Ayersville High School - Sohiray Yearbook (Defiance, OH)

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4 end wdadzgtff We the Class of 53 be1ng of dls abled mlnd and wtthout memory of bad debts do put down our last w1ll and testament to be carrred out after our last prof1tab1e year ts frntshed but not forgotten ITEM I We the Class of 53 do hereby w1ll and bequeath our class advtser Mrs Marttn to the Class of 54 ITEM II We the Class of 53 do hereby w1ll and bequeath our Home Room whtch we have cherrshed so much to the Junlor class ITEM III I Eugene Thomas Weber do hereby w1ll and be queath my teasing abtllty and s1lly remarks to Ph1ll1p Grant the back seat of my car to anyone who wants to take a joy rlde I Paul Ray Johnson do hereby w1ll and bequeath my Job at the Coke plant to Ronme Goller I Ambrose Rtchard Mangas do hereby w1ll and bequeath my wh1skers to Santa Claus I Paul Leonard Mohr do hereby w1ll and bequeath my abtltty to shoot dead rabb1ts to Dlck Endsley I Gerald Allen Mansfleld do hereby wtll and be queath my good looks to Rxchard Jones who wants to get along wtth all the glrls I Brlan Gordon Mansfteld do hereby wtll and be queath my qulet ways to Gary Groll I Shlrley Lee Moore do hereby w1ll and bequeath my smlle to Frances Wesley I Georgia Marte Barker do hereby w1ll and be queath my dead pan expresston to Mary Ruth Sanford I Lols Ruth Thleroff do hereby w1ll and bequeath my gtggles to L1nda Mansfleld I Rose Marte Ztnser do hereby w1ll and bequeath my hard work and ablltty to Marlene Hohenberger I Ruby Darlene May do hereby w1ll and bequeath my abxltty to get an engagement r1ng to Beulah Iler I James Allen Kennedy do hereby w1ll and be queath my decettfulness to Arlene Hunt I Donald Urban Thteroff do hereby Wlll and be queath my left fleld pos1t1on on the baseball team to Roger Engel I Phyllts Ann Stttes do hereby w1ll and bequeath my freckles to etther Mary Horton or the leopards I Lewls Eugene Zlnser do hereby wtll and be queath my ab1l1ty to get through school to Ronme Matthtas I Phyll1s Ann Gerken do hereby WIII and bequeath my Job at Westrtcks to Mlcky Wllllams I AI1ceMar1eGoller do hereby w1ll and bequeath I Harold Paul Breckler do hereby w1ll and be queath my bashfulness to Duane Engel who doesnt llke gtrls I Patr1c1a Ann Roth do hereby w1ll and bequeath myself to Bob Vandemark I JamesMath1as Herr do hereby w1ll and bequeath my Job as Jamtor to Allen Wtchman I Nelson Jay Hahn do hereby w1ll and bequeath my posttlon as one of the ftrst ftve on the basketball team to Larry Mtchael I W1ll1am Edward Lloyd do hereby w1ll and be queath my abtltty to sktp school to Norvm Mansfield I Cleon La Von Shumaker do hereby w1ll and be queath my Ford to Ma tha Maddock who can afford the tures whtch tt uses readlly I Anna Mae Schaffer do hereby WIII and bequeath my legs to Dorothy Rohn THE ZELLER CORPORATION Defiance, Ohlo f 646 , . . - I, Earl Eugene Osborn, do hereby will and bequeath my high gradeS IO Bill Lake. 1 16

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faced 6144477 Twenty years have elapsed srnce the class of 53 has completed therr education at good old Ayersvrlle High School Srnce we haven't taken a lengthy vacatron for some Ilme we decrded to vrsrt some of our classmates of 1953 Our first stop was to vrsrt SHIRLEY MOORE rn Flrnt Mrchrgan She and her husband had just frnrshed redecoratrng therr home Shrrley told us that another of our classmates CLEON SHUMAKER was lrvrng on the adJornrng farm He had also devoted hrs younger years to prrze frghtrng Whrle passing through Los Angeles