Millersburg High School - Spartonian Yearbook (Millersburg, OH)

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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 . . 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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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Gnftnvte Nrle Hochstetler the lrttle barrel comes rollrng onto the stage He stands there for a mrnute whrle he puts hrs chaw of dentrne off to one cheek and then shouts Ve bucht du' He begrns Vell vhen l graduated I vorked at de hard vare store for a vhrle Vun day vhen I vas vrxrng a state for Emmanuel Yutzy a farmer east of ere I vas yet strll vrxcn the stafe chust den I saw hrs daughter It vas lope at frrst srght Ve ve marrred soont after dat Dat was rn 1952 Ve now haf 23 chrldren On Sundays after church ve chews up for a ballgame Countrn moder and me ve hate almost enough for 3 ballteams Charlene Mrller comes to the stage We notrce a very defrnrte change Gone rs the sweetness of her hrgh school days She pulls a key charn from her pocket and begrns twrrlrng rt as she speaks Some of you have probably heard of Slugger Sal Wal thats me' I bought the Cleve land lndrans' Im the frrst player manager srnce Lou Boudreau Last season we nosed out those blankety blank Yankees and went on to wrn the World Serres from the Dodgers It was the frrst World Champronshrp won smce l948' Iames Wetss tauntrly trots to the stage Hrs explanatron to hrs classmates rs I thought I could get rrch qurck so I bet all of my thrrtyftve dollars on one horse Sad case- the horse lost I then trred my luck at musrc I have a band of my own whrch has run Sprke Iones out of busmess Our best sellrng record was An Imrtatron of the M H S Band Mrrram Stauffer comes toward the stage wrth that stlly grggle we remember She says Srnce they had to pay me an unemployment check each week for ten years the County Commrssroners gave me a rob Every nrght after take my lrttle candle and dutrfully lrght every street lrght' Then I carry my lantern and call two oclock and alls well' Howard Skelly rs the next one to recrte I decrded that one reason the world rs rn such a mess rs because of lrquor I have campargned very strongly agarnst rt Some of my many clubs are Beer Bottle Busters Anti Drlnkers and the lrke My most rnfluencrng sp ecn was Down wrth Lrquor Rum and Beer Prohrbrtron Trme Is Here' Aldeen Mrller srster of the famous slugger comes down to grve her speech I own operate and edrt the Holmes County Farmer Hub' We have a Louella Parsons column and a murder page One nght Mrrram Stauffer farled to lrght one lrght' Rrght on that street the bloodrest murder Mrllersburg has ever seen was commrtted IThe one and only murder'l We never found the murderer I was ac cused of murderrng someone Just so I could get news for my paper' Coke Hall demurely comes to the stage Ah' Such a delrcate srght' The narls on hrs perfect hands are at least an rnch long and are polrshed to a gleamrng prnk' I-Irs face smoothly shaven lrghtly powdered Hrs warm blue eyes shrnmg and the lashes becomrngly curled And hrs harr oh hrs harr' Those stubborn curls the hrgh school gals loved are gone replaced by waves unrformly set Truly here rs a gentleman Wrth perfect artrculatron he begrns I am glad to see all my wonderful classmates agarn It has been a long perrod of trme srnce we together sat rn thrs audrtorrum As I lrstened to the other speeches I notrced how much some of you changed But l havent really changed The rnterest I always had rn manners fashrons and styles and harrdos has profrted me I run a harrdressrng salon rn New York the Cafe de la Pelopere In the mornrnq I perfect new harr dos for the ladres I frxed Rrta Hayworth s harr when she marrred her llth husband Dean Stockwell In the afternoon I teach manne s My best student rs Srr Walter Ralergh I attrrbute all my success to the manners I practrced rn hrgh school Suddenly the quret peace rs broken Bang' Bangl A knock kneed blonde rs comrng down the axsle Bang! Bang' Zoom' A larrat srngs rnto the arr' She at least we thrnk rts a she yes rts Esther Farr stops sprts tobacco 1u1ce onto the wall tosses her chaw rnto the balcony and begrns talkrng Dont make a false move anybody' Im the roughest toughest gal rn all the west ITo prove thrs she promptly lassos the prano and pulls rt onto the stage She perches on the top of the prano as she contrnues? The reason I came out west rs that I won a peroxrde blonde contest The ranch I lrve on was one of the prrzes And I surely have funl Yahoo! And wrth a few more bangs she goes back to her seat Bob Huston struts down the arsle He looks lrke a rmportant' guy I wonder what he rs' He clears hrs throat and begrns I became Presrdent of the Unrted States I fulfrlled Mr Almendrngers dream of an rndependent trcket I was elected on a completely rndependent vote My great est problem durrng my admrnrstratron was how to drvrde the profrts of the U N group I had plenty of experrence rn hrgh school on thrs subrect The questron then was thrs What to do about the concessrons of tournaments between the Hr Y and Trr H1 Y Maggre Lrtteral drrves up to the stage She comes to an abrupt halt Jumps out of her trny car and onto the stage She looks at the audrence and says Ah-ah I-ah became the MHS drrvrng teacher when Mr Crrssey at long last decrded to retrre Ah excuse me a mrnutel fThe drrvrng rnstructor reaches down and turns off the swrtch Und IIQNS of her Carl She now contrnues The brggest rterr-ah rn my lrst of teachrng rs-ah teachrng the stu dent to-ah park a car Ah smce rt was the easrest thrng for me to do when I took drrvrng rn schooll lahemll Another obrect rs teachtng them to start wrthout lerkrng Well-ah I guess that s-ah-all I have to say' She crawls rnto her trny car and starts me motor But somethrng rs wrong' The car rs Jerkrng' After Jerkrng about ten feet Maggre realrzes that the emergency brake rs on' Then she grtnds the gears and starts forward agarn Ierk' Ierk' Oh there she goes' And she rs out of srght lrke a streak of dust' There was rust one frnal speech to be made lt was not hard to recognrze Marcella Grossman I belreve the years have been krndest of all to her and why not? Marcella who never was one to get excrted always permrttrng others to grve therr oprnrons frrst now spoke calmly and brrefly of her rnterestrng lrfe Whrle a student nurse at Pomerene Hosprtal I marrred the Chref of Staff I later became Supt of Nurses Through our successful manage ment that rnstrtutron has grown untrl rt now occupres the north portron of the crty of Mrllersburg She pauses realrzxng that she has sard more than she rntended Wrth that calm and frtendly smrle that each of us re member so dearly Marcella takes her place wrth the others IMy the thrngs she could tell rf she only wouldl We the senrors of 1950 are out of school lrke a streak of dust Here we stand enterrng the gates of real lrfe whrch road shall we take? The answer lres rn the crystal ball of the future f . . uk rr I- ' ' ' 4 I 1 . 1 ' , ' ' ' , . . . A ' - ' r. Vanny's Slop Shop closes, I roll up the sidewalks. Then I . ' ' ' . ', ,, ' D . I . . , , . . , . 11 I . ' I I ' I 1 I 1 A - 1 I 1 I ' . ' 4 I . , I -