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

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l .Beyond 'Ghe .Worizon I have just returned from a world tour and have had the most rewarding experiences, but 'lei me tell you how it all began. First, I saw lim Swick who is in charge of the depot at Akron. Akron is a thriving metropolis now and Iim has many res-ponsilbilities, There have been only two wrecks a year, since I started here, 'he said. lust then the train pulled in and I 'had to hurry to get on it. My baggage all stowed away, I sat down and began tc read a magazine. Soon I heard the familiar, Ticket-s? Tickets? as the conductor passed down the aisle. I opened my purse -- no ticket! I looked on my lap - no ticket! The conductor was beside my seat. I just can't seem to find - wthy, Iohn Stanley! What on earth are you doing? I exclaimed. I-t looks like .I'm collecting tickets, he laughed then went on to exipllain, My father-in-law owns this railroad line and I'm getting my start by working from the 'bottom up'. Having seen two of my former schoolmates, I began to wonder wthere the rest were living and what they were doing. T-he nextt time Iohn came past my seat, I asked if he knew anything concerning our 1959 Akron High School classmates. Well, he said, now let me see. Cecil Kelley tis a leading fashion designer for a prominent New York firm, and Ienny Barnes - Oh, yes! Ienny is the ed-itor-in-chief of the New York Times. Wonderful! Have you heard how lohn Little is getting along? Io!hn? Let me see. I remember hearing his name spoken just the other day. Oh, yes! He is in partnership with an lt1ali'ian and together they own a chain of ,pizzadpie drive-ins. It seems that they had a pizzta-rpie eating contest a few days ago and Phyllis Murphy won by eating 77 pies. Before I could ask if she became sick, the train pulled into tthe New York depot, I bid Iohn farewell. I found a taxi to take me to tthe Slkyiway Hotel, the best in ,the city. But why not? It is owned and operated by those two little old maicls Shelby and Merlee Smoker. I would have liked to talk to 'them but they had gone to ,San Francisco for a vacation. That afternoon in ltlhe lobby I recognized Iohn Hartman and Bob Kirk. It seemed that they had come to New York to be on the newest quiz show, What Can You Lose? and had won several million dollars. Close behind them was Eldon Ruger who worked for Uncle Sam in the Internal Revenue Department. Alter going through tthe necessary red tape and cus-toms, I finally got my passport and was on board the ship that was to take me to Europe. It was a spacious, luxury liner chri-stened the S. S. Frances after our former classmate Fran- ces Lewis whose husband was its multi-millioniaire owner. On -board I was in for another pleasant surprise, for one of the passengers, famed for sculpturing, was none other than Kent Groninger. We had a long talk one afternoon and he said that he had seen Gloria McCloughan. a fellow artist, at an annual Art Convention held in Paris several months ago. He said she was a wonderful portrait pa-inter and had a very wealthy clientele. Finally alter what seemed a long time, but in reality was relatively short, I reached England. I had always wanted to exiplore a castle, so I 'hired a car and chauffeur and went castle-thiuntiing. Some of the castles were crumlbling and run- down, but one was in excellenlt condiition, the furniture in place and the anoienit but well-'preserved tapestries were on the walls. A man stood guard at the entrance so that vandals would not destroy this work of art. When I inquired who owned the property I was told that it belonged to Paul Scott Shoemaker who at the present was in ndtia hunting for a temple or monument to resurrect. Also, while I was in England, I visited Oxford University and found that Dan Floor was one of the best science teach- ers in England. At a large city hospital I found the world- famed surgeon, lack Shoemaker. I Paris came next on my itinery and I discovered Linda Nelson modeling for a large clothing concern. Sthe informed me that Pat Overlander was also in the city and that she was one of the most popular beauticzians in all France. Italy, at last! This was a favorite ccuntry of mine. I hurried to a restaurant whose advertisements read Roberts, the Spaghetti King. I expected to find a small, dlark Italian pro- prietor, but instead, the owner and manager turned out to be a tall, blonde, American, known to AHS Class of '59 as Bob Burkett. While I late he told me ot several other people including his cousin Bill Burkett. Bill had a large cattle ranch in Argentina and was a skilled bolo zhrower. Kama Hoffman had gone on the stage and