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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af X fr , iw 9' 'f 4 ai' J , VYLT 1 V Nw ,ZW few mm was gb - 1 . ' - - 'J f V' -U ax I Top row, left to right: Bland, Marion - Carl, Gary - Hamilton, Laura - Malone, Pat- Palmer, Ed - Tracy, Ruby Middle row, left to right: Brewer, Naomi - Criswell, Nancy - Lofgren, Barbara - Menish, Marlene - Ray, Darlene - Vandervort, Larry Bottom row, left to right: Blechschmidt, Sharon - Gibson, Floyd - Macomber, Darlene - Neeley, Rosemarie - Sexton, Myrna - Youckton, Clara JUNIOR CLASS On August 30, 1954, nineteen Juniors opened the doors of O. H. S. and entered the hallways as upperclassmen at last. At our first class meeting We elected the following officers-Pres. Rose Marie Neeley, Vice Pres. Ed Palmer, Sec. Barbara Lofgren, Treasurer, Sharon Blechschmidt, and Sgt. at Arms, Darlene Macomber. Student Council Representatives, Ruby Tracy, Ed Palmer. On October 1 one of our classmates, Larry Saunders was fatally injured in a football game. Bob Vandervort left school leaving us with 17 members. On the evening of November 12th, We gave the annual Junior Prom. Chapel In The Moonlight was our theme with pink and black as our colors. Darlene Ray joined us on November 16th from Eugene, Oregon, giving us 18 members. November 24th we had a dance, The Turkey Trot , at the old Grade School Gym. Six weary but hopeful annual staff members along with 12 classmates tried desperately to get the annual out on time under the supervision of Mr. Bue. The Junior girls put on the Junior play On Account of Larry , April 15.