Chatham High School - Oracle Yearbook (Chatham, OH)

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Senior Class History Eleven years and some odd months ago, fourteen proud, bright-eyed youngsters entered Chatham School under the watchful eyes of Miss Emma Webber. Of course, those youths were the Senior Class of 1951. Days, weeks, months, and years passed. There were many changes of faces, rooms and teachers, and many frolicking times together. Pupils came and went, and by the time we entered Junior High, we had six girls and six boys. One year passed - then two. On September of 1947, we started on the final stretch of our education together. More strange faces and rooms were encountered. We began our high school career with five boys and six girls. A very eventful year followed, but with the start of the next year, we found our class decreased in size -- we had only three boys and five girls. The Sophomore year passed quickly and before we knew it, we were Juniors. This time, there were two welcome additions to our class; Donna Marie Dieckman, and Bob Garver. This was a very active year for us. Besides the usual things, we had a paper drive, put on a carnival, and went in con- junction with the Seniors to put on the play, ''THE KISSING LINK, under the able direction of Mr. Chaffee. It was a huge success. The Junior- Senior Banquet was held on May 21, at Vera's Hungaria in Media. After- ward, we went to the Lakewood Little Theatre and enjoyed the play, ''KISS AND TELL. Our Junior year went swiftly, and the long awaited twelfth year started. It began with the pleasant surprise of having Joe Stephan, an exchange student from Germany, added to our class. The year was full of happenings, start- ing with another paper drive. We then put on the play, ''MISS JIMMY, under the direction of Miss Overson. We later put on a spaghetti supper with Mrs. Jenkins assisting us. On April 13, 1951, we had the pleasure of being the guests of the Juniors at the Junior-Senior Banquet held at the Spring Valley Country Club in Elyria. May 18, 1951, found us giving another play. It was under the co-direction of Mr. Peters and Mr. Chaffee. It, too, was a big success. Joan Casper and Janet Hofstetter are the only ones of the graduating class who have attended Chatham School for the full twelve years. Special honors were earned by Janet Hofstetter for four years of varsity cheerleading; Norma Barnhart for being crowned ''Miss Lodi Hospital of 1950; and Bill Klein for earning his fourth letter in football. Bill Klein 15

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Senior Class Will We, the members of the Senior Class of nineteen hundred and fifty-one, being of sound mind and body, hereby declare this to be our last will and testament. ARTICLE I To Mr. Kohli, we will peace and quiet when he enters a study hall, in place of a sudden hush that always fell as he entered when we were there. To Mr. Peters, we will a neat library in the back of the North Room. Since we Volunteered' to straighten it up-so many noons, it ought to stay that way for another year. To Mr. Hege, we will the advisorship of another class. May they be more co-operative than we have been. To Mr. Chaffee, we will our ability to start the morning in a good mood. May he use it as well or better than we have. To Miss Overson, we will back the thread that she unconciously loaned, and we so conscientiously used for tying our sales tax stamps this year. To Mr. Taylor, we will back the patience and steel nerves that he lost teaching us how to drive in Driver's Training Class. To Mr. Mosgrove, we will a cleaner schoolhouse. Since we didn't will our technique of getting it dirty to anyone, he shouldn't have so much work to do from now on. ARTICLE II To the Juniors, we will our trials and tribulations of the past few months. May you get through them with less trouble than we have. To the Sophomores, we will our dignity (what we have of it), Here's hoping they are in full possession of it by the time they are Seniors. To the Freshmen, we will three more receptive years of high school. And also our vacant seats. May those seats hold together safely for another three years. ARTICLE III I, Norma Barnhart, will my tuba to Barth Pitz. It is so big he may get lost be- hind it, but one thing, he'll never lose it. May he have as much enjoyment as I] have had. I, Joan Casper, will my cheerleading position to Betty Arters. May she have as much fun as J have had. I, Donna Dieckman, will my wrestling ability to Mr. Chaffee. May he make good use of it. I, Bob Garver, will my ability and technique of running out of gas when I'm with a girl to Larry Schroeder. May he have more luck in having it happen more frequently and may his girl be more unsuspecting than mine was. I, Janet Hofstetter, will my four years of fun as varsity cheerleader to Faith Svoboda, and may the green Chevvie be her chief means of transportation to the games. I, Robert Janson, will my ability to be quiet in Mrs. Hege's study halls and also my knowledge of straightening the library to Jim Kohout, who I believe is following in my footsteps. May he have more books to work with than I did. I, Bill Klein, will my ability to talk myself into trouble to Bill Wessolek, who usually can talk himself out of it. I, Marilyn Moore, will my ability to laugh to that quiet lass of the Junior Class, Jean Siman. May she enjoy herself as much as I did. I, Rose Silves, will my artistic ability to Mr. Chaffee, so that he need not waste time securing someone to do his art work for him. I, Joe Stephan, will my eye for the right girl and my strong beard to Ronnie Svodoba. One to finish his puritanistic life and the other to make him look like a real man. I, Robert Sorg, will the knowledge I should and could have obtained in school to Don Mohler. May he have an easier time absorbing it than I did. Norma Barnhart 14

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