was on cr world tour, and Karen Kreiglhbaum was a famous opera singer, now playing in Brussels, Belgium. Having finished my lunch, I toured Italy to my satisfaction and a few weeks later found myself on a ship crossing the Mediterranean to Egypt. In Cairo, as l was sigth-teseeing and trying to find some ivory souvenirs I was directed to an ivory collector who had a shop on the m-ain drag. This man was dressed in Eastern fashion, but it seemed to me that I recognized him, All of a sudden it came to me. Why, Max Helvey. of all people! And sure enough it was Max. He had tired of t-he rat race of American Civ-ilization and had come to Cairo to relax. As with every tourist, I wanted to ride on a camel so I set off with the next group going for a week's journey on the desert ship. I found the camel a very unpleasant creature who was very lousy and who kicked, bi-t, and spat at me constantly. On our journey we were to rest and relax for a day at an oasis and also we were to visit Sliiek Fer Anck and his harem. You can imtagine my surprise when I dis- covered Fer An-ok was our guides mispronounoiiation of Frank, for our host was Frank Urbahns. Soon I was traveling again, this time my destination was somewhere in darkest Africa. I met :ny guide and collected supplies and started. My first stop was a diamond mine owned by Larry and Ierry Kuhn and managed by their cap- able friend Larry Stiver. After Larry Stiver had taken me or a very interesting tour of the mine and had given me a couple of souvenirs I con- tinued my canoe trip dtown river. One night we happened ulpon the cam-p of a ,pair of ibrig game hunter-s. At first I didnlt recognize them in their Bermuda shouts and jungle hats, but they soon gave themselves away and I realized that they were Iohn McCloughan and Bill Whittenburger. 'Iliring of the African jungles I struck off in the direction of China and India. Here I had heard about a giant agriculture experiment operated by an American farmer to see if Chinese soil could not support the Clhinese population. Of course, it was Larry Sheet: and he was being helped by the Secretary of Foreign Aid of the U. S., lack Boyer who gave him many bushels of surplus grain. Striking off again, this time in the direction of Australia, I wondered which of my classmates I would find in this coun- try. On a wild hunch I tpicked up o newspaper -to see if I would find anyone I knew in the Australifa News. Sure enough, before I had hunted long I fcund the article entitled: Hamimond's jumper Wins First Prize. Reading further I found out that Marla Hammond had been experimenting in crossing Australian lack Rabbits with Kangaroos ftthis animal is called a Kangarabbitj ianid had won first prize in n animal show. By now I was tired of traveling for a while so I struck out west and nort-h aiming rto lfand on the southern coast of the United States. As luck would have it, a hurricane blew up and we put in at Rio de Ivanerio for supplies. v As I was walking through the city I saw two women, obviously very wealthy, walking French poodles in a park. I beaan to get that old feeling of believing the ladies were familiar and this time, too, I was right, For these were Pat Kuhn and Beverly Powell whose husoandts were partners in a giant Brazil nut pltanftation. Loiokfinig at my list I found only two classmate-s wthose wthereatbouts were unknown to me. but Pat and Bev soon supplied the information Esther Landis was the proud owner of seven oil wells in Texas and Mary Ellen Maxwell was a nurse in a mental institution and a part-time author. With a sigth, I boarded the boat and started for home. MARY ELLEN MAXWELL ' 1

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CG,1'd7J6l0g'Ll6 of Seniors As we were awakened bright and early on a September morning of 1946, few of us realized that we were about to experience one of the most sig- nificant days of our lives. Fifty-six of us were intro- duced to the process of education by Mrs. lrelan and Miss Bollinger. After our adventures with Dick and jane, we were greeted in the second grade by Mrs. Mathieson and Mrs. Becklehimer, formerly Miss Bollinger. We were ushered through our geography and science by our third grade teachers, Mrs. Kuhn and Mrs. Hodson. During this year, the construction of the new grade school building was completed. lt was here that we finished our elementary education. Having absorbed, adequately, the three R's we were welcomed into the fourth grade. We were di- rected through our multiplication and division fundamentals by Mrs. Merley and Miss Bevington. Miss Rose and Miss Bevington aided us through our fifth grade learning. As big shots of the grade school, we were the power of the