Middletown High School - Optimist Yearbook (Middletown, OH)

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Twenty-fozw Virginia C. Dowrey Always smiling, full of fun, Surely liked by everyone: Jolly, joking,,without care- . All are happy when she's. there. . Mabyl Downing I We never know that she's' around 'Til we hear a laugh or sigh: No better friend could e'er be found No matter how we'd try, , Dorothy Drake That Dorothy's nice is very true: She seems to find a lot to do. People like to have her near Because she's earnest and sincere. Arzella Duff We are captured by the spell Of sweet Arzella Duff, Yes, she does her task quite well, Have we not said enough? Jewell Duff She might not be so large and tall As other girls may be, But then she has a happy look For everyone to see. Mary Louise Duhamel. You can find her in the hall Having fun with all she sees. She has friends both large and small, And her smile is sure to please. Betty Edson Edson and her violin, From the radio was announced, For Cantor heard her lovely tunes And Rubinolf was promptly bounced. College Club, Debate Club, Glee Club, Optimist, Orchestra. Lester Egelston He's quite an artist, A very brilliant boyz' ' 'Tis a very good way His time to employ. Wilbur V. Egelston Wilbur always can be found In some library nook: He knows more doggone history Than the guy who'wrote the-bookl ' ' Hi-Y, Optimist. Thelma Elam She surely is a quiet Miss And she makes her rounds, But we can surely skip all this Since her friendship is so sound. Wilma Eldrid e g Little to say, she's quiet and tall, Wilma is liked by one and all: Always smiling, though she's shy, No work's too hard for her to try. Hi-Y. Howard Ellis This boy's often seen about In a Maxwell run-a-bout: In singing, he can set the style, He helps make glee-club worth the while. Glee Club. Beatrice Ellison Beatrice does make one feel gay, She makes your blues just run away. Her smile does e'er beam sweet and true In cheerfulness on me and you. Tilmon A. Ellison Football is his favorite line, At writing things he's also fine. His nutty column's always read, You'd best watch out-he'll kill you dead. Basketball, Football, Hi-Y, M Club, Middletonian, Optimist. I I- I I I F I SENIORS ,.M..,.......s.Ms ,t. sw:swfn :: ' ' --

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Tom Davis Fat Davis is a football star Over whom the girls make warg There's lots of fun when he is near Because he's always full of cheer, Football, M Club. Bertha Day Perhaps because she's quiet we Decide too soon she's coyg But lucky is the one who has Her friendship to enjoy. Emma Day She's full of life and joy and fun, And all her grades rank highg She brings quick laughs to everyone, And has she friends? Oh, my! Sandwich Girls. Dorothy Deardorff This girl does really know Home Ee., A real good wife she'd make, by heck! She cooks and sews and sure can mend, And all the dances does attend. College Club, Hi-Y, Purple Masquers, Student Senate. Maurice Dennis A Salesman Sam we have with us Who talks both hard and long To sell a thing that makes us cuss Because it's all dead wrong. Debate Club, Middletonian, Optimist, Purple Masquers, Socc and Buskin, Student Senate. ' Retsel Dennis Red says the Y is his only love, But, oh, the joy to see though The reddening flush which mounts his face When anyone mentions Heno. Student Senate. Veronica Derksen A student of dancing, Veronica- Whose hair is short and blonde. The world may acknowledge her some day soon And we'll with yeas respond. Debate Club, Hi-Y, Purple Masquers. Urban Dineen English, Urban cannot stand: Chemistry's too tough, But when it comes to clarinets, He sure can strut his stuff. Band, Orchestra. Desmond J. Dineen This boy is a clever wit 1A whole one-not'a halfl. And the reasonuhefs-a hit, Is 'cause he makes us laugh. Velma Diver A girl who's always full of fun A good, true pal to everyone. She has such lovely hair of brown, And brows that never wear a frown. Peggy Dodds That she is popular we know: I-Ier friends think she's just fine. She always does her work just so With everything on time. Hi-Y, Optimist, Purple Masquers, Socc and Buskin. Mary G. Dohn There's no one who Dohn know Well The talents of this little gal . A better prompter can't be found. For selling hot dogs she's a. hound. College Club, Hi-Y, Junior Class Play, Middletonian, Optimist, Purple Masquers, Sandwich Girls, Socc and Buskin, Sophomore Class Play, Ye Merrie Jesters. Mary Ellen Domlneck Her friends have nicknamed Mary May , She can't be termed a bore: And to describe her, let us say, She's interested in lMooreJ. Hi-Y. Hazel Donathan Hazel's an addict to Spanish In which she is quite smarty But then to be able to vanquish Latin is an art. Optimist.

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SENIORS Juanita Fenton A She's liked and that is no surprise, She spends her leisure cracking wise, She knows it's worse to frown than smile, And so keeps smiling all the while. - Monitor. Jane Fink A cheery smile as she goes by- She's full of pep and fung Loves all kinds of gaiety When her work is done. Hi-Y. Florence Finkelnlan You've never seen Miss Florence iiinch At any word there is in French: And then we think she's mighty sweet, She's just the friend you'd want to keep. College Club, Optimist, Student Senate. Paul Flisher Of football he is very fond, Also a belle of Avalon: Paul is small, but all the same With all his mite he plays the game. Football. Frances Fowles Here we see a studious lass- A friend to everyone. She's nice to have in every class, Her lessons are well done. Paul Fox A boy who makes the students laugh- But that's not all-not even half, 'Cause he makes teachers do it too, Which is really hard to do. Francis Frommer Had Francis first reached Hollywood, Clark Gable would be sad, And sigh most deeply, thinking of The job he might have had. Hi-Y, Minute Men, Optimist, Football. Dorothy Frye She's a girl who's quite refined, Her friends all think she's grand: She's sympathetic'and the kind To lend a helping hand. - Grace F ullen If Virgil could enter 203 First period some fine day, And this fair-haired lass would stand t Her speed would delight him, eh? Dorothy Fulmer To Dorothy lessons must be fun- She carefully prepares each one. And that's the reason she's ahead. Hi-Y, Monitor. James Gailey James is a quiet lad, In math he's far from badg He's likable, so we hear, Quiet, 'loyal and sincere. Merritt Gambill He merits being at the top. The high school's staunch supporterg The paper's star reporter. Optimist, Student Senate. Louie A. Ganz Louie Ganz is quite a clown: He never, never wears a frown. E'er prepared with joke or pun, It's always he who starts the fun. Alfred S. Gardiner A leader, he-and good at sports? Quite athletic, say reports. Success be his, and never strife In all the future walks of life. ' and Buskin, Sophomore Class Play, Stud Track, Ye Merrie Jesters. o recite, To her, they're not such things of dread, And when he starts, he's hard to stop- College Club, I-Ii-Y, Middletonian, Minute Men, College Club, Hi-Y, Middletonian, Optimist, Socc ent Senate, 1 9 3 5 Twenty-five