Spencerville High School - Echoes Yearbook (Spencerville, OH)

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Helen Rider, Lorene Shaffer, Margaret Steiger, Norman Martin, Frances Wright, Josephine Swartz. Mary Myers, Austin Hoverman, Marjorie Miller, Thomas Bassett, Laura Moor- man, John Wolfe. Maurice Macklin, Ruth Kennedy, Retha Seibert, Pauline Lusk, Robert Lowry, Dorothy Sherman. Margaret Reynolds, Dick Johns, Vera Moorman, Blaine Brincefield, Mary Brandyberry, Jack Roeder. Willard Miller, Ruth Mack, Mary Grand- staff, Paul Mitchell, Mary Bienz, Paul Haver, Ruth Keller. Caroline Ward, Charles Sandkuhl, Cath- erine Beerman, Mary Doughty, Adrain Gracely, Esther Beerman, Carl McMichael. Arthur Coil, Mary Rigdon, Milo Shobe, Rose Marie Mueller, Bernetta Harter, Gerald Green, Bernice Craft. Pauline Fissel, Raymond Johnson, Martha Sunderland, Lucille Augsburg- er, Lois Gallaspie, Helena Zuber, . Edward Post. Additional Juniors - Wayne Sutton, Homer Jones. J uliior Quiz QUESTIONS Whfat is the population? What great event occurred in September, 1931 ? Whom did we choose to boss the digging in our class this year as per. our motto- Diligence Initiative Grit? What do we consider a very friendly act '? Arc Angela and Wuggins still qua1'reling'? When you hear a certain sputtering and 'hugging out along the canal bank-Guess who? Who won the inter-cluss tournament? What Ylzaskethall player of this illustrious class showed up well on Iioor and was picked as a member of an all County Team? What is the outstanding event of the year? What weighty event are we looking forward to in the hazy future ? Page Fozvrteen ANSWERS The last census showed 54. As Freshmen, we furnished great entertain- ment for Seniors. Pepper -I mean Norman Martin was elect- ed President, Lorene Shaffer vice president, Helen Rider secretary and Margaret Steiger was given the job of murdering the class history for the Annual. The Seniors inviting us to their annual Rabbit Supper. No, they fought that out in Speeding Along . Maybe it's Austin in his Ford. Ask the Junior Girls. Boys were beaten 2 points. lt must be Pickle . We can't think of any one else. Ah-yes. We entertained the Seniors. We'll fprobablyj be Seniors.

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The Class Of 1934 In 1950 As the World's Fair was being held in San Fran- cisco, we decided to go. We boarded the train one morning and after inquiring, discovered that our en- gineer was Kenneth Laman. Upon nearing our first stop, the conductor came around yelling at top speed. It was Dale Plikerd. The train stopped at a small town in Missouri. Robert Shaffer, acting as a poli- tician, was standing near the depot delivering a speech to about ten people. On the opposite side, in the upstairs window, was Martha Craig dreamily reciting her latest love lyric, We hadn't noticed who had boarded the train, but it was surely brought to our attention. What a noise! It was the former Pearl Howell with eight or eleven children. Our route took us through Colorado. On a sign board along the railroad was The Simindinger and Rob- ison Ranch. We found that they were our two old schoolmates. Then, to our surprise. a man told us that they had married Gertrude Rohrback and Vio- let Wilkins. We wondered how Ivan Simindinger and Gertrude got along. Having decided to spend a day in Salt Lake City, we prepared to get off the train. We spent the day on the shore of the Great Salt Lake. We saw Ruth Metzger in bathing, and thought she must have come here to learn to swim. because she knew that she couldn't sink. She told us that Rosalie Hennon was president of a girls' academy there, We arrived in San Francisco in the morning and got into the nearest taxi. When we got out and paid the driver, we found it to be Mack Sutton. We went into the hotel and over to the manager's office. What a surprise when Joe Wright stepped forward. Another surprise came when June Core took us to our rooms. While resting we lis- tening to the radio. The announcer said that we would now hear the world's best crooner. It was Robert Mack with E'velyn DeLong as his accompan- iest. We listened to them as long as we could stand it, and then changed to something else, We heard someone talking about giving children sun baths. It was Annadelle Detrick giving a speech on the care of children. The announcer then said that because of Eddie Cantor's illness, Howard Miller would take his place on the following Sunday night. After be- ing suificiently rested, we went to a beauty shop. We found Norma Miller and Edna May at our ser- vice. They told us that Mildred Moorman was man- ager of the dress shop around the corner. Then, for a look at the Pacific. On the shore we found a large crowd. On the platform was Robert Baldwin. He was being presented With the medal which iden- tified him as the world's champion swimmer. We decided to take a ride in a speed boat and went in Elmer Burnett's boat. What a ride! On the fol- lowing dav, before entering the grounds, we went into the planetarium and found Forest Wells to be the owner. We then entered the fair grounds and. of course, rented chairs in which to ride, and who should get the job of pushing us but Harold Mon- tague and Joseph Fisher. We supposed Harold was still trying to reduce, because he did look rather thin. We saw a clown running around on the fair grounds and finally discovered that it was Ned Zim- merman. He was advertising the best kind of shoe laces to use. We entered the Hall of Science and went to the manager's office to inquire about an ex- hibit. We found him sleeping. When he opened his eyes, it proved to be Ralph Hayman. In the after- noon we took a ride in the World's Fair Zeppelin. Raymond Lippincott was its pilot with Lois Major as hostess. Later we passed the Enchanted Isle for children. We read on the sign that Ruby Myers was manager. A little further on we noticed a small building built in the shape of a dog. The building belonged to Harriett Sherer. She was running a home for dogs whose owners wished to leave them with her while they were at the fair. On the next day, we went into the grounds through another en- trance. We walked a little while and then we heard someone saying, He1'e's where you get your cider and doughnuts. We turned to see who it was and there was Robert Price and the former Pauline Der laney. I guessed Pauline was making the dough- nuts, holes and all, In the commercial building we heard someone reading as fast as they could. It was Mary Price giving the dictation for the National Dictation Test. Buelah Brenneman was among those taking it. We found later that she had won the championship. It was about time for lunch so we Went into the nearest restaurant. Its proprietor was Leona Shepler. We ordered a chicken dinner, which we got, complete with feathers. The orchestra played while we ate, but there were may discords. When the leader turned for applause we saw that it was Isabelle Goodwin. In the afternoon we saw a stand where pop guns were being sold. The stand was operated by Theodore Miller and his wife, the former Sarah Ann Eisley, supplying the pops, The last day of our stay, proved to be an enjoyable one, too. In the morning we listened to a Welsh chorus under the direction of Ollen Jones. After this we went to Ripley's Believe-It-Or-Not building. In there we saw Paul Rahrig masquerading under the name of the One-Man-Band. He was playing six- teen instruments at one time. In order to relax be- fore our trip home, we decided to go to a Chapel 'meeting held on the fair grounds. The principal speakers were Wanda Thompson and Armand John- son. The choir leader was Nina Miller. Seated at the organ was Elsie Leis, In the middle of the meet- ing she started playing, Hail, Hail The Gang's All Here. This was such a shock to us that we both fainted. When we gained consciousness we were in the fair-ground hospital. There, bfore us was Har- old Mechling in a doctor's uniform with Ruth Brooks as his head nurse. On the following day we set out for Spencerville. We thought that the trip had been enjoyable and profitable for us, two well-preserved old maids, Opal Davies and Jane Burnett. Page Thirteen

