Millersburg High School - Spartonian Yearbook (Millersburg, OH)

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Cfom JQ4fo1f On a pleasant September momlng rn 1946 f1ftye1ght eager boys and grrls regrstered as Freshmen at Mlllersburg Hrgh School Under the superv1s1on of the1r class sponsor Mr Maple the class elected the follow1ng offrcers presldent Robert Huston v1ce presrdent Dwtght Stewart secretary and treasurer Iohn Math1e Ruth Bergoon represented the fresh man class as queen s attendant The only class act1v1ty durmg the year was the class party held in the hlgh school aud1tor1um 1n May There were two transfers durxng the year Gene Waltman and Charles Krng Our sophomore year began w1th a number of changes 1n enrollment The great number of wrthdrawals loan Slack Ruth Bergoon Mary Car1llon Annabelle Camahan Faye Weaver Unlta Akms Gene Whrttenmeyer and Robert Lewrs were offset however by the add1t1on of f1VG new members B1ll Marks Glorla Krrk patnck Evelyn Calame lack Rottman and Mrldred Vaughn The off1cers who so eff1c1ently led us through th1s year as sophs were presl dent Iames We1ss vrce presldent Royal Hall secretary Esther Farr treasurer M1r1am Stauf fer One of the hrghhghts of th1s year was the annual Homecom1ng Game and Dance The sophomore attendant was Evelyn Calame The year closed w1th the sophomore party wh1ch entertamed the class sponsors Mr Maple and at the Country Club After the pass1ng of summer we soon found ourselves back rn school wrth a new cognomen that of Jun1ors Two former members faxled to answer roll Naom1 Fortune and R1chard Schel l1n but Aldene and Charlene M1ller enrolled as new members The class leaders for th1s very busy year were presldent Iohn Math1e v1ce presrdent Arl1e Rodhe secretary and treasurer Margaret Anderson The holdlng of a concesston stand at the football and basketball games was a pleasure and a worry shared by all In February the envy of all under classmen we recerved our class rlngs Mr Carpenter our capable d1rector selected and d1rected the Iunror Class Play Th1s play entrtled Footloose played two perform ances one Fnday aftemoon November 19 and In the even1ng of the same date lmmed1ately after the play M1r1am Stauffer entertarned at her home for the cast d1rector and other per sons connected w1th the play Enabled by the gurdance of our competent class adv1sor M1ss Iuamta Schofreld we came to the crown1ng act1v1ty of the year the Iunxor Senlor Banquet and the Prom The theme and decoratrons for th1s gala affa1r were those pertammg to a French outdoor Cafe called Ccde de La Paree Ray Shank and hrs orchestra furnished the musxc After the prom we breakfasted at the BIIGI' H111 Country Club And so wrth the tak1ng of semester tests another year of hxgh school was f1n1shed before we real1zed 1t We are now senrors looklng more and more 1nto our fu-tures As senrors we are a large class of forty frve Several have fallen by the waysrde Iuamta Sutherland Allce McCoy Mary Sm1th and Iack Rottman Class offlcers for th1s last and lmportant year are presldent Robert Huston vrce presrdent Gary Hall secre tary and treasurer Evelyn Calame Senlor class advrsor IS Walter Regula The annual Home comrng Game and Dance was sponsored by the semor class Our l-lomecommg Queen was Glorla Krrkpatrlck and her sen1or attendants were Sue Roberts and Esther Farr Each year our school partrcrpates 1n tlre Prrnce of Peace Contest Th1s year a part1c1pant from our class Ela1ne Egger won the county declamat1on con test The ed1tor1n chref of our annual was Robert Huston and the asslstant edltor was M1r1am Stauffer On Apr1l 21 under the d1rec tion of Mr Warren Thomas our class presented our class play One Foot In Heaven. Th1s play based on the book by Hartzell Spence was the story of the trrals and problems of a m1n1ster and h1s fam1ly rn tak1ng over a new parlsh Before closlng the last days of our h1story 1t mrght be wrse and f1tt1ng to pause and recall to m1nd some other contnbutxons we as mem bers have attarned rn the endeavors of scholar Perta1n1ng to the Kent Scholarsh1p conducted at Wooster the follow1ng awards were grven 1n d1v1s1on III 1n th1s drstrrct to Margaret Ander son Engl1shI n1nth Engl1sh II s1xth Engl1sh Ill n1nth also honorable mentlon 1n the state all three years to Ela1ne Egger world hlstory f1fteenth Amerlcan hlstory f1fth and 1n the state fourteenth 1n the d1v1s1on III to Robert Huston seventh 