Waynesfield Goshen High School - Reflections Yearbook (Waynesfield, OH)

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Last Will and Testament of the Class of I956 We, the Senior Class of 1956, of Waynesfield High School, County of Auglaize, State of Ohio, wish to make our last will and testament and to make the following bequests: SECTION 1 To this school, Waynesfleld, in order to show our appreciation for all it has done for us ln the past years, and for years to come, we leave our picture in study hall for you to look at in the future. SECTION 2 To the members of the faculty in appreciation of their help we render thanks and a memory of us in the future. l ARTICLE Mr. Snyder, our superintendent, we leave the memories of our wonderful class. ARTICLE 2 Mr. Dangler, our principal and commercial teacher, we leave a new recording of the typewriter song. ARTICLE 3 Mrs. Gray, our homeroom teacher, we leave the dream of a quieter Senior Class next year. ARTICLE 4 Mrs. Gosnell, our English teacher, we leave an automatic gum disposal unit for her classroom. ARTICLE 5 Mr. Ramsey, our coach, the dream of winning the State Basketball Tournament. ARTICLE 6 Mr. Greenlee, our Agriculture teacher, the ability to produce future farmers of America. ARTICLE 7 Mr. Corfman, our Chemistry teacher, the hope of fewer messes to clean up because of the Seniors. ARTICLE 8 Miss Sprague, our Home-Economic teacher, we leave a recipe to catch a husband. ARTICLE 9 Mr. Schaufelberger, our band director, the hope of having the first highschool band to perform in Car- negie Hall. ARTICLE l0 Mr. Cummings, our choral director, the task of finding a louder soprano section. SECTION 3 To Burleigh Howell and Hank Alberding, our janitors, we leave a new broom with which to clean-up after the Seniors in 1957. SECTION 4 To Mrs. Webb, our school secretary, we will take our financial troubles and leave you in peace. SECTION 5 To our cooks we leave a Betty Crocker Cook Book. SECTION 6 To the Freshman Class, we leave high school headaches for the next three years. SECTION 7 To the Sophomore Class, we will the ability to have as many good times in high school as we did. SECTION 8 ARTICLE 1 To the Junior Class as a whole we leave the happiness of our Senior Class to you. Item l Grace Beers bequeaths her friendliness to Jo Ann Whetstone. Item 2 Tom Binkly leaves his stage managing ability to Farrell Spencer. Item 3 Joyce Block wills her singing ability to Charles Truesdale. Item 4 Beverly Blodgett bequeaths her shyness to Carol Smith. Item 5 Ron Bruno leaves his driving ability to Neal Miller and Lee Turner. .Item 6 Roger Byers wills his hot rod to Mike Shaw. Item 7 Lois Copeland bequeaths her elevated shoes to Jason Manchester. Item 8 Harry Erwin leaves his duals to Gorden Coates. Item 9 Sonja Feikert leaves her worn-out clarinet reed to Joyce Stacy. Item 10 Rosie Fowler wills her cheerfulness to Mary Pepple. Item ll Shirley Guider bequeaths her quietness to Bob Brown and Violet Bradley. Item I2 Jean Gray leaves her sour notes on her trumpet to Jane Wilcox. Item 13 Linda Herndon wills her red hair to Jean Spencer and Kent Mongold. Item I4 Loretta Howell bequeaths her majorette boots to Roxy Williams and Mary Ann Bradley. Item 15 Martha Hunter leaves her editorship of the Tiger Type to a deserving Junior. Item 16 Joe Gay wills his A's in Algebra to Fred Woods. Item 17 Eugene Kaufman bequeaths his farming ability to Bob Straker and Vernon Webb. Item I8 Barbara Kaufman wills her love of Home Economics to Delores Marsteller. Item 19 Gary Knotts leaves his hopped-up cycle to Max Williams. Item 20 Bob Morris bequeaths his nightly visits to Lakeview to Jack Haggard. Item 21 Larry Nichols wills his empty locker to Darrell Kaufman. Item 22 Lee Pyles bequeaths his horsemanship to Pat Coon. Item 23 Frances Ritchie leaves her nursing ambitions to Lynda Walters. Item 24 Lois Searfoss wills her giggles to Mable Shark. Item 25 Janis Shaw bequeaths her Queen title to any elegible Junior girl. Item 26 Larry Shaw wills his athletic ability to Darrel Williams and Bob Fetters. Item 27 Lee Shobe leaves his sense of humor to Larry Wilcox. Item 28 Larry Stauffer bequeaths his toothpick to Betty Brown. Item 29 Donald Spencer wills his brother to Sue Buffenbarger. Item 30 Shirley Spencer leaves her last name to Marvin. Item 31 Sharlene Wallace bequeaths her ability to hold a man to Joyce Shaw. Item 32 Sharon Williams leaves her seat on the