Bluffton High School - Buccaneer Yearbook (Bluffton, OH)

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5-iilmfe l Senior Class Will We, the Pirate Band of 1930, a part of the large Pirate Fleet of BluHiton High School, having obtained the necessary knowledge to sail our own crafts, are leaving the protecting Heet of our Alma Mater, and so do hereby make our last will and testament. We appoint Mr. E. L. Harshbarger as executor of said will. To the School Board we leave our sincere thanks for the part they have played in making our voyage pleasant. To Mr. Longsdorf we leave our deepest gratitude for his aid in making our four-year cruise a success and a pleasant remembrance. To Mr. Badertscher We bequeath all scraps of paper that he may find. To the Junior Class we bequeath our home room teachers, our home room seats and our seats in Chapel. To Miss Stuckey we bequeath all the notes that she is able to capture. To the Freshmen we bequeath any stubs of pencil lying around without an owner. To the Faculty we bequeath the task of making next year's class equal to ours. Dana Whitmer bequeaths his gift of gab to Roland Bixler. Corinn King bequeaths her ability to crack gum to Helen Hartzler. Olga Phillips bequeaths her slenderness to Martha Niswander. Mae Belle Amstutz bequeaths her laugh to anyone who applies. Elvira Niswander has nothing to bequeath. She is taking him with her. Carolyn Romey bequeaths her ability to get A's to Ruth Berry. Burnetta Steiner bequeaths her curls to Dorothy Basinger. Mabel Miller bequeaths all broken lab material to next year's class. Marcella V. Basinger bequeaths her dignity to Margaret Hahn. Helen Williamson bequeaths her quietness to Helen Wells. The American Government Class bequeaths all markings found in the Ohio Con- stitution texts to the Junior Class. The Annual Staff bequeaths all lead nickels and washers found in the movie collection box to the next year's Annual Staff. Virginia Tripplehorn bequeaths her trueness to one, alone, to Louise Benroth. Orlo Moser bequeaths his curly locks to Gordon Alderfer. Robert Maidlow bequeaths his ability to behave to Wade Lora. Theola Steiner bequeaths her ability to beat the tardy bell by a half second to her brother Cleon. In witness of Sir Sidney Stettler, to this last official document, the Senior Class do affix their seal of The Skull and Crossbones this twentieth day of May, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty. Twenty-four

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5-32-eve e E Q Commencement Week Calendar 1930 Junior-Senior Reception and Banquet-Friday evening, May 16th. Band Contest at Upper Sandusky-Saturday afternoon, May 17th. Baccalaureate sermon, by J. Norman King-Sunday evening, May Senior play, Man or Mouse -Tuesday and WVednesday, May 20th Eighth Grade commencement-Thursday evening, May 22nd. 18th. and 21st. Fiftieth Annual High School Commencement-Friday evening, May 23rd. Alumni banquet-Monday evening, May 26th. The Honor Roll Each year Bluffton High School chooses eight from the Senior Class to make up the Honor school during Roll. These eight are the ones who have done the most for the high their school career. For activities, grades and athletics participants receive points. The following have received the greatest number of points. They are ranked in 1. Josephine Steiner 2. Carolyn Romey CVa1edictorianJ 3. Elvira Niswander 4. Dana Whitmer 5. Theola Steiner 6. Carl Smucker 7. Corinn King 8. Mabel Miller fSalutatorianj. order according to number of points they have received: Twenty-three 5 Y VVVYY 4

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- 1, ii 5 T4 41 Messages in Wood Two aged dames clothed in mournful black, and supported by slender canes tottered feebly up the steps to our Alma Mater. They were dealers in antiques and procured priceless monograms and inscriptions for leading men and women. As they unearthed valuable information they discussed the members of the class of 1930 whose initials and Works of art were scattered all through the desks. The following information was heard: Corinn King repented her wicked ways and is now fully established as a nun. Kenneth Gratz is teaching the bass to sing bass. Burnetta Steiner and Marcella Motter are endeavoring to instruct the newsboys of New York the gentle art of hemstitching. Mae Belle is a striking divorcee, and has decided that Iowans aren't as nice as she formerly imagined. Iona Good and Vera Reichenbach are now proprietors of an art store in Bluffton. Dorothy Badertscher has found her happiness in waving the waven locks of -? Richard Bixel is the chief pilot in the Wallace air corps. Marcella O. Basinger has won renown by her sweet disposition. Cordelia Hiestand operates a goat farm in California and is successful in rais- ing many kids. Orlo Moser and his raven locks are creating a sensation at Hollywood. Vernon Steiner has been recognized as the most prosperous druggest in Rockport. Normal Luginbuhl and Marcella Stettler are the first violinists in the Star theatre. Virginia Tripplehorn has taken Helen VVills' place. Wayne Galloway is director of a band of wailing trombones. Wanda Lora coaches the girls' football team at Georgia Tech. Marvin Crawford and Russel Amstutz are caretakers of the Maple Grove Cemetery. Helen Williamson has been recognized as the most outstanding scientist in America. Elvira and Silas live happily together. Silas has taken Old Man Hender- son's place. Nina Bish has been made famous by her book on Inside Dope on High School Life. Carolyn Romey is a prosperous banker at Mt. Cory. Kathleen Miller has written a book on Sarcasm and Gum. Olga Phillips has also written a book on How to Keep That Girlish Backbone. Virginia Ruhl and Carold Steiner have formed partnership. He is an Under- taker and she is a Nurse. They seem to be getting rich quick. Theola Steiner is a star actress in the play The Vamp. Mabel Miller is following the trail of the pipe liners. Dana Whitmer is football coach at Notre Dame. Carl Smucker is a famous band leader. Some players in his band are, Kathrine Kliewer, Marcella V. Basinger, Mabel Bucher, Wayne Zimmerman, Herbert Coon, LaDonna Lauby, Mabel Luginbuhl and Ruth Huber. Karl Hostettler, a preacher, has converted Rudy Wilkins and Robert Maidlow and the trio are now converting South Africans. Josephine Steiner is a missionary to Australia. Marcella Kimmel is the head nurse in a hospital for broken hearts. With this information, copies of initials, broken hearts and other things, the two aged dlames tottered down the steps and away. Twenty-five