class
history
class wills
class prophecy
CLASS
HISTORY . . .
The Class of '29
entered high school September 1925, with feelings of
apprehension, but rapidly earned the name of one of the best
in school. Kenneth Campbell was elected President, Florence
Riley, Vice-President, and Ruby Hance as keeper of
the class funds. Mr. Enders was chosen Class
Sponsor. During the
Sophomore year a big picnic was held in Stockwell's grove.
This year Ivan Hanlin was chosen as President and Gertrude
Allard as Vice-President. Mr. Enders was our sponsor for
this year. When the Junior
year was reached the class had contributed to athletics,
music, scholarship, organizations, and the pep of the high
school. A very clever
chapel program was given. Mr. Reb, the Class Sponsor,
assisted us in this undertaking. "The Arrival of
Kitty" was chosen as the class play. This play proved to be
one of the feature plays of the year. The cast was a
follows: Bobbie Baxter Sewell
Whitney
Ting
Sam
Benjamine More
William Winkler
Aunt Jane
Jane
Kitty
Suzette
James Fowler
Edward Ryan
Fred Dever
John Colvin
Maryema Voshall
Florence Riley
Dorothy Tuttle
Beryl Lough
CLASS WILL . .
. We, the Class of
Nineteen Twenty-Eight, upon leaving this institution, where
we have spent the best and happiest hours of our life, being
of sound mind and lawful age, which to bequeath our many
talents and personal belongings and defects to those who
follow, to wit: To the Freshmen, we
wish to bequeath our skill of poise when occupied in this
dear old high school. To the Sophomores,
we wish to leave the ability to look and see the
psychological side of life. To the Juniors we
leave our dignified ways and our store of wisdom; may they
use them to the highest of their glory in O.H.S. To the Faculty we
leave energy saved by our strict behavior to be used in good
behalf next year. Henry Winchel
leaves his freshmen dates to Perk Whtney. Fred Zakoura leaves
his basketball ability to Mordy Flint Velma Weber wills
her music talent to the orchestra, with hopes that it will
improve. Elizabeth Gudger
wills her book, "Why Men Leave Home" to Florence
Chamberlain. Francis
Schiefelbusch leaves his broken heart to its owner, Gretchen
Cook. Helen Norman and
Mildred Waltman will their basketball bloomers to Mr.
Fredericks for next year's tournament. James Powell leaves
his good looks and "Skin you love to touch" to Victor
Zakoura. Earl Shoemaker
leaves his ability with girls to Francis Colbert. Laura Slawson
leaves her love for one boy to Corinne Trayser. Freda Miller wills
her blushing ways in the moonlight, to Wanda
Wright. Mabel McGaw wills
her work on the annual to the Junior class. Mary Nelson and
Nadine Rohrer will their ability to break up homes to the
next boy that goes by the name of Alfred. Ruth Price leaves
her boy friend, "Brother" to the Paola girls for
capture. Wilifred Hays wills
his old-maidish ways to Dorothy Riley. Lela Wilson wills
her library to Dorothy Piggott. Kenneth Thurston
wills his loud talking to June Shirley. Velma Barnett wills
her flowery speeches to Maxine Varnes. Nella Barr, Nadine
DeMastus, and Dorothy Schowengerdt leave their ability to
dress to Leota Bussert and her sister Glenna. William Eddy wills
his nanny goats to Miss Snead provided she will take care of
them. Neola Frederick
wills her big feet to Phyllis Elledge. Layton Gray leaves
his place on the football team to Roy Cundiff. Allen Grant wills
his Beagle flappers to Ira Wagner. Avery Hart wills
Velma's diamond ring back to Campbell's Jewelry Shop, and
his motto now is, "Never build your cage till you've caught
the bird". Wayman Johnson
leaves his dust rag and broom to Fred Maxwell. Ruby Kitchen leaves
her "Heart-Smashing Ways" to Florence Riley. George Lowe wills
his compassionate marriages to Sammy Steele. Dorothy Funk wills
her grin to Harold Wilson. Percy Edwards and
Teddy Tenny leave their old milk cows to Earl
Barrett. Aileen Holloway
leaves her flirtations at twilight to Mr. Reb. Elfrieda Boling
leaves her chewing gum to Johnie Colvin, providing he takes
it out before he retires to bed. Pauline Boling
leaves Bud under the guardianship of Mr. York until he
graduates. Henderson Cortner
leaves his devoted love to Bertha Howerton. Carl Burris wills
his street-car walk to Bill Mattingly. Alice Brown leaves
her angelic ways to Lois Hanna. Carrie Cortner
leaves her spectacles to Agnes Ruskin. Alice Casida and
Emmaline Chamberlain will their flapper style to Miss
Goodell and Miss Selanders. Pauline Cole wills
her ability to get by to Louise Whitla. Ruth Cornelius
wills her No. 10 slippers to Agnes Jones. Alfred Miller wills
his credit in shorthand to Maryema Voshall. Bethel Reed wills
her compact and lipstick to Nadine Weber. Elizabeth Walters
wills her ability to write editorials to Ed Ryan. Lucy Weeks wills
her sweet disposition to Dean Landis. Floyd Weeks wills
his bright remarks to Ellis Barnes.
