Owensboro High School - Owensboroan Yearbook (Owensboro, KY)

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tN QWV KV. UWOXVENSBORAN The ohicers elected at our first class meeting were: William Heck, President, John Stuart, Vice-President, Cynthia Haynes, Secretary-Treasurer. The weekly paper of the Voice was again started. Ellen Hart Smith was Editor-in-Chief. It was published during the first term, but was discontinued during the second term. At a later class meeting, O. D. Miller was elected Editor-in-Chief of the Annual. Another thing of which we are very proud was the Senior play, Smilin' Through. It was a glorious success, due to the splendid talent. Our basketball team of '27 made one of the best records that O. H. S. has ever had. The squad was composed entirely of Seniors. Another thing, of which we are very proud, is the fact that our Valedictorian, Miss Ellen Hart Smith, possesses the highest scholastic record of any Valedictorian since 1924. Our Salutatorian, who also is the proud possessor of a remarkable record, is Ashton Haynes. Our Class has the unusual honor of being the first to graduate after attending all four years at the Senior High School. Our Class, also, is the largest graduating class in the history of O. H. S. No one can appreciate our feeling of sadness at leaving dear old Alma Mater. To it and our beloved and competent teachers We owe everything. Alton Woodward '27. CLASS PROPHECY T was on the last ever of 1945. I was in my study, surrounded by various scien- tific instruments, strange vials, ill smelling drugs, retorts and breakers. My pipe had long ago gone out. One dying ember Hickered in the fire place, throwing its ghastly shadow about the walls and furniture, lighting for a moment a heavily framed picture which hung over my desk. Scarcely did I realize the adventures which that last dying spark predicted for me. For the light that it cast about the room awakened me from my reverie. Get- ting up I took the picture from the wall and examined it closely. It was the picture of my graduating class. As I sat there looking at the picture and going over again all of those incidents of high school life-both the sorrowful and the happy ones-a vivid impression of each came to me. What had become of all of them? What were they doing now? Was each one satisfied with life? These and other questions flashed through my mind. Having lived a life of seclusion and solitude, devoting my time to study and scientific research I could not recall one single fact about the destiny of my class- mates. Glancing over in the corner of the room I beheld the Telephonic, a deli- cately devised machine which I had invented and devoted my lifetime to perfecting. A machine whose power were superhuman, and had it been predicted ten years pre- vious, the idea would have been scoffed at just as Bell, Wright and othr great inven- tors were in their time. A machine that derived motive and mental power from the elements. Until this date I had theoretically tested its merit, but now was a chance su- preme. A practical test, a test which if successful, would enable me to see or hear something about every member of my 1927 graduating class. A lifetime eiort wasted if the machine failed. With trembling hands and sup- pressed emotion I placed the photograph of my class under the panel. Fingering the controls with an unsteady but cautious hand I placed the indicator on the face of Jimmy McDonald. Then I turned the current on. Suspense! Then a slight hiss! At the left of the machine on the impression plate the following Words were written: Famous surgeon-New York City. Another fraction of a second, too fast for human calculation, and I found myself in Jimmy's oHice. - A - ' P Page Eighty-eight

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fi it V. f l E1 -, . .N 1 w v I J GJheoxvENssonAN, . ,p .- if cl to succeed us will benefit by our experience and will compel the Board to 'fir their way of thinking. f And so we could go on and on, because there are so many evils that Y, need correction. But if We did, our schoolmates and teachers would think we did not love them, though deep down in our hearts We do, just a little. if The time has now come to say good-bye, and it is the real good-bye, so QA with a catch in the throat and smarting eyes which this time we really S3 try to hide, we Wish you one and all the greatest success and the happi- Ei ness that life may hold I Yewell Tompkins '27. 53 ' 57 CLASS HISTORY x Y gi EVERAL years ago-in 1923 to be exact-an army of 210 Freshmen f entered the great institution of learning, that was then called the ' I Gvvensboro High School, but now, the Junior High. 5' From the first, we displayed some of the usual characteristics of if Freshmen, but on the Whole we proved to be a dependable lot. We held ix , our first class meeting soon after entrance and wisely elected John V in Stuart, president of the class. A Q, One morning, after much hesitation, we decided to take charge of the ' I chapel period. We made a very favorable impression upon our upper X classmates. On April 4, 1924, We and our upper classmates were the participants in a great move for our better comfort and convenience. We moved 3 to the present beautiful and modern Senior High School, Where We have El been permanent residents for three years and which We are about to leave with much regret. Tj In September '24, as Sophomores, feeling that we were beginning to be of some importance, We held a class meeting soon after the term il., began, and elected Thomas Medley, president of the class, who was termed even at that early date, one of the m-ost remarkable football Lv players in High School. 6 In Se tember '25, when We re-entered the halls of O. H. S. we quietly P . ite took u our laces as proud and intelligent Juniors. We were determined , p p nil to make that year one full of worth-while deeds, which would prepare us for our tasks as the noblest and best Senior Class in the history of our be- KJQ1 loved institution. At our first class meeting We elected William Cravens Vu' resident of the class. We had no Voice representative because the ', mon y issues o e oice were c ange o wee y ssu s. as p thl' fthV' h dt kli e EQ The Voice staff was made of the many students appointed from each class. Colista J-ones, graduate of '26, was elected Editor-in-Chief. This Y paper was quite a success at first, but ended in a complete failure. AQ? During our Junior year a great many of our members played impor- tant parts in student activities. Among the members were athletic stars of whom We are proud-Thomas Medley, George Medley and H. J. 'I I-Iafendorfer. Our school representative in the District contest, James ,Qi McDonald, was a Junior. He was also elected President of the Student 19. Body for the year 1926-27. if It was our Junior Class that revived the old custom of entertaining the Seniors, known as the J unior-Senior Reception. It proved to be a great success. At last, in the fall of '26, after many back-sets and much P, .3 hard Work, We entered the Senior Class, the happiest, the fullest, bright- Qiql est of all the four years. T' El Page Eighty-seven

