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

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CLASS PROPHECY ........ and so we welcome you to the 1965 reunion of Cridersville High School graduates. I tossed the letter on the desk, and walked to the tiny window, trying desperately to suppress the glow of excitement that surrounded and enveloped all in my attic apartment. The evening light was waning, but it was still bright enough to glimpse the cold frothiness of the rolling, thundering ocean below, lapping the New England rocks. The tears began dripping disconsolately down my nose, for my financial position was dire, indeed, not having sold a story in months. But I became hopeful, and a week later I was on the train, rumbling its way to Cridersville. A flurry of excitement - Cridersville, grown to enormous proportions - the gym that was new in 1955 - that was my destination. So many faces - then I spied the former Marlene Mayer. In addition to being married, with two children, she also has reached the height of success in her field - private secretary to the president of the Westinghouse Corporation. She led me to more of my classmates - bachelor Don Smith, who now farms seven hundred acres and, as if that weren't enough, he manages to have dairy cattle and hogs on what he has named the Smith Ranch. Several boys seem to have become successful farmers - such as Roger Butch Thompson, of the well-known Thompson Ranch: 1000 acres, 6 tractors, and his own dairy cattle. Roger has remained single, and so has Jerry Snider. Jerry has a 500 acre farm, and raises a few hogs and some beef cattle on the side. Just when I was about to draw a hasty conclusion that all farmers are bachelors, Jim Toland and Harvey Kiser stepped up. Jim farms 120 acres, owns his own machinery, is married and has 3 children. Harvey owns the Kiser Farm and is prominent in dairying. He has '75 milk-cows, and is also married with 3 children. By now I wondered whether either of the other two feminine class-members had been successful. I dis- covered that Gretchen Wolfe is married with 3 children, and, in her own home in Piqua, is the town's leading beautician. ln Joan Butterfield I found a kindred spirit - she writes too, for she is a reporter in a small midwestern town. There were still several more of my classmates that I hadn't seen, then I caught a glimpse of them shaking hands with everyone. Darrel Chapman is a chemical engineer, building a rocket ship to the moon. He is married and has 2 children. Don Bambauer also is married, with 2 children, and is now a doctor in Los Angeles. Jim Roser, I found, is now a civil engineer, who, like Denny Mooney, is married and has two children. Denny is now Lima 's foremost barber. Ion Rigg has been out of the Navy for 2 years, and is now the Assistant Manager of the Ohio Theatre in Lima. Gordon Sass is the Principal of Shawnee Elementary School. Outstanding in education, he is a bachelor, owning his own home and automobile. The rounds were made - there was nothing left to do but return home. So return I did, after a warm fare- well, though my thoughts still lingered on the achievements of my classmates during that brilliant, but brief span of ten years. Karin Plapp You Are SAFE In a Chrysler - Plymouth EL PAR MOTOR SALES 550 West Elm Street From the House of Courteous Service Lima, Ohio

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CLASS WILL We, the Senior class of 1955, being unsound of mind and physically unfit, do hereby bequeath the ' following will and testament to our fellow inmates, of San Cridersville, hoping that it will make them happy and their later days easier. I, DON BAMBAUER, do will and bequeath my foul shooting ability to Phil Watxben. I, DARRELL CHAPMAN, do will and bequeath my number 23 to Bob Harshe. I, MARLENE MAYER, do will and bequeath my home room seat to Cora Rosenbauer. I. ION RIGG, do will and bequeath my driving ability to Dave Reese. I, DONALD SMITH, do will and bequeath my undamaged Democracy book to Dave Reese. I, ROGER THOMPSON, do will and bequeath my speech giving ability to Bill l-linegardner. I, GRETCHEN WOLFE, do will and bequeath my position as Drum Ma jorette to Beverly Baumgardner. I, GORDON SA SS, do will and bequeath my curly hair to Herbert Plapp. A Toni works best Herb! I, JOAN BUTTERFIELD, do will and bequeath my ability to get along with English teachers to anyone who wants it. l. HARVEY KISER, do will and bequeath my track ability to Jack Winget. I, DENNIS MOONEY, do will and bequeath my luck to any unlucky person who gets it. I, JAMES ROSER, do will and bequeath my height to Jim Sproul. I, JERRY SNIDER, do will and bequeath my shyness to Roger Lowry. I, JAMES T OLAND, do will and bequeath my shortness to Charles Budd Bayliff. l, KAREN PLAUPP, do will and bequeath my long unruly mop, to Pearl Armes. We, the Senior class, do will and bequeath our Cell Block No. 4743267549812 to the Juniors. To the Sophomores we do will and bequeath our ability to get out of as many classes as we can. We, the Senior class, do will and bequeath our argumentine class meetings to the Freshman. We, the Senior class, do will and bequeath our sincere hopes that the teachers will miss us in the future years, Gordon Sass ANNUAL STAFF Left to Right: Ass't. Bus. Mgr. Jim Roser Ass't. Editor Gretchen Wolfe Editor Don Bambauer Bus. Mgr. Harvey Kiser Art Editor Karen Plaupp .,y '11s gi sl-J. - B'