Akron High School - Golden Haze Yearbook (Akron, IN)

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.,'Eegend of 'Ghe Cahzefs The hour was late as 1 rolled up 1nto my buffalo robe Ny head was heavy W1 h the though'S O' Yea 5 GONE 'JY I remembered the years 1 had gone to s hool in the little b 1ck m ssion of A G S ln my lst class there were 52 little braves and squaws who had Just ba ely climbed out of 'he1r cradleboards' Our guides for thus adven ur were Mrs Barnsey a a N155 Heltzel ln the and grade we gaired Kaye landis Glorra Creves ton leanette Chapman and Sharor' 1-1111 We were u de the supc-rvis on of Mrs Bevmgton With our Indian pigtaiils we marched bravely 1nto M1s Showalters 3rd grade to find Larry Hoffman and Stanley Helvey still in short pants They were cute though' Our group rncreased w1fh Beverly Harris Verla lean Bager Stephen Buda and Coleen Ame1gh We went our separate ways into Miss Swick and Miss Roses classes ga1n ng Bob Floor Eilee Beatty a d Ba bara Arnold The year was spi ed with being allowed to ring the hand school bell and our Kng of the Mount games on the old ashpile ' Miss Rose was with us again 1n he Sth grade along W1 h Mr Brewer Among those who loined us this year were Ruth Shoemake Mable Bice lmmy T kle ana u s Lcr raine and Dwayne HOpk1US Our kindly old lanitor Dave Williams helped sw1ng us along into our Sth grade We ended our grade school days with Mrs .Merley and Mrs Brewer Mary Frances Arthu came to help us end it Do you remember he day we walked to the new grade bu1ld1ng for a grand tour? During the lst part of 1950 we moved into the rew grade building Then realizing that our operetta days were over we looked forward to moving into the very mysterious High School Building During our 6 years in AGS we lost Ernie Smoker Charles Saner Leroy Kirk Paul Murphy lohn Overdorff lay Walter Masteller David Gagnon Sarah Leininjer Sonla Gertg Karen Denry Ver11ndaClevenger ludylnleete Glo ia Creveston Donnie D1 kerhoff Larry Grubbs loyce Cl1nger man Michael Bahney Wilma Spen er Mable Rce Rose Flor Billy Miller Coleen Ame1gh B111 Sayge s Bob Floor Barbara Arnold lack Myers and loanne Siegfo d Bag and baggage 51 of us 7th graders moved into AHS to terrorize the students and teachers' Those who yoined us for this expedition were Wanda Brane Tumor Sal yers Deloris and Larry Floor and Carol Teel Our first taste of high school life was delicious Mr Hockstedler who lm sure well never forget helped us w1th our first class powwow Remember the hotdogs and Kool Ade we ate near lst base on the ball diamond CGrade school play yardl Mrs Dyer and Mr Densor watched us grow up rrnto the eighth as some of us had our first dates on k1dd1e after noon at the fair' Remember lmdsf? We ga1ned B111 Gates Cna lo e Smi h a d Bet v Leavell ou Sth yea but los hem ir' ou 9h The others whi h we lost Wee Wrlma Spence Beve lv Ha r1s Ieanette Chapman Billy Miller and Mary Nuendorf and lane Thompso a d Ma y Frances Arthur went to Bever Da'n We gained a new hief of the AH S Tepee M Deaton and along with hl'T1 he b ough his so George Deaton Mary Lou Ebe was ano her add1t o o ou class he 8th grade We were the fi st lass to have 8th grade g aduat1on exercises The grrls in he1r 11st ylo s and e boys n heir new ties came in lookirg very scrubbed and polished Mrs Dyer bless her gave us the Sth grade d1plomas We went rn o ou h1gh school yea s w th Mr Do rell and Mrs loh son lt was indeed a pleasu e even though Latin