Akron High School - Golden Haze Yearbook (Akron, IN)

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arecleucf .Maforg In the fall of the year 1941 37 11ttle f1rst grad ers made the1r appearance rn Akron Elementary School Miss Ethel Heltzel Cwho IS now Mrs Chuck M1llerJ was the1r tra1ner She had to have plenty of patience to be able to teach them somethmg Remember the p1ctures we drew of each other Those were the days Then 1n 1942 M1ss Sh1ery led us 1n our s cond grade work We had ga1ned and lost some stu dents but there were approxlmately 36 of us At Chrlstmas t1me MISS Shlery Jolned the Waves Then part of our class moved up one half grade 1nto the power of Mxss Morrls As the vear went on yve were promot d 1nto Mrs Eva Mathxesen s th1rd grade We had sev eral new students that year There were 42 of us We can still remember the mad rush to Mary Belks for bubble gum Whoever had the money was the p rson who had to loan some to the rest of us Then 1n 1944 Mrs Bettv Sanders gulded us on but she went to Joln her husband who was ln SCFVICC So for the rest of the year we had f1ve dxfferent teachers Thls year we lost nme students and ga1ned f1ve In the next year yve went lnto Mrs Mathle sen s hands once more Thls year we were back to 36 students We were gettlng older and we tried to act a l1ttle more grown up Fmally we came to the S1Xth grade Thxs was our last year at the old grade bu1ld1ng We were the big shots that year Mr Russel Shlpley was our teacher We had approxxmately 39 students enrolled 1n our class Then came the b1g year In the fall of 1947 a through the halls of A H S Learmng how to get from one class to another was our blggest trouble Everythmg was so dlfferent We elected off1cers and even had class dues The boys were play1ng basketball and we thought that thmgs couldnt get much dlfferent MISS Dust was our sponsor Then we went on 1nto the elghth grade Our subjects were gettlng a l1ttle harder Mr Bllck enstaff was our sponsor that vear Remember the flrst day of school Charles Ramsey came to class wlth h1S brlght red hat on Some of us had entered the band at th1s t1me We dldnt reahze how few years were left Then came our most 1mportant year of school These four years w1ll soon be happy' memorles We entered h1gh school yy1th 30 freshm n en rolled Thls vear Mr POHt1US was our sponsor We were a very rowdy bunch but I guess that IS to be expected of freshmen We elected Offl cers and they were as follows Pres1dent Harold Le1n1nger Vlce Pres1dent Steve Arter Secre tary Judy K1nney and Treasurer Charlene Dlck The boys ln our class had started playlng on the basketball team and th y thought they were really somethlng Thls year we lost some stud nts and ga1ned some Barbara Jacobs left us and w ent to Wabash Harry Carlton came to Jom us from South B nd and Robert Ollver came from the Ph1l1pp1nes go on to be Sopho noyy were feellng a Then yye were ready to mores Every one of us by Page I5 httle older Mr Pontlus sponsored us agam th1s year How he l1ved through It we'1l never know For our class offxcers th1s year we chose Pres1dent Harold Lemmger Vxce Pres1dent, Jerry Reed Secretary Barbara Waechter, Treasurer Suz1e Berger Remember the cake raffle we had at a ball game to make money for our treasury? Also do vou remember 1n December we held our flrst basketball game tw 1th Culverj ln our new gym? Th1s year yve lost and ga1ned some students also Dorothy Dnckson moved and IS now gomg to a South Bend school Jean Drudge wlthdrew from school So fmally we entered 1nto our Junlor year It se med as though everythlng started happemng at once Mlss Kurtz and Mr Casson were our sponsors The boys ln our class were promment on the basketball t am for this we should be very proud and we are Durmg the summer we lost Phyllls Cassldv and yve also lost Pat Harrls who moved to Champaxgn Ill1no1s Thls was regreted by us all but especlally by one member of our cl lss SUYIC Berger who had been w1th us ln our sophomore class moved to M1am1, Florlda Thxs year yye d clded to sell magazme subscr1pt1ons to bu1ld our class treasury We all made very good salesmen Th1s year we held our class party 1n Ester Dayvsons woods I dont th1nk any of us w1ll ever forget lt esou tally one member of the class who st1ll doesnt have the stlck tlght out of h1s Jacket Remember the four gallons of clder some of the boys borrowed Pmkv cut h1s thumb on a Jug that he broke whxle borrowmg It and thought he was go1ng to bleed to death' Then we gave a very nlce recept1on for the held at Warsaw After Chrlstmas t1me our class had charge of the canteen Thls 1S an experlence that none of us yvlll ever forget Also a Jltterbug bunch of Junlors presented the1r f1rst class play A Case of Sprmgtxme ' Mlss Kurtz dlrected our play Remember how some of us forgot our lmes We also ga1ned a student th1s year Jane Bow en came to Jom us from Gllead Th1S year yve ordered our class rmgs whxch we thmk about the prettlest anyone ever had ln A H S An automoblle acc1dent took the l1fe of our classmate J3Ckl Kamp March 19:12 We mlssed h1s sxlent presence ln our class but we shall al ways remember hlm We selected our offlcers as folloyymg Presl dent J rrv Reed Vlce Pres1dent Harold Le1n mger Secretarv Judy Kmney Treasurer Bar bara Waechter And now last but not least we entered 1nto our last year of h1gh school For some of us It was a glad dav and som yy Ish lt yvere only thelr fxrst But all of us no matter what our fee11ngs are are makmg th1s our best year of school Our sponsors are Mr Casson and Mr Deaton We elected thc same peopl for our offlcers as we had ln our Jun1o1 year e Q 9 ' ' , . . . 