Lodi High School - Tiger Tales Yearbook (Lodi, OH)

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1954 CLASS HISTORY In the fall of 1941 seven enthusiastic youngsters were climbing the long hill to enjoy their day at Lodi Public School, These seven bright faced children who were the only ones to start and finish in the class of 54 ? were greeted by the first grade teacher, Miss Williams’, They introduced themselves to her as -- George Benson, Jo Ellen Hien, Anita Horner, Sharon Martin, Pat Orr, Russell Weaver, and Barbara Young, After spending a year learning the first step of education and having fun we were promoted to the second grade where we enjoyed further training by Miss Loomis, Although we enjoyed getting through the second grade and going on to the third grade to be taught by Miss Grimm, we were grieved by Pat Orr’s moving away. The coming of the fourth grade gave us the privilege of being able to play on the other side of the building, Naturally because of this we thought we were really big but our teacher, Miss Morton, kept us down to earth in our proper places, The next year we were really proud -- we were now on the second floor of the grade building and that was really something. We spent a joyful year there with the fifth grade teacher, Miss Kiplinger and Bonnie Brewster, a new pupil, In our sixth grade, we were all happy with the thought that soon we would be going over to the high school building, that is, if our teacher, Mrs. Harmon, thought we were as smart as we did, We were also glad to have Pat Orr join our little class again. Now the moment had arrived, we were moving into the high school building. There we were met by the faculty, who informed us that Miss Garver was to be our home room teacher. They also tried to teach us the rules and regulations of proper behavior, Due co some unfortunate circumstances, they are still trying. We acquired John Warner as a member of our class and, with the help of the teachers, we finally were able to find our way around the maze of rooms and halls. The eighth grade seemed a little more fun, Our home room teacher, Mrs, Schafer, must have found us a little difficult to handle for we ran wild in the place -- after all, we knew our way around and we were really grown up. We thought! We finally made it into senior high. Although we had Mrs, Eastman’s help, we found that being a freshman wasn’t so easy. Our class grew in proportions thanks to the addition of Martha Bigley, Evelyn Farnsworth, and Loyal Sanford, We managed to live through our freshman year and made it on to the sophomore class, Mr. Wright was our home room teacher when we started, but he left us at the half year, with Mr. Weir taking his place, Again we grew in size with the enrollment of a new student who was introduced to us as Frieda Grimm, The junior year proved to be busier than ever for we had the football and basketball stands and sold pencils and other small items. We hadto sponsor the Junior - Senior Prom; but, with the help of Mr, Weir, who had gone on to the junior home room with us, and the aid of the new student, Velma Johnson, things turned out rather well, Being rather sad about soon leaving the school, old friends, and teachers a nd yet looking forward to further studies and jobs, we went into our senior year with Mr. Weir. We found this year much busier than we had expected. We had a lot of jobs to do but our biggest one was the annual, The final number of students in the class of ‘ 54’’ is only fourteen, Even though this is acomparatively small class we have many pleasant and happy memories about our school days, and as we stand on the threshold of our destiny, we try looking intothe future hoping to see just as many or more appealing times,

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VELMA JOHNSON “Vel” ‘ Speech is silver, but silence i s golden.”’ General Course YORK - Chorus 1,2; Lodi- Chorus 3,4; Senior Y-Teens 3,4; FHA 3,4. LOYAL SANFORD a eOValue T’d rather catch a ball than a girl.”’ College Preparatory Football 1,2,3,4; Basketball 2,3,4; Baseball 3,4; Junior Class Play; Senior Class Play; FTA 4; FFA 1,2. -

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Fisgggp- ssescrsesorerevoesennenesoosounsooooemenesprertooroomenepenasndenspmenectenerersseteeeeenersiaaa e LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE CLASS OF 1954 We, the class of 1954, being of sound mind and body, do hereby set up this document as our last will and testament, SECTION I ARTICLE I To Mr. Wood, we leave our brand new government books, It’s a cinch we didn’t use thent much, ARTICLE II To Mr. Skurvid, we leave a quiet sixth period study hall. ARTICLE III To Mrs, Still, we leave all the excuse blanks she signed without an excuse from home, ARTICLE IV To Mr. Wier, WE LEAVE, ARTICLE V To Miss Sechrist, we leave all the over - due books in the library. ARTICLE VI To Mrs, Schafer, we leave all the slightly used typewriters, and the short- hand notes that even her students couldn’t read, ARTICLE VII To Mr. McCoy, we leave all the confiscated ‘‘forgotten articles’’ which no one ever had the money to redeem, ARTICLE VIII To Miss Carroll, we leave a pleasant (?) memory of her senior English class. ARTICLE IX To Mr, Pieterzak, we leave all the slide rules and broken equipment in the laboratory. ARTICLE X To Mrs, Badger, we leave the Home Economics rooms in good order, only because we didn’t use them much, ARTICLE XI To Mr, Burton, we leave the shop equipment in hopes that no one loses an arm next year, either. ARTICLE XII To Mr. Spechalske, we leave some students that will WALK down the stairs quietly. ARTICLE XIII To Larry, we leave all the cold rooms in the building, in hopes he has enough clothes to keep warm. SECTION II ARTICLE I To the juniors, we leave six rules on how to get along with Mr. Wood, 1, Study. 2. Laugh at his jokes, 3. Do assigned homework, 4, Laugh at his jokes, 5. Pay attention in class, 6, Laugh at his jokes, ARTICLE II To the sophomores, we leave room 22, and all the little children in room 21, in hopes they don’t get on your nerves as they did ours, ARTICLE III To the freshmen, we leave three years of work, worry, and wrong answers, |