Wapello High School - Ollepaw Yearbook (Wapello, IA)

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EI -----'---- ---- 1 9 'f OLLEPAW zz ----- --------- E1 Plonoluluf' fhnwong the chorus guls l vvas surprked to recognize Nvo of rny fonner classmates, Hattie Adye and Lela 'Marshall. Looking around over the audience after the lights went on I saw Miriarn Shipman and Celia Gardner sitting together. I went over and talked to them and found that they were both teachers in the High School. They said that Mabel Schmeiser was Professor of Languages in the State University. and pointed out Walter Grimm, the county engineer: Otis Hicklin. chief surgeon in the county hospital: and hflax Bumgardner, proprietor of Lofgren's old gift shop. Then I spied Jim Small and talked with him. He asked me out to spend the night, saying that Alice would be delighted to see me. On the way out we passed Sharon Pease's dairy farm, which was prospering under Henry Deppy's capable management. When we reached -limls pretty home, we spent the remainder of the evening dis- cussing the members of our class. Mary Stone was living on the Wagg farm acrosss the river, and Bob Wfillson was coach at Iowa Wesleyan. Alice informed me that Nellie Oliphant was teaching at Qakville and that Eulah Bishop was a Red Cross nurse in Europe. I learned that Earl Meyerholz had purchased a ranch in'North Dakota and was living a lonely life, having been disappointed by Nlarie Kreiner. who refused to spend her life in such a desert home. She is now matron of a foundling asylum. Last of all Alice showed me a letter from Ruth McKinney in which I found that Ruth and Cappie Erwin were living in Chicago, still unmarried and serving their fellowmen as settlement workers, the best in the Middle West. As I fell asleep that night, I was thinking of my former classmates, and uppermost in my thoughts was the question, Who would haved dreamed of all this thirteen years ago? fm l-55 Rig' ilf i2 - - I-:v fc 1 A yr Ngiaafafg .-ferry, S,x-aifygf' 1 QQQQE' .. 'p ! 5 all ewsgee 9 M-

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El ---- - ---' 1 9 ff OLLEPAW zz ------ --------- E1 were held during this year, and at the close a part of the High School enjoyed a picnic at Crapo Park. At the opening of the Junior year the class was forced to become acquainted with a new school building. They enjoyed the year immensely, however, in spite of dif- ficulties. The officers for this year were: President, I-Iattie Adye: 'Vice-President, Mar- tha Willsoiig Secretary, Galen Mellingerg Treasurer, Hazel Hamilton. The Reception for the Seniors was a grand affair, as acknowledged by everyone. The Seniors', of 1922 spent their last year of school life under the protecting roof of McCray University. Martha Willsoii was elected president and Dorothy Jami- son, Secretary and Treasurer. One of the accomplishments of the year was the publish- ing of the Ollepaw, the first Wapello High School Annual. Our beloved President was taken from us and a few weeks later Alice Booru joined her in eternity. The final I-Iigh School days were crowded full of events, among them the class play, reception, baccalaureate, and, last, but greatest of all, Commencement CLASS PROPHECY It was a bright September day in the year l935. as I, R. Courtney, a cattle buyer in South America, stepped from the train in my home town, Toolesboro. In the yard of the first house west of the depot was Mrs. Paul Huddle, formerly Nola Gres- ham, beating rugs. I talked with her a short time, and she said that Paul was the city minister. I asked Mrs. I-Iuddle about some of our fellow classmates and discovered that Florence Johnson was now lVlrs. Marion Schafer of Port Louisa, and that I-Iazel Ham- ilton was still teaching' in the consolidated school at Wymaii. Speaking of Florence and Hazel, said I, Whe1'e is Dorothy Jamison?', Oh! she and Raymond Mohlie were married the year school was out and are now living on a farm near Columbus Junc- tion. Hvvhile I was in the central part of South America, I ran across I-Iarry Edwards and his wife Twyla, who are missionaries to the heathen. Wliile we were still talking, Paul came home and asked me to stay for dinner. After we had participated in eating a hearty dinner, Paul took me home in his flivver. , When I reached home, I found that Kathryn had married Cecil Cover and then had left him because he abused her. Mabel, a trained nurse in Hershey Hospital at Muscatine, was home on a short visit. She said that Agnes and Vera Schmeiser were rooming together in lVIuscatine and were lecturing on the rights of women, and that Mabel Edwards was boss in the sorting room of the Iowa Pearl Button Company. I started to Vvapello and on the way a tire blew out. It was near the Foster residence and when I went in to get some tools, I saw Alice, who was staying at home helping her mother. It was toward evening when I reached town and went to Skinney's for supper. While there I met Marion Guthrie, Galen Mellinger and Chester Schaper. I asked Galen what he was doing and he said that he was making a living by cutting buttons. To while away my time, I went to a show, where, to my astonishment, I saw Lena I-Iavenhill in Goldie lVIarshall's old place selling tickets. The show was a A Night in

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E ---------- ------- 1 9 OLLEPAW 22 ------- ---E1 CLASS WILL KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we, the Class of l922 of Wapello High School, Louisa County, State of lowa, considering the uncertainties of this life, and being of sound mind and memory, do make, declare, and publish, this, our last will and testament: FIRSTLY: We hereby do bequeath the moss covered tin structure on the corner of Isett Avenue and Main Street to the City of Wapello, since it is in the center of a rich farming community, for use as a corncrib, possession to be taken at the earliest date possi- ble. The fire escape we will to the farmers of Louisa County for use as a grain elevator. SECONDLY: We, as a Class, make the following individual bequests to those we think most direly in need of them: Cecil Cover's western bashfulness to Pierce Baker, who is so shy. Henry Deppy's Ford to Geneva Dalmase. Mabel Courtney's little feet to Gladys Ball. Hattie Adyels dancing ability to Fred Brauns. Max Bumgardnefs excessively studious habits to Martin Schmeiser. john Courtney's grin to AMiss McClurkin, for use in the Assembly. Eulah Bishop's love for playing hookey to Aileen Vviederrecht. Harry Edwards' walk to Ruth Castle, to aid in dancing. Nellie 0liphant's worries to Gladys Ryner. Ruth McKinney to the Morning Sun postoffice. Kathryn Courtney's bobbed locks to Ruth Archibald. Cappie Erwin's giggles to Orlando Ludwig. Mabel Edwards' hairpins to Gertrude Murphy. Hazel Hamilton's dimples to Max McDaniel, who admires them so greatly. Walter Grimm's freckles to Josephine Garden. What a grand an' glorious feelin' l Vera Schmeiser's sideburns to Chester Schaper. Miriam 5hipman's temper to Marian Bates. Otis Hicklinls longitude to John McCullough. Marion Guthrie to the Class of '23 to be valedictorian. Earl Meyerholz's dress suit to Mr. Larson for his wedding. Dorothy Jamison to the Commercial Bank.