Gorham Fayette High School - Eagle Hi Life Yearbook (Fayette, OH)

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CLASS WILL We, the Senior Class of 1937 of Gorham Township, in Fulton County, of the Village of Fayette, in the State of Ohio, being of sane mind and sound body, do create and lawfully declare this document to be the final Will and Testament of the Senior Class of 1937. TO THE FACULTY we will back all the patience they had with us, for remember, dear teachers, you may be thru with us, but following us are others just as bad, if not worse, than we were. TO THE JUNIORS we will two things: First, Mr. Rich, our class sponsor, who so faithfully served us,- second, our history note books (they may be of some value to you the same as they were to some of us this year.) TO THE SOPHOMORES we bequeath the study hall for their home room, a place used by some for play and some for work. We hope you make as good a stab at the latter as we did. TO THE FRESHMEN we bequeath these words: It is the green, lively vine that reaches the top. Success is never beyond the reach of those who sincerely strive to attain it. We personally bequeath the following: JOHN HENRY ALLEMAN wills his ability as a violinist to George Kibler. DELMAR CRISP wills his art for being a ladv's man to Gail Andre. RAMON CULBERTSON wills his method of getting rid of girl friends to Roy Lemons. ROYAL DAVIS gives his shortness to Reed Stoner. ROBERT DENNIS leaves his blushes to Keith Humbert. JOHN ELY wills his popularity with girls to Oscar Riviere MAX FULMER wills his shyness to Keith Sebring. WILLIAM GAMBER leaves his ability to play basket-ball to Robert D'Lamater (although he doesn't need it much.) WILLIAM GIVIN wills his good looks to Ray Crater. DONELDA HALE wills her dancing ability to her cousin, Jeanette Belding (to keep it in the family ) RFX JOHNSTON leaves his method of answering history questions to Wanda Marzolf. ROBERT JOHNSTON leaves his girl-shyness to Bob Hale. DONNA KLINE leaves her art ability to Franklin Gamble. ARDIS LESTER leaves her sedateness to Norma Lester. GLADYS MARKS wants Elouise Walls to have her dimples and light complexion. MAVIS MARZOLF wills her cheer leading outfit to Kathryn Fulmer. CHRISTINE MILLER wills her profile to Eugenia Hochstetier. MARA NELL MORR is willing that Odora Stoops have her curly hair. WILMA NASH leaves her studious ability to Stella Sutherland JAMES NEWELL wills his artistic way of combing his hair to Ross Russell. JEANE OWENS wills her chic style of dressing to Clara Lou Laser. LOREN PAWLING wills his scientific ability to Von Dana Fredrick. KIRK POWERS wishes Foster Link to have his dark curly hair. DALE RAINSBERGER leaves his interest in Hi-Y to Wayne Kunkle. PAULINE SEVRENCE wills her knack for romance to Orlyss Kline. GLADYS SHIPMAN wills her friendly way to Betty Stoops. MERIT SMITH wills his Model T to Reed Stoner CYNTHIA VAN VALKENBURG wills her cooking ability to Margaret Clark. HAL VINE wills his handsomeness to Harold Pummell. SYLVAN WALDFOGEL wills his ability of taking other boys' girl friends to Hubert Cline. EARL WILER wills his quiet manner to Doris Leininger: GALEN WYSE wills his method of keeping awake in study hall to Herbert Woodard. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, We hereunto set our seal and publish and declare this to be our last will and testament in the presence of the witnesses as named below, this first day of May in tne year of our lord, one thousand nine hundred thirty-seven THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1937 OF FAYETTE HIGH SCHOOL Signed, sealed and publicly announced by the said class as and for its last will and testament in the presence of us wno, at its request and in its presence and in the presence of each other, have subscribed our names as witnesses. MAVIS MARZOLF, DONELDA HALE Signed and sworn to in my presence May 1, 1937. ABNER PEABODY, Notary Public Per IOU GV 18

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CLASS HISTORY In the fall of 1925 nine of our present thirty-two, with others, went to the first and second grade room in the old school building to begin our school career. For some of us it seemed as if we were going away for a long stay. After a few weeks we found some enjoying being sent out in the hall for being naughty, so that they might play hide and go seek around the coat-racks, some liked to come back a little tardy after lunch, and stay outside and play until time for dismissal; others imagined they were sick and got to go home and were also sent back the same afternoon, and others made believe they had the earache so that they might get to sit beside the radiator. At the beginning of our third year we were sent to a little school building behind the old one, so that they might build us a new one After a year and a half we were invited to enter that grand structure from which we now graduate. It was only