Bath High School - Recal Yearbook (Lima, OH)

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ASS HISTORY of the Class of 1950 l938' A momentous year' September' A fate ful month' Johnny and SUSIE clung to Mothers skrrts but the tlme had come They bevan thelr long twelye year yoyage on the shlp of educatlon Today the class of 50 looks back on those first days of school and more than one may be heard saymg Gee lt seems such a short tlme ago Indeed rt does but so many many thmgs haye happened m those years ln 1936 when we first ventured 1nto the field of the three R s the lmted States was just gettlng on its feet after a bad depression and many of our parents were be lnnmg to breathe a llttle easler At the same tune condltlons ln Europe pomted to ward another war But completely obllvlous to any of these thrngs we busted ourselves with nor'rnal chlldhood actlvltles Who w1ll forget the games of marbles and jumpmv rope or Hlde and Go Seek and Crack the Whrp? that had seemed far away came very close to home 194-1 IS a year that we all remember well After thls many thmgs changed for us Our brg brothers uncles couslns and even fathers went to war We were begmmng to understand the serrousness of this mternatlonal problem Durmv the war years Bath Exempted Village School grew by leaps and bounds When we en tered the slxth grade those who were here wlll remember moymg to the hlgh school bulldmg be cause of the oyercrowded grade school Then when we finally reached the seventh grade and were about to become a defimte part of the hrgh school we recelyed a great blow to our ego We were moyed back to the grade school blllldlllgl Slnce that tlme we have had a five grade high school Wlth 194-5 came vrctory for the Allles oyer the Axls forces How can we forget the day that the teacher told us the wonderful news' The Germans had surrendered Now we had to worry about the japanese That summer the atomlc bomb ended our worrles But lt seemed to bring some new ones with lt too The elghth Grade meant that hlgh school days were here Now lt became necessary for us to begin preparations for our llfes work But we always had tlme for lots of fun Partles and dances became yery popular and some of the gang began to have dates The grrls llked to look their prettlest and the fellows yearned to be muscle bound athletes Whlle we were strugglmg with Latln and Algebra some great men were busy trylng to patch the bat tered old World up by means of the United Nations Assembly Our hearts went out to the people of many war torn nations and we sent them food and clothlng When at last we reached our Junror year we felt that we were drawmg pretty close to the end of our school days By thls tlme a lot of the fellows had developed mto muscle bound athletes and be there was the unforgettable ,Iun1orSen1or prom that took so much hard work and when we made out our schedules for our last year of hrgh school we began to reallze that rt wouldnt be long And now that last year IS gone and perhaps many SCDIOTS are dom a good blt of I'CITllIllSClI1g Some WylSl'l they had taken better ady antage of their tlme and others recelye thelr dlplomas wlth a gen ulne satlsfactlon that they gamed by dolng thelr est From now on most of us are on our own W haye no teacher except experience to find our mls takes War whlch has played such an mtegral part of our lrfe heretofore contlnues to face us Com mumsm threatens our democratlc ldeals A dreadful weapon the Hydrogen Bomb flyrng saucers and rumors of Men from Mars are creatlng an ever growlng atmosphere of drspalr and dlstrust Yet we look forward to the future confident that we can meet these trrals Today we follow Tomorrow we lead Page Tu enty . 1 - - . -4, I . Y C s J f, T' . . , 'V. N . V - 17 ' . ' 1 V V , . . V V . V. . , I 4 e 9 T - V ' ' . V' . V U. . U . . . V L U 9 n I . . 45 . ' I 33 I . . 55 55 ' 7, ' By the time we were in the fourth grade, a war lleve me, the gurls looked pretty, too. Of course, . V . I . j l , - ' ' 7 V . . , . y , V - u n 7' Y 7 . U Y VY V . I . V . . V. - 7 ff - . , . , V V Y . e 1 . , 7 Y ' l, ' 9 f 9 T 2 . 1 f ' D f , , 7 1 ' it ' V Y' Q Y . ' I , .

