasing way with the girls. ITEM 15. Jane Tipton wills her broad shoulders to Jane Smith, while Thelma Requarth wills a plank of lumber to Lois Werner to keep Russ under control. ITEM 16. Richard Callaway's apparent love of school is bestowed upon VVilliam Feinerer, while Cooper Gessaman wills a latest model Essex to George Ohmer, and Evelyn Pitt wills a pair of spike heels to Betty Donado. ITEM 17. Marjorie johnson wishes that Imogene Hartline would disappear for her next year at the magician show, while Fred Kramer wills a stil? collar to George Parker. ' ITEM 18. Mildred Herby bestows her boisterous conduct upon Sue Pritchard, and Virginia Weiher wills a hot xylophone to Evelyn Fahrion. ITEM 19. Steffen Brown wills a flying mare to Robert Pape, and Raymond Arn wills his attractive car to Bruce Hall. ITEM 20. Kate Smith wills a Southern song to Virginia Patterson, while Bob Johnson's love for George Bungie goes to Billy Stewart. ITEM 21. Elsie Louise Wietzel wills to Marjorie Lehr all the streetcar fare that she has saved in the last couple of years, and Milton Hall wishes to leave several inches of his anatomy to Richard Larkin. ITEM 22. Pete Wood wills to J. D. Fouts his ability to correct Mr. Nellis, while Horace Huffman wishes that Maurice Leen be given his way with women. ITEM 23. Apostolos Harry Demetrius Constantine Zonars bestows upon Charlotte Rogge his sweet and quiet disposition, while Bill Hall bequeaths his manly stride to Billy Wilkinson. O PAGE 26