Oakfield High School - Oak Leaves Yearbook (Oakfield, WI)

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Another summer vacotioa and this time we arc the 'orior Class of 1941. rr0 have finally managed to cat the seats in V'o rear of the assembly. Several of t'-o studonts f ini shod throu- tho Junior Class but did not roturn this fall. They arc Archie Zills, Roko Sniljanic, Virgil Phelps, Lucille lose and June Buchta, Joyce Snyder transferred to Brandon, Milton 'ood also loft during the year, A newcomer, '?ar-ron Kramer, joined our class. Those are our officers: Prosidont, Mario Guclzow; Vice-president, Robert Bird; and Secretary-treasurer, Nclda Hopewell. Host of tho girls aro active members of the G.A.A. and tho officers of the asscoiation are all senior girls, . evoral good baskotball playors will bo lost through graduation. rc have four studonts onrollod in band. They are Joanotto Coon, Robert Bird, Dorothy tumpf, and !-■ rron Kramer. Due to tho prosent grading system used on report card.s, wo are not having a Valedictorian and a Salutntorian, as has boon customary in the past. Tho class decided to voto for those whom they want to represent thoir class. Gordon Ryan has boen selected to take tho place of tho Balutatorian, while Marie Guolzow t-akos tho plaoo of tho Valedictorian. Now wo aro looking forward to graduation. Our motto is Alive wire never gets stepped on . Our flower is the tea rose,and tho colors are poach and groen. Wo, tho class of 1941, hope that the classes to follow will find the years as successful as we have. Now it is time to say so long, and so long forever to Oakfield High School. Since the airplane crash in 1948, I have been going about in the form of a spirit. We spirits are allowed one week each year to visit the earth and find out about our friends. I hadn't been down to earth for three years as punishment from St. Peter for prolonging one visit a day overtime. Now I was to have another sojourn to earth. As I hadn't as yet paid any visits to classmates and it was already 1961, I thought that would be the most enjoyable visit to make. Putting my harp away I began my flight to earth. Vlhen I was within 10,000 feet of the earth, I alighted on something. After getting control of my own wings, I realized that it was upon the wing of an air plane I had landed. As I was killed in an airplane crash, one would expect me to be afraid of it, but quite to the contrary; I was curious as to the improvements in airplane during the past thirteen yearg. Going carefully over the exterior of the plane, I noticed that there was a new device on the wheels. Vfhat it was for I didn't know. After a close inspection of it, I saw on it the words-patented-April 16,1957 -patent No.109-74 by '''arren Kramer, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Then I knew that ’’arren must be a draftsman and engineer as he always had wanted, to be. 'Jhen I looked into the windows of the plane, I almost fell out, but