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Class Will We, the members of the Senior Class of 1950 of Holmes-Liberty School, Crawford County, State of Ohio, being of sane mind and sound body, do hereby make and declare this to be our last will and testa - ment in manner and form as follows: ARTICLE l To Holmes-Liberty School we will the new stage settings. We hope that they will be of good use to future juniors and seniors. ARTICLE ll To the members of the faculty we will as follows: Mr. Gettys - A box of toothpicks, maybe two if needed, to hand out to his students of social life to prop their eyes open. Mrs. Bowen - A mechanical robot to lead her to physical education classes on time. Mr. Heft - An extra class for lectures so that regular classes can be carried out uninterrupted. Mrs. Schieber - A handy man to make up the characters for the plays she directs. Miss Curtis - A trained rooster that will crow every forty minutes to change classes when the bell system doesn't work as it should. Mr. Donnenwirth - An ice bag for his head after basketball games. Mrs. Spiegel - The ability to hide erasers from the coming seniors., Mr. Opfer - A tractor horn with a softer sound. Miss Forney - An escalator to lift her music students up the risers without breaking their necks. ARTICLE l l l To the seniors of 1950-1951 we pass on the possessions of Miss Dignity and the back row seats in the auditorium. To the juniors we will our accurate eraser throwing abilities. To the next year's sophomore class we will the steps leading up from the freshman class. And finally, to the future freshmen, we will the strength to defend themselves during initiation. ARTICLE lV We, individually, as members of the class of 1950, do hereby bequeath as follows: I, Marilyn Aurand, will my ability to get into trouble to Dolores Ross. I, Myron Campbell, will my laziness to Dorothy Schieber. I, Glenn Cobb, will my muscular frame to Bill Campbell. I, Patti Damschroder, will my liking for younger boys to Joyce Pollock. l, Carl Farrow, will my ability to argue in classes to Jim Staiger, I, Peggy Fisher, will my ability to go steady to Marlene Hinaman. I, Donna Frost, will my light voice to Barbara TenEyclc. I, Janet Gossman, will my littleness to Ellen Mae Spiegel. I, Jerry Hatcher, will my love for farming to Donald Naufzinger. I, Joyce Hawkins, will my love for singing to Janet Palm. I, Mary Helen Linn, will my ready smile to Norma Stone. I, Evelyn Miller, will my quiet, good behavior to Sandra Linn. I, Robert McDowell, will my good manners toward girls to Daryl Brause. I, Joyce Pfleiderer, will my ability as a soda jerk to Charles Cady. I, Eugene Rumery, will my Al Iolson imitations to Edward Reiter. I, Robert Sand, will by love for square dancing to James Shafistall. I, Gerald Sipe, will my occupation as a garage mechanic to Chuck Spiegel. I, Lester Sipe, will my accurate eraser throwing to Gene Linn. I, Randall Spiegel, will my love for the opposite sex to Wayne Scheffle r. I, Helen Tschanen, will my athletic ability to Alys Boyd. I, Arthur Steiger, will my ability to blush to Richard Schiefer, ARTICLE V To Robert Whitmeyer, our janitor, we will new automatic heating furnaces with greater capacity so that students can go through a cold day without chattering teeth. To the cooks we leave an automatic garbage disposal to save on labor. In witness whereof, we have hereto subscribed our names and affixed our seal this tenth day of January in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty. - 19
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Class Prophecy After twenty -five years just about anything can be changed, I have found that out. The other day was the reunion of the Class of 1950 of Holmes-Liberty. It was held at Lake Spore, just beyond the rapidly growing town of Holmes -Liberty. As I was bringing my picnic basket to the table, I heard the familiar laugh of ---- well, it sounded like Gene Rumery. I turned around to find him entertaining the small ones. Being quite surprised to find him playing with children, I asked what he had been doing in the past years. I-Ie replied that he was working with the NBC radio as a comedian, and that he was going to sponsor a Chi1dren's Hour wlth himself as star. Looking at the small children, I saw a little glrl about eleven years old hanging on to her mother's hand. I walked over to the woman and tapped her on the shoulder. Peggy Fisher is the proud mother of the little black-haired girl. Peggy ls married to Ronald Bear now, and they have a son that is entering college this fall. Speaking of college, Peggy also told me that Ronnie Jr. is entering Yale.and wants to be an athletic instructor like the famous Helen Tschanen. Helen has been there for some years now. She has taken her football team to the Orange Bowl for several years. We always knew she had it in her. By some chance, Helen has been taking her team to the games by airplane. In her many flights, she has had Arthur Steiger for the pilot. I-Ie is the head pilot for the American Airlines. After talking to Peggy for awhile. I left her. as I saw another one of our happy-go-lucky classmates. It seems