Clay High School - Crystal Yearbook (Oregon, OH)

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Senior Clary WZ!! We, the Clay High School graduating class of 1947, being in sound mind and body, do hereby bequeath to our friends and followers the following possessions: I, Harlan Adams, leave my seat in Chemistry to some sophomore who can break as many test tubes as I have. I, Lyle Ames, bequest my Civics book to the next victim. I, Carl Armstrong, leave my singing voice to Douglas MacPherson. I, Milburn Baker, bequeath my brilliant mind to Donald Spangler. I, Doris Bosch, leave my messy locker to the mice. I, Nancy Bratschi, leave my infectious laugh to some demure freshman girl. I, Alton Brown, leave my ice cream bars to Mary Luce. I, jane Brundage, leave my seat in a taxicab to those who go to the Trianon. I, Bill Burnside, leave my psychological mind to Margie Wagner. I, Margie Bury, leave my ability for playing practical jokes to whoever has the nerve to try them. I, Evelyn Chikodroff, leave my ability to jerk sodas to anyone who is a frequent visitor at Don's. I, jim Chikodroff, leave my ability to play hookey to Richard Engel. I, Marie Clifton, leave my carrot top and a few freckles to Edith Rabbitt. I, Donald Cordell, bequeath the love of my coon dogs to Donald Wfixom. I, Jewell Crews, leave my sweet, quiet manner to Betty Hettrick. I, Glenn Diefenthaler, leave my position in the F.F.A. to Karl Dreier. I, Raymond Dippman, leave my big, black eyes to Marie St. john. I, Dorothy Douglass, leave my seat in Advanced Algebra to someone who has the nerve to tackle the stuff. I, Esther Eddinger, leave my pleasant memories of Clay to some appreciative freshman and go to join jim. I, Thomas Fazekas, leave my ability to play basketball to joe Ball. I, Kenneth George, bequest my guardianship of Barbara Bake to David Shulko. I, Phyllis Haack, leave my typewriter to Margaret Garber. I, Floyd Hagedorn, bequeath my brainy substance to jack DeHart. I, James Harrell, leave my basketball shorts to Arlene Witty. I, Frances Harris, leave my smile of love to him.', I, Rita Hastings, leave my size to Nancy Weller. ' I, jean Heintschel, leave my quiet manner to Mary Wynn Eteau. I, Margie Heninger, leave my way with men to some timid freshman. I, joe Hollo, leave my farm tools to jim Schlageter. I, Robert House, leave my wise-cracks in Sociology to some timid junior. I, Lucille Hurm, leave my sportsmanship to Mary Chikodroif. I, james Keene, leave my lanky physique to Tommy Kechstein. I, Paul Kiggins, leave my glamour to jim Pautz. I, joan King, leave my single blessedness to all junior girls. I, Cathryn Klebold, leave my seat in Chemistry to whoever can keep his or her feet on the floor. I, William Kleine, bequeath my gum to someone who can chew as energetically as I. I, James Klotz, leave my position on the Crystal to some other good reporter. I, Shirley Lang, leave my mischievous smile to Rita Fassett. I, Karl Loveland, leave my way with women to Charles Chase. I, Richard Lutzmann, bequeath my love for the girls to johnny Cavas. Sniifl Snitf! I, Norman Mackey, leave my taxi service to Miss Ray. I, Kathryn Mahl, leave my seat in Senior English to some junior who has a wild imagi- nation. I, Marian Mathewson, bequeath my sparkling eyes and ability to roll them to some freshman girl. 26

