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

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MASS HISHIRY The class of 1955 turns back the calendar to 1943 when we started school with twenty-four pupils and Miss Grace Myers as our teacher. We learned the ABC's and how to count. The first grade girls felt very honored to sing for the Mother and Daughter Banquet. Our second grade teacher was Mrs. Lois Eoff. We learned to tell time. Now we were growing up. With Miss Mattie Heckman as the third grade teacher, the boys an girls were in good hands. We gave the first operetta under the direction of Mrs. Ruby Burton. Mrs. Phyllis Shaffer was waiting for us in the fourth grade. Again we gave an operetta. But this time, we had a kitchen band with egg beaters and pots and pans. Mrs. Garnet Weber greeted us in the fifth grade. The teachers usually looked forward to a class like ours because all of the classes ahead of us were larger and we seemed to be a relief. A flag drill was given by the boys and girls in the fifth grade. On to the sixth grade, but this year it was different the sixth grade had been moved upstairs. Mrs. Helen Mercer was our teacher. As part of the grade Christmas program, we gave a play entitled Our Borrowed Christmas . We also enjoyed a trip to the Toledo Art Museum. Mr. Richard Eldredge was our teacher in the seventh grade. This was our first year of changing classes. We en- joyed a Halloween party at Jerry Lohr's home and the seventh and eighth grade party at school. We gave the Christmas assembly this year. We felt very proud to think that at last we were eighth graders and would soon be entering high school. Mrs. Dora Coleman was our homeroom teacher. A Halloween party at Lowell Rothert's was enjoyed by all. This year we gave a party for the seventh grade. We felt honored to think that we were the last class to have a regular eight grade commencement excercises in Harris-Elmore School. Now we were in high school with Mrs. Kathleen Soenichsen and Mrs. Jean Geis as our homeroom teachers. Seven students came to Elmore from Graytown. We gave a hillbilly wedding for our assembly. We entered the tenth grade with Mr. James Smith and Mr. Charles Rymers as our homeroom supervisors. An operation was performed right before your eyes for our sophomore assembly. We also picked out our class rings this year. We were promo- ted to the junior class with Mrs. Catherine Anstead an Mr. Guy Elsea as homeroom teachers. The juniors presented the play entitled Aunt Cathie's Cat under the direction of Mrs. Dora Coleman. We had to save our money for the Junior-Senior Banquet and Prom which was coming in May. The theme of the prom was The Mardi Gras . At last we were seniors, with Mrs. Alvina Kontak and Mr. Lamar Hetrick as our class sponsors. Our Hearts Were Young and Gay was the title of our senior play. We received our senior pictures, invitations, name cards, and ordered our caps and gowns. Our senior year was expensive but the most enjoyable year for all of us. BABY PIIZIIIIHS x 12 ?-.::: gym ,pm my s a si 7,35 . ,4 hssf. 'Ld Leroy Witt . 55 Albert Boss ' ' A 1 1, ...f 5 V 1 - t. , 4' ,H w Q . A' Marv Mireles Eileen Harder Ruth weben Dick Drifrmyer Bill Shaffer Yi .F Carlton Glesler Ruth Fondessy Beryl H1116 ,K Mary Kontak