1n Latrn I and M1r1am Stauffer elghth IH Latm ll ln the annual Sentor Scholarsh1p test ad mlnlstered to the upper twenty frve per cent of all senlors 1n Holmes County M1r1am Stauffer ranked frrst Margaret Anderson second Ela1ne Egger fourth Robert Van Srckle flfth Robert Huston s1xth and MarcellaGrassman elghth As to sports our class has produced some outstandlng athletes Football lettermen for the sen1or year were Royal Hall loe Norman Gary Hall llm WQISS Bob Huston B1ll Marks Davrd Kauffman Nlle Hochstetler Herman Clme Robert Van Slckle and Howard Skelly In basketball the lettermen were Bob Huston Ioe Norman Davrd Kauffman and Herman Clme In our last three years of h1gh school our ath let1c achzevements have been much above the average In football we placed two boys on the all league team for three years and three others for two years With Baccalaureate and Commencement over we shall say adleu U 1 1 , : - ' . l 1 I I I 1 I 3 I 1 I 1 1 , . . - 1 ' , . : ' ' , : - , . l 3 1 1 I I I 1 I I I I I ' I 1 1 I ' I I ' ' - , 1 1 1 l I ' I I I ' 1 I I l 1 I r 1 2 , - I - Mrs. Mary Roberts and also friends of the class sh1p and 1n the name of sports. 1 , I S - . 1 - : ' - ' : ' ' , ' : 1 - n I W I ' 1 ' : ' ' ' ' ' I ' , ' 2 1 1 I 1 u I 1 ' I l l I ' I I q 4 I I W-T I W- I I I 1 l W V I W I ' I I I ' I I I A ' . 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CZOILZIII W Frrends and Relattves of th1s class of 1950 we have called you together at thts ttme to makf known to you what cltsposttron has been made of the proper y of your dear ones As a result of the good foresrght and clear thou ht cf th se love d ones we have thrs last wtll and testament made by them a few weeks before therr death To Whom I' May Concern We the Class of 1950 of Mxllersburg I-hgh School County of Holmes State of Ohro bema Of legal age sound mmd and memory do make and declare thus to be our last wrll and testament Item We the Semor Class bequeath to the Iumor Class our excellent example of stze and brrlltancy Item We leave to the Sophomores the advtce to talk ltttle and study hard P997 rn Mrss McCabe s study hall I em We leave to the Freshman Class the advrce not to chew gum rn Mrs Roberts classes Item I N1 e I-I :hs etler wrll my excess welght to Iumor Vaughn I em I Robert Van Sxckle w1ll to Kenny Henderson and Harold Snyder my abrlxty to get along wlth the admmlstratron m I Iohn Mathre wlll my abrlrty of not wastmg trme rn study hall o Bch Patterson Item I Marcella Grossman wrll my Democracy As to Speed Ell1ott Item I Bob Huston w1ll my shoulders to B111 Shonk Item I Aldene Ivlrller w1ll my abllrty to get through wtthout studymg to Carol Ann Ittner Item I Arlre Rodhe wlll my abrlxty to get along wtth Mr Swaykus to Clatr Wetss Item We Nola Calhoun and Bob Van Sickle leave our seats at the El to Mlke Roberts and Margle Groff Item Item I Gary Hall w11l my srze 48 sweater and abrhty t fxll xt out to Norma Iean Schrock Item I I Gloria Kxrkpatrtck wlll my dr1v1ng abxllty to Beverly Rowe tem I I Iames Wergand leave my Job as proyectronxst to Pat Martrn tem I Marcella Grossman wrll my temper boyfrxends sense of :tumor and Marcella Ways rn general to Carol Ittner tem I Erleen Huebner wrll my refmed gxggle to Betty Lou Ellxot Item I Margaret Anderson w1ll my expenences rn drrvmg class to Aretta Calame Item I Evelyn Mrller leave my remammg box of powder to Nancy U Item I Ioe Norman wxll my seat at Duffy s to Iohn Farr Item I Mxrxam Stauffer wrll my posture to Charlotte Morrtson Item I Margaret Lrtteral wxll my knack of saytng ah when reodrng to Ioan Mast Item I Evelyn Calame w1ll my quret nature to Bob Casey Item We Evelyn Mrller Marilyn Rupp and Arhe Rodhe w1ll our partnershrp and equrpment rn physrc lab to anyone who has the nerve to take xt Item I Sue Roberts wrll all my boy frxends except Brg Ioe Lora Mrller Item I Herm Clrne wrll my false teeth to Iaruce Mullet Item We Howard Skelly and Bxll Marks wxll our forged excuses to Iohnny Mxller and Bob Patterson provxded they use them only rn case of emergency Item I Mxldred Vaughn wtll my hrgh grades to my brother Clarence Item I Ianet Wolgamott leave my abllxty to get along wrth Clark to Shrrley Cullen Item I Esther Farr wxll my slxm warstlme to Carolyn Bernard Item I Bob Clme wxll my herght to Harold Snyder Item I Ilm Werss w1ll my lrttle head to B111 Shonk Item 1 I Dave Kauffman wrll Klmgers Street to Mrke