safety patrol and got our first taste of inter-scholastic basketball. We were helped through our new experiences by Mrs. Kinder and Mr. Parker. Now we're in the seventh grade. Boy, are we scared! The idea of finding a different room every hour seemed impossible until Miss Keyes and Mr. Parker, our sponsors, explained to us that the first digit of the room number corresponded to the floor. After learning the ropes, we sailed smoothly to our eighth grade graduation. Among those who passed through our class dur- ing our first eight years were: Nancy McHatton, Laniese Myers, Ann Friend, Sandra Stewart, Toe Dale Miller, janet Moore, Tom Floor, Susie Barnes, Merl McGee, Iudy Walters, David Floor, George Mollencup, jacob Darling, Gary Parker, joe Made- ford, Don Wallis, Ieannette Lynn, Donnetta Chap- man, Ianie Willard, and Rhoda Gates. We started a new era in our education with new sponsors, Mrs. Dyer and Mr. Heltze-lg new subjects, and a new name - FRESHMEN! We elected our officers as follows: President, Gary Sicksg Vice-President, Bob Burkett, and Secretary- Treasurer, Catherine Byrd. Our graduation day seemed much closer as we took our places in high school. During this year we lost Paul A. Shoemaker, Mary Worden, and Le Roy Martin. With the coming of our Sophomore year and gaining Larry Stiver, we began our long climb to- ward financing our Senior trip. Our first step in this climb was the traditional all-school skating party. Mrs. Dyer and Mr. Wilcox were our sponsors this year. Our officers were: President, Bob Burkettg Vice-President, Bob Kirk, and Secretary-Treasurer, Catherine Byrd. Finally we entered our junior year. Our sponsors were Mrs. Waechter and Mr. Yager. Things really started to boom! The boys in our class were promi- nent on the basketball team. Many of us spent our nights for several weeks knocking on doors, selling magazines, but our star salesman, Bob Burkett, did his selling while lying in bed with a broken leg. During the second semester we could be seen at ballgames calling our wares of popcorn, ice cream, and cokes. When our sales began to lag, Larry Sheetz, our canteen manager, gave us a pep talk to encourage us to greater sales heights. On March l9 we started our preparation for our play, The Little Dog Laughed, under the direction of Mr. Yager. During the three weeks of play prac- tice we learned many things about some of the kids in our class. One of which was that Bev Powell, Merlee Smoker, and Bill Burkett seemed to be expert painters! ln the spring of the year we decorated the Steer- Inn and invited the Seniors to an evening of dining and dancing. All of these events might have been more difficult for us without the help of our sponsors, Mrs. Waech- ter and Mr. Yager, who walked along with our offi- cers, Kent Groninger, President, Bob, Kirk, Vice- President, Karna Hoffman, Secretary, and Eldon Rager, Treasurer. We ended our junior year by giving the Seniors a semi-formal farewell dance immediately following their graduation. Eleanor Hopkins, Catherine Byrd, Wilma Sterk, Bill Iunkin, Gary Sicks, Gale Cox, and Dale Cox left us during this year and Frank Urbahns, Paul S. Shoemaker and Cecil Kelley joined us. SENIORS, the goal which we had set as under- classmen, having been reached, we caught sight of a new goal - Graduation! Mrs. Waechter and Mr. Yager helped us to pre- pare for this goal. At our first class meeting we elected our class officers: President, Kent Groningerg Vice-President, jack Boyer, secretary, Karna Hoff- man, and Treasurer, Eldon Rager. Realizing that we still needed money for our Senior trip, we continued to w-ork in the can-teen. We supplemented our income by sponsoring a sock hop and selling ads for our yearbook. One of our most enjoyable money-making projects was our Senior play, directed by Mrs. Striggle. ln April many of us attended our last Sunshine- Hi-Y Banquet, and in May, instead of hosts, we were guests at the junior-Senior Reception. Sunday, April 25, we gathered at the Akron depot with families and friends. Amid the last minute goodbyes, we boarded the train and began our Senior trip, which took us through Washington and New York. ln one short week we spent all of the money which we had been earning for the past six years. On the night of May 22, as thirty-six of us, having gained Mary Ellen Maxwell and lost lack Shoe- maker, received diplomas, we realized that even our goal of graduation was not as significant as it had seemed. We understood that a goal is not a place to stop and put ambition aside, it is only a stepping stone in the path to higher goals. Only as we realized this did we capture the ful-l, meaning of our class motto: SO LITTLE DONE, SO MUCH TO DO.

