Goshen Union High School - Goshonian Yearbook (Damascus, OH)

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SENICR CLASS PROPHECY It was Thursday evenmg and the next day the class of '56 was to graduate from G H S A sat before the f1re I wondered where my classmates would be 1n twenty years As I sat there musmg I heard a door open and close softly Lookrng around I saw a small man 1n a qualnt old costume who remrnded me of Irv1ng's men of the mountam He asked me what I was thlnkmg about I told hrm Then he asked me 1f I was wrlhng to go 1nto the future for a whrle and see my classmates I hurrredly sard Yes Then take hold of my arm I d1d th1s and swrftly the scene changed We were 1n the ed1tor's off1ce of a large Cleveland newspaper At the desk sat Ramon Lora the edrtor and Llnda Lucas h1s competent stenographer Whrle they were talkrng Paul Bauman and Bob Sprker the paper's two wrde awake reporters rushed 1n wrth a report of a brg murder We soon left the off1ce and ventured down town At Euclrd Square my attentron was attracted to a large offrce bulldrng I found out that th1s was the home of the H111 Machrne Shop Jxm H111 Manager In th1s burldmg I also found the home off1ce of Burt and Bayless Photographers and ma1n off1ce of the Cam and Cameron Constructron Company We next entered a large downtown hotel at thrs hotel were gathered some of Amer1ca's foremost men But even here I recogn1zed some of my classmates Henry Sanford a graduate of West Pomt and now Secretary of War was talkrng wrth Paul Roose and Jrm Earley two promrnent Senators from Ohro At the other end of the room I saw Dems Karlen and Denms Flugan I approached and drscovered that they were drscussrng the farm relref questron Each was a promment f1gure rn the frght for farm re re We left the room and went to the suburbs of the crty Here I saw a large srgn Fetter's Tax1 Company I approached and saw Vera Greenamyer hrs secretary callrng a cab for Capt Ed Ryser and Col W1ll1ard Whaley who were takrng a short vacatxon from duty We left Cleveland and next found myself rn Georgetown Ohro now a large metropohs Amazed at thrs sudden growth I asked the reason and was shown the off1ce of Rexchenbach Chevrolet Garage wrth Shrrley R1tchey as hrs secretary We ventured down the street and passed a theater Here lookmg at the posters I was surprrsed to see the name of Barbara Ruggles and Norma Johnson They had Just retur ed from a tour of Europe and were now playmg rn WHY GIRLS LEAVE HOME wrth Warren Sanor as leadrng man We went to the outsk1rts of Georgetown and entered a large bu1ld1ng Here there was a basketball game 1n Wh1Ch Glorra and Carol Odey were the stars They were playxng on the world s champronshrp team from Akron Just out of the c1ty I saw Davrd Herbert the foreman of the Edrson Electrrc Company supervlsmg the w1r1ng of the new plumbmg shop owned and managed by Larry Wemgart Patty Webber lrved on a near by farm She had marrred and was now a prosperous farmerette Further up the road we saw the Holloway Iurcy Frult Stand where LeRoy was sortmg frurt When we returned to the large c1ty of Damascus we found that the G H S had been enlarged I d1d not enter though for I feared I mrght meet some of my teachers At the Darly News Offxce we found Eva Nelson as edltor had made the Darly News a leadrng paper On Ma1n Street we entered Carpenter s Caddy Clothes Shop owned by Jo Ann whrch had been decorated by the great 1nter1or decorator Judy Werngart and her stylrsts Patty Beck and Kathleen Wuthnck But knowmg that some of my classmates would be foohsh enough to get marrred I v1s1ted the resr dermal drstrxct My susprcrons were correct Here I found Arla Hoffman and Barry Fowler Barry Fowler was consldered Damascus's rrchest man and owned a charn of gas statrons all over the U S - nn n n , ... sl , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . .,, ,, 0 1 o ,, ,, . . . . . 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 g 1 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 - . - lf. - - as - so 1 1 1 1 1 - 0 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 ' 11 1 11 1 1 . . . . , . . 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 - ' ' 1 111 1 1 1 1 1 a . , . 1 1 1 1 1 1 , - 1 1 1 11

