York Township High School - Talisman Yearbook (Van Wert, OH)

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Class Will We, the Senior Class of 1948 of York High School, having been ac- knowledged mentally superior and physically perfect by the faculty and underclassmen, do hereby make our last will and testament. 1. To the Junior Class we will our ability to get along with the teachers. Also, we will to them our studious attitude and superiority in athletics. 2. To the Sophomores we will our remarkable way of skipping school and our ability to stay out of trouble. 3. To the Freshmen we will our ability to be seen and not heard. 4. To the faculty we will our pencils, Qrasures, worn out books, chewing gum and other facilities which have helped us in securing our knowledge. Realizing that the members of our class are especially gifted, we wish to make the following personal bequeaths. 5. I, Maxine Crone, will my ba to Mr. McConaha. 6. I, Ed Pollock, will my ability to get acquainted with girls to Franklin Rigdon. 7. I, Eva Watson, will my slimness to Ettamay Patrick. 8. I, Donald Boley, will my ability for athletics to Johnnie Oberlitner. 9. I, Mary Couts, will my ability to go steady to Eleanor Evans. 10. I, Paul Davies, will my ability to get good grades to Howard Bev- ington. 11. I, Evalyn Burnett, will my ability to get in early to Dave Doan. 12. I, Dale Calvin, will my way with the underclassmen to Dean Swygart. 13. I, Morgan Roberts will 6 inches of my excessive height to Johnnie Brenneman. 14. I, Joan Bevington, will my ability to get along with Miss Breese to Margaret Ries. 15. I, Dale Lewis, will my ability to drive ever so carefully to Kenny Crowe. 16. I, Wayne Bolton, will my ability to skip school to Carolyn Wise. 17

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Class History i Observers on the first morning of school, 1936, could not fail to notice 20 small children who shyly entered their classroom to absorb some knowl- edge under the direction of Miss Johnson. Of these 20 who started, 10 are graduating this year. Remember when Paul Davies got a whipping? In the second grade we were under the direction of Miss Kreischer. Remember how she used to paint her toenails in school? Morgan Roberts also collected four whippings. We were directed by Miss Gibson in the third grade. Donald Jones left our class this year. Remember when Dale Lewis brought an alligator to schoollz 'Also Ed Pollock kissed Maxine Crone. Love was in bloom for those two ...... Miss Evans started us on the road to learning about the world by our studying geography. Remember when Joan Bevington threw a piece of chalk at D. Edwin Jones and almost hit him. We were directed by D. E. Jones in the fifth and sixth grades. Some of us felt the whacks of his paddle. Remember when Dale Lewis, Edwin Pol- lock, Bob Yost, Don Boley crawled out of the window?????? In our seventh year we had our first party. Miss Jones was our sponsor. We found out after a few weeks that Miss Jones had a temper. Ask Evalyn Burnett. This was our first year as Junior High students. We began our Eighth grade with Mrs. Pugh as our instructor. Eva Watson joined our class this year. Remember when Eva and Dale Lewis had a crush on each other? ? ? ? ?? We started out as green Freshmen with Miss Breese as our sponsor. We elected class officers this year. We had a party at Don Boley's home and some of us stayed there until 3:00 A.M. Remember when Max, sitting on a barrel, tried to thread a needle? ? ? ? ?? The next year we found that we were more than members of the high school-we were actually Sophomores. Eva Watson rejoined us tempo- rarily. Remember when Dale L. cried after initiation?????? In our Junior year we found many exciting things to do. We presented our class play, WHAT A FAMILY on April 18, 1947. We received our class rings and pins and we were very proud of them. We entertained the Seniors May 8 at Whitehall Inn for the Prom. Eva Watson entered our class the second semester as a permanent member. Miss Breese was again our sponsor. Our Senior year found us under the guidance of Mrs. Morris. She kept us in step, too. Soon after school started we began work on our class play. We presented BOLTS AND NUTS on October 24, 1947, to a very appre- ciative audience. About the middle of November Mr. Ward came and we chose our name cards and invitations. During most of our Senior year we were kept busy by working on the annual. On October 11 we went to the Endicott Studio in St. Marys to have our graduation pictures taken. On February 11 some of our class went to Ft. Wayne to see the Zollner Pistons play. We had to sit on cement steps and were they ever hard! We decided to take a trip to Washington, D.C. after school is out. 16

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Class Prophecy Van Wert, Ohio May 30, 1958 THIS IS STATION WYHS!! Here are predictions for 1958 by Slapsy Maxy Paul Davies will be elected governor of Ohio by a unanimous vote of the people. He will be called the Smiling Governor. Mary Ellen Couts will be happily married to a famous Dayton business man. He is the owner of the noted Purdy Buick Sales, serving Dayton and surrounding areas. The Cincinnati Reds will have a new star pitcher, who is, HOLD YOUR SEATS LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, the one and only Don Boley. .Evalyn Burnett's high average in Hygiene will finally bring her through. She will take over her duties as head nurse at Walter Reed Hos- pital next June. 1 predict that Dale Lewis, better known as Walter, will have a two hun- dred acre farm and he will call it Oxhead Acres. He will have a complete line of Ford equipment. Joanne Bevington will be head waitress in the largest and swankiest of Cleveland's Lake Front Restaurants. I predict that Dale Calvin will be in Hollywood, riding his favorite pinto, ACE, in all the western thrillers. Eva Watson will be the best soda jerker in Michigan. They say that she can whip up a soda in no time. Wayne Bolton has never rocked a boat, but he will be captain of a cat- tle boat which will go to Germany in a few months. I predict that Morgan Roberts will be State Agricultural Agent. He always did like Ag in his school days. To date, Edwin Pollock has eluded all females, so I predict that he will be elected President of the Lonely Hearts Club. Aside from my duties as radio predictor, I have a farm on which I raise pure-bred mountain goats. I hope to have three hundred head before the year is over. 18