Geneva High School - Legend Yearbook (Geneva, IN)

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i Page Eighteen CUB Juniors BERNICE MATHYS, President WAYNE NOLAND, Vice President CARL ZUERCHER, Treasurer DoNALD WINDMILLER, Secretary Mary K. Armstrong Jean Aspy Herman Bixler Marie Bollinger Juanita Bucky Esther Buckmaster Jean Derrickson John Doherty Vena Egly Robert Fennig Betty Kraner Frances Kraner Erma Miller Jane Miller Robert Miller Eugene Moore Howard Moser Leah Pusey Bette Smith Pat Schlagenhauf Robert Shoemaker Irene Sommer Frederick Sprunger Helen Sprunger Marvin Sprunger Jean Stanley

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Senior CI ss Poem The hall of Study is gloomy this day, For Geneva's sending more Seniors away. There're fourteen girls and eleven boys, Who've gained their share of knowledge and poise. Down the hall, still drying her tears, Mary Frances Reicheldeffer appears, To say the least she's sorry to leave Altho she'd welcome a husband to peeve. Also, in this class, there's a girl of girls, One with a multitude of tiny curls. To most every disease Marie's immune, But Franklin simply leaves her in a swoon. I hear a sound on this nice Spring breeze, It's probably the musically inclined Louise. Playing her favorite on her piano, That fancy 'iDance of Sir Banana. Down the halls of Geneva High, Malcolm Banta strolls leisurely by. Nothing excites him, he never hurries, Speeding production is the least of his worries. If e'er you're in doubt about your History, We've a lad who can solve every mystery. He is called Red,'l but Warren's his name, And the name of Webster is his claim. Greene's-Smith's-and Armstrong's are common to us, But here comes a name over which there's a fuss. Whether leap year or not, makes no dif' to the girls, They'll bow very gladly to Gerber's brown curls. Yea! Rah! Team! Isn't this fun? Here comes Norman on the run. He'll make a basket sure, I know, To keep our score from being low. A girl with patience is what it takes, To be a nurse and get some place. Aveline has enough and to spare, Which should put her name away up there. If you want just a pretty girl, Who's innocent of any quarrel, Just give Edith a smile or two, And she'll smile right back at you. Through many a dry campaign, Over in the Roman domain, Toiled Weldon, our Caesar shark, And left us completely in the dark. Demure little miss of our twenty-five, Is Martha Weaver, who's very much alive. Besides being slender and sweet, Her appearance is always very neat. She's very tall, but not at all weighty, A right good scout you'll find our Matie. Not too serious, takes life with a grin. Even when it gets her a sock on the chin, Now what's the use to labor and toil? Life's much too short for that, says Doyle, l ll hie me forth and amuse myself, Let others struggle for fame and wealth. O don't sing to me of a hat-check lass, I pen this verse to Agnes of our Senior class, With smiles that charm and endear, Who goes to town as a movie cashier. O that rough riding drug store cowboy His music may only annoy, Still he sings and strums a guitar But, ah! Dick is a gay Lochinvar. She's a booster, not a knocker, Describes Miss Verda Blocker. Strong and sturdy, young and tomboy, She brings to those around her much joy. When Margaret takes a notion, She can talk with varied motion. She meets her troubles pleasantly, But holds her own especially. Marilyn is the girl who's smart, And never fails to do her part. To her classes she's on time, And always listens for the rhyme. He thinks he's a cowboy from out of the West, From cowboy hat to flashing vest. 'Tis no one else but Bob Morningstar, Who rides around in a rattle-trap car. Berwyn, the best of the class' Romeos, Likes especially this kind of Cameos. The little Dresden dolls with plenty of curls, Seem to him the best type of girls. In grades Miriam gets a generous whack, She also has a cunny knack Of turning her giggles into tunes, From many a swinging runes. When notebooks and scrapbooks you see all about, You may guess they are volumes that Chester's found out. He always has his lessons as all good students do, Because the notebooks for Literature are far from being few. Roberta tries the new hair do's, And rolls them up in double two's, She also likes the Ford V-8 and Would rather ride than roller skate. Franklin has the grace to blush, Till often he resembles plushg He keeps his teeth gleaming pearly, Also his hair, which is naturally curly. I know a girl who is so precise, She doesn't think slang is very niceg She wrote a class poem, failed to pen the poet That won't do, Florence, you should know it! Page Seventeen

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Names Can You Imagine? Bernice Mathys REPORTERS PRESIDENT-Bernice Mathys VICE PRESIDENT-Donald Windmiller SECRETARY-Wayne Noland TREASURER-Carl Zuercher Junior Hislory On September 4, 1937, we, a group of forty-nine boys and girls, entered the Geneva High School as freshmen. Because of our timidness we were called greenies. Soon we became less timid but the name stuck with us for the rest of the year. Dorothy Wheeler and Katherine Nelson decreased our number to forty-seven. We decided to have a party, and Jane Miller cordially invited us to be her guests. September 2, 1938, we entered the assembly more boldly than we had a short year before. Thirty-eight pupils made up our sophomore class, and during the year Marjorie Bixler left but Carl Zuercher joined us. Our first get-to-gether of this year was held in the Berne Park. For the farewell party ofthe year every one was invited to spend a joyous evening with Betty Kraner. On July 14, 1939, the entire class was invited to spend the evening at the Bluffton CCC Camp. Everyone enjoyed a festive evening. A hamburger fry was the main event. September 1, 1939, our group of thirty boys .and girls entered the high school as so- phisticated juniors. During the year we added Herman Bixler, but Marcella Pontzious moved away. The play, She's My Daisy, was presented by our class on November 28, 1939. Our final party for the year was held at the home of Bernice Mathys. As we near the close of this term we are looking forward with anticipation to our final year, which we hope to make our best. BETTY KRANER. JUNIOR CHART Names Can You Imagine? Carl Zuercher With long curls Not studying Mary K. Armstrong Being quiet Herman Bixler Juanita Bucky Jean Derrickson Vena Egly Betty Kraner Frances Kraner Robert Miller Howard Moser Betty Smith Irene Sommer Helen Sprunger Taking a girl to the door An old maid A dress model Not sitting with Squirt Not smiling Being noisy Bald-headed Professor Agreeing with everyone Wasting time Dancing Patricia Schlagenhauf Wearing long underwear Wayne Noland Donald Windmiller Jean Aspy Marie Bolinger Esther Buckmaster John Doherty Robert Fennig J ane Miller Erma Miller Eugene Moore Leah Pusey Robert Shoemaker Frederick Sprunger Marvin Sprunger Jean Stanley Not sitting on the bench Studying A bass voice Yelling As a nun A bachelor A hairdresser Having one date a night Not flirting In a hurry Home at 12:00 A sheik A gangster Flirting Red Cross nurse Page Nineteen