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'JFIQOWENSBORAN After explaining my errand and my machine to him, I urged him to tell his story and give me news of some of our former classmates, knowing that I would not have time to visit all of them. That's easy, he said, after getting out of college I specialized in operations on the heart, and out of five hundred cases I have lost only one. UHow about Dutch Schaad? I questioned. Oh, yes, Dutch and Milton Lesch own a chain of drug stores here in New York and are getting very wealthy. Who would have thought that! 1 exclaimed. Yes, many changes have taken place while you were playing hermit in your laboratory. Irvin Daniels and Otis Leach are now in the movies. T. J. Mattingly and B. M. Dearing are directing their new play. Dub Rash seems to own the company. What happened to J. P. Lashbrook-did he ever amount to anything? I asked. I should say he did. J. P. now owns the exclusive rights on a new 'Latherless Soap? A chemist by the name of John Stuart discovered it, but never received a penny from the patent. Poor John, always was unlucky, wasn't he? Yes, but it served him right-he always was careless about his rights. There was a big lawsuit over it, but John Wood, who was the attorney for Lashbrook, easily won over his opponent. A Think of John Wood being a great lawyer. I thought Ottrell Miller was going to study law. What became of him? Ottrell is Dean of the Brie-A-Brac' yell school. The first of its kind in history. Julia Lee Ditto is helping him run the school. And, believe me, they sure do turn out some wonderful cheer leaders. Bidding adieu I walked over to Lesch and Schaad's drug store where I saw Dutchy showing one of his clerks the proper amount of syrup for a coca-cola. Don't be too hard on the boy, I said. Remember your clerking days at 'Porter-Pirtle's. I haven't forgotten, he replied, that's one reason why I watch my clerks so closely. Where's Milton? I asked. Oh, he's gone to Alaska on his vacation, Dutchy drawled. Whatever became of Anne Morrison-Milton used to like her, didn't he ? Yes, but they have a 'split up.' Anne, Lydia Rowland and Sarah Midkiff' are collectors for the 'Fielden Museum? They sailed for China this morning to get a genuine China- man's cue, which by the way are nearly extinct due to the bobbing craze which has taken possession of China. Did you say Fielden Museum? I asked. I thought it was called the Field's Museum. So it was, but I forgot to tell that Elbert Fielden bought it three years ago and since that time he has improved it wonderfully. Just then I heard a familiar voice behind me. Please give me a nickel's worth of candy, it said. Turning around I recognized Martha Graves. Martha had never gotten over her fondness for candy. 'tWhat are you doing up in this big city? I asked. Martha replied she had married and lived there with her husband. He owns a big candy manufacturing plant, she said. Byron Withers and Hartwell Husk are salesmen for the company. Setting my indicator again I threw the switch. This time I found myself in Louisville. The first thing that caught my eye was in the shape of a huge sign which read Eckert and Morris, Sporting Goods. And sure enough, upon entering I saw Catherine Eckert and Ruth Morris filling orders. Are there any members of our class that are located here? I asked. My goodness, yes, Katherine said. George Medley and H. J. Hoiendorfer own the New Brown Hotel. Bill Carey and John S. Wright have law offices. Eliza- beth Nalle is their secretary. They have been very successful. That reminds me, broke in Ruth, of a lawsuit they are handling now between Max Stone and the 'Transcontinental Buss Co.,' which, incidentally, is owned by Bill Heck and Forest Bell. Page Eighty-nine - - - - 4 i