Middlebranch High School - Memoir Yearbook (Middlebranch, OH)

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CLASS PROPHECY I guess the thing a senior looked forward to most of all the last few months of school was his future. Sometimes he had big dreams and plans, and then again he may have just trusted to luck and chance to figure out his life for him. Sometimes he turned out a lot different from what his friends had figured. But a lot of time has flown by - - ten years of i . Those seniors of 1942 have grown up, settled down, or spread out, and it ' s the year 1952. Maybe you ' d like to look in on them and see if they turned out as you expected. Edith DeGiralomo is a fashion model for the pro- fessional photographers in New York and, like the rest of models, is trying to crash the movies. In the same city, Harriet McMillen is the owner of a successful posture clinic, which promises to eliminate business man ' s mid-section sag. Judging from his junior year chemistry experiments, it shouldn ' t be hard to see Leonard Menicos as a country doctor, with a horse and buggy and a pretty nurse. Virginia Parks holds the speed record today in typ- ing at 155.3 and is heard broadcasting her secret for training over WHBC. Joseph Brosovic has a good start now on the way to being the holder of the record for filibusters in the Senate. To take up time he reads his book on The Secret of Winning an Argument; Drown the Other Fellow Out. If someday you notice a well dressed man with a walking stick, a poodle, a cigar, and a chauffeur, you will know that Donald Stockburger has climb- ed the ladder and become a banker. Since Eileen Beard always showed an interest in motorcycles, we find her demonstrating them al the 1952 World ' s Fair. Rows and rows of little chocolate drops, bonbons and suckers, are presided over by Jeanne Gibbs and her partner in the candy business. They sup- ply all Canton with sweets. Donald Geitgey will be one who beribanadlar? ladladladlaleeee ' s on the Lucky Strike program and ends with Sold to American. In between time he auctions off the products of his Iowa farm. Jack Humbert is chief business getter of the Ladies Escort Bureau, and he squires all the lovelies around town, with emphasis on redheads. For once Dean Grove is separated from Jack, for his calling, is salesmanship. He ' s the kind of salesman who takes all day on one customer and can ' t be kept out with dust mops or confer- ences. Ellamae Oyler - - got her man and settled down by a lake to raise ducks and children. A modern Flo Nightingale - - always in the thick of the battle - - is Wanda Burfield. Right now she is on her way to Egypt to nurse natives and mum- mies in the latest uprising - - until another war comes up. Jane is still taking trips to Texas to see her heart in- terest who liked it so well there he didn ' t come home from the Army. One person who didn ' t leave Middlebranch and now is part owner of the Diamond Portland is Alda Cavalier. Perched on top of a struggling steam shovel, indus- triously reading French, you can find George Oberlin almost any day. E. Stanley Jones has nothing on Avery Sheaffer who preaches from every large pulpit in the U. S. He has been offered the Presidency of a large university but has refused because he needs more time to explain his theory of A United States of the World. In her stationwagon, Dorothy Royer interviews debutantes, dukes, and duchesses and puts it down in Glamour Magazine under the heading You Too, Can Be Glamourous. Marjorie Race is the one who makes those good dinners smell at noontime, for she came back to Alma Mater to teach Home Economics. In spite of the career girl, marriage is still popular. Dolores Prising is a housewife. Seamstress in one of the dress-making establish- ments in the sykscraper city is Jennie Figlola who recently revolutionized fashion by bringing back ankle length dresses with hoop skirts and ruffles. Leader of the square dances of the Rumanian Circle is Verna Hensel who still loves to cut a caper and promenade left. Did you hear-- Shuffle, step, step? -- that ' s Mar- jolee Lewis teaching dancing at the Y. W. C. A. Her specialty is black-out dance. That glamorous career woman, Janice Lewis, is the u p and coming authoress who shook the big city from its penthouses to its subways with her in- comparable style of writing. At last has been dis- covered, all rolled into one, A. K. Brush and Dorothy Thompson. Joe Cavalier has found himself a soft job with a cushioned chair so he can take life easy. And if you someday take that European crossing by way of clouds, Ruthie Schmucker may be stewardess on your airship. A wide smile and a box of aspirins are her companions. But don ' t look for her often, stewardesses marry the pilots. Heiress to the dime store millions is Dorothy Guar- nerie, who got her start behind the candy counter. Orlando kept winning football scholarships to col- lege so he just kept on being educated. He ' s on his third scholarship now and plans to retire in two years. President of the Independence for Women ' s Club is Dorothy Ladley who fights for theit right to wear crazy hats. James Goldsmith, following the habits of his school- days, reviews all the best seller books for the Hew York Times. His sideline speciality is the selling of short reviews to harrassed students for their six weeks reports.