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ACTIVITIES AND PREDICTIONS Bath Hlgh Class of 1950 JOYCE ADAMS Cheerleadlng 4 Orchestra 1 2 3 4 Annual 4 Newspaper 4 Ensemble 3 4 Marlmba Ensemble 1 2 3 4 Jun1or Play 3 Sen1or Play 4 G A C 2 3 4 JOYCIC has recently replaced Mar1e WIISOH as the D1zz1est Blonde In Town PAT ALSPAUGH G A C 2 3 4 Pr1nce of Peace 4 Sen1or Scholarsh1p Exams 4 Speech Play 4 D1mples became famous last year when she was voted Nurse I Would Most L1ke To Be Wheeled Into The Operatmg Room By JERRY ASHWORTH Football 1 2 3 Track 1 2 3 4 Sen1or Class Play Stage Crew 4 Cross Coun try 2 H1 Y 3 4 Ensemble 4 Newspaper 4 Annual 4 Most l1kely to get ahead 1n the conservat1on world IS Jerry Ashworth He has recently formed a un1on of whlch he IS pres1dent called U of CE UHIOH of Conservat1on Experts BONNIE ADKINS A br1ght and sunny Bonn1e IS very very happy 1n her Job as h0U.SeWlfe and mother PHYLLIS BAER G A C 2 3 4 Sen1or Play 4 Pr1nce of Peace 4 L1ttle Red Baer has become a ha1r consultant and makes money show1ng dlscontented women how to dye the1r ha1r flammg red BARBARA BEASLEY Span1sh Club 4 Sen1or Scholarsh1p 4 Scholarsh1p Team 1 2 3 4 Barbara has become another MISS T at old Fa1rborn TRUMAN BENNETT Football 4 Track 1 2 3 4 Basketball 3 4 H1 Y 2 3 4 Student Councxl 3 4 Boys State 3 Ensemble 4 Boys Glee Club 4 Cross Country 2 3 Jun1or Play 3 over and dec1ded that the most open f1eld to study for was that of explorat1on so he became a hobo NORMAN BERTRAM Span1sh Club 4 After years of hard study and harder work Nor man reached hlS goal and has become a top rate aeronaut1cal draftsman KENNY BLOOMHORST Newspaper 4 Annual 4 Jun1or Play 3 Speech Play 4 Track 3 4 En semble Octet Boys Glee Club Kenny set out to rel1eve the s1tuat1on of the In d1ans and they were so grateful they made h1m a blood brother 1n one of the1r anc1ent r1tes He now IIVSS on the reservat1on and IS domg much to rel1eve those brave people LLOYD BOGER H1 Y 4 Jun1or Play Stage Crew 3 Lloyds Flor1st shop r1vals the very best and he makes enough money to be qu1te comfortable IVAN BROOKS Ivan d8SlgIlS ashtrays for a glass company and 11V6S Wlth hlS fam1ly 1n Arkansas BETTY BROWN Bettys boss throws hlS hands 1n d1smay at the sl1ghest h1nt of her leav1ng He says she IS the best secretary there ever was and 1f necessary he w1ll double her salary CECIL BURKHART Football 3 4 H1 Y 3 4 Sen1or Scholarsh1p exams 4 Scholarsh1p Team 4 Do you have any aches pa1ns cont1nuous head aches or broken bones? If so drop everyth1ng and go to C1 MYRNA BURKHART Ensemble 3 4 Scholarsh1p Team 1 2 3 4 Tr1H1Y 3 Myrna now has her own meat plant w1th pro v1s1ons to k1ll her own cattle JAMES CHARLTON J1m went to Alaska after graduat1on w1th the 1dea of mak1ng a fortune 1n seals As yet he has not been heard of except that he marr1ed an esk1mo PHYLLIS COSSETT Ensemble 4 Phyll IS Wlth a travel1ng opera company and s1ngs the lead1ng role of Carmen CAROL CANTRELL Carol vtent to school stud1ed very hard became a secretary and then marrled her very flrst employer HORST DANIELIS Track 3 Cross Country 3 Sen1or Play 4 H1 Y 3 4 Sen1or Scholarsh1p Exams 4 Horst has a Job Wlth the government as translator Hed make a good reporter Wlth all the 1ns1de dope he gets LEONARD CUNAGIN Football 1 2 3 4 Track 1 2 3 4 