Oakville High School - Tillicum Yearbook (Oakville, WA)

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TILLIC WQ4mef-x X , X THE OAKVILLE FUTURE CRUSIER ECCENTRIC POET LAUREATE AND ACTOR VVEDS LOCAL SOCIETY LEADER Mr. Lester Vaughan, Jr. eloped with Miss Bernice O'Hara. Miss O'Hara has been one of Oakville leaders in Society for the past three years. Their romance has covered a period of ten years. Mr. Vaughan announced his destination as the Orient. They will probably spend three months touring Europe before they go to the Orient. Altogether, they expect to be gone a year. Mr. Vaughan, who is a noted actor as well as a poet, has signed il contract with the Fox Film Cor- poration to star in the picture writ- ten by Robert Louis Stevenson, Treas- ure Island. We wish the young couple all the happiness in the world. COW-GIRL WINS AWARD Miss Mildred Lemmon won the rop- ing, bucking and shooting events in a whirlwind performance before a crowd of fifty thousand people at 0akville's Annual Rodeo, June 15, 1940. Miss Lemmon is a typical cow- girl of the old school. She is bow- legged, ha-s a strait boyish bob, and talks with a drawl. NOTED SECRETARY RETI RES Miss Doris Neeley, Secretary for the mayor of New York, has quit her job, and tells the newspapers that she is retiring, But it is reported that there is a love affair and that she will soon be married although Miss Neeley denies this fact. ZlEBFIELD'S STAR MEETS WITH HARD LUCK Miss Viola Julin, while eating break- fast at the Ritzbilt Hotel in New York, mistook her tea saucer for a bit of French pastry, and swallowed it with alarming results. She also lost three of her false teeth. Physi- cians state the case as being quite serious. The famous star is facing the situation with a calm, courag- eous, attitude. Page Ten VVOMAN DIVES OFF BROOKLYN BRIDGE Miss Helen Jackson, famous aquatic sta-r, dove 900 feet from the top of the Brooklyn Bridge, giving a thrill- ing exhibition of death-defying long distance diving. She was awarded the t'Congressional Medal for valor, and the 'fWoolworth'l medal for foolish- ness. She was Hwinedf' dined and toasted throughout the city of New York for a week. Miss Jackson's tea-t is a rare accomplishment and needless to say, it was through her own ef- forts that she succeeded. NOTED ARTISTS VISITS FRIENDS HERE Miss Edith Easter, famous artist, is now visiting here with some of her fri-ends. She has been studying in Paris, Germany and Europe with some of the world's most noted a-rtists and has received considerable praise for her work. She will soon return to study her art in Paris. She some- daty expects to be the wor1d's greatest ar is . FAMOUS VIOLINIST PLAYS Miss Rosella Williams, World's greatest violinist, has made her debut in European society. She played Es- k10diSk01iSZY from Smith's Russia-n Czokologuikiski before 15,000,000 peo- ple 1n the Hall of Mirrors in the subway of Berlin. Among those pres- ent. were Prince Van Heines, Lord Reinzel, Baron Von Schmidt, and the Crown Prince Louis Van Grund. This S9193 group has secured Miss Will. 1311175 talents for a Charity Bazaar backed and supported by all the roy: al blood of Europe. Hoifitzs, w01-1d'S greatest violinist of 20 years ago com- pliments and admires Miss Williams technique.

