Lancaster High School - Mirage Yearbook (Lancaster, OH)

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CLASS POEM The fragile pastel of Spring's first shades Has spent itself ond slowly fades Into vivid hues of vibrant June. Slowly our senses owake to find We re leaving familiar things behind. Our high school days have passed too soon. How swiftly the seasons hove rolled post. Autumn's gold and Winter's blast Have come uncounted and then gone. We stand in owe before what seems The accomplishment of all our dreams. Before us breaks our future’s down. —Elaine Schneider Pago Twonty-five

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SENIORS HAROLD WAUGH— I om at free as nature's first man. EUGENE WEAVER — School moy a place of learning be. But it still affords good times for me. RUTH WEBB— As gentle os zephyrs, blowing below the violet. JANIS WEDGE— A face with gladness overspreod. NOEL WEIDNER— His talents ore of the more silent type. ROSE WELCH— Never on idle mo- ment. RUPERT WELLIVER— Good nature and good sonse must over ioin. CAROLYN WENDELL— Cheorfulness is an offshoot of goodness and wis- dom.” JERRY WFSTENBARGER — A public man of light and leading. JOAN WESTENHOUSER — She's o qood all-round sport, with many friends. KENNY WESTENHOUSER — A man after our own hearts. DENNIS WINNER— This is the thing that I was born to do. JIM WOLFINGER— Let's be gay while wo moy. JACK WOODS — Almost everything that is great has been done by youth. LOIS WOODS— So sweet and reliable in her discourse. EDGAR WORK— A proper man, as one shall see in a summer's day. JANE YATES— Thou hast the patience and the faith of a Saint. THELMA YENRICK— Good humor is goodness and wisdom combined. Pago Twenty-four

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Prophecy A Dialogue The Time: The year is 2000 A.D. The Characters: Helen of Troy. Cleopatra, and Morie An- toinette. famous beouties of colorful history (they think.) The Setting: The characters (and we do mean characters) are. well, we must confess it. inmates at the Ath- ens State Hospital. Each one has an unfortunate hallucination regarding her identity. Each iden- tifies herself os a beautiful and powerful figure in history. One calls herself Helen of Troy, a Greek queen of renowned beauty. Another im- agines herself to be Cleopatra, the famous Siren of the Nile. And the last? Ah. poor misguided creature, she thinks herself to be Marie Antoin- ette. young and beautiful queen of France. They recently escaped to attend the dedication of the new Lancaster High School building. (Oh. Glorious Day!) They were recaptured by the men in the little white coats and are now dis- cussing their recent sojourn into the world of man —sane man. that is. We must admit that these devastating and famous beauties don't always live together in perfect harmony. Perhaps this discord is oc- casioned somewhat by the instinctive striving of each one to substantiate her position for all time as the most beautiful, most powerful queen in the annals of civilization. We have reason to suspect that the strain of attempting to write their Class Prophecy, way back in '52. was too much for brains already overtaxed by the burden of school work. Since we feel that these unfortunates ore to be pitied for their plight, we shall refer lo them by the names which they themselves have chosen. ... HELEN speaks: Oh most noble queen. Cleopatra, of ancient Egypt, youthful, wise, and prophetic: oh. most beauteous Marie Antoinette. Queen of France and noble friend, whose graciousness and exalted rank are known for and wide, we have returned together to this osylum from the treacheries and deceits of the outer world. Spoke we with Ronold Hutsler. who has just announced his retirement from the post of Chief Legati (Chief of Police), a position which he has served so honorably for these many years. At the ceremony of the dedication of the new building, he was performing his last official duty in holding back the eager throng. He recounted to us the adventures of his old buddy. Tom Drumm. who heads the Pendergast political machine which has as its motto Politics polluted or politics pure, but politics forever! He also told of the model farm owned by Bud Mowery and Bob Spongier. Cecil Hendershot. Bill Staten, and Carl Noland work for the B-B Farms, and they say that Bob is a slave driver and Bud. a regular tryant. CLEOPATRA speaks: Helen, you have spoken well, as befits your aristocratic station. But know you that I have conversed with Nancy Knepper. who is a scribe (secretary) for Moore's Mechanical Marvel Mop Company. She told us that Jim Moore had devised a mop in answer to the wails of the F. H. A. (Frivolous House- makers of America). This mop washes windows, scrubs floors, dusts cupboards, and even gives a massage. This last accomplishment has irritated Gary Rowley, who was a thriving chiropractor until Moore's Mop came on to the market. MARIE ANTOINETTE speaks: Girls, you have spoken well, but I hove seen Norma Austin. Ida Sweet. Betty Pickering. Sally Street, and Mary Ellen Friend, who were at tne ceremonies in their official capacity of nurses to aid any former L. H. S. students who were overcome by the sight of the new building. While I was stand- ing awestruck before the massive beauty of the colossal structure, David Peter Gerald Jerry Westenbarger spoke to me. Jerry is the Pres- ident of the Old Polks Hiking Society. This society has as its Vice-President. Gynyth Cummins. Lura Lee Hightower. Bob Neal, Shirley Brady. Arthur Dowdy. Jerry Dickson, and Charles Franke are all enthusiastic members of this society. The members of the former Trades and Industries Club, now the Tycoons and Indus- trialists Club, hove founded the P. P. P. A. (The Progressive Popcorn Poppers of America) scnool to teach people to pop corn. These tycoons are Jim Bauman. Chairman of the Board, and his board of directors. Kenneth Good. David Ster- ling. Buddy Nisley. Wayne Sherburn. John Grif- fith. Gene Weaver. Alvin Brown. Dick Haynes. Rupert Welliver. Wendell Fox. Richard Tyler. Dick Noice. and the Chief Popper. Wesley Peck. CLEOPATRA speaks: Marie, although this time you hove spoken wisely. I must admit that you should have acquired this knowledge long ago. (You’ve had enough time for practice.) Another T. I. member. Charles Stockwell, is now a retired Olympic Gomes skating cham- pion. Oh. Goddess of the Nile, look upon him with favor. Page Twenty-six