Roberts tem I Evelyn Bernhart wrll my abxltty to wlpe drshes to Marrlyn Brgler Item I Iean Patterson wrll my H1 Y pm to Glorta Yeager Item I Lulu McCluggage w1ll my abrlrty to play baseball to Pat K11ngler Item I Lou Anne Maller wrll my pretty blue eyes to Bob Ellrot provrdmg he uses them to catch a grrl Item I Pete Waltman wrll my NATURAL colored harr to Beverly Hedrngton Item I Barbara Peters wtll my abrlrty to get along wrth Dave Kauffman to Pat Klrngler Item I Ioyce Stenhouse w1ll my red halr freckles and qurck temper to Patsy Frsher Item I Ralph Lawhead wrll my crop of halr to Kenny Henderson Item Anna Mae Mohler bestows upon Barbara Hunter her con versatronal abxltty Item I Alfred Shedron w1Il my seat rn the semor class to my brother Drck Item 'Ioe Norman leaves to anyone 1n need of rt hrs unusual achzevement of goxng through school wrthout studymg Item Iean Patterson leaves her latest book How to Get Slrm Over Nrght to Bonme Uhl Item Elame Egger bequeaths her drgmty and porse to Exleen Lower Item I Fern I-Ialfhrll wrll my argumentatrve power to Iean Mathxe Item We bequeath Bob Schmrdt s drawmg and managmg abllrty to Harold and Mrke Item Ianet Wolgamott wxshes her smallness upon Dora Fehndrrck Item Howard Skelly bequeaths hrs fondness for playmg hookey to Ixm Steele Item I Mrrram Stauffer w1l1 my typmg abxlxty to Paulme Welqand Item I Charlene Mrller leave my art drawmg to Iva Mohler Item I Marxlyn Rupp wrll the color of my harr to Betty Lou Elhott so she can save a lrttle money on peroxxde In testtmony whereof we subscrrbe our names at Mtllersburq Ohxo thxs twenty thrrd day of May ln the year of our Lord one thousand nme hundred and frfty and declare thxs to be our last wxll and testament I t , ' g 1 e 2 , , . . ' ' : lie : A ' , - I H ' ' l' ' - 0 G I ' . . . . . . I, Betty Lou McKee, will my false teeth to Beverly Hedlngton. l t - ' I I ' - . . O . . I ' hl. . ' ' I . I . :I - u V . ' I I l

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C 6L6:5 Today we are met on a great battle freld The battle of course was the courageous four year struggle of the hrgh school teachers as they trred to pound some book larnrng through the chrsel proof blockheads The occasron for thrs meetrng rs the 1950 Class Reunron on the campus of dear old M HS The date rs 1975 the trme actrvrty perrod All of those who survrved the meal fHa'l rn the cafeterra are here By takrng a qurck survey we drscover that all the graduates of 1950 are present We are gorng to call on each of these mature ladres and gentlemen to grve a speech entrtled My Lrfe Srnce I Graduated ln school Maggre Anderson always had to recrte frrst so why break the tradrtron Maogre Anderson walks up to the stage and mounts the same steps She begrns After graduatron 1 became qurte hunchbacked People called me the Hunchback of MHS 1 started rnventrng I rnvented a very useful gadget called the Bookskooter for use rn takmg books from class to class and to home and back I made a fortune Srnce I never marrred I now lrve at Anna Mae Mohlers old age home Anna Mae at the mentron of her name stands and says I made such a success at rarsrng my brothers and srsters that 1 decrded to run an old age home The name rs Sunnysrde House My husband Ethelbert and 1 have 13 chrldren lf ever you should feel the need of peace and solrtude look for me Pete Wayland Waltmarr rs our next speaker Youd hardly recognrze Pete as you remember hrs hrgh school form Maybe hrs speech wrll tell you why Soon after graduatrng I took a Charles Atlas course 1 am now known as Sampson Ill rn the frghtrng world Ioe Lours was my strongest opponent I never lrked hrs tactrcs of resrgnmg and then returnrng to frght some more ln our bout called The Wrnner Lrves Pray for the Loser I completely demolrshed Ioey' Pete wrll always be remembered for hrs words after the frght It was a great frght Ma' lt must have been those IGA wheatres I ate for breakfast Barbara Peters the one and only lady wrestler wanted to prove that she was strong and durable Thrs rs her clarm I was narled rnto a barrel and rolled over Nragara Falls Im now classrfred as a dare devrl as well as a wrestler Glorra Krrkpatrrck darntrly approaches the stage I have been qurte busy because of the large amount of publrcrty I recerved as Homecomrng Oueen 1949 I was chosen Oueen for a Century One of the many prrzes was a sweet man who rs now my husband I have starred