Calrfornra we decrded to stop and eat lunch A this restaurant we saw GEORGIA BARKER wrth two of her children The other four were rn school Georgra told us that ANNA MAE SCHAFFER was now a famous movre star She had just frnrshed her 20th movre wrth JERRY MANSFIELD as her co star From here we drove to Florrda to vrsrt RUBY MAY and her husband Gene Feeney Ruby and Gene were operatrng a luxurrous resort along the ocean Next we chartered a Jet plane to the Hawarran Islands to vrsrt HARRY BRECKLER who was supervrsrng a 4 000 acre sugar plantatron Harry was dorng well rn thrs business Whrle sarlrng to Asra on the Atom Shrp we became extremely sea srck We call ed the captarn which was to our surprise JIM KENNEDY hm had served as captain of the shrp for 5 years Before this he had been at the New York Naval Yard Jim sent for the shrp s doctor BRIAN MANSFIELD Brran had served as rntern and doctor at the Walter Reed Hosprtal Wrth hrm was hrs charming nurse PHYLLIS STITES Phrl had served as an army nurse and later as head nurse at Ann Arbor Hospital Talkrng over old trmes cured us of our sea sickness We then proceded to Europe where we were met at a Polrsh dock by ALICE GOLLER Alrce was waiting for her husband Stub Mock to return from hrs frshrng expedrtron rn the Baltrc Sea Whrle attending a Parrs fashion show we sawa very famrlrar face which was PHYLLIS GERKEN Phyl had become one of the best fashron desrgners rn Parrs After vrsrtrng trarts that rnterested us most was parnted by PAUL MOHR Paul was at this trme lectur ing on Amerrcan parntrngs Whrle rn Swrtzerland we saw PATRICIA ROTH mrlkrng the last of her 89 goats She had her husband Bob Vandemark are makrng therr lrvrng by exporting lrmburger cheese to the Unrted States After leavrng Swrtzerland we Journeyed on to Sparn where we notrced a man draw rng a team of mules Hrs vorce sounded very famrlrar When we spoke to hrm we found that rt was JIM HERR He was employed by the Trans Contrnental Freight Lrne Back rn the Unrted States we attended a crrcus at Atlanta Georgra To our amaze ment we found the ring master to be GENE WEBER Genre told us that part of hrs suc cess was due to hrs leadrng clown AMBORSE MANGAS The Weber Mangas Crrcus rs now one of the leadrng shows rn the world We also vrsrted the Mrss Amerrca Beauty Contest It was not surprrsrng to frnd one of the Judges to be NELSON HAHN He had made Judgrng beauty contests hrs hobby We traveled on to Kentucky to see BILL LLOYD and GENE ZINSER who had formed a partnershrp They bought a large tobacco plantatron When we arrrved we found Bill and Gene watchrng a televrsron campargn speech DON THIEROFF who was the cam pargner was runnrng for Ohio Senator On our way back to Washington we saw EARL OSBORN He had Just left hrs Kansas chrcken farm and was plannrng to enter hrs prrze chrckens rn the NatronalCh1cken Con test rn Chrcago Illrnors When we reported back for work we found the receptronrst to be LOIS THIEROFF Mrs Brrnk rnvrted us over to vrsrt her and Burdette The trrp was uneventful untrl we arrrved at Hong Kong Chrna where we found PAUL JOHNSON teachrng and preachrng to the Chrnese Berng a mrssronary Paul hadn t heard what our classmates were dorng He asked us what ROSE ZINSER had chosen for her career We told hrm she was now a professor at the Umversrty of Columbia Thus havrng predicted the future of the class of 53 we Phrl Strtes and Phyl Gerken shall wart to see how accurate our predrctrons are! 17 0 . , . . ' ' 0 , ' ' , ' . t Phyl we went to Berlin, Germany to visit the International Art Gallery. One of the por- . . . .' . . '