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Freasures .feft Beh ind I, Frank Urbahns, beting of weak mind and one puffed up sore toe nail, w-ill to my brother, john, one slightly used '51 Goose, so that he may drive from the drug store to Parkers Restaurant without tiring himself outt. Also I would like to wi-ll to Mr. Deaton my love for Physics so that he can always rememtber me as an ??'??? .... . .- --- -- --- .- --- -- I, Gloria McCloug4h'an, being of sound mind, will my abil- ity to be embarrassed and not .blush to Duane Smiith who .needs i-t in the art roo-m. Also my bookkeeping to any Iumor who wants it. I, Iim Swick, bei-ng of sound mind, I thtink, hereby will my government book to any Iunior wh-o wants it, and my ability to setay oust of trouble to my brother, Tom, and also Ricky Braclway who needs it. Also my ability to svttick it out at AHS to anybodiy. I, Esther Landis, be-ing of sound mind, will and bequeath to any next year Senior girl, my Senior cords in hopes that they can think of something to put on them. Also, my Book- keeping Book to any next year Senior that wants it, in hopes they can get more from it than I did. I I, Pat Overlander, being of sound mind, do hereby will and bequeath nothing becau-se there is nothiing leftt to will! I, Mary Ellen Maxwell, in a moment of madness, do will and bequeath my ability to write acceptable themes to my brother, Kenny, my ability 'to talk and not get caught to Margaret Moore, my Chemistry book to some poor unsus- pectting Iunior, and my pet peeve, Billy Murphy, to Mr. -Cush- man to put in a big tbottle of formvaldehyde for furither biology classes to study. I, Linda Nelson, hereby will and bequeath to Mr. Mere- dith, my ability to write answers to questions I don't know anything about! To Larry Daine a gold plated Woman Hater pin tbecause I feel that he needs onel. To Allen Smith - all the green apples he can eat! And las-t, but not least, to Mr. Turner .my ability to swipe pencils Csince he was the victim of so many lossesll I, Pat Kuhn, will to Randy Sriver and Cvarolyn Myers my job as soda jerk, because they spend more time in there than I do. Q I, .Shel-by Smoker, in my poor, confused and undecided mind, hereby bequeath my typing erasers to Mr. Turner so he won't have to charge his students Sgt for using his. Also my typing book to my brother, Eddie, so that he may remem- ber my trouble in it so as to do befttter. I also will my ability of getting along wit-h the teachers to anyone who may like to talk like I do. I, Cecil Kelley, do will and bequeath my position as one of the art chairmen, on the annual, to Ianet Teel when she reaches her Senior year, and my ability to get along with people to anyone who needs it. To anyone who is bashful, I give my talking eyes which I've been told I have. To the Seventh Grade girls I will my knowledge of sewing. We, Merlee Smoker and Bev Powell, being of weak minds and unusually strong jaws, wish to will to Wendell Kuhn and Bob Powell our ability 'to get along so well with our teachers in hopes that they won't get into any more trouble than we did. And tto anyone who is interested, we will our many good times rodding around. We also would like to will our ability to 'be engaged in our Senior year to swell guys, to our ol-d school buddy, Melba Morris. ' I, Bob Kirk, being of evil mind and mangled body, do hereby will and bequeath my ability.to get two broken bones 'in both my Iufnior and Senior years to any Iunior bias- ketball player who can use it better than I, and to Ioe Mad- dux for fit happens to be a good way to get out of typing class. ' I, Phyllis Murphy, being of sound mind, will and bequeath my typing er:'t::ri: to Mr. Turner after lim through with them, and also my 5 cents which he is charging 'to shtarpen them. I al-so will my ability to Alyce Murphy for -her to get her driverls permivt and not to be as scared as I was. I, Frances Lewis, master of my tsane or insanel mind, hereby will my Bookkeeping book to any junior who has the ability to add and suvbtract backwards, and to Merlee Smok- er my future years of being an old maid, and to Mr. Mere- dith my dancing shoes so he may dtance for the next 30 years. hast of all, butt not least of all, to anyone the will to get out of school and make their first million. I, Dan Flohr, having a m-angled body and a few shingles loose elsewhere, do here-by will and bequeath my United States Citizenship papers to Charley Foreign Legion Brown alias Charles William Wlhittten-berger, in hopes he will find a use for them in the boon docks or wherever his line of duty may call him. To C'harley's mommy I leave my 1959 V28 CV stands for Vanatorl camel wi-th low built-in humps, for an extra smooth ride, and also an extra large radiator that replenishes any water that may be used. I leave my looks to any boy who wishes never to be trapped by a girl, and my figure to any gvirl whose ambition is to become an old mtaid. 