Parkway High School - Almega Yearbook (Rockford, OH)

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Class History On the bright sunny day of September 8, 1952, 48 bewildered five and six-year olds stumbled through the doors of Willshire Public School. We were met by Mrs. Clouse and Mrs. Dibert, who guided us through the first of 12 trying years. We returned in the fall of 1953 as wise and experienced second graders, who were taken immediately into hand by Mrs. Griffith and Mrs. Schroeder. When Mrs. Dellinger bravely took on the task of teaching 50 third graders, we were together as one class for the first time. This year, we also enjoyed, with the rest of the school, the use of the new addition. Regretting the loss of our recess, we were promoted to the fourth grade and Mrs. Bain. In our fifth year we were again divided and placed in the hands of Mrs. Bain and Mrs. Bowen. In the sixth grade, under the supervision of our first male teacher, Mr. Sipe, we performed the duties of Safety Patrolmen. With half of our schooling behind us we entered the seventh grade and a new phase in life. With Mr. Games as our sponsor we elected our first class officers and be- gan paying our class dues. This year we also enjoyed a memorable trip to the state Capitol and Ohio State University in Columbus. In the spring of 1960, 20 girls and 20 boys, who had just received their eighth- grade diplomas, looked back over the preceding year with our sponsor, Mrs. Rumple, and remembered most vividly our eighth-grade tests. To help us meet the numerous problems of our freshman year, we were fortunate enough to have as our sponsor Mr. Ray. During this year we experienced many new things including several exciting parties and a mock presidential election. Our own class election resulted in the election of Tom Kuhn as president and Bob Agler as vice-president. The Rockford portion of the class began their school days also in September, 1952. Our two first grade teachers were Mrs. Perm and Mrs. Fishbaugh. We advanced to second grade and were taught by Mrs. Hawk and Mrs. Shindeldecker. As our angelic class progressed, we were greeted in third grade by Mrs. Brookes and Mrs. Spitler. Fourth grade found us with Miss Baumer and Mrs. Farmer. Mrs. Brookes then switched to the fifth grade, where she and Mrs. Arnold were our teachers. For the first time in our lives we were taught by men teachers when, in the sixth grade we had Mr. Fos- ter and Mr. Koeppel. We entered seventh grade slightly terrified, for that year we were upstairs changing classes. We were able to have student council representatives for the first time. Our class trip that year took us to Huffman ' s at Celina. Mr. Arnold and Mr. Stucky were our homeroom teachers. Eighth grade found us with Mr. Drebes and Mr. Parks as our sponsors. Our class trip that year was to Goodyear at St. Marys. At last in 1960 we shaky little freshmen entered Rockford High School. Mr. Cory served as our sponsor and we elected Jim Ripley, president; Frank Taylor, vice- president; and Mike Merinar, secretary-treasurer. Pat Marsee and Steve Seawell re- presented us on the student council. At homecoming we also chose Pat Marsee to be our attendant. Our freshman class trip was to Superior Coach at Lima. When we were sophomores, we consolidated, bringing Willshire and Rockford to- gether. Mr. Howell sponsored us and Denny Kuhn served as our president. Frank Tay- lor was vice-president, and Jean Clouse was secretary-treasurer. Vie were repre- sented on the student council by Carolyn Huffine and Tom Howell. Our homecoming at- tendant was Sandy Graham. Mr. Sidenbender became our sponsor in our busy junior year. We began to raise money by selling magazines. Later we presented a class play entitled Grandad Steps Out. We chose Dan Huffman as our president; Bob Vining, vice-president; and Sandy Snyder, secretary-treasurer. Denny Kuhn and Sandy Graham were our student council representatives. For our homecoming attendant we chose Sandy Snyder. In our junior year we chose our motto, Today We Follow; Tomorrow We Lead ; our flower, a red rose; and our colors, scarlet and silver. Dan Koch, Dan Huffman, and Bob Vining we selected to attend Boys ' State and Eleanor Roehm and Jane Friedly were chosen to go to Girls ' State. Moonlight and Roses was the theme for the big social event of the year, the Junior- Senior Prom. Ninety-three excited seniors entered the last year of their school career. Again we were sponsored by Mr. Sidenbender. This year we chose Jim Ripley to be our pres- ident; Bob Vin?lng, vice-president; and Sandy Snyder, secretary-treasurer. Sally Graham and Barry Copeland represented us on the student council. Judy Charleston was chosen to represent Parkway for Miss United Fund of Van Wert County. Judy also reigned as homecoming queen and Jane Friedly was our attendant. Bob Vining placed first in Mercer County in the Ohio History Test and spent a weekend at Ohio Univer-

