Forest High School - Leaves Yearbook (Forest, OH)

Page 16 text:

SCHOOL DAYS As the month of May rolls around, another class bids farewell to its school years which leave many memories . . . The janitors had to take some- one home in the first grade, remember that Norman Hayes???'?? In the second grade five students came from Patterson!!!!! A certain little girl got a shaking up at night school in the third grade. Know anything about it Susie?? We wore out three teachers in the fourth grade ..., I n the fifth grade we spent most of our time in the hall and Joann and Katharine joined us. In the sixth grade we became artistic and one little boy felt the paddle. How about it Bill?!. Our romantic and social life had begun by the time we were in the seventh grade. During our seventh grade year we also received our lockers which we had a hard time trying to keep. Remember it, Mr. Thomas??? In the eighth grade we received punishment from our writing teacher for talking too much . . . Three of our members placed in the upper ten in the State Eighth Grade Test while several more of us ranked in the upper twenty-five per cent of the county. Carl and Ruth joined us in our Freshmen year. Every day during our Freshmen year we always heard the same old questions . . . Do you have your Algebra and Latin done for today? In our Sophomore year most of us took Biology and we all learned about the birds and the bees?'?? This year most of us had the giggles all of the time and we were always being sent to either the study hall or to the office . . . We all turned very dramatic in the Junior year by being in the class play, The Atomic Blonde . Tuesday and Fridays were always bath days in Chemistry Lab., it seems a certain student was quite messy with water . . . Know anything about it, Dick??? ,. . . English class was another exciting one for us in our Junior year, it seems that some of us never agreed with Mr. Mervyn. Life became very interesting for us in our Senior year. Our class motto was With the Ropes of the Past. We Will Ring the Bells of the Future . Bells were ringing all right . . . Wedding Bells, since three of our members got married. We contracted for our annual and soon discovered what hard work it was going to be. Again we became actors and put on the play It's Never Too Late . We watched the new grade school be- ing built and often wished it had been built for us to use. We also saw the beginning of the student council which consisted of three members from each class. Two of our three members held the offices of President and V. President. We plan to go to Washington, D. C. for our Senior trip. This will probably be the last thing we all do together. These are just a few of the many exciting things that have happened in our school life which will long be remembered by all of us. Bessie Jolliff

Page 15 text:

SENIORS THEN Back Row: Miss England, Burdett, Fisher, Farmer, Gobrecht, Hayes, Willson, Car- penter, Tuorrey. Middle Row: Jolliff, Daniels, Zimmerman, Rutan, Packer, Kahley, Harris, Cooper McDaniel, Thomson. Front Row: Bell, West, Eller, Fout, Wilson, Flowers, Metzger, Bacon, Wedge. SENIORS NOW Back Row: McDaniel, Cooper, Zimmerman, Jolliff, Thomson, Curtin. Front Row: Metzger, Thompson, Wright, Willson, Farmer.

Page 17 text:

CLASS PROPHECY Before graduating, the class of '5l' chose Joyce Zimmerman to keep in touch with the class after graduation and write each of us a letter at the end of twenty years telling what other members of the class are doing. Today I received my letter and here is the contents in brief. Joyce Zimmerman is the private secretary to a bachelor senator in Wash- ington. She is hoping to marry him. Charles Wright and Carol McDaniel are married and live on a large farm outside Forest. Charles gives much credit for his success to his former agriculture teacher, Mr. Becker. William Green is now an officer in the U. S. Navy. He enlisted soon after graduation. His wife C. B. goes to sea with him. Bessie J olliff is married and living on a farm. She thinks farming is one of the major industries of Ohio. Frank Thompson is now manager of the former Schott's Style Shop. Ruth Kingman is the secretary to Robert Farmer's chain of Sohio filling stations at Forest, Wharton, Grant, and Kirby. Joann Young is operator of the famous Young Beauty Salon which car- ries the sign, See Young to Keep Young. Merle Metzger left the farm early to become engaged in politics. He is now senator from Ohio. Audrey Thomson became the song bird of her class. She is now engaged in a tour which takes her to all the large cities of the U. S. Katherine Hochstettler is now a commercial artist for a large depart- ment store in Chicago. She is still single. Men and business do not mix well says Katherine. Lois Hamilton has risen to head nurse at the country's largest hospital. Being kind to others was always her motto. Carl Webb is now playing with his band, known as the Spider Webb, in New York City. He is ably assisted by his former classmate Carolyn Cooper, Who is star trombonist. Harry Brown is running the combined restaurant and garage in Patter- son, Ohio. His business is thriving partly due to his wife's swell cooking. French-fried fish is Phyllis' specialty. Richard Willson made a career from his early correspondence in high school. He now runs the Wi1lson's Lonely Hearts Club. As a pastime he teaches school. The other members of the class--Jo Ann Harris, Betty Tuorrey, and Jen- nie Curtin who were married during their senior year of school are all still happily married. And last myself, Miriam Sons, is at the present time employed as stew- ardess on the TWA lines whose offices are located in Kenton, Ohio. Again in twenty years We will hear from the Class of '51, Miriam Sons