CLASS PROPHECY
. . . Dear
Willie: On my trip to
Europe by air a few days ago, whom to you suppose I found?
One of our old school mates, George Lowe. He was the pilot
of the plane in which I was to make the trip. In a short
time we began to talk of our old school days in O.H.S. and
having plenty of time the conversation gradually led up to
the subject of what each of our old classmates were doing
now. I told him of knowing nothing of any of them but you
and he said that being in a position to travel that he had
kept track of all of them. James Powell is a
very successful rum runner in the Atlantic waters, having
served time only once and then it was because he showed the
prohibition agent the wrong brand. Henry Winchel has
realized his life's ambition and has perfected a silent
radio; however, it is not very popular. Nadine Rohrer is
living on a farm in Arkansas, raising cows, and chickens,
and the rest of her children, their father having deserted
them because Nadine was so determined to do as she has
always wanter to do and live on a farm. Mary Nelson is
drawing a large premium selling rum to the natives of the
Fiji Islands with exhibitions. Alfred Miller was
an author until he was deported because he wrote a book
entitled "Practical Advice on Necking." Teddy Tenny is the
head clown in the largest circus in Miami County. He always
was so clever, loud, and forward. Earl Shoemaker, the
pride of our class, has reached the point none of the rest
of us had hoped for. He has a position in the White House;
his official capacity is dish pilot. Laura Slawson is a
missionary to Fontana. Her latest sermon was on the subject
of whether or not Peter and Paul had red hair. Fred Zakoura is a
song writer in New York. Many of his songs will rest in
Westminister Abbey or some nice burying place. His latest
publication was "Those Hickman Blues". Carl Burris is the
feature freak in a vaudeville. He does a stunt of hanging by
his hair or playing a flute with his toes. Ruby Kitchen is
coaching a woman's football team in Siam. Naola Frederick is
a dancing teacher in Winnipeg, Canada. She does most of her
dancing on ice. Velma Barnett has
discovered a corn remover that does not stain the hose or
leave an unpleasant odor. Kenneth Thurston is
selling said to the Arabs in Colorado. Nella Barr has made
a fortune signing her name for cigarette advertisements
featuring Lucky Strikes. Elfrieda Boling is
doing carpenter work for the Eskimos in Alaska, where she
met the man she had been waiting for, a real man that had
lived in a cave. Dorothy
Schowengerdt is an artist's model. Her last picture was
christened "Brief Shadows". Floyd Weeks is air
traffic cop above Bangor. Carrie Cortner and
Alice Casida are directing a large Jazz band in New
York. Velma Weber is
picking cotton in the Rocky Mountains. Ruth Price is a
prominent lawyer in Hollywood. She specialized in divorce
cases and criminals. She has married and divorced thirteen
of her clients already and starting on another. Mabel McGaw is a
ballet dancer in New York. It is said that she is the most
entertaining of all dancers. Freda Miller has
perfected a new blush powder, absolutely guaranteed not to
show red when blushing. Francis
Schiefelbusch has grafted cabbage and hogs for the past
twenty years and has now a plant that will grow sour kraut
and weenies on the same bush. Emmaling
Chamberlain is a lion tamer for the Ringling Brothers'
Circus. Everyone always said that she was terrible
rough. Pauline Cole and
Nadine DeMastus are coaching hockey teams in
Siberia. Dorothy Funk and
Elizabeth Walters are partners in a lost and found agency
for husbands in Hollywood. Mildred Waltman is
selling Frigidaires in Alaska. Wayman Johnson is
the warden of Sing Sing prison and the undisputed leader of
the Republican party in South Carolina. Allen Grant is
broadcasting for Henry Fields' Seed Company and may now be
heard all over the world. Alice Brown is
still selling hair dye in Osawatomie. Layton Gray has
taken Miss Selander's place in O.H.S. Percy Edwards is
still going to school in the old home town but expects to
graduate in a few years. Aileen Holloway and
Ruth Cornelius are plumbers in Hawaii. Henderson Cortner
is the leader of a notorious outlaw gang in
Chicago. Bethel Reed is the
owner of a barber shop in the Philippine Islands. Lucy Weeks is the
president of the largest construction company in
Rantoul. Elizabeth Gudger
has received a ten year course in medicine abroad and is now
the leading doctor in Osawatomie. After all this he
asked about you and myself. I told him that you were in
business with your father-in-law running a chain of drug
stores all over Miami County and that your wife had received
some startling proceeds in an oil well that was drilled in
her father's back yard when we were seniors. George said
that you always had been lucky, but he changed his mind
rather suddenly when he was told that you were that proud
father of twelve children. I might state that
since you heard from me last I have acquired a new position
as a result of my lifetime experiments to perfect a
preputial motion airplane. Hoping to hear from you when the
next one arrives. Avery
Yours,