Oakland High School - Acorn Yearbook (Oakland, OR)

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SBUIUI' Class ilinsinrg The Senlor Class of 1953 presents 1ts BCt1W1t1eS and eyents of the p st four years We entered our first year of h1gh school vuth much anxlety and expectatlon I r the commg four years The f1rst three weeks we spent xn lookmg forward to the tradltlonal 1n1t1at1on The Sophomores honored us wlth a we1com1ng party xxestern style The return party was an eyemng spent skatzng We began our Sophomore year by looklng forward to lmtlatlng the mcomlng Freshrnen After the 1n1t1at1on we gaye a school dance to welcome the Freshmen In return the Freshman sponsored a skat1ng party lnour honor Inour Sophomore year ue sponsored the May Day Celebration Patsy Baxter was elected Sophomore prlncess and jlm lyfloss was elected Sophomore prlnce F1rst was the coronatlon of the krng and queen followed by the May Pole Dance Faye Copeland was chosen as Sophomore class prmcess for the carnual Donna Lee represented the student body as carnual prmcess and had the honor of belng crowned queen As juniors of Oakland H1gh School we began the year w1th a class meeting elecnng the fO1lOYNll'lg offlcers Kenneth Henry presldent Allce Spencer uce presldent and Betty Babcock secretary treasurer Our schedule next called for the electlon of a carnual prlncess Allce Spencer who was chosen to represent The blg exent of our unlor year was gn Ing the prom and banquet In order to obtaln money xye lnstalled a candy machlne ln the hall and sold pop and hot dogs at all honue games We departed from the usual tradltlon of Oakland High and gaye our banquet at the Umpqua Hotel ln Roseburg Our prom theme Hawauan Paradise was sp1end1dly portrayed by many beautiful Hawanan decorahons Susan Stearns was crowned prom queen and jack Hunter was crowned king At the present tlme we flnd ourselyes Senlors of O H S yuth Dora Wolford as class presldent erry Blaylock Vlce President joyce Ferguson secretary treasurer Carrrmen Clngcade edxtor of the Acorn and Joyce Ferguson edltor of the Oakleaf To start dCf.lN1tl8S rollmng thls fall we gaye a football party welcommg all students f O H S Darlene Lee was chosen as Semor carnnal prlncess thls year and Larry Cole was chosen for her escort In closlng our Senxor year we look to the future lyzng before us Wlth great confxdence Class Flowers Red and Whute Roses Class Colors Red and Whlte Class Motto We ye Crossed The Bay The Ocean Lles Ahead U O e. ' . , . y. . l V . Q . -. - ' I 7 1 9 a , '- . ' 3 the juniors, was crowned queen, jimmy' Moss was chosen for her escort, . ' ll D' ' il ' ' ' D I v I I . 5- 1. . 5 J r V , . - . Q h y D , 5 ' , . . Q. . . . , I y , O . i D Q . .Y . r . 7 1' A i -4 v V , ,I - vv - ....... F , .

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JAMES MOSS May Day Prinvess Escort ......... .... Student Body Prvsidvnt F g5vr'nc's1vr. Gol'len Oulu-rs ,.... Student Council .... Baseball ,.......,..... Class Prcsidm-nt ..... Queen Escort ....... Football ........ Track ..... WALTER NINIOCKS Transfer from Yoncalla, xrst ............. 4 l,Z,5 .....l.Z.3 Oregon '50 Basketball Clmrtvr ....... ......... . ....... . . Annual Stall ......... Golden Oakcrs ..... Student Fireman ,... Football ............ Glee Club.... VIILDRED SEEHAWER Class Vice-President ..... Student Counril ..,....... Volleyball ......... Girls' Lcaguz- .... O Club .....,... Prr-sidvnt .... Annual Stalt' .... Paper Staff ..... Softball ......... Glee Club ..... Pop Club ,..,. ALICE SPENCER Class Vice-l-'rc-sidcnt ...,. Girls' Lcaguc ............., Carnival Que-cn .... Annual Staff .,.... Paper Staff ..... Volleyball ......... . O' Club ................... Secretary-Treasurer Glce Clulm ..........,....,. Z,3, ....-2.5, ..1,Z, . Z,3, .....Z, ....l,-4 5. K .frwgq -l 3

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Sennnrflass 315111 Louis Anderson will my ability to be quiet to Barbara Cordon Betty Babcock will my long fingernails to John Anderson and my musxcal talr Tom Bean I Lyle Beecroft will my popularity with the teachers to Billy Spencer lerry Blaylock do will and bequeath my ability to sleep in class to Nxla Barrett and rny perfect attendance record to Charles Howard I Margie Burpee do will and bequeath my old jokes to Nila Barrett who could use. some different onesl and my ambition to become a midget race car driver to Orxal Allen I Carmen Cmgcade will my ability to run around in the halls without a hall pass to Billie Rae Sowell and my annual headaches to Norma Jean Wilcox I Larry Cole will my ab1l1ty to write descriptions to Eddie Finnell I Faye Copeland will my long black ha1r to Barbara Cole and my enjoyment of classical music to B111 Moss I Joyce Ferguson will rny job as paper edltor to whoever wants it and my typing eraser to Mr Beck I Kenneth Henry will my ability to have the hottest machine at school to Allen Kendall and Eddie Finnell also my ability to get along in health class to James Brown I Pauletta Holder will my ability to walk alone to Karen Roberson I Darlene Lee Cook will my ability to fuush school while staying home to Shirley Crockett and my ability to play the trombone to Gary Hubbard I Donna Lee will my ability to get along with Doug to Nlla Barrett and Allen Kendall and my height to Gary Hubbard I James Moss will all my citizenship grades to Norma Jean Wilcox I Walter Nimocks will 50 pounds to Charles Howard and my ability to always get my English work book done early to Gary Bullock I Mildred Seehavxcr will my black eyes to Bernie Cingcade and my health book to Alta Jean Cildersleeve May she make better use of it than I I Alice Spencer will and bequeath my quiet ways and m1ld disposition to Don Loper and my ability to usually be on time to school to my sisters June and Joan I Dora Wolford will my health grades to Marlyn Seehauer my business law notes to Doug Beahm and to Dorothy Wolford I leave my social economics book 0' G I, . 1 r . . . . A I . Il 1. , . . . 1 S K . mt to . I . I V. . . Q I 5 2 I., Gerald Hall, will my ability to get to school every day to Bernie Cingcade. - 1. . , , ' . 0