Oroville Union High School - Nugget Yearbook (Oroville, CA)

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Alpha 1924 I, MARIAN Tuhey, will my vampish ways to Grace Lambert. 1 FRANCES Williams, leave my cheerful giggle to Margaret Wangelin. 1, Howard Taylor, do hereby will my gallant manner to Howard Beik. 1, L.LOYD 1 REDWAY. will one-half of my tall stature to Gordon Epperson and the other half to Charles Pratt. I, Frank James, leave my speaking ability to Ralph Knox. I, Rae BAGGERLY, will my good nature to Gordon Epperson. 1, lOLA BRADLEY, will my extra inches to Wallace Webber. 1, RUBYE DRYDEN, will my dainty ways to Earl Harter. 1, Francis Good, leave my keen hair comb to Harry Cole. 1, Bob Harlan, leave my straight A” record to whoever can find it. L GLENN Marders. leave my ability to cut Classes to Hannah Peterson. 1, ALBnA SCRUGGS, leave my vampish ways to Hattie Day. FUTURES Coroner s inquest September 7, 2004 I. Andrews—Champion gum chewcr. Choked to death on five packages at once. H. BOYLE—Great writer. Died of writer's cramp. C. CARPENTER—Banker. Smothered in gold dust. G. CARPENTER—Mathematician. Died or indigestion from chewing too many pencils. E. Crum—Champion basketball forward. Missed a goal; died of heart failure. O. Crum—Champion punter. Died of disappointment because of gout. F. Crowe—Follies' star. Found gray hair among red—died of grief. M. ECKART—Lion trainer. One lion too many. R. EGAN—Pugilist. Knocked Dempsey out—so big headed, unable to buy hat large enough—died of exposure. L. Fry—Farmerette. Took a ride on mule—landed in ditch—exit. D. Fry—Artist. Fell in love with model—e»oped—drowned in mid ocean. B. i-RY—Leader of giee club. Natural death. J. Grace—Proprietress of Beauty Parior. Biown to pieces whiie inventing new powder. A. GRUBBS—Dentist. Had finger bitten off—death from blood poEon. G. Good—Had no incompletes to make up. Died happy. A. HUGANEY—Opera singer of note. Died on the high C's. M. HARRIS—Movie actress. Shot once too often. J. HESS—Chemist. Tried Dr. Jekyll stunt—no success. L. HADLEY—Said darn it. Died of surprise. F. JAMES—Orator. Choked over 2 percent immigration.” M. KlTRICK—Aviatress. Tried to light in tree—not successful. J. LAMBERT—Librarian. Died of too much knowledge. C. MOONEY—Printer. Died of an overdone of ink. M. McBride—Champion distance dancer. Starvation—couldn't stop to eat. G. MILLS—Town gossip. Talked herself to death. 1 . MILLER—Met Hawaiian girl. Died of broken heart. Page q

