Oakwood High School - Acorn Yearbook (Fithian, IL)

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THEACORN 25 lllllllllltllllllllllllllllllllllMlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllinillllltllltlllltlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllilllllllllllUim ages correctly. Let’s see—eighteen and thirteen are thirty-one. He ought to have some grey hairs.” “But, Mam’selle, so have you.” “Look out Henerette, the walls might have ears. Oh there you are Ford. Mr. Ford Bantz arrived in Fithian Friday to attend the reunion of the class of ’22. Mr. Bantz is a prosperous cattle raiser in Montana. “Now this must be about Esther Thomas, Miss Esther Thomas attended the class reunion during the evening; she is a clerk in the basement of a ten-cent store in Bronson City. “This item says that Lavon is teaching aesthetic dancing in the Y. W. C. A. in Danville and Roberta is teaching mathematics and history at dear old O. T. H. S. “Now here it tells about Sadie Lewis, she came over from Georgetown to attend the reunion. Donovan captured his fair lady at last. “Harold Crawford owns the largest taxi line in the United States and Ralph Goodrich is in the Army. My how our class has scattered out! “Well,Henerette I must hurry and dress or I won’t have any more store than a jack-rabbit—and don’t forget to lay out the Nile green dress for I expect to have company.” “Mam’selle, I understand perfectly.” Esther Thomas ’22. lllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllltlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllM r

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24 THEACORN MlllllllllllllllllllllllinilllllliHIUHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllW WHO’S WHO IN ]935 “Weel, mam’selle, see ze morning- paper?” “Yes, Henerette, bring it here.” These words were spoken by a lady eating her breakfast in bed. She took the paper from the hands of her maid and, prepared to read the news. “Henerette, this is my home paper, ‘The Morning Press.’ Don’t you want me to read aloud?” So Eula’s petite French maid sat by the bed while her mistress read the news. “Henerette, here is an account of my class reunion.” “Oh, Mam’selle et vas me that wrote ze letters to ze class and I tell zem zat you are de proprietor of ze shop.” “Listen, Miss Gladys Hanley and Mr. Oscar Michael came down from Chicago for the reunion. Mr. Michael is leader of one of Chicago’s best orchestras. Miss Hanley has distinguished herself as a violinist and at present has signed a contract to play in the Michael’s orchestra. Now, Henerette, I’ll bet that Gladys and-. Oh. I wish she would stay single as she promised; now if she hated men like I do-” “Now Mam’selle ze letter Mam’selle which read—I will be right out— and Mam’selle ze Nile green dress.” “Hush girl, here, Mvrtle Alverson, who is better known as Myrtella Alvera, the well-known Pathe-Star, Well I so declare. Now Henerette, isn’t that funnv? I alwavs thought Myrtle would get married?” “Yes, here it tells about Bernice Redman and Maude. Bernice Redman, head stenographer from Hrant and Penman, did not arrive in Oak-wood until late Friday afternoon. Maude is living on the farm. Goodnight! Maude was afraid of mice; I wonder what she does when she catches one in a trap; wait till Paul comes to extract it?” “Well let’s go on ; Ethel Smith and her famous brother, Harry, arrived among the first; Miss Smith is teaching home economics in Urbana high school. The basketball team of which Mr. Smith is a member has just finished a most successful tour and won the United States championship. “There was Zelma Myers and Verna Gutteridge, I’ll bet they are either lawyers of police magistrates. Here is her write up, Miss Zelma Myers, a physical training teacher from Indiana University. Now for Verna, Miss Verna Gutteridge, a very successful farmette, from near Thomasboro. I suppose she even picks potato bugs.” “Now there were Pete Rebman, Ford Bantz and Esther Thomas from Fithian; I guess this is Pete’s name; the Hon. Charles Rebman, a fine young lawyer from Chicago—Gee! he’s not very young if I can estimate llllllllllllllimilllllllltlllllltlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllH

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26 THEACORN IlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllU CLASS WILL Preamble. We, the respected and honorable Seniors of 1922 do, in a perfect state of mind, hereby will, bequeath and allot our rights, liberty, and property, to the future inmates of dear old O. T. H. S. Art. I. Clause I: To our beloved school the power and right to tame even the wildest freshman. Clause II: To the facultv we give the right to be our successors in the honor of the first place in the cafeteria bread line. Clause III: To the janitor the right to ask for more money and fewer hours and to suggest that all students remove the remains of their lunches from the windows. Art. II. I, Eula Quick do will and bequeath to Juanita O’Toole, my spit curl. I, Harry Smith do will and bequeath to Harold Bloomer, the right to escort the teachers home from the school social functions. I, Bernice Redman do will and bequeath to Edith Parker, my dignity. I, Oscar Michael, do will and bequeath to Dolores Maxey, my cow. I, Gladys Hanly, do will and bequeath to Genevive Wilson, my poise. I, Charles Rebman do will and bequeath to Bill Oakwood, Esther Endicott. I, Ethel Smith, do will and bequeath to Dorothy Sailor, my ability to concentrate. I, Verna Gutteridge, do will and bequeath to Martha Johnston, my position in the Orchestra. I, Myrtle Alverson, do will and bequeath to Urith Quick my curly hair. I, Roberta Frazier, do will and bequeath to Frances Oakwood, my quiet disposition. I, Ford Bantz, do will and bequeath to Harry Williams, my height. I, LaVone O’Hare do will and bequeath to Ethel Arnold, my sauciness. I, Sadie Lewis, do will and bequeath to Doris Fischer, my giggles. I, Esther Thomas, do will and bequeath to Helen Fern, my talkative nature. I, Ralph Goodrich, do will and bequeath to Forest McGowen, my backwardness. I, Harold Crawford, do will and bequeath to Rodney Murphy, my importance. I, Maud Hughes, do will and bequeath to Ethel Cromwell, my fear of mice. I, Zelma Myers, do will and bequeath to Cora Peak, my jollity. We, the undersigned testators, do hereby acknowledge this to be our last will and testament. SENIORS. Witnesses: O. W. Michael, Roy Green. lliiniiiiiiiiiiiiiii)!im i 'MiiiiHiiiiiimuuuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii:iitmiiiiiiiiiuiiiuiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiii:iiMiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiniMii