McComb High School - Momento Yearbook (McComb, OH)

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,iuuozflaai Mm Recently wh11e travellng through Loverlost Arkansas I saw an old herm1t comrng out of h1S cave He offered to read the mmds of everyone ln our class and by th1s method fore tell the dest1ny of each one Th1s IS what he predlcted for the class and faculty of 1938 After twenty years the follow1ng w1ll be true B1chard Houk 1S ra1s1ng a new klnd of hog called the rootless hog lt w1ll not root up gardens or f1e1ds and l1ves on potatoes Naom1 Cufl1S 15 employed 1n Oopsy Dop sey Men s Beauty Shop She QIVSS shaves fac1als f1nger and toe man1cures and eye brow arches Her bus1ness 1S rap1dly grow lng MGIJOTIG Hector has become the world champ1on t1ght rope walker She also holds on to an 1ron bar Wllh her teeth So far she has lost only four teeth B111 Bennett has become a famous W P A worker wh1ch means W1111e s Pettlng Assoc1a t1on He IS DIOQTGSSIHQ Wllh rapld speed Carol Stafford IS happ1ly marr1ed to a handsome brunette and IS TGISIHQ a fam1ly of e1ght boys She 1S at home to her frlends Mary Poe won the bath1ng beauty contest and was awarded the t1tle of MISS Cleve land She plans to go to Hollywood for a screen test 1n the near future DOTIS Shoop 1S the world s most famous tap dancer She makes Gmger Rogers look l1ke an amateur Delbert Latta has become a rad1o crooner All h1s fans rush to the rad1o the m1nute they hear h1S romant1c VOICQ HIS spec1a1ty 1S blues s1ng1ng lohn Sp1tznaugle owns a farm east of Dew eyvllle On the Slde he sells Dusenburg cars H1s farm manager 1S Homer Fl1ck1nger who has ga1ned f1fty pounds eatlng beef stew and on1on soup Eun1ce Ewlng IS 1n Arab1a teachmg the na tlves to do the cake walk One of the nat1ves turned out to be Ralph Woodruff who looks 11ke a prom1s1ng student MISS P1fer recently knocked out all her front teeth wh1le golng ICG skatmg W1th the a1d of a young dent1st they lnvented a new skate wh1ch 1S guaranteed to QIVG the skater no sp1lls Eldon Adams and Helen Gangle have 1ust admttted to the1r secret marr1age wh1ch occurred dur1ng the1r Sophomore year at hlgh school Bob W1se IS the Pres1dent of the Cr1t1non UH1V9IS1lY Bob spec1al1zes rn the proper br1ng1ng up of chlckens ch1ldren and snalls Imogene Farthlng IS successfully coachlng basketball at Backbone Kentucky She th1nks they m1ght have the Champ1onsh1p team somet1me Mr F I Ne1derh1ser employed by a large bus1ness concern 1S be1ng dlvorced by h1s W1f9 because of fl1rt1ng Wllh h1s secretary He has prom1sed not to do 1t agaln but she w1ll not l1sten to h1m Elo1se Adams has returned from Aff1CU af ter be1ng over there for f1VG years as a m1s s1onary She also brought back w1th her two l1ttle Cannlbals whom she has tralned and IS planmng to adopt The1r names are lake and Fake MISS Moyer has lnvented a gum magnet Anyone who has gum 1n h1s mouth and opens 1t to s1ng the gum IS drawn out by the mag net lt has become very successful 1n the d1f ferent Glee Clubs Carl Zelgler has a farm of 2000 gu1nea DIQS for expertmental purposes HIS ass1stant IS MGXIDS Sh1ve1y They have d1SCOV9f9d that too much sp1nach w1ll k1ll a gu1nea p1g Th1s has made many boys happy Carl has also d1scovered that too much soap w1ll cause the neck and ears to petr1fy Careful cause youll have some women on your neck or 1S that what you want? MISS England has become a second Walter W1nche1l She s started a lead1ng newspaper column 1n the papers of U S The column contalns Adv1ce to the Lovelorn and Suc cessful Marr1age and DIVOTCGS Bernard Lelter IS w1th a trave11ng M9dlC1H9 Show The med1c1ne wh1ch he sells IS guar anteed to be good for everythlng from dand ruff to 1ngrown toena11s M Parrett once Super1ntendent of McComb School won the Olymplc