Hicksville High School - Hixonian Yearbook (Hicksville, OH)

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CLASS WILL We, lhe Senior class ol I936 have grudgingly decided lo will our lamous characlerislic lo our under-classmen. We hope lhey will keep lhem as well as we have. I, Alice Applegale, do hereby will my sludious abilily lo Eloise Counlryman. I, Florence Arranls, will my very winning per- sonalily lespecially lo lhe male sexl lo Dora Rulh Myers. I, James Ballz, will my amicable spiril lo lhose who wanl lo gel somewhere in school. I, Juanila Beardsley, bequealh my slubborn disposilion lo Annabel Rodocker, I, Marzella Camp, bequealh my winning smile lo Mary Rodocker. I, Andrew Carr, will my abilily lo lwisl and lurn lo Max Greer. I, Margarel Cole, will my piano abilily lo any slruggling beginner. I, Carl Cook, will my small lrame lo Francis Kenner. I, Belly Correll, will my so well known shorl- hand speed lo anyone who wanls il. I, Doris Collrell, will permil some ol lhe leach- ers lo use my sense ol humor. I, Gerlrude Collrell, will permil Marlha Tullle lo borrow my slow bul sure speech. I, Mary Dealsman, will my abilily lo play hooky lo Avanelle Evans. l, George Daniels, bequealh my weslern lhoughls lo Nick Wallers leven lhough I do hale lo parl wilh lheml. I, Iva Mae Dolls, will permil only Alberla Brown lo use my code lor capluring newsland men lor a manl. I, Frances Durley, bequealh my blond charms lo Belly Nash knowing she will lake care ol lhem. I, Charles Eadie, will my selling abilily lo Al- len I-lilberl. I, Kalhleen Elder, will my abilily lo keep up a correspondence wilh a college sludenl lo Jo Ferris. I, William Finzer, bequealh my love lor chem- islry and physics lo Max Carr. I, Opal Frye, will lend my brown eyes lo Cla- rice Ford lor lhe purpose ol enamoring some males. I, Pauline I-lollar, will my abilily lo enlarge upon subiecls lo Dorolhy Ann Buck. I, Reuhama Kaullman, will my raven locks lo Freda l-lill. I, Evelyn Keener, bequealh my shy personalily lo Minnie Lewis ldon'l misuse ill. I, Evelyn Kemerer, bequealh my love lor oul- ol-lown men lo Maxine Warner. I, Paul Kerr, bequealh my oralorical abilily lo I-larold Cromwell. I, Derrill Killian, will my arlislic love lo Bob Dowell. I, Paul Laub, bequealh my ginger locks lo John Olsson. , I, William Lybarger, will my love lor lhe fairer sex lo Mervin Ridenour. I, Roberl McCauley, bequealh my business managing job lo Rex Frye. I, Marjorie McClellan, do hereby will my lriendly ways lo many Freshmen. I, Belly McDonald, do hereby will my prolane language in lyping lo Carol Shull. I, Vivian McKinley, do hereby beslow upon Marlha Johnson my lrouble in keeping lrack ol one man Ilor lour yearsl. I, Donald McMillan, leave behind my cowboy almosphere lo my buddies, wherever lhey are. I, Leona Mack, will my commercial abilily lo Pauline Meek-knowing she will appreciale il. I, Belle Meek, will my quiel ways lo Lucille I-larkey, please don'l abuse lhem. I, Evelyn Monroe, will my habil ol being lardy lespecially in shorl-hand classl lo Belly Bells. I, Leila Moore, do hereby bequealh my quiel disposilion lo Marlha Lay. I, Lesler Myers, will permil Dick Reeb lo use my winning smile, providing he relurns il. I, Clyde Oberlin, will my willy longue lo Lee Baker. I, Roberl Pierman, do hereby bequealh unlo Bill Rodocker my laziness. I, I-larriel Piper, will my abilily lo vocalize lo Lois Smilh. I, Virl Rex, bequealh my form and abilily in sporls lo Dick Rhodes. I, Georgianna Rhodes, bequealh my love lor Iilerary work lo Richard Camp. I, Marlha Rodocker, lend my oulslanding love lor learning lo Max Elder. I, Mildred Rodocker, bequealh my abilily in hislory lo Violel Brown. I I, Vera Rohrs, lend by conlrallo cords lo some soprano lyou always gel your manl. I, E. L. Saur, will my abilily lo work my way up lo lhe lirsl leam in baskelball lo William Ginlher. . I, Reyll Shirley, will my abilily lo allracl ex- seniors lo Bob Elliol. I, Geraldine Sluclcman, will my nighlingale voice lo Alberla Brown. I, LaVon Townsend, will my lighling spiril lwilh Clyde O.l lo some poor handicapped Freshman. I, Bob Waller. bequealh my brilliance in Com- mercial Law lo Vance Wollord. I, George Wilderson, will my clever acling lo Edward Wesl ldon'l abuse ill. I, Dallas Winn, bequealh my baskelball abilily lo l-'larry Smilh. I, Florence Worden, will my abilily lo please people lo LaVerge Townsend. I, Jack Wrighl, beslow on Junior Tuslison my abilily as a lough loolball player. I, Laura Zolman, have degided lo loan my love lor Indiana lo Belly Whilehursl.

