Lima High School - Ska Hase Ga Oan Yearbook (Lima, NY)

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One rainy day while looking for something to do, we came upon an old scrap book, pages yellow VPOIH 9-Ee, d covers bulging from so many nmemoirs' In this, we knew, we would find many laughs and just as many memories In a section headed WSchool Dazen we came upon class pictures and newspaper clippings a record of our high school career If anyone had looked for us after that, they would have found us buried deep in the past There we are all 17 of us' That was in l9h6, and we had selected as class officers Holly Clayson, President, Donald Conner, Vice-President, and wands Corwln, Secretary Treasurer When we had organized as the Freshman Class, Mrs Margaret Whitbourne advised us, and Alice Adams represented us in Student Council Nothing big happened that year unless you can call collecting weekly dues and selling candy and hats big That year was made up mostly of studies and fun And there is the Class of '50 as Sophomores! Although we lost one member Howard Garling, we were joined by Frances Petrillo and Lucille Harvey from St Rose and Pauline Payne who had been over from England for only a year Robert Opdyke was with us for a while but left shortly to enter the service Mary E Meyers led us in all our activities, and she was supported by Betty Semmel, Donald Conner and Alice Adams Lucille Harvey spoke for us in Student Council It was an honor for the whole class when Mary Elizabeth was chosen as probationary member of the National Honor Society Because our school was considered the most active in the county in Junior Red Cross work, Mary Shanks was chosen to attend the national convention in Massachusetts The outstanding projects of our grand old Sophomore year includedour Christmas dance, the ham dinner, and the selling of candy at basketball games Look at that picture! Jun1ors, it says' How well we remember that eventful year In September we found that we had lost three members Holly Clayson, Rosemarie Krebbeks, and Bernard O'Dea, but we were jolned by Mary Barnes from Tonawanda Mary returned to her former school later in the year Our first act was to elect our class officers Ruth Barber, President, Alice Andrews, Vice President, Lucille Harvey, Donald Conner, won a scholarsh1p to the N Y S Music Camp which Alice Adams had attended the Previous summer Alice Andrews was chosen to attend Girls' State and Donald Yopp, Boys' State In June, at Student Council elections Alice Adams was made President for the year 19b9 SO The most outstanding events of that year were the round and square dance with Rex Arnold and His Royal Hangers providing the music, a ham dinner for the firemen, and the Junlor Prom which was held Vay 6 with Howe Lewis and his orchestra As we turn the page, what do we see but the picture of the Class of 'SO as Seniors' That was a wonderful year with never a dull moment After Dohna Acor and Betty Judd joined us, our class contained nineteen members Our leaders that year were Alice Andrews, President, Donald Conner, Vice-President, Lucille Harvey, Secretary, Alice Adams, Treasurer and Mary E Meyers, Student Council HSPPSBGHT-aiiive We started the year by selling magazine subscriptions Next we sold Christmas cards and stationery The Senior Play, nliss Chatterbox,W was presented November h and what good times we did have with that' Then came the memorable Senior Ball, the high l1ght of our social events At Easter, we went to Washington and spent five lively days viewing the h1storical sites of this great city Four nights were spent losing sleep and painting the town Our last group picture 19 grave old seniors in thelr caps and gowns with diplomas in their hands' This was the moment we had been work1ng so hard to achieve Although we had a noticable shortage of boys, we proved ourselves outstanding not only scholastically, but socially, in all four years of high school But where would we have been without the guidance of Mrs Whitbourne, our advisor, and the support of our teachers, friends in the school and community, and parents, who so willingly gave of their time and talents Our heartiest thanks went out to them for all they had given us we knew, as we took a last look at the familiar classrooms and faces, we would never forget the happy days in our Alma Mater Lima High School Class Motto T0 THE STARS THROUGH DIFFICULTIES C1885 Flowers RED AND WHITE ROSES C1355 Cglors MAROON AND WHITE 10 4:le:ILl4l' 1 an '. V Secretary, Alice Adams, Treasurer and Mary E. Meyers, Student Council Representative. One of our members, I A O

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Donald Yopp 'I love work It fascinates me, I could Blt and look at it for hmusn AME Dohna Acor Alice Andrews Ruth Barber Donald Conner Lucille Harvey Celia Hendrickson Lulu Jans Betty Judd Mary Meyers Pauline Payne Louise Perry Frances Petrillo Betty Semmel Mary L. Semmel nary Shanks Robert Strasburg Janice Wright Donald Yopp NICKNAME nSandy NAn NRuthie HDon Lu WSis WLulu Betty' 'Liz WPip NToots nFran nBetty Weezy' Shmoe W o nJan WDizzy Band 2,3,h, Newspaper Club 2,h, Senior Play h Donald Yopp joined the Class of '50 in his Sophomore year He was active in many activities Cespecially noted for his music abilityj and well liked by all the members of the class In January 1950, Donald left the group of 19 Seniors to become a member of the Arm Air Corps Ye are proud of you, Donald, and so is Lima High NOTED FOR Green Hemlock dances Cold nose Trumpet playing Watching televislon Southern accent Jovlal dispos1t1on Gene Assemblies England Silence New clothes Art work Blushing Cheer leading Hunting Shynsss Talkativeness 9 AMBITION Buyer of women's clothes Industrial mathematician Travel to Cal1fornia Relief from women Music teacher Dietitian Celia's aunt Business executive Secretary Secretary Happiness Leo Interior decorating Farmerette Mort Forest Ranger Marriage Drummer N ll A1106 A113135 Red Ji-MW Nurse dyll ll ' ll u N ' N N . . . n I I' YI . Il n H N I1 N l N ll ll N B bn H ll

