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

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17 Class History On the thirteenth day of September, 1937, twenty frightened little boys and girls entered York School for the first time to absorb some knowledge under the direction of Miss Ruth Johnson. Of these Nancy Evans, Gordon Jones, Mary Linton, Margaret Ries, and Allen Thomas, are graduating this spring. Remember the grocery store we had behind our desks? ? ? ? ? Our second and third years were supervised by Lillian Gibson. Remember when Mrs. Gibson almost sent the second grade back to the first grade for saying we liked Miss Johnson better than we liked her ? ? ? During the second grade, Paul Gamble moved to Hoaglin-Jackson and Kenneth Crow joined us. Remember when Patty Thomas and Nancy Evans hid the paddle? ? ? This was the year we presented the Crossing of the Mayflower and Ettamay dropped the kettle of soup. In our fourth year, we had our first experience with a man teacher when we ad- vanced to David Van Eman's room. This year, Jack Fronefield joined us and was the subject of many love quarrels between Nancy Evans and Patty Thomas. During the fifth and sixth grades, we had D. Edwin Jones as our teacher. Paul Gamble joined us as a permanent member. I think D. Edwin wore the paddle out on us for it seemed we were always getting paddled. Our junior high days were under the direction of Mrs. Pugh. During these years, we learned not to talk so much for it meant staying in at noon. In the eighth grade we held our first party at Margaret's home. This year we lost Patty Thomas, who moved to Fort Wayne. After three months, we took our place as Green Freshmen, under the direction of Mr. Fryer. Merl Emans moved away temporarily. Remember the hay ride, where tomatoes were thrown? ? ? Remember the party at Spencerville? ? With more confidence we came back as Sophomores to join the ranks of upper classmen with Mr. Ray as our sponsor. This year we had a Hallowe'en masquerade party at Nancy's. Remember the sleigh ride we had during that year? ? ? Ed Rigdon joined us temporarily and Merle Emans has joined us permanently. As Juniors, we elected the following officers: President - Jack Fronefieldg Vice- President - Kenneth Crow, Secretary - Paul Gamble, Treasurer - Mary Linton. Miss Helen Breese was our sponsor. On November 26th, we served Thanksgiving dinner where everyone stuffed himself. On December 23rd we sponsored a turkey raffle. The turkey was raffled off at the next basketball game. Mrs. Calvin won the turkey and invited the Juniors and Seniors to a Christmas dinner. We had the privilege of putting out the Spotlight with Merl Emans as our Editor-in-chief. On May 4th, we presented 'fHillbilly Courtship. On May 6th, we honored the Seniors in the annual J unior-Senior banquet, which we held at the New Hotel Marsh. We also received our rings and pins, and were very proud of them. We started our Senior year under the direction of Mrs. Morris, with the election of the following officers: President - Jack Fronefieldg Vice President - Nancy Evans, Secretary-Treasurer - Mary Linton. The one study we all enjoyed was Democracy, at which we held class meetings and talked about our Talisman. Paul Gamble is Editor- in-chief. On November 5th, we presented It's Papa Who Pays. No one will forget the night before the play when Merl Emans went to the hospital. We were all thank- ful for Mc. Conaha, who took Merl's place. We chose our name cards and invitations this year. Our class colors are scarlet and grey, and our flower is a scarlet rose. In the middle of January, the Seniors went through the Delphos Printing Company and saw how our daily papers were printed. During the noon hour the Seniors sold candy bars to help finance their trip. We served a delicious Christmas dinner. Re- member the sleigh ride on January 31st? ? ? At every other basketball game we served pop, popcorn, hot dogs, ice cream and candy bars. Throughout the year we sponsored and were invited to many folk games, which were held at the school and which everyone enjoyed. The Juniors very pleasantly entertained the class at the Junior-Senior prom which was held at the school. The latter part of our Senior year, we were joined by Fred Stage who came from Dayton, Ohio. May 13th was designated as Senior Day. The dedication was read and the annuals were handed out. Our Baccalaureate exercises were held Sunday night, May 22nd, with Mr. Van Gundy, of Elgin, as our guest speaker. We received our diplomas at our Commencement on the 26th of May when Dr. Hugh Evans, of Dayton, delivered a very interesting address. On Saturday, the 28th, we left on our Senior trip with Washington, D. C. as our destination. We were accompanied by Mrs. Morris and Mr. McConaha. 17

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Reading-Left to Right Margaret Ries, Paul Gamble, Jack Fronefield, Allen Thomas, Edward Rigdon, Nancy Evans, Mary Linton, Meri Emans, Gordon Jones, Ettamay Patrick, Kenneth Crow. 16

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Class Will We, the Senior Class of 1949 of York High School, having been pro- nounced as mentally superior by the faculty and underclassmen, do hereby make our last will and testament. First, to the Juniors we will our quiet dispositions and excellent be- havior, which we feel they can use. Second, to the Sophomores we will our good grades and our ability to get something accomplished. Third, to the Freshmen we will our ability to go through high school and to reach the final goal, receiving our diplomas. Fourth, to the Faculty, we will the unassimilated knowledge in the text- books we leave behind and any unused workbooks or portions thereof that they may find. Since we feel that we have some special talents, we want to will them to underclassmen who might have use for them in the following years that they will spend in York School. I, Jack Fronefield, will my so-called fatness to Dorothea Pugh. I, Ettamay Patrick, will my ability to be studious and not to go steady to Anna Lee Taylor. I, Paul Gamble, will my ability to sit on the bench to Hot Rod. I, Merl Emans, will my ability to stay away from the girls and go to Del- phos, to Stanley Calvin. I, Margaret Ries, will my position as Y-Teen President to anyone of the Junior or Sophomore girls, and hope that whoever it may be will lead the group to greater success. I, Allen Thomas, will my ability to sing tenor to Stanley Welker. I, Ed Rigdon, will my ability to be seen in Delphos almost any night in the week, and at the same house, to Bill Hughes. He can use it as he sees fit to the extent that Bill doesn't stop at the same house as I do. I, Nancy Evans, will my position as cheerleader to anyone who can help the team win more games. I, Gordon Jones, will my ability to drive an auto at any speed to Don Price. I, Kenneth Crow, do hereby will my knowledge of the Latin Language, gained from two years of constant study and sacrifice to Hugh Owen Pugh, and also my old Latin books, with the complete understanding that the knowledge contained therein is greatly needed and will be put to good use. I, Mary Linton, having excess knowledge which I will never be able to consume and desiring that someone else attain the knowledge to which I am accustomed do hereby will the same to anyone who needs it. I, Fred Stage, will my car to anyone with enough money and brains to keep it running. I8