the previous year that we were given the privilege of riding to school in special school busses. We have since noticed the increase in size and number, not forgetting the change in drivers. During our first eight years we had twelve teachers, forty-six different members, and were assembled in seven different home rooms. It was quite an experience for us to change classes when the bells rang with the High School during our seventh and eighth years, to have such few subjects, several teachers, and a number of classrooms. We then thought we were just about it , when along came Our first year of High School, which meant being looked upon as “Green Freshmen” by our upperclassmen. We really didn't think we were green but the Seniors said: We stood upon the staircase And gazed far down the hall, We saw a bunch of green stuff. Arranged along the wall. We thought twas waving grass, But lo! it moved! it was On its way upstairs, it was The Freshmen Class!” Thirty-nine Freshies, Yes sir! and all ready for work assembled inRoom311, which was to be our home room. Although we didn't like to be all by ourselves we had many good times. Mr. Young helped us through the first year with John Henry Alleman, Gladys Marks, Merit Smith, and Ardis Lester on the cabinet to help him. During the year we planned for our future needs in High School. Near the end of our Freshman year, some of our number were privileged to accompany the Orchestra on its trip to Ottawa, Kansas, where it ranked second in the National Contest for Class C orchestras We adjourned our school year in May to be called again in September. Next September we came back for our second High School year with a few less in number. This time we thought we would be able to meet in the large assembly with our upperclassmen only to be chased right out into our old meeting place—311; we really didn’t like it so well but later we began to be like ourselves again. This year we chose Mr. Rich for our leader with Ramon Culbertson, John Henry Alleman, Robert Dennis, and Sylvan Waldfogel as sub-leaders We planned many good times and although the depression was rather bad we had quite a prosperous year when we adjourned for our summer vacation. When we assembled for our third year we really were ready to be takr-n into the large assembly with the upperclassmen. This time Mr Laskin was our advisor, with Ramon Culbertson, Jeane Owens, Donelda Hale, and Delmar Crisp the officers We had many important entertainments to plan this year First came our play, You're Telling Me, enacted by members of the class. We thought it a grand success and it put a little money into our treasury. Then came our Junior-Senior Banquet. Oh my! well it was just good-bye money, but we really had a grand time planning for it, and a lovely time at the banquet (at least we thought so). Then we saw our upperclassmen promoted and handed their diplomas; and now we are ready to take their places in the grand affair. We assembled again in September for the fourth and last time. We had no one higher In the assembly to look up to—we had reached the top of our High School career and now we are getting ready to be promoted. This time, Mr Rich was our sponsor again with Jeane Owens, Dale Rains-berger, Donelda Hale, and Sylvan Waldfogel the class officers. During the first of our senior year we planned to publish a yearbook, entitled the Tattler Everyone had his large or small part to do in publishing this book. In this undertaking our Class Advisor played the major part with his untiring efforts to make it a success. Now thirty-two members are ready to leave for the last time. There have also been many students whose friendships we have been permitted to enjoy during our school career, who are not with us now. We, the Senior Class of 37, wish all the following classes the best of luck in keeping the fine school spirit and cooperation the previous classes and the class of 37 have enjoyed. And with our best wishes, we take this opportunity to pass our motto on to our underclassmen— NOT FOR SCHOOL, BUT FOR LIFE WE LEARN. Ardis Lester Mara Nell Morr 2 17

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CLASS PROPHECY A good assistant editor is hard to find, but at last I had decided to risk my New York paper for a long-earned vacation. But now where should I go? I chanced to wander to the air port where I met the well known aviatrix, Cynthia Van Valkenburg, a former classmate. We decided to look up the whereabouts of our old classmates, many of whom we had not seen since that memorable graduation twenty years ago. As we were flying westward we turned on the radio. There seemed to be a great hub-bub in the capital of Iowa. Oh, yes, then we heard what it was. Gladys Shipman had just arrived. She was running for governor on the Socialist ticket. Her strongest supporter was her husband (whose name she prefers to use only in private life). When we landed in