East Canton High School - Echo Yearbook (East Canton, OH)

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Gdara M5566 In the name of the benevolent Father of us all: We, the Class of 1946, of Osnaburg Township High School, being of sound mind and memory, do here- by bequeath to the underclassmen the following characteristics cmd prized possessions. We, the senior class, do bequeath to Mr. God- dard memory of another brilliant class, reminding him that hope springs eternal. I, Evelyn Adler, do bequeath my everlasting sun- ny smile to Enzo Melchoir. I, Barbara Anthony, do bequeath my poise to Wanda Pentecost. I, Alice Bland, do bequeath my ability to get along with teachers to Floyd Clough. I, Annabelle Bole, do bequeath my love of work- ing in the superintendents office to Lillian Gobeli. I, Harold Brechbill, do bequeath my ability to shovel snow to lack Morris. I, Marceline Brunner, do bequeath my servicemen to Ianice Shearer. I' I, Harvey Creighton, do bequeath my willingness to help others to Iohn Regas. I, Birch Dillehay, do bequeath my Harem of girls to Dick Parris. I, Alice Flory, do bequeath my red hair to lean Calendine. I, Helen Foltz, do bequeath my great stature to Kenneth Klotz. I, Dolores I-Iarter, do bequeath my talkativeness to Gerald Snyder. I, Lois Hunt, do bequeath my weakness for the Marines to Ioanne Burkhardt. I, Wendell Kettering, do bequeath my height to Benny McCaulley. I, Iames Mark, do bequeath my speed to Harold Bay. I, Ioan Mark, do bequeath my quiet manner to Ruth Paumier. I, Dorothy Masters, do bequeath my giggles to Ruth Clapper. I, Donna Nimon, do bequeath my musical talent to Donna Glasser. I, Iames Nimon, do bequeath my corny jokes to Harold Baum. I, Hazel Roberts, do bequeath my engagement ring to Argia Pugnale. I, Paul Robertson, do bequeath my shady songs and stories to Iames Lantry. I, Paul Rose, do bequeath my flashy clothes to Bob Smith. A We, Ioanne Mark and Virginia Royer, do be- queath our love of talking to each other during classes to Beverly Klotz and Freda Gobeli. I, Iean Schwall, do bequeath my blushes to Doris Villard. I, Marland Showalter, do bequeath my way with the women to Bill Kahler. I, Ray Sickles, do bequeath my cue stick to Bob Werley. - I, Diana Simich, do bequeath my skill of portray- ing character roles in High School plays to Doris Kinsinger. I, Wilbur Smith, do bequeath my good looks to Dick Viertel. I, Eldin Snider, do bequeath my wavy hair to Gene Belew. I, Donald Kolm, do bequeath my electrical alibilty to Reno Melchoir. I, Ann Snyder, do bequeath my neatness to Bill Barnes. . I, Marilyn Stocker, do bequeath my gold-rimmed specs to Doris Baker. I, Robert Van Voorhis, do bequeath my agricul- tural ability to Louie Genet. I, Betty Werley, do bequeath my trips to Florida to Clarence DeHoff. I, Geneva Young, do bequeath my love of western life to Donna Lotz. I, Charles Richardson, do bequeath my jive talk to Bob Schreck. I, lack Dunn, do bequeath my roller skating tech- nique to Butch Oberster. I, Bill Beck, do bequeath my ability as a trapper to Mabel Adams. To the long-suffering faculty we bequeath all the chalk we carried in our pockets and the hope of an equally carefree group. In witness thereof, we hereunto set our hand, this twenty-first day of Ianuary, 1946. Ray Sickles Lois Hunt

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cer, Gene Astaire. He tries to impress bobby-soxers that they should swoon over The Feet instead of The Voice. At the climax of the program a spec- ial bulletin came through that Marceline Brunner had been acclaimed the world's greatest shorthand transcriber and Ioanne Mark was also acclaimed the world's greatest typist. After the program was over Donna mentioned that she had seen Hazel Roberts when the orchestra was playing in Georgia. She said that Hazel and her sailor boy are happily married and are quite pleased living on a peach orchard in Georgia with their two little Georgia peaches. When Donna was in Texas she had seen Geneva Young, who owns the Bar B-Q, a dude ranch. Diana asked us if we had read the latest best- seller, and also a book of the month, Christian Changes in China by Virginia Boyer, who is a missionary in China. Pat began to tell us about a new shipment of fur coats their store was getting in for the winter season and if she remembered correctly, the labels had Robertson's Furs written on them. It must have been our classmate, Paul, who owns a fur ranch and fur coat factory in Wisconsin. Diana was leafing through the latest Life Maga- zine and saw eye-catching pictures on the progress of the freedom of the Philippines, which were taken by our own Bill Smith who is a photographer for the Life. Donna mentioned that Dolores Harter is a phar- macist in Lansing, Michigan. It seems as though we had discussed almost everyone in our class without realizing it. But Diana popped up and said she had received a letter from Ioan Mark just this morning and she was having difficulty in getting nurses to work under her. As she is head nurse at the Walter Reid Hospital in Washington, D. C., she is in charge of such a task. Marilyn's sharp memory caught a few more for- gotten member of our class. Harold Brechbill and Bill Beck are partners in an engineering concern lo- cated at Chicago. Harvey Creighton owns the Moo Cow Dairy in Pennsylvania. Helen Foltzf is a filing clerk at Boston. Bob Van Voorhis is a dairy farmer who raises Iersey cows in New Iersey. lim Nimon owns a huge auto hospital, which covers a whole city block in Detroit. And last but not least, our own lim Mark is doing nothing else but repairing helicopters in South America. It has been a busy and exciting day! Good-night dear Diary. P. S. We seem to have forgotten one person, Diary: that one is Donald Kolm. I remember now, he is a Radio Electrician for N. B. C. radio network. BY Lois Hunt and Marilyn Stocker

