Ayersville High School - Sohiray Yearbook (Defiance, OH)

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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- . . . .' . . '

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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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dla44?oem We the class of frfty three Are as rrght as rrght can be We try to abrde by the golden rule And set a good example for the school Frrst we wrll rntroduce the boys For wrthout them there would be no Joys Some are known for basketball fame Others are well known but not rn thrs game Harry a loyal member of F F A He s sure to make hrs vocatron pay An ardent lover of the land He s always ready to lend a hand Dark complexroned darker eyes Gene Z rs qurte a character for hrs srze He s a lad sure to clrck In fact we thrnk he s very slrck Wrth hrs classmates Morr wrll rate Always ready to debate To our chorr he belongs And rn hrs heart there s a song Jrm H snaps everythrng rn hrs srght A photographer rn an amateur lrghtl Wrth a manner that s gallant and charmrng Hrs actrons would never be offensrve or alarmrng Brll never has much to say But goes quretly on hrs way For hrm tasks have no clarm A good trme rn hrs arm Nelson s a star of basketball fame In other sports he rates the same He rs tall and rs wrse A lot of boy for hrs srze Don rs handsome happy and full of class At any test he can pass Wrth hrs ready wrllrng hand He can grow anythrng on the land Jerry s wrt and humor are drawn to plan He wrll always help you rf he can As a star rn basketball fame Ayersvrlle wrll always remember hrs name A he man burlt a boyrsh grrn Earl s lazrness rs not a srn He rs srlly and he rs gay He wrll never work when he can play Gene W rs easy to look at delrghtful to know All sports keep hrm on the go A helprng hand rs a grft Grvrng all hrs frrends a lrft Cleon s a guy wrth plenty of orrgrnalrty Whrch equals hrs personalrty Too much work rs hrs lament On other thrngs hrs eye rs bent Eyes brrght and harr dark In thrs world Brran wrll make a mark Books are good and books are frne But he wrll take fun any old trme A very serrous young man Paul J rs dorng the best he can He never has much to say But goes quretly on hrs way Ready and wrllrng for work or play Jrm K s ambrtron wrll really pay Hrs brrght rdeas are recerved wrth scorn By those whose patrence he s thrnly worn Ambrose rs noted for skrpprng school But strll he abrdes by the golden rule When rt comes to studres and stuff He always says I ve had enough We now rntroduce the grrls to you They are always happy and never blue In drfferent occupatrons they wrll succeed And always wrllrng to help when rn need Georgra s dark harr and eyes of brown We are sure she ll go to towm At twrrlrng a baton she s a whrz As majorette of the band she s the best there Wrth a smrle so sweet Lors rs always neat Full of grace full of ease Wrth a personalrty sure to please Workrng hard from year to year From her frrends she rates a cheer No foolrshness and no folly Rosre s laugh rs both hearty and Jolly Phyllrs G s future we can not foretell Yet she does all thrngs well She has a great brg heart of gold And many frrends we re told Pat has a flrrtatrous look rn her eyes And ambrtron as hrgh as the skres As the secretary of our senror class She s a frrend not one can surpass We lrke the smrle Phrl S wears She seems to have very few cares We thrnk thrs grrl rs very frne She dazzles the boys wrth her lrne Shrrley has a wrllrng and helprng hand She plays frrst trumpet rn the band As a presrdent we grve her lots of prarse For the happrness she has grven rn our school days Although she s always up to trrcks Anna Mae wrll help you rn any frx Wrth dancrng feet and plenty of pep Thrs classmate of ours rs really hep A busy grrl every where seen Ruby never does anythrng mean Wrnter summer sprrng or fall She calmly goes through them all Alrce rs a frrend to have around She s always helpful so we ve found Her personalrty rs well over par Her ambrtron wrll take her far Now comes Mrs Martrn our Senror class advrsor We thank her for helprng us be so much wrser She has helped us to abrde by the Golden Rule Now we shall mrss her and our dear old school Shrrley Moore and Patrrcra Roth ' . ' . ' iS- . I I . : . I . . . v . . . , . ' , . . . . . ' ' . ' ,I 18