Zone, a suburb of Fayette, the first taxi-driver we ran across was none other than Earl Wiler. We directed him to take us to a good hotel, and when he stopped before a fifteen story hotel he told us it was the best in the city. We saw the name Rainsberger over the door and after inquiring at the desk, found that it was our old friend and classmate, Dale. We found him in his office and learned that his wife, better known to us as Pauline Sevrence, managed the magnificent restuarant across the street When dining there later in the evening, Pauline joined us and told us of some more classmates in whom we were interested. Christine Miller is known far and wide as a model wife. Her husband claims that she is the best cook in the country. Mara Nell Morr is of very great assistance to her husband in his work as a research chemist. Robert Johnston has a fine farm near Fayette and is the head of the Master Farmers in his district. We bought a paper when we returned to the hotel. Two items seened to be rivaling each other in the headlines. One was that Kirk Powers, best doctor of the time, had found a cure for cancer,- and the other was that Robert Dennis had been named head announcer of the new division of television. Just think! Such great people from our own little class in Fayette twenty years ago. The next morning we motored to Morenci to see Donelda Hale. She was really quite radical last election in her beliefs for the Fascists, but she is once more the sweet loving wife who is a great help to her husband and his theatre business. That afternoon we headed for Columbus, where we learned that Rex Johnston had been appointed head of Ohio's newly created Agricultural Department Here we also found Mavis Marzolf in her dancing school. She specializes in teaching very tall girls how to walk gracefully. We accidentally found Merit Smith, who has a large garage. He is an excellent salesman, but he prefers to spend his time fixing up old wrecks. Merit also told us that Galen Wyse is touring Europe with his famed Orchestra Our next stopping place was Chicago We rushed to see our old friend, Donna Kline, who has the largest art school in America. When we arrived we found her visiting with Gladys Marks, who had just returned from Paris Gladys is a world-famous fashion designer. We read in a Chicago paper that Royal Davis is a great critic on modern language. Once again we resumed our journey and the next place we stopped was Denver, Colorado. I had some business at the University and whom should I meet but John Henry Alleman. He is the Professor of Foreign Languages, and best of all he likes that old subject we took in Fayette Hi, for he will allow no substitute to teach his Latin classes. Our next stopping place was Hollywood, where we enjoyed the day immensely with the great playwright and director, Ramon Culbertson. In San Francisco we renewed our friendship with John Ely. He is the most outstanding minister west of the Mississippi. We listened to him lecture that evening and I believe he has very few competitors anywhere. Winging our way back thru the Southern States, we decided to see New Orleans. We were touring the town when we happened to notice a sign stating that the world-touring radio crooner was to be there that evening. We read further and who was it but William Givin? We returned that evening and after the performance had a very interesting chat with Bill . He is one of the most sought-for bachelors in America. At Washington we went to see James Newell. He is said to be the greatest orator that has ever spoken in the halls of Congress. He has Webster’s voice for convincing and Clay's for winning the hearts of the people. From him we learned the whereabouts of many others we were yet searching for. Max Fulmer is the United States Minister to Spain, while Sylvan Waldfogel is in Paris and has completely taken over the work of the great hair stylist, Antoine Our next stopping place was in Buffalo, where we saw Delmar Crisp Delmar is famous for his history books, and had a promising private class of five. Delmar's old pal, William Gamber, was at Harvard as head Basket-ball coach. We again resumed our journey and the next place we found another classmate was in Boston. Hal Vine had joined the circus as a flea trainer. Hal was always catching flies in the study hall at school. Hal also tells us that Loren Pawling is known as the second Einstein Once again we returned to our starting point. In New York we discovered Ardis Lester, who is still well known for her ability of playing the piano, and who always accompanies the leading opera singer, Jeane Owens. After our vacation, Cynthia reported back to the airport for duty and I to my paper. We hope to make this tour often as we certainly had some grand times on our trip, and we think it interesting to keep posted on the great accomplishments of our classmates. Gv 19 r'D Wilma Nash, Cynthia Van Valkenburg