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CContlnuedj I Beverl Jackson do Vlrginla NevIII I John R Selders,do Mr Rlllgrove Now, he'll have a good one to tell will and bequeath my willowy figure to will and bequeath one of my best joke books to I,Bill Schonauer,do will and bequeath ny quiet manner to Lou Henri Feight I,Urace Pahoundfs do will and bequeath my crush on Harold Tidball to Seah y er I,Edna Youn ,do will and bequeath my good disposition to Harold Haun I Mary FaIer,do will and bequeath my quiet and lady like manner to Mar yn Krndt I,Mary Catherine Pahoundis do will and bequeath my calmness to Joanne Denman I,Ida Buren,do will and bequeath my ability to ask questions to Eileen Kafti I,Bett Mullet,do will and bequeath some of my liveliness to Larry Leonar May these personal wills not be held against us IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, as legal adviser to the Class of 1951 have hereunto subscribed my name at KILLBUCK, OHIO,the eleventh day of May, in the year of our Lord, One thousand nine hundred and fifty 0116 SIGNED gf 7ZaZ5ff pfwffwf ,T 'rms ag, O O PLACE Q -24-46' 12 midnight Sixth floor Hotel Waldorf Astoria New York City MONTH YEAR 19 1 Every day is a big day in e biggest television show is morning at six a m showl He insisted that the life of nJolly Johnny Selders, master of ceremonies on earth titled Had a call from Johnnyln But tonight I had a call from the president of my companylthe sponsor I get out on the streets of New York early in the morning and mingle with people Said I was losing my nfriendly touchn on television As I pressed the button to summon an elevator,I thought about where I had really learned the nfriendly been such and spoke senior in chance to touchn a small school,a small town,Kil1buck High School Killbuck,Oh1o It has a long time since I have been back to that town As I stepped into the elevator to the operator,I noticed his youth just about eighteen,I would say, and a some New York City high school I doubted very much if he had ever had a get any of the so called ufriendly touchn in his class With this flood of thoughts,I had a ntouch of homesickness as I stepped out of the elevator and into the main lobby of the hotel I made my usual survey of this busy room and I saw three trim figures in uniform hurrying toward one of the dining rooms There was something familiar about then and as I hurried toward them,one of the girls turned her head enough so that I could catch a glimpse of her face Sure!I knew her It was Yvonne ucDowell They dis appeared into the dining room before I could catch them Quickly I motioned to a bellhop and asked him to page Miss Yvonne McDowell In a few minutes,she stepped through the doors from the dining room with a frightened look on her face, but when she began to laugh and sa1d,nJohn Selders, up to your old tr1cks,always That bellhop told Don and Ida and I you too famous to es9' NI shou me that I was wanted by the New York police,and was I were just talking about you last night We saw you on come into a public dining room and eat breakfast with I stepped forward playing jokes ever scared television Are your old class say not Let's go,'I quickly answered I followed her back to the din ing room As we reached the table where Don and Ida were s1tting,they looked a little scared That police gag had really worked As I shook hands with Don,he sa1d,NWell, Had a Call Johnny,what goes Ida grinned and said,'John,1t's good to see you n Soon we were busy talking about old times Ida and Yvonne had been home for a short vacation at Easter and had all the news It was a regular quiz show I asked the questions and they knew the answers As for themselves Ida and Yvonne were graduate nurses, employed as airline hostesses for TWA Don was na igator and co pilot on one of the co pany's biggest ships,NThe Flying Flop ' I soon learned that Denver Conner was due in New York City tonight on a business trip,and that he now owns a trucking company Good old Denver,always did like to drive a truck nwhat about Shirley Brillhart, Pauline rpenter,Ruth Ann Gessmann,Jan1s Reed,hary Pahoundis,Mary Faler ' alt a minute, interrupted Yvonne,nlet's take them one at a time Pauline married her nscottyn and they live over by Glenmont Don't they have three chi1dren,Ida9HnThat's right, replied Ida nThree little Scotties,not bad,eh'nI exclaimed 'After that orack,I can see you are e CCont1nued on the following pagel i 3 . e. , A 0 . . ll ll . , - V 9 D rg :S 0 1 ff- -X? 'Te 'Z ' H 0 . n - Ns.-i alt. ..3 , -Ma n -N g ,vw - - , as ver the events of today, this has certainly been a special day. of , . ., A -- , , I II - . 1 mat .' ld . ' . - 0 0. Y .' . ' . a 0 . 1 - .I Ca E --'w A . ' ll - ' th lb