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CLPQDIQULK MQMQCIJAJ I Don Mover bemg of sound m1nd w1ll my pos1t1on rn the band to anybody that wants lt I Pat Burkett do hereby w1ll and bequeath my DOSIIIOU as a senlor to any Jumor who wants to enjoy h1s last year of school I Steve Arter hereby wxll all my text books to Carol Sm1th 1n hopes they w1ll help her more than they helped me I EIHOHCHG Hoffman xx rll my abxhty to take typmv p par out of thc press room to anyone who can get away xx 1th lt as I couldnt I Ahce A Lxce Vanlue do w1ll and be queath my he1ght to any short boy who has the deslre to become center on the basketball team I Cllfford K1nd1g rn the rlght state of m1nd w1ll the r1ght to work as lxbrarxan to anyone who would want the Job I Helen M1ckey Mrller do hereby w1ll and bequeath my ab1l1ty as cheerleader for two years to any future underclassman who th1nks they can fmd a better school to cheer for than old Akron Hlghl I couldnt I Janet Bowen do hereby w1ll and bequeath my he1ght to Janlce N1chols and Carol Spurlock and my grggle to Tammv Hand who really does nt need lt I Walter Cumberland w1ll my Jolly laugh mlthe halls of old A H S to Tom QHerk1merJ H1 l I Beverly Hartzler w1ll my Bookkeepmg book to anyone who can understand It I could I Harr1et Whallon bemg of sound m1nd do vull and bequeath my prccolo and my flrst chan' pos1t1on rn band to Sharon Bowen rn hopes that she w1ll contlnue to blast the p1CC0lO 1nto the second chalr s ears as I have done to her I Robert Ol1ver wxll my 1nab111ty to under stand bookkeeprng to some future genlus I Barbara Waechter wrllfully w1ll to all the new freshmen the fun Ive had 1n AHS I Ester Dawson do hereby w1ll and be queath my glockensp1el Cbellsj to any future band member who w1ll love them and enJoy playmg them as much as I have durmg my years 1n band I Charles Burr Ramsey hereby w1ll my ab1l1ty to stay out of trouble to the f1rst Junlor vsho vu ants lt Page I4 I Larry Grmlet Gearhart hereby w1ll my my k1d brother Roger and to lt Job 1n Krogers to hope he will stlck I B111 Hlvely as center to Jlm er w1ll my place on the team Jones I hope he can do bet I Jack Utter w1ll my forward pos1t1on on th basketball team to Denny Hoover and 110139 he has a better shootmg eye than I I Kenneth SW1Ck vull my posxtlon as for vxard on the basketball team to Jack Jones and hope he does better by xt than I d1d and st1ll enloys It as much as I dxd I Jerry Huffman bemg of sound m1nd do w1ll and bequeath my new nrckname to some body who l1kes mcknames better than I I Larry Paxton do w1ll my ab1l1ty to stay out of trouble and not get promoted to the front row 1n Law class' I James Srrver bemg of sound m1nd do w1ll my ab1l1ty to be a father 1n the class plays to anyone who wants lt women to any guy that needs lt I Sharon C Drck w1ll my l1k1rg for college namely I U to anyone who wants It I Jerry Tweed Reed do hereby w1ll my ab111ty to speed through Rochester and get prck ed up only once to Phxl Pratt who w1ll need It I Nancy Irelan do hereby w1ll to Sandra Wavrunek my lxkmg for the Army' I Jerry P1mp Pontxus do hereby w1ll my bashfulness and qu1etness to D1ck Alt who needs It I Judy Krnney do w1ll and bequeath my Job as ed1tor of the school paper to anyone who has the t1me and patxence to do 1t' I Harry Carlton do hereby w1ll my slow dI'lV1I1g to anyone that needs lt I Leon Good hereby w1ll my quletness to anybody around AHS who needs 1t I know several that do' I Harold Lemmger do hereby w1ll and be queath my pos1t1on 1n the band to my k1d bro ther Randall hopmg that he w1ll not be so suc cessful rn gettmg bawled out as I was' I M1ckey Leavell w1ll my Sen1or cords to anyone that can wear them O - - - n ' 11 ' . ., . V , , . . - ' - y - . V Y 7 7 . 1 y . A I 1 . . I , . ll 77 ' - - t . , - . , - 7 7 1 . ' e . Y C -1' Y. I I I ' a -w - ' . . . . 5 - - V v ' 1 , , ' ' , - - V ' xx ' 11 - ' ' ' 1 ' ' 1 ' . U I 7 ' KK Y, ' u 1 1 7 V ! 1 I A 0 I 1 Y . . . ll ' 13 ' ' . 1 . I 1 . 1 ' 1 I I ' 1 , y . . . , , . . . . . . . l l1t to love my Job as p1an1st for chorus to Jocelyn Moore, V I' Jack Shrlver' W11 my abl y . , . y . V - , 1 . , . . 7 . ., - . 1 v ' l cs 11 ' , . Y . . i 1 1 l - Y I D Y ' 1 , ' n t. as ' 11 ' ' ' ' ' 1 1 - y ' . . ' . . l . , - . . 1 I . 1 l v .. , . . . . - . ' 1 1 , Y . . . u 11 , . . . . . . , , , , . - . . . . ' 1 , , . , , - - u Y . , . I . -n If ,l ' ' . . ' v , 1 1