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CLASS PROP!-IECY 992 Fiffh Avenue New York, New York May 20, l95O. My dear Mr. PaTTerson: l-Iere iT is I95O-fourfeen years since I lasT Talked' wiTh you. Many Things concerning The class of '36 have been lingering in my memory. LasT Sunday afTernoon as I was Iolling on The sands aT ATIanTic CiTy who should surprisingly pass by buT The former Mary Deafsman and her husband of Ten years lwho I do noT knowl. ' WiTh Them were Mr. and Mrs. STeeIe lJuaniTa Beards- leyl. AfTer ThaT asfonishing evenT I picked up The New York Times and whaT should I chance upon buT a column wriTTen by my former classmafe Dal Winn lWincheII The secondl. While reading This I discovered some scandal abouT some more of The class of '36. Paul Kerr had won The high- esT honors of Oxford College. Vivian McKin- ley, of I-loliywood, had been secreTly married To George Wilderson, a graduafe of WesT PoinT, for six monThs. This also revealed ThaT Evelyn Monroe had secured her Third divorce lwho'd have Thoughf iTl. AfTer reading These asfounding facTs I needed refreshmenfs so I donned one of my gorgeous l?l evening gowns and wenT To The EasT Beach I-ToTel for my dinner. While waiTing for my firsT course who should I spy among The dancers buT BeTTy Correll in The arms of George Daniels, well known dancers of Broadway. AT The end of The dance my eyes followed Them To Their Tables where saT The NoTre Dame coach, Virl Rex, and his brillianf assisTanT LesTer Myers. On Their way ouT They paused aT my Table and in- viTed me To go To a house-warming aT The home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schofer lKaThIeen Elderl. Of course, I ioined Them. Before I go on, I musT Tell you of an accidenf which Turned ouT To be favorable. While in an airplane, incidenTalIy The piloT was Jack Wrighf, The rudder came off and caused a crack-up which resulTed in numerous cuTs for me. I was rushed To The hospiTal where To my surprise I found Bill Finzer To be my docTor. I-learing The rusTle of a sfarched uniform I glanced up To see my old pal, Laura Zolman, The head nurse! She informed me ThaT Mildred Rodocker, Florence Worden, and Leila Moore were also nurses in This hospifal. AfTer complefe recovery I Took a few days vacaTion in New York CiTy lrny home Townl. Up- on sTepping from The New York Cenfral whom should I meeT geTTing on buT Gerfrude CoTTreIl and Evelyn Kemerer on Their way To be sTew- ardesses of an airline in Chicago. My firsT sTop was The law office. There To my asTonishmenT I saw Frances Durfey as The pri- vaTe secreTary of The famous lawyer, Bob Pier- man! Oh yes, I forgeT To menTion ThaT while coming up on The elevafor I meT Mariorie McClellan, head of The elevafor sTaff. On my way ouT Frances wanfed me To go To The pier wiTh her and her assisTanT MarTha Rodocker, To meeT Geraldin STuckman, who was arriving home from a concerT in ITaIy. While There we meT Alice Applegafe, The famed inTerpreTer, and also I-IarrieT Piper and MargareT Cole, who were reTurning from your favorife spoT, WesTminsTer Abbey!! We hailed a Taxi and found our helpful class- mafe Charles Eadie driving. I-le IefT us ouT aT Wonderly's FIorisT Shoppe where The former BeTTy McDonald waiTed on us. She Told us ThaT The orchids were grown by E. L. Saur, and The roses by Marzella Camp. I decided To pass The evening by reading so I sfopped aT Bowker's News STand. OT course Iva Mae was There! From There I wenT To The A. and P. Sfore To buy some grapes. Who did I find managing The sfore buT Reyff Shirley. Two of The clerks I recognized as Paul Laub and LaVon Townsend. Away off in The corner I spied The bookkeeper, Leona Mack-of course ThaT isn'T her name now. The nexT day as I wenT To geT a horse To ride I found Carl Cook To be The manager of The Oberlin Riding Academy. This, of course, be- longed To Clyde. While riding I meT Derrill Kil- lian and his wife, The former Doris CoTTrell. Back of Them came Bill Lybarger and his girl friend lwhom I didn'T knowl. ThaT afTernoon I wenT To The