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Q ontluuedb GRADUATIOL Tlh space does not permit us to record all the fun and fellowship we TT'?TTE5I tRe noi y hay rides and parties, the lively discussions in class meetings the persistent way our treasurer always got his money, the wonderful guidance and cooperation of Nrs Weltmer our parents and friends Yes, to you, our public, we have just presented nThe Bear Factsn but to the members of the Class of '51 we hope we have aroused a world of memories Our Colors Poyal Blue and White our Flower The American Beauty Rose 'x ur Motto Forward Ever, Backward Never Q1 Our Destiny Nobody knows ON X05 LL IQC x ,LUU At the request of the class of 1951, I draw up its last will and testament prior to our passing into the world of experience Nay you receive your legacies the spirit of unselfishness with which they are given We, the class of 1951, of the Klllbuck 'Bralnfactory,' located in the village of Killbuck,county of Holmes,state of Oh1o,be1ng neither idiots, persons of unsound mind or infants, even though at times we have been doubted, do make this our last will and estament,making any prior wills, which nay have been made in a fit of madness void ARTICLE ARTICLE ARTICLE ARTICLE ARTICLE ARTICLE ARTICLE ARTICLE H : .- l ,nth h'vn. K gkuaol ke K xx N ' .-31: II VII VIII its-'Q 1' To the school, we leave the thought of not seeing our smiling faces in the classrooms and halls next year To Mr Weltmer, superintendent of K H S we leave Nay he always have government classes as brilliant as we did To Mrs Weltmer, our beloved adviser, we leave our and sincere thanks for all she has done for us Ve leave the Juniors our most valuable possession, tance of being 'Seniors N May they use it as much to an advantage did To the Sophomore class, we leave then our patience and ability to our sincere gratitude and who study as hard deepest appreciation the honor and imporqg as we OV6 I' look trifles This will be useful in putting up with the Seniors' portance next year To the Freshman class, we leave our ability to hold orderly class ings and get something accomplished meet To the Seventh and Eighth grades and all oncoming classes, we leave the very much worn desks with our identification carvings Also, we leave all the old text books May they study as hard as we always did To all the Faculty members, thanks for all you have done for us We, the seniors of 1951 do will and bequeath our private possessions as follows I,Harold Tidball,do will and bequeath one of my best bow ties to Jim TayIor May Ee wear it always I,Yvonne McDowell do will and bequeath my ability to wear size five shoes to Denver Teeling. I,Pauline Carpenter,do will and bequeath a lock of my curly hair to Mr. Weltmer. I,Janet Cole,do will and bequeath to Richard Zachman my ability to read my own handwriting in Physics tests. I,Ruth A. Gessmann,do will and bequeath my ability to wget a mann to Beatrice Moore. I,Denver Conner,do will and bequeath my cow to Gary Allen, hoping he w1II get a EIcE out of it. I,Janis Reed,do will and bequeath my ability to ugraduaten to Parky McDowell. I,Shir1e Br11lhart,do will and bequeath my love of hillbilly music to V1rgInIa SmIEK. I,Wil1iam Leckrone,do will and bequeath my ability to play a trumpet to BOBWTII1 s on . I,Don Grenert,do will and bequeath my ability to wget along with glrlsn to Fr. Cupp. 13 lOur legacy continued on the following page, av 3 A s - I ' ' 3 N 'V A . A O V , l ' 9 fo -- o . ' ' . ff N, - Q Q2 - XX mg Xi. 4' ss, jd tp , Q yi Q . A in I I t M ll .ll Q I. II. . O. . ., . I. . ' y . fl Iv. W1 , A I v. ' - . im- VI. - 1 Q . 9 aff? 'K
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p fContinuedJ same old John,'said Don bell,to get back to your questlon,'Yvonne continued WJanis Reed is a stenographer in the F B I department down in Washington and doing just swell Shirley Brillhart is presicert of the hawkshaw Hawkins Fan Club She was here in NYC the other week,organizlng a new club As for hary Faler and har Catrerlne Pacoundis, Mary is married to a fellow by the name of Burgett They live close to Killbuck and hary is very active in a new organization there,called the Fillbuck Lelfare League It was organ ized to help new people in town get acquainted with the community mary Pamoundis still lives on the farm and is quite active in the hetnodist Church She is a pretty good organist now and does most of the church playing Ida can tell you about Ruth Gessmann uYes, said Ida,'about two weeks ago, on one of my regular runs to Chicago,who should ge on the plane at Akron! No