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

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SENIOR CLASS WILL LET IT BE KNOWN TO ALL PERSONS BY THE FOLLOWING PRESENTS: That we, the Senior class of Grants Pass High School In the city of Grants Pass, County of Josephine, State of Oregon, United States of America, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, being in possession of our diplomas and in sane mind, and under no undue influence, do ordain and declare this Last Will and Testament, dividing our great amount of talents among the faculty and various members of the school, which we do deem will be of great benefit. First: To the old school we do will our good fellowship, our unconquerable spirit, and our undying loyalty. Second: To the school board we do leave our sincerest gratitude for their kind and unselfish supervision. Third: To the P.-T. A. we do leave our deepest gratitude for the lawn, lights and walks. Fourth: To Mr. Mishler, we do will and bequeath a couple of million dollars to pay all school debts. Fifth: To Mr. Buhlman, we do will and bequeath a homing pigeon to collect slips. Seventh: To Miss Cantine, we do will and bequeath the latest edition of a parliamentary law' book to be used only in Senior class meetings. Eighth: To Mrs. Mishler. we leave our sincerest gratitude for tolerating the sub-fresh men. Ninth: To Mrs. Jackson, we bequeath one endlesa smile. Tenth: To Mr. Edwards, w'e leave an important position on the third floor. Eleventh: To Miss Boyles, we do will and bequeath a Chinese puzzle to be solved only in Spanish class. Twelfth: To Mr. Pitts, we leave one gallon of mump serum to be used only on the athletic squad. Thirteenth: To Mr. Van Dyke, we do will and bequeath one pair of military hair brushes. Fourteenth: To Miss Doerner, wfe leave one secretary for use in writing history questions. Fifteenth: To Miss Dunn, we leave one book. “Cross Questions and Silly Answers.” Sixteenth: To Miss Walker, we bequeath one large box of chalk, to be used in self defense only. Seventeenth: To Mrs. Williams, we leave the incoming Freshman class. Eighteenth: To Miss Sehepman. we do will and bequeath a megaphone to didate to the noisy second year shorthand classes. Nineteenth: To Miss Hall, we leave a German police dog to relieve her of her duties in the hall. Twentieth: To Miss Horning, w'e bequeath a patented mechanical circulating library device to be used in recovering overdue and lost books. Tw'enty-first: To Miss Johnson, we leave the master painting of our renowned artist, Charles Ernst, entitled “Wind Mills of Holland.” for her hope chest. Twenty-second: To Miss Riddle, we do will and bequeath one set of never- miss-’em fly sw'atters to be used for tennis only. Twenty-third: To Miss Landon, we do w'ill and bequeath our good will and pleasant memories of Grants Pass High School to carry away with her. Twenty-fourth: To Mrs. Buhlman. we do will and bequeath one watch dog to iveep track of her husband, and the good looking teachers. Twenty-fifth: To Mr. Trepte, w'e do will and bequeath one magic wand to control the orchestra. Twenty-sixth: To Mr. Sherffius. we leave one score book and one set of Farmer Burns’ wrestling lessons. Twenty-seventh: To the Juniors, we do leave our place in the curriculum of the Grants Pass High School. Twenty-eighth: To the Sophomores, we leave our pep and school spirit. Twenty-ninth: To the Freshmen, we do w’ill and bequeath our scholastic ability. Thirtieth: To the incoming Freshmen, we do will and bequeath our class colors, orange and black. INDIVIDUALLY I, Mary Durham, do will and bequeath my weak voice to Mary Meade. I, Richard Claudson, leave my special assignments and themes to anyone who will accept them. I, Bessie Riddle, do leave my blonde hair to Lueile Richardson. I. Harvey Woodard, will my ability to play football to Hollis Dole.

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“Connie Baker is working hard in her dressmaking establishment in New York. Kenneth Robinson gives her a great deal of assistance since he is Paris’s highest paid modiste. Mervin Bilderback has completed the installation of his 252 barber shops. He now operates shops from i la Juana to Vancouver. “Florence Adams and Jeanette McCaw have written several long volumes. ’Seven Ways to Get Acquainted.’ ’The Way of All Youth’ and many other interesting stories. Victorine Hiatt commends their perseverance in adding that extra thousand words that make all the difference in the world in literature when considered in the light of a missile. Victorine, we hear, has thrown one of their volumes at a number of too forward young men. “Iva Moore has become a humanitarian. She is varnishing the sandwiches in Pullman dining cars so that the attendants may be spared much strenuous labor in dusting them. “Marion Turner is also a reformer, but a little more radical. She claims that women should shave their heads. Up to the time of our going to press she has not found any followers. “Lilian Fosbery is serving in the capacity of private secretary to Senator Ross Johnson from Oregon. “Julia Gigler has at last reached the height of her ambition. She has studied chemistry from beginning to end until she can at last pass a test with a grade above fifty. “Althea Smith has become tremendously rich through the invention of a noiseless coffee cup. The sale of this is almost remarkable. “Evelyn Steele is now a stenographer for the Steel Trust which has its offices in the Steele Building in Toronto. “Bruce Smith is operating a sausage stuffing factory in Chicago. His jolly nature and hearty laugh help to increase his business. “Four years ago Pearl Coulson became Miss Horning’s successor in teaching Domestic Science at G. P. H. S. As Pearl has more or less an artistic temperament her talent has been in constant use in making new cake icing decorations. Helen Ringuette is now the only woman conductor who works for an airplane company. She is in danger of losing her position, however, for the company has tried for several years to teach her how to short change passengers, so far without success. “Dorothy Harper and Ruth Burkett are conducting a hotel for bootleggers only. Although the building is enormous they are having an addition built so that they can accommodate all who wish to stay at their hotel. “Buena Wetherbee is a teacher of English in the largest college in Africa. May Sears is an actress, loved by large audiences in New York. Berlin, Constantinople and Iceland. “Holt Wardrip, recently crowned king of the House of David, has appointed William Meeks as an agent to investigate Babe Ruth’s secrets of fly swatting. Hoy Opdycke has become a famous interpretative dancer and at the present time is filling an engagement at the Covent Garden, London. “Donald Harmon is writing songs that are appropriate to sing at football games. It is thought that he is slowly forcing Irving Berlin into obscurity. “Evan Anderson has become a minister. Foreign countries receive much of the benefit of his wonderful ability, as he is constantly traveling from one country to another. The stranger stopped reading, shut the book, sighed, vanished into the crowd, and was seen no more. Buena Wetherbee Robert Lutz Percy Booth —27—

