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

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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

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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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