New Hampshire bus to Junior Myers. Item 33 Loren Waitman wills his polite manners to Harold Hamilton and Keith Glass. ARTICLE 2 We, Loretta Howell, Jean Gray, and Joyce Block, wish to place ourselves in position for any criticism or praise to this last will and testament and wish to bequeath the ability of writing it to any and all future Seniors. We hereby appoint Nlrs. David Gray, our sole executor of this last will and testament. Signed, sealed, published and declared by thelabove named Senior Class as its last will and testament. in the presence of us who have subscribed our names as witnesses in the presence of the said Testator and of each other. witness: Roxy Williams Witness: Jo The Senior Class of 1956 Ksignedl Joyce Block Jean Gray Ann Whetstone Loretta Howell

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Class Prophecy Having just arrived in Chicago for the coming Engineers' of America annual meeting, I decided to check into a hotel, incidentally the Hilton-Erwin. As I registered at the desk I was amazed to find Lois Copeland, an old classmate of mine, the desk clerk. We talked for a while and she told me her boss was Harry Erwin, owner of the hotel. Since the meeting wasn't until tomorrow I decided to take ln the town. As I started to leave the hotel I noticed a large group in one of the ballrooms. Vlfhen I investi- gated I found Robert Morris was still carrying on with his fine magician act. Among the group was Don Spencer. Don told me he was in town to see the Ohio State Buckeyes play for the National Championship. He told me Larry Shaw was head basketball coach for State and he headed the football department. We decided to go to the game together so we left the hotel for the game. As we hailed a taxi we noticed Tom Binkley driving the taxi. Tom told us he had just been named Taxi Driver of the Year. Tom said goodbye and dropped us off at the Chicago Gardens for the game. We found seats and watched Ohio State go on to victory behind Larry's fine coaching. After the game we met Larry and decided to get something to eat, so went to a very nice restaurant near the Gardens. After eating, we learned Martha Hunter was the hostess and owner. Martha told us about some of our other ex-classmates and how they were doing. She informed us that Linda Herndon was manager of one of her restaurants in New York. She also told us that Ioyce Block has just replaced Dinah Shore in the top singers' role on television. We asked Martha about Janis Shaw and she told us Ianls was running a beaut1cian's school and Shirley Guider was her chief instructor. We thanked Martha for the fine evening and returned to the hotel where I left Larry and Don. The next morning I attended the convention. The main speaker was,Loren Waitman. Loren was now head engineer at the General Electric Laboratories in Los Angles. After the convention and being inspired by meeting a few of my old grads, I decided to return to my alma mater for a short wait. I went to the airport and boarded a Super Constellation airliner. The ste- wardess for the flight was Rosalie Fowler. She led me to the pilot's compartment where Lee Pyles sat at the controls. Lee told me he had just completed four successful years in the Air Force as a jet pilot. He was now flying commercially. In a few hours we were landing in Lima since Waynesf1eld's airport wasn't quite completed. While circling the airport I noticed the airport had been converted for use by the armed forces as well as for civilian use. After landing I heard some soldiers drilling and found Larry Nichols to be the drill sergeant. He told me that Ioe Gay was now an aide to the President on military matters. I needed an automobile to drive to Waynesfleld so I went to a car lot where Larry Stauffer was the proprietor. He sold me one of his latest models the Kaufman Special manufactured by Eugene Kaufman. No sooner had I left the lot when I noticed a wreck in the street. Ron Bruno was one of the drivers. It seems as though he hasn't changed much since his high school days. I took Ron to the hospital for a check up where we were accommodated by Loretta Howell and Frances Ritchie, co-directors of nursing at Memorial Hospital. Leaving Ron in their adequate care, I traveled on to Wayne sfield. Entering Waynesfield I saw there the new ultra-modern school building. Since this was my alma mater I dropped in. The first thing to catch my eye was the new method of decorating the