~ Wills ~
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We, the undersigned, make our will to the Class of '20. Previous classes have willed either spiritual powers or property. In keeping with the generous nature of the class, we strive to submit both. Betty Martin wills her devout spirit to Ethel Callahan. Gladys Horton wills her dimples (both you notice) to Zaada Zakoura. Leslie Beck wills with the fervor characteristic of him, his love for truthfulness to Margaret Harvey. Albert Reed gladly wills one foot of his manhood to Howard Jenks. Josephine Berry wills her good intentions to George Vermillion. Charles Wolf wills his tendency for study to Frederick Fry. Dwight Gehring wills his musical ability to Helen Mattingly. Francis King wills his ability to bluff (both sexes) to Ray Largent. Ruth Lyons wills her secret of winning men's hearts to Lucille Jackson. Floyd Warner wills his athletic ability to Hershell Rayle. Bessie Haislip wills her maidenly ways to Mary Horton. Ruby Grow wills her magic curls to Lula Warner. Louisa Jackson wills her art of dancing to Clifford Warner. Edythe Orr wills her appealing brown eyes to Loree Day. Cora Roseberry wills her basketball skill to Alice Bixby. Inez Hoag wills her mild disposition to Wanda Boyington. Pauline Bush wills her power of argument to Helen Mattingly. Belle Case and Edythe Orr will their fidelity to Bob Reed and Bathilda Robinson. |
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"Once again as school mates assembled," came the familiar words from nineteen old O.H.S. "grads". With a few yells, the noise and vim of these men and women soon died out. Ten years had elapsed since they were all together in 1919, with the faculty giving toasts and drinking to the success of the Seniors. It was at the Alumni and here in 1929 sat the same group, neither diminished or increased, just the class of the gold and white. At one end of the table sits Belle Case, who has been manager of the Yucatan chewing gum factory for almost five years and on her left is Edythe Orr, whom most everyone recognizes as Schumann-Heink's successor. It is great to know of the success she has made with her voice, which seemed almost a failure in her high school career. Next in line comes Ruth Lyons, who is a missionary and has just returned from the depths of Africa to get clothes and necessities much needed there. How fortunate it was that she could be with us. And Dwight, who has been accompanying Edythe, along with giving public lectures (remember how his ears used to turn red when he blushed?) is also back and they will probably give us a concert on the lyceum next fall. Pauline Bush is now Mrs. I.O.U. Chink. She is married to a rich Chinaman and is helping American girls thru K.U. At present, she is supporting five of the O.H.S. class of 1920, who were unable to go any sooner. And next to her sits a woman of vast proportions. It was a great surprise to all of her schoolmates to see Mrs. Charles Wolf, formerly Josephine Betty, enter with her devoted husband. Charles has been a great success in his experiments on reducing fat people and is president of the Anti-Fat league. President Leslie Beck, of the Anti-Horse Thief Association, is just across the table from Josephine and is yet able to smile pleasantly at any lade who can tell an antiquated joke. And wonder of wonders, she who detested to be disturbed in her quiet solitude, Gladys Horton, is now the mother of fifteen adopted boys, all of whom are red-headed and freckled faced, with a very good resemblance to "Huck Finn". And what of Gertrude? Her place is empty tonight, but it is soon to be filled, for here she comes, in her usual style of entrance, stumbling over everyone in the way. It is widely known that Betty's hobby after leaving in the way. It is widely known that Betty's hobby after leaving O.H.S. was raising pet hogs on the Ross Jones farm, for everyone know of her marriage to that young man. Bessie Haislip has received the position of dentist to the King of the African province of Antetuthia. And Harry Coker, with his quiet, winsome ways, sits at the opposite end of the table from Belle. With the dignity he carries, it can be easily seen that his aims for Baker have been accomplished. A minister! Yes, Harry has found his life's work. In Kansas City he is well known as the Rev. Harry Coker, of the first M.E. Church. And Floyd Warner, one of Harry's foremost admirers is now roadmaster on the MOP between Osawatomie and Coffeyville with a salary of three hundred dollars. His aims of becoming a minister were all too easily broken by the lure of large salaries on the railroad. It seemed just like olden times to see Bill King standing out in front of Nicely's clothing store, but instead of being the clerk, he is now the owner of the three story store where Nicely's used to stand. Inez Hoag is now the head of the Hoag school of Expert Business Training in Kansas City, with Albert Reed as her helper. You should see "Ab" coming back to O.H.S. getting Seniors to enter their school. There comes Louise Jackson Hunter, who with her husband, Stanley Hunter, has an artists' studio in Kansas City. He is the teacher of painting and drawing (as will be remembered he was a camouflage artist, back in the war of 1914) and she is piano teacher there. Ruby, who always was such a lively girl and was called the baby of our class, is now a very calmed down lady, for she is teaching in the Well-bred Girls' School, teaching the girls table manners. We were changed, we admitted, and had to learn each other all over again, yet, soon we become the firm friends we were in 1919. |