Basketball 3 4 H1 Y 4 Boys Glee Club 4 Ensemble 4 VICE Presldent of Sen1or Class Football Klng 4 Bud IS now a star c1rcus performer ION DEATON Span1sh Club 4 Football 3 4 Base ball 2 3 4 Cross Country 2 lon moved to Idaho and bought a farm so he could grow Idaho potatoes FRANCES DRYER Span1sh Club 4 G A C 3 4 Annual 4 Sen1or Scholarsh1p Exam 4 Sen1or Play Stage Crew 4 Fran f1nally managed to tr1ck a poor pubhsher to produce a volume of her self 1llustrated poems PEGGY EGENMAIER Speech Play 4 Pr1nce of Peace 4 Peggy does qu1te a b1t of travel1ng and makes her l1v1ng tellmg people about It FREEDA FANNIN Freeda went to Hollywood and became the pr1vate secretary to a b1g producer there PAT FILLION Annual 4 Newspaper 4 Speech Play 4 Student COLll'lCl1 4 Sen1or Scholarsh1p Exams 4 Seen any of these new com1c books lately Chances are the 1llustrat1ons were dravxm by none other than our fa1thful annual artlst JOYCE FISHER Span1sh Club 4 A sm1le really counts where Joyce IS concerned PEGGY FORBECK G A C 2 3 Tr1 H1 Y 2 3 Speech Play 4 A m1ss IS good for a m1le 9Sp6Cla11y 1f she Just set a new world record 1n lt VIRGINIA FREEDERS Speech Play 4 Newspaper 1 2 3 Annual 3 Ensemble 4 Fann1e Bryce Freeders Just revlved that old favorlte Baby Snook and IS playlng the lead1ng ro e LOUISE FROST G A C 4 Sen1or Play 4 MISS Frost Just started an ICC cream parlor selllng 1ce cream 1n 106 d1fferent flavors DENZIL FUGETT Stage Crew Sen1or Play 4 Bas ketball 4 Tenn1s 2 3 4 Denz1l Just fugetted around the world on a sur vey1ng tour of the world s C3plt0IS GOEBY GARDNER Football 2 3 4 Basketball 3 4 Stage Crew for Speech Play In a va1n effort to keep h1s Plymouth full of gas Goeby Just took over the management of the Rec reat1on SHANNON GERLAUGH Stage Crew Jun1or and Speech Plays Sen1or Play Pr1nce of Peace One Act Play Baseball 3 4 Shan took h1s part 1n the Sen1or Play to heart and IS now one of the best exterm1nat1ng men 1n the bus1ness BARBARA GETTER G A C 4 Tr1 H1 Y 3 Make up crew for Jun1or Play 3 Sen1or Play usher Do our eyes dece1ve us or IS that Barbara over there 1n that flor1st shop? GEORGE GREER Span1sh Club 4 Sen1or Scholar Shlp Exams Scholarsh1p Team 2 3 Now at last we have someone to take the place of E1nste1n Its none other than George Greer of our 1950 graduatmg class DICK GRISSOM Football 2 2 4 Basketball 2 3 4 Ensemble 2 3 4 Boys Glee Club 4 Band 1 2 3 4 Track 2 3 4 Speech Play 3 D1ck surJpr1sed us all by settlmg down to ra1se love blrds . ' Y I Y Y 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 . . 1 1 1 1 9 1 Z 3 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 ' ' -1 1 1 - 1 1 ' 1 1 1 , . u ' ' 11 - - . . . . . , , , , 1 ' Y 1 1 Y Y Y 4, . . . - . 1 Y Y Y 1 1 Y Y 7 1 I . ,, . . . Y 7 1 7 ' ' 1 Y Y l ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' ' 1 1 , Q - . - . . , e ' 1 . . ' Y 1 1 Y Y 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 7 Y Y 1 Y ' , . ' 1 1 ' 1 1 ' ' ' ' - 1 1 ' ' '1 1 1 1 1 1 ' ' - ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 l , ' 3 1 1 l - - - -1 1 1 1 1 Z 1 1 , . . ' ' ' 1 7 1 Y Y Y ' : 1 Y 1 1 Y ' ll 79 . ' 1 ' ' , 1 1 1 1 - - - Z 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 9 1 . 1 . ' Y Y Y 1 1 Y Y ' 1 ' Y 1 Y 7 Y ' ' . U ,, . . . . 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