Elm Valley High School - Elm Leaf Yearbook (Ashley, OH)

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CLASS HISTORY In September 1944, two members of the '55 graduating class Gracie Keys and oan Wells enrolled in the Brown Elementary School Mrs Hnrth our first and second grade teacher taught us the fundamentals of our school subjects In addltlon to the 3 rs which we learned m the fu-st grade Mrs Dunlap added geog raphy to our subjects in the third and fourth grades Lorraine Kern Doris ones Lois Lockhart Duane Van Sickle and Kenneth Bowsher jomed the class ln the fifth grade when Mxss Kruger was our teacher In the slxth grade she also taught us the forty eight states and their capitals During thls same time at Ashley Carolyn Duerr Marilyn McGrath Anna Lee Roth Shlrley Coen ean Mann Dorls Ruggles Lee Goodman Eddie Keltner and Lonnie Shulrs were under the guidance of Mrs Ruark now Mrs Wortz Mlss Cllne greeted us ln the second grade In the thlrd grade we jomed Mlss Hexmllch As fourth graders with the help of Mrs Lea we improved our wr1t1ng Durmg our fifth year Mrs Lawrence s room was home to us As sixth graders the final touches were put on us by Mrs Bor lng before we entered junior high By the end of the slxth grade we had acqulred Catherine Kan mard Mary Clark Robert Ankrom Eugene Borden Robert Curran Phil Ingmlre Judith Ancler son and Sarah Kern In the seventh grade we were very reluctant to give up our two recesses but then It was sort of made up to us by our being able to change classes and to have dlfferent teacher for each perlod When we were elghth graders Myrna Zent and Howard Augenstme jomed us During our freshman year Brown and Ashley consolidated Later on that same year we had more additions to our class ohn Stem Ronnle Gilliland and Chester Laxrcl jomed our ranks Our jumor year was full of many excmng events We galned another present member of our class amce Whipple As we approach our graduation we are lookmg hopefully to the future and the posltlon tt holds for us CLASS WILL Section A Doris Ruggles bequeath my nlce slim figure to eanmne Cramer Mary Clark, bequeath my abllntzes to get Democracy to anet Gephart Judith Anderson bequeath my height to Nancy Swam Marilyn McGrath bequeath my cool temper to Powers Catherine Kannxard bequeath my loudness to David Bennett Myrna Zent, bequeath my war pamt to Aletha Overdorff Ronnie Gilliland bequeath my love for school to Max Bunker Lorraine Kern, bequeath my love for Butch to Barb Dlx Anna Lee Roth bequeath my Spanish ab1l1t1es to Dallas Coffee Lonnie Shults bequeath my love for Freshmen girls to Bob Rebov ohn Stem bequeath my penetrating volce to Charles Crump Eddle Keltner bequeath my masculine physique to 1m Groves amce Whipple bequeath my pretty golden hair to Frances Chambers Carolyn Duerr bequeath my scholastic ablllty to Katherlne Clark Ken Bowsher bequeath my ab1l1t1es to get along wlth the coach to Perdue Shirley Coen bequeath my drxvlng ability to Muggs Anderson Sarah Kern bequeath my ab1l1ty to do bookkeepmg to Bev Boston Marllyn Brmgle bequeath my flrey conversations to Carolyn Plttman oan Wells bequeath my clean saddle shoes to Glenda Dart ean Mam bequeath my large shorts to oan Carper Grace Keys bequeath my love for Marilyn B to Fred Reld Eugene Borden bequeath my basketball abilities to Dale Pendleton Lee Goodman bequeath my bumpy old Ford to Tom Kohler Bob Ankrom bequeath my football abxlmes to George Conklin Howard Augenstme bequeath my love for Greeks to Mr Kessler Lois Lockhart bequeath my catty halr ribbon to amce Edgerly Bob Curran bequeath my convertible that runs to Ron Stults Doris ones bequeath my giggles to Shelba Prmce Duane Van Sickle bequeath my love for Betty to Harold Kannlard Chester Lalrd bequeath Donna to Don Owens Phil Ingmlre bequeath my class rmg to anyone who 11 wear lt Sectnon B e the semor class leave our quietness and abtlxty to study nn Home Room to the juniors e the semor class leave our ab1l1t1es to be tardy to the freshmen e the semor class leave our abxllty to get along durmg class meetings to the sophomores e the semor class, leave 14 ' , ff Y, ' , ' J , '. , , J , .. , . , . . . , 'J . , . 1 7 Q 5 . . . ' . f ' 7' . . . . . . I, . , . 1 . J . D l, ' ' J . I, ' , I . I, ' A I , . I, , ' - I, - ' . I, Evelyn Kanniard, bequeath my even temper to Mr. Kessler. I, . . . , l I, ' ' . I, , . . . . i Iv l 9 . ' I, J . , . . i I, . , . . . I, J . . , . I I, , - . . . . u L 7 . . . . Jim I I, . , . . . . i I, , . . . i I, . , , . . . I, J ' , . I, .I , J - I, , ' . ' . I, , ' ' ' . I, , . I, , . . . . I I, ' , . . I, ' , ll 7, ' ' J ' . I, , ff ' 77 l I, . J , . . I I, A , ' . I, ' , . I, . . , . , . u W , . , . . . . W , n . , . n 1 . W , . , . . . .