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We, Mildred I ee and Ruth Burkett, do will and bequeath our inseparable friendship to Alberta Koonhart and Louis Neale. I, Beryle Conklin, do will and bequeath the presidency of the Girls’ League to any Junior girl who is willing to take the responsibility. I, Victorine Hiatt, do leave my bashfulness to Lucy Cass. I, Zella I ee, do will and bequeath to Laura Dungie my lack of memory, especially during a quiz. I, Ronald Beers, do leave my ability to get admittance slips with excuses from home to Gaylord Tice. I, Richardt Hansen, do will my ability to play the violin to Bud Baker. I, Mervin Bilderback. do will and bequeath my empty pocket book to Arthur Ayer. I. Kvelyn Steele, do will my permanent wave to Virginia Fredericks. I. William Meeks, do will and bequeath my ability to translate Spanish to Joe Klitz. I, Julia Wright, do leave my ways of advancing my popularity to Bertha Phelps. I, Helen Ringuette, do leave my duties as hostess in the cooking class to my sister, Edna. I, Althea Smith, do bequeath my set of freckles to Albert Inman. I, Junior Peters, do leave my ability to make excuses for being tardy to Russel Totman. I, Agnes Gardner, do will my wealth of black hair to the Beagle twins. I, Leora Patton, leave my curly hair to Alberta Koonhart. I, Buena Wetherbee, do will and bequeath my powers of imagination to anyone needing them. I, Charles Erust. leave the athletic stature willed to me four years ago by Milton Green to Donald Cook. I. Percy Booth, bequeath my sideburns to Thomas McCaw. I, Bruce Smith, leave my ability to captivate the women to Bernard Brady. 1, Edwin Dole, will my ability to grow a mustache to Theodore Turner. I, Heloise Opdycke, do will my disgust for the overbearing masculine sex to Ulva Coover. I, Lillian Williams, leave my interest in the Freshman class to whoever is able to get him. I, Jack Blanchard, do will my ability to play the saxaphone to Lucy Cass. I, Lee Sheldon, leave my hatred of all women to Albert Fay. I, Duncan Neilson, will my twin brother, Ronald, to anyone willing to take him. I, Ronald Neilson, do bequeath my enormous weight and giant proportions to Charles Miller. I, Pearl Coulson, leave my place in Beryle’s heart to Albert Fay. I, Kathryn Orme, do will my ability to do trigonometry to Harvey de Armond. I, Iva Moore, leave my childishness to Lucile Richardson. I, Harry Dorman, do will and bequeath my quiet and serious ways to Jack Doyle. I, May Sears, do will my interest in chemistry to Mary Applebee. I, Donald Griffith, do will and bequeath my shyness to Orion Garrett. I, Ross Johnson, leave my understanding of Milton’s works to whoever needs it. I, Malvin McCarthy, do will my ability to make baskets for the opposing team to Calvin Richardson. I, Dorothy Harper, leave my quiet and unassuming ways to Bertha Fallen. I, Florence Adams, do will my quiet and demure nature to Helen Arney. I, Julia Gigler, do will and bequeath my ability to study chemistry to whoever can achieve it. I, Lilian Fosbery, leave my permanent wave to Florence Wilson. I, Alma Langworthy, do will my quiet and bashful ways to Dot McBrien. I, Ruth Smith, leave my bashfulness and quiet ways to Janice Kurtz. I, Robert Lutz, do will and bequeath my gilt-edge suspenders to Leslie Whitehouse. I, Jeanette McCaw. do herbey will and bequeath to the incoming Freshmen my ubility to get acquainted. 1, Maurice Jordan, do will my Herculean strength to Lester Harbeck. I, Charles Howard leave my fickle ways to Pearl Reynolds. I, Marie Strack. do will my ability to find mistakes in bookkeeping to Mildred Dillinger. I, Esther Winters, do will and bequeath my seductive and fascinating ways to Blanche Leinen. I, Esther Hawkins, leave the use of the phone in the office for calling up debate judges for public speaking to Hollis Dole.