Oakwood High School - Acorn Yearbook (Dayton, OH)

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CLASS POEM By Betty Knoll Pausing On the threshold of Tomorrow, ' We look u on the Past P 1 Filled with memories of happiness untold. Laughter? Tears? It matters notg Those memories are gold. We know Our course is guided by the star Of eager aspiration- The future to us seems afar In our imagination. ' Pausing We ask, What will Tomorrow bring, What part have we to'play In that incomprehensive thing Which Sages call Today? The answer Lies within each heartg Each one alone can know The life in which he'll play a part, The path that he must go. On the threshold of the Past, We look upon Tomorrow What will the coming years unfold? ' ' Laughter? Tears? It matters notg What will Tomorrow hold '? . COMMENCEMENT CLASS SONG, 1956 By lean Snyder Verwe The time has come to hid farewell To dear old Oakwood Highg We pledge anew our loyaltym To honor you we'll try. Choruw So now farewell to Oakwood Highg We leave you with regret, The standards you have set for us We never shall forget. Through hap y years you've guided usp Now comes tliie time to part- And so farewell to Oakwood High You'll' live on in all our hearts. Page Twenty-eight l CLASS DAY SONG 1956 By Virginia Humberger I 'enre We'll always cherish our days at Oakwood High, And all of our dear classmates we knew while we were there. ' Your standards, ideals we'll ne'er for et, which you brought us, Oakwood Higiig Your honor so true we'll remember of you, Dear Oakwood High. Clzoruf As years go hy, yet in our hearts we'll hold dear the -Gold and Blue And lingering memories of the good times through the years at Oakwoo High.

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The bequeathment of Arthur McArthur and Eberle Bell, Hdapper dressers, is clever taste, and this goes to Dick ladies' man Lott and YVarren Loudon 3 while Marge Davis, Phyl Eichelberger, and Iean Snyder will learn how to dig gold from Mary Evelyn Wilbur and lean Weaver. Marianna Rehling and lane Ohmer, who both need a new line, shall receive same from Sally Greene. Bob Worthington offers a free course on bowling, in ten easy lessons, to Altick, Blank, and Deuser. And Bob Hughes and Carl Riedmiller bestow Bporii Bill Nash and Bob Engelman a contract to play with the Dayton uc s. Solomon Maeder, Iulian Lange, and Ioe Hendrix are the recipients of Poeppelmeier's way with the women. Betty Gallaher, Rosemarv Lindeman, and Iean Miller are given Izzy Kuntz's sex appeal while Bobby Gravett and Tom Richards donate their technique to George Van Sickle Nicholas, Sherman Shonk, and Ozzie Young. lean Barringer leaves a checking account to Bob Baker and Herb Rollins because these two spendthrifts are always broke. Conover and Dunwoodie will a new differential and a slightly used spark plug to Charlie Leyes, Bob Burkhardt, Carl Welhener, and the Fernedmgs for their Luxury Liner. Lizzie Hunt promises to follow Betty Knoll around answering all of Betty's silly questions. An N.B.C. contract, to supplement the Boswell Sisters, will be obtained by Mabel Evans, Nancy Ohmer, and Virginia Humberger upon the recom- mendation of the whole school. Warren and Evelvn Breidenbach give a can of Ovaltine and an Orphan Annie Mug to Glen Callander and Bud Grav so that they can catch u on their sleep. Helen Holtson and Billie Fitzgibbons bequeath Sue Eicheliber- ger and Polly Frank a bottle of Absorbine, Sr., for their athletes' feet. The junior class bestows upon Storms and D. Prugh, Iean Godfrey and Iessie Ashley respectively. f'Nough said 'bout this.J Virginia Hollinger CONE of our celebritiesj falls heir to Virginia Walt- ers' violin playing. It seems that Bob Ede, Charles Farler, Charles Reitz, and Donald Eckhardt fGigolos DeLuxeD will receive three jars of Wisk Them Yvis- kers shaving cream and a package of I cut 'em razor blades from Ed Rausch and Bob Shannon. Evelyn Hartzell and Frances Canada are willed two pairs of used roller skates by Shirley Smith and Bert Oliver for obvious reasons. And to Schuster and McSherry goes Nina Palmer's ability as a piano player. Sue Olt and Ruth Petit donate their extreme coquettishness to Nancy Levis and Ianet Gates. Those two woman haters, George Langley and Bill B 'rd, a ree to accept an extremely romantic nature from those two inseparabiles, B51 Condit and Sue Curl. Hank Green hands over to Elise Biechler and Peggy Bossard a Ford station wagon complete with ice box and Tela Chimes. Oakwood's Max Binkley surrenders to Dale Spud McCluskey Allen and Percival Wolfe one autographed copy of his Binkley's lnklings, two stale puns, and a good for maybe not so goodj poem. Rita Geis and Patty Castor present a perfect 56 to Eileen Smith, Dot Pritchard, and Mary Wysong. The tap dancing ability ofthe Heidkamp twins goes to ftwo more oi' our celebritiesl Ray Mack and Stevie Smith. Maribel Adkins and Martha Lou Munday are to receive a new bottle of peroxide from Martha Heitz and Betty Derr. Eleanor Pickrel offers her debating talent to Doris Van Patten, who doesn't need it: while Martha Rice's keen sense of humor goes to Mary Lewis and Marjorie Kennett. A box of Bob Roth's home-made tatty is to be given to Iim Gib- bons and lry Palmer lones. While Mary K. Geiler's come hither look is bestowed upon Ieanne Moore and Iean Hyre. Dick Schneble and Bill Connelly pass on to Lew Rock and Phil Huffman a couple of ideas for their mighty for not so mightyl art players. B. Myers and L. Morier challenge the humble underclassmen to equal or almost equal the high standard, the achievemlents, and unsurpassablf. superiority of the class of '56. So ends our last Will and Testament. Charles Myers Laurence Morier l

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