a new subyec to us was dllll ult' Bemembe hose wild B ology classes n wh h we bu h ed wo ms' Ugh' e aa ed M Ca so a spo so 1 he Sopho nore xea an Mrs lon on'1nuect N111 u lt oo he o a s ou b ave e eds o t lea s of H gh' CI et Tho'npso a d Ma y Fan es At u euned ousfom Be ve Dam girls 1 he1 fo 'nals ara the boys aressea the best bi and tu kers fo the Sp ing Concer Then we dessed our ola lea s and sh1rts and raveled o Sa1a'no ie State Pars where we oa'ned e s 1 ue 1 d an f shio fo ou S pho'no e Class at Those who lef ou good mes we e 1.ou1se D udge and Don Floo Paula Te ell ame to Jo 1 ou pary M Holmes a d Mrs lohnson watched over 11s as our pro its increased 1 the anteen ard we breezed through the lunior Play directed by Miss Keyes The Campbells Are Comrng was a howling success At the Iurnor Senior Recept1on our prophecy for the sen iors of 55 was read and food and music were enloyed by veryone at the Catholic Church basement at Culver which was decorated in a Mardigras theme We we e so v that Do othy Koen g le orne Hartzler Stephen Rudo Mary N codemus and Larry Kuh wrthdrew because ou Sen o year was ndeed flled w h su p lS9S The two that have engoyed and enriched those surpr1ses with us were Mrs Iohnson and Mr McCarter our sponsors In our Senior year there have been both sad and happy expenences Among the sad ones was having to turn the canteen over to the Iuniors We have really enyoyed the can teen with Mr Merechth as sponsor and Leonard Kuhn and Larry Hoffman the manager and assistant Truly they have done a wonderful Job for us House For Sale Haunted our Sen1o play directed by M s Dye was a rollicknrtg success We sure raked in the money' The cobwebs now hang heavy over ou cradleboards and rattles as we look forward to the new adventures C ' ' r tt 't n .1 in r r t I '4 ' ' I I' ' 1 ,C Y I , , 3 ' ' r' r, r A r , ., . 1 1 1 , 1 1 t ' n, n r 1 c 1 . l r 1 1 ' ' C ' . 1 . , r, 7 ' 1 1 r 1t 1 n, V ' ' t 9 1 1 rn' r 1 t n t r in T A - - - ff - 'r C y ' I 1 1 . 1 .J 1 I 1, 1 ' 1 n r 1 ' . 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QMAJNL QWAWJLDM Wea 19 J3zg Cahzefs Larry Floor we 0 ated Chevv Stage hand Ctor plGYSl H Y 3 4 Haze Sta 4 PFA 2 3 4 Reporter 3 4 Baseb ll Gs' l Ba keba ll M '1 ge 3 4 Baseball Manage 3 4 Sol ball -61 Manage 3 4 lean Ann Walters aw She ys pal Full of Pep Ma he lSr Playl S 2 Ae 0 Band l 2 3 4 Captam 4 G1 ls Hg ,xi 4 Play 3 4 Kay Ioan Utter S ud ous Blonde Bombshell Gtrl S ou Ma QI Play? S 2 3 as y3 Plav3 HazeSa 4 lls Chou M xe C Stuart Thompson Va kee Qu e ga ou d he el F ost G ee Fo d D ve H Y 4 Basketball l 2 4 H C6 yea sl ,Y tw rol Teel Stnger Speake er Studtous Youngest Cln our lass S234V1ePes3Pes4ClassTeas23 Haze 4G1ls Chousl234MxedChorus234 Play34 Tom Burkett H1 Y Z 3 4 Secy 61 T eas 4 Class Vlce Pres l Band l 2 3 Oys Cho us l 2 3 M ed Chorus l 2 3 4 FA 3 4 Basketball l 2 3 Repore 4 57 .,??a1ftmg 'Word The world wxll lrttle note or long remember wha we say he e How humble we feel when we reahze that we w th our exhortatrons can do ht le to make 'he way smoo he fo ou successors But we canrtot pass from 'hese halls wrthout mak1 g some e fort towa d perpetuatmg ou 1deals Le us say to the gen e Gl1O'1S wrr h a e to follow Where we have buxl burld hrghe Beyond our goals asptre When we have thought thmk longer Where we we e st o g be strorge O D C T 'b A . . , , . 1 I C X x G' ,, . 