Oakville High School - Tillicum Yearbook (Oakville, WA)

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY Knowing Jack Benny as I do, being his housekeeper for 15 years, I finished my work early. The hours are short and so is the pay, so I thought I would take a walk. While strolling around Beverly Hills I met a nice- looking man who looked vaguely familiar. As I walked closer I found to my surprise that it was Donald R. Sim- mons. We started talking about our good old school days. By a quaint coincidence Don had been hunting for me to tell me he was having a class reunion. He had located everyone but me. I told him I would be there if I could possibly get the night off and use Jack's car, the Maxwell. Friday 13, 1970 Upon my arrival at the Simmons residence, Mrs. Simmons greeted me cordially. To my amazement, it was my former classmate Mary Malone. The Simmons have a beautiful home overlooking I. M. P. G. Broadcast- ing System where Don works as head of the weather department. When everyone had arrived we all went into the living room where there was going to be some entertain- ment. The first act was Bertha Donley who presented herself clad in a leopard skin suit. She has put on a little weight and is now middle weight wrestling champion. Her opponent was her husband, Dale Bray. Dale and Ber- tha are having a very successful marriage, as Mrs. Simmons told me. They are taking a trip to Lower Slo- bovia. The second performance consisted of a flea act presented by Dick and John Ostercarl. The reason they changed their names was because they couldn't get along without each other. Their act was very good and before it was over everyone was having an itching good time. After the entertainment was over the guests went into the dining room to eat and get reacquainted. When we were all seated the butler brought in a plate of hors d' oeuvres. Bertha asked me if I had recognized the but- ler. I found that it was Lane Johnson. Lane is quite a different man, he has settled down and is married to the maid of the house, who is Norma Hunger. Norma and Lane have five children. I was quite interested in the names, they are: Martin, Jim, Frank, Orville and the littlest son is named Corky. Mrs. Simmons had gotten a telegram that said that Mrs. Jesse Ross who was the former Deed Grandorff just had triplets. Mr. Ross said he was sorry that he couldn't attend because he had to start building new rooms on his house. As I walked out on the terrace I heard four men talking over business. They were talking about organiz- ing a hot rod club. They were going to get all the old cars they could find and purchase and start making hot rods. Daniel Gleason said he would contribute a couple he had sitting around his yard. I was talking to Bill Beckwith in the den and he asked me if I knew what Larry, Chuck, Corky and Rolfe were doing? I said no and he told me they were in business in New Mexico, operating hot dog stands all along the coast. He said they were doing fine and soon hoped to expand. Mrs. Simmons told me that one of our highest grade students, Rosemary Gibson, was staying at Liberace's house teaching him more techniques on playing the piano. She married Johnny Small and he is Liberace's chau- ffer. Norma told me that Bill and Virginia married. Virginia couldn't come because she had to run their big Rodeo in Arizona. They call it the Beckwith Roundup. Virginia and her two children are amateur bull riders. It was about 3:00 o'c1ock in the morning so I thought I would depart and go home. I Walked Out the door and who did I see but Henry Witt waiting out in aSuper Jet Fordette car. He told me he was making money in a fast way. The faster he went the more money he made. I asked him where he got the car and he said Frank Michalak was making a lot of money in his night club, which was called NFRANKS PLACE so he gave it to Henry for a birth- day present. When I got back home Jack said that there was a telegram on the table for me. It was from Charlotte Nylund. She said she was sorry she couldn't make it but Richard and she had to be in Australia to attend the National GLOBETROTTERS Conven-tion. Richard has been playing for about ten years with the GLOBETROTT- ERS. Well, tomorrow will be another day and I'll be back at the old grind, trying to get my rich uncle out of poorhouse. 18

