Harris Elmore High School - Helm Yearbook (Elmore, OH)

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we Saidrh CFQIOLOOL I Lszafire It is now the year 1969. Sailor Harry Elmo is gazing through his scrapbook of notable people of the past few years. Among them he finds many members of the class of '49. He decided to come back to their Alma Mater and find out what they are doing. He is very much amazed to find that Donald Chasteen is now mayor of Elmore, which has developed into a thriving town of industries. To top the manufacturing leaders is Richard Gahn, who is now president and owner of the Elmore Basket Factory, which has now taken on a sideline business of making toothpicks. It seems that competition between Mary Dolph, who has taken over her father's oil and gas company, and Raymond Henderlich, who had become sole heir to Redman's Service Station, has been dissolved by the forming of the Elmore-Speedy-Service-Station. Harry Elmo is startled by the sound of a siren. Looking toward the street the first thing he sees is a taxi belonging to Marvin Barkhau, who is being chased by the city police car, with Leon Rader at the wheel. These two have seen much of each other since Marvin got his job of driving a taxi and Leon became Chief of Police. Leon also holds the pinochle championship down at Jake's Pool Hall. ln recent years, Bruce Kontak has seen an advancement in position with the Elmore Hardware. He rose from head stock boy to vice-president. It is rumored that his smile completely won over the president and got him the job. The last men in town to let anyone down are Earl Nissen and Carol Laubacher, Who have established a national reputation as undertakers. As yet they have not had one unsatisfied customer come back. They say, If you feel as if you have one foot in the grave, come and see us, and we'll help you place the other one. A crowd of people seems to be gathering on the street corner. As Harry moves in closer, he sees Junior Klingbiel standing on a soap box giving a lecture on Atomic Power Control. This is a subject about which he learned much in school, and he is now running for the office of senator. The town is also alive with the news of the result of a basketball game at the high school. It was between the local Bulldogs and the Bowling Green State University Falcons. Elmore came out on top with a score of 114-ZZ. It was all due to the efficient management of the team by Coach Donald Egert, who hasn'tlost a game in his past five years of coaching experience. The world was recently astonished by the invention of an atomic light bulb. The inventor was none other than an intellectual product in the form of Ray Willey. He has been experimenting for many years and has finally reached his ultimate goal. Harry Elmo buys a newspaper and sees in the headline that an Elmore girl has broken a speed record at the Indianapolis Speedway. It is Lola Lowry, who has been driving since her high school days. She has one motto, and that is, Stay off the rocks! Willard Eversole and Rose Mary Ling are now happily married and have settled down to raise a family. They are living on a large dairy farm outside Elmore and have combined their'talents to establish one of the most noted farms in the state. A new church, which has a seating capacity of over 3000, has been erected in Elmore. As Harry Elmo passes it, a wedding is taking place. The preacher, the Reverend Kenneth Hasselkus, is tying the knot in a very ceremonious style. The couple have serious looks on their faces. As the bride, Betty Weidner, says, I do, the glances of the congregation turn to the groom. No one knows who he is, but it is rumored that he is a multi-millionaire oil company owner from Texas. The question of which came first, the chicken or the egg, is still unanswered. Donald Hetrick has been working on it recently in his own chicken hatchery, He thought he had the answer one day when he saw two chicks hatch from one egg. But he found it was just a case of twin hens. The largest restaurant in town is owned by Anna Recny. Through her past experiences in highschool home economics, whe has received recognition as being able to cook anything. She says, Come in and find out my food isn't crummy, and I'll cook anything to suit your tummy. A strange incident happened during the building of a house in Elmore. The contractor, Richard Witt, first drew the plans for the basement and then made it. A miscalculation was made in the house plans, and when the workers started to build, the house would not fit the basement because it was too small. But Richard has one great accomplishment to his credit--the building of a 70-story office building in downtown Elmore. Lois Jean Haar is now operating a reducing salon along with her beauty shop. She advertises, If you are forty or over and are getting inflation in the wrong places, come in and let me give you a workout. An institution of higher learning has been founded in Elmore. It is called Hessville University in honor of the biggest suburb of Elmore. As Harry Elmo enters the doors of H.U. he is met by the president, Evelyn Richardson. She has just expelled a student for blowing the roof off the laboratory with one of his own con- coctions in chemistry class. The only casualty was that of the teacher, Miss Martha Dibert. She was standing too close when the explosion occurred and had a perfect set of eyebrows singed off. As dusk settles over the peaceful town, it begins to come alive and light up with neon signs, flashing ad- vertisements. Down at the theater Betty Crozier is playing the part of Priscilla Snodgrass opposite Pyrone Tower as Drag-a-Long Chasdidty in Double Trouble' or 'Who Shot Poor Old Grandma. She reaches star- dom by being able to sing hillbilly ballads and with her ability on the jew's harp. The biggest sign over the town is flashing out Hot Rod Alley. On closer observation, Harry Elmo finds that it is a used car lot. He goes into the office to see who owns it, but as he opens the door, he is met by a cloud of cigar smoke and cannot make out who is sitting behind the desk. As the smoke subsides, he sees Tom Schemmer with his feet cocked up on the desk. Tom is known as the highest pressure salesman in town and was just getting up steam to make another sale. As Harry Elmo leaves the town he is quite assured the world was gifted in receiving so successful a class as the 'Class of '49. 8

