Oakwood High School - Acorn Yearbook (Dayton, OH)

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LITERARY LAURELS: Izzy Kunfz and Wilmah Lane, on 'fhe sfrengfh of fheir very colorful references, have been given po- sifions as wrifers for True Confessions Magazine. Louise Canny is fhe aufhor of fhose modern classics, fhe Bloomer Girls series, which are found on every young lady's bookshelves. Her lafesf opus is The B I o o m e r Gi rl s Hi'I'ch-hiking Through Georgia. SPORTS FLASHES: David Cowden is sfar pifcher for 'Ihe New York Gianfs, while Bob Graveff is waferboy for fhe Sing- Sing foofball feam. Champion women mud-wresflers appearing af fhe Coliseum every Monday nighf are Eleanor McCrery, Beffy Benz, and Rose Mary Hudson. HOLLYWOOD HIGHLIGHTS: The men wifhouf a counfry, fhose sfudenfs de- mofed fo Mr. Crum's junior homeroom because of fheir misdemeanors, have formed a fheafrical com- pany headed by Tom Richards and now produce a Crime Doesn'+ Pay series. Nancy Wolfe and Bob Franfz are posing for Walf Disney's new feafure lengfh movie, Beau+y and fhe Beast Jim Fifzpafrick's inevifable desfiny has finally caughf up wifh him. He has been assigned fhe role of Alfalfa in fhe Our Gang comedies. Addifional inevifable desfinies: 'lhe Heidkamp fwins are being billed all over fhe counfry as suc- cessors fo fhe Rifz Brofhers and Bud Egberf is fhe highly successful Voice of Experience. Homeroom I5 alumni wifh Bob Boyd as chairman sponsor weekly bank nighfs af a Hollywood fheafer. The audience is largely composed of Homeroom I6 graduafes affempfing 'fo gef fheir money's worfh from fheir arch rivals. Dale Greaf Lover Andrew is currenfly sfarring in 'fhe remake of fhaf old classic, The Sheik. Ten years of frenzied searching for Scarlefl' O'Hara has finally led franfic Hollywood producers fo grasp af fhe Iasf sfraw-fhaf Soufhern belle from Ohio, Anne Munger. MISCELLANEOUS MARVELS: Senafor Whalen has iusf complefed fhe longesf filibusfer on record frying fo prevenf 'lhe passage of a bill providing perfumed grass seed for fhe Whife House lawn. Joan Grefher is recuperafing from chapped 'Ion- sils confracfed while she was speaking af an open- air meefing during a hurricane recenfly. Arfhur Heifmann, wifh his valianf army lfhree officers, fwo privafes, and one gunl has proclaimed himself dicfafor of fhe Isle of Yap. His firsf official acf was 'fo appoinf Bob McSherry as admiral of fhe war fleef of 'fwo barges, 'fhree rowboafs, and four oufboard mofors. Bob Schaeffer, Doyle Paddock, and Warren Esfa- brook, members of fhe chorus of fhe American Ballef, are becoming nafionally famous as fhe acme of masculine grace. Bob Hubler, sensafional swing icky, and his co- icky, Lenora Jollay, are appearing as box-office af- 'fracfions af 'lhe Colonial. Mary Dressler is 'fhe sensafional bearded lady in Mary K. ReemeIin's Classy Carnival. Jane McGraw and Sebe Smifh, who operafed fhe Carnival's hof- dog sfand, were fired when caughf flirfing wifh Ferdinand, fhe frog-faced boy. Bob Evans is a+ lasf experiencing connubial bliss as a resulf of gambling a fhree-cenf sfamp on Jodie Bill's mafrimonial agency. The fifian-haired Peggy Greene is fhe lucky lady liffed fhus from 'fhe ranks of spinsferhood. Through fhis same medium Bill Oliver has also found fhe girl of his dreams in Mary Louise Wolfrum. Jeanneffe Kiffredge has been a sfeady applicanf for years buf as yef has found no man willing fo give up fhe ioys of bachelorhood for her sake. Bob SpeedsI'er Henze is receiving congrafula- Iions from all sides on his new car. He fraded his Model-T for Jack Benny's Maxwell. Pa+'I'y Lamber'I'! Cecilia Sfevensonl Af fhe sound of fheir names and a poke in fhe ribs 'fhose fwo, roused fhus from fheir repose, sprang up wifh a frighfened sfarf of surprise fo receive 'Iheir di- plomas. The I938 Oakwood Commencemenf ex- ercises were af an end. PaH'y Lamberf, Cecilia Sfevenson.

