Oakwood High School - Acorn Yearbook (Dayton, OH)

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'--7 IW ck . .- 215 ::: :i:- . Class Hislory lflonlinuedl The lillh grade broughl Gerry Levis, Tilly Cook, and Jean Davis, wilh Phil slill courling B. Anne. Several inleresling coasling parlies were held, wilh lhe Slanley lamily furnishing enough sleds lor lhe enlire class. Anolher oulslanding romance ol lhe year was lhal belween lhal siren Blimp Allen and Dwighl lvlills. Remember lhal big D. lvl. Mary always had inked on lhe back ol her hand? Also during lhis year, lhe girls spenl an awlul lol ol lime al lhe Sunshine Club meelings. ln lhe sixlh grade we really lell high up in lhe world. ll was nice lo be able lo boss all lhe lillle kids around. Bul our class had no gradualion exercises and gave a play inslead. ll was lhe Jesler's Purse, and Bunny Ollo, a newcomer lhal year. made such a name lor himsell lhal he was almosl shipped lo l-lollywood. Also lhis year came lvlarlha Graybill, Florence Deuser, lvlargarel Shank and l-larry Nelson. Bul lhe nexl year was a huge disillusionmenll Even lhough we gol lo be in lhe building wilh dignified seniors, il was hard nol gelling any recognilion lor any- lhing, Bul we did manage lo draw lols ol new people, such as lvlarlha Krall, Don Guckes, Claribel Courson, Ralph Rinderknechl, Barbara Nicholas, Robin Galwood and Marlay Smilh. There was lillle lime lor much gadding around-school was prelly hard bul Phil and B. Anne were slill doing well by lhemselves. The eighlh grade broughl such lalenl as Fred Robinson, Alice McLaughlin, Juni- vere Swarlsell, Lenore Morris and Thomas Thomas Thomas. l-lere we began our par' licipalion in alhlelics in a big way, began copping prizes al lhe lair, and making lhe leachers lespecially Caplain Brownj realize whal a perlecl class we were. Bul being viclorious lor nine years is a record lor any army, and lhus our class enlered ils lenlh year on lhe Oakwood Balllelield, or lhe ninlh grade. Such liery lighlers as David lsrael, Jus Shively, Carol l-leald, Alberla Daugherly, Janilh Mc- Mann, Alma Linder and Fran Geiger ioined our company. This year we did won- ders on lhe alhlelic leams lhal lhe Junior l-ligh produced. The social aclivilies cone sisled ol one or lwo nice hay rides, coasling parlies and several slumber parlies lhal various molhers will never lorgel. We wound up lhis year wilh a grand swimming picnic allair al Norlhmoor. In lhe lenlh grade, Mr. Whalen, realizing whal he was missing, came back lo us. And wilh him came Louise Snyder, Trigg Troller, Edilh Sample and Dick Q'l-learn. We had seen piclures ol Greek gods, bul lo have bolh Troller and O'l-learn unload on us al once was almosl loo much. We made an even bigger name lor ourselves by having lwo boys and lwo girls win Varsily lellers in baskelball, and several olhers in loolball and lrack. Besides all lhis, lillle Freddie Barr, all grown up now, played lhe lead in lhe operella. Some record! Page Twenly-one

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if-wigs: 1 , F . . 'i - -' -' Class HisTory Y No doubT The greaTesT war in hisTory began ThirTeen years ago-in l92l-when Thirleen members oT The Class oT T934 began The TighTing aT The Harman Avenue school. The cause? Merely ThaT The parenTs oT said members had decided ThaT iT was Time Tor Their children To learn someThing besides The bad words They picked up doing noThing all day. The members oT This regimenT consisTed OT Blimp Allen. who had been holding down The TorT Tor us Two years already, AlberT BeusT, Libby Flack, Phil Worman, Doris FiTzgibbons, l-lerb Whalen, T-TarrieT CrawTord, Bob Desch. Mary Keller, Bill Anderson, Lib OIT, Fred T-lussey, and Sue SmiThg Miss Smalley was The commanding oTTicer. This year was raTher unevenTTul3 nobody knew much oT any- Thing, excepT ThaT Doris FiTzgibbons had already decided she was going To be a nurse. BUT Time Tlew quickly and we Tound ourselves ready To move ahead wiTh The loss oT liTTle l-lerbie Whalen. The nexT year, Two new soldiers ioined our ranks: These being Fred Barr and DoroThy Coolidge. And Fred was The cuTesT, pudgiesT, liTTle Thing! We rapidly learned all They had To oTTer, and sTill moved on, chalking up anoTher vicTory Tor our- selves aT The same Time. The second grade produced more baTTles Than any year previous or Tollowing. John Pool and Jane STanley appeared on The TronT To learn whaT iT was all abouT. BuT Jane learned more Than her share .... whaT wiTh Phil Worman and Fred Barr con- sTanTly TighTing over her. ThaT was The year Tor real love-aTTairs. Even liTTle Libby Flack had already decided she was going To marry Louie King, and Mary Allen and Billy Swisher held a mosT impressive wedding ceremony under The Trees aT recess. All wenT well unTil Maryls husband Threw her haT in The Tree, Mary Told Mr. ClaggeTT, and ThaT ended ThaT. BuT ThaT all changed. For in The Third grade we added Dave Bill, Isabel Frank, Joe Chamberlain, and ThaT vampire, B. Anne WebsTer. The oTher girls Took a back seaT Tor a while, and Romeo Worman was compleTely overcome by This liTTle WebsTer girl's charms-and conTinued To be Tor several years. Pease CrawTord had already Taken up her noTe-wriTing, and proceeded To geT several people in a nice mess. While The boys were oTherwise occupied, The girls were held spell- bound lisTening To Lib OlT's hair-raising Tales abouT how someone locked her in The cellar and The worms aTe her up. AT The beginning oT The TourTh baTTle, Norman WallingTord, Virginia l-luckins, l-lugh Evans, Tom T-lodgson, and T-Tomer MarTin enlisTed. The only Thing we remem- ber oT ThaT year was l-lugh Bean's new wrisT waTch, which he wouldn'T allow us To TorgeT. We also Took up playing Maggie , or whaTever ThaT game was called, aT recess. You know, where The boys chased The girls all around, calling Them Maggie . Very rornanTicl Page TwcnTy N

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if 1 M M Class HisTory lConTinu-adj The Tollowing year, Rodney Boren, Mary Ellen Jennings and Jim Richards added new liTe To our class rooms. No menTion need, or beTTer be, made oT The social acTivi- Ties OT This year. The romanTic inTeresTs were more numerous and iusT as unmenTion- able. BuT as Tar as money-malcing, behaving properly, and having a perTecT organiza- Tion, This class was in a class by iTselT. This, our senior year, is pracTically beyond describing when one considers The marlcs aTTained by various members oT This class, wiTh The aid oT our Tour new mem- bers, Elenor Weilc, ivlarTha Welhener, Jack Banlcer, and Bernard Richardson, This year we had more Than our share oT members on various aThleTic Teams and have enTered in acTive parTicipaTion in all school evenTs, including operas, plays, and even brawls. Long remembered will be all The grand Times we've had This year. Seriously, iT is wiTh uTmosT regreT ThaT The review oT our school liTe aT Oakwood ends here. ThirTeen shorT years many oT us have spenT TogeTher. OThers oT us have enTered aT diTTerenT Times To meeT new people and malce new friends. Now we are separaTing To go our own ways, each wiTh a deTiniTe goal in mind. May The years ThaT Tollow be happy and successTul ones Tor every member oT This class. SUE SMITH Page Twonly-lwo N il