Cridersville High School - Lest We Forget Yearbook (Cridersville, OH)

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CLASS PROPHECY-CON ' T . Saturday, being my day off, Dottie and I went down town shopping. Of course, it was mostly window shopping. About 12:30 we decided we were both quite famished and so we de- cided to go to tin Congress to eat our dinner. Upon enter- ing the Congress whom did vm meet but MABEJ.. K....J.BI NG and a friend. After the introductions we learned he was from the City Loan where Mabel is working as a secretary. Mabel also told us she now lived in Lima and liked her wvclrk very much. Boy, what a dinnert It reminded me of our wonderful school dinners and good times in the cafeteria. Remember the time dutch cleanser was placed in the ice box to keep from spoiling???!.l! Well after finishing our dinner Dottie and I decided to go and have our hair fixed for the fun of it and what do you thingk? ANGELA. WIRES ended up giving us a new hair do. She has been a 5eautiT:'ia'rT for two years now. In our.-oonvoxset3.bm 1 learned CHUCK STEVENS was married and has a little boy a year old and lives in Cnidersville as you' probably -al- ready know. My, I don't beleive l've ever Ind such as wonderful time as I have learning akout my schoolmates! Some of us have achieved our goal while etln rs of us are still strugg- ling to make a smcess. Upon leaving Angela we went window shopping. My, meh- icns sure do change, don-it they ??lL who would ever dream our dresses would be up to our knees again. I suppose the kids are busy in Home Ec. keeping in style. Well as were drooling over a darling coat whom did we see but gl BLACKBURN. He is now an aeronauti cs mechanic at a Large a r H5Id in Dayton. He told us he seu'MQSE KOCH just the otlnr dew. Mose had just cane back from South America where he spends quite a bit of his time now since he owns several oil wells and a coffee plantation there. LeRoy also tolde us LONRY is farming his own farm out at the edge of Grid- Ersville new and makingigood at it. LeRoy offered to drive us out to see Kenny so before we knew it wa found ourselves in Cridersville. As we drove through we saw quite a few of our old friends but we didnft stop. Kenny was just arriving home from town. when we pulled in. We were all laughing and talking over old times when DICK WILUZAMS drove in. He is new as you probably also How a successful famer.out side of Lime.. I beleive he said he has helpers to help farm his B00 acres of land. Soon Dottie was on her way back to Chicago and I at St. Rita's thinking about my busy weekend. ,

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C LABS PKOPHECY 708 West Market Street Lima, Ohio May 20, l954 Dear Mrs. Duplerg Here it has been five long years since I was a senior at dear old Cridersville High although it doesn't seem like it. It seems like only yesterday I took my trip after grad- uation. My how time flysitil But I'm writing you because I happen to have heard from or about all of my school mates and I thought perhaps you'd like to hear of my peculiar ex- perience so here goes ---- QQEIEDHQLEE and I came in Nurses Training here at St. R1ta's going on three years ago. It has been a wonderful three years and I have enjoyed every second of it and I am sure Susie has too. We graduate next spring and I am hoping to get a Job in surgery. But it was only last Friday night that I received a telephone call from QOTTLE FBEYMUTH who had just arrived from Chicago where she is a private secre- tary in a large outstanding firm. We three decided to meet at the Congress for dinner at 6230 that evening. On our way down town who did Susie and I meet but GINNY LQQBX Know Crawford! and DnLE. Gin told us they had married just as soon 'as school was out and were living in a house trailor just on the out skirts of Lima. It was after we had finished eating that we decided to go skating at the Divie Roller Rink. Ne were buzzing along in our taxi when a darling little home caught our attention. Dottie explained that that was where QQHLQ SHIV QBrittJ and Jim lived. Janie is now working at a secretary job in Lina with Qggggxy MILLER. Carolyn took a twelve months .eijmea course at Northwestern School of Commerce immediately arter graduation. Well here we were at the Rink and I without much suc- cess was trying to skate. After awhile looking up from my seat lon the floor! I saw no one but OPnL THCHEQQQ offering me help. nfter a short chat we learned she was now teaching skating lessons after she took lessons herself. We were about to leave when Kitty and QSQ BQIIQX came over to us and insisted upon driving us back to Lina. lOf course, we knew Pat was married and working as a painter.J Tell, on our way back to town, Pat's car broke down and who did our mechanic turn out to be but DIQg,Q2ggQQy, and a good one too. We had called in to a garage from a near by house. But it wasn't long before Dottie, Susie and I were sound asleep after a most wonderful and exciting evening. Qwith permission Dot- tie stayed with Susie and I at the Nurses Home.l

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CLQSS PROPHECY-CON'T. Susie and I often talk about the experiences and the happenings while we were still in high school. I miss the kids but I guess thats the may life is meeting new friends and just remembering the old. Well, I imagine your tireing of this so I'll sign off. Just one of the 49'ers, i541 Jfhdv P.S. Oh, I also reminded the Kids of the pnrtyjyou are giv- ing for us in about two weeks. Wu are ell planning pn com- ing and I hope each and everyone of us will bc'there. Remember the letters we wrote and gave to you the lest week of school in 49? The letters each of us wrote what we gihought we would be doing at the end of five years time????? Nell these five years have passed and I'm wondering if the letters are going to prove true to our prephsoy. Welllwe will know when we meet at your home. Je ere LOOALHQ forward to visiting your new home also. I have hoard it is e very beans tiful one. I'm sure we'll have e swell tide so until I see you I will again say good-bye. J