'Ilo Glary Bradtwiay I will my height and my ability as a basketball player in hopes he will give me his in return. To the Kuhn girls, Pam and Cathy, I will my flat top which I know they always liked so well. til-lall I, Ierry Kuhn, being of soundi mind, body, and hairy legs, will my ability to come in first in the cmile to Gtary Parker, who, with luok, manages to come in last, and lastt of all, I will my hairy legs to Curley Kerr and hope -it helps to make a man out of him and -keep him warm. I, Bill Burkett, being of ,poor mind and weak body, do hereby will to Allen Smith my billfold in case he has to play any fines. To Wendell Kuhn my ab-ilitty to get along with all girls in case he needs it and to Gordon Helitzel a pal to run around with in school as Frog and I have. I, Bill Whittenberger, do -hereby will my position of first tromibone in the high school bland to Gary Bradlwtayg and my position as official scorekeeper on the baseball team, when not playing, to -anyone who is silly enough .to do it. Being U person of few words I wiill .my job as Hi-Y reporter Ito Bolb ,I-Iuppert, 'a boy of -more words 'than I fam. I, Iohn I. Hartman, lbeing of strong body -and weak mind do thereby will and 'bequeath my ability to run tthe mimeo- graph machine to 'anyone who wants it, and my car to Curly Kerr. I, Eldon Rager, being of superbly 'strong mind and unbe- lievable weak fbody and spirit dfo here-by will and bequeath my position of Senior Class Treasurer to Ianyone w1ho wanrts to make money easily but not honestly, my heightt fI've been sickl 'to any girl who is tired of looking down on 'her boy- fr-iend, and my position of l-st 3rd trombone 0t1h'atIain't goodl in my Senior year to my livtitle brother, Philip. I, Marla Hammond, being of sound mind and weak tbo-dy, do hereby will and beq-ue-ath my ability of going steady in' my junior and Senior years, ftto .the some lboyl 'to my cousin, Karen Hammond. I also will my 'typing book to any junior who may do better in tit fthlan I did. I, Bob B-urkett, hereby will my cocky iatlti-tude to Walt Hollingsworith Cas he could use ittl. I also will vmy 'ability to find enou.gh women in one night tto last ia tmontnh to Ly-nn Smith 'althou-gh he seems tto be getttling along 'fairly welll. I, Iohn McCloug1han, being of strong body and weak mind do 'here-by will my history Ebook to anyone that could do better in i.t than I did. I, Larry Kuhn, will my steady .hands tand thorough knowl- edge of medicine to 'all student managers Ithat may follow. Ialso will my Frog Sticker and Woman I-Iater's Pin to Guppy in .hopes that he may 'fight them 'all oftf. I, Karna Hoffman, not all sure 'of fthe -condition of my mind, will my blue and lavender nail polish to Myrtle Drudge, my ability to get along with the teachers f?l to Mag -Moore, and the good times I've had at A.I-I.S. to all future .Seniorsl I, Paul S. Shoemaker, ibeing in an unquestionatble stiatte of mind do hereby wi-sh to will my -chopped down Lincoln rod and my hot-rodding ability to Allen Smith because it seems to me he has a good start. Also -I wish to will my police recorgl tto him. 'It will 'take him a mlonltrh of 'Sundays to read all o it! I, 'Iohn Litftle, being of 'weak 'body -and insane mind, do 'hereby will and bequeath -my ability to chirp sweet notes to my past instructors about the time grade-s we were sup- posed ito have earned were issued sand also my just plain good luck to have made it 'through 'the last .four years to any poor guy that could make good use of either. We, Larry Sheetz 'and Kent Groninger, possessing superior hearing, do hereby will and ,bequeath our enormous ears to Guppie 'I-Iuppert, Simitt4ty , Shrimp McCutcheon, and Kerrly in hopes that our ears will hold their 'hats up above their eyes -as well 'as they 'have held up ouns. I, Karen Kreighbaum, will a wad of gum do the future fCont'inu'ed on Paige 591