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MASS Wlll We the Sen1or Class of 1955 bemg of as sound m1nd and bod as POSS1bl6 and knowmg that our days 1n Harrrs Elmore Hlgh School are numbere , do hereby make our last w1ll and testament mak1ng all other promlses null and vo1d I R1chard Avers w1ll my favor1te tube tester to Helen Bay I Marlene Barnes and I Marlene Sondergeld w1ll our man tr1ps to the Blue Moon to Darlene Weng, hop1ng lt w1ll do for her what lt d1dn't do or us Paul Blausey w1ll my ab1l1ty to play the drums to Nancy Draper Albert Boss xull my typ1ng ab1l1ty to Jane Howard Ruth Boss w1ll my br1ght sm1le and d1mples to Jane Peters Gerald Croll w1ll my grades to Walter Shrader and Tom Croll Jerry Damschroder w1ll my ab1l1ty to sleep 1n class to Jeannene W1llett Robert Damschroder w1ll my apprec1at1on for sophomore g1rls to Laurene Kardatzke Good luck Lornyl I R1chard Drrftmyer w1ll one partly used space sh1p to Dennls Kruse I'll see you at the moon Denny' I Judy Druckenm1ller w1ll my tr1p to G1rls' State to Paul Johnson knowmg w1ll have even more fun than I d1d Ruth Fondessy w1ll my love for home ec to Karl Fllck Carlton Cuesler w1ll my Packard to Tom Croz1er Watch those curves Tom Mary Alyce Gleckler w1ll my dr1v1ng ab1l1ty to B111 L1ng E1leen Harder w1ll my come h1ther smlle to Kenny Avers Use 1t wlsely that he Kenn Y Beryl H1lle, w1ll my he1ght of s1x ft f1ve 1n to Shlrley Wh1te, so that she may be seen as well as heard Mary Kontak w1ll my ab1l1ty to pooch ' eggs to Eva B1ttner Jerry Lohr w1ll my bulgmg b1ceps to B111 Rohloff Jerry Mrller w1ll one Tom reflll k1t to Don Roepke Marv1n Mlreles w1ll my curly black ha1r to R1chard Longenecker Lowell Rothert w1ll my long lanky legs to Ellen Schroeder B111 Shaffer w1ll my g1ggle to V1rg1n1a Myers Ronny Sm1th w1ll my ab1l1ty to play football to Robert Zunk Barbara Summers vull my beaut1fu1 brown eyes to Lester Lemke and Duane Euohr g1v1ng one to each of them I hope you get as much use from them as I have ellows I Joan Summers w1ll my love for the Navy to Jean Vandersall I hope you get the same results I d1d Jean1e I Ruth VK ebert w1ll my uncontrollable blush to Joe Mrreles I Edlth Wldman and I Marllyn W1dman, w1ll our love for h1llb1lly mus1c to Jean De1tmyer I Leroy W1tt w1ll my quletness to Carol and Nancy He1lman I Dav1d W1tte, w1ll my collectlon of absence and tardy sl1ps to Betty Ka1ser and Margaret W1tt The r Mrs Mrs Mrs Mrs Mrs Mrs Mrs r r r r entlre class w1lls to I-Ietr1ck A Sen1or class w1th honor students Kontak A Sen1or class that can make dec1s1ons on the flrst vote Coleman A Sen1or class that learns the1r play parts very Q'l11Ckly Anstead An Enghsh class that 1nterprets the poems correctly Barker A P'n'G and HELM staff that cooperates Mlller A Mlxed Chorus that can read notes Damschroder A home ec class that can cook and sew I-Iaar A Sen1or class that patlently Wa1tS for absence sl1ps Rowe A fam1ly l1v1ng class that won't blush Rymers Best w1shes for an all conference basketball team Hamm Best w1shes for an all conference football team Egert A math class that understand the d1fferent types of f1gures 1n geornetryl Mr Barker An ag class that behaves Mr Carpenter An mdustrlal arts class that knows a hammer from a saw Mr Goetschxus A busmess pr1nc1ples class that understands what he says Unders1gned The Class of 1955 R1chard Avers Presxdent 21 I, , . . . '- L , ,. . . . . I, I .... t I, , ' . I, , . . . . . . I, ' . . . . I! l D ' D ' 7 ' L , . . . . . . . . I, . 1 . . . . . . I I,. . . 1 1 ' , q . O 1 1 I, , a . 1 1 I n I I, , . . . . . L . , . . . . i L . . , . . . ' I, Delphine Overmyer, will my long eyelashes to Loren Damschroder. I! 9 - l ' L . , . . . . . , L . , . . . . L D ' , V. . , 1 . , u 1 u . 1 M D l : un . ' u .a 1 M i . Z. . i . . . M . : ' - - . M . : ' - . M . 1 ' ' Q'