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ii... .i J Like TILLICUM GllIllHllllE9 lOAlllQVHllI9llI9llEB llFlllIGllIllIIllRlIE9 4I2lIRl1IIlISTQllR Volume MCMXXXV Ten Years Hence Y NO. 13 P'LANE SPANS PACIFIC Thomas Pulford, daring young pilot, brought undying fame to himself and his country by being the first to ily one of the Austin-Scout planes from Seattle to Tokyo, Pilot Displays Modesty VVhen interviewed, by news report- ers, the young dare-devil showed an inclination to talk about everything but himself. THEODORE AUSTIN FINDS' FO RTU NE Young Austin, locally prominent street cleaner, while digging in his garden Wednesday evening, drove his pick into a fabuously rich gold lode. It was estima-ted to run S1000 a ton, Mr. Austin tells the public that, al- though he is now wealthy, he in- tends to keep on working for the city. YOUNG HEIR IS BORN lSpecial to the HOakville Cruiser l A son was born to Prince Ritzcliffe Hugo Marconi and his wife, who is the former Helen Boyd of Oakville. The Prince in his statement to the press says that both the mother and child are resting well. LOCAL SOCIETY DEBUTANTE CENTER OF SCANDAL Miss Ruth Brown, who made her debut into 0akville's five hundred class last spring, has been seen in the company of a notorious unde1'world character, on a certain Sunday, on the streets of East Oakville at l2:00 o'clock. Apparenty she was on very close terms with this gangster. Scar- face Spud. She now denies the fact that she even knows him. LOCAL MINISTER WEDS Rev. Melvin Ames, of the First Methodist Church, led one of his college-mates to the altar, Sat. after- noon at 2:00 o'clock. lt was a brilliant- ly formal ceremony and the bride was arrayed in a beautiful shell-rpink gown a-nd veil. The groom was also handsomely dressed in formal attire. Immediately following the wedding Mr. and Mrs. Ames left to spend a short honeymoon in the Orient, DARRELL HOYT VVINS PRIZE AS CHAMPION PEE VVEE GOLFER In a closely contested game be- tween Mr. Hoyt, local barber, and three more contestants, Hoyt dis- played his skill to great advantage a-nd was awarded a prize of a silver cup with his name engraved on it, A great future stretches before Mr. Hoyt, due to his integrity and mar- velous energy. MISSIONARY RETURNS TO Tj, S. Miss Lillian Price, noted missionary worker from Borneo, returned to the states on the liner Harding She will give a series of lectures through- out the U. S. covering a period of one year. In her report to headquart- ers, Miss Price states that there has been notable progress made in her work with the cannibals, MISS MARY TI-IERIAULT INVENTS' DISH-YVASHER Miss Theriault has just patented a new type of dish-washer. She has been offered 551,000,000 for her machine. This is only one of her many inven- tions that have been a success. This invention was due to her dislike of washing dishes, prompted by her love of Chemistry. Miss Theriault has twice been awarded the Nobel prize for her works. Page Nine

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f -l E. We I ILLIC 'f L 6 ' . 'lggg UMASS WILL E, the class of 1931 of Oakville High School, believing ourselves to be the owners of sound and sane minds even after our four years of seem- ingly endless toil and worry, do hereby declare our final will to be published in the 1931 'tTillicum. Article I. We, the class of 1931, leave to the faculty our deepest thanks for the great -effort they have put forth in our behalf in getting us safely through the straight and narrow lane of high school days to the final shining goal-graduation. Section 1. To the individual members of the faculty we bequeath: 1. To Supt. Murphy, the privilege of reading the newspaper in the assem- bly every Sth period. 2. To Mrs. Zimmer, a Junior Play Cast tha-t will cause her no worry. 3. To Mrs. Vaughan, a Sociology class perfect in both order and intelligence. 4. To Miss Pike, the privilege of being a capable wife as well as a good language and commercial teacher. 5. To Mr. Evans, a Physics class that will laugh at all of his jokes. 6. To Miss Rosmond, a good lock and key for the Cooking Room cupboard. 7. To Mr. Hall, the right to succeed Mr. Murphy as superintendent of O. H. S. 8. To Mrs. Pearson, our adviser, the right to be adviser of another Senior Class as well behaved and dignified as ours. Section 2. To the individual members of the Junior Class we hereby leave: 1. To Ruby B-ell, the privilege of being the only red headed girl in O. H. S. next year. 2. To Karl Blechschmidt, a Love Story to read to keep him from getting lonsesome since Mildred is graduating. 3. To Parker Blunk, the right to play hookey next year without Mr. Murphy's knowledge. 4. To Carroll Chance, a book on how to be dominating since he seems to desire to be so. 5. To Kathleen Clark, some shoes that have already had the squeak taken out of them. 6. To Rosa Dahl, the privelege of being an honorary member of the debate class next year. 7. To Andrew Holderreed, the right to be Oakville's most famous violinist since the present one is graduating. 8. To Cha-rlotte Lee, the right to be Oakville's most sought after girl next year. 9. To Erma Miller, a thousand dollars to take her proposed trip from Oakville on. 10. To Ernest Moe, the privilege of being the world's greatest scientist. 11. To Carl Murray, the right to be leading man in next years Senior Play since he seems to be so talented. 12. To Orval Norman, a few more wrecks. 13. To Albert Ostergard, the right to graduate next year. 14. To Bernice O'Hara, someone to take Lester's place. 15. To Elizabeth Porter, a few more of her angelic looks. Page Eleven