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I have just finished my autobiography and before I send the manuscript to the publisher, I would like to read you one of its chapters This is Chapter 16 Touring the country in m Musical Review of l960, my band and the rest of the troupe entered the vici nity of Los Angeles, where the World's Fair was taking place After some trouble at finding quarters for my large troupe, I finally discovered a fashionable hotel wh1ch a convention had just left The management afforded us two whole floors for our use After leav1ng my performers who were still recover1ng from a hang over in Chicago, I went down to the lobby for the even1ng paper As I passed the Manager's door, I idly glanced at the letter1ng and then stopped dead in my tracks There in S inch gilt edged letters was the name P Ivy Payne, Manager Out of the door stepped a fashionably dressed young lady, none other than P Payne, the girl I knew in high school as WPip' After I had recovered my composure, I managed to blurt, 'What are you doing heref' She expla1ned that after graduat1ng from the Alfred Business School, she had come west where she secured a job as secretary to Cecil B DeMille It was through him she had met and married Roddy McDowell, movie actor To f1ll her spare time, she decided to take over the management of this hotel Hastening on to the dining room, whom should I find as cateress but Celia Hendricksonf When she offered the best meal free of charge, of course, I willingly accepted Soon after Celia left me, the floor show began CI gathered from the other diners that the star of the show had not yet appeared J Suddenly the room went black, the band, much inferior to mine I must adm1t, gave a fanfare, and the spot light focused on a charming, blonde, young lady, whose name appeared 1n the program as Mademolselle Aimee Pernon It suddenly dawned on me that this dancer was none other than Al1ce Andrews, one of my former h1gh school fr1ends By that time Celia had returned w1th a waiter and Alice, having recogn1zed me from the stage, came to talk with me as I ate As I conversed w1th Alice, I remarked upon the very beautiful furn1sh1ngs of the d1n1ng room She told me that Pauline had been able to engage the able assistance of another old classmate, Betty Semmel, now renowned throughout Amer1ca and Europe for her original interior decorating Betty was staylng at one of her numerous houses in Beverly H1lls, and I determined to ViS1t her as soon as I could Before retir1ng for the night, I invited my three charming classmates to visit the Wor1d's Fair w1th me the next day As we strolled along the midway, Pauline voiced her sympathy for a young couple and their many children mak1ng their way toward us As they drew nearer I recognized Lulu Jans and her husband, Delphus, vainly trying to keep their brood in order In the middle of a joyous reunion a little boy ran to Lulu, cry1ng to my surprlse I found Alice Adams, nurs1ng the wounds of fair goers I saw Jim's picture on the desk and she explained that they had been married three years before when she had graduated from Strong Memorial Hospital We were finally on our way again and stopped at several booths along the way We paused at the televi sion booth to look at the new television sets now equ1pped w1th technlcolor Toward us, two young lad1es came whom I recognized as Frances Petrlllo and Lucille Harvey, now Mrs Harvey Wingate Fran had quit her teach1ng job and had come west to marry Commodore Merrltt She knew Lucille was at the fair and had stopped to see her It was Harvey Wingate, by the way, who had dlscovered how to equ1p the sets with technicolor While I stood reminlscing with Lucille and Fran, the rest of my party wandered on to the clothing booth When I joined them, I recogn1zed Dohna Acor, managing an exhibit for Macy's, of which she was t e head buyer The girl sho had been sitting behind a desk then stepped forward, and I recognized Betty Judd, now Mrs Gene Beckwlth, flnancial adv1ser for the same department store Before starting back to the hotel we stopped at the Conservation booth, where we found Bob Strasburg, now head of the Forestry Bureau of Conservation It was then the whole party made a date to go to the Mocambo that evening, and I contacted Betty Semmel at her home After we reached the night club and were finally seated, I glanced around, only to discover none other than Ruth Barber, now famous for her psychology course at U C L A She introduced her escort, head football coach at U C L A I promptly tried to Nsqueeze' a couple of free tickets to the next Rose Bowl game from him Just as I was beginnlng to get some results, the band began playing a popular hit tune of the day Realizing that they were very 1nferior to my own, I did not pay too much attention However, when the drummer did a solo, I glanced around and there was Don Yopp, who was featured with his own band at some of the more famous night spots At the end of h1s solo, he came over and joined the party After a few hours of gaiety and laughter, we disbursed to our various quarters As we entered the lobby of the hotel, we found a convention of secretaries registering Among these we singled out Mary Meyers, Janice 'T1ght, Mary Semmel, Lary Shanks, and Louise Perry of our Senior Class Mary Elizabeth, now secretary to Henry Kaiser was going to marry John D Rockefeller III next month Janice, Mary 11 . . . Ivy that he had hurt himself. I gallantly offered to take the child to a Red Cross tent across the way. There - , , . ' h . . . . . x . 1. ' 5 . . . 1 - , , Q - v