Oakwood High School - Acorn Yearbook (Dayton, OH)

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SIISIIEIIIEIIEJIISACORN l933'E4lI.'?-lI.'2II.'1II .4II'.4 Class HisTory iConTinuedJ Rosemary: l-lere's our Third grade picTure. l guess Bob Pool's The only new per- son ThaT came ThaT year. Jane: BuT whaT a brealc To give The school. l-le had all The liTTle girls running aTTer him! Rosemary: Oh, remember The Tield days ThaT we had every year? They used To bloclc l-larmon Avenue and The whole school Turned ouT. We played games, ran races, and had all lcinds oT conTesTs. Jane: They were Tun, weren'T They? Rosemary: Sylvia BonTecou, ChrisTine MaTThieu, and Lois Werner came in The TourTh grade. l-lere They are in This nexT picTure Taken on one oT our naTure walks. Jane: Those walks were one way oT geTTing ouT oT Spelling and Geography. And iT was more Tun To wander and geT losT Tor a couple OT hours. Rosemary: Wasn'T ThaT The year we goT To move inTo The new parT oT The build- ing? Jane: Oh yes, iusT aTTer The older pupils moved over inTo The new Senior High School building: We really TelT grown up, didn'T we? Rosemary: l-lere's The TiTTh grade picTure Taken ouT in The snow. l-lere's Char- loTTe Rogge, Charles Morris, Marcedas BaTes, Malcolm EdgeworTh, PaTTy GraveTT, J. D. FouTs, and Don QuarTel. Jane: Remember how The girls used To chase The boys around aT recess? Rosemary: Do l? ! l.eT's see, There was RoberTa Pool, Mary Shepherd . . and all The oTher nicknames ThaT we could devise! The boys loved iT. And here's our sixTh year graduaTion picTure. ThaT was one day I'll never TorgeT. Here's CharloTTe Ankeney, Elso Barghoorn, Evelyn Eahrion, John Dozier, William Eienerer, Virginia PaT- Terson, Richard Davis, Eugenie l.auTenschlager, and Peggy and BeTTy Moss. Jane: And There seemed To be a big aTTracTion Tor Bobs ThaT year Too. l-lere's Davis, Carney, Rilce, Weaver, and Pape. Could iT possibly have been Sylvia? She was a liTTle devil even aT ThaT Tender age! Oh, and remember The pageanTs ThaT were held every year? Rosemary: WiTh The poison ivy? l-low could I TorgeT Them? Jane: And Then we came over To The high school. And righT away we goT The repuTaTion oT being The noisiesT class in The school. Many was The Time l goT losT and was laTe To class because l couldn'T Tind The righT room. Rosemary: l-lere's The sevenTh grade picTure. T-lere's Eleanor Black, l-lerb Beo- wulT Bahl, Jane Eby, Bob l-larsh, Phyllis OTTo, Bill SmyThe, MarTha Sanders, and Ross SmiTh. STan l-loward appeared iusT lilce manna Trom heaven or Trom under a cabbage leaT. Page Twenfy-one