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Awards DANPORTH AWARDS Dan Koch Jane Friedly FTA SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS Sandy Smerik Joyce Keller ACTIVITIES AWARDS Jim Ripley Dan Huf fman Sandy Smerik Marie Shaffer OUTSTANDING ATHLETE AWARD Prank Taylor SPORTSMANSHIP AWARDS Barry Copeland Virginia Hofmann OUTSTANDING HOME ECONOMICS STUDENT AWARD Barbara Hamrick TOP STUDENT AWARDS Sandy Smerik Linda Sharp JOHN PHILIP SOUSA AWARD Dan Koch BALFOUR AWARD Sandy Smerik ATTENDANCE AWARD Donna Bates BLOCK «P« AWARDS Linda Sharp Sandy Smerik Joyce Keller Margie Beckstedt Marie Shaffer Rose Binkley Jim Ripley Barbara Snyder Bob Vining Theresa Belna Joyce Bricker Charlene Hawk Jane Priedly Dan Koch Scholarship Team Seated : Theresa Belna, Marie Shaffer, Joyce Bricker, Joyce Keller, Charlene Hawk, Sandy Smerik, Barbara Snyder; Standing ; Bob Vining, Larry Hertel, Yvonne Beeks, Judy Spitler, Joanne Spitler, Linda Sharp, Jim Ripley, Rob VanFleet

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(Class History Continued) sity, where he took the final test. Janet Fleming earned her State Homemaker ' s De- gree and Marie Shaffer was named Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow. In the field of sports, Rob Van Fleet and Barry Copeland served as co-captains of the football team, and Denny Kuhn and Bob Vining led the basketball team. Forest Yocum earned the title of leading scorer in the Lima-land area in football. The title of our senior class play was, Miss President, Please. Bob Vining was the recipient of a free trip to Washington, D. C, as the result of his placing first in the cou nty on a test given on an alcohol quiz booklet. To finish out our busy year the juniors honored us with a banquet and prom. On May 24 we graduated, bringing an end to our school days. Sharon Winkler Marie Shaffer Melina August Rose Binkley Class Prophecy Flight 1203, non-stop to Paris, now ready to take off. Please fasten your safe- ty belts. As we begin to relax, stewardesses Judy Charleston and Carolyn Huffine make us comfortable on our flight. When we inquire about the reliability of the pilot and co-pilot, we are assured that Bob Agler and Tom Kuhn are the most effi- cient pilots of all times. We are thoroughly enjoying our first flight, when we notice two famous interior decorators, Clara Bruns and Jean Clouse, seated near us. As we chat with them, we are informed that they have been asked to design the apartments of two well-known movie producers, Richard Huffman and Rodney Shellabarger. We also find out that those two producers have contracted for the main roles in their new film, La Ro- mance, actress Marie Shaffer and actor Forest Yocum. We ' re now approaching Le Bourget Airfield in Paris. We look out the window and see the plane mechanics Rollie Miller, David Gause, Ed Leighner, and Lester Shin- nerer entering onto the field. As we step off the plane, we are met by the Paris Times ' reporters, Ruth Rutledge and Keith Lehman; and the staff photographer Bruce Kelsey. The Paris Times is owned by Bob Rutledge who also has employed on his staff a linotypist, Jesse Rodriguez. After our brief interview we motion for a taxi, driven by David Walls, to take us to the hotel owned by Dave White. As we enter the hotel we are informed by the re- ceptionist, Donna Bates, that our suite is ready for accomodation. The bellboy Dave Wolfe takes care of our luggage, and we then decide to get a sandwich at the hotel snack bar. There behind the counter we recognize Bob Baker making sodas for Shir- ley Cheek, Connie Davis, Alice Little, and Pat Cooper, noted fashion designers. As we leave, we see two intriguing models, Joanne and Judy Spitler, and their advisor Eleanor Roehm. While talking with the models we ask who fixed their cute French hair styles, and they reply that they had it done at a modern beauty shoppe owned by Joyce Bricker and Janet Fleming. We go to the shoppe and find working there Karen Tumey, Nancy Courtney, and Linda Wolfe. We get our hair set in the latest French styles and upon leaving the shoppe, we notice an adjoining barber shop attracting many customers. Curious, we investigate further and find the answer--it is owned and operated by Nancy Wendel. Getting his hair cut is Gary Bayles, an automobile manufacturer. Next in line are the business executives Bob Haver and Bob King. Next we decide to visit the nearby University of Paris. Entering the President ' s office, we find Jane Friedly and Marjorie Beckstedt as his secretaries. They direct us to the president of the university. ' We talk to the President Jim Ripley and he takes us on a tour through the college. As we enter the various classes, we find Linda Sharp teaching French; Johnny Provci, Physics; Bob Vining, Chemistry; Melina August, Math; Barbara Snyder, guidance counselor; Sandy Smerik, English; and Char- lene Hawk as the physical education teacher. As the day draws to a close, we decide to head back toward the hotel. On the way we pass a cafe. The delightful aroma attracts us inside. After we are seated, the waitress Linda Barna takes our orders. Looking around we see another waitress, Marilyn Boring waiting on the head football, basketball, and track coaches of Ohio State University, Denis Kuhn, Barry Copeland, and Larry Hertel respectively. At another table we see a newspaper reporter, Kuba Swygart, interviewing two profes- sional football players, Frank Taylor and Tom Howell. Another noted athlete seen was Jerry Schaadt, a professional baseball player. After a very interesting but yet tiring day we go back to the hotel and watch television for a while. During the commercial we see Norman Meyers, a television