sw1mm1ng contest HIS fancy d1V9S thr1lled the Judges so that they 1mmed1ately gave h1m flrst pr1ze Mr Henderson has been advert1s1ng for pup1ls for h1s danclng school Be1ng con servat1ve he calls h1s dance the Large Fru1t 1nstead of the B1g Apple HIS most appealmg costume 1S h1s red sh1rt and green shorts wh1ch come to h1s knees lean Sharn1nghouse 1S now 1n Europe as an I . l I ' I 1 I I ' - I I I I I ' . , - I I ' ' , - I ' I . L. l I . at 283 SO. HELP-ME Avenue, McComb, Ohio. - - I v I I I I . , ' . I , I I ' I Il Q l I ll ll I l 4 ' ' ' I ' r. , ' 1 I I I I

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gm am We the Senror Class of nmeteen hundred and thlrty erght of McComb School County of Hancock State of Ohro bemg of sound mmd and memory and desrrrng to d1spose of our valuables rn a manner whlch IS both lawful and Jus' do hereby make and declare thrs our last wrll and testament We the Senror Class of l938 do hereby be queath our d1gn1ty and also our ab1l1ty to get along well together to the Iumor Class To the Sophomores we bequeath a record of our achrevements to prove to them that they are only half through To the Freshmen we bequeath our class p1cture for therr 1nsp1rat1on when the way seems long and hard To Mr Parrett we bequeath our knowledge of the World War to pass on to the future Latln Students To Mr Nerderhrser we bequeath our well prepared Monday mornrng CIVICS lessons also a notebook contarnmg our make up shps and the essays we Wrote when we were tardy belrevmg that he w1ll frnd 1t very val uable 1n the future To Mr Wmter we bequeath all of the crows and hawks that can be found rn the school dls tr1c To Mr Cramer we bequeath all of the rn nocent faces that he gazed upon so often when he entered the room suddenly after the 15 mrnute bell rang To Mr Danrel we bequeath our dramatrc ab1l1ty Cprovldrng he doesnt take the love scenes serrouslyl and also the posrtron as as slstant l1brar1an of the McComb llbrary durmg the summer To Mr Henderson we bequeath our mrs chrevousness To MISS Prfer we bequeath an elevator to come up the thrrd floor for her one o clock as sembly to save her the bother of puffrng so To MISS MacDonald We bequeath our bors terousness To Mrss England we bequeath the posrtron as bookkeeper 1n the candy offrce provrdrng she doesn t eat the candy lo the Ianrtors we bequeath a new broom and a rake to replace those they wore out cleanmg up after us I Eldon Adams do hereby bequeath my mrghtmess to Ioe Krng I Elolse Adams do hereby bequeath my smrle to Ruth Carney provrdmg Ruth doesnt develop a Chesh1re grrn I W1ll1am Bennett do hereby bequeath my rosy blushes to Carol Bader I Brchard Brrckrnan do hereby bequeath my talent as a Bomeo to Forest Butler I B1ll Caton do hereby bequeath my grace ful walk to Kathryn Strouse I VIVIGD Clevldence do hereby bequeath my grggles to LOIS Moorehead I Dav1d Culp do hereby bequeath my abrl provxdrng Kertha doesnt m1nd I Naomr Curtrs do hereby bequeath my talent for prrmprng to Boxre Adams I Carolyn Crook do hereby bequeath my abrlrty to slng to Doyle Byal I Adellne Drshong do hereby bequeath the song Sweet Adelme to Dean Ewmg prov1d mg Dean doesn t lose h1s vo1ce tryrng to reach the hlgh notes I Elrzabeth Fae Dorman do hereby be queath my tw1n srster to Charles Stout prov1d rng he has a tw1n brother I Fanme Gae Dorman do hereby be queath my shyness to Bernlce Ramsey I Eunlce Ewlng do hereby bequeath my small nose to Esther Doer1ng I Imogene Farthrng do hereby bequeath my ab1l1ty to grve readlngs to Kathleen Brown CConiznued on Page 401 I I , , I I ' I Y'I r l - I I , , , , , . I ll I I I ' - - - - - - Q ity to abstain from necklng to Bob Gallant, tu I I I I I 1 I v 1 , ' I I H . , - ' , , , . . , . I l I ' ' I I I ll , ll , ' .

