Millersburg High School - Spartonian Yearbook (Millersburg, OH)

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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'.

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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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Cufafufme Ianet Wolgamott rs rn the lrmelrght Her story rs Due to my physrcal powers I became a Grrls Physrcal Edu catron teacher My favorrte subJect rs teachrng the grrls to wrestle Some of them plan on becomrng professronal wrestlers and they have adopted the names of Nature Boy and Swedrsh Angel Coach Ioe doesn t exactly approve of thrs class you see as the grrls wrestle they scratch and pull harr Usually they mrss the vrctrm and scratch all the frnrsh from the basketball floor Sue Roberts walks to the platform She strll has her hrgh school walk' After studyrng forergn affarrs I decrded we Just couldnt have a thrrd world war Due to my smallness I was able to squeeze under the Iron Curtarn Then I assassrnated Ioe Stalrn and I charmed hrs son rnto marrymg me Now I have a place rn world polrtrcs that rs equaled only by Eleanor Roosevelt Alfred Shedron comes forward to contrrbute thrs Srnce I was a lrttle country boy I never got to partrcrpate rn as many sports as I wanted to However I do love sports I never made rt through college to become a coach I do referee certarn games My specralrtres are bull frghts and chrcken frghts' Evre Calame moves toward the platform She says All my shorthand drdnt do me any good I marrred the frrst man whose lap I sat on Arlre s' We were marrred rrght after graduatron We have two lovely chrldren Brrdget :nd Olrver Cadwell Arlre s pet preve rs Instead of takrng shorthand you should have taken Home Economrcs If we survrve thrs meal let s go out to eat tomorrow ' Blame Egger dramatrcally approaches the stage I Just flew rn from New York she begrns Most of you know that I was expelled from Wooster College because I had such terrrbly low grades After thrs drsgrace qureted down I went to New York to study actrng My current hrt rs Mary s Other Husband As she leaves the stage a card slrps from her purse Someone prcks rt up and reads rt When Elarne rolls dem eyes the audrence rs hypnotrzed The reader rs Bob Clrne' He says Well srnce I am here I may as well tell my tale of woe' I became a radro announcer It happened rather strangely The year that the Mrllersburg football team beat Calrfornra rr' the Rose Bowl game every one was so excrted that no one was announcrng S I grabbed the mrke and descrrbed the game As a result I have an rmportant part rn radro My motto always has been All that I am or ever hope to be I owe to Mr Carpen ter s speech class ' Betty Lou McKee follows Bob I became cr school teacher Yes I frnally realrzed my lrfe long ambrtron when I recerved my B A from the Stay T11 You Graduate College It took me thrrteen years but I feel rt was worth rt I teach my favorrte subJect Math' Arlre Rodhe rmportantly walks to the stage He clarms Due to the very rnterestrng drscussrons we always had rn physrcs I became a screntrst My thesrs for my masters degree was Drd Horsepower Get Its Name From Iames Watt? I am presrdent of the Atomrc Krll or Let Lrve Com mrttee We also have very mterestmg drscussrons on every day problems Could doctors use atomrc energy? and others lrke that' Marrlyn Rupp comes to plead her case before her class mates I mcrrrred Phrlrp Vanderbrlt III I am very rrch Due to the extravagant generous habrts I formed when I was a senror I now grve much to charrty Remember the many trmes I wanted to spend money when everyone else was agarrrst rt? fahem'l After all you cant take rt wrth you' Gary fTrnyl Hall lumbers up to the stage The audrtorrum shakes as G Hall speaks I was awarded the Nobel Prrze for my outstandrng scholastrc work The frelds my brarn has covered best as my publrc would say are mathematrcs Englrsh chemrstry and physrcs I have wrrtten many books whrch take some of the dullness out of school The best seller was How to Take Physics and Like It. Louanne Mrller Congresswoman recltes The trtle of my current speech rs School Chrldrens Rrghts If you elect me and I get thrs brll through here rs the school program youd have Nme months vacatron two months srck leave and three weeks to get ready for the fourth week The fourth week wrll be the M1llersburgI.oudonv1lle football game Of course that week wrll be spent 1n pep rallres rn preparatron for the frnal nrght After pushmg thrs brll through I mtend to try to abolrsh all formal educatron After all experrence IS the best teacher Brll Marks cane and hat rn hrs hand comes to the stage Wrth a cultured vorce he speaks I am professor of Busrness Economrcs at Harvard Unrversrty I also am chref dean and advrsor to the boys For srx years I was presrdent but I decrded to teach I have traveled over the entrre world thrs rs an ard rn my teachrng Mrllre Vaughn strll retarnrng her 99 lb frgure speaks her lrfe I was chosen as Mrss Cornfed of 1955 Ive made several movres One was about Holmes County How Green Was My Comheld' I have been starrrng on many televrsron shows Durrng my career Iames M G M Wergand has been my drrector He produced all my shows and he has been very successful rn televrsron Before any producer makes a movre they must call and ask Iames NBC s permrssron' There rs a puff of smoke precedrng the next speaker water on the table The vorce comrng through the fog-clear and cultured remrnds one of the great F D R Then rn an rnstant we recognrze rt as the vorce of Dave Kauffman IThere rs a recess of 15 mlnutes whrle the smoke rs cleared from the stagel Now Dave speaks Iust call me governor yes Just call me governor The democracy class so rntrrgued and fascmated me that I made polrtrcs my career fAnother pause-Dave takes a drrnk of water now contrnuesl My frrst offrce was a GC-Garbage Collector Through the years durrng an uphrll clrrnb I have been successful lust dont forget classmate Dave when electron rolls around! Robert VanSrckle comes to the stage wrth that too too famrlrar I know all about everythmg walk Havmg made as brg a show as he can muster he starts Wa I marrred a rrght purty grrl She and I have srxteen young uns I was elected presrdent no--not the Unrted States but of the local PTA' The nrght electrons were held someone rn the crowd remembered my chrldhood Ah yes so good so studrous so r at and clean rn manners and dress so helpful to the school admrnrstratron fahem l so agreeable so krnd to dumb anrmals-ah yes wlth a past such as that could anyone qualrfy as well as I7 For my busrness I run Vannys Slop Shop I also sell bootleggers lrquor under the trtle Drop Dead Beverages I also call square dances and ah er that rs I Some of us thought Vanny would talk forever' But Fern Halfhrll went up on to the stage and threw hrm off Fern rs weanng a polrce unrform She grves her speech M career rs a worthy one' I decrded that men are runnrng the government entrrely too much' I ran for sherrff of Holmes County and made rt' Instead of Fearless Frank t rs now Fearless Fern At each corporatron lrmrt there are srgns wrth thrs wordrng Lawbreaker dont let Fern see you herel f I - I - ll I ll . . Il , r I . . I. 1 1 H I 'I I - I I ' , , , , ', Through the film of smoke we see a hand place a glass of ' ' , 0 . . 1 ' ' re ' , . I l ' J J . i - , . ' , ' ' , ' . , I