Archbold High School - Blue Streak Yearbook (Archbold, OH)

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Last Will and Testament We, the Senior Class of nineteen hundred and forty-nine, being sound of mind and body, leave 'che following will upon our departure from this life at Archbold High School, Article Article sees fit, Article served. Article Article Article Article I We leave to the faculty a bottle of dye to camouflage the gray hair we have given tihem. II To the Archbold Higih School Band we leave sixteen empty chairs, to be filled as Mr, Mayer III We leave to the Cooks our heart fand stomachl felt tnhanks for the delicious meals they have IV We leave to the Junior Class our ability to put more money in the treasury than we take out, V We leave to the Sophomore Class our good looks and intelligence. VI We leave to the Freshman Class our dignity, VII To the Seventh and eighth graders we leave our good mannersg may they use tlhem at every opportunity, Is Ia IJ I: I, I, Ir I1 I, In In Iv Is I, In Is If I: I, In If I, I: I: Ir I, Ir I: I. I: I1 Is I, In If Ia Is Ir In In I, I, I9 If Richard Bernath, will my dark, curly hair to Mr, Galloway, Jacquelyn Brodbeck, will my singing ability to Phyllis Buehrer. William Fanlchauser, will my place on the varsity bench to Ben Young, Harold Flory, will my physique to Eddie Lauber. Esther Fleming, will my blond hair to Hattie Clingamang provided she keeps it clean. Velda Ledyard, will my slimness to Shirley Gaddis. Richard Riegsecker, will my happy disposition to Miss Manhart. Virginia Rufenacht, will my musical giggle to Harriet Spengler, Arthur Kleck, will my stubborn hair to Mr, Burkholder, Helen Grieser, will my curly hair to Cara Belle Frey, Ruth Rychener, will myf ambition to Mary Sue Rychener, Charlene Short, will my unlauglhable jokes to Barbara Christy, Eugene Slhort, will my quietness to Janey Murbach. Jeanette Short, will my appeal for the opposite sex to Charlotte Hausch, Philip Siegel, will my ability to dance romantic .lly to Joan Burkholder, Fontabel Stuckey, will my long skirts to Doris Leatherman. Lois Traut, will my atlhletic ability to Ben Young so he won't have to sit on the bench, Marjorie Waidelich, will my freckles to Virgil Shroeder, if he needs them. John Zimmerlllan, will my intelligence to aiiyofie who Wants it, Sue Ellen Scales, will my paint brush to Nancy Kernig, Oharles Gautsche, will my leadership in F,F,A, to Arden Grime. Ruth Springer, will my ability to study in study hall to Doris Gunden. Verleen Grieser, will my brainstorms to Mrs. Turgeon. Richard Schantz, will my intellectual ability to Verdeen Aeschliman. Doris Wyse, will my size four shoes to Jane Scales, Valetta Sauder, will my little ears to Mr, Parker. Ralph Lugbill, will my hidden talent to anyone wvho can find it, Glen Bfurklholder, will my bashful smile to Ned Lorton, Leroy Rupp, will my blushing ability to Marvin Nafzinger, Verlin Eash, will my bass playing ability to Dee DeGroff. Betty Storrer, will my sparkling brown eyes to Geneva Gautsche, Pauline Klopfenstein, will my English ability to the Junior Class, Dale Quillet, will my catching ability to Mr, Hornish's team, Fred Fether, will my crutches to John Dean Wyse, Shirley Bernath will my ability to get to sclhool on time to Nancy Fagley. Donald Short, will my ability in track to Duane Stamm. Walter Short, will my bashfulness to Orville Grieser. Leon Rupp, will my height to any body who wants to be a papenhanger or painter, Howard Rupp, will my cuteness to Theo Gaddis. Sam Oyer, will my magnificent muscles to Walter Short, Tom Spradlin, will my Southern accent to Eunice Traut, John Twiss, will my grades in English to anybody who wants to take sophomore English Three years. Barbara Werder, will my contrariness to Betty Nofzinger, Weldon Schang, will my collection of telephone numbers to Lowell, Spiess. 29

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Class Qbituary In the month of September, of the year 1937, a class was born without fanfare or recognition. It started its life, which was soon to be known the world around for its remarkable achievements. Then, on May 17, 1949, it happened, When this class had obtained the ,highest position yet achieved by 'a senior class, it started out to set new records in fields no other class had ever dared to attempt, but was cut short with its deatlh. Left to mourn is the Junior class, the Sophomore class, and the Freshman class, The first class mentioned will succeed the late Senior class but will in no way be expected to fill the position achieved by the late Seniors, When the first grade class of 1937 was born they were yet fairly undeveloped but as this class grew and grew it advanced higher and higher in this big, wide world. Not only did it grow in size, but also in the realm of wisdom and social ability. It seems that the Senior Class of 1949 could be unsurpassed in athletic, musical and educational abilities. Although they died from this activity, yet may they live forever in the memories and the purifying in- fluences that are left behind to the future Seniors of Archbold High School. The funeral service was held on May 17, 1949, in the Archbold High School, where they had spent the last six years of their life, Attendance at the service Was by invitation only and all friends were requested to attend, bearing flowers, and gifts, Z8

