Bartlett High School - Covered Wagon Yearbook (Bartlett, OH)

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EL S IJIQUIU Y NAMAZING DISCOVLRIES MADE IN EXCAVATION OF BURIED CITY ' This was the re- port that spread like fire throughout the city on the morning of Hay 31 3000 With one accord the whole populace dropped its activities and flocked to the scene where, before their wondering eyes, a long dead town began to reveal its secrets under the picks and shovels 'What's the name of the town?H someone called and without delay a second voice called back, 'Bartlett P True enough' So it turned out to be Bartlett, a small town that had flourished a thousand years before and then had disappeared with the passing of time, until, like Rome, lt was buried by centuries of debris, had come into its own once more Suddenly a loud shout arose above the excited buzz of voices 'What is lt? what is 1t?' everyone wanted to know 'We've found a picture of the mayor,' one of the diggers answered breath lessly Here he is Take a look 'Oh, what a handsome man several of the ladies sighed Nwhat was his name?u one gazer wished to know They turned the picture over and there on the back they found the answer to this latest question I large black letters they beheld the mayor's name Larry Place But scarcely had they had time to repeat the words before another loud shout arose More amazing discoveries were made A picture of our 55th president and his first lady were found Clyde Law and Ann Weekley both graduates of Bartlett High School While brousing through some high school records it was discovered that Doris Jean McCla1n,who had been a 1952 candidate for Bartlett High School Car- nival Queen, had become the wife of the famous five star general, Lee Jobee Cecil Wigal IV found an old piano book of his famous great, great grandmother, Joanne Ladd, who had been a well known concert pianist and the wife of Cecil Wigal, an electrical engineer Mr end Mrs Ason Goddard III and their child ren turned up a picture of Janet Graham, the wife of Aeon Goddard and mother of their 18 children A gold set of forsceps was found in the debris on which Thomas when he began his career as a dentist in Bartlett Dolly Mayle's great, great grandsons, who were quintuplets, found an old rusty crank and decided it must have belonged to their great, great grandmother because she was such a cranky history teacher until she became the wife of Captain Robert Dickinson Ruth Mayle, who tried to become president without announcing she was over thirty five, was the prosperous secretary to the president of the United Staun A great, great nephew of her boyfriend, J A , recognized her not forgotten face J A had spent his whole life trying to woo her into marrying him Nancy Ann VI found an old beat up pencil and by looking for more information found that it belonged to Nancy Carothers being one that she used when working as Dave Stsphen's secretary Nancy later became the wife of the successful engineer, Jack Ingram While looking around,some records were discovered whldz revealed that Dave Stephens was a member of the F B I Dave had aided John Beadle Smith clean up his Department of Communists Although Dave was a bachelor he received many proposals of marriage Dave's only regret was that Mr Cormany had not been there to congratulate him Janet Ilene and Dick V found a skeleton of a rabbit and a chicken immediately deciding that these were the remains of their ancestors chicken and rabbit farm Dick McGraw and his wife, Janet Cozzens, had owned a chicken and rabbit farm Looking further into the ruins a picture of Dwight Tate was found Dwight Tate had become a successful prize fighter and lived until the ripe old married Peggy Newman and had had 13 children When a was found everyone nearly went wild It was D1ck1e's though the name of his charming wife was never found, looked like a movie star Dickie was always a lady's While further exploring in the debris, Susie Minerd f age of 105 He had picture of Dickie Mcatee wedding picture Al everyone assumed she man even in high school ound a picture of Madlyn Hill She was a secretary for three years after her graduation from high school Following this she married Roger Mlnerd They had five charming children Everyone was just about ready to go home when some youngster came up with a picture of Dorothy Linscott Dorothy became the wife of Henry Allen der soon after her graduation and settled down being a housewife and mother to her children By this time most of the debris had been cleared away thus eliminating any further search I e I I . - 2 . ' . . n the initials M,T, were engraved, Everyone assumed they had belonged to Miles