Medina High School - Medinian Yearbook (Medina, OH)

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The MEDINIAN Class Will By Ruth White We, the Class of 1930, being of sound and disposing mind, do hereby publish and declare the following as, and for, our last will and testament, revoking all other will and codicils heretofore made. Item I: To the Juniors, we bequeath the innumerable errors which we have com- mitted during our four years of high school. We do this in order to more nearly bal- ance their perfection. Item II : Our diligence and loce for study we present to the Sophomores. Item III: We honor the Freshmen with our spelling ability on condition that they make good use of it by winning the cup in 1931. In addition to these general bequests, we beg leave to submit the following indi- vidual bequests: Lawrence Dake bequeaths his quietness to Frank Averill and Frank Simmerman so that the other members of the American History class will be able to take some part in the discussion. John Wyman, otherwise known as George Washington Gettum, bestows an ex- traordinarily large safety pin upon Jimmy Brown. We are more than sorry to part with such a distinctive laugh as that of Maynard McFadden’s, but have decided to give it to Harold Spahr. We present Lucia Rickard’s ability to giggle at any time to Margaret Dundas. Clarence Orcutt wills his ability to write thrilling notes to girl friends to Red Cole. For the sake of their future employers we bestow Eleanor and Eloise Beedle’s sim- ilarity upon Tom and Joe Englert. Max Dougherty bequeaths his ability to sleep during an entire Advanced Alge- bra class to Bob Rowe. Maynard Shafer is unwilling to give up his position as an employee to Uncle Sam. Lawrence Abbott expresses himself as very glad to give up his alphabetical right to the front seat to John Abbott. Letha Ritter agrees to give her ability to eat more sandwiches than anyone else to Esther Eastwood, on the condition that Esther will loan it to her whenever she is invited to a party. Maxine Brought wills her ability to spend half of the sewing period primping before the fitting room mirror to Frances Rockwell. Raymond Kendall wishes to be relieved of the weight of the small sized alarm clock which he carries. He says he will give it to any Junior who will wind it daily in Civics class. After a great deal of coaxing we have at last persuaded Mae Nichols to give her noisy manners to Rozella Wyman. Mary Keleman presents her love for argument to Aunda McCook Don’t you pity Red? We are very proud of the innocense (so infrequently found, these days) of Marjean Smith and Red Whitmore, when, after writing notes quite openly for an entire per- iod, they still believe that Mr. Fenn hasn’t seen them. This rightly goes to Miriam Snyder and Claude Edwards. We take the greatest of pleasure in presenting Corwin Hoff’s leisurely manner and infrequent speech to Billy Batchelder. Twenty Tour

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The MEDINIAN hang out. Who’s after Max? Robert Eddy. Ruth look in file 105 section G. Yes, just as I thought. Eddy, Helma and Kiefer, inventors of a new gas saving device I had to buy to save my business. Next, Hazel Elder, I’ve lost track of her. We must not forget Marion Fulton of Fulton, Lance and Mabry Vaudeville Act. Who comes after Marion? Joy Garra? I think she is an instructor in Elocution at Vassar. Next. Janet Gibbs, greatest saleslady of Chevrolets. Who follows Janet? Ethel Hassin. I owe a concern of Hassin and Lubin $360 for my wife’s beauty. That’s it, Ethel Has- sin and Nettie Lubin. Who’s next? Hazel Holcomb. She is teaching school in Cleveland. On with the list. Elsie Hopkins. She is now principal of M. H. S. Mary Kelemen is teaching history, following the footsteps of Miss Phillips. Who follows Mary? Raymond Kendall, I don’t know do you? A preacher you say, well he always was a fast talker. What do you think? Flora McCarrier a poetess! Guess she must be the one the world has just acclaimed.” “I almost forgot McFadden and Myers — I’ll bet the Mic and Harold are farmers in a big way. I just learned the other day that Elizabeth Mettie is the President’s cook at the White House. Nettleton is also at the White House as one of the Jani- tors. Mae Nichols — I believe that Mae and Bea Oakes are doctors studying in Ger- many. How about Clarence Orcutt? Call Roy. I think that Clarence is a lawyer working for Roy. Do you remember Eddie Paul? I don’t know but I think Eddie has a bakery in San Diego. Who follows Eddie? Junior Potts, of course, June works for me, building rigs. Lucia Rickard? I can’t say I know where Lucia is but I am sure an old maid like Letha Ritter would know where some of these people are. Call her right away and we’ll find out what we don’t know. Maynard Schafer? That’s easy. He is the Postmaster General. Letha says Ruby Selzer is a nurse in Chicago. Oh yes! Martha Shirey and Hallie Shook are working for the great A. 6? P. Tea Co. And Cotta Smith? Cotta has been at Chippewa Lake all her life and Letha says she is still there, eh? Who follows Cotta? Marjean Smith. Mar jean runs the Country Club at Medina. W iat has become of William Smith? That’s easy, for Bill and I are cronies and he is the head of the Pan-American Railroad. Bill will help get the classmates from the West to Chicago where we will pick them up. Next, Helen Tanner. I can tell you very little about Helen Tanner other than Helen and LaDonna Williams are mission- aries in Africa. Who mentioned George Thomas? Oh, Letha says George has ad- vanced from the saw room of Root’s Bee Supplies to the presidency of the concern. Dorothy Voorhees? Letha says she is the first woman mayor of Medina. Speaking of Dorothy puts me in mind of Ruth White. Ruth and Helene Winters are tour- ing musicians now in Miami. Wesley Whitfield? Wesley is the Senator from Ohio. And Lucille Whitmore? I saw her last night at the “Show of Shows” as Hollywood’s most beautiful actress.” “I guess that’s all, isn’t it?” “Yes, all except Mac Brought and I think you know where she is, Mr. Wyman.” “Gosh, yes, as if I could forget. She is going to buy a new Ford roadster hereself today. That woman will be the breaking of me yet. That’s that. Now we know where all the members of the Class of “30” are and I can have them all picked up and we’ll soon be on our way to the Alumni Banquet of 1950 of Old Medina High.” Twenty-Three

