Montgomery Local High School - Mohirab Yearbook (Wayne, OH)

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Stepping Stones of the Senior Class The little tiny stones were large for our little tiny feet in the first grade. But, u der the guidance of Miss Dorothea Flory we skipped over most of them, though tripping our toes as we moved along. There were nineteen in the class. Remember how proud we were in those red and white capes and hats that we wore in our famous toy band! we moved on, the stones becoming larger. Miss Esther Carpenter was our teacher in the second grade. we skipped swiftly on to the third grade with twenty-two in the class. This was an interesting year under lies Gertrude Linden and we found out it does not pay to run aro nd the room at noon. We all got our share of spankings. Oh, why did we get caught writing answers in our arithmetic books! we traveled that year all over the world, since it was our first year of geography. In the fourth and fifth grade we followed lies Earth Lammers, leaping over small stones, medium sized stones and big stones. Twenty-four were in the fourth grade and we numbered twenty-six in the fifth grade. Our big stone to hurdle in the fourth grade was history and we have been making history ever since! On our next visit we stopped in the sixth grade with Mrs. Paul Garner who tried desperately to prepare us for our largest stone yet--Junior High School!! It was a big jump, but we made it upstairs! In the seventh grade our homeroom teacher was Miss Steiner. Even under the guidance of M s. Ingall, the eighth grade seemed the most difficult for us Our ninth grade stone looked too big to climb over. Some tried to go around it at initiation time! Remember? How could we forget? After a very hmpressive eighth grade commencement at West Hillgrove ten new students joined us at good old M.H.S. Lois Geogline came as their valdictorian and Louise Faylor as salutorian. The sopho ore year we went to school litterally speaking, prancing around and jumping over the big and small, the sharp and dull sto es. Mrs. Johnson was very patient with us. Our Ju ior year proved interesting and successful under Mrs. Kinzey's and Mrs. Menagh's directio . The biggest hit of our junior year was our stage production 'Aunt Suzie Shoots the Werks.' After the junior play, we waited anxiously for the Junior and Senior Banquet that was held on lay 7, 1948. The colors of each class were used for decorating purposes. Pots of gold, each containing a new penny, were used as favors. The evening ended gloriously with a spring program. At last we came to the biggest and most brilliant stone, our senior year under the direction of Mr. Claude Huard. This year was filled with many and varied stones, such as, the Christmas card sale, magazine sales, the School Annual, and the Chatterbox, the school newspaper. The end of the year drew near. Pictures were takeng invitatio s were ordered, new clothes were bought, caps and go ns were measured. On March 25 the audie ce laughed as we played 'The Fu ny Brats.' The eu rose and set on May 23, 1949 ending a day we will never forget because of it's beauty and eolemnity--this was our graduation day! On May 25 we pulled out of the Toledo Terminal in the Pacemaker for our wonderful trip to New York. we returned May 50th--tired but happy and eager to tell of the wonderful time we had had. Fr m 1937 to 1949, passing over little, medium sized and big stones ftripping many timesj we came to the end of our road. we were eager to climb the biggest stone of all--the future!

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Mrs. Hobbs Mrs. Reams Miss Spakey Supt. Hartman Coach Huard M O N T Mr. Steiner G V F 0 A M C E . U R L Y Mr. Hobbs T Y T w P. Mrs. Wallace Mrs. Garner Mrs. McHaffey Mrs. Johnson Mrs. Kinsey Mrs. Hedge

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PROPHECY The other day while walking down Main Street in Wayne, I met Coach Huard. We stopped to talk a bit, and he started to laugh. I asked him what he found so amusing. Hethen told me of a night-mare he had had a few nights before. It certainly was some night-mare. According to his account, he was taking a trip out west and he stopped in Billings Montana to see a rodeo. Here he found June Andrea roping steers in the show. When he inquired why she had chosen such an occupation, she said, Well, Ernie Bockbrader, my husband, told me I had to make a living for us some way--so here I am. The next strange discovery was made in San Francisco. While driving down main street, Coach Huard had the displeasure of following a garbage truck andwnho should be riding on the back end but Bob Sawyer. It seems Bob had decided that in order to support his wife and eight children, he should have a job. So he acquired the position of Chief Garbage Man! At this time, Coach Huard decided to take a trip to Hawaii. He boarded the S.S. MONTGOMERY, and who should he find as captain--none other than Max Yates! Later he found that Bus Foster was the radioman on the ship. Soon after arriving in Hawaii, Coach Huard met Louise Faylor who had stopped here on her way back to the United States from China, where she had been a missionary for two years. Upon entering a restaurant, who should he find but Bill Rojewski and Mable Sherman. They owned the place and were doing very well. Soon it was time to leave Hawaii and return to the U. S. so Coach Huard boarded an airplane bound for Portland. The stewardess on the plane was one of our old classmates, Donna Rae Brewer. Traveling on to Salt Lake City, he found Roy Hardy the proprietor of a large garage. Roy seemed to enjoy his work. By the way, he was still the same old Roy, still chasing all the girls. Coach Huard drove on through the country. He saw a large ranch house, where he stopped for a drink of water, and found Mary Dieter. She had married some big rancher and liked living in the west. Now, he headed for St. Louis, Missouri, for an appointment at the offices of Baker's Implement Company. Walking into the office who should greet him but Bob's private secretary, Lois Geogline. After chatting a bit he went to see the boss. Bob, it seems, decided to make farm machinery instead of using it. Coach Huard asked Lois where he might find Rose Anna Yates, since the two were always together. She said two doors down the hall. He went down the hall and low and behold the name of the firm she worked for was Knight's Crazy Trinkets Company. Roy had put some of his bright ideas to good use and Rose Anna was employed as his secretary. She was still claiming to be an old maid. While in St. Louis, Coach Huard had supper at a large night club and the special guest star for that week was Emil Ray. He was making a tour of the country, singing at the big clubs. Coach Huard started on his journey home, stopping in Richmond, Virginia next. When walking down the street, who should he meet but Margaret Brewer. She had married a guy from Tiffin and was very happy. He finally made the last lap of the journey home. But he stopped just on the other side of Fostoria to see Nina Walters Dean, who was living there with her husband and the three little Dean's. Just after leaving Nina's place, Mrs. Huard woke Coach because he had to get up and get ready for school. He could hardly believe such a thing happened to him. He said he hoped it never would again for the shock might be too great