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CLASS PROPHEC Y Yesterday, May 17, 1974, the high school graduating class of 1949 met in the high school cafeteria. There we were served a scrumptuous meal prepared by Ella Beck, who is still chief cook and manager of the high school cafeteria. Ella looks older now than she did twenty-five years ago, but her cooking is still of the same champion- ship calibre, As we looked over this group of '49ers, we noticed that some of them had abundant amounts of gray hair, whereas others had almost no hair at all, We really made a sophisticated looking picture, After we finished tlhe meal, We sat and talked of the things that we all seemed to hold as the high points in our lives, our high school days. Then Mr, Spengler, our very well-liked class advisor and our banquet toast- master, asked us if we would like to hear each member of the class give a brief summary of his life since he had graduated from A,H.S, We all agreed wholeheartedly that this was an excellent idea, Here are some of the things that were related to us. Dick Bernath, our first speaker of the t49ers, seems to have a very strange problem, Dick has become a very successful dairy farmer and has compiled quite a fortune. His problem is, how can he will each of his sons a million dollars when he has only two million dollars and three sons, He is thinking about consulting Einstein for tlhe solution. Shirley Bernath seemed to be quite successful in her line or business. She is the head of the General Motors office in Detroit. She has twenty girls to tell what to do, She seemed to be enjoying herself, Jackie Brodbeck told us she is now working out in Hollyvwood, She is one the famous star's favorite hair dressers, She had been Working in Toledo until M,G.M, hired her. She says she is very happy, but did anyone ever see Jackie when she wasn't happy? Glen Burkholder was the next eager speaker to take the floor, Glen has become a very successful farmer and he is thinking seriously of retiring to let his seven sons farm his land, Glen plans to raise racoon dogs for a. pastime. Then there was complete silence, 3, very cultured looking gentleman got up to address our class, You guessed itg the gentleman was Verlin Eash, Verlin, well known the world over as Irving Berlin 11, has written 103 songs that have become popular. Later in the evening Verlin told us that he made the most important decision of his life when he chose between pole climbing and song writing, The next person to address his classmates was Bill Fankhauser. Bill found it difficult to start talking be- cause his sides were shaking with laughter from a joke that Ralph had told him. Bill, a nationally known drafts- man, has recently drawn plans for what is to be the largest and most modern building in New York City. Bill said his weakness is the sam-e as always, beautiful women!!! Fred Fetlhers, a very prominent man in the field of Industrial Arts, was called upon next. Fred is now head of the Industrial Arts department at Ohio State University. Fred really enjoys life and he has invited Ralph Lug- bill down to his 'home in Columbus for a week next summer, Fred says that he wants to catch up on the latest jokes and Ralph seems to know a lot of them, Esbher Fleming relayed to us that she is now running a beauty salon in Toledo with a staff of 20 girls under her. This salon is strictly for the upper crust. She is still the old maid which she predicted she would be. Then tlhe air rang witlh a series of chuckles as Harold Flory got up to talk, Harold said that he would tell a funny story h'ad the meeting been scheduled to last a week, but he feared that time would run out on him if he would try to tell a story at this one-day meeting, Harold has become manager of the largest grocery store in Chicago. Chuck Gautshe was the next of the male speakers to address this classmates, Chuck has become the C,S.F,O, fClhampion Scientific Farmer of Ohiol. Since Chuck has become so proficient in his chosen profession, he has had a big influence in making the Ohio farm system progress, Helen Grieser has just recently returned from China with her husband and their two children, They have been doing social work there and expect to return in the near future. Pauline Klopfenstein married a successful farmer and they have a home on a 120 acre farm and she' seems to be very happy with her husband and four children, Veldia Ledyard relayed to us that she is now a full fledged bookkeeper. She is keeping books for her hus- band and it seems that they have all profit, and it is no mistake on the part of the bookkeeper, Then a very handsome and dignified gray haired man got up to address his classmates. That's rightg it was Ralph Dugbill. Ralph, a very clean cut sort of individual, has become a very successful and a very well liked businessman, He has been the president or the Livestock Dealers Association for the last ten years, Ralph said that he had attained his life's ambition when he made Verlin Eash laugh at one of his jokes, Sam Oyer, chief mechanic in Ford's Detroit factory, was next to reveal his success. Sam acquired this job last year after having run his own private machine shop for ten years, For a hobby Sam is collecting old cars, and he now has quite a collection. Then Dale Quillet, a, youthful looking fellow, rose to tell about himself, Dale has turned down several pro- fessional basehall offers to go into his chosen profession, dairy farming, He has a herd of 200 registered Guernsey cattle tlhat have taken three national dairy show prizes thus far. Virginia. Rufenacht told us her husband had been elected Mayor of Pettisville in the last November election, Besides being the First Lady of Pettisville , she has fulfilled her lifetime ambition by running a hostess house, Howard Rupp, one time of our basketball team, was next to be heard, Back in his high school days Howard was commonly known as Minnie because of his small stature, but behold, Howard has suddenly taken root and has grown to be 6'1 . He is a carpenter by trade, and, I might add, a very good one, Dick Reigsecker, President of the National Truckers Association, was the next jolly speaker to blow off steam. Dick hasn't changed a bit. He has more good jokes than Carter has pills. Dick is fast becoming known as the world's top humorist. In spite of his popularity as ahumorist, Dick still feels happiest when he is driving a truck, Leon Rupp, still a ratlher quiet individual, was next to talk of his accomplishments, Leon is quite proud of his well-kept hundred acre farm north of Archbold, He has a very happy and contented family and he is very much devoted to them. Leroy Rupp, a clerk in a large furniture store in Toledo, spoke to his classmates, After graduating from high school, Leroy farmed for a few years, but finally settled down as a clerk in a furniture store. He is a very energetic person and is quite concerned about his family's happiness Ruth Rychener has long since become a graduate nurse and is now a medical missionary in Africa, She has been very successful in all tlh-ings. 30