he had just told one of his best corny jokes. Carl Farrow looked the san: afttrBl Intl! years of teaching history at Vassar College for Women. He has grown a mustache and has the attractive goatee which he started when he was a senior in high school. From the conversation with Carl, I found that his old Brandywine neighbor, Joyce Pfleiderer, is run- ning a soda parlor next to the Graetz In Foulk Drug Store. He tells me, also, that she has her two oldest daughters as the lovely waitresses. I walked away from Carl, and as I did so, Ihad to blink my eyes to see if I was 'seeing what Ithought I saw. The small group in my vision showed the three girls that seemed to like to have fun under any condition when in school. Yes, it was Janet Gossman, Joyce Hawkins, and Patti Damschroder, They were, as usual, laughing. Joyce was telling her experiences as chief riding instructor at the Kennedy Riding Academy. She and her husband have done well for themselves, and are well known all over the country for their beautiful horses. Ianet and Patti stood quietly by as Joyce told of her doings. As I turned to them, I noticed that they were wearing the latest hair arrangements. Seeing that reminded me that the two girls were going to be hair stylists, and I asked if they had gone on with the plans that they had made when In school. They told me that these girls were with the Powers Modeling Agency as hair stylists. and that they were soon to go to Paris to do some work there. During our huge but delightful picnic dinner, Jerry I-Iatcher's voice boomed above the others ln hilarious laughter. Asking Jerry where he had been hiding, he replied that he was Assistant Coimty Agent in Marion County. He is living in the Mt. Zion district with his wife and two children, both the very image of Jerry, Jerry told me that his buddy of school days, Randy Spiegel, was now with the Metropolitan Opera Company. He is now starring in his own creation, Lovely Woman. Sitting across the table was the class's big business woman. Donna Frost ls now the sixth vice - president of the I. I. Newberry Company. Donna started working at the store in Bucyrus when she was a sophomore in school. Her husband ls the first vice-president of the store. As we pushed ourselves away from the table and gathered into the familiar circle, as we did in our socal life class years ago. I saw the class's girl of giggles , Marilyn Aurand. She was busy talking. as usual, but It was business this time. From the conversation, I gather that Marilyn is successfully operating a driving school. and Is campaigning for the state safety director. I wonder how she'll make out? Her driving school is located in the building owned and operated by the Sipe boys. Gerald and Lester seem to be doing very well for themselves. Their specialty appears to be body repairs. Glancing around the huge circle, I saw another old friend, Mary Helen Linn, and a charming little black haired girl. Mary Helen and her granddaughter are on a television show these days. In fact, lt seems they star on several programs a week. Nice going, you twof Mary's husband is retiring this year, at least Mary says that plans have been made to that effect. ILet's all go on television.j The subject of good movies was brought up. Movies, I say. Does anyone know if Bob McDowell ever reached the starring role in any of the westerns? He had an ambition to take up Roy Rogers' job. The last Bob had written tc anyone was when he had a small part in a cowboy thriller. It seems that ne must be making good, or he wouldn't be buying huge ranches. Or maybe he thinks that will win him fame. Speaking of ranches, they tell me that Bob Sand has bought a lovely ranch in the midwest. He ls the typical farmer with his jet-propelled tractor and his beautiful gold airplane. He hasn't driven a car since about eight years ago when they went out of style. A stranger, tall and lanky, came over to the group. It was Glenn Cobb. He still is the same laughing Glenn. only he is now the preacher at the Harmony Church. He told us he has been there for about fifteen years, and is doing fine. A roar of a truck took our attention away from our gay conversation. The truck belonged to the Daily Dozen Twenty-Four Hour Dry Cleaning Service. The door opened, and who should step out but Myron Campbell. He is the delivery boy there. We all were accounted for now except Evelyn Miller. Wondering where our shy. brilliant classmate was, I asked the group. They replied that she is running a general store at Spore. l-ler business is boom- ing and it is very obvious, as she is spending her spare time in Texas. It has been rumored that she has a big interest down there. Now that I've located all my dear classmates. I may go back to my iob at the Bureau of Vital Statls' tics and feel at rest. It's my job to know where people are and what they are ooing, but I slipped up ox. these people. And was my face red when Mrs. Charles Spiegel wrote to find out where her old class had disappeared.to, and I dldn't have the goods. But my conscience is clear now since I have found my old classmates of l950. I8
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