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

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a few flips of my wings, and I was well balanced again. 'That made me become astounded? There in the pilots seat was LeRoy Busch,and I had thought that Busch was going to be a business man. Edging closer to the window, I could hear him speaking to the four walls. Pilot Busch-calling President Hopewell. Pilot Busch-calling President Hopewell. President Hopewell? This is test-pilot Busch. How is the reception? There was then a slight pause as Test pilot Busch listened. He had no earphone on nor did he push or pull any plugs. He then began speaking again. I've gone up 45,000feet and can still hear you. Do you get me? I'll go up another 2,000. After a few minutes he went up, received a message from Hopewell and began a descent. Endeavoring to save my energy I rode to oarth with him, and we landed in a large airport near San Francisco. That evening extras were being sold in exorbitant quantities. Radios blared news of a now invention made by the President of the United Airlines, Miss Nelda Hopewell. Then the full impact of the situation rushed in upon me, Nelda Hopewell was a scientist and the first woman to convene with those in the air. I didn't know it was the Nelda Hope-well of Oakfield, Wisconsin, because I knew that she had marriod, I found out later that she went under her maiden name only for business purposes. As there was little to find out about the 1941 graduates in San Francisco, I decided to go directly to Okfield. Oakfield had changed very little in sire. It must be destined to remain a village. This was my second dav on oarth, and I h ad already found news of three classmates, It was about four fifte-n O'clock when I flew into the drugstore. The druggist hod just filled a prescription for a customer and then wont to wait on soma of the Mph-school girls and boys at tho soda fountain. That druggist looked verv familiar, but I couldn't place him in my memory. When the 'kids' started calling him Ryan. Gordy, and V einor, I know that I had found another classmate. He wr.3 still the same laughing, joking, hoppy, Gordon Ryan. It raado mo happy to think that Gordon had made a success of himself, but it didn't surprise me, for Gordon was intelligent and had a pleasing personality, Mr. Ryan seemed a great favorite with all the kids. One boy about fifteen years of age seemed to have a special interest in him. He invited Gordon to come home with him for that night. After deliberating for a few minutes I decided that I'd risk losing some of my precious time and go along. We got into the lad's automobile and whizzed past farms until we came to one near the Campgrounds in Byron. We drove up to a farmhouse and were met by a girl of about ton years. She greeted the two men and took them into the house, I followed behind unseen. In the living rooih was a man and a woman. Gordon went right to them and said, Hi, Bob. Hello Dot,'' Sure enough. It wa n't hard to see that they were happily married, and by the appearance of their homo I know they were quite prosperous farmers. As I was quite tired, I dozed every now and then,(Yes, even snirits need sleep) but f’-om snatches of conversation, I heard LaVerne Hanna's nane mentioned in connoction with the stago. They said something About tomorrow nivht was to be tho first night on the Fond du Lac stago. I put two and two together and decided to soe