DeVilbiss High School - Pot O Gold Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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-MARGARET TIPPETT The book store of hers in the land of gold Sold tales of adventure to those not bold. -GENEVIEVE STOWE She came by land in a prairie schooner, No gold! She shouId've come sooner! -HERBERT EMERY Reading while walking with mule and tent We find this gentleman westward bent. -MARGARET KING She helped the miners to count their gold And the help she gave them cannot be told. -MILDRED SCHMIDT She was the card shark of the West She beat the men, even at their best. -DAVID VOSS He opened u post omce, a western branch, With the money he made he bought a ranch. -RUTH LUKENS O that the camera had been invented, I'd have shot big game, Ruthie lamented. -BERNICE KRAUSE Personality plus with a ready wit With the miners she was always a hit. -GERTRUDE LeGRON The first typewriter here was she, A thing most women dared not tc be. -ELAINE HIRTH She started the only newspaper in town Then, she helped track criminals ,down. ROSE BLOOM She got the news of ull the strikes And delivered papers while on her hikes. DAVID HARDY He called for the train to go more slow As he shot out the wagon ut a big buFFulo. Page I3

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Page I2 FREDERICA HANSON She tried to find along the way A relic to keep to her dying day. BLANCHE LUTHER A friend is needed in this rugged land She is iust the one who will understand. MARIAN SMITH She served as cook for the hungry crew On pioneers she tried recipes new. C. W. BALSAM The balsams out there grow big and tall I wonder what made this one so small? B. FAYE MILLER The miners were healthy, they had no ills, They were cured by her peppermint pills. LUCILLE KERLIN In this land of gold a green thumb is rare A sight for sore eyes was her garden fair, RUTH DOUGLAS She went along to cheer the miners This gayest and best of the forty-niners -IRVING PROSS In the out-of-doors he liked to roam And so in the West he made his home. -ETH EL PASQUIER Such a dainty, pretty miss! Who'd ever think she'd come to this! 'IO-ALICE PERKINS She dug and dug with all her might And hardly stopped to rest at night. 'Il-IVA MENNIG Women are scarce out this wild way, And when this one arrives it's a holiday. 'I2-R. O. MERRILL He led the pioneers in their singing, Over them all his voice was ringing. -MARIE LERCHE The settlers' clothes, now I will weave , Said Pioneer Marie, as West she did leave.

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Page T4 6- 1-DAISY VAN NOORDEN She often sat down beside a stream And of a house of gold did dream. OLLIE KLEE The mon of the West had need to be strong, He'd pay with his lite if he were wrong. FERN DICKEY Nature out West is mighty fine, There she's heading via stagecoach line. AURELI-A QUINN Of the indians red, she had no fear, She grew to like them more each year. HELEN WILLIAMS The knowledge gained out on the coast Means more than gold, of this she'd boast. ELIZABETH STOEPLER ln a contest for the prize forty-niner She won out over a big, strong miner. 7-HARRIET KIMBLE She traveled hardg she traveled fast To gain some gold and not be last. 8-FRANCES GRIFFIN She was the director of the Burly Q She danced and sang-what couldn't she do? 9-MARY FISCHER Here she is cooking in this cafe The food on the tables is quite an array. 'IOFURSULA SCHMIT We value her friendship more than gold, Toward her, 49'ers will never grow cold. 1 i -NORMAN POLLMAN This deputy sherii in his prime Kept the miners from lives of crime. 12-SAM EMERY He was the chief of the foot race team And kept the miners right on the beam.