Convoy Union High School - Bellerophon Yearbook (Convoy, OH)

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10 THEBELLEROPHON CHRONICLES OP '25 Station t l'llS will now entertain you with the history ot' thc class 1925. After a t'ew more nerve-racking days ot' hazing from the upper classmen, the green lfrcshies ot' '2l and '22 settled down to study. The lirst signs of our hudding intelligence were marked when a class meeting was called and we proceeded to organize. electing Edward Mollenkopf. president: Grace Balyard, vice-president: Roger Shearer. secretary: and Frederick Snyder, treasurer. Uur tirst year we gave three delightful parties which certainly showed the ad- mirahle business ability of the class. We were not discouraged by our attempts and the autumn of '22 found lls once more in the iield of combat. To pilot us through our second year we chose at the election Sam -lones president. Ilarold Ilcrl vice-president, Bertha Mollenkopf secretary. Vlitford Lytlc treasurer. Our choice was a good one as was proved hy our social events of that year. We were as easy as could hc in initiating thc Freshmen hceausc we still had memories of the past year, hut the old blue and white were always on top. ln '23 we came hack with new pep and enthusiasm, electing Martha Shatter. president: Ted Geissler. vice-president: Bertha Mollenkopf, secretaryg and t'litTord Lytle. treasurer. Many things were accomplished during our .lunior year. The never-to-he-forgotten Junior Varnival was a big success and lielpetl linanee the class through difficulties. The hobsled parties which were so fought for were enjoyed hy all. The class responded to the appeal uf the season hy giving the annual Junior Prom. Without a douht we all felt a pang of regret to start to school again, knowing our si-hool days would soon he over. hut wc made the most of our lllllt' under the direction ot' llurhin llertz. president: Marshall Long, vice- president: liertha Mollenkopf, secretary, and l'liti'ord Lytlc treasurer. This year was not unlike other Senior years. Everyone in a rush, with work on the liellerophon. ln-hates, and numerous things which are always left. for the Seniors. ln the midst oi' these we had time for Athletics. We were splen- didly represented on the varsity teams hy two Senior hoysg on the girls' teatn hy tive memhers of the Senior class. liveryone remembers the Kick-off Ban- quet given hy the Senior girls. and the hanquet given in honor of basketball teams. lit-fore we knew it we were planning for the class play in which our future sliigl' artists appeared: and the eommencement exercises. which made lls feel like sailors lost at sea. The llaecalaureate Sermon made us think more seriously of our future. and inspired us to hecome Kings and Queens of the future dynasties. The last week was filled with parties, which means the wind- ing up of a glorious four years of lligh School life. l our Yearsl llow short they seem! lint everyone of us feels hetter and - . ' ' Q I NJ' wiser trom having In-en a memher ot the dear old l lass of --P. This is station 4 l'llS now signing oll. lltlflll-lit' l l l l fl KA! fl'l HA LYARD.

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THE BELLEROPHGN C'5Iu Theophilus Giessler They ga wild, simply wild. ozfer ma' Vice-President, '243 Baseball, '24, '255 Bas- ketball, '25g junior Minstrel, 'Z53 Old Louis- iana, Once in a Blue Moon. Patricia. Attorney ol Literary Society, Aaron Boggs. Freshman. Chorus. Valera. Lare sind 'ZUABII I ops my lips. let no :fag bark. Aaron Boggs, Freshman. Bernice Muntzinger lVi!!z mirlh and laughter, Le! nld 'zuriul'Ies Loma. Secretary of Literary Societ' James Hoaglin Nat L2 Jiazuer. yet no mini perhaps, B111 one nf fha very Mkt! of r'hl1p.r. Basketball, '25 Ruth Bell .-I mtznf .AI :muff ,ily l'i11g.'lun1 for a man. Chorus. Leonard Weinman Of all the slraighlesl, he 'was the .rtrai.ghte.fl. , Debating.

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THEBELLEROPHON 11 fav 'lla CLASS PROPHECY On April tirst in the year nineteen hundred twenty-five, as I was taking my solitary walk to the Ridge. I noticed a bird which kept tlying over me and coming lower and lower. I had just been reading Matei-linck's Blue- bird and wondered if this bird could possibly be a bluebird which had comc to tell me of the land of the before or the hereafter. As the bird came lower I saw that it was a bluebird and in its beak' it held a small white booklet. Finally the bird tlew down and dropped before me the booklet which it held in its beak. I picked up the pamphlet and began to examine its contents. On the first page I read that our former coach, Hoskinson, had become President Hoskinson and was making a tour of the United States in his private aero- plane, accompanied by his wife and daughter, his private secretary, Donald Greulach. and the Secretary of State, Durbin Hertz. ln reading further about his tour I found that he had stopped in Chicago, to see Elsie Lee play in her latest success, The Girl Hack Home. While in the theatre he encountered another classmate of ours who was none other than Dorothy Armstrong, who played the pipe organ at hours when her family no longer needed her attention. Next I read a name which seemed as though I had heard it before-Pro- fessor Frederica Snyder. Ah, yes! NVhy that must be Frederick and now a world-renowned dancing master with all the leading movie stars as his scholars, among whom l tind another of our classmates, Helen Freck, but her name is now Madame Elaine DeWitt. I wonder if llelen found her ideal man with black hair and eyes, a wonderful piano player and dancer, while taking lessons of Frederick. Evidently so. Then as I turned the next page of the book I saw a picture of some beau- tiful tlowers and under the picture I read that these tiowers were grown by Glenn Friedly in his tiorist shop in the suburbs of Fort VVayne. Below this picture was an advertisement for pictures taken by radio. latest invention of Clarence Wise. It always did seem as though Clarence should gain something by his radio enthusiasm. There were several more advertisements on this page. but only two whose names were familiar and aroused my interest. These were both designers. The first was that of Mildred Denig, designer of fancy cookies, cakes and doughnut holes. The other was Monsieur Bucqles, designer of ladies' hats, dresses, coats, and other wearing apparel. Monsieur Bucqles had just returned from several years of study in Paris. On the following page I found an account of a bathing beauty contest at Atlantic City in which Clifford Lytle. a prominent New York lawyer, was the chairman of the committee of judges. Another interesting item was the latest prize tight in which Chalmer Rummel knocked out the South American champion. I guess Chalmer must have improved greatly because we remem- ber one time When a lady teacher knocked him out. Greatly to my surprise, I next read of the wonderful works of the sing- ing evangelist, Theophilus Giessler, and his relating of the inspiration he receives from his charming wife, Grace Balyard, who is acting as Superin-