Oakwood High School - Acorn Yearbook (Dayton, OH)

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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

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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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i l Q GX: Class Will 'Y This is The lasT will and TesTamenT oT The Senior Class oT Oakwood T-ligh School in The year nineTeen-hundred ThirTy-Tour, execuTed by John G. Pool, Jr. We, The class oT T934 oT Oakwood l-ligh School, Oakwood, DayTon, Ohio, U.S.A. and The planeT EarTh, being oT sound mind and body do hereby make The Tollowing bequesTs To The nexT class in line, ThaT oT The lowly iuniors. l-lerberT Eugene MarTin Whalen, Jr.. our esTeemed class presidenT, leaves his way wiTh The women To Jack Reeder-noT ThaT Reeder needs iT. Mary Lois Allen leaves To Sarah Jane Kimmel an abundance oT class spiriT and Gerry Levis The same To AnneTTe LauTenschlager. Phil Worman begueaThs his handsome physiognomy To Henry Newcomer, wiTh besT wishes and condolences. Isabel Frank's abiliTy To amuse Mr. Brown in hisTory class goes To l-lelen Dahling, and Carol l-Teald begueaThs her all-around aThleTic abiliTy To Jean Leonard. Bob Ladies' Man Ross leaves his sTudious expression To Rodney KunTz. Bill Kerlin's manly physique goes To Randall CusTer, while Rodney Boren hands down his exTreme bashTulness To Warner KieTaber. B. Anne WebsTer leaves DwighT Mills To all The Junior girls wiTh her sympaThy- Tor Them. Joe Chamberlain leaves Sarah Ashley To whoever wanTs her, while Dick NorTon is The proud receiver oT Thomas Thomas' sTaTure. David Bill bequeaThs his eyebrows To Charles l-layes and Karl Meuche, To be used hereaTTer as musTaches, Tor which we Tirmly believe Them To have been originally inTended. Frances Geiger leaves her aTTracTion Tor boys Twice her age To Jane O'l-learn. while Jane STanley gives To Jean Moss an oversized baskeTball uniTorrn and a cracked hockey sTick. Jack Banker's oTTicial manner goes To Chuck Brehm and TiTTy Cook's Track abil- iTy To Bob ,BelTon. AlberTa DaugherTy's coy demureness is To be received by BeTTy Paulus. Our PersonaliTy Boy, James Richards, gladly gives one cheer leade-r's megaphone and an abundance oT pep, vim, and vigor To Jim Rieger, To do wiTh Them whaT he may. Sue SmiTh hands down her shorT name To Chrissoula Economides and l'larrieT CrawTord leaves her personaliTyfplus To Doris Boswell. Bill Anderson's Tine speaking voice is donaTed To Paul Schnozzle DuranTe Fein- erer, while Fred Barr's musical TalenT comes down To Bradley SchaeTTer. Page TwenTy-Three fam - ..-.L cms .- .