Lancaster Mennonite High School - Laurel Wreath Yearbook (Lancaster, PA)

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JAMES HERSHEY HESS, JR. Route 1 Willow Street, Pa. james and Anna Hess November 30, 1939 Avid out-of-doors man . . . reserved and quiet in a group . . . characteristic gait . . . mischievous smile . . . an authority on fishing, hunting, and trapping. While playing hide-and-seek with my brother, I hid in a recently dug post hole. My brother could not End me so I decided to get out. To my horror I found that my feet were caught and that I couldn't get out. I called for my mother, who came and unsuccessfully tried to pull me out. We then called the hired man who finally arrived on the scene and res- cued me. NANCY ELLEN HESS Route 3 Manheim, Pa. Clayton and Ruth Hess October 1, 1939 Class secretary . . . plays the violin . . . an- ticipates attendng Elizabethtown College . . . enjoys participating in outdoor activities. 'Once when I was five years old, I picked up the ripest looking tomato in the basket. I no- ticed the one side was a little brown, but I tasted it anyhow. Only then did I notice some- thing wiggle in my mouth. I became alarmed and began swallowing. I didn't see it but I'm sure it was some type of living creature which crawled down my throat. It just goes to prove that the best looking is not always the best tasting! GLENN RUEL HORST Route 6 Hagerstown, Md. Benjamin and Martha Horst Feb. 5, 1939 Favorite statement: that is precisely cor- rect . . . you can always tell when Glenn hears a joke . . . chaufeurs seven people from Mary- land each week . . . takes those four-foot strides. One fall my brother wanted to throw corn on our pickup truck and had instructed me just when to release the brake and when to engage the clutch, and how to accelerate to the proper speed. For some unknown reason he didn't tell me how to steer, so when the sig- nal was given for me to go, I went. I won't say where or how much corn we lost that year.

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EUNICE ELIZABETH HARBOLD 137 North Main Street Spring Grove, Pa. Chester and Clara Harbold Dec. 16, 1939 Auburn hair and blue eyes . . . flippant man- ner and walk . . . loquacious . . . active par- ticipant in outdoor activities . . . works week ends at a supermarket. When in fourth grade in Tampa, Florida, I started for school in a slight drizzle. I thought my light plastic raincoat would be adequate. Although 1 had only a few blocks to school, I became the victim of a dreadful downpour. When I reached school my hair and clothing were a spectacle. I spent the entire morning wrapped in a duster while my clothes dried on the cafeteria stoves. ROY WILBUR HERR Route 2 Milllinburg, Pa. Enos and Esther Herr March 15, 1940 Scholastically in the upper bracket . . . lean and tall . . . shows very definite talent in writ- ing themes . . . future farmer . . . enjoys chem- istry . . . adept. We children had all been warned to stay away from the empty hayloft because of its bad floor. One day, however, I disregarded this warning and cautiously walked across the rotten boards only to have them give way be- neath me. There were chickens below and when boy, boards, and dirt came crashing down, they went flying in all directions. The results: no broken bones, but a scared boy and plenty of nervous hens. ERMA MAE HESS Route 1 Manheim, Pa. Mervin and Ella Hess June 24, 1939 Flashing eyes . . . a sincere tenderhearted friend . . . college bound . . . high ideals . . . distinct sense of humor . . . future elementary school teacher. Our Model T Ford truck just afforded the right pleasure. Because there was no roof, nor doors, nor windows, it was quite enjoyable to take a ride in it. One afternoon my brother, a friend, and I decided it was time for a ride to the meadow. However, to our dismay, this ride ended with our friend having three bro- ken ribs. For some time this ended our desire for a ride in the truck.

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Q ob and Lydia Ann Hurst Dec. 1, 1939 NELSON RAY HORST Route A Chambersburg, Pa. Paul and Elizabeth Horst December 22, 1939 Informed . . . hunter, fisher, and trapper . . . survived Solid Geometry . . . answers frequent- ly in chemistry class . . . takes pleasure in building model airplanes. It happened one time but it will never hap- pen again. One day hardly anyone of the sixth grade class had studied his geography, much less knew it. As usual Miss Ross asked who had studied it. Seeing the very weak response, she lined up all the guilty ones, gave them each a whack and sent them to the hall to study. I was one of them. MABEL SENSENIG HURST Route 1 Ephrata, Pa. Her speech has a slight Pennsylvania Dutch twang . . . clerical worker for her father . . . carefree . . . close companion of Rhoda Martin. When I was four, I decided one morning to take a walk. So without anybody knowing, I started to walk down the back road and across the field. I walked and walked until I discovered that I was lost. Not knowing what to do I lay down right there and fell asleep. Meanwhile back in the house, when they dis- covered I was missing, a violent search was started. After a few hours they found their little girl fast asleep between two corn rows. GRACE SALOME HURST 718 East Main Street Ephrata, Pa. Luke and Sallye Hurst December 24, 1939 Ability to captivate an audience . . . lyric so- prano . . . faithful worker at Reading Mission . . . refined . . . apparent emotions . . . demon- strative. At the Christmas program at the little red schoolhouse where my older brothers and sis- ters attended, I sat with my parents. After the program the teacher asked, 'Is there anything a parent or visitor would like to say?' Quick as a wink I took my four-year-old self to the platform and repeated: 'I asked my mother for fifty cents to see the elephant jump the fence. He jumped so high he touched the sky and never came back till the Fourth of Iuly.' I was very embarrassed when everyone roared and laughed. I had said it perfectly, hadn't.I?