Oakwood High School - Acorn Yearbook (Fithian, IL)

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Senior Wills CLASS OF “52” We, HELEN LANE ami MARILYN ILLK, do hereby will and bequeath all our good times and love for boys outside of Oakwood to Marilyn Hill and Sally Haas. I, THELMA UNVERFERTH, do hereby will and bequeath my fun at High School and outside activities to my next to the youngest sister, Verna Lee. We, CLAUDE GRANT and JACK COX, do hereby will and bequeath the front seats in Social Problems class to Ben Balbach and Jim Hayes. I, RONALD IZARD, do hereby will and bequeath all my love to Carolyn Land. I, RUTH JENNINGS, do hereby will and bequeath my position in front Clarinet section to Shirley Trimmel. We, ARDITH POYNTER and ALICE SAUNDERS, do hereby will and bequeath all our good times in the “Studebaker” to anyone who has enough money to buy gas. I, ELEANOR PORTER, do hereby will and bequeath my clarinet ability to Donnie Dale. 1, JEANETTE HERBOLD, do hereby will and bequeath my seat on first run bus to Norma Cessna. I, BOB HOAKS, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to get into any kind of trouble at any time to Jim Cadle. I, BERNICE BARTELL, do hereby will and bequeath my dishwashing ability to Mary Musson. I, RAY HACKNEY, do hereby will and bequeath my ability not to foul while playing basketball to Ben Balbach. I, GAY HUNTER, do hereby will and bequeath my fun I had in the play, “Little Women,” to anyone that has enough nerve to go to Speech Contest. I, KATHRYN RASMUSSEN, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to say thp wrong thing at the wrong time to Kathryn Divan. I, BOB ELLIS, do hereby will and bequeath my position as left tackle to Dick Verhoven . I, JACK HOLYCROSS, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to play volleyball to Billy Wilson. I, HELEN WISECUP, do hereby will and bequeath all my love to Pvt. Harold Brandenburg. I, BETTY FLANNERY, do hereby will and bequeath my enjoyment of getting black eyes and sprained fingers to Doris Mitchell and Donna Wonderlin. I, FRANK CHILDRESS, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to steal pencils first hour to anyone capable of keeping up the good work. (Namely, Jim Hayes.) I, BETTY FARNUM, do hereby will and bequeath my drum sticks to any sucker that will try to play the drums. I, RONALD GRINDLEY, do hereby will and bequeath all the things I left behind at O. T. H. S. to anyone that would care to be bothered with them.

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Juniors The Junior class has carried their end of the anchor for the entire year and have done a good job at it too. They've had some good celebrations on the ship while at sea. There was the Leap Year Dance and then the annual Prom Dance for the Seniors on May 9. Some of the shipmates who have put out to sea are Delores Pruitt and Eleanor Ritter. May this class of fine seamen sail on to better horizons. First Row—Ben Young, president; Jim Richardson, vice president; Marilyn Hill, secretary; Bob Wonderlin, treasurer. Second Row—Mary Baird, Ben Baibach, Bonnie Balbach, Ruth Brunson, Gene Calvert, Carole Chew, Loren Chestnut. Third Row—Patsy Clapp, Evelyn Covert, Ray Crawford, Clifford Creason, Norman Divan, Gene Dalle, Janelle Elliott. Fourth Row—Margie Ellis, Glen Erickson, Lonita Fisk, Irene Ford, Bill Fourez, Sally Haas, Joe Harden. Fifth Row—Ray Hatfield, Jim Hayes, Wayne Jones, Lila Kilbury, Katie Kinney, Barbara Kist, Louise Knight. Sixth Row—Delores Laflen, George Lewis, Don Longstreth, Mary Miller, Melvin Miller, Doris Mitchell, Ray Parrish. Seventh Row—Clarence Patterson, Herb Pichon, Kenny Pichon, Joy Shotts, Pearl Sprague, Cassandra Thomasson, Shirley Trimmell. Eighth Row—Betty Unverferth, Kenny Verhoven, Dick Verhoven, George Wilson. Pat Wolfe, Donna Wonderlin.