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CLASS PROPHECY In September 1962 I Lucxe Applegate decxcled to take an auto tour through the Umted States to renew acquaintance with my classmates of 1955 Before leaving I decided to have my car overhauled I took It to Lalrds Garage where Chester himself dad the work smce I was a fellow graduate of Elm Valley Hugh I started out early ln the mornmg About noon when I was getting pretty hungry I spotted a beautiful bag drive ln restaurant The car hop came out to take my order and I was surprised to see that lt was Evelyn Kanmard From her I learned that Catherine Kannlard was the chlef chef I was even more surprlsed to learn that this drlve ln and many more like xt across the country were owned by Judy Anderson As I contmued on my way I turned on the radxo and happened to tune nn Bob Ankrom a NUTZ disc jockey who was splnnxng the top hillbilly record of the nation sung by Dons Ruggles and Myrna Zent At a red lnght rn Pnttsburgh Pennsylvama I pulled up beslde a bus The lettermg on the side read Bob Curran s World Trotters Back ln Ashley Ohio I drove around my old Alma Mater Elm Valley Hngh I looked mto the wmdow of the home economics room where I saw ean Mam s class bemg glven a demonstra non by Carolyn Duerr the Gas Companys chnef representatxve As I drove on through Ashley I passed the oseph Bennett residence where I saw Mrs Bennett the former Sarah Kern hanging up diapers an the back yard I waved and sand hello and continued on down the hlghway past the Noltxng Greenhouse where Lorraine Kern was arranging a wmdow display Whale ln Columbus I attended a convention for cheerleaders I was not surprised to find that anlce Whlpple was the president In Indlana I called at the home of Reverend Eugene Borden and was sorry to learn that he had just left for hls newly organlzed recreation center When I was out tn the country I passed a huge farm owned by Lee Goodman While ln Chxcago I vlslted the office of the Internatlonal Steel Company where Marllyn Brmgle was employed as a prxvate secretary While eatmg lunch I picked up a newspaper and got the surprise of my llfe There on the front page was a picture of Chicago s No l playboy He had just broken his engagement wlth another heiress I learned from Marllyn that Howard had ln herlted 50 000 000 from hls rxch uncle and was now the talk of the town After lunch I VlSltCd Mary Clarks Beauty Shoppe and had my hair done As I wandered on down the street I came across Madame Lockhart s Salon I went m to see lf It was really Lois It turned out to be her all rrght Before I left she showed me many of her famous orzgmals As I continued my journey on to Nevada I ran mto Phil Ingmlre Ambitious as he was he tried his sales talk on me You see he was a ladies lmgerle salesman I bought some of his pro ducts and sand good by Stlll m Las Vegas I declded to take m some of the famous gamblmg houses Whlle ln one of them I ran mto a professional gambler It was none other than Kenny Bowsher' He has just taken the place for all lt was worth I stayed overnxght ln Las Vegas and in the morning started for Albuquerque New Mexico While there I went to vnsnt Manlyn McGrath President of McGrath Corporatnon We had a mce long chat and as I was about to leave she told me that oan Wells was m town with her circus I drove to the lot where the cxrcus was staked out and surprised can She sand that two of our classmates were workmg for her Duane Van Sickle was the Bearded Lady and John Stem was the Motorcycle Daredevil After a long vlslt I hurried on my way I notnced my gas tank was almost empty so I stopped at a llttle wayside filling station I overheard a group of farmers dxscussmg the champxonshzp wrestling bout between Knller ake and Angel Face Ed Keltner Of course everyone was betting on Ed to wm At the edge of Fresno Calxforma I notlced a bng sngn over a Pontiac dealers garage It read Gracie s Pontxac Palace Grace Keys always dxd llke Pontlacs Los Angeles was my next stop and Anna Lee Roth was the next classmate I saw She was now a famous sctentnst workmg on a cure for pigeon toes She dxrected me to the Arr Force Tralnmg Fxeld where Ronnie Gnllnland was ready to take off on a test flnghr lh a new rocket to the moon After talking with Ronme I went back to my hotel for a rest In the lobby I bought a news paper and went up to my room to read I opened the paper and there on the front page was the news that the newly elected Secretary of the Treasury, Lonme Shults was takmg a busxness trip to Europe Hrs secretary Shxrley Coen was gomg to accompany htm Well by now I had seen most of my classmates and quite a but of the United States No one seemed to know anything about Doris ones I went back to New York and settled down to a falrly normal lxfe again One day from a newspaper I learned the whereabouts of Dons She was preparmg to go over Nlagara Falls ln a barrel Lxfe IS crazy and so are my classmates 13 1 1 1 1 . . . . , , . 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