Oakwood High School - Acorn Yearbook (Fithian, IL)

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Senior Will I, Paulette Hadley, do will and bequeath my rosy cheeks to Edna Peak. I, Edward Harper, do will and bequeath my talent for taking the Social Problems pass, to Robert Unverferth. e, Norma Hart and Evelyn Liggett, do will and bequeath our comradeship to Grace and Patty Trimmell. I, Stanley Hawkins, do will and bequeath the first hour bookstore to Eugene Cary. I, Vernon Hoaks, do will and bequeath my love for mystery stories to Eddie Weaver. I, Bill Jenkins, do will and bequeath my quietness in class to Pete O’Banion. I, Dip Knight, do will and bequeath my aptitude for sliding on the basketball floor to Junior Scott. I, Virginia LaMar, do will and bequeath my cartoon drawing ability to Dolores Wright. I, Dennis Lewis, do will and bequeath my energy for climbing in and out dressing room windows to “Ducky” Scott. I, Charles Lomax, do will and bequeath my name “Wilkie” to Charlie Martin. I, Beverly McMorris, do will and bequeath my capacity to like the Navy boys to Joyce Moran. I, Frances Ann McPherson, do will and bequeath my dad as bus driver to the O.T.H.S. students. I, Beverly Jean Miller, do will and bequeath my liking and ability to wear red to Ruth Harris. I, Otis Mullins, do will and bequeath my love for D. H. S. girls to Bob Gibson. I, Merle Musson, do will and bequeath my good work in Chemistry to Mr. Stewart. I, Dale Myers, do will and bequeath my ability to keep quiet in class to Kenneth Trimble. I, Irvin Myers, do will and bequeath my football position to Ray Pichon. I, Jim Meyers, do will and bequeath all of my affection to a certain blonde, Junior girl, namely, Barb Hobick. I, Alice Neff, do will and bequeath my past love for “green” to Louise Harden. I, Donna Nichols, do will and bequeath my sisterly love to Charles Nichols. I, Fairl Palmer, do will and bequeath my height to Harold Sullivan. I, Charlene Patterson, do will and bequeath all my love to J. D. Alberts. I, Patricia Patterson, do will and bequeath my skill with the clarinet to Beverly Vinson.

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Senior Will We, the Senior Class of 1946, having served our four year term at Oakwood Institute of Higher Learning, County of Vermilion, State of Illinois, being in frivolous state of mind and loose memory, do make, publish and declare this to be our last will and testimony, in manner and form as follows: We, the seniors, do will and bequeath to the juniors our ability to draw pictures on what ever we may be near and to the sophomores our place in line to the “Inner-Sanctum.” To the freshmen we pass on our ability to disagree with the faculty. To the faculty we do will and bequeath the right to give double assignments on party nights. We, the seniors, do will and bequeath to the bus drivers all of the orange peelings to be thrown on the buses next year and to the custodians all of the paper to be found behind the radiators. I, Jerry Andrews, do will and bequeath my love for basketball to Arlin Knight. I, Barbara Beauvios do will and bequeath my “good times” after basketball games to “Ducky” Scott. I, Gene Carlton, do will and bequeath my bell bottom trousers to the future sailors of O.T.H.S. We, Vera Casteel and Barbara Womacks, do will and bequeath our interesting summers in Champaign to Marianna See and Grace Trimble. I, Berneice Charles, do will and bequeath my love for Punkin’ Center to Alice Goble. I, Bob Crawford, do will and bequeath all my love to Jeanie. I, Bob Davidson, do will and bequeath my love for fast cars and beautiful women to Eddie Farnum. We, Marjorie Dedlow and Betty Goble, do will and bequeath our headaches along with our position as co-editors of the annual to Marianna See and Louise Harden. We, Esther Dolbee and Dorothy Hawkins, do will and bequeath our “inseparable companionship” to Cathy Hawkins and Mary Smith. I, Fern Duquesnoy, do will and bequeath my love for playing the drums to Miss Bowden. I, Joyce Dunn, do will and bequeath my ability to do absolutely nothing to Johnny Ray. I, Frances Ervin, do will and bequeath my basketball skill to Judy Gillespie. I, Bob Ferris, do will and bequeath my happy hours in Social Problems class to Dode Charles. I, Aline Gribbins, do will and bequeath my ability to get angry when playing basketball to Lizzie Gribbins. I, Oscar Grubb, do will and bequeath my G. I. haircut to Stanley Gooch.

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Senior Will I, Myrtle Pichon, do will and bequeath my quality of natural curly hair to Dorothy Jonah. I, Dolores Poynter, do will and bequeath my beautiful diamond and wedding rings to Frankie Canaday. I, Robert Richards, do will and bequeath my position on the basketball team to Bill Myers. I, Ethel Richter, do will and bequeath my shyness to Tommy Carlton. I, Robert Schnorr, do will and bequeath my power to get A’s in Chemistry to Norman Hawkins. I, Betty Shumaker, do will and bequeath my long visits at the “park” to Katherine Neff. I, Wayne Scott, do will and bequeath my basketball ability to Bill LaMar. I, Wilma Smith, do will and bequeath my smile to Catherine Hawkins. I, Agnes Smith, do will and bequeath my place at table tennis to Robert Gillispie. I, Annabelle Sullivan, do will and bequeath my love of dancing to Mary Lou Patterson. I, Jere Sullivan, do will and bequeath my right to take all passes at any time to John Boen. I, Merlin Weaver, do will and bequeath my name “Buck” to Don Goodwin. I, Marion Wilson, do will and bequeath my sunny disposition to Miss Shipley. In witness whereof, we have hereto subscribed our name, this thirty-first day of May, in the Year of Our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred Forty-Six. CLASS OF NINETEEN FORTY-SIX James Meyers, President. Witnesses: Robert Unverferth ’47 Charles Nichols ’48 Kenneth Cramer ’49