Bloomville High School - Green and White Yearbook (Bloomville, OH)

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Sen br flu 5 P o flecy It is the year 1974, the twentieth reunion of the class of 1954. The reunion is taking place at the Motel of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Biller in Florida. Mrs. Biller was formerly Ann McClelland, a graduate in Bloomvi1le's Class of 1954. Jerry also was a member of the class until he moved to Florida with his parents. Some of the old classmates arrived last night and stayed at the Motel. Wow! If the fancy cars parked around here are theirs, they must have really made good in this world. Well, here comes the adviser of the class, Mrs. Henry Swearingen. Both she and her husband have retired and are living here in Florida, just down the road a little way from the Motel. These people should be getting up soon. Well, here comes one now. It's June Blum Ziegler. June and Don now run one of the biggest dairy farms in the United States, including Texas. Don was unable to come along as he had farm. to look after the One of our classmates has become a famous movie actress. Yept You guessed ltt It is Gay Hossler, who is now going is another famous name in the movie As you know we had a very good famous now. He draws a comic strip Janetn. Here comes Pat Kaseman driving world, Pyrone Tower. Dick Cooley's 1973 Chevrolet. She is living with her folks in Bloomville. we hope she and Dick make it to the soon or Pat will be an old maid. Gertrude Ba1l's leadership ability is still at its best. She is now artist in our class--Bob Emerson. He for the Bloomville Gazette called any by the name of Tallulah Bunkbed. Her husband is very Little still altar a gener- al in the Waves and still has her good looks--on the land as well as on the sea. Ronnie Earick has done very well in the business world. He is now proprietor of the Clover Farm Store in Bloomville. His slogan is 'If you live in town and don't own a farm, Buy your country meats at the Clover Farm.W Cecil Sayre's ambition was to become a newspaper writer and he did. He is a writer for the Toledo Blade. He has also written many novels, his latest entitled 'The Accidental Suicide of Trigger Happy Jonesn. Two boys in our class followed in their father's footsteps. One of them, Don Miller, has taken over his father's painting business which is now called 'Miller' Daubing Service'. The other boy, Leonard Farr, now owns the Shell Station started by his dad and calls his business 'Bum's Shelln. we are happy to see that two of our classmates made good in our hometown. Well, here comes our big boy, the one and only Raymond Zeiter. Ray was a bas- ketball star in high school and is now star center for the Minneapolis Lakers. His coach, George Mikan, says Ray is the best. we hear that Harold Seiple is married and living in Coshocton, Ohio. As you probably know Coshocton is the home town of his wife, the former Ed Dolch also made good in dairy farming with his Ayrshires married, but is writing to a young lady, or shall we say 'an old Ji lMOT1OCk is now a dealer in antique cars. His favorite, for a number of years, is a 1930 Willys. Jim isn't married, but ly attract the dames. Here comes the only redhead in our class. You all remember Sue Burris. ld is not yet maldn in Texas. which he has had his antiques sure- her as Elaine Dunn but she is now Mrs. Robert Levine of Attica. She has twin daughters, both of whom have bright red hair. The only member of the class who hasn't arrived yet is George Hemminger. But here he comes now with his wife, Juanita, and two little boys, George Jr. and Orley. George is now living in Republic and is still helping his brother-in-law farm. It is certainly a pleasure to see all of the members of B1oomville's Class of at t - 1954 again. I'm sure everyone will agree th selves. hey have all done well for them .. 3 fixiiiaqwziu 0 dk ' Q A I4 e Y' I -ri. F . . he ' ,. E 45 by 5' 'WLWQ5 K3 M -v'u ,, e ,,,.. ffl' v X

