Oakville High School - Tillicum Yearbook (Oakville, WA)

Page 16 text:

CD37 6211 yr SENIOR PROPI-IECY The work of a dining room manager in one of the largest hotels in the Vniled States, the Ritz Carlton, is very arduous, hence I was very much pleased when I received a vacation of one year. One of my greatest wishes was to visit India, so now my chance was here. After ma-king hurried preparations I left on one of the fastest aeroplanes at two o'clock in the afternoon. The pilot, by the way, was one of my old classmates. Ilene Morkert, who seemed to fill her position of pilot very efficiently because of always being up in the air most of the time at school. Among the passengers was Mabel Price, the great naturalist. She was going to India to look for new species of flowers. That evening I turned on the dial of the radio in the plane and station WOOF New York came in loud and clear. I listened for severa-l minutes getting more disgustcd cach minute until the announcer said, f'Helen Damitio, the world's foremost soprano, will now render a selection. Helen has certainly flonc wonders with her voice. I hardly recognized it. I turned off the radio and then climbed into my berth. In the morning when I awoke I was nearing my destination. Upon landing at Lucknow, I got off and Went to a hotel, which I made my stopping place for several days. One day while visiting a historic place, I expressed a desire to my guide to see the famous magic crystal for which Lucknow is becoming more famous each day. This crystal has the power of showing the doings of any person in any part of the world. Here at last was a chance to find out about my classmates whom I had not seen for fifteen years since graduation in 1928. My guide, anxious to serve, showed me the way to a large temple, which was highly ornamented in the mann-er of the East. I was conducted into a room entirely black except for the shining crystal on an ebony table. The man in charge was a very mysterious sort of a person dressed in black, and I was greatly surprised to find tha-t he was none other than Ralph Armstrong. You want to know something about your classmates, he said. First I will tell you about those on this continent. Nellie Kilmer is devoting her life as a missionary in Northern Tibet. I see Edgar Ea-ster dr-essed in Chauffeur's regalia, driving the town car of His Imperial Highness, the Emperor of Japan. Robert Cummings is at present on his way to Stanley Falls, Africa, where he is building a large dam for an electric system. Robert is one of the most promising civil engineers of the day. Evelyn Pearson is professor of music at Cornell University. She is being assisted by Mrs. Freeman Theriault, nee Naomi Austin, who has become a composer of great ability. Verna Lemmon spent five years at tra-ining for 'a social service nurs-e in the little town of Olympia and now Page 12

Page 15 text:

62276211 yt, I, Hazel Norman, do hereby will and bequeath my ability in Sewing and Cooking to Georgia Irvin. I, Ethel Gibson, do hereby will and bequeath my good looks and flirting ways to Grace Bjorkgren. I, Elsie Pearson, do hereby will and bequeath my daily attendance to Marie Armstrong in hopes that she will be at school at least twice a week. I, Edgar Ea-ster, do hereby will and bequeath my basketball suit and ability to jump center on the team to Thomas Pulford. I, Ilene Morkert, do hereby will and bequeath my season's ticket for whispering in assembly periods to Alice Anderson. I, Evelyn Pearson, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to keep quiet to Lester Vaughan. I, Helmer Anderson, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to grow tall to Lloyd Hall. I, Ruth Blechschmidt, do hereby will and bequeath to Nadine Hampson all I don't know in hopes that she will grow up to be intelligent. I, Leona Tolefson, do hereby will and bequeath my chewing gum to Mrs. Olsen. I. Nellie Kilmer, do hereby will and bequeath my long tresses to Essie Shull in case she should decide to have long hair. I, Gertrude Ray, do hereby will and bequeath my art of acting foolish to Lester Vaughan as he seems to be an apt pupil. I, Helen Damitio, do hereby will and bequeath my lovely voice to Rosella Willia-ms hoping she can make use of it. I, Mabel Price, do hereby will and bequeath my extreme shortness to Vivian Sullivan. I, Naomi Austin, do hereby will and bequeath what ability I have to play jazz to Carl Murray if he thinks he needs it. I, Lila Kocher, do hereby will and bequeath my curly locks to Lillian Price. I, Verna Lemmon, do hereby will and bequeath my typing awards to Katherine Baker, hoping that she ma-y profit by them. I, Robert Cummings, do hereby will and bequeath my sophisticated airs to Marvin Butler. I, Dora Roetter, do hereby will and bequeath my front seat in the Assembly to Frenchie for whatever year he manages to get there. This being our last Will and Testament we now take humble d-eparture. Sworn to this eighteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight before the notorious public. lSignedl THE SENIOR CLASS Elsie E. Pearson '28, Page 11

Page 17 text:

she's assisting her husband in the gasoline trade at the Cosmopolis airport. Elsie Pearson is still fond of night life. I see her out to a dinner party given by the owner of a. plumbing firm in Tacoma for whom she is the private secretary. Rumors are about that there is to be a wedding. Salt Lake City is becoming one of the largest cities in the United States under the guardianship of Mayor Arthur G. Hampson. Arthur has joined the Mormon church and some people believe that h-e has more than one wife. CI wouldn't doubt it, he was always fond of the girls at O. H. SJ. Helmer Anderson is owner of the largest potato farm in 'Washington He believes in scientific management and the results are wonderful. 'The domestic science students at O. H. S. are under the stern hand of Ethel Gibson. CI hope she can keep them from eating the supplies and doubling every recipe.J Gertrude Ray has been very successful with her poultry farm on Fords Prairie and her correspondence is so large that her shorthand she learned in O. H. S. is a great help. Lila' Kocher and Leona Tolefson are now touring the world on a Vaudeville circuit under the name Glides and Slides? Marie Criswell is living in Seattle. The Rose Marie Beauty Parlor, owned by her, is fa-mous for its excellent 25c haircuts. Another Senior of 1928 is in the aeroplane business. Dora Roetter is manager and owner of a factory in Seattle. And last but not least is Hazel Norma-n, who has entered the field of Real Estate at the North Pole. To-day she sold three igloos and two log houses. ' After paying the required fee and discussing times since graduation with Ralph, I left for my hotel. I continued visiting India and other wonders of the East, leaving for home after nine months of glorious vacation. -RUTH BLECHSCHMIDT '28, Helen Damitio: i'Mother, come here, I am afraid that I have the oiectric current connected wrong, the radio is covered with frost and the ice box is singing. Mr. Murphy in civics class: What kind of tories are thickly scattered throughout the Northern States?l' Leona thoughtlessly: i'Fac-tories. Page 13