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CLASS HISTORY Well, folks, four years have now passed. The sun ' s come up and gone down over a thousand times. Some new friends have come, some old have left. Our first year might be called A Fresh- man ' s Life. That was in 1939 -- and you know folks, there were actually seventy-one freshmen in our high school here at Middlebranch. Miss Rod- gers and Mr. Schamp ably handled them. The of- ficers they chose were Jack Humbert as president, assisted by Ruth Schmucker, Alice Johnston, and Jimmy Goldsmith. The day freshmen initia.ion rolled around was amusing. The freshmen were easily distinguished by necklaces of safety pins and books in burlap sacks. They gave their usual roller skating party, (everyone gives them) and for- got about making any money at all. They gave a play in assembly program As Others See Us. It really was a riot! Of course, there is a slight men- tion now and then of the donkey basketball game that year. There was a lot going on. The Student Council and the band were organized. There were only five freshmen in the band, and the freshmen Council members were Avery Sheaffer and Emily Rice. There were two freshmen in the high school play. And then, on June 3, they went after report cards, and so ended the first year with a picnic at Lake O ' Springs. The second year we entitled A Sophomore ' s Life. In 1939 only fifty-seven sophomores were left. You see, folks, some thought they were intelli- gent enough. They were again put under the care of Miss Rodgers and Mr. Schamp. Their officers that year were Ellamae Oyler, president; Audrey Danner, vice president; Wanda Burfield, secretary; and Alice Johnston, treasurer. They naturally held another roller skating party. And, Mrs., would you like to buy some Jello? was heard. You should have been a sophomore in ' 39. He sold Jello in seven delicious flavors. A Valentine Dance was held too. The second year Home Economics girls took a trip to the Massillon State Hospital, and they all came back. Middlebranch was accepted a member of the North Central Association of Ac- credited Schools and Colleges. All the sophomore biology students went to visit the Sanitary Milk Company. Virgil Lilley got second place in the Latin scholarship test and was sent to Kent. When spring came they didn ' t do anything except catch spring fever. And the year ended with another pic- nic at Lake O ' Springs. And then came the third year A Junior ' s Life. This time (1940) there were only forty-nine left. That year Miss Smith and Mr. Watts were advisors. Of- ficers were Emily Rice, president, assisted by Leon- ard Menicos, Wanda Burfield, and Ahce Johnston. They had to make money that year! And were they busy? Folks, remember how they used to sell candy at noon, at basketball and football games? They also had the customary roller skating party. They didn ' t want to dress up so they held a Hard Times Party, and everyone came in rags, so to speak. And I won ' t forget to mention the Middle- branch pennants they sold. In May they gave a prom for the seniors. The theme they used was a southern plantation with a setting of cotton fields. They also gave the annual junior play entitled Spring Fever. Avery Sheaffer and Leonard Men- icos were sent to Buckeye Boy ' s Sta;e. Again came the usual picnic at Lake O ' Springs, which ended the ' 40- ' 41 year. And then, folks, the curtain rose on the last and final year A Senior ' s Life. There were now forty-four left. That year Miss V ' athan was the overseer. Leonard Menicos was chosen president; George Oberlin, vice president; Wanda Burfield, secretary; and James Goldsmith, treasurer. Emily Rice was chosen editor of the year book. The year started off with selling M. H. S. caps to wear at football and basketball games. This wasn ' t very much of a success. Then around Chris;mas came Christmas cards and stationery. They sold station- ery during the entire school year. A very big job for them was the basketball concession; you know, selling candy, ice cream, and pop at the Annual Basketball Tournament in Massillon wi:h large pro- ii ' S. And again came a roller skating parly! The seniors of the county high schools were invited to hear E. Stanley Jones at the First Chrisian Church. So, of course, our seniors went. Janice Lewis, Avery Sheaffer, and Virgil Lilley won prizes in the News Essay Contest. Then the time flew so fast that it was the last month of school for those sen- iors. Some felt happy about it, while others were very sorry that their school years had come to an end. The juniors gave a new type of prom for them. There was Class Night, Baccalaureate, and then Commencement, and our seniors walked through the halls for the last time. , - - by Jeanne Gibbs

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Virginia Painter ' s petite daintiness has been recog- nized. She was voted best dressed by the mem- bers of the Canton Woman ' s Club. Styles by Stella has become as famous a trade- mark. Stella Wasik has made her mark. Tall graceful lillies, fluffy peonies, honey-sweet gardenias, fireman-red poppies decorate the ban- quet tables of society and they come straight from the famous penthouse gardens of Jack Symes. Unusual scientific theories always cause notice, and when Emily Rice emerged from her darken- ed laboratory with the bacteria that causes ' teen age crushes, she was hailed as the Woman of the Year. When the world has tired of wars, it will take some enthusiastic woman to be the leader of the Back to the Farm Movement and no doubt Dorothy Slutz will qualify. Canton ' s first skyscraper, since Canton has become the eighth largest city in the U. S., was dreamed up and built up by Virgil Lilley. When people want to laugh they turn to the car- toon section of any syndicated newspaper and chuckle at Floyd ' s caricatures of the affairs, the headaches, the humor of our weary world. Red hair was always a symbol for spunk and Red Taylor is no exception. A hard hitting, hard talking lawyer, he holds his own in the big court battles over the rights of monopolies. Harold Host will never get over his fascination for trucks, with the label CCC, and besides driving one, he bosses the drivers of fifty others. Since women love to be beautiful, Catharine Wash- burn has no trouble helping them stay that way. She is the proprietor of Katy ' s Kurl Shop. Owner of the gold cup for Championship Jitter- bugging of the Corn Country is Audrey Danner, whose bread and butter comes from being private secretary to a successful business man with a comfortable lap. To every man comes the joy of having a pretty nurse. Wilma Gempler now wears the starched cap and ends the nervous breakdowns of Wall Street brokers. Irene Snyder has become the humanitarian of the class. She has taken over the Hull House of Chi- cago and become its leading social service work- er. Eleanor Grant has just accepted a job on the faculty of Barnesville ' s high school. Miss Grant will teach physical education.