Jefferson High School - Delphi Yearbook (Delphos, OH)

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Class Prophecy Xfte1 lldNlIlh WIIIIQII txx o successful books I decldecl tl1at fOl n1x next book 111x subject xxould bc the class of 4s of Delphos Iefterson Hlgh sc hool Sllll e I xx as also a lllelllbel' of IlllQ Class I knevx I had to go back to Delphos to look 11p 111x old classmates so I Jumped lnto 111x a1rplane and hur11ecl oxe1 to tl1e old ll0I1lP toxx Il fo1 a clax s XISII Atte1 I landed 111x plane 111 llelphos xerx xxell equ1ppecl a1r field I took a 11111 OYPI to n1x deal old Al111a NIAIQI Nlx the changes I found' Phe sehool xx as enla1g.,ed a g,1eat deal Vxltll a lJeElllUfIll e11o1n1o11s gxmnas 111111 a11d a l312.,9 dllllltillllllll I xx GIII to the 1111111 ofhce xx here I xx as arc etecl hx the 1ecept1o111st Ruth XlllllilIIS she sI1oxx ed 111e IIIIO thc office of tl1e NlIDPllllI9llCl9Ill xx l1o llllllefl out to he BIIIIOII llll9Sil8l6 I ic c c ptecl lllSlI1X1 Idllilll to be shoxxn IIOIIIICI tl1e lllllldllll., ind IIICI some 111o1e old IIIGIICIS llOlIl1d tl1e c ach to be Don XIxe1s allll txx o of tl1e If3ClIl1S xx c1e Ieanctte xx as 1 11exx COIIISQ Ill flxml, at Ieffe1son The IIISIIIILIOI flllllecl out to be I+lbe1t Ifollas I tl1e11 thanked NI1 T1 uesclale for llls tlouble and xx as o11 111x xx'1x 3,3111 After leaxmg., tl1e school I took the subxxax uptoxx I1 As tl1e Conduc toi came throuhh tl1e tram I seemed to 11ot1ce somethmg fannhar about hex alld su1e enough as sl1e can1e closer I iecognlzed her to be 'xlarx Anna Nasl1 She d1dn t l1axe tlme to stop to talk but she plOI11lS6d to ee me later Tl1e subvx ax vxas extremelx CIOVK ded Hlld there vxas a xerx lllde man next to me steppmg all ox er mx feet As I turned to ask h1n1 to klndlv stop I dlscoxered he vxas Ixenneth Alg,111re Kenneth told n1e he xxas on h1s vxax to h1s lJllSlTl6GS ofhce I Dot off tl1e subvxax o11 Alam street and what a shock I reeelved there' There vxere n1ore stores theatres and people As I xx alked down the street I bumped Into Nlarx Etta Currex Qhe xxas so glad to see me that sl1e offered to l1elp n1e Vkltll mx book bv takmg me to see the class mates of xxhom sl1e knexx tl1e xxhereabouts She herself xxas dI'lVlI1g a IdX1 VI e stopped at a lar,,e department store tl1at was owned bv Buchanan S. Fa1r Th1s vxas another surprlse Inslde at the toy counter I stopped to talk to NI1ll1e Dukes Milhe had not changed a blt and she sa1d that on the next floor I xx ould find Io AI1ller After I saxx Io Nlarx Etta took me next door to a beauty shop oxxned bv Almeda Farmean Nlalllxn Allller and Bettx Paul As I stood 92 : . . -' U- -.' - L , , S- ,' I , v , . ki I 1 ki' I I x , .L ni, v . '- K . Z u' v 1 K V , v'k v' ' . ' . , . ' -' - . V ' ' ' 'I v S 1,- y-V . V' ' 4 - K v K- ' -cr f ' 1' . ' 4 2' 'V ' . 0' 9, .V -- .V ' 'Lx ' 'Z' i.. S I L . I ' I . I ' 1 -' v . , . fx , . Z . . , ' ' -'- HI'QIIllt'lIl2i1l allfl Ruth Morris. Mr. Truesclale explained to 1119 tl1at there wg K1 2 v , - ' 1' tr I 1,1 ' . I ' u , n v 3 . ' Lx' . v A -I 1 ' . . v. S .' 'ff 5' ' - A V ' '. r r. h Y x Y ' I s A N.- 1 H U . K .I S . . . .Q . Y g , , ', A v N, . , V . ' Q . V . . . I . , s . . I v v , N lr . Y E O- v v ' v I ' ' S I U' 1 Uv. se V v v v U -I P' v ' . v U I I . A f 1 A ' .7 'V v by ' '