rn several movres the most rmportant are the followrng Life In M.l'I S Ways To Make Teachers Resign the Advantages of Taking Bookkeeping To thrnk I owe all thrs to the 1949 football squad Boo Schmrdt rs the next to state hrs lrfe I am assrstant coach at Ohro State Umversxty I recerved thrs posrtron because of my experrence under coach Ioe My superior rs Coach Bang Bang Each day that we play I set rat traps rn the rrvals locker room Once when I was caught 1 had to go on trral When sentenced to hang I remarked My only regret rs that I have but one set of rat traps to set for my team Srnce thrs remark has somethrng to do wrth hrstory I was set free Youd hardly recogmze the lean Patterson we remember from hrgh school days Her story rs I own a shop on Frith Avenue called The Fat Farewell I trp the scale at 98 lbs My customers are very well pleased Because of my chemr cal knowledge I perfected a reducrng ard called leans Iumprng Iacks' Thrs rs the prrncrple of the matter you rump up and down and therefore lose werght Lula McCluggage and Evelyn Bernhart approach to grve therr speeches We run radro statron IC S C rn Mrllersburg Back rn 50 when we were the A students rn speech we decrded to make thrs our career A few of our orrgrnal programs are these The Kiddie Story Hour Iackson Street Goulp Hour and the Millerlburg Telephone Hour Our telephone hour rs not the same as the Bell Telephone Hour On our program rnstead of playrng musrc we srmply lrsten to other peoples phone conversatrons It rs really very mterestmq loe Norman comes to tell hrs tale I lead a very excrtrng lrfe I teach ballet rn my school Balanced Beautres The reason 1 chose thrs professron 1S because I was so darnty and graceful rn hrgh school I starred rn many dances before retrrrng to teach The greatest hrt was The Flrght of the Man After the Bumble Bee Strng A streak of red zooms towards the stage It lands un wrnds rtself and look' rts Evelyn Mrller' She opens her mouth fSound lrke a frre srrenl That s rrght' How drd you guess rt? I am a frreman 1 mean frrelady 1 get to blow the srren and drrve the red truck I am the frre chref of Holmes County' Thrs all occurred after I won a contest l was voted Mrss Frrelady because 1 was so round so lrrm so fully packed so free and easy on the ladder' A drgnrfred gentleman quretly walks to the stage It rs none other than Ralph Lawhead known rn hrgh school as Wrmp A churchly srlence falls as Ralph speaks I am a preacher rn Walnutcreek At the present I am wrrtrng a theme so I can become a brshop The trtle of my theme s Hooks and Eyes are Better Than Buttons I havent mastered the Amrsh dralect yet but 1 am strll tryrng' By Everyone seems dumbfourrded as Erleen at least we thrnk rt rs Erleen moves to the center of attentron She has changed consrderably srnce graduatron She states 1 am the featured dancer rn the Casablanca Nrte Club My manager rs none other than loyce Stenhouse She wrrtes all my scrrpts teaches me how to do them and also collects my pay loyce once sard to me Strck wrth me and youll go a long long way' l drd go a long way all the way to Canton' Iohn Mathre alras lohn brrng em back alrve Mathre stealthrly comes to the stage He acts as though he IS trackrng somethrng He realrzes he rs rn front of people and he stands strarght After a qurck survey of the audr torrum he begrns I made my fortune by trackrng down another Gargantua I got my love for huntrng from huntrng rabbrts rn the wrlds of Holmes County One great experr ence was thrs I was huntrng rabbrts rn the Danvrlle Hrll Terrrtory l saw one and 1 got hrm' I burlt a frre and roasted hrm After eatrng rt I felt strange I was rll for two days 1 adopted thrs motto If at frrst you don t succeed try try agarn' And now havrng followed thrs motto I am a success Nola Calhoun comes ploddrng down the arsle She turns and says After graduatron I took a course to become a Powers Model I am a model although not one of the Powers lovelres I am the before rn the before and after ads Next rs Herm Clrne who says I am head coach at the Salrtrlla lnstrtute of Technology Our only sport rs barnyard golf srnce most of the students have never heard of any other sport They have never seen the lrghts of Mrllersburg or even a reasonable facsrmrle In barnyard golf our team IS known as The Manure Prles ' r . . I r . r ' I I I. 1 ' - ' I I ' the way, don't call me 'Wimp'! My name is 'Brother Hal-ph'.