Holmes Liberty High School - Oriole Yearbook (Bucyrus, OH)

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CLASS HISTORY Twelve years ago ln the school year of 1927 28 forty f1V6 puplls were enrolled ln the f1FSt grade Of thls group only twelve remalned to graduate thls year They are John Brlnkman, Mary Jane Jump, E1 een Kl1nk,Earl Yocher, Willlam Lahman, Donald McDowell John Melster, Don Powers Jeanne beele Marlan Sponseller, Bernlce 'Walker, and Warren Yaussy The flTSt of the new comers stlll wlth us were the group from Oceola school They lncluded Arthur Splegel Irene Stlger, Helen Whlte, and Inez Tschanen Gladys Downlng and Mlrlam Smlth entered 1H the flfth, B111 Deltler jolned the class ln the flfth grade, later to leave and flnally return agaln th1S year In the seventh grade Rlchard Sand entered the class Irene Ehresman came 1n the Glghth grade In our Freshman year we acqulred our twlns, Ray and Roy Ballard From Bucyrus Hlgh came Ralph Hammond and from Fremont came im cllle Dew1el ln the Sophomore year B111 Haller came from Bucyrus ln the Junlor year Presldent Wllllam Lahman Vlce Presldent Jack Kerr Secretary Don Powers Treasurer Elleen Klink Student Councll John Me1ster Our advlsor was M1ss Gearhart In1t1at1on and the f1YSt of a long SSYISS of partles were lucklly survlved For the school year of 1937 58, the class ugaln had Mlss Gearhart as advlsor, and elected Pres1dent John Brlnkman V106 PFGS1d6ht Ralph Hammond Secretary Jernne Seele Treasurer 'Warren Sherer Student Counoll Ray Ballard - , - . . I . . H : . an ., . . . . . A A p , , . . '- -- s 1 . . z . 1 . . D ' s 3 0 In our Freshman year, 1936-57, the following officers were elected . B D C C 0 O . l I I O I I I U ll 0 O U I 0 0 I . O I A i . . . I l J 5

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A vlew of a mlnor automoblle accldont found Sherlff Donald McDowell 1n a sp1rited quarrel wlth Lucllle D6W1Pl of the Dew1el Danclng School of Gal1on Lucllle won the argument and drove away the f1PSt person ever to w1n a dec1s1on over the stalwart sherlff of Crawford County fam1l1ar g1ggle touched the ear and a scene 1n WMAN Mansfmeld showed t1ne of the C1V111ZGd world Marlan Sponseller, the famous glrfler golng through her rou Her present repertolre 1S Sald to lnclude glgg16S from all parts bale of money appeared and Wlth lt Elleen Kllnk Her pos1t1on as a secretary 1n the Westlnghouse f1rm seemed to be paylng very well, We wonder 1f her nerves have stra1ghtened up' Would you ever have dreamed of B111 Haller dO1ng charlty work? We were amazed But there was B111 handlng out food and clothlng 1n the slums of a large c1ty He sa1d he could get a better gob but he gust felt sorry for the poor people A v1ew of the sunny South showed the happy go lucky vagabond, Roy Ballard tuck ln the sand Wlth h1s trusty motorcycle He gust won't stop tF8VS111g Over at Lemert Mary Jane Jump had taken over the orchestra of Ed d1e Duchen, who had retlred Mary tootlng troubador for a t11p around At Star Farmer John Meister's r1d1ng the tractor day and nlght to Jane gust h1red Mlrlam Sm1th as the the world wlth the orchestra place he and Gladys Downlng were get out the crops 1n t1me A sports seotlon of a newspaper was f11l.oftwo O1ymPlC hopes, Ber n1ce Walker and B111 D61t19T Bernlce was respected the world over for her Sklll at tennls B111 recently attracted attent1on for h1S record non stop SW11 up the Broken word Creel from Oceola to Rldgeton Ralph Hammond was nearly reachlng h1S goal of a four mlnute mlle and the ex parts predlct he w11l reach h1s peak 1n about 19504 In front of prosperous Inez Tschanenfs General Store 1n Spore, a large group of beaut1ful g1f1S were seen golng 1nto 005t8S18S over a large theater poster A close up showed a p1cture of Rlchard Sand and the announcement that he soon would appear ln C6011 B DeH1lle's latest p ture, 'The Heart's Desire ' The last lmages faded away The globes turned red then black re mlndl g us of other days then to a pure white again The prophecy of the gTotes was completed . . . . . A .. . .I . . . ' .9 . . . . I A . . . . . ' 1 l ' 1 . . . 1 - ' on 3 ' . . . . . . C . . . o . . . . . . A A . C -D . . . . . . . I V D . . . . 0 .K , , , , , . 1 1 i . . . , . , S Q L O i V 1- . . I Q Q If 1 ' o C . . . . I' O H' 4', ' I q 1 1 I u F I . . 1 . - ., . . . o . . . . . O A .. S C 0 . . b . a 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . - . . 1 . .' Q. A 'I - ' 1 H f r 1C 4 . W I y , -- f - - - 3-- V , - O

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Durlng the Junlor year r Motts was our advlsor and the follov offlcers were ln charge PYSSld6Ht John Br1nkman V1CS Pres1dent B111 Haller Secretary Jeanne Seele Treastrer lon Powers Student Councll Ray Ballard The great events of our h1gh school careers began to occur last year T ere was of course, the JUn1OT Play, 'T klng the Gount,n comedy wlth Ralph Hammond, Jeanne Seele Mary Jane Jump, Helen Wh1te, John Brlnkman, Don Powers, B111 Haller, Ray Ballard Wllllam Lahman, Beulah FFltZ, and Elleen Kllnk The Junlor Senlor banquet was held at Hotel Hardlng, MBT1On alned, as lS the custom at all H L Junlor S6H1OT banquets Thls year Mr Motts was agaln class advlsor and the offlcers are Pres1dent John Br1nkman Vlce Pres1dent B111 Haller Secretary Jeanne Seele Treasurer Don Powers Student Councll B111 Lahman The Senlor year has been one b1g flurry of actlvlty for all the class members The Qen1or Play drew one of the b1ggest crowds 1n the h1StOTy of the scloo The Jufldl Senlor banquet caused much less worry than lt d1d last year Tre L ck Denocrat1c Nat1onal Convent1on held at Whetstone took a great dea' Jf p1eparat1on and the S6n1OFS took an aCtlVe part 1n the proceed ng V1S1t1Dg the photographer at Tlffln was a h1ghl1ght of the year Wlth the scrool days of the cla s nearly over, we regret deeply that we must leave the school, but there 1S also a feellng of rel1ef that th1ngs Wlll qulet down a b1t and our care worn bOdl9S may recuper ate 1n peace , . . . , L b 1-I , ,.Lf'f . . . . 9 O I U J U O . s Q . . .. J 0 I I Q I O ', I K . ,. J 5 I I 0 6 1 C 1. . - . . 0 . Q . . . . y . . h , , a a A J 9 c ' 0 I' ' ' :D - 0 . : l O U I 0 U . . Q u - . Q Q 0 Q . . Q . 0 I U D , 1. . N -, . 'M . . -. - . . . Y x N . . . . 1, 1. J, ' ' v- gr- ' . ' ' . 1. 1 3: I 1 S . . . . - . - U