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Senior Prophecy Our local Ladies' Aid Society has just elected its new officers. jane Brundage was elected President, Marie Clifton, Vice-President, Phyllis Haack, Secretary, and jean Heintschel, Treasurer. Congratulations to these new officers! We hope they don't celebrate their election with an ice cream social again, as they did last year. They nearly poisoned the many people who attended. It is said that someone accidentally mixed a bottle of arsenic in the ice cream. They thought it was vanilla flavoring Y ! ! News from our campus is great tonight! Professor Hagedorn has just Hnished his experiment of the mighty B-Bomb and has stated that this bomb will prove a great help to society. He declares it will kill any bug in the vicinity of the bomb's explosioni A great discovery, professor I 3 I Kathryn Mahl, professor of English, has just released her new book and it promises to be a great success. The title, 'Iohn's Other Wife . Emil Reisner, professor of Civics, reports that his book which he has been working on for the past ten years is almost finished. We are still waiting, professor. Many men and women are coming back to college these days. And what for? A Master's Degree, of course! Four debuantes striving for their degrees are Anna Mae Wilson, Billy Van Gunten, Shirley Witty, and Betty Lou Sloan. Best of luck to you girls! Are you planning to attend the Policemen's Ball this year? If so, obtain your tickets this week from Sergeant Simon, Captain Reif, and Lieutenant Vilhauer. These Hatfoots will be selling tickets in Grinnel Brothers or the Boys Athletic Supply Com- pany. Hurry now before they are all sold. Elsie Solberg, Shirley Lang and joy Meeks, officers of the Y.W.C.A., are campaign- ing for donations for the new Y.W.C.A. which they are planning to build in the near future. They already have donations from Reverend Muir and Reverent Pingel, who are highly in favor of the new building. lt has just been announced that Alton Brown has won the National Trophy of the Auto Races. Congratulations, Alton! Rita Hastings of the Acme Publishing Company was voted, in a recent poll, the most popular secretary of the city. Betty Trisel was voted the most efficient bookkeeper. Miss Trisel is an employee of the ' Book of the Year Club . Our local Veterinarian, Karl Loveland, will close his office next week for a much needed rest. Dr. Loveland will be back with us next year. We hope you have a nice vacation, Dr. Wfe are fortunate in having Dr. House, world famous psychologist, join our Medical Staff at the local hospital! We hope his advice to our patients will be right and that many of them are cured soon. His assistant, Dr, joe Hollo, will do all the work. A new cab company is being organized in our city. The name of the company is Suicide Cab Company . Glen Diefenthaler was elected President, Ralph Taylor the Vice-President, Bill Schmidlin the Secretary and jim Stretchberry the Treasurer. Newly installed firemen at the Oregon Volunteer Department are Bill Kleine, Donald Cordell, Ray Dippmann, Jim Harrell, and Norman Mackey. These men were installed this morning at the Hrehouse. We also have a new branch of the City Department, called the Street Cleaners Association. Harold Russ, Richard Warkentein, Calvin Meyer and Lyle Ames are officers in this association. The Style Show recently appearing in our city was sponsored by the Singee Sewing Center . We are also told that Carole Varner designed all the clothes featured in the show. Evelyn Chikadroff, Ethel St. john, Alice Reynolds and Jewel Crews added spice to the show as models and Margie Bury furnished the music with her Hotshot Rhythm Band . All in all it was a great success. This is all the news for now, ladies and gentlemen. Listen in again next year for the next broadcast over station C-L-A-Y. This is your announcer, Clay' Hi, signing off until then, and wishing you all a good night. 25

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Senior CMU Will I, Robert Matthews, leave my blitz-buggy to Charles Mahl. I, Joy Meeks, leave my stubby pencils to Donna Dresser. I, Lois Menter, leave my homemaking skill to some worthy sophomore girl. I, Calvin Meyer, leave my singing ability to Nelson Eddy. I, Marilygp Miller, leave my roller skates to some freshman girl and leave to join my Bu We, Joanne Moritz, and Jim I-Iarrell, leave our ability to hold hands in the hall to any two people who will get as much enjoyment from it as we did. I Jim Muir, leave my seat in Civics to some junior who will argue with Mr. Pyle. Ii Joyce Myers, leave my ability for playing basketball to Elizabeth Kahler, I Donna Navarre, leave my ability for getting good grades to some freshman who could use it. I Neal Nightingale, leave my bashfulness to Ellis Dunn. 1 I, Josephine Patznick, leave my kiddish giggle to Arlene XVitty. I, Charles Pautz, leave my ability to concentrate to Don Brenner. I, David Pingel, leave my trumpet to whoever can play as loud as I. I Charles Reif, leave my pepsodent smile to Mary I-Iollo. w I, Emil Reisner, leave my love of debating to Peggy Schmidt. I. Alice Reynolds, leave my seat in Sociology to some sane junior. I Ruth Rohr, leave my giggle to whoever can do it justice. 1 I, Harold Russ, leave my knowledge of radio to Edward Brown. I, Ethel St. John, leave my shyness to Janyce Blessing. I Willis Schanke, leave my reserved dignity to Moe Vonck. s I, Bill Schmidlin, leave the twinkle in my eye to Dick Fondessy. I, Irene Schrader, leave my journalistic ability to Carolyn Engel. I, Joe Simon, leave my interest in the girls to Gene Mills. I, Betty Lou Sloan, leave my quiet manner to Mitzi Miholko. I Elsie Solberg, leave my acid-eaten chemistry book to Phyllis Lewis. a a I, James Stretchberry, leave my seat on bus 4 to Beverley Sindlinger and Nancy Hindee. I, Shirley Susor, leave my blonde curls to Babara Koch. I, Ralph Taylor, leave my matter of fact manner to Jeanene Giese. I, Bonnie Lou Teems, leave my storytelling on the bus to Ed Korb. I, Nancy Thomas, leave all my love to Jim. I, Betty Trisel, leave my extra boy friends to Angeline Carlo. I, Rolland Turnow, leave my ability to play football to George Hauter. I, Willa Van-Gunten, leave my snapshots to Jack Fryman, I, Carole Varner, lea've my red hair to Betty Parker. I, Joe Veselka, leave my curly hair to Reid Parton. I, Kenneth Vilhauer, leave my basketball trunks to Nancy Hansen. I, Richard Warkentien, leave my baseball bat to Bob Thomas. I, Bernard Wenzel, leave my muscles to Clara Lou Miller. I, Anna Mae Wilson, leave my new permanent wave to Pat Daney. I, Shirley Witty, leave my last name to some stolid freshman. Wfe, the Senior Class of 19-17, leave with fondest memories of Clay High and wish to pay our most humble respects to Miss Boclle and Mr. Hartsook for their patience and solicitude as our senior advisers. Signed and sealed in the presence of ye witnesses, Paul W. Hartsook and Bessie B. Bodle, this 6th day of June, A.D. 1947. 27