Oak Harbor High School - Acorn Yearbook (Oak Harbor, WA)

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Mil? FIRST ROW: Hans Olson, Ralph Kingma, Don Faber, Alvin Hoetje, Kathleen Jongsma, Beverly Weidenbach, Helen Henni, Junior Astel. SECOND ROW: Vernon Eaton, Kenneth Rosenbach, Leroy Haberly, Leslie Streeter, Spencer McCartney, Alice James, Rich Lange. THIRD ROW: Johnny Fakkema, Ann Haga, Bob Van Dyk, Don Olson, Audrey Schenaker, Gloria Barker, .loan Hutchinson, Don Boyer. FOURTH ROW: Unknown, Sidney Vander Veen, Tena Hordyk, Jack Burnham, Rae Dyer, Betty Porter, Paul Vander Woude. Teacher Miss Ullevig. Bottom Picture: FIRST ROW: Rae Dyer, Don Olson, Johnny Fakkema. SECOND ROW: Hans Olson, Beverly Weidenbach, Helen Henni, Alice James, Rich Lange, Don Looff. THIRD ROW: Vernon Eaton, Bob Van Dyk, Ann Haga, Betty .Io Porter, Don Boyer. Clcrss History ln the fall of 36 these 30 little cross-patches land Don Lootfj started their great adventure in the educational world. Of these, 16 are graduating in the class of 48 . To us, highlights of our grade school years were the Health Program we gave as first graders and our part as Dutch children in the Grade School Operetta Jack and the Bean Stalk when we were fourth graders, When in the sixth grade, we and the fifth graders gave a Christmas play Santa's Vacation to the high school and our parents. In the eighth grade we had the annual Mother's Tea, printed an annual, and of course graduated with a picnic on the last day of school. As freshmen three members of our class took part in the All School Play and when we were sophomores we gave a Memorial Stadium Benefit Dance. The by-word of the student was The sophomores will do it., As juniors we gave a Pen- guin Prom , Foot-Loose, and a turkey banquet for the seniors, faculty and schoolboard. As seniors we have upheld the tradition of our class as shown in this yearbook. The building of the Navy Base in '42 brought many students who were members of our class for a short time. Forty- six finished the eighth grade and we reached our peak of enrollment in our freshman year with the attendance of 53. Of the graduating class Danny Koetje entered in the second grade, George Dyer in the tourth, Ernie Tesch in the fifth and Ella Kirkpatrick in the sixth. We picked up Dewey Cuthbertson, Jim Behlke, and Bruce Weidenbach in the seventh and Wanda LaCrosse and Suzanne Thomas in the eighth. In the green years of our career Johnny Wichers, Dorothea Zyl- stra, Juneth Hansen, and Marlene Howarth joined us. Duane Van Dyke and Gerald Fikse came in our sophomore year, Georgia Wilson and Don Van Cleve in our junior year, and Lorene Brown and Bill Coffey in our senior year. We've been noted as one ol the most active classes in high school and we think the best.

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Class Will We the class of nineteen hundred and forty eight, being of a sound mind and of good dispo- sition ahd considering that it is fairly well settled that we will graduate this year, do hereby devise give and bequeath our several belongings to the following persons in this, our first and last will and testament. h l, ERNIE TESCH, leave my loaded dice to Mary Ann Trotter provided the teachers don't get them f' t. I MAIRLENE HOWARTH, give my extra hair to George Lam, who is anticipating the Lam Baldness. It will save you the S75 it costs to get a toupee. I DEWEY CUTHBERTSON, leave my position as smartest land onlyl boy in the Shorthand class to Bill Struthers. I VERNON EATON, bequeath my intellectual look to Mary Lou Malone for the promotion of bet- ter students. , Q I, ANN HAGA, will my attitude of What do I Care, I'm going to get married to Jackie Bultman. It saves the nerves, Jackie. I DON VAN CLEVE, devise my traffic tickets to Gareld Toler so he can get acquainted with the state patrol, too. I GERALD FIHSE, will Janet to my little brother to keep her in the family. I: DOTTIE ZYLSTRA, will the use of my tather's car to Harold Eaton so he won't have to worry about walkin' his baby back home. I, RICH LANGE, bequeath my privilege to spit behind the mat to Teresa DuChene for use only at those after school practices. I, RALPH KINGMA, leave my gunboats to Mrs. Perdue so she can be sure of transportation to her husband. I, SUZANNE THOMAS, give my giggle to Margaret Andrew to make things more witty. I, BOB VAN DYK and I, HANS OLSON, leave our arguing over which should have the title of handsomest boy of the senior class' to Don Alexander and Stan Mcliechnie. l, BEVERLY WEIDENBACH, will my ability to play the piano to Dixie Ferguson hoping that she will leave the keys on it. JIM BEHLKE, devise my way with the teachers to Joe Reinstra, who needs it. BILL COFFEY, will my ability to make the Alameda football team to Bill Hayward, who seems to be headed that way. I, BETTY JO PORTER, leave my cast to Don Aven so he can have some extra padding to protect himself from those Coupeville giants. I, JOHNNY FAHKEMA, devise my qualifications as an ideal husband to the husbands of Bellada Green, Bette Johnson, and Mary Leach. I'm going to mop the floors, cook, do dishes, etc. I, JACKIE BURNHAM, bequeath my magnetic smile to Dolores Roberts to go with her sweet dis- position. I, GEORGIA WILSON, give my ability to handle little kids to Barbara Pennington with hopes it will help her in the future. I, GEORGE DYER, will my car to Mary Davisi she is working and can afford to fix the brakes. I, ELLA HIRKPATRICH, leave my acrobatic success to Margaret Schuettke with these parting words, Oh, my achin' back. I, DON LOOFF, will my summer trips to Alaska to Ed Mclieown so maybe he can catch an Eskimo girl. . , I, DON OLSON, will my manly charm to Thomas Roddy, although it works better in a car then on a motor scooter. I, JUNETH HANSEN, will my Du Barry Success Course to Hardy Gates and hope that it will have the opposite effect on him. I, DUANE VAN DYHE, will my blond locks to Denise Lueck. Remember the old saying, Variety is the spice of Life. I, BRUCE WEIDENBACH, give my mother's knowledge of bookeeping to Elmer Lang so he won't have to work so hard. HELEN HENNI, bequeath my nickname Hen to Ann Baan so she, too, can be a slick chick. DANNY KOETJE, leave my harem of English class girls to Edwin Peck to acquaint him with the whys, wheres, and whats of Oak Harbor. I, LORENE BROWN, bequeath my ability to get lost in Seattle to Virgil Larsen with these words lt's more fun. I, WANDA LACROSSE, will my love tor English IV to Dolores Koetje, and remember it was willed, not inherited. I, JOHNNY WICHERS, refuse will anything, I want to take it all with me. l, RAE DYER, will my innocent look to Bob Ronhaar, so he can get through life without the usual knocks. I I I I I, 1, I, 1, I, DON BOYER, give my blue eyes to Marilyn Lee. The effect with her black hair will be startling. Will someone please leave Alice James an annual. She forgot to buy one.