movie and saw as The head usher Vera Rohrs. She ushered me To a fronT seaT and Turning To The IefT I saw Bob Walfers who said he was employed on a bridge by The conTracTor Andrew Carr. I-Tearing a fa- miliar voice I looked up and saw James Bali-L, who was speaking for Fox Moviefone. I-Ie Told us of The work of Pauline I-lollar as a foreign mis- sionary and of a new modernisfic beaufy salon in T-lollywood owned by Opal Frye, Evelyn Kee- ner, and Belle Meek. AfTer leaving The Theafer I chanced upon Reuhama Kauffman who said she was employed aT The STaTe Library. I inquired abouf Roberf McCauley, and she Told me he owned The larg- esT dairy in The ciTy. She also said she had re- ceived a leTTer from her fiance Don McMillan, who was a foresT ranger of Oregon. Before I close I wanT To say ThaT my co-worker of The I-Iixonian sfaff, Florence ArranTs, is now Dean of Vassar College. OT course, you know ThaT I am now Associafe EdiTor of The Hearsf Publicafions, The job I have always wanTed. Perhaps I have wearied you wifh This elongafecl IeTTer buT I Thoughf you would be inferesfed in knowing whaT The class of '36 is now doing. Sincerely yours, GEORGIANNA RI-IODES.

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A FINAL WORD IT becomes my pleasanT Task To say a Tew words abouT The class oT I936 and iTs Hixonian. The class numerically is The IargesT ThaT The Hicksville Public School SysTem has ever graduaTed. The sTudenTs have worked long and hard To issue an- oTher Hixonian Tor Their own pleasure and proTiT and ThaT oT The communiTy as well. IT is no sIighT underTaking and iT requires no small amounT oT Team work To do The same. For The lasT TwenTy years There has been no break in The issuing oT The Hix- onians and The presenT class was deTer- mined ThaT iT would carry on in I936 iusT as iT was carried on in I9I6. which only proves again ThaT There is a Hicksville High School spiriT and ThaT spiriT is as alive Today as iT was TwenTy years ago. WiTh- ouT hope, wiThouT ThaT spiriT, no class is worhy oT iTs name. Now ThaT iTs High School days are a memory and This annual is prinTed, iT is The belieT oT The TaculTy oT The Hicksville Public School ThaT The class oT I936 will carry on inTo liTe many oT The Things iT has learned in The class room and in exTra curricular acTiviTies. Some Times These lessons have come easily and again They have been learned wiTh diTTicuITy, which is True oT IiTe iTseIT. We are Told ThaT we should noT ask ThaT liTe be all a pleasanT road buf ThaT we learn much in darker momenTs. Possibly some ciTizens and even some sTudenTs Themselves have quesTioned The 23 value oT such a book as This one is. How- ever, as The years go on iT will serve as a pleasanT and concreTe reminder oT Twelve years oT work, oT human endeavor by TiTTy odd sTudenTs in The springTime oT IiTe. IT is a common and True saying ThaT The school room is a microcosm, a miniaTure world iT inseIT. IT This be True, Then The misTakes made here may possibly be re- TIecTed in liTe, buT IeT me hasTen To say ThaT The TriumphanTs experienced here also become TriumphanTs in liTe. Every graduaTe oT The Hicksville Public High School who analyzes his memory careTuIIy enough will recall ThaT The school room has iTs deTeaTs and iTs TriumphanTs equal To many oT Those experienced Iarer in IiTe. On This, The CenTenniaI year oT Hicks- viIle's Tounding one cannoT buT help To have The Teeling ThaT our graduaTes who sTep TorTh This year inTo The wide world will be charged wih a greaT responsibiIiTy, ThaT oT helping To make Hicksville's second hundred years even more noble Than iTs TirsT. The ThoughT comes To one's mind ThaT in aTTempTing To do This, each and every member oT The class oT nineTeen hundred and ThirTy-six will have To Take wiTh him a greaT amounT oT ambiTion, hon- esTy, and ChrisTian spiriT, The kind ThaT TransIaTes iTseIT inTo public service. Those who have Travelled The road These gradu- aTes musT Take know ThaT iT is only ac- complished by one word WORK, GEO. A. PATTERSON. T H E H I X O N IA N