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Alpha 1924 WILL Wc. the Senior Class, being sound of body and mind hereby will the following articles, as a class: Our places as the wise Seniors of the school, to the incoming Seniors. Our ability to lead the demerit list, to the Freshmen. Our Alpha pictures, to anyone kind enough to look at them. As individuals: I. Isabel Andrews, will my tall stature to Ruth Gerson. I. HELEN Boyle, wish to will my popularity with Mrs. Brower to Iona Austin and Pauline Dal Porto. I. Cecil Carpenter, will my dashing ways to Marcus 'l urk. 1. Glenda Carpenter, will my job as Student Body President to the next victim. I, FRANCES Crowe, wish to leave my red hair to Lawrence Isaac. I. ELLA Crum, leave my athletic ability and pep to Molly Elkins. I. OTTO Crum, leave my chemistry notebooks to whoever needs them. I. MADELINE Eckart. leave my much used compact to the school in general. I. Randal Egan, leave my tall stature to Bob Rutherford. I. BERYL Fry. will my beautiful curls to Lila Sayre. I. Lola Fry, will my tall stature to mv namesake. Bethel Fry. I. Doris Fry. will my artistic ability to the school in general. I. GENE Good, leave my manly voice to Elmer Rae. I. JUNE Grace, leave my nonchalance to Vera Beswick. I. Arnold Grubbs, leave my ability to make home runs to George Hopper. I. Leona Hadley, leave my French vocabulary to Mrs. Brower. (May she find it useful.) I. Mae HARRIS, leave my histrionic ability to Ruth Patton. I. JAMES Hess, leave my keen haircut to William Land. I. ANNETTE Huganey. leave my charming voice to Virginia Hickok. I. MINERVA Kitrick. leave my quiet ways to Henry Patton. I. Josephine Lambert, leave my good nature to Ruth Cochran. I, HAZEL McBride, will my shiekish ways to John Fry. I. ESTHER Mardon, leave my spare time to anyone who can find it. I. Gladyce Mills, do hereby remove the ‘chip from my shoulder and will it to the high school wood pile. I. Tom MILLER, will my job carrying the water bucket to Leatherneck. I. CHARLES Mooney, will my second base to the next man to gain that position. I, Lewis Moseley, will my handsome looks to Edwin Fry. I, LEONARD Packard, will my dashing ways to Charles Pratt. I. MILDRED PYKE. leave my noisy ways to Margaret Mooney. I. MILDRED Rice, wishing to leave some remembrance to the school do will my big feet to Roy Stram. I. BERYL Stubbs, will my bright smile to whoever graces this seat next vear. I. NELLY Terrell, leave my abilitv to be in auto wrecks to Jack Kitrick. Page 8

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Alpha 1924 L. MOSELY—Solved a trig'' problem. Burst by pride. L. . PACKARD—Grew an inch. Shock too great. A. PAULY—Missed a tackle in football. Died of disappointment. M. PYKE—Bobbed her hair. Caught cold—exit. M. RlCE—Couldn't see through a joke. Worried to death. B. STUBBS—Married. Rolling pin missed mark—bounced back ag’in exit. N. TERRELL—Demonstrator of 4-wheel brakes, Evidently they would not hold on wet street near railroad crossing. (Pieces are buried near scene of accident.) M. TUHEY—Cut class. Died from surprise at not being caught. F. WILLIAMS—Made a straight A card. Hysterics—exit. H. Taylor—Failed to bluff a teacher. Surprise too great. L. TREDWAY—Died to find out if they made coffins long and broad enough. T. BECKETT—Tried to be quiet for one hour. Strain too great. A. SCRUGGS—Lost sight of Isabel. Worried to death. F. Good—Complimented on good behavior in library. Shock too great. R. HARLAN—Made A in public speaking. I 00 much celebration. G. MARDERS—Lost in mad rush to detention hall. R. DRYDEN—Did not laugh for two hours. Heart failure. I. BRADLEY—Grew an inch. Died of shock. R. BAGGERLY—Bluffed Chrisman into an A—and got it—e-i'. I. ESTHER Mardon. coroner, having fully completed this list, am prepi-cd to die from exhaustion. WHO WROTE THIS? Hail to the Greeks and Romans—wise, g.eai men of old. In council or in battle they were so brave and bold. Hail to the Greeks and Romans of the Oroville Union High. In contests or in school work, their limit is the sky. School pep—lots of it we will say: high standards, too. our aim. If pluck and perseverance count this school will grow to fame. No matter what the contest is. we enter in you see. All the Greeks from A to L: Romans from M to Z. But alas for the Romans—they fall a little short In all athletics: just the same each one is a good sport. Oh. never mind, you Romans bold. Just as it was in days of old You’ll sure come out on top. Keep up the work—no. never shirk. You’re started now. don’t stop. If in athletics you’re outclassed, In scholarship you can’t be passed: for you are true first class. So keep your work up to the best: If this you do you’ll pass the test, And win first place at last. Oh Greeks, keep up the good work, too, You’ll not be sorry if you do, Pag« 10