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Class Prophecy June 3 All hands report aboard. Had inspection, just passed. Captain Fakkema reviews crew. Lorene Brown, chief hashslinger and dish breaker, Duane Van Dyke, Engineer, Gerald Fikse, Second Mate, and Ann Haga, head nurse, in case anyone gets a terrible case of sea sickness. Let's not all get it at once, fellasl June 3 All aboard! Left port at 0700. Put out to sea in general direction of Alaska. Water calm. June 4 All hands on deck. Raft sightedl Upon investigation it was none other than Jim Behlke singing Over the Waves. He can practice out there in the wide open spaces. June 5 Storm warnings received by Alice James, our radioman. False alarm, just Don Van Cleve, the great scientist, experimenting with the weather. June 6 0900 Land sighted. Sailed into port at noon. On hand at the dock was Dewey Cuthbertson, Mayor of Coldernell, Alaska, who hands us the key to the city. Shore leave given to all, O Boyll Every- one seemed to have worked up a keen appetite so we headed for a place called the Hashslingers' Cafe, where no other than Ernie Tesch is slinging cow on the burners. In the back room we could hear sounds of low voices saying, roll 'em. We peeked around the corner only to discover Don Boyer teaching Johnny Wichers how to make biscuits. Venturing into the street we notice Wanda LaCrosse busily washing windows. After we have looked at the sign on the building we under- stand why. Our famed football heroes, Rich Lange and Danny Koetje are lecturing on the finer points of ballet. Reporting aboard for dutyl Underway at 2200. Points southwest. June 7 Found, stowaway, Dorothea Zylstra, who just had to get away from it all--need we ask what??? June 8 Sailing southwest, sighted on the horizon, srhoke signals spelling ABC, upon investigation we find Bruce Weidenbach and Betty Jo Porter wgearing sarongs and chanting We're Satisfied. June 9 ..., Continued voyage, nothing happened. June 10 Put in at Honolulu at 1430. All out to see the sights. fhubbal While waiting to dock we throw pennies to the little native boys, Vernon Eaton and Ralph Hingma. They decided they had to work for a living. Our eyes casually wander--casually that is, to Georgia Wilson, Marlene How- arth, and Susie Thomas, from the Hip-Shakers lnc.,doing their own version of the hula. Showhouse sighted-target samel Who should be the leading lady but Helen Henni. Swede Olson is her understudy should something happen to Helen. The title of their famous play is The Fat Lady's Wonder. During intermission we were all going out to take a breath of fresh air when Rae Dyer came on the stage to sing. He is known to have set woman's souls fsolesl on fire. June ll Put out to sea for Australia, down under???? Should arrive June 18. June 16 Still sailing. June 17 Sightedl Cometl As it streaked by we Saw the familiar face of Bill Coffey, with his neon sign ad- vertising Alameda or Bust, Enough excitement for one day. June 17 Steamed into Sydney Harbor at 2200. Captains orders, Leave your pouches aboard as there are plenty on land for all. Leaving the ship we rent a car and cruise around the town. On the sub- urbs we found Bob Van Dyk and Don Looff raising angora rabbits. They have developed a new process for making sheer materials out of angora hair and are now manufacturing Looff-Dyks Lovely Lingerie for Ladies llI They even have a model,, Miss Beverly Weidenbach, who uses her wiles and personality on the men until they have ordered several boxes of this lingerie. They have recruited the charming smile and personality of Jack Burnham to be the door-to-door sales- man. He's doing very well for himself, tool We have come to the end of our voyagel But waitll There is morell Here come Don Olson and Ella Kirkpatrick, those cattle thieves from the states. Should we let them on board? Waitl here comes Junior G-Men George Dyer and Juneth Hansen, it looks as if they are looking for someone. Oh well, it has been prophesied that eventually someone of our senior class would land in the Pen. lt seems it came true for at least two. With that we leave the dock at Sydney and sail into the sunset on the Pacific.