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Hazel Goodwin, John Cochrun, Ruth Hayes, Vaughn Hilty, Betty Rider, V Dean Deniston. Albert Sproul, Helen Martin, Frank J Mack, Ella Rose Sever, Dwight Becker, Fern Hoverman. Annabelle Morris, Karl Hirn, Mary Lauer, Myron Johns, Donelda Taylor, John Hilty, Gladys Leis. Richard Schoesker, Pauline Seibert, Robert Townsend, Wilma Thompson, Robert Redick, Mary Maurer, James Miller. Lela Bowen, Kenneth Dee Sherer, Helen Snyder, Albert Miller, Evelyn Leffel, Plaul Sutton, Ruth Wilson. William Neidhardt, Cleona Martin, Donald Fissell, Francis Fronk, Orian Miller, Edna Bell, Harold Patrick. Ruth Oehlhof, Russell Carr, Martha Point, Harold Boyer, LaDonna Huber, John Eley, Grace Wiseman. Lester Swartz, Julilanna Miller, Mary Rockhold, Mary Hindenlang, Muriel Robinson, Marguerite McKinney, Carl Davies. D Martha Rohrbach, Lowell Bowersock, Frances Burnett, Edith Hayman, Madge Kinney, Thomas Reynolds, Carolyn Wolford. Sophomore Clliss Diary In September, 1932 sixty-seven Freshmen en- rolled in Spencerville High School, destined to be- come the Class of the Year 1936 . We thought as others before us fand likewise to no availy that we were not given the recognition due us either by the faculty or the upper classmen, but gradual- ly we saw that this was more due to our disillu- sionment than from lack of respect of our super- iors and accepted our lot with a smile. We saw that we had just begun. Our boys basketball team made a very credit- able showing in the Intra-Mural tournament, and with Dwight Becker as our worthy President and Mr. Hausser as sponsor we passed a very success- ful year being well represented both in athletics and music. ln September, 1933 ,this same group enrolled as dignified Sophomores and at a very stormy and almost riotous class meeting elected John W. Cochrun as class president. Thus on the shoulders of this stalwart journalist was placed the burden of the trials and tribulations of about sixty-five self assertive students. Mr. Cochrun had the very 'able assistance of Dean T. Deniston as vice president, Mary Lauer, secretary, Ruth E. Hayes treasured and Vaughn Hilty as reporter. Mr. Hausser was again our sponsor. The outstanding social event of the year was the Freshman-Sopho- more Weiner Roast where we had a chance to sympathize with the Frosh. Several of our class members pulled first team berths both in Basketball and Baseball. In music we did shine. We were justly proud of our Sophomore quartet that took first place in the Eisteddfod at Elida. In the orchestra and newly organized band we also have a hearty representation and some of our better yodelers crashed the Glee Club. The Sophomore boys furnished a very hard fought thriller in the Intra-Mural Basketball Tournament when they de- feated the Junior boys to the tune of 17-19, only to go down to defeat under the noble QU Seniors 12-14. Our girls drew the Freshmen in their intra-Mural and though they founght gallantly they were defeated 16-10. Page Fifteen