Ohio City Liberty High School - O Citian Yearbook (Ohio City, OH)

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CLASS HISTORY At last, the time appointed for the try- outs for the Major League had arrived. It was 1947, and Z8baseballfans were there, warming up for the great event. After the try-outs, we learned that although we had skill, we didn't have enough experience. So began our years of work to achieve Ex- perience and the great honor of being a member of the Major League. All 28 of us started our first year of work with Dick Busch and Gale Smith as our Managers, Our Coach was Miss Vera Dull. Unfortunately, a few of our members found the training rules too strict and we re forced to seek greener pastures. The second year only Z0 proved to have survived the first year. However, our goal seemed a little closer. This renewed our strength and we chose Lorna Agler and Dick Points as our Managers, Mrs. Helen Wurster was our Coach, This year, our third, we were deter- mined to prove we had Experience. We chose Charles Cramer and Gale Smith as our Manage rs, Miss Joyce Seve rn was our Coach. There were still Z0 of us seeking to be in the Major League. We gave a class play, I Wouldn't Know!, to gain money to continue our work. We continued to in- crease our treasury by other means. ln 18 May, 1950, we gave a banquet for ourpre- decessors who has already received honors in the Major League. At long last, in our fourth year, we decided we we re ready to again try-out for the Major League. After the try-outs we found that all 20 of us were acceptable. We were divided into 4 tearnsg the Braves, the Phillies, the Dodgers, and the Yankees. We chose Charles Cramer and Larry Kohn as our Managers. Again, Miss Joyce Seve rn consented to be our Coach. To help finance ourlast year, we had various pro- jects which helped bring in money. Finally, after much hard work, we have achieved Success. We have found that Success does not come easily, butnot one of us would exchange a minute of the time we have spent, We have found that most of the fun we have had come in working for Success, not in having gained it. We hope this wisdom will follow us through life so that we will always be working toward a goal.

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YANKEES WILMA FIC KERT Y-Teens I, 2,3,45 Girls' Chorus 1,25 Mixed Chorus 1, 25 Minstrel 45 Band I,2, 3,45 Dramatics 3,45 Open House 45 Annual Staff 4. IIM RICKARD Class Treasurer 25 Mixed Chorus I5 Boys' Chorus 15 Band I5 Drum Major 25 News Reporterzg Secretary I5 L1brarian25 Basketballlvlan- ager 35 Bowling Green Contest 25 Annual Staff 4. IOANNE RICKARD Secretary45 Y-TeensI,2 3 4 Officerz 4- F H A 1 2 3 ,Sec- . . . .. - - - . . .4 retary3,4,DisLrictS 5 ' ' ' ecretary 4, Girls Chorus I,2,4: MixedChorus 1, 2, 45 Band 1, 2, 35 Treasurer 25 Minstrel I5 Librarianz, 3, 45 Open House 3,45 Dramatics 3,45 Cheerleader 2,3,41 Class Play 35 An- nual Staff 4. GALE SMITH President 1, Vice-President I 3- Totem Pole Editor 2 Tot , . ,35 em P01eSI21ffI,2.3,4: Projectionist l,2,3,45 Junior ClassPlay 35 Pre- liminary Test I,2, 35 Final Test I ,2,35 Junior Red Cross 3,45 An- nual Editor. LOMA AGLER President 25 Y-Teens I, 2, 3,4, Vice-President 3, President 45 F. H.A. 15 Girls' Chorus 1,25 Mixed Chorus 1,25 Band I,2, 3, 45 Pres- ident 45 Totem PoleStaff1, 2 Dramatics 3,45 Presidents' Council 2 - R d 35 Ass't Annual Editor. ,3, 4: Librarian I , 2, Head Librarian 45 ,4, e Cross 3,42C13SS Play

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JY-I-ik ',. 'Mm 1 ' 7 ' ' ' ' r ssfxaf 45 s, i C I It at N -A U - 2- L ' ll' -2-E: :Q-is X' ' 'df CLASS PROPHECV It was a beautiful, sunshiny day! In fact, just the right kind of a day for baseball game. It was May 10, 1988. In the Green Grass Field Stadium in Ohio City, Ohio, 82, 500 fans were waiting for the game of the year to start. This game would determine the World Champion- ship. Suddenly, there arose a great cheer. The game between the Ohio City Fireballs and the Dulltown Crackers was about to begin. I found my seat and sat down. Then I happened to glance at the man who sat next to me, It was none other than the world famous comedian, James Rickard. He had just arrived in the United States from Hawaii where he had put on a 4 hour television show. I asked him if he knew of the whereabouts of any other members of our class. This is what I learned from him. It seems he had met Sharon Meeker, the famous dancer, in Hawaii. She is teaching the native girls a new dance called the Hula-Can-Can. Charles Cramer has won the re- putation in the movie world as the second Great Lover. Opal Taylor, Mary Boroff, Darlene Davis, and Betty Stutz have opened an Escort Bureau for Women in New York, When last heard of, they had already made SZ million. Dick Points and Larry Kohn are in Florida showing children from the ages of 3 to 4how to ride amotorcycle safely. Jane Anne Stemen is in Hollywood working for the Fashion Movie Picture Company. She makes toupees for the movie stars. Wilma Fickert also works for the Fashion Movie Picture Company. She is head of the Sound Effects Dept. It is rumored that she puts the smack in the kisses for this movie company. Jeanette Roller and Joanne Rickard have moved to Texas and have opened a cooking class to teach the boys in the Army how to prepare a home - cooked meal. Two at time, that is. Raymond Balliet went to the North Pole and is now assisting Santa Claus. As a sideline he owns a refrigerator store. He sells refrigerators to the Eskimos, Loma Agler is now the Superintendent of Nurses in a hospital in Toledo. Dorothy Jean Rice raises horses in California. She makes quite a profit selling them to the movie stars. That was all he could tell me but fortunately I knew where the rest of my class were. I asked him to look in the radio and television broadcasting box there at the Stadium. None other than Clarence Beach was there. He is now a famous sports commentator. As to the rest of the class, I have appointed Fred Wittung as Sec. of Agri- culture in the President's Cabinet. Dr. Gale Smith is also in the Cabinet as the new Secretary of Science. You see, I, Helen Shaw, have become the first woman President of the United States. I am writing this down so that all the country may know that the Ohio City- Liberty Class of 1951 is the only class in the whole world whose eve ry member is world famous in his own field. You know, it's funny, but I really don't know who won that baseball game between the Ohio City Fireballs and the Dulltown Cracke rs. I wonder why? I9