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XXXV XXXVI XXXVII XXXVIII XXXIX X XLII XLIII XLIV XLV XLVI XLVII XLVIII XLIX L V V LVII LVIII X LX LXII LXIII LXIV LXV LXVI LXVH Lrnda Lucas w1lls her dramond to anyone lucky enough to get one Bonme Maurer wrlls her natural streak of gray harr to any grrl who wants to look older Tom Mctiluggage wrlls hrs way wrth grrls to any boy who needs rt John Merssner leaves wrth hrs wrfe Charles Metz wrlls hrs Jokes to anyone who has rrme to laugh at them Janet Mrncks wrlls her posrtron as captarn of the drum sectron to Carol Davrs and Brlly Weber Mary Ellen Munsell w1lls her abrlrty to roller skate to anyone who lrkes fallrng on hard wood floors Eva Nelson wrlls her vorce to the cheerrng sectron at the basketball games Carol Odey wrlls her drslrke for study to Betty Talbot Glorra Odey wrlls her posrtron rn front of the mrrror to anyone who rs always combrng her harr Mary Lou Powell wrlls her shyness to Pearl Prrce Drck Powell wrlls hrs naps rn class to Kerth Hahn Sylvra Reeves wrlls her freckles to Joyce Lora Gary Rerchenbach wrlls hrs store of knowledge to anyone who lacks rt Shrrley Rrtchey w1lls her wardrobe to her srster Betty Paul Roose wrlls hrs argurng way to anyone who lrkes to argue Barbara Ruggles wrlls the fun she has had lollygaggrng rn the hall to John Eddy and Ruth Barrd Henry Sanford wrlls hrs flat top to Bob Boyd Sonny Sanor w1lls three bottles of paste to patch up the grrls broken hearts he leaves behrnd Bob Sprker wrlls hrs love of talkrng rn study hall to anyone who lrkes poor grades Alrce Stanley wrlls her Mrss Prrnt edrtorshrp to Prrscrlla Nelson Barbara Stanley w1lls her parts rn the Junror and Semor plays to anyone who deserves them Eugene Stoffer wrlls hrs blush to anyone who can take embarrassrng moments Harold Warren wrlls hrs government book to Jrm Auman Patty Webber wrlls her helprng hand to anyone who can match rt Alton Werngart wrlls hrs car to Charlre Wagmrller Judy Werngart wrlls her posrtron as Head Cheerleader to ??????? PP? Larry Werngart w1lls hrs wavy harr to Wayne Walters Wrllard Whaley wrlls hrs dependabrlrty to Norman Kneodler Arla Wuthrrck w1lls her chau stand and bass horn to Jack Uphold Kathleen Wuthrrck wrlls her abrlrty to sew to anyone who rs brave enough to wear the thrngs they make Joyce Wycoff w1lls her trght skuts to anyone who can frll them A 'mm XL. . . . . . . . , LI' . . . . . L. ' ' ' ' . Ll. ' ' ' ' LII. Eddy Ryser wills his dreamy looks to any boy who needs them. III. ' ' ' . LI . ' ' ' ' . LV. . . . . . . i L I. . . . - . . . . . I LI . ' ' ' . Lx. ' ' ' . 7

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Across the street lrved Alrce Stanley she was one of the most promrnent candrdates for governor and rt was thought by all that her great success rn polrtrcs was due to the efforts of her manager Marte Hobe After seerng the town I decrded to take a chance and vrsrt the I-hgh School I was glad I had be cause here I found several of my classmates Lanny Brunner now the Supermtendent greeted us as we came rn Farther down the hall we found B111 Bradley Pr1nc1pal conversrng wrth Bob Kuzma head Foot ball Coach who had just returned from an exhrbrtron game rn Chrcago As we passed the Commercral Room door we saw Janet Mrncks the new Commercral teacher who was drscussrng her problems wrth Barbara Stanley Phy Ed teacher At the secretary s desk rn the Super1ntendent's offrce we see Mary Ellen Munsell and besrde her IS Mary Lou Powell who was dorng offrce work for the Prrncrpal By thrs trme rt was early mornmg and I returned home The dwarf promrsed to return the next nrght and true to h1s promrse he returned Thrs trme we V1S1I6d the rural drstrrcts frrst At Garfreld we found the Grdley Hahlen Anrmal Hosprtal where Susre and Tom were operatrng on a dog whrch Arla Wuthrrck who rs specralrzrng rn pedrgreed dogs had brought to them As we drew near to Damascus we saw a large tourrng car comrng down the road In thrs was Sylvra Reeves and Joyce Wycoff who were enroute to Columbus to take posrtrons as nurses rn a large hosprtal As we entered the square rn Damascus we saw to our rrght the McCluggage Trust Co where Bonnre Maurer had just completed a day s work as bookkeeper Across the street was the offrce of Jrm Hose Attorney at Law who was now a very successful lawyer Lookrng closer we saw Judy Knopp hrs personal secretary leavrng the burldrng on her way to see Jean Earley a hearrng and speech theraprst who has just returned from her school rn New York Audrey Glassburn who IS drrector of the Bell Telephone Company of Damascus was gorng across Ma1n Street to pay a VISII to the former Nadene Barnes who IS now the wrfe of the mrnrster of the Frrst Frrends Church and who rs grvrng musrc lessons to several people rn the commumty Endrng our tour we entered the Kampher Dauy Co for some refreshments We saw that Tom Johns Kenny Blasrman and Eugene Stoffer were all employed there Whrle there we chatted wrth the former June Hartman and her husband who are now Hrgh Socrety people Just as we were leavrng we saw Charles Metz and John Mressner go by rn a new '76 model Cadrllac whrch they had purchased rn Las Vegas They had enjoyed a very profrtable vrsrt there Starrng at them I woke to frnd myself once agarn seated rn front of the frreplace and I came to the realrzatron that I had had a dream But my only hope rs that all my classmates wrll make a success rn 11 e ' . . -. Alton Weingart was running a large turkey farm near-by with Dick Powell, his assistant. 'f . . . . . . .