Loveland High School - Lohian Yearbook (Loveland, OH)

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CLASS PROPHECY Q? Would you like to see the class of 1952 ten years from now? If so, pull your chair up close to my round table, and you may gaze into my crystal ball, a magic ball possessing the power to see into the future. With a wave of my finger- tips the year of1962 appears before us, and we find ourselves on the streets of Loveland. Look over there, isn't thatRalph Innis? We cross the stIeet to talk to Ralph, who, as you know, owns a very large trucking company. We lea ve Ralph and stroll on up the street when, whom should we meet but Mrs. Jack Wood, formerly Bettie Elam, and her five children, on their way to the grocery store that is owned by Jim McDonough and Ray Driscoll. We learn at the grocery that Bob Cummins now holds the position as a bookkeeper for Bob Koerkel, who is the president of General Motors. As we continue up the street, beautiful chords of music from a huge church reach our ear. Upon examination of its bulletin board we find that Bill Lakes is the minister, Lois Light, the organist, and Marian Short, the choir director. In the church we meet Ruth Coleman, and learn from her that she is now the proprietor of a sports store in Cincin- nati, and that if we will drop in, she will have her two ste- nogtaphets Martha Ponchot and Doris Neumann, give us a list of addresses of our old school chums. After services we see Norma Gentry who tells us she and Mildred Smith are teachers at Loveland Elementary School, while Johnny Chipman and Bill Haley coach the teams at Loveland High. Mary Lou Bunnell, Norma tells us, is music director at the grade and high schools. As we leave Norma and continue onour way up the streets of Loveland, newly enlarged through the efforts of Mayor Dale DeYoung, we noticea sign over the door of a new build- ing. Say now, this is just what we've been looking for, If You've Lost It, We'll Find It, Detective Bureau. As we walk in the door we are astonished to see seated behind a desk, Helen Kinnet. We ask to see her boss, only to find Don Wyatt to be the man behind the door marked Private, After telling Don whom we would like to locate, he goes to his files, pulls out a newspaper--edited by DickMadden-- and turns first to the spotrssection wherewe see DavidCooke. l9 pictured with the Yankees, while Dick Purkiser, an umpire, stands close by. Then Don turns the page to the theatrical section, from whichwe learn thata new team, Mary Lou Adkins and Virginia Sonnycalb, now the toast of Broadway, is appearing at the Taft Auditorium in a benefit show. On the society page we notice Vince Harmann, the presi- dent of a model agency; pictured with one of his famous models, Pat Anderson; the nationally acclaimed comedienne, Carolee Bunnell; and a professional basketball player, Bill Crooks all of whom are old classmates of ours. We bid Helen and Don farewell and stop a minute in the town's pharmacy, to find Bob Parket, the pharmacist; and Richard Franz, the proprietor of the Mobile gas and oil station, talking over the temperature. We talk to them and then make long distance phone calls to Fay Burleson, a missionary stationed in Honolulu, andJoan Stone. J. Edgar Hoover's secretary. Our telephone operator was none other than Libby Wilson. As we leave the drug store Jo Ann Tigar and Shirley Holden, both of whom are now housewives, arrive with Mar- garet Duvelius, a nurse, to get cokes during Margie's lunch hour. Isn't that Winona Franz and Cora Belle Jefferson standing on the street corner? These girls are protecting Loveland from all crime, for they are now policewomen. Next, we stop in Tom Undercoffer's law office, but find Tom too busy to talk to us for long. Before bidding Loveland good-by we stop in the bank to cash a check, and whom should we see standing behind the teller's window but the boy who so loved being out Knicker- bocker treasurer, Jimmy.Vinson. Jim informs us that he must have the president's permis- sion to cash our checks. The president turns out to be our classmate, Frank Daniel. Our trip completed, having seen all our classmates, our heads full of thoughts of the good old days at L.H.S.. we watch the future disappear from the crystal ball.

