Leetonia High School - Lehiscan Yearbook (Leetonia, OH)

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The Last Word 01444 of '45 CLASS HISTORY fContinuedj who attended. Some still maintain that the orchestra was the main attraction and practically everyone agrees that we owe the success of it and the good time had by all to the fact that we were dancing to an orchestra. The Senior Class was in charge of the Christmas Assembly, and after a short play was en- acted by a few members of the class, Santa Claus rushed in, read the letters to us that he had received, gave each one in the auditorium a dum-dum, and rushed back out again so that he would be no later than necessary for his next stop. It seems that everyone is in a hurry any- more we even Santa Claus. january 19 our class sponsored a War Souvenir Exhibit in the Board of Education Room after a basketball game. The members of the class had borrowed from friends and relatives dif- ferent things that had been sent to them by boys in the service. The admission was war stamps, and a large sum was earned by the class from this exhibit for the War Fund. The time was coming when it was necessary for us to be thinking about graduation and the many items of business connected with it. These things were taken care of by the class with the help and guidance of our able sponsor, Miss Chamberlain. After voting for a class photographer, Mr. Wolford was chosen, but since many of the class members were not satisfied, only about half of the class went there for pictures. Everyone in the English Literature Class moaned and groaned as Miss Chamberlain told us that each of us would have to write a poem about graduation, the best of which would be chosen for the Class Poem and would be read on Class Day. However, we all found that it was possible, in spite of the fact that most of the poems were very unpoetic and had very little lit- erary value. Different members of the class were exceedingly busy during the week of March I9 to 23 writing the Class Wlill, Prophecy, and History. A special class meeting was held the first period in the morning of March 22 to decide what invitations we wanted. There was not one of us who did not wonder how it could possibly be our turn to graduate this year. During our last year of school we lost several more from our class-a few because that was what they wanted and some because they had no choice and had to go into the armed forces. Those who withdrew this year were Vera Dearth, David Peppel, Lettie Klink, Edward Duco, Kenneth Spear, Robert Warner, Ted Bell, John Young, Evelyn Burton, and Anthony Dominic. On April 20 we presented our Senior play, which was entitled Toby Helps Out. Those who took part were Shirley Holt, Margaret Ferry, Wilma Fire, Shirley Rouse, joe jeswald, Alvin Briclen. Jack White, Dale Klingensmith and Mary Baulo. Our Girl Reserve Club sponsored the annual Girl Reserve Spring Prom for Lisbon and East Palestine Clubs April 27. It was a formal affair so there was some time spent decorating the gymnasium. The Juniors honored us with a beautiful Prom May 5. There was a delicious banquet served after which we had a formal dance in the gymnasium. We all enjoyed it immensely and want to thank the juniors for a good time. May I7 was Class Day. Although we had looked forward to it, when it came at last, we all dreaded it because it meant that we would soon be going our separate ways. Baccalaureate May 20 and Commencement May 22 ended our four pleasant years at L. H. S. Although most of us were anxious to start carrying out the plans we had been making for our lives, we found it difficult to leave withoutanote of sadness in our hearts. Wilma Fire. Lois Tingle. Lucille Price.

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The Last Word Glwu of '45 Class Prophecy In the year 1955 A. D. joy has struck us once again! As we are about to write this story, we-Bill Mathey, john Donley, and Rudie Ashman-are traveling salesmen for the Deming Company of Salem. We just returned from a trip that took us throughout the country on the Brain and Corl Railways from Chicago to all points West. Incidentally, Floyd and George own all the railways of western United States. Upon this route we met many former classmates of the Leetonia High School, Class of 1945. After we left Leetonia, our first stop was Chicago where we met Eddie Duco, now married to Helen Mae Atkinson. Ed is a petty officer in the Navy and is the Admiral's right hand man. He has invented a new game called 'ffootball at sea . Ed told us about a friend of ours, Jim Beilhart. jim was a malaria victim in the Southe Pacific but has recovered wonderfully. Ed took us to see Jim at the Veterans, Hospital where he was receiving the best of care, and no wonder, for his nurse was none other than Margaret Ferry! Her ambition had been fulfilled. She always wanted to be a nurse. After a happy visit in Chicago we visited the Kovach and Hinerman Hotel where we de- cided to stay for the night. The service was excellent, and since we were old classmates, we re- ceived the best of everything. Of course, we went to Edgewater Beach where Shirley Holt was singing with Tommy Dorsey and his band. Shirley is the most famous singer in the land. She was very happy to see us, and in the course of our conversation, she asked us if we had seen jane Siegel, the matron of Illinois State Prison. From Chicago we went to Washington where Coach Joe Bernard was teaching the Red Skins the fundamentals of football, and doing very nicely, too. He hopes for a Rose Bowl game New Year's Day. joe told us that Dean Vestal is teaching at Washington State. He is the toughest teacher thereg few pupils ever pass his tests. From Washington State we went to Hollywood where we saw Bob Shimer playing oppo- site Helyne Louise Spatholt in Nothing But a Dream. Their names were in lights for miles around. From Hollywood we went to the San Diego Marine Base where we saw David Peppel, now a sergeant in the Marines. Mooney,' had decided to make the Marines his life work. This decision really surprised us. At a jerk water town we stopped to pick up David Driscoll who is a farmer in the San Fernando Valley. He has really decided to make the San Fernando Valley his home. He said he had seen jim Stewart recently. Jim is a postman and raises rabbits as a side line. He has over a thousand rabbits. Dave told us that farther east was the Farmer-Stouffer ranch where dudes are always welcome. Dave was making the trip East on business and we were glad to have his company all the way to Georgia where he got off. We stopped for a few hours at Georgia Tech to see Kenny Spear who is studying there to be an engineer. From Georgia we went to Florida where we went to the Archer-Tingle Dress Shoppe which they have named: You Furnish the Shapeg We Furnish the Dress. In our talk of old class mates they told us that Huffnagle and Jeswald are glass blowers, both using their wind to good advantage. Last year they both won prizes for their beautiful work. Lois and Dot also said that Shirley Rouse is now a john Powers' model and she loves her work. Barbara Barrickman is running a journal called S'The Daily Blow. Dorothy Stahl is her assistant, and they are making lots of money. Earl Van Fossan is running a Wolfing Business,