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eeeee The MEDINIAN Ella Mae Tibbitt’s ability to learn poetry is bestowed upon Ernest Pelton. LaDonna Williams bequeaths her ability to break all typing speed records to Marcella Aylard, providing she makes good use of it and wins a gold medal. Dorothy Curtis’ love for staying after school to study is presented to Lyman Koons. The basketball ability of Herbert Carsten and Roy Williams is given to Jack Pate and Funny Oberholzer, with best wishes for next year’s team. Ethel Hassin is willing to loan her ability to take dictation in shorthand to Adelia Arndt, but says she must have it back as soon as she gets her first job as stenographer. Sara Denton wishes to impart a portion of the lofty atmosphere where her head remains most of the time to Lawrence Leggett, to save him, Sara explains, from haw ing to use stilts. Martha Shirey regretfully bequeaths her privilege of wearing a Wadsworth class ring to Harriet Jason. We present Gleason Halliwell with Wesley Whitfield’s habit of eating candy and peanuts in Economics class. We are more than happy to bestow Paul Nettleton’s bright remarks upon Myron Kennedy. Edna Lance has declared herself willing to donate her curls to Florence Bagger. Robert Kiefer presents his Ford to Marcel Hoff to end the arguments between him and Corwin when they both pick the same night to use the family Dodge. Homer Davis very generously offers to give his vocal talent to Louis Hofstetter. We divide Clarence Escott’s football ability equally among the members of next year’s team in the hope that they again beat Wadsworth. Flora McCarrier bequeaths her habit of being anywhere from one minute to one hour late to school every morning to Pearl Smith. Edna Mabry wills her ready smile and sunny disposition to Pete Woods. Hazel Holcomb agrees to give her ability to go through High School in three years to Pauline Perkins. We present Lawrence Prehn with Eddie Paul’s ability to make neat looking pack ' ages of loaves of bread, buns, cakes, etc. Charles Helma bequeaths his love for the higher Mathematics to Walter Thomas. Janet Gibbs wills a portion of her height to Nora Bennett but selfishly refuses to even loan her boy friend. We bestow Junior Pott ' s habit of winking at all the girls upon Stubby Rickard. Joy Garra says that she will give her love for English Literature to Herman Watkins. Beatrice Oakes, in a most generous spirit, offers to bequeath her debating ability to Paul Swigart. Nettie Lubin tells us that a great improvement would be made by transferring her gift of golden silence to her sister, Esther. Ralph Armbruster presents his knowledge of scientific farming to Garnard Cowb ing. After much thought upon the subject Ray Seller unselflishly agrees to bestow his love for Civics upon John Navratil. Elizabeth Mettie as, Miss Stewart’s first assistant, bequeaths her privilege of be ' ing late to classes without having to get an excuse, to Irene Jacab. Twenty -Five