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EIISIIEIIIEIIEIIEACORN I933.'!IIZlI.-'1IIE4II AIlZ Class Hislory Time-Presenl Place-Oakwood I-Iigh School Characlers-Jane Smilh and Rosemary Thomson Jane: This morning: when I was hunling lhrough a box ol my old school boolcs I lound lhis old album. Remember how we kepl il lor so many years? I aboul died laughing when I saw some ol lhe piclures, and I couldn'l wail lo show il lo you! Rosemary: Well, hurry up, I'm all curious. I was lhinlcing aboul il lhe olher day. I wondered whal had become ol il. Jane: All righl, pull up lhal chair and we'll Ioolc lhrough il. I-Iere's a piclure ol our kindergarlen class. There were iusl lourleen ol us lhen, and now lhere's nearly a hundred. Rosemary: We really were a group ol lunny loolcing babies, weren'l we? Jane: And some ol us haven'l changed much! Remember lhal orcheslra we had? l.el's see, I played a lambourine-here you are, playing a lriangle, and almosl hidden by lhal hair ribbon! Even lhen Ash Brand was musically inclined-he lead lhe or- cheslra. I-Iere's Bee Wuichel, Peggy Davies, Jaclc Smilh, Belly and Jane Filzgib- bons, Bob Brundrell, George Ohmer, lvlary Louise I-Iollinger, George Parlcer, Bob Servis, you, and I. Bul who is lhis? Rosemary: Lel's see. Don'l you recognize her? Thal's Sue Prilchard! l'd lcnow lhose bow-legs anywhere. Jane: I-Iere's a piclure ol our lirsl grade lalcen by lhe sand-box. Can'l you iusl see Bob Servis and Jaclc Smilh playing in a sand-box? Rosemary: See, lhere's a lol ol lhe same people in lhal piclure, aren'l lhere? Jane: Nalurally, bul here's I-Iildrelh Carler, Paul I-Ierring, and Billy Willcinson, lhe celebraled lap dancer! They musl have come lhal year. Who is lhal? Rosemary: Thal's Nancy I-larrison. Don'l you remember her? And lhose parlies she used lo . . . Jane: Oh, lhal's righl, her nulling parlies. I-low could I ever lorgel lhem? You always were good al linding nuls! Rosemary: I-Iere's Carol Cline, lvlaudie Lehr, Richie Larkin and lvlary Jane Siebenlhaler in our second grade piclure, Jane: Thal was lhe year we had lhe weekly movies , They were lun. Rosemary: Was lhal belore or aller lhe school was enlarged? Jane: Belore, I lhinlc-sure, don'l you remember how lhe audilorium was in lhe middle ol lhe school? Bul never mind, Iel's go on . . . Page Twenly

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EIISIIEIIEIIEIISACORN I933'5II2ll2IIE1Il'.SlIZ Class Hisfory lCon+inuedj Jane: And remember Jrhe Leap Year Dance +ha+ year? Thal' was somelhing novel and difierenll Rosemary: Only a few ioined our midsi in Jrhe eighrh year. l-lere's Louise Tschop, Paul Dozier, Phyllis Wiley. . . Jane: And Kay Kiser, and Evelyn Schoenberger. Heavens loolc al our clolhesl Rosemary: And so we really began our amazing high-school career! Jane: l-lere's DeVoe Turpin, Daphne Thomas, Bob Connelly, Harrier Brown, Richard Ragar, Mary Huffman, Maurice Leen, and Frances Riggs. All of rhese came in The ninrh year +o help bring us fame. Rosemary: And over here is rhe lenih year . . . Belly Donado, Johnny Young, Imogene l-larrline, Diclc Lamb, and l-lealhman Allen. Jane: And Peggy Piclqrel gave all ihe boys a lhrill when she came our 'From Dayron View in ihe Jrenrh grade. Rosemary: l-lere's a picfure of our elevenrh year. l-lere's Celesle Brown, Else Newcomer, Margarel Roehm, Corwin Riie, l-lelene Sievens, Mildred Ball, Ames Gard- ner, and lasi buf noi leasr rhe bashiul Joe Godfrey. Jane: And finally we come lo Jrhe picrure of our mosi illusirious senior graduaiing class. Rosemary: My, aren'l' we an inlelligenl loolcing group? Jane: To loolc al us now you'd never guess Thai we once enrered lcindergarlen as ignoranl children, would you? Rosemary: Our number grew by leaps and bounds 'rhis year, didn'+ il? We cer- lainly musr be a renowned class. Mona CoH'on came all +he way from Texas +0 gradu- are wirh us! Jane: And here's Jane Barlow, Sian Confer. Jean Callander, Charles Danis, Fred Lealherman, Ed Lorenz, Jack Margolis, Friiz Pansing, and Gilberl Phares-nearly all from Dayion View. Rosemary: And Barlow l-leilces and Belly Pavey. Could il have been pre- arranged? Jane: And +ha+'s all Jrhere is, fhere isn'+ any more- Rosemary: l'm iusr wondering . . Jane: Whal? Rosemary: l'rn iusl wondering if lhis lasl picrure will look as foolish len years from now as Jrhese old ones do Jro us lodayl Jane: l wouldn'+ be a bir surprised-bur l'm afraid we'll have 'ro wail' awhile 'ro find 'rhal our! JANE SMITH Page Twenty-Two