Leo High School - Oracle Yearbook (Leo, IN)

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Class History There have been six great events in the history of this world. The first was the appearance of Adam and Eve. The second was the rise of King Tut. The third was the death of Julius Caesar. The fourth was the Atlantic by Columbus. The fifth was the reign of Jack Dempsey. And the sixth was the entrance of the Class of l953 into Leo High School. Of these the first five were of minor importance. Adam and Eve, I believe, are now dead. King Tut is in a museum. Julius has been eclipsed by Mussolini. Columbus has moved to Ohio. And Jack Dempsey is just a faded cauliflower. But the class of I953,not only IS history, but is still making history. In the fall of I949, we entered Leo High School as 'Green Freshies. Including the nine students who came from St. Joe Central School, we had a total enrollment of Sl. Mrs. Virginia West was named as our sponsor. Officers elected during the year were: Jerry Emrick, President, Sandra Young, Vice-President, Gus Steiner, Secretary, and Lloyd Hall, Treasurer. Since we were considered undercIassmen,' our activi- ties were very few. We enioyed class parties at Grabill Park and at Quentin Savage's home. Entering the Sophomore year, we gained three new students, Barbara Smith, Don Leichty, and Mary Weber We also lost ten: Layne Freimuth, Rose Graber, John Kryder, Mima Martin, Joseph Schwartz, Floyd Stein- bacher, Sandra Young, Kenneth Pettit, Jacqueline Brinkman, and Reuben Liechty, making a total of 44. Officers for our sophomore year were: Robert Schultz, President, Lois Trimble, Vice-President, Ann Amstutz, Secretary, and Lloyd Hall, Treasurer. This year our parties were held at Cedarville Park and Melba SchIatter's home. When we entered as Juniors, we had lost Everett Beck, Joan Gongaware, Jerry Pulver, Rose Ann Schuster, and Carolyn Shannon. During the year Ann Schaper and Barbara Smith Left, making the total of 37. Officers elected were: Beverly Van Zile, President: Gene Klppfenstein, Vice-President: Melba Schlatter, Secretary, and Lloyd Hall, Treasurer. This was the year we really started working toward our senior trip. We had a skating party, gave the class play, Fighting Fishers, sold Christmas cards, sponsored a paper drive, and ran the school concession stand. The high light of the year was the Junior- Senior Banquet, which we gave in honor of the seniors. We have finally reached the end of our high school days. We lost two members of the class--Mary Weber and Carolyn Hines, making our class numbering 35. Officers elected were: Ann Amstutz, President, Richard Buffenbarger, Vice-President: Phyllis Cameron, Secretary, and Lloyd Hall, Treasurer. Our class play, 'The Inner WiIIy, was a big success. We also sponsored a scrap drive and a skating party. We chose red and gray as our class colors, with a red carnation for our flower, 'Knowledge Comes But Wisdom Lingers' is our class motto. Everyone enioyed 0 five-day trip to Washington and New York City, Which we never will forget. OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS, NAME CARDS, AND JEWELRY WERE PURCHASED FROM HERFF JONES COMPANY, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA FIRST GRADERS - CLASS OF I953 5 .

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A if ? ' Q4 Class Will P K x 1 K is Be it remembered that we, the Class of l953, of Leo High School, Situated in the town of Leo in the County of Allen in the State of Indiana, being in our usual unsound state of mind and memory, but mindful of the un- certainty of this life, and our approaching dismemberment, do make, publish and declare this our last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills by us made. After the payment of all our iust debts, funeral charges, grudges, and expenses of administration, we dispose of our estate as follows: To the professors and teachers of Leo High School, we convey our ability to know a good thing when we see it. As this ability has been largely created by their instructions, we are merely returning to them their own invaluable gift. To the Junior Class, we give our seats in the study hall, including our initials inscribed upon the desks, erasers, bobby pins, spitballs, pieces of chalk, and cuds of gum which we neglected to remove in the haste of our departure. May these small tokens help them to while away a year of senior learning as they have us. To the Sophomore Class, we convey our power of saying the wrong thing in the right place, or the right thing in the wrong place. Just how this is accomplished we are not able to say. Each one will need to work the matter out for himself or herself. There is no doubt that much benefit will result from the effort. To the Freshman class, we have nothing left to bequeath but a lot of good advice. Do not study too hard, for it will make you sick and unhealthy, and no future employer wants a sickly graduate. Laugh heartily at all your teachers' iokes even though you are hearing them for the hundredth time. Always carry a lot of books with you to and from school and classes but never look within their covers. The inside pages of your school books are laden with microbes from the contaminating use of former classes. We, the Senior Class of '53 do hereby bequeath our numerous possessions thusly: l, Ronald Shaw, do will my detective ability to the four Junior Bandits--Tom Ostermeier, Larry Schlatter, Ross Weilbaker, and Phil Howard. l, Marjorie Bauman, will my ability of telling iokes to Wayne Dearinger and my dimples to anyone who doesn't have them. l, Don Dean, will my ability to tear car motors apart without half trying to Lee Shaffer. I, Colleen Schlatter, do will my A's in Spanish class to Wesley Christian. l, Don Leichty, will my bashfulness to Art lvins. I, Ruth Fillman, will my ability to get along with all the high school teachers to the iunior boys and to Wesley Christian my ability not to go steady my four years of high school. l, Florence Liechty, will my ability to stay wide awake on Monday mornings to Carol Graber. I, Dwight Graber, of unquestionable, sound mind do will all my disabilities to win arguments to Mr. Henny. I, Juanita Kryder, will my ability to keep one boyfriend to Judy Moore. I, Lloyd Hall, will my ability to get a girl and to keep going with her indefinitely to Donald Miller. I, Don Rediger, will my long wavy hair to Al Linnemeier and my height to Alan Chaney. iDon't forget to duck for doors.i I, Mona Gale Page, will my typing ability to Calvin Mills. I, Arlene Kryder, will my ability to get a ioke on Suzie Willits to Carole Bucher, fshe usually bitesi and my good conduct grade to Janice Grabill. I, Richard Buffenbarger, do will my Gem Razor and used blades to Suzanne Willits. iNot to be used for le s. gl, ,Beverly Roth, will my good understanding' ffeeti to Janice Delagrange, and to Whitey Heller my ability to cheer me up. I, Bill Hefty, hereby will my ability to be a good 'keed' and the ability to 'Din' my Grandmother two out of three times to Mike Hartigan. l, Pauline Rogan, will my natural blond hair and my ability to stay away from men to Judy Moore. I, Lois Trimble, will my ability to be last in lunch line to anybody who is not hungry, I, Jake Emrick, of sound mind regardless of previous condition of servitude, aptitude, fortitude, or mental attitude, will to Mrs. Snider my expert pennmanship. I, Donna Delagrange, will my position as Miss Sprunger's assistant librarian to a iunior who can under- stand the Dewey Decimal System.