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iiiatoag of Glam 0.52 '46 In September, 1934, eight little girls and boys started to school for the first time in their lives. These little darlings were Dolores Harter, Betty Wer- ley, Harold Brechbill, Ioan Mark, Ioanne Mark, Iam- es Mark, Diana Simich ,and Lois Hunt. During this same year, Ray Sickles joined us from Pleasant Grove. Under the very good supervision of Miss Swyter, we all passed to the 2nd grade, where our little class was divided: some of us remaining with Miss Swyter and the rest under the supervision of Miss Davis. Without adding or losing any of our class we went to the third grade where we were together once again with Miss Davis as our teacher. Even as early as this we presented an Operetta which was called , Goldilocks. In the fourth grade we found ourselves under the direction of Miss George. This year we were glad to welcome to our group, Anna- belle Bole from Hartford School in Canton and Doro- thy Masters from Malvem, but we were sorry to lose Diana Simich to Robertsville. We also present- ed the Operetta, In Quest of Santa Claus, with Ioanne Mark in the leading role. Passing into the fifth grade we occupied the portable building behind the high school. Our class was again divided, un- der the guidance of both Miss Speck and Miss Waltz. We were happy to welcome to our group Bill Smith from Malvem, Diana Simich also paid us another call: this time to stay. This year we presented another operetta entitled, The King's Sneezes. As the fifth grade flew swiftly by, we soon dis- covered that we were sixth graders. At the end of the first semester the school became centralized and we moved to the new high school building. Here again we were divided into two groups under the guidance of Miss Speck and Mr. Engle. Because of the centralization of schools, were were joined by quite a few students from the rural districts. The fol- lowing students jumped on the school buses and ar- rived safe and sound at OTHS: Marceline Brunner, Barbara Anthony, and Glen Bechtel from Center: Virginia Royer and Harvey Creighton from Center- ville: Helen Foltz and Geneva Young from Maple- ton: Donna Nimon and Eldin Snider from Hickory Grove: Bob Van Voorhis from Indian Run: and Iam- es Nimon from Excelsior. Near the end of this year, who should make her appearance but Ann Snyder who came from Centerville School but had spent the winter months in Florida. When the time came to enter Ir. High, our class had greatly increased. We were still divided but under the wonderful super- vision of Miss Badger and Miss Schwartz. The day we entered the seventh grade was the day of days. We were to change classes. We drove the teachers wild asking directions to the different rooms, but, af- ter a few days, we began finding our way around rather easily. Alice Bland from Roosevelt School in Canton and Marland Showalter from Louisville join- ed our class. The eighth grade found us a little more settled under the direction of Mrs. Ryder and Miss Mc- Cullough. This year we welcomed Evelyn Adler from Hartford School in Canton. The following year, we dropped our childish fan- cies and put on a high school air, and walked into the Study Hall which was to be our homeroom with Mrs. Ryder as our supervisor. We increased our enrollment by four. Namely: Alice Flory and Wen- dell Kettering from Canton Township: Paul Rose from McKinley and Hazel Roberts from West Vir- ginia, making a freshman class of seventy-eight. Twelve months later we were sophomores under the splendid direction of Miss Stauffer and Mrs. MacDonald. The new students this semester were Marilyn Stocker from Fannington, Michigan, lean Schwall from Louisville, Birch Dillehay from Miner- va, and Paul Robertson from Marlboro. Time passed, and soon we were Iuniors. At long last we were invited in one room under the patient and untiring supervision of Miss Stauffer. Faced with the problem of sponsoring a banquet for the Seniors, we raised money by selling magazines, hot dogs at football games, candy and popcorn, wrappings, Christmas and Easter cards, and, also by presenting our Iunior Class play, Iumpin' Iupiter. The banquet went over in a big way. lt was held at Highland Links Club House on May 12, 1945. Our only regret from the junior year was that we lost Glen Bechtel, who was selected by the army of the United States. As Seniors, with Miss Stauffer as our Senior Spon- sor, we welcomed into our group Bill Beck from Louisville. lack Dunn from Dover, and Charles Rich- ardson from McKinley but lost Wendell Kettering to the Navy and Iack Dunn and Charles Richard- son to the Anny. As Seniors, we inherited the diffi- cult task of editing the annual. We financed this project by presenting the Senior Class play, Girl Shy and by selling potato chips and pretzels the second semester. With a present enrollment of thirty-four: we, the Class of '46, leave behind us pleasant memories of twelve inspiring years.