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air stewardess to Mr. and Mrs. Iohn Byal, for- merly Ruth Glaser. lean was flirting with the pilot, Lester Newell, some time ago and he lost his course and landed in the South Sea Islands. They are back on their route again thanks to the valet, Bill Caton, who has taken lean in hands-I mean in arms. Adeline Dishong is the secretary to Dick Brickman who is foreman of the Paris Garter Corporation. Vivian Clevidence and Anna McDowell are employed by Dick as models. Mr. Daniel is the modern Shelly of the world. Most of his poems are romantic and yet he has not married. The big reason seems that he cannot decide whether it will be a blond brunette or redhead ln case anything might happen he has started to lay away a little nest egg Miss MacDonald has been sued in court for breach of promise The only evidence that her suitor has is a scarf which she knitted for him fifteen years ago This scarf contains their 1n1t1als encircled by a heart Martha Lois Hamlin has organized a cook ing school thanks to the Home Economics she took in high school Her able assistants are David Culp and Elizabeth Dorman Mary Susan Mitchell and Martha Fullweii er who have been living together since l939 have gone in for farming in a big way They recently have bought 50 more acres Because they are unable to keep the cows from kicking long enough to milk them they have employ ed Bob Wise to do the milking and a few other odd Jobs Elizabeth Price recently returned to McComb to visit her parents after having been abroad for five years She is the United States Ambassador to France The senior civics class under the direc tion of Mr Neiderhiser while studying the court procedure of the United States decided to have a mock trial the members to be chosen from the class David Culp acted as Judge throughout the The state s attorney was Delbert Latta The attorney for the defense was Dick Brickman Other characters were Bdlllff Bob W159 Clerk of Courts Eunice Ewing Court Stenographers Frances Rader Geraldine Hector Dwight Iackson and Fannie Gae Dorman are the two new comedians of the air. They have taken over the program formerly given by Burns and Allen. Carol Payne has been selected as the business manager for the Dionne Ouintuplets. They appeared at the State Theatre last week. Mr. Winter has built a Crow Cemetery next to his farm two miles east of McComb. People had begun to complain of peculiar odors in their backyards where Mr. Winter has buried the crows. He also spends his spare time keeping up a correspondence with the little brown skinny Hawaiian girls Whom he hopes to visit in the next year or so Myrtle Spitler with the help of Ruth Lentz has invented a new kind of tooth paste called Milk of Cow The milk which IS used in this tooth paste 1S obtained from their dairy Myrtle is also working on some other new invention which requires milk There has been a complaint ln McComb of people having discovered their backyards dug up and thelr fish worms missing Mar shall Thomas has discovered the culprit to be Mr Wayne Cramer The fish worms were found hanging on a string in Mr Cramers laboratory Also Mr Cramer has found a way to keep shoe soles from wearing out while hunting the different students who are not in his assemblies Carolyn Crook is now divorclng her fourth husband lt seems she can t find the right one She has hired for her lawyer Miss Rachel Moorhead The charges are that her husband would not allow Carolyn to cook Alice Shafer has returned from Mexico af ter studying music She plans to sing in the Metropolitan in New York City Sheriff Ruth Glaser Chief of Police B111 Caton The Defendant Mrs Iohn Smith accused of mudering her Husband lean Sharninghouse WITNESSES Iudy Smith the defendant s daughter Myrtle Spitler The maid in the Smith home Mary Poe the victim Naomi Curtis A finger print expert Homer Fhckmger A village gossip Adeline Dishong Owner of the corner store Carl Zezgler A neighbor of the Smiths Rachel Moorehead Village gadabout Helen Gangle Gunsmith Lester Newell Doctor who examined Mr Smith the deceased Bemard Leiter Other members of the class served as members of the JUTY 1 - ' ' l . ll u ll I u n n - 1 , . 1 ,. C n . 1 . I ' '1 - . , . . . . I . . , - . . I flial, I - I ...........-...- - ...-......-- guna- V . I ............ l ................ I ' ...-,.. I , tual' The flirtatious secretary of Mr. Smith,