school. I met Gary Knotts, the superintendent, and he told me that Sharlene Wallace, who was now a counsel on interior decorating, had planned the school. He also told me Iean Gray was the physical education instructor for girls as well as principal. Iean told me Beverly Blodgett now ran a large strawberry farm. She also told me that Shirley Spencer owned a large fresh frozen food plant and was the chief consumer for Beverly's strawberries. Leaving the school and proceeding downtown I observed a large sign which read Home of Grace Beers . It seems as though, Grace under thelnstruction of Mrs. Gray, had brought fame to her home- town with her works in oil painting and portraits. In the downtown shopping center I saw Kaufman's Supermarket owned by Barbara Kaufman. I went in to see Barbara but met the former Lois Searfoss who was doing her family's shopping. She told me she was happily married and had two children. As I thought of all my old classmates there were only two of whom I hadn't heard. I asked Lois about Sharon Williams. She informed me that Sharon had become fashion, editor for the NEW YORK TIMES. The other classmate was Sonja Peikert. I wasn't long in finding out for Lois told me Sonja was Dr. Ne1lson's laboratory technician. Who was the greatest English writer during the Restoration Period? What? Darn I've fallen asleep in Mrs. Gosnell's English class! Oh well, Iwonder how true my hallucinations were. Lee Shobe and Larry Shaw

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Advice to the Juniors Darrell Williams--With your crewcut and baby blue eyes, who needs advice! Lee Turner--Take it easy on the side roads, the ditches are deep. Mary Pepple--With your acting ability you should go to Hollywood. Io Ann Whetstone--Keep playing the marimba, people like to hear it. Bob Straker--Take care of that pick-up truck, it doens't have wings you know. Iane Wilcox--Keep playing the piano, Liberace isn't so young any more. Betty Brown--Keep up your friendly word and pleasant smile for all. Iack Haggard--Lakeview isn't the only town with good-looking girls. Bob Petter--With your ability in athletics, you should make it a career. Sue Buffenbarger--With your knowledge of sewing and cooking, you should be a Home Economic teacher. Neal Miller--Take it easy on that Ford, it might last longer. Charles Trusdale--With that great voice of yours, you'll be a second Valentine. Fred Woods--Keep teasing the girls, they like it. Ioyce Stacy--With your twirling ability, you could easily join a college band. Carol Smith--Don't worry, great things come in small packages. Vernon Webb--With your farming experience, be a farmer! Mary Ann Bradley--Hang on to a F.F.A. boy, you will make a cute farmer's wife. Bob Brown--Get a motorcycle instead of your motor scooter, so you can terrorize Highway 117 . Pat Coon--You will be able to get along with anybody with your nice personality. Max Williams--Go on to college, there you will have more teachers to pester. Iason Manchester--Don't give up playing the trombone, you could be an orchestra leader someday. Lynda Walters--After school, go on to nurses training, you will make a cute nurse. Mike Shaw--With your muscles and broad shoulders, who needs Charles Atlas books. Ferrell Spencer--Don't be so rough on that Chevy, it only goes so fast. Larry Wilcox--The world is always looking for a good basketball player. Nice going! Mable Shark--If you like to listen to records, you should be a disc-jockey. Roxy Williams--With your talent you should consider going to modeling school. Violet Bradley--With your ability to get along with people, you should be a schoolteacher. Marvin Spencer--If you like to read and write, you should continue, and be a writer. Iean Spencer--You would make a nice-looking nurse, why not consider this position. Delores Marsteller--With your skill and ability, why not be a beautician. Junior Meyers--With your ability in horsemanship, you should work with a rodeo. Ioyce Shaw--You will always have friends as long as you keep your pleasant disposition. Keith Glass--Don't drive that Dodge so fast, if you want to fly buy an airplane. Gordon Coates--Keep skating maybe you will be a profes-sional with a red headed partner. Harold Hamilton--Watch out, they say red heads have a temper. Kent Mongold--You should make a professional basketball player with your ability. Darrell Kaufman--Watch out Wapak will get you yet! Written by: Grace Beers Sonja Feikert