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CLASS WILL Know all men by these present, that we, the class of 1937, oi the school oi Ashland, city of Ashland, state oi Ohio, of the age of four years, being of sound mind and memory, and it being our intention and purpose to dispose of all property, real, personal and mixed, which we may own at the time of our graduation, or which we may have the power to dispose by will, do hereby malce, publish, and declare this to be our last will and testament in the following manner: We bequeath unto the Junior Class, all the trials and tribulations of a Senior Class with the faint hope that they will be treated in a manner not unlilce our own efficient one. To the Sophmore Class, we leave the bright and cheerful intersection ofthe northern and western second Floor corridors to be used as a general milling place, if you can get by with it. We give to the Freshman Class 25c collected from the Floor ofthe stage after rallies, assemblies etc., just to let them know that we lcnow not all pennies come from heaven. We leave Miss Pauline Culbertson with a thorough lcnowledge of the child-lilce ways of a senior. We hereby bequeath to Mr. Gnagey 5 little atoms, For his laboratory and some new footlights for the stage so that he will have nothing more to worry about. ' U Unto Mr. Colby we bequeath some nice juicy custard pies to throwat all French Students who don't learn the use of venir de,, F . .-.i -. To Mr. Gorsuch we leave a new lie-detector, and a sub-machine gun to be used on those students who aren't smart enough tg, go to school when they should. Professeur Charles Atlas Repp leaves his dumbells to Mr. Pross. l-larry Gill bequeaths his mild and mellow base voice to Fred Johnson with the hope that Fred will change his ways and go straight. Mary Souder leaves the remainder of her jar of Mexican jumping beans to cheer leader l'lettinger who can now be one jump ahead oi Shorties Werwage and Anderson. David Sigler leaves his camera to Diclc Spreng with complete instructions as to how, when, and whom to shoot. Robert Pete Oldham surrenders his odious tromboners to Joseph Bruno Helbert. Ruth McConnell leaves her coy smile and winsome ways to Jean Williams to be used without discretion on the male members of Jean's class. Paul Gerlach leaves his baby boolc with three blond hairs in it to Esther Swing it Covert. ' Marjorie Harris bequeaths 45 squealcy Oboe reeds to Dick Weldon who hopes to go to the Nationals next year. To the school Tarzan Bill Elcey bequeaths a ten foot ladder to be used under the baslcets in the gym, so it won't be necessary to jump for them anymore. The August Franlc Bordonaro bequeaths to the school a vast collection of history tests which he has conquered. There are pages and pages Filled with absolutely nothing. To Ashland l-ligh School we bequeath the everlasting impressions and memories of the Finest class to graduate from her. ' Rexiorcl E. Matthews 19
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CLASS PROP!-IECY My what a nightl What a nightmarel I no sooner fell asleep than my dreams went back fifteen years and I saw my schoolmates as they were then. I made up my mind l'd take a vacation and see why, what, and where, my old school mates were. On the train from Rochester to New York, I bought a newspaper and sat down beside a couple of auburn haired men I didn't recognize, but- never in this world are there two heads of red hair like those, yes, Charles Repp and Maurice Fliegle. They said that they had just returned from Africa, they had been selling henna to the natives. While talking to them, I learned that Henrietta Pete is teaching girls how to become old maids at Vassar, and that Bob Oldham is janitor there. Bidding goodbye to my old schoolmates, I left the train and took a taxi up town to a restaurant. I walked into a little dive off Fifth Avenue and was startled by a gust of Italian profanity. I look- ed up and Io and behold it was Frank Bordonaro, the proprietor, fuming because after befriending an ungrateful bum, the latter had run out with the ash tray and salt and pepper shakers. Glancing out the window, back at my hotel, I observed a signboard showing a picture of Elsie Barcus, with her head thrown back and her mouth open as usual, but due to an obstructing billboard which prevented my seeing the ad, I don't know whether she was advertising a mouth wash or yodeling for Gene Nichol's I-lill Billies. This afternoon I took a sight seeing bus, driven by Virgil Scobey, and the hostess, Ruth McConnell, was very attentive. One of the fellow passengers turned out to be Paul Gerlach. I-le told me of seeing Eugene Melvin with his arm in a sling. It seems that he received it nudging his way past Bob Sprague in a breadline. After visiting many points of interest we stopped at Grant's Tomb. Loyd Moweiy was there trying to charge admission, it seems he was taken in by a couple of swindlers. I was attracted by a demonstration of the l'Iamilton and Castor Advertising Agency in a show window. They were advertising Senseman's Fly Paper, a new product on the market, then I went down to the fish market, the only one of its kind. The fish are in a glass cage and you pick out the one you want and Mary Souder will dive and get it for you. She lunched with me and told me that Bachman, Sheller, Kirsh, Fockler, Bowen and Wasen had sent for I-larriet BartIey's book entitled, I-low to Make the Most of Yourself when You are a Small Package, in twelve lessons. After lunch, we went to a movie. Learning there was a Vaudeville, we got front seats and the first act was the Ohiodora Girls, consisting of Janet Campbell, Doris Zehner, Kathleen Semler, Marilyn Carpenter and Virginia Stookey. The movie was Tarzan Finds A Mate, starring Bill Ekey and Elizabeth Bentle. Billy made the noises and Elizabeth tamed the animals. One more day left of my vacation, so I caught the Erie at New York and found myself speeding toward Ashland. Arriving there in the evening I thought l'd take in an Opera or the like at the Old Opera I-louse. In front of the theatre I saw posters with faces that were vaguely familiar. Goodness, if it wasn't I-larry Gill and June Freer in Romeo and Juliet. I-larry is getting a bit too stout to climb up to the balcony so the stage manager has installed an elevator. June can't do a crying scene anymore unless they throw a tear gas bomb on the stage . After the play, I walked down Main Street and bumped into Charles l'Iockensmith, who even in his younger days had a hobby ofcollecting old things. l'Ie is now a member of the D.S.C. and has traveled thousands of miles. Well, here I am back at my work, and today was the fifteenth anniversary of my graduation. Everything seemed unimportant except my memories. Reminiscing, I thought of the four years I spent at Ashland I-Ii, four of the best years of my life. The memory of my beloved classmates and loyal trusting faculty seems undimmed by these last fifteen years. I realize more each year that the basic fundamentals, firm friendships, an optimistic attitude toward life, and an understanding sympathy for humanity, were founded in those four years, closing in nineteen thirty seven. I-lannah George 1 8
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E i . 1- .5 wr. 1 rigs Lf. I if First Row PAUL ABY, PAUL ANDERSON, ANNE M. ANUCINSKI, RALPH ATEN, HELEN ATTWOOD. Second Row VIRGINIA AUSTEN, CLYDE BACHMANN, ELSIE BARCUS, KARL BEEM, HARRIETT BARTLEY. Third Row JOSEPH BAUM, ELIZABETH BENTLE, FLORENCE BIDDINGER, FRANK BORDO- NARO, BOB BRUBAKER. Fourth Row CARL BUFFENMYER, CONSTANCE BYERS, JANET CAMPBELL, LQETTA CARBERRY, MARILYN CARPENTER. Q0
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