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THOMAS UNDERCOFFER Football 3,4; Baseball 2,3,4; In- tramural Basketball 1,2,3, Softba 11 3,4, Volleyball 1, 2, 3, 4; Latin Club 1,2; Knickerbockers 4; L Club 4; Minstrel 3,4;C1ass Assem- bly 1.4; Junior Town Meeting 3; County All-Star Football Team 4; Mrs. Freshman I; English Club 3; Choir 2; Pep Club 1,4; Lohian Staff 4. 18 JOAN STONE Horne EC. Club I; Tiger's Tongue 1,2,3,4, Art Editor 3.4; Choir 1, 2; Band 2; Scholarship Pin Club 2; Minstrel 2,3,4; Library Staff 3,4; Library Club 4; F.B.L.A. 3,4; G.A.A. Board 4; Intramural Bas- ketball 1,2, Softball 1, 2, 3, 4, Volleyball I,2,3,4; Basketball 2; Volleyball 2, 3; Track3; Class As- sembly 1,4; Knickerbockels 4; Lo- hian Staff4, Art Editor 4;Ch1istmas Concert 1,2; Spring Concert 1,2; English Club 3; Pep Club I. CORA BELLE JEFFERS ON Basketball 1, 2, 3;Volleyba111, 2, 3; Track I,2,3,4; Softba111,2,3;G. A.A. I,2,3,4; Choir 2,3,4; Class Assembly 1; Majorette 4SubJ 4; Christmas Concert 2, 3, 4; Spring Concert 2,3,4; Intramural Basket- ball 1,2,3, Capt. 2, Softba111,2, 3,4; Track Mgr. 4; Tiger's Tongue 3; Pep Club 4; English Club 3.

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9W7 CLASS HISTORY Well, this is it, We have worked four years for a little slip of paper--a diploma. Of course, it wasn't all work; we had a lot of fun, too, Remember our basketball, softball, and Volleyball games, the assemblies, the miusttels, and the dances. We especially recall the first games we boys and girls played as freshmen. We were the popular favorites although everyone expected us to lose. It was a lot of fun to dress up for fresh- man initiation, too. We enjoyed looking ridiculous in our gunnysack shirts and long underwear as well as the rest of the garb. As far as business is concerned, Mrs. Dearwester and Mr. Ramsey advised us. We collected tax stamps to defray expenses. Our officers were Don Wyatt, president; Bob Cummins, vice president; Norma Gentry, secretary; Elizabeth Wilson, neasurer; and Bill Lakes, student council representative. Reminiscing about our sophomore year, we remember planning to initiate the freshmen with Miss Haerr and Mrs. Pence trying to keep us from being carried away with power. We were very confident now; we were no longer bewildered little freshmen. We sold pencils to raise revenue, for already we were getting ideas about a junior-senior prom. Out officers for the year were as follows: Bob Cummins, president; Bill Crooks, vice president; Bettie Elam, secretary; Elizabeth Wilson, treasurer; and Richard Purkiser, student council representative. We progressed to the junior class. We were riding the crest now. Mrs. Gentry and Miss Payne really had a job trying to get us to study in homeroom period. This was the first time the boys and girls were in the same homeroom. It was a little disuacting. We got used to it pretty soon though. We elected our officers for the year: Johnny Chipman, president; Bill Lakes, vice president; Bettie Elam, secretary; Elizabeth Wilson, treasurer; and Bill Crooks, student council representative. We had a full schedule. We sold refreshments and various other articles to raise money for the prom and to get a start on our yearbook. Remember our annual Sweetheart Ball given in February? and the Big Top Revue given in collaboration with the Class of '51? Then came the day we selected our class rings. All of these were great days for us, but the greatest event came only after a lot of work and fun preparing foIi-our PROM, Our class entered our senior year numbering forty -four. We started right to work on our an- nual. We elected the same officers that we had when we were juniors. We were busy and happy. Remember winning the homecoming game, and Dale De Young and Bettie Elam as king and queen of the homecoming? Another pleasant memory is our Christmas dance. We gave our min- strel and then the time was very short until we reached the conclusion of our high school days. Now we are at graduation. When we took our trip to Washington, we did not realize that it would seem so sad or the time so short. As we walk down the aisle in our caps and gowns and take our places, we remember the little things as well as the big. A few funny things that hap- pened in class come to mind. We take our diplomas in our hands knowing that we are closing the door of that chapter of our lives never to be opened again. Yet it will live on in memory and in this book.