4 2 X ' tv H ' U 6 1' ,' , I ... ff 1 --- Yr I . - I 1 fly SS. ,3,4g T Sta g . ,,,. - I Y 5' J ' . r 1,2,3,4,M1 I ..: ,M L. 6 5 X U L . I I ' I l t -wig, X 'YP A 0- ' '.,,:. 113' I I ' It ' llf is 3 ' ' - r A P f- ' - . ' , 2 ' I C l Q, 5 L, SS, .,,, 'c - r . , r 5 r ,J Sfflff 'E 1 'r ' r ,,,, i , , J V - V I MP I 'ASam - Class Clown - Miss Lozier's headache 1 . '- , , , ' r . 1 ' - - : , , , '- Q ,, Q 4, B ' f ,,,4, ix , , . 1 F.. .1,2, Q Y v px f I I , r V I 1 T I Q :Ax X C Y SS A tU,4:Cl SSSC' 5 A 5 t.. gG'r' r s l,2,3,4, i d horns 2,3,4. Q 'ASai - r rt - it ' r n r , - A' r r 2 V ' t A, 23,4 Reporter 3 Treas. 45 Band l,2,3,4g ' '

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Tihe gfffedzcme 2'7VIe1z Say I was a gloo'rry sto m shadowed nrght as the brutal krlle slrpped down tne srde alley' of a small owrr called Peapod U SA s ua ed IO n les south of Atherrs The FBI had been trymg for months to frrzd the rder rty of thrs stranger who had strrcken the hearts of the crtrzers wrth fear The suspects had bee narrowed down to mem bers of the Serror Cla s of l956 O're of these supposedly 'rno en se'rro s rs masque ad mg as h s srrrrster evrl person who has been preyrng on he unsuspectrng cr rzerrs The krlle whom we shall all Q crept to the back doo of the town Jewelry store owned by Mary Lou Eber a penny prrrch 'rg Jewel hu gry womaa of 45 wrth carefully camou flaged gray harr Forcrrrg open the door he stealthfully ap p oached the large glass show coun er but as he slrd ope the doo a sre alarm screamed through the nrght Con stable George Deaton wrth hr tall black hat and hrs drooprng mustaches rushed n the door hrs great srlver badge flashrng 1 the moonlrght As the scream of hrs wh stle broke th ough the ngh two mo e farthfsrl polrcemen bu st from the statron house fastenr g the ed susperrders a d hopprng over therr ted shoe laces Sure enough rt was Fred Saaer and Stanley I-Ielvey' They chased Q down the marn street and Just as he varr shed around a orner the w 'rdows of a nearby house popped open ard the heads of two rrate crtrzerrs appeared They demanded 1'r loud racuous vorces what the constable mearr rr wakrng peaceful people out of a sound sleep By that t1me there were I3 ch1ldren peeprng out and under the nrght caps the constable recognrzed the faces of Gary Srrver and hrs tousleheaded spouse Tamara fHand7 The polrcemen eturned to therr respectrve places a d to the places of busrness Sounds of a press rolled out of La ry Hoffma s prrntrng establrshrnent Already the everts of the past nrght were rn przrrt arrd the headlrnes screamed that Q had stru k agarn' Dow' the st ee from the 'rews offrce we saw a br gh rea head am a clouds of dust Su e enough the e sweep na the s eps of her boardrng house was Mary Frarces Arthu She tnrshed sweepr g shook her la ge flowered apron arra marched back rrto the d1nr'1g room where her hungry boa de s were clamo rng for therr breakfast Seated a the e'rd of the able was a arewor you g wr te who looked g eatly rn the 'reed of sleep There be-hr g a la ge 'nug of coffee was the face of Ru h Shoemaker who had been burr ng the mrdnrgtht orl for the past month tryrrrg to frrr sh her book Ruthre s Gurde to Perrodrcal Lrterature We glanced o the left arrd there atop a huge wh te aprorr was a tall bakers hat Below the bakers hat was he flourst eaked face of Verla Iearr Rager who operated Verlas Unrque Bakery loca ed rn the lower suburbs of Peapod She arose after frnrshrrg her tea and toast and sard BY9 Rllthle See ya at supper arrd trudged wearrly out the