other than Ruth Gessmann She looked swell Had a briefcase full of drawings and was on her way to Chicago to show them at an Art Exhibition N 'Is she still married,nI quickly ask 'I don't know, answered Ida 'l didn't ask her N I looked at Don and could tell by the look on his face that he wanted to talk So I sa1d,nWhata you know?H 'Do vou remember William Leckrone,Nhe asked NI sure do What about him? I answered 'Well,about three months ago,on one of my regular runs to S America, when we stopped at Washington National Airport,there was a five tar general got on the plane and William Leckrone was with him William is chauffeur and general handy man for this guy Hwell, good for William H I sa Suddenly, I remembered that I was due at Radio City at 9 30 this morning for 1 I looked at my watch,and I hurriedly took leave of Yvonne,Ida,and Don, making promise that they' will give me a ring the next time they are in New York, and we have dinner together at the Stork Club As I drove down Fifth Avenue in my custom rehears them will made Lincoln convertible,I felt so sure about the safety of my car Why? Because it had been thoroughly tested by a fellow that I could trust hone other than Bill Schonauer, my old classmate,who is a test driver for the Lincoln division of Ford Motor Company Traffic was very heavy this bright May morninr,and while waiting for the go ahead' sign from the cop at one of the busy intersections, I noticed a poster on the back of the car ahead of It read,nRepeat performance of the smash hit opera titled,'I ez from Russla', star ring the new singing star,Niss Grace Pahoundawitzh That name sounded familiar and as I looked at the poster more closely,I saw the picture of my old classnate,Grace Pa'ound1s Then I remembered reading in the Artists' Nagazine about this new star,stra1ght from the Moscow theater Well, Americans like something d1fferent,and Grace has certainly cashed in on it Moscow, me eyel I finally reached Radio City,and after driving up to the curb,I started hunting for my script for today's show Without looking up,I heard someone say,nGood morning Selders It will be necessary for me to park your car immediately as this is a very bu y place this morning U Where had I heard that voice? It couldn't bel I looked up Yes, it could bel It was Junior Tldball, br1efcase,bow tie, and all nCome on, John, hurry up You're blocking traffic U Before I could answer, the regular attendant stepped up and, grinning, sa1d,HI'll park your car, sir ' I grabbed my script and crawled out Just then I heard some glggles and right there they stood, among all those hurrying people, Betty Nullet,Beverly Jackson Janet Cole,and Edna Young A big clock on one of the buildings nearby boomed out the alf hour 9 30,rehearsal time Suddenly, I had a bright idea NCome on, gang You think you're so smart I'll give you something to giggle abou 'n due at rehearsal right now and I usually have an audience I'm going to put my script as de and interview you folks instead Come on, let's hurry In a few minutes, my rehearsal was underway Familiar theme song and the announcer's commercial about Had a Call Cthey had to call it something! were over And now, Jolly Johnny and his five guests nWhat's your name,where are you from,and what's your occupa tion,sir?n My name is Harold Tidball my home is in Detroit,and I'm a salesman for General Motors 'Are you a good salesman?n Well, at least, General Motors thinks mGood enough 'And now, for this beautiful blonde 'What's your name and where a from N 'I'm Mrs Beverly Moore and my homes are in Dallas, Texas,and Miami Beach, I an you Florida nOh, yes! Aren't you the wife of the Texas millionaire, Gene Moore?n ?That's r1ght,9s r ' es resse women in mer ca last year nd weren't you se ec e as one o en en t b nwhat's yo NThat's right N Nwell, con ratulations And now for this cu e num name?n nMrs. Betty Nommay 'And do you have a family?n nYes, just Bill and me and baby makes three.' nwhy, you're quite a poet, aren't you? nAnd now last but not least, my next two guests seem to work together The tall one looks like a doctor, acts like a d t d is earr in a doctor's kit. The shorter one land a little stouterl wears A oc or, an y g ' d registered nurse's pin and is carrying a hypodermic needle. And what do yo? glen Esato with that needle, Miss--?n uwell, sir, this needle is filled with a powerfu rUS will put you out cold? in one second. Dr. Cole and I have just decided to give you this shot You see, we all want to have a good oldfashioned visit with you, but we can't do it before these microphones. What do you say?' I say,-7011! 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