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THE FUTURE OF THE INDIAN RACE CLASS 'PROPHECY T was 9:00 p. m. on fhe nighf of June 7. The honored speaker of fhis momenfous occasion was now fairly launched upon his address of commendafian and advice. His ringing voice held in rapf and courfeous affenfion all fhe II6 alerf young people. Did I say all? All, fhaf is, excepf fwo feminine members in fhe cenfer of fhe back row. A keen observer mighf have defecfed Cecilia Sfevenson's and Paffy Lamberf's affenfive liffle faces succumbing fo fhe drugs of sleep. The four years of endless endeavor behind fhem, fhe hours and hours of hard sfudying for exams, were foo much for fhem, so-fhey slepf. And if is my disfincf privilege fo recounf fo you now fhe sfrange prophefic dream which came fo fhem. If is I948, fen years info fhe fufure. The graduafes of fhe class of '38 have made greaf names for fhemselves in all fields of endeavor in all parfs of fhe world: BIG BUSINESS NOTES: Bud Crawford, America's mouse-frap mogul, re- porfs fhaf his head fechnician, Bill Gaifher, is a candidafe for fhe Nobel prize by virfue of his dis- covery fhaf mice prefer fheir Swiss cheese wifh fhe holes plugged up. Bob Sforms is foreman of fhe WPA gang-con- sisfing of Howell Gano, Jack Kamp, Dick Kimmel. and Dick Warner-af presenf occupied in filling Oakwood's bird-bafhs. Audrey Reeves and Naomi Johnson are manu- facfuring revolufionary false feefh wifh guaranfeed free wheeling, knee-acfion, and aufomafic gearshiff. Phil Sheridan is affracfing much affenfion wifh his radical new Snuggy-Sleeps for children over five and under six. Dick Moore is gaining infernafional presfige as a designer of ladies' undergarmenfs. Lois Zur- Iinden's and Jane Yosf's lace-making esfablishmenf furnishes fancy laces for Dick's dainfies. Willie Eichenberger and Tracy Geiger, chefs af fhe Hofel Rifz in Xenia, have invenfed a peanuf souffle named Barringer Supreme in honor of head- waifress Jean Barringer. Bob Howland is winning nafional recognifion as a designer of haunfed houses. Joan Mansur does fhe inferior decorafing for fhese archifecfual fri- umphs. EDUCATIONALITES: Glenn Hendrix is super door-fo-door salesman for Pinkerfon Pianos, fhe baby-grands wifh Person- alify. He has iusf sold one fo Sue Laufenslager's School of Charm, and if is expecfed fo increase fhe personalify rafing of her glamour girls 9970. Across fhe sfreef from Sue's school, Nina Palmer and Frances Smifh conducf an Academy for Prob- lem Children. Anne Keyes' liffle budding bum, Algernon, who has a very aggravafing habif of cracking safes, is faking fheir reform course of fen easy lessons. The apple of Gerry Graefer's eye, her pefife Pefunia, is being denied her recesses for a week because she puf arsenic in her grandmofher's furfle soup. IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM: Wid Worfhingfon is chief enfomologisf af fhe Museum of Nafural Hisfory. Sociefy leaders zealously collecfing donafions for a fund fo provide smoked glasses for fhe blind mice in Russia are Evelyn Huffman, Marfha Jane Heih, and Mary Kafhryn Lange. George Greene and assisfanf Ed Sheeran fake care of fhe bees af fhe Brooklyn Zoo.

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