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ibarecleuif .Mabry We chose Robert's Studio from Ft. Wayne to come and shoot our faces, We broke the camera, H. C., therefore pictures had to be taken two different days. We chose our colors to be Academy blue and white, Our flower is the white rose with blue tinted edges Our class play this year was The More The Merrier The cast did a swell Job of putting the little frogs to work The class had talked on several ways to make money for our trip We do have a good sum in our treasury at present We picked out our invitation name cards, and also our caps and gowns. It seems as though we are busy all the time, We also chose our annual covers. We will all have to admit that the senior cords flashing around are pretty nifty. We are all enjoying our last year together verv much and we know at graduation time we will be able to say that these were the best years of our lives Our motto What we are to be vue are now becoming GPQJQULK jutufe The thrill of the circus has always fascinated me I knew this would be the last circus that I would attend with my classmates of 1953 My feelings were mixed with sadness and happi ness The band was in formation and the gilded cages and gayly dressed performers were ready for the big parade It was a few minutes before we were to enter the Big Top so I was looking around to find something to do until that time Who could guess that such an important thing would happen in such a few short minutes' If you haven t guessed by now I will tell you I had spied Madam OWGJI the greatest prophet of all times I was feeling sentimental about our classmates and my visit to her told me of the activities of my classmates in future years The first person she saw in her crystal ball was Donald Moyer Don IS now the prominent producer of Keystone Movies Charlene Dick is Huffman a great dancing star is in the support ing cast Barbara Waechter a great designer does all of the costume designing and Nancy Irelan a famous interior decorator is doing the stage settings for the Follies of 63 As she looks on she sees a great scene in he Pacific aboard Admiral Jerry Pontius great ship the Indiana Here Harold L Leininger a diplomat from the United States IS confer ring with Robert Oliver a chief intelligence of ficial and Kenneth Swick a nuclear physicist about atomic warfare They are trying to find a way to make more effective weapons with less cost to the United States As the crystal ball clears she takes us on a tour of the United States First she sees the great Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra in which Har r1et Whallon is first flute The crystal ball changes and now we see a busy metropolitan street Walter Cumberland Page I6 head of Universal Trucking Company walks in to the Kroger Company managed by Larry Gear heart and hands his weigh bills to Helen Miller secretary to Gearhart As we view the street we see Leon Good manager of Armours talk ing to Jim Sriver head of the Last Stand Vault Co Jack Utter owner of Aqua Filling Stations and Bill Hively head of the Granite Egg Com DHUY The crystal ball takes us on a tour through the town Ester Dawson third grade teacher is conversing with Jerry Reed safety engineer of the Erie Railroad about safety signals for the grade school children As we go on down the street we see an exclusive millinery shop run by the former Beverly Hartzler and Emogene Hoffman Through the crystal ball she now sees a hos pital scene What Is one of our classmates ill? No She tells us that we will find Judy Kinney ing to Jane Bowen head nurse of the same hos pital She sees in the first ward a great singing star of our times Pat Burkett entertaining some of the veterans In the second ward she sees Clifford Kmdig a nation wide evangelist talk ing to the boys These two people leave then: homes and families each week to help entertain these boys As she takes us down the street of Akron she sees a large drug store and tells us that it is one of Steve Arter s many chain drug stores In front of the store we see Jack Shriver county agri cultural agent and Mickey Leavell the local veterinarian talking to three very prosperous farmers Larry Paxton Harry Carlton and Charles Ramsey The topic of their conversation is the great horse Nite Fire a Kentucky Derby winner owned by the former Alice Van Lue When I leave the small tent I am in a daze from hearing about the plight of my classmates and am swept into the big tent ' . H A -1 Y . I , ' O . - , , - ' . . l Y ' . - , . . . 'v l l l . 9 . . , I 1 ' ' . . ' . . .. ' i . ' l ' ' ' as n I l ' ' ' l the Starlet Of hls new movie, Escape Jerry chief receptionist of the Military Hospital, taut- . ' ' . - ' ' - I ,. . v . ' . . 'D 1 1 . , ' ii ' n - 1 - ' - - - ' 1 ' 1 '- ' H ' YY ' ' ' .v - li - ' 1 - - . . . Y . - 1 . . : . . ' , l I v . ' v ' ' , ' . . Y I r .- . , v 1 Y ,