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5 enior C76-wa .Malorg ' Twelve years ago the Senior class of 1949 started school life with an enrollment of twenty-one boys and eight girls. The girls came in pigtails and the boys in knickers. We were a class known to be very noisy. The first four years were spent in getting the fundamental things of school life. We spent the next two years wondering if we would ever be able to keep up with the assignments given us. The two years in Junior High seemed like the first six years put together. Then came the day to go to Oak Harbor for Eighth Grade Commencement. Here we are--Freshmen. It wasn't what we had expected it to be. The boys were initiated by having their shirts, shoes, and belts taken away and thrown into trees and elsewhere. In our Sophomore year we had a skating party to raise money. Then came our Junior year, in which we have our play, We Shook the Family Tree, under the direction of Mrs. Coleman. The money raised from the play and from our Junior skating party was used to pay for the annual Junior-Senior Banquet on May 8. The girls were initiated by the Senior Versatile girls at a banquet which the Alumnae members attended. Here we are, finally, in the class we have dreamed of for twelve years, the Senior class. We had our Senior pictures taken in October at Livingston Studios. We were honored at the Junior-Senior Banquet, May 14, by the Juniors. We are proud of those who worked on the Purple 'n' Gold and Helm, our football boys, and our honor stu- dents. We close our school life with the memorable Senior Day, Baccalaureate Service, and Commencement. Thus we leave H.E.H.S., hoping that the Seniors next year will' leave with as many pleasant memories as we have. Cfarid We, the class of nineteen-hundred and forty-nine, being of sound mind and memory, do hereby make this document public and declare this to be our last will and testament, hereby revoking all wills made hereto- fore: LOLA LOWRY wills her quiet, dignified manner to BOB SONDERGELD. CAROL LAUBACI-lER'S wise ad libbing is left to CHARLES KONTAK and DALE WEIHROUCH. DONALD CHASTEEN bequeaths his mus- cles and ten special lessons on muscle-building to JOAN LOHR. LOIS HARR'S frequent giggling spells are left to FLORENCE MURRAY. BRUCE KONTAK wills his ability to have fun anytime, anyplace, anyway, with anybody to INA MAE LAMALE. DONALD EGERT wills his conquering spirit to LARRY DETZEL. ROSE MARY LING'S physique is left to CAROL JEAN FADER. TOM SCHEMMER wills his 'Heels Beals shoes to ROY WENDT. MARY DOLPH leaves to JOHN LUCKEY the ability to take care of himself. WILLARD EVERSOLE leaves his love of farming and his ability to raise registered dairy cows to JERRY BECK. MAR- THA DIBERT leaves her conscientious studying to BILL TANK. RICHARD GAHN'S flirtations withthe girls are left to PAUL MUENZER. LEON RADER wills his shy and bashful manner to MARGARET BUKAS. EVE- LYN RICHARDSON'S love of athletics is left to KATHRYN KUHLMAN. RAY WILLEY leaves his chemistry lab explosions to JERRY HETRICK. BETTY CROZIER leaves her constant chatter about her dates and boy friends to JANE THIER. ANNA RECNY wills her knack ofhiding the commercial teacher's books to SUZANNE AVERS. MARVIN BARKHAU'S abilityto have a car when needed is left to JIM CROLL. KENNETH HASSEL- KUS leaves his way with the girls to DOUG SLOAN and ROLAND WHEATLEY. RAYMOND'HENDERLICH'S loyalty to one girl is left to BRUCE GREGORY. DONALD HETRICK wills his quiet and refined manner to DONALD DRAPER and RAY ZUNK. JUNIOR KLINGBIEL leaves his ready answers in government class to ALMA JEAN HETRICK. EARL NISSEN leaves his gift of gab and clownlike actions to RITA WENDT and JIM LOWRY. BETTY WEIDNER leaves her Pepsodent smile and smooth complexion to NANCY ZOLMAN and IRENE FLICK. RICHARD WITT leaves his outstanding knows all, tells nothing manner to CALVIN GIESLER and LAVONNE WEIHROUCH. To MRS. COLEMAN we leave a civic-minded governrnent class that doesn't copy. To MRS. SCHROEDER we leave achemistry class whose experiments always turn out perfectly. To MRS. DAMSCHRODER we leave a study hall that doesn't spend all its time in the library. To MR. HUFF- MAN we leave a piano that is always in tune and a mixed chorus that can sing with it. To MRS. KONTAK we leave a more quiet and obedient homeroom. To MR. ACKERMAN we leave an 'ag' class with many prize- winning projects. To MISS HEIING we leave better math students, who do not make her laugh all the time. To MISS WILCOX we leave a Senior literature class that doesn't argue. To MISS WENDT we leave students who type louder and faster than they talk. To MR. BLOKER we leave a football and basketball team that will bring him national fame. To MR. 1-IETRICK we leave a more intelligent, industrious, co-operative student body. In witness whereof we have hereunto affixed our name this twenty-seventh day of May in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine. UNDERSIGNED: Class of 1949 Donald Chasteen, President 7 A ------ ak LLL-, mm.. ,m

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eniom CLASS MOTTO: Today we follow: tomorrow we lead. CLASS FLOWER: CLASS COLORS: White Rose Green and White Class President DONALD CHASTEEN Shorty Full of fun and mischief too, doing all there is to do. Projector Club 1,3,43 Cheer- leader 23 Football 334 HELM 4g P 'n' G 45 Play 3,4. 9