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

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•+• CLASS WILL -+• Oakfield High School Fond du Lac County State of Wisconsin We, the Senior Class of 1948, at Oakfield High School, as we bid our farewells to the school, faculty, and students, hereby make our last will and testament: To the class of '49 the back seats and our ability to work together as a class. To the class of '50 our ability to produce a financially successful prom. To the class of '50 our studious manner and conduct for your next three years. To Mr. Vandehey a class that holds peaceful class meetings. To Mr. Droegkamp a championship football team in years to come. To Miss Grady an English class that has an understanding of poetry. To Mr. Kendall good fortune in finding musicians whose size corresponds with that of their instruments. As individuals we wish to dispose of our personal belongings as follows.-Myra Butler wishes to leave her laughing streaks to Olive McClain. Charlotte Ccok bequeaths her ability to get along with teachers to Tony Schar-schmidt. Herbert Emerson leaves his quiet and shy manners to Maynard Chadwick. Betty Loveiov leaves her ability to hold manv offices to Lavelda Stafford. Ruth Case wants Albert Turner to make use of her mathematical mind. Tom Royer leaves his sharp wit to Lyle Collien. Joyce Culver leaves her studious manners to Joan Culver. Gloria Heimerl leaves her ability to get along with the boys to Beatrice Perry. Joe Luttenberger leaves hrs talkativeness for Jerome Kruse. Shirley Kaul leaves her shy manner to Lorna Fisher. Carita Ogle leaves her ability to argue to Mary Alyce Lovejoy. Alan Stoppleworth leaves his ability to get along with others to Douglas McLean. To all not already mentioned above we want to leave our memories of those school parties, games, and four years of study. We, the Seniors, appoint Lyle Collien to see that each student and teacher receive their gifts. Signed, Sealed and Delivered this 12th day of March, 1948. We declare this document to be our last will and testament. Signed: Witnessed by Alan Stoppleworth Lyle Collien. Carita Ogle Page S

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- CLASS HISTORY We, the so called green freshies , entered Oakfield High in 1944, meek and frightened as was expected of us. We started out as 16 and out of these, Don Mittlesteadt was elected president and Joe Luttenberger our secretary and treasurer. Six of us participated in Forensics. Charlotte Cook and Carita Ogle received second places. Nine of us played in the band and most of us were in the chorus. We were invited to our initiation party, but only if the girls wore overalls and the boys were dressed as girls. Joyce Culver represented us on the student council and on the paper staff. Mrs. Haessley was our class advisor. September, 1945, we entered the assembly once more, but this time as mighty sophomores. This year we lost four boys and gained a new one, Gerald All. Already our class was decreasing. The class officers this year were— Joyce Culver, President; Herbert Emerson, Vice-President; Betty Lovejoy, Secretary and Treasurer. Ruth Case and Carita Ogle were our student council representatives. Our class was again well represented in all activities. Myra B. and Gloria H. were cheerleaders. We had a very successful year, thanks to our advisor, Miss Phillips. We once again were back in high school for our third year. We are the members now, eight girls and two boys. Many things were to happen this year,- our prom, class rings, and the many functions in school. Joe L., Betty L., and Herbert E. were our representatives on the student council. Our class officers were Betty Lovejoy, President; Ruth Case, Vice-President; Joyce Culver, Secretary; and Carita Ogle, Treasurer. Six of our ten members participated in Forensic's, with Myra receiving an A rating and Carita and Charlotte receiving a B. In the district contest Myra received a B. Many of us were on the Oakleaf Staff with Carita as assistant editor. Gloria was again a cheerleader. We received our class rings in March. On April 25th we had a very successful prom, at which Herbert Emerson and Joyce Culver reigned as king and queen, respectively. The rest of the class formed the court of honor. We thank Mr. Droegkamp, our class advisor, and his wife and all the others that helped bring about this wonderful prom. The theme was Moonlight and Roses. We entered our senior year with many thoughts to the future and many memories of the past. This year we gained two boys. Tom Royer, an ex-serviceman, and Alan Stopple-worth. We now have eight girls and four boys. Again we were all out for school activities. After this year seven will be missing from band, seven from forensics, many from the paper staff, and one cheerleader. Our class officers were Carita Ogle, President; Tom R., Vice-President; Shirley K., Secretary,- and Joyce C., Treasurer. Joyce is editor-in-chief of the annual and Carita is the editor cf the school paper. This is the last time we'll see school for a little while, but we'll be back to visit. Remember —fellow students—the best years of your life are spent in high school. Take advantage of this wonderful opportunity. Page 5

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY e After corresponding for the six years since we left school we, Charlotte Cook and Carita Ogle, decided to take a trip back up north to Wisconsin. Charlotte was married to Don, a professor at the University of Alabama, in 1949. Carita, who was married back in Wisconsin, and Dan were operating a ballroom in Miami. After all arrangements were made we started north. On the way we stopped in Memphis and were going to do some shopping when a policeman bumped us accidentally and to our amazement it was Tom Royer. We talked over our days as seniors in the back seats of O.H.S. and found that Tom was still taking life easy. Tom said Joe Luttenberger ran a farm implement store in a nearby city.—Joe wasn't farming after all. We stopped again the next day in Spring-field to fill Dan's car up with gas at a place called JOYBO'S. It couldn't be, but it was an old friend coming to the car. We asked him how everything was; he replied by taking us to his home. There we saw the former Joyce Culver, whom we were very pleased to see, and Joyce showed us their three-month-old daughter. When it came time to eat we asked Joyce to join us and finally she consented and we went to an interesting restaurant. The manager spoke to us before we recognized him to be our Alan Stopple-worth. He told us business was booming and that everything was very successful on his part. The next morning we were on our way again. When we drove through Wisconsin the sights became more familiar. Just around the curve in Oakfield we saw a new building —THE OAKS it was called; why, it's a new theater! After a quick visit to our homes we went to explore the town. We found out that the theater was run by two old classmates of ours, Shirley Kaul and Betty Lovejoy. Oakfield surely is improving. Incidentally, Betty and Shirley married brothers from Chicago. They said they met them at college. They invited us over to their home that evening, which we accepted. When we were talking of old times, Shirley said Herbert Emerson was practicing law in Madison, and Gloria Heimerl was singing with a well-known orchestra in Milwaukee. Ruth Case, Betty said, has been an accountant in a large firm in New York for four years now. More luck to you, Ruth. After inquiring around town for Myra Butler we found that no one knew where she was. After a week we started back south again. We stopped at a little hotel for the night. We went into the dining room and glancing around noticed a girl that looked familiar— yes, it was Myra Butler and her husband. They invited us to have dinner with them. It was during our meal that we learned that Myra was secretary to her brain specialist husband but was going to quit soon. Now we felt much better because we knew what happened to the class of '48 in these six years. Carita Ogle Charlotte Cook Page 7