Oakville High School - Tillicum Yearbook (Oakville, WA)

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CDW5211 0 . ' ' ' E-wi 5 Qi' JUNIOR CLASS HISTORY ln the fall of '27 eleven girls and boys enrolled as Juniors in the Oakville High School. Dora Gibson left us at the middle of the year. We were well represented in all school activities: in basket ba-ll by Harold Clodius, Richard Ross, Leonard Shull, Harold Lemmon, Oscar Blechschmidt, Jewell Erekson, Alice Anderson, Audrey Blechschmidt, Corressa Shull, and Margaret Thompson: in baseball by Emil Carlson, Gordon Theriault, Richard Ross a-nd Leonard Shull: Edna McMaster and Corressa Shull in Debate. We elected as our officers, Gordon Theriault, President: Edna McMaster, Vice-President: Katherine Ba-ker, Secretary: Audrey Blechschmidt, Treasurer: Dora Gibson, Board of Control and Mrs. Olsen as Class Advisor. In November the class presented the annual Junior Carnival, which was pronounced a decided success,-likewise the Junior Play, f'Looking for Mary Jane which was given the second of March. A little later in the year we gave the annual Junior-Senior banquet. Class Yell We are winning now, We are winning fine, We will win forever, Class of '29. Class Motto Class Flower Class C010rS Able and Willing Pink Rose Blue and Gold -Audrey Blechschmidt '29, Page 14

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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

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CD57 5211 yr SQLHOMORE CLASS HISTGRY At the beginning of the year of 1927, thirteen girls and twelve boys entered Oakville High as Sophomores. At the end of the first semester six drc-pled out, leaving nin-eteen. We Ohose as our officers: Ruth Norgard, President: Grace Bjorkgren, Vice-President: Marie Armstrong, Secretary: Georgia Irvin, Treasurer: Free- man Theriault, Board of Controlg and Miss Bestler, class advisor, During the fall of '27 we ga-ve the Freshmen lnitiation, which proved to he one of the most successful ever given. But we refrain from telling any wild hair raising episodes here so that the next Freshmen class might experience them first handed. i We are represented in Student Body activities by Cecil Ra-sler, Freeman Th-eiiault, Alta Everson, Georgia Irvin and Leonard Wilson. Class Yell You may think We're dumb, You may think we're slow, But just watch the class of 1-9?3-0 Class Motto Class Flower Class Colors Aim high and keep your aim White Rose Blue and VVhite -Ruth Norgard '30 Page 15