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SENIOR WILL I We, the Senior Class of nineteen hundred and fifty-five, realizing that we are about to pass into that delirium called life which will finally end in death, while still retaining our sound mind, do hereby make this last will and testament. ARTICLE ONE To the faculty we leave the first peace and quiet they will have had since we entered this institution, and also we leave the summer in which to recover from our sudden departure from their presence. ARTICLE TWO Realizing that we cannot be present next year, we, the Senior Class, request the freshmen, sophomores, and juniors to copy our behavior exactly so that the incoming frosh may see an example of our most excellent de- meanor and being impressed by its perfectness, adoptfit as their model. To the frosh we leave a little advice. 1. Love thy teacher under all circumstances. 2. Don't brag about getting into high school--it probably was a mistake. ARTICLE THREE I, Ronald Taylor, hereby bequeath to Floyd Gibson my ability to get along with the girls in 6, 7, and 8th period study hall. I, Larry Battson, leave my ability to sign my own report cards to anyone who thinks he can get away with it. I, Dick Carl, doon this day will my gigantic nose and slim waist line to Frank Burlingame. I, Mary Malone, will my accidental ability to do the splits to anyone who can do it better than I, without get- ting hurt. I, Rosemary Gibson and I, Charlotte Palmer, leave our ability to pop popcorn in sewing class to Myrna Sex- ton and Darlene Macomber. I, John Ostergard, will my distinguished manner to Wayne Frost. I, Dale Bray. hereby bequeath my frequent tardiness to Gary Carl. I, Don Simmons, leave my expert ability to climb mountains to Marion Bland. I, Jesse Ross, will my beautiful curly locks to Walter Smith. I, Lillian Erickson, bequeath to Bonnie Sutton my ability to get a driver's license on my fifth attempt. I, Henry Witt, will my expert ability to skip study hall and watch the grade school games to Larry Vendervort. I, Virginia Gleason, will my quiet personality to Myrna Sexton. I, Daniel Gleason, leave my cute mustache to any boy who can cultivate it. I, Chuck Smith, bequeath to Chuck Butterfield my superb ability of quick thinking when teachers catch me out of class, in hopes it will help him when he gets in a jam. 1, Lane Johnson, will my expert ability to take out fence posts without damaging my car, to Floyd Gibson. I, Bill Beckwith, leave my flashy clothes and quiet disposition to Gerald Pickernell. I, Deed Grandorff, and I, Bertha Donley, will our ability to play hooky and to go out and have a ggod time to Laura Hamilton. I, Frank Michalak, will my car and its numerous paint jobs to Ed Palmer. I, Norma Hunger, will all my long distance telephone calls from California to Marlene Menish, because I know she would just love to be getting them too. I, Rolfe Moe, will my blue eyes, blonde curly hair and dimples, to Gerald Pickernell in hopes that he will like them better than I. In witness whereof, we, the undersigned, being of unusual discretion and pronouncedly superior mentality, living in the city of Oakville, county of Grays Harbor, state of Washington, do on this twenty-fourth day of May, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-five, duly affix our seal and signature of the afore mentioned last will and testament of this said class of Masterminds. We hereby appoint as sole executor of the Senior Class of 1955 of this last will and testament, Professor Margaret Clark. SENIOR HISTORY Seniors at lastl We started our Senior Year with 21 members. We had one new member, Norma Hunger from Eugene, Oregon. Later on at the semester we gained Dale Bray from Elma. We lost Wesley Steele who went to Palmer, Alaska. Our class officers for our Senior Year were as follows: President, Rosemary Gibson, Vice-President, Jesse Rossg Secretary, Bertha Donley, Treasurer, Dick Carl, Sergeant at Arms, Corky Taylor, Student Council Repres- sentatives, Deed Grandorff and Rolfe Moe with Charlotte Palmer as alternate. Our first event of the year was our Senior Mixer in honor of the poor frightened little freshmen. It went off with a bang and was huge success. On November 28, 1954, we gave our Senior Play which was entitled Take Your Medicine It was a hilarious comedy and it took place in a hospital room. After our play was over we startedthirking about announcements, cards, caps and gowns, and Senior pictures. The school had a carnival and the Seniors had the concession booth which was set up like a restaurant.

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