Middletown High School - Optimist Yearbook (Middletown, OH)

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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

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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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21935 ' Twenty-six Mildred Gates Don't part Mildred from her gum, 'Cause Qthough she won't get sorel She really might look rather glum Until she finds some more. Hi-Y. Mary Gear If Mary passes all the tests Which come into her life, As easy as she does in school She'l1 overcome all strife. Hi-Y. Ed Gephart He's popular with you and me And suits the teachers to a Tug He's marvelous at poetry, And a speaker he could be. Debate Club, Glee Club, Middletonian, Optimist, Purple Masquers, Socc and Buskin, Student Senate, Ye Merrie Jesters. Frank N. Gibbons Frank is the one who types our news, A job he does very .wellg And yet he never has the blues If a big word he cannot spell. Middletonian. Ralph Gilbert Has anybody hair as red As that which grows on Gilbert's head? I-Ie's loads of fun in every room- With him around, there can't be gloom. Viola Mae Goodwin Violafs pretty and she's pert, The fairest Hower of the dell: And all the girls she knows assert In sports she does excel. George M. Gordon Of all the schools to which George went The happiest days with us he's spent, He now studies with us each day A high school diploma will be his pay.. Hi-Y. L. Angela Graf She's a scholar and a worker- She would never be a shirkerg. But the thing that's most worth while Is the sunshine of her smile. Student Senate. Elizabeth Greenbaum It surely is a worth-while art To be so friendly and so smarty To have a ready word of cheer For all who pass her way to hear. College Club, Debate Club, Hi-Y. John Gregory He's not a noisy, boisterous lad, He's quiet and refined: ' We also know he'll never be The one to fall behind. Wilma L. Gregory For some girls there's a pride and joy To go around with just one boy: But Wilma must have many more- She's often seen with three or four. Hi-Y. Cora Josephine Griest Cora Griest is rather tall, Then too, her hair is dark. She always seems to us to be As happy as a lark. Louanna Griest Here's a girl who seems just right, Though not too loud, she's not too quiet: She never studies especially hard, w Yet always has a good grade card. Evelyn Grimm We all love Evelyn's cheerful smile, She's very musical, too: To help a. friend she'd walk a mile, There's nothing she wouldn't do. College Club, Glee Club, Optimist Staff, Orchestra, 1 Student Senate. SENIORS .I 4 l - sl. -no. , , ,,,,,, '