Kingsville High School - K Lite Yearbook (Kingsville, OH)

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I left Harold to go on down to the veterinary's office. When I went in I noticed quite a few French poodles sitting around. In the midst of them was Janet Hinkle with her curling iron. She was busy getting them all curled up for a dog shew. She told me that she also waves black Aberdeen cattle for cattle shows. Janet always wanted to be a beautician and she seems to have gotten her wish. Janet seems to be doing all right but the only thing that seems to bother her is curling pigs tails. I told Janet to keep up the good work and went on. I walked on down the street and I ran into Glenna Bancroft. She was Just as slim and trim as she was in her school days. I asked Glenna if it was true that she was secretary to the Mayor. She said yes, that she had been for quite a few years now. Remember how Glenna always liked that job. At Girls' State in Columbus she held that job, also. I asked her what she did for a pastime and she told me she had taken over her father's butchering business. Glenna says she kills hundred of cows and pigs a week. I imagine that she and her third husband keep pretty busy at it. I said good-bye to Glenna and continued on my way. The next thing I came to was a factory. The name Cleveland on the sign out front took my eye, and I had an idea that it just might be Duane. So I went in and sure enough I was right. Duane told me he now manufactures cedar chests and coffins. He has built up a mighty good business. He used to make cedar chests in school if I remember correctly. Duane says, One is about as easy to make as the other. He also says that his favorite hobby is wrestling and he now has his own gym. Last week he wrestled Hans Schmidt. Of course, Duane won. You want to watch those guys, Duane, they get pretty rough sometimes. I left Drane and walked on down to the race track. I was told that the hot rod races were to be held at 6:30 P.M. with a very special feature race. I asked who the special attraction was and found out that it was Dorisse Ingramm and her Flying Motors. Dorlsse always was an avid hot rod fan. She must have gotten tired of sitting on the side lines and decided to try it out herself. I wished Dorisse good luck in her race which upset her very much as she told me that you are never supposed to wish a racer good luck in a forth-coming race. I decided to leave before I violated another code of the race track. On my way back to town I came to a neat little house trailer. I knocked on the door and was greeted by Jean Williams. Jean invited me in for a cup of coffee. As I entered the trailer I was greeted by the patter of little feet. Yes, Jean now has three sets of twins. Their ages are two, four and six. Names are as follows: Dewey and Luey, Carol and Barrel, and Bess and Mess. I asked her what her husband did and she said that he was now in the Foreign Legion. Jean expects him home in six years. Well, Jean always was good at waiting. As I stepped out into the street I was almost swept away by what I thought was a whirlwind. I inquired around and found out that I had been mistaken. Remember when we were initiated back in 1952 . If I remember correctly, Carol Reed had to ride a tricycle. Well, it seems that the idea stuck with her. She now races her English bike all over the United States and Europe. That was what had so nearly swept me away. She was now back in her home town practicing before she started on another tour. As I went on up the street I came to a big white house. It was a beautiful place with landscaped gardens. I knew it must be the home of a very important individual. Out of curiosity I went up to the door and inquired as to who lived there. The maid told me this was the home of the Mayer of Kingsville, William Brooker. I asked if I could see Bill and was shown to his office. Bill is certainly doing a good job of running Kingsville. He says the only thing he has trouble with is the teen-agers that insist on hot rodding up and down the street. Well, Bill always was against speeding. I said good-bye to Mayor Brooker and went on up to the public library. I decided to go in and look around. Guess who the librarian is, Marian Hoover. Marian says that she has 1,532,601 books in her library. She has also, read every one of them. Well, Marian that is quite an expansion from the 1,800 you took care of back in school. Marian is now married and lives with her husband on their 300 acre farm. Marian always did like living on a farm. I left the library and walked on down the street. As I went along I came to a newspaper stand and decided to buy one of Mary's papers. On the front page I noticed an advertisement. It was as follows: Harlem Globe Trotters playing at Kingsville School Gymnasium, Burton Bartrum, Manager. Burton always did a good job managing the Kingsville Kings so I bet he does a good Job with the Globe Trotters. I heard from the grapevine that Burton also plays his baritone with the Youngstown Philharmonic Orchestra. He played with their director in 1956 at Vienna and he must have really enjoyed him- self. Well, Burton has done pretty well with his musical talents and managing abilities so let's see who else we can find. As I came to the local barber shop I thought that the barber looked familiar. It was Frank Bobey. I went in and had a little talk with him. Frank says he specializes in giving D.A. hair cuts. He always did like those himself. Frank still has his orchestra only he has changed its name. It is now Jumpalong Rhapsody and his Crazy Four. He says he plays on TV every Saturday nite on Home Town Gang. I decided to go into the drugstore and have a soda. As I went in I noticed a small dark-haired lass standing among the funny books and candy. It was Nancy McMillen. She is now the sole owner of the largest drugstore in Kingsville. Nancy says she is doing a thriving business selling cokes and all kinds of odds and ends. Nancy always did like that drugstore work. She has never married either and says she has no desire to get married later on. While I was there I asked Nancy if she knew of any of the other kids from the Class of '56 that were still in town. She told me that Jim Burch was still in Kingsville. I asked her what he was doing for a living and she told me that ne was an artist. He now paints signs on bams advertising Mail Pouch Tobacco. Well, Jimmy always got the art work back in school so I suppose he thought he might as well continue it. Nancy also said that Victor Tiscenko was still in Kingsville. She told me that if I would turn the radio on I could hear him. Yes, Victor is now singing the commercials for the afternoon soap operas. He always did like operas but I thought they were a different kind. I must have been wrong. Victor also has his own column in the Kingsville Eavesdropper. It is entitled Advice to the Lovelorn. That is quite understandable. I an told that he gets fan mail all over the United States. That is all of the 1956 Senior Class. It looks like, as a whole, the class has done pretty good for themselves. But that isn't too surprising as everyone used to say that the Class of '56 was a very outstanding class. 18

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