front door She paused brrefly on the porch steps to putt or her oller skates then glrded a brt unsteadrly dowrr the s dewalk Down the st eet came the towrr carpente clad In blue and whrte strrped overalls and whrstlrng a merry tune I-I carrred a small ladder and multrple T squares and ham mers Hrs pock ts rattled wrth mary srzes of narls I-Ie gave a cherry greetrng to Verla who replred For lan sake Alan Krndrg what re you dorng up Thrs early I thought you al ways slept trll noon' Well I been frxen to mend the broken shelf over to the S 61 G Food Lrner It got busted a month ago and Im Just row gettrn around to rt I s about trme sad Verla and she sped merrrly on he rn d busv Nrth houghs of the I4 doz yeast rolls that would have o be baked by 'moon She fo got about he la ge bump rr' the mrddle Of 'he s dewalk and suddenly flop a perfect 3 P0 'U dmg Ov' her nose and her krees' A ma'r hole cove arsed and a WO V195 VO 9 S515 G99 Mhz lady why do you look out? There was the curlY har or DWGYTE I-lopk 'rs the owr sewer cleane ' Q5 gyogrfed Ve la I must have fra tured my femur' Dwayne Jumped fom the sewer exclam ng Well lets get ya ove o ole Do Kuhn s Bu Leos a vete rrrarran Verla warled You cant take 'ne the e Tha s rrght we carrt take you there Las rrrght Starr Shewman s prrze herter Bessre mangled her tall rn the bam door and Doc rs strll out there An Ill bet you drdnt know Dwayne contrrued that Starr bought that b g 250 acre farm be wee Peapod and Akroa Thrs rs 'ro tme o be alk 'rg about farms Get me a surgeon Verla screamed Oh all rgh lead on me He helped he to the docto s offrce A nurse dressed 1 1 crrsp Whre rnstructed Dwayne to leave Verla ard she would see that she was taken ca e of The cornpete t vor e belonged to Erleen Batty Dwayrre walked out the door and drsappeared down the nearest manhole A large gro ery d lrvery truck turaed the corner on two wheels ard screeched to a halt rn front of the S 61 G Food Lrre Ou hopped Derrny Shee s DS co owner of the establrshment I-Ie hurrred rnsrde a d stopped at the counter other half of the partaershrp ca'ne frenzedly from the offrce mutterrng under hrs breath that herr busrness was rumed larret exclarmed rn hrgh p1tch tones Oh Sheetsy rt was terrrble That dreadful gangster Q marched rrght rn here rr broad daylrgh a d ook eve y e t we had n the ash regrste ' O well sard Sheetsy N9 arr collect on ou theft J suran e polrcy Thats rght' sa d Rog III go rrght over to Shrrvers Irsu a'r e Age cy' I-Ie hopped r o the battered old delrvery ruck arrd sped across town S oppr g front of a huge brr k burldrng he rar b eathlessly up the steps to a olate glass door wrth a large srgn sayrng Whrteys In urarrce Agency If you ve go rt we nsure t Hog ente ed he oth e arrd was almost krocked down by the mad pe k 'rg of two typewrrters Sure enough those swrft fr gers belonged to Suelle Nye and Sharorr I-Irll Parr' pant' Ive beerr obbed ' tell you' Ive come to collect my rnsurance' Well youll have to see Whrteys Prrvate Secretary Kathleer' Swope sard Suelle'r Yup added Sherry Shes p ooably rr there srttrng on hrs lap takrng dr tatrons' I cant wart replred Rog a d he ran out the aoor I-Ie dashed out orr the street and heard Paper Grtcher Mornrn paper rrght here Read the story behrnd the headlrrrs Q has struck agarr' There was Rrchard Woods sta drng or he corner sell rng Rrcky Hoffma s Peapod Blab fContrnued on Page 627 Q O r ' r. 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