Okoboji High School - Oriole Tales Yearbook (Okoboji, IA)

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C ass Will Very slight obituary of the Senior Class Died on May 12 195k in the twelfth year of 1t's age, the Senior class of Okoboji High School, from a great wave of information to the head The funeral services will be held at Okoboji Consol1dated School on May 13 IQSL and all friends are requested to attend bearing flowers gifts, and MONEY The Senior Class was loved by all and will be greatly missed by everyone especially the faculty This former class had many mental achievements and gained high honors We will now proceed with the -ill left by this highly remarkable class Class Will My friends, he are assembled here today because it is my solemn duty that you the heirs of the class of l9Sh may hear the last will and testament This will take affect immediately after our passing from your presence It was their great wish that I present to you their most cherisned possessions we, the class of l95h of Okoboji Consolidated School, the County of Dickinson, in the state of Iowa being ln good mental conditions as usual, and in much better temper than usual, do hereby make this, our last will and testament In this manner we shall dispose of our prize possessions To the School we will a new and bigger gym, also any apple cores, bubble gum or paper wads we may have left scattered about SECTION I Bequests to the Faculty To Mr Geertsema we will our complete store of knowledge From him it came and to him it shall be returned These few details will help him in becoming a 'Master Mind of History To Mrs DeWitt we will all of our ability to watch the leader and the audience at the same time we may have missed a measure or been A slight bit flat in tone at times, but we never missed anything or anybody in the audience To Mr Linden we will our valuable sense of humor Although lt may have become a slight bit warped in the past 12 years it still has the consideration to laugh at any dumb, corney, or stupid jokes To Mrs Sackett we will our ability to use our voices The loudness and shrillness of all of these out together will greatly aid in build ing up a better speech class SECTION II Bequests to the Classes To the Junior Class, our rightful heirs, we w1ll our privileges as Seniors, any odds and ends such as pencils, notebooks, unfinished, lollypops, or unfinished business including any unpaid debts Also, any boys or girls whom we may have left behind in our haste To the Sophomore class we leave our good will and patience This will prove to be useful when trying to endure the Juniors To the little green Freshman we will our book nHow to Tell the Teacher It contains information as to which teachers can be bluffed, and which are hard or easy to oleese It gives many answe s and tells the fav orite authors This information could prove valuable to anyone in terested ln making high grades I s 1 . 3 Q . . . ,. A U . . Q Q . . . . . - . Q ll . . . O . , o . . , . U 0 . . . . . 4 1 I . V . II ' YY - . - . - 0

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SECTION III Personal Bequests I, Ronald Arms, having now advanced to a car will my 'pickupn to Lee Grim, who always seemed to enjoy it I, Irwin Bates, will my job of typing experiments for Mr Linden to any of the next classes of Dutch doop's taking Chemistry fthe word 'dope' as you all know originates from the word 'doop'7 I, Irma Proendt, will to Karen Johnson my old powers Thev can be used for standing up for your own rights, whether right or wrong and my laugh to anyone who is warped enough to like it I, Nathan Gould, will my famous motto nSome people sit and waste time to Terry Christiansen Terrv just sits This motto, if properly used, will insure him aga'nst any nervous breakdown resulting from hard work and overstudy I, Carole Grim, will to any of the undergraduates in the most danger of not passing next year my store of information, which will enable him to pass any test in any subject at any time I, Mac Mitchell, will my height to Bruce Johnson so that he will be tall as Terry, so therefore he will be able to run competition for Peggy, and my supply of language to Denny Johnson which will enable him to talk more and say less than any other person in school I, Karen Morisky, will my unusual name which can be pronounced so many different ways such as Morlnsky and Morsky to Bill Vander Gaast who has such a common name and my cheerleading ability to Edward Thiessen to be used during pep meetings and basketball games next year Elmer Nielsen will nMy Good Old Chevroletmto Alan Beving to be used his own risk, at any time, any place or anywhere LaVon Range will my quiet ways and freedom of speech to wayne Hyde and hope they will have a good care as I have given them and my tall, slim figure and sense of humor to Gearld Martin this trait could prove to be very helpful during basketball training, also I bequeath to Marvin Hoffman my athletic ability to be used when enrolling for training with the Harlem Globe Trotters I, Robert Schmidt w'1l to wayne Hyde all the casualties I have suffered during a vear of chemistry experiments The Practical joker who causes the slight explosions, and mixes the wrong ingredients is to oe praised But aside from scorched eyebrows, burnt fingers, holes burnt in clothing and terrible smells everything was perfect By the way these hints can be passed on from year to year I, Carol Timmons will my singing ability to the girls of the present reshman class Remember g1rl's nMusic Hath Charms I, Jeanette Vander Gaast will my quiet ways to Peggy weaver Therefore we will have no disorderly conduct in the Assembly and maybe some of our Lost Liberties can be retained I DeAnne velle will to Donna Wilson all of my great gifts, these shall include my glowing sense of humor, which keeps one from taking one' self too seriously My interest in sports can be used to build up greater teams Last but not least, I part with my sarcastic remarks These will no longer be needed to hold my own in any argument I, Ruth Williams will my straight black hair to the Toni Company to be used in advertising and my intelligence to Jimmy Grim to be used in future high school classes ll as I, -- at . . I, ' ' I, Jerry Roskens will my ability to stay home nights to Merle Froendt, F . . I . s