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

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SENIOR CLASS HlST ORY On a brxght sunny September mormng 1n 1937 twenty four of us excited but st1l1 a lxttle shy began our long career as students at Holmes Liberty School From the orlgznal group eight are completmg the1r schooling at H L These are John Johnson Leona Kalb Dolores Mlller Helen Scheffler Lozs Schxeber Joel Sponseller Violet Stemer and Lols Stetzer Although unacquamted at the begmmng of the year xt wasn t long untxl we began to feel nght at home One of the events that stxcks hzgh m our mxnds IS our partxczpatxon ln the May Day program Violet s foot fell asleep Joel fell in the mud and the May pole ended up ln a mess Our advlsor the fzrst year was Mxss Jessxe Shoaf Durmg our second year Miss Dons Green took over the rems as our mstructor This was the year that John gave an exhxbltxon on holdxng a rabbit s foot under hzs nose What a performance Miss Lena Hexby Henson took over as teacher in our thlrd year ln the sprang a young man s fancy lxghtly turns to thoughts of love and our Thxrd Grade boys were no exceptlon Evldence of thxs was a mock wedding on the baseball diamond at recess Now let s see Who was the br1de'7 l.n the Fourth Grade Mzss Laureen Mauer was our home room teacher We were all happy to pass to the fourth grade but 1n one way we were very dzsappomted No lon ger could we play X s and O s on the desks and chaxrs during rest perlod Reason? No rest perxods This year Chuck Yaussy Jomed our ranks little salesmen came out as champxons rn the annual magamne drive The reward'7 Two boxes of delxcxous peanut clusters Out sxxth and fmal year downstaxrs found a feellng of supenorzty comxng over us for now we were the hlghest class there All the boys seem to remember the mterclass softball games whlch we always won Robert Cress and Arbutus McCall1ster Joined us th1s year After completing one half of our schoolmg we found ourselves ln the mxdst of new surroundlngs for now we were ln Jumor High and upstairs The lockers many teachers and the changing of classes were just a few of the things to which we had to become ac customed Our seventh grade boys gave the entrre school an unscheduled but enjoyable fxre drxll when on one of our journeys through the basement tunnels after performmg the dish washlng one of us trlpped on an unseen cham Result? Fxre drill The boys scared but innocent looklng pretended to try to solve The Mysterious Fire Alarm along wlth the rest of the school In our e1ghth year our class meetmgs were beglnnmg to show some signs of lzfe During one of these meetmgs we were presented vnth some rules and regulations con cernmg good conduct Someone must have received a wrong impression of our class as we were always good little girls and boys Robert Lyons entered our class this year Throughout both of our Junior High years Mxss Mary Trabue acted as our advxsor At last the long awaited year arrxved we were high school students but no one would ever let us forget that we were only Freshxes Thxs mcluded the Semors who after a few weeks of schemmg put us through our xmtxatxon stunts We came to school dressed dxfferently than we had ever dressed before The girls wore overalls and boots Z0 I 'll ' II . In the Fifth Grade, with the help of our advisor,Miss Catherine Dodds, our expert

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VIOLET STEINER Wxllmg at work and kmd at heart Class Secretary l Vxce Pres xdent Z Ice Cream Chairman 3 JOEL SPONSELLEK Whose lxttle body lodged a mxghty mind Presxdent 4 County Secretary 3 4 H Secretary 3 4 Glee Club l Z 3 Vxce Presxdent4 Latm Club Z Secretary 3 4 Lxberty Bell staff Editor 4 Oriole Staff 3 4 Student Councxl 4 Honor Socnety Class Student Councxl Z Treasurer 3 4 FFA l Varsxtyl-IZ34 Glee Club l Z 3 Lxbranan 4 Latm Club News Reporter Z Presxdent 3 4 Oriole Staff 3 Busmess Manager 4 Student Council Z Honor Socxety 3 4 Basketball Reserve Manager l Basketball Manager Varsxty 4 Baseball Manager Z 3 Track Man ager 3 Choir 4 Quartette 4 Lxbrary CHARLES YAUSSY Cllmb hugh cllmb far My goal the sky. my arm the star Class btudent Council 3 Varsxty H 3 Secretary Treasurer 4 Glee Clubl Z 3 becretary4 Latxn ClubZ News Reporter 3 4 Orxole Sta!! Assxstant Edxtor 3 Editor Student Councll 3 Honor Socxety 3 4 Library 3 4 Basketball Reserve l Z 3 Basketball Vars1ty4 Base balll 3 4 Volleyballl 3 4 Choxr Z 4 Brass Ensemble Z Quartette 4 Orchestral Z Band3 4 WILLIAM R DONNENW IRT!-I Class Advxsor 19 s-5 GA A l Z 3 Student Councxl Lots STETZER 4 F H A 1 Z News Reporter 3 She charms who er she chances to meet Class Treasurer l Secretary Z GAA l 3 4 Latm Club 4 Oriole Staff 3 Girls Softball 3 Choir 3 4 Orch F H Glee Club l Secretary Z 3 4 Ofhce 3 Volleyball Z estral Z 4 ,- I i . kv- . , i ' x .:...: -I:-S 31...,z,3,4'g..A.1,z ' ' 4 ' - , - , - h, 3,-1:4-H1,3,4: .z ' -. ' I 2 3,-nchoir 3,-nllibral-y1,4. 1. . 1 ' s 4. . . . ,' ' ' 1' 4g A . L . I , 3 .1 ,. ' In M lf: , 111 . ' 4 ' ,f . I V 1 ,- r ' I

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the boys wore dresses and other odds and ends During the day we appeared in an as sembly and that mght there was more initiation A party followed and then slightly re lieved we were officially admitted into I-hgh School Our Sophomore year again found us busy with studies music clubs and sports Mr Willxam Donnenwirth saw us through both our Freshman and Sophomore years We found our .Tumor year to be the busiest thus far Fxrst of all we selected our class rmgs Then we presented our .Tumor Play entxtled Dear Papa We sold ice crearn on Frxdays and hot dogs pop popcorn and ice cream at basketball games We also sold stationery saved tax stamps and helped the semors publish the Oriole On April 30 our class honored the Semors and faculty members with a banquet at Hotel Hardmg an Marlon Charles Yaussy Violet Steiner and Joel Sponseller becarne mem bers of the National Honor Society and attended the Honor Society banquet held at Mrs Spzegel and co operation of the whole class we left our Junmr year with fond mem ones of our several successes Our Semor and fmal year found Mr Donnenwirth as our advxsor This year Charles Graham enrolled xn our class Early in the fall we received a lot of enjoyment out of imtiatxng the r reshmen and then givmg a party in their honor We also took a trap to Txffxn where we had our pzctures taken and attended an afternoon movie We were busy throughout the year selecting announcements name cards and speakers for Commence ment On April 8 we presented our class play and on April Z9 we were entertained by the Jumor class at a banquet at Hotel Harding We greatly enjoyed the banquet and en tertaxnment provided by the .Tumors After twelve years of happy school days we reached our goal Our Baccalaureate Service was held on May Z2 and Commencement Exercises on May Z9 We were sorry to leave Holrnes Liberty but fond memories will never let us forget all the wonderful experiences fun and knowledge it has gxven us Z1 North Robinson. Polly McFarland entered our class this year. So with the kind aid of