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

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dem FDMMW It was 1967 and I was thinking about the good old days at Holmes-Liberty High School. First on the list of my memories were my classmates. I wondered how or where I might be able to find out about them. Then the idea occurred to me that the logical place to locate a few of them would be the Brandywine Unemployment Office, There the next day, to my surprise and delight I encountered quite a few of my old class mates! The first member to greet me was Ruth Butte, the receptionist. She informed me that eventually all ofour classmates' names had turned up in the unemployment files, She also said that she had been running a horse -riding academy in her spare time. The next surprise was the appearance of the president of the Unemployment Agency, none other than Chuck Crall. As if running the office didn't cause enough worry, he said that ne refereed basketball games for the local school on Friday evenings. After tel- ling him of my mission to the office. he very happily obliged and rang for his pri- vate secretary was? - - - youguessed it, the former Gale Bowen. The first name in the files to catch our eyes was that of Junior Anthony. We dis- covered that he had held several jobs. The first was as a photographer of the bathing beauties at Miami Beach. He soon gave this up, however, to serve as president of the Lonely Hearts Club which he had re- cently organized. The next name we found in the file was that of Janet Brinkman. Her name had been crossed off the list as a prospective employee and after inquiring about thisl discovered that she had plenty of work,at home without outside employment as she had achieved her ambition and wasa house- wife with six children. Justthen the door opened and who should walk in but Charles Cady, the local truant officer He was on the trail of some of the Crall children and stopped in at the office to see ifanyone there could give hima lead. I asked him ifhe had heard ofany of the old classmates and he informed us that his old pal Stanley Sipe had just been named pres- ident of the Gulf Oil Company and that he was still trying to help Junior get members for his Lonely Hearts Club so that he could achieve his ambition of being the youngest bachelor alive. I'd heard rumors that some of the gang had achieved some high awards in the field of Athletics so I asked to see the file on re- cent positions filled in that occupation Chuck again rang the buzzer and the file was brought in, this time by another class- mate, Dolores Ross. We asked her if she enjoyed working at the Unemployment Of- fice and in answer she assured us thatshe couldn't think of any better place to latch onto a new job. While leafing through the Athletic file we found that several of our members were listed. The first thing we noticed was that the Cleveland Indians were now owned by two Bobs - - - Hope and Koons. Another member, Barbara Gearhart, was listed as the official Women's baseball manager of the United States. She was awarded this position after having organized a world series for women which was rising in popu- larity day by day. Galen Whitmeyer had achieved fame in the Olympic Games, be- cause he was now a famous track star. Could it be that he had received his start in Mr. Cameron's backyard? Another mem- ber who had recently been active in athletics was Harley Chamber, Champion checker player of Crawford County. Looking out into the waiting room I no- ticed Richard Schiefer waiting for a better job. He told me he was tired of being office boy to the Swan Rubber Company. Chatting with him was another classmate, Peggy Shoe- maker. She was waiting to interest some mechanics to work in her husband's Stahled Car Garage. As we were sitting there the telephone rang and it turned out to be Grace Hawkins calling to inquire about SOH16 6mlJ10YCCS f0f the Jewelry Store which she operated. The store specialized in changing the size of class rings. Gale immediately began to check on possible employees in the file and while she was leafing through it I noted the names of several more classmates. Wayne Scheffler was listed as a profession - al judge of beauty contests. Donna Oberlan- der was also listed as a prospective employ- ee, for any 1095 Store except the Morris. Ruth Heft was listed as the head of the Oceola Boy Scouts. The next file we came across was listed Musical Occupations . Here we found Ellen Mae Spiegel's name filed asa concert pianist.