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Sen br 674 5 W17l We, the class of 1954, in the village of Bloomville, county of Seneca, State of Ohio, the United States of America, being of sound mind and body, do hereby bequeath our prize possessions, habits, and abilities to trustworthy underclassmen, who will, we are sure, be able to make use of and develop the respective bequests. May these heirs ever hold their possessions in great esteem and be worthy of the trust placed in them by the departing Seniors. In this manner do we dispose of our possessions: ARTICLE I. Item I - To the Juniors we leave three things: Ill the anticipation of a well- earned trip, 121 the pleasure of reliving their school memories by putting together an Annual, and Q32 the realization that their goal--graduation--is almost in sight. Item II - we leave to the Sophomores the desire to be good basketball players and sportsmen, and the will to achieve that desire. Item III - we leave to the Freshman Class all of our old broken down horns and strained vocal cords. Item IV - We will to the seventh and eighth grade pupils a sufficient number of partners of their own age group, so that they will not have to choose an 'older' man or woman. We also leave them all the worn books we used in years past and all left- over bookcovers. Item V - For their meetings in the library we leave to the school board a new table equipped with three ash trays. To the ARTICLE II. Faculty, we bequeath the following: Mr. Porter - A brand new laboratory. He needs one after the many explosions we caused. Mr. Siegfried - Ten giant notebooks to keep track of the minutes the pupils are made to stay ln at noon. Mrs. Swearingen - Our thanks and gratitude for the many ways in which she help- ed us as our advisor. Mr. Sidnell - A way to control his temper when the noise in music class ls get- ting deafening. We hope he quiets the noise Mrs. Detterman - The means of detecting without the Miss Kagy - The ability to teach the Ag. Mr. Herrod - As he is not very tall, we to a dull roar. book reports which have been written books having been read. boys to cook and sew ln six weeks. leave him a pair of stllts which were made by the boys in Shop. Mr. Plnkley - A bottle of Hot Stuff to rub down the basketball team. ARTICLE III. I, Gertrude Ball, will my quietness to Joyce Murphy. I, June Blam, will my class ring to Don Ziegler to wear on his little finger. I, Edward Dolch, will my strength to Tom Valentine. I, Elaine Dunn, will my Attica class ring to Barbara Kagy. I, Ronnie Earick, will my chemistry book to Don McNeal. I, Bob Emerson, will my artistic talents to Melvin Smith. I, Leonard Farr, will my eating capacity to John Cooper. I, George Hemminger, will my leadership qualities to Eddie Lutz. I, Gay Hossler, will my arguments with Mr. Siegfried to Marjorie Wertz. I, Pat Kaseman, will my majorette suit and whistle to Ann Chaney. I, Ann McClelland, will my shortness to Marjorie Miller. I, Don Miller, will my hot-rodding ability to Phil Dunn. I, Jim Morlock, will my flirting technique to Carl Hopkins. I. I, Cecil Sayre, will my 'sleeping on Mondayn habit I, Harold Seiple, will my wavy hair and my comb to Raymond Zeiter, will my height to Steve Katona. to Boyd Mullholand. Norman Noss. ARTICLE IV. To the Janitor, Ralph Harding, we leave a supply of dust rags and a rag mop. To the cooks, we give the Juniors in the hope that they will behave as well as the cooks say we have. To the bus drivers, we leave a supply of riders who know how to behave. In witness whereof, we have here unto signed our names, this 25th day of May in the year of Our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-four. Witnesses: Sign d: link The Senior Class of 1954. . dfa-gy! 59 . , E t : fgiafmnfuj ffftffbwg xecu orsllaymond Zeiter Cecil Sayre

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Senior Class Pla The Seniors of 1954 presented as their class play a three-act comedy by Robert St. Clair called 'Babies' Night 0ut.' Mrs. Swearingen, class adviser directed the play, which was presented on Friday evening, April 23rd, ln the school auditorium. The play dealt with baby sitters and their problems, and provided an evening of hilarious entertainment. Each member of the class had a part in the play, the cast of which was as follows: Gertie Ranger, a young wife ....... Gertrude Ball Opal Peebles, her next door neighbor . . . Gaye Hossler A Bob Peebles, 0pal's husband ..... . . .Don Miller - K9 Tommy Ranger, Gertie's husband . . . . .Ronnie Earick , ,. lst Man, a husky young mover ....... Leonard Farr - K 2nd Man, his helper ............ Edward Dolch , Yw Patricia lPeepl Manville, a teen-ager . . . Pat Kaseman Bill Blodgett, her boy friend .... George Hemmings N ' -.. Shirley Bond, another baby sitter .... Ann McClelland v Janie Carr, still another ..... .... J une Blum ' Bob Drake, and yet another . . . . .Bob Emerson Jack Norton, and another ...... . . .Jim Morlock O- r Mrs. Harper, Gertie's mother , ....... Elaine Dunn ,Q Larry Simms, an escaped mental case . . . Harold Seiple Officer O'Banion, a policeman ...... Raymond Zeiter ,Flash, police photogr her ......... Cecil Sayre o- , , .Af 'xlunior - Svenior Banquet The Juniors broke with tradition this year, when they decided to hold the Junior-Senior Banquet here at school. The gymnasium was beautifully decorated in a Hawaiian theme and the Hawaiian motif was carried out in the dinner, and in the entertainment which followed. The party was Hemi-formal, and was held on May 14, 1954. Senior Class Trip On Sunday evening, May 16, 1954, we Seniors with our chaperones, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Swearingen, boarded the B a 0 Hcolumbiann at Tiffin. The next morn ing we arrived in Washington where we spent two days visiting the many beauti- ful and historical buildings in and around Washington. Then we went on to New York,where we nad three days filled to the brim with sightseeing, trips to ra- dio and television studios, shopping and picturetaking. we left for home on the Shenandoah , and arrived the next morning llfridayl at the station in Tif- fin where we were met by our friends and families. We were a very tired and wornout bunch of boys and girls, but we all agreed that the trip was worth all the work and effort we had put forth to earn the money to make it possible. Baccalau reate 8. Commencement Baccalaureate services were held in the school auditorium on Sunday even- ing, May 23, 1954. Mr. Sldnell played the processional, and vocal music was furnished by members of the music department. Commencement exercises took place on Tuesday evening, May 25, 1954s The traditional NPomp and Circumstance' was played as an instrumental processional Vocal music was provided by members of the graduating class.Robert Emerson was class salutatorian and Leonard Farr, Jr. was valedictorian. Cur speaker was Dr Ronald E. Thompson, Ohio State University Examiner. -I --, ' ' fx PIE ,-EE 'il .3-, 2 3 5 'ei- X' 8 9 Compliments of sa SENECA COUNTY FAH HIREAU COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION Tiffin, Ohio. m