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Class H1StOI'y Ill tl1e month of bepten1be1 1941 a class of fl9Ql1111Qil 9111919111 high school p1eparecl fOl fc 111 111019 years of wo1k and study Tl1e 1101101 of holcllng tl1e position of thc filst cla s ofliccls 111 high school we11t to Robe1t fll21Il1b9Il3.lI1 p1es1dent Junior SIIIIIIIOIIS ylce DlGSld9I1t Robe1t RILILIIOIII secretary xl3.1Xll1 Barnes KTQASIIILI Such a w ell behay ed class eyldently had 110 11eecl fc1 a se1geant at 2111119 Fhrough tl1e GffOltS of these capable officers tl1e class enjoy ecl two pa1t1es I11 add1t1o11 to tl1e e soclal eyents the boys gained rencwn lll athletics and the uls becfunc 111te1estecl lll the C 1rl 119391298 and the Puls Athletic XBSOCIHUOII -XIIIOIIE., the 1ec en e1s of l9ttQl9 dllflllg then fillt yeal III high sc l1ool we find R1cl1 a1cl Swift Gdllllllb a sc holarslup D and Do1c thy Bmgess Lois lones and Burton T1 ucsdale l9f9lXll1f., 11111s1c lette1s -Xfte1 a few months rest they ca111e back as SOph01ll0I es a11d elected class office1s as follows Dorothy Buxgess pres1de11t loyce NIe11y ylce president Foldie Nlartln secietary t1easu1er a11d Pa11lbte1nbrenne1 S61 geant at a1n1s Tl11s V931 s class of sopl10n1ores also l1ad two pa1t1es Whlfh w e1e a Sllf cess There was also a noticeable lncrease 1n otl1e1 sc l1ool act1y1t1es W1ll1an1 Baxtei and Elbert Follas recely ed yarsltv foot ball letters a11d a scl1ola1sl11p D was awarded to NIHIJOIIG Nlatson I11 tl1e fall of 1943 this class 1et11rned as an1b1t1ous Juniors They elected Rlchard Swift president Nlarjorle Nlatson VICE presldent Ioyce Merry secretary Burton T1 uesdale treasurer B1ll Baxter sergeant at arms Thev chose their class rings the pink car11at1on as their class flow er and pale bl11e alld deep rose as their class colors Among those winning varsity football letters this year we find Wllham Baxter Elbert Follas and Jan1es V1olet Music letters th1s year went to Dorothv Alle n1e1er Phyllls Barnes Nlary Buettner Dorothy Burgess Nlarv Etta Cur rev Lois Jones and Richard Swift This year commerclal letters were awarded to Pl1v1l1s Barnes Robert Buchanan Dorothy Burgess and Nlar yorie Nlatson Th1s class was not to be outshone by anyone else there fore their class play Best Foot Forward was an outstanding play on the stage of Jefferson High Lnder the superv1s1o11 of Nhss Beller and Nllss Rogers the Jumois really showed what they could do wl1e11 tl1ey entertained the semors at the Iumor Senior Pron1 This was a yery col0rf11l event and tl1e then1e Deep south was carried out 1n eyerw detall in the decorat1o11s and pro gram XR l1e11 tlns class of forn1er JUIIIOIS ret11rned to school tl1e next fall they were dlgmfied semors ready and waiting to get down to work Class officers were lan1es Vlolet pres1de11t Burton Truesdale vice presi dent Lois lones secretary Robert B11cl1ana11 tI'63.Slll er a11d XR 1ll1a111 Baxter sergeant at arn1s Again this vear we fou11d XVIHIHIH Baxter Elbert Follas and James Violet w1nn1ng football letters and Don Myers and Ian1es V1Ol6t winning basketball letters In the music department we found Robert Buchanan Harold Krutsch Dale NI1ller Donald Myers and Burton Truesdale receiving n1us1c letters On December 18 a Christmas party was held and enjoyed by all Agam this year the class of 45 put on an outstanding class plav which was gnen on Apr1l 21 You lan t Take It wlth You was written by Moss Hart and George Kaufman and was directed by Nlrs Stanlev Husted The semors were entertained by the Juniors at the annual prom whlch was held on May 19 in the auditorium wh1cl1 resen1bled a fairy land The n1us1c for dancing was f11r111shed bv the Blume High Chieftains The n1edals for ac h1ey ement in special lines of work we1e awarded to tl1e sen 1ors 011 Senior Day, Nlay 17 After tl1e Baccalaureate Serylce on Nlav 90 and COIIIIIIQDCCIUGHI on Nlay 93, another class departed fro111 Jefferson Hlgll School ready for act1o11 21 n Y 1 . 1 1 'U , , 1 , 1 1 , , 1 1 1 1 1 Y ' Y 1 Y . 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