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

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We saw a girl hitch-hiking; a girl in a Wave’s uniform. It’s Jeanie Keefer. Jeanie’s an ‘'Admiral now. Zoom! That reckless driver nearly scared our oxen to death. It’s Gene Fruchey. He’s going to take his drivers test next week. He’s been practicing for 15 years now. About six o'clock we noticed a strange emptiness in our stomachs. Down the road a bit is the farm of Marilyn Woodard and “Spike” Estel, so we stopped for some supper. Marilyn wasn't expecting us so we had corn flakes for supper. Since we are already so close toMorenciwe decided to go in and spend the evening there. Just as we drove into town we heard the fire alarm. It must be in town because there were two alarms. We watched the engine go out and we saw Rex Wallace and Dick Whaley. They are the firemen. They always were “hot stuff’’ especially when it came to “old flames.” Our driver, Dick Corkle, was thirsty so we decided to go to “Morenci After Midnight and get a glass of milk. We were just about to go in when we saw Howard Kutzley come out of his office. He is an insurance salesman. He said he didn’t have anything planned for the evening so we asked him to go with us. The night club, “Morenci After Midnight,” is owned by two old school chums of ours, Nat Glover and Ann Davenport. We went to the powder room while Dick and Howard went to check their hats. Our shy little friend, Delores Frank is the hat check girl. They say she attracts a lot of business for the night club. We drank our milk and then it was time for the floor show. Well, of all things, Joan Schaffner is the featured performer! After such a “hectic” night, we were tired. Dick drove us out to Eileen Stemen’s house (She’s a married woman now), where we spent a blissful night of sleep. We awoke at noon feeling very happy knowing that all of the “Forty-Niners” were doing well.

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We, the Borton spinsters, Virginia and Phyllis, “blew into Fayette” in the Spring of 63 and decided to snoop around to see what our old “chums” were “doin’. Who should we see on the street corner arguing--none other than our dear friend Dick Bates. We wanted to get a new “Super 5” automobile, but we couldn’t find one, so we went to Leroy Swartzendruber’s “Buggy Shop,” and got the only “Conestoga wagon still in existence. We hired Dick Corkle as our driver and “took off.” As we drove down MainStreet we saw a large neon sign “We Streamline ’Em, the new slenderizing agency owned and operated by Barbara McGowan. Oh! Oh! A wheel is squeaking. Imagine that! We are right in front of one of Dick Givin’s gas stations. He owns the largest chain of gas stations in the the world. So we stop and one of Dick’s grease monkeys greases it for us. We decided to drive down to the new “University of Fayette.” We wanted to see our old friend Buddy Allion. He is professor of mathematics. As we walked in the front door we saw a familiar face behind a mop. It was Maxine Miller. She is getting in practice for the day when she starts cleaning her own little home. We went up to the office to solve our curiosity, because we heard that Mary Lou Funk was the “big chief now. Yes, sir, there she was sitting in the superintendent’s chair. As we drive down the street we see Barbara D’Lamater working in her beauty parlor. She specialized in bleaching hair. Say, I wonder who owns that big office down the street “a piece.” Why it’s Paul Stam-baugh. He’s a big executive now. Shirley Joughinis his “cute little secretary. (We wonder who sits on who’s knee.) Situated just across the street is Dr. Bill Nihart’s office. Our instinct drove us down the street about a block to a little lunch room “Arlene’s Beanery run by Arlene Lantz. While we were inside eating beans, one of our oxen took a liking to a neighbor’s flowers, and a policeman had to come and get him out. The policeman was Bob Ziegler. We were tired because of the jolts from our wagon, so we stopped at Carolyn Kline’s hotel. In the lobby we bought a Look Magazine. On the back cover is a beautiful girl with long red hair. It’s Rosemary Murphy; she is a model for Drene Shampoo. We must have been more tired than we thought, because it was 3:30 when we woke up. We thought we had better hurry down to the Eaglezette office if we wanted to see Norma Robey before it closed. She writes the “Advice To The Love Lorn column. Norma asked us to deliver some personal advice to Pat Ely and Darrel Blaker because they are having troubles (little troubles). On the way to see Pat and Darrel we went by Marjory Milliman’s house. They live in a twenty-five room house now. They had to move to accommodate their growing family. Darrel Knisely has a prosperous dairy farm. Guess who is the better half. That’s right, Roma Sommers. Roma does the work; Darrel gives the orders. 11

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We, the Senior Class of 1949, being of sane mind and sound body, do create and lawfully declare this document to be our final will and testament. To the Faculty we will the great privilege of having had such a class as we. To the Juniors we will our class sponsor. To the Sophomores we will our school spirit. To the Freshmen we will our ability to have completecooperationwith our teachers. We personally bequeath the following: BUDDY ALLION wills his studiousness to Larry Wilson. DICK BATES wills his driving ability to Bill Strauss. DICK CORKLE wills his Bryan girl to any boy who needs one. PHYLLIS BOR TON wills her flirtatious manner and her figure to Pat Thompson. ANN DAVENPORT wills her sweet disposition to Carol Lucas. PAT ELY wills her long fingernails to Martha Jane Leininger. BARBARA D’LAMATER wills her blue eyes to Richard Schaffner. DELORES FRANK wills her tiny features to Nora Mae Nash. GENE FRUCHEY wills his black hair to Marlene Beaverson. MARY LOU FUNK wills her red-headed boyfriend to Joan Fidler. RICHARD GIVIN wills his jokes and jolly manner to Von Smith. NAT GLOVER wills her neat choice of clothes to Marlene Wannamacher. SHIRLEY JOUGHIN wills her car to Jim Bacon. JEANIE KEEFER wills her boyfriends to Nedra Bacon. CAROLYN KLINE wills her pretty hands to Galen Libey. DARREL KNISELY wills his black wavy hair to Gary Borton. HOWARD KUTZLEY wills his shyness towards girls to Howard O’Donnel. ARLENE LANTZ wills her freckles to Joan Smith. BARBARA MCGOWAN wills her nice personality to Betty Fruchey. MAXINE MILLER wills her cheerleading suit to Barbara Roth. MARJORY MILLIMAN wills her sparkler to Barbara Griffin. ROSEMARY MURPHY wills her red braids to Dorothy Williams. BILL NIHART wills his “private love life” to Wayne Morgan. NORMA ROBEY wills her clarinet to Charles Hatcher. JOAN SCHAFFNER wills her pretty teeth to everyone who is not statisfied. ROMA SOMMERS wills her black curly hair and blue eyes to Grace Eckert. PAUL STAMBAUGH wills his cute smiles and ability to attract the opposite sex to Lowell McGowan. EILEEN STEMEN wills her ring and her saxaphone to Joan Ely. LEROY SWARTZENDRUBER wills his flirtatious manner to Robin Wannemacher. REX WALLACE wills his sports ability to Jack Ives. DICK WHALEY wills his nickname of “Kickie Lee to Carl Miller. MARILYN WOODARD wills her shapely legs to Betty Stillwagon. BOB ZEIGLER wills his care to Bob Ford. In testimony whereof, we hereunto set our seal and publish and declare this to be our last will and testiment in the presence of the witnesses as names below, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty-Nine. THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1949 OF FAYETTE HIGH SCHOOL Signed, sealed and publicly announced by the said class as and for its last will and testimony in the presence of us, who, at its names as witnesses. Roma Sommers Eileen Stemen 13