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Seadafadaaa Wdatcwq One eventful day in September 1940, thirty-four of us, scared, happy, or resigned, started our school days at Holmes-Liberty. Miss Jessie Shoaf had a big job teaching us not only the three R's but the beginnings of good citizenship. Miss Doris Green was our second grade advisor while Miss Belva Clary led us through our third year of school. In the fourth grade Mrs. Daryl Gatchell was our patient teacher, Mrs. Robert Cook was our fifth grade instructor, and in the sixth grade, we had our first man teacher, Mr. Ulmer. On reaching the seventh grade, our first thought was, Now half of our school years are over. With the added responsibilities of electing class officers and having class parties, we felt that we were really growing up. In the fall of '49 thirty-three members moved into the freshmen class. We had look- ed forward to the time when we could join the various clubs and participate in the dif- ferent sports, but one thing that we dreaded was initiation. Soon, however, this was over. and much to our surprise, it hadn't been so bad. We were now full-fledged members of the high school. As Sophomores we could look down on the freshmen and laugh at them. We now had a large number of our group represented in the different sports, band, choir, and other organizations. We had twenty-five members in our class and all helped plan the big event of the year, the Sophomore Hop. With twenty -five members and Mr. Opfer as advisor, we began our Junior year at H-L. We found many ways to earn money for our treasury: selling ice cream,Christmas cards and stationery, picking corn, and hauling away tin cans from school. We were asked to help publish the Annual and gladly co-operated in this big job. We were very happy and excited when the day came to choose our class rings. After receiving our rings, we felt one step closer to graduation. We gave our Junior Play Beauty and the Beef on March 16. One of our biggest problems was planning and sponsoring the Junior-Senior Banquet which was held at the Y.M.C.A. in Bucyrus and featured a completely new idea, a five piece orchestra. Now as Seniors, we know we have attained the highest plane in school, a level to which every student looks forward. We have many disagreements with the teachers, but the process of smoothing them out is also a most vital step for us. As a senior, each person should get all he can out of school for this will be his last chance to do his best with the group. On September 26, we went to Fostoria to the Dicken Studio to have our pictures ta- ken. Most of us feel that these pictures will be a life-long remembrance of our great- est year in school. On October 19, we presented our Senior play, a three-act comedy called Boarding House Reach . Every member of the class had a part in the play and thanks to Mrs, Schieber, it proved a success not only from the standpoint of acting but financially as well. On October 27, we went to Bowling Green, accompanied by some of the teachers, to see Bowling Green beat Ohio Wesleyan in football. What a day! Rain and sunshine! We still are busy with plans for commencement, class memorial and class trip to complete. We realize the training we have received will soon have to be put to a real test as we start out into the world completely on our own, and we hope that next year, as you look at our pictures hanging on the study hall wall, you will remember that we went through school to graduation, day by day, do ing our best. If our activities and achieve - ments remind you pleasantly of the class of'52 we will be completely satisfied. ll

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She also played second trombone for Strike Up the Band . Another so called part-time musician was Dorothy Schieber. She played 3rd Ukelele inthe same band, but aside from that she served as the assistant librarian at West Point. It was noted that Pauline Linn had been a recent winner of several beauty contests. Some of these had been televised over WDON, the Lemert television station where Don Ruehle served as announcer, performer, engineer, technician and owner. Norma Whitmeyer had also appeared recently on the station since she had been elected Mrs. America of the Air Force. So having accomplished my task, I bade farewell to my classmates and left the un- employment office with the happy satisfac- tion that the members of the Class of 1952 had succeeded in many fields. .fact 70666 amd eemmead of Swim 66444 52 With all due regard to those who may think us otherwise, we, the exceedingly in- telligent and superior members of the class of 1952, after struggling through twelve years of severe mental torture to attain this high and reverend moment, believe it is now our right and duty to set forth this last will and testament, thus declaring null and void all such other wills previously made by us, We do here and now will our sole possessions to the following worthy people and groups, I, JUNIOR ANTHONY, will my ability to make sucker shots to Carl Schimpf. I, GALE BOWEN, will my love for cheering at basketball games to Beverly Gossman. I, JANET BRINKMAN, will my quiet ways to Marlene Hinaman. I, RUTH BUTTE, will my ability to get out of so many classes and study halls to Mary Elizabeth Grau. l, CHARLES CADY, will my English Litera- ture book to Daryle Cobb. I, HARLEY CHAMBERS, will my job as bas- ketball manager to anyone who wants to work. I, CHARLES CRALL, will my ability to get home on time during basketball season to Buster Tschanen. I, BARBARA GEARHART, will my love for participating in sports to Meri Lynn Boyd. I, GRACE HAWKINS, will my love for Holmes -Liberty to Loretta Downing. I, RUTH HEFT, will my red hair along with my temper to Carol Wilson. I, ROBERT KOONS, will my resemblance of Clark Gable to Dick Hawkins. I, PAULINE LINN,will my freckles to Carol Liapply. I, DONNA OBERLANDER, will my love for walking to school to Harriett Bowen. I, DOLORES ROSS, will my ability to keep out of trouble to Malcom Cameron. I, DONALD RUEHLE, will my long legs to Pete Stineman. I, WAYNE SCHEFFLER, will my ability to make up funny stories to Charles Rossman. I, DOROTHY SCHIEBER, will my Soprano Saxaphone to Dick Jeffrey, I, RICHARD SHIEFER, will my State Farmer Degree to Edward Reiter. I, PEGGY SHOEMAKER, will my ability to go with tall guys for so long a time to Joan Brinkman. I, STANLEY SIPE, will my ability as a gar- age mechanic to Elden Campbell. I, ELLEN MAE SPIEGEL, will my brown eyes to Phyllis Wilson. I, GALEN WHITMEYER, will my ability to go with agirl for so longand yetnot go steady to Donald Crall. I, NORMA WHITMEYER, will my ability to get a wedding ring to anyone who doesn't want to be an old maid. To Mr. Cameron, we leave a wide-awake and talkative Social Life Class. To Mrs. Spiegel, we leave the mysteries of Chaucer and Old English poetry, and a ray gun to get the right answers out of the kids. To Mr. Cade, we leave our grateful thanks for his efficient handling of our class and organization funds. To Mr. Opfer, we leave all the little boys and girls who won't appreciate him now, but may grow up to later. To Mrs. Bowen, we leave two full Home Economics periods without interruption. To Miss Stayrock, we leave a choir that will behave and a baton with a squirt gun