Mount Cory High School - Shamrock Yearbook (Mount Cory, OH)

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Class Prophecy One day, fourteen years after graduation of the senior class of '36 from dear old Mt. Cory High School, I received a surprise. As I was reading the daily newspaper, which was owned by Robert McVey, a very brilliant student of our class, I found that the headlines were about a young man who had broken the Around the World Rec- ord with the airplane that he had made. The aviator was Irvin Fisher. I at once looked up his address and went to congratulate him upon his great achievement. We visited together for some time, telling each other what we had done and recalling memories of old classmates. Irvin said that Eldon Schafer had become a very successful corn farmer and had won prizes for his corn at exhibitions and fairs. Since we were unable to locate most of our old classmates in the vicinity of Mt. Cory we decided to travel over the country in search of them. We chose Irvin's air- plane as a means for traveling because it would make the trip much more pleasant. Our first stop was at Columbus. There we found that Aulton Wagner, noted for his complete mastery of science, was the Dean of Ohio State University. Aulton told us that Willis King, our famous athlete of Mt. Cory, had secured the position of coach at Notre Dame and was rated next to Knute Rockne. From there we went to Cincinnati to the famous broadcasting station of WLW. We were very much surprised to find that Kenneth Bowersox was the director. He informed us that another of our schoolmates, Maxine Light, often sang over that station and had become quite a famous radio star. We spent a pleasant time there, but since we heard that Dick Coleman was in Washington, D. C., we hastened on to discover what success Dick had secured for himself. We were very much surprised when we were conducted into the office of the famous Federal agents and more so when we found that Dick was the chief. He said that he had learned many of his methods of running down crooks at old Mt. Cory High from plays in which he had parts. We learned there that Mary K. Harper had been appointed ambassador to England and was known as the most learned woman in the country. We then went to New York and as we were looking over the city we decided to go to the opera. There we were again surprised to find that Virginia Crow was the leading contralto. While looking at a fashion magazine we found the familiar name of Maurine King. She was the designer of all the gowns that were sent from Paris. In fact, the whole world was dressing according to her styles. There we also heard that Josephine Dukes had been sent to Africa as a mis- sionary and was bring much light to the heathen souls there. While visiting one of the public libraries in New York we ran across some novels with the name of Genevieve Beagle, authoress, on them. We inquired further and found that she was in Europe at the present time securing background fora new novel. From New York we journeyed to Cleveland. There we found that Betty Jene Carr was the head stenographer in a large shipping company. She then directed us to the hospital where Mary Louise Whisler and Maxine Inbody, still very good friends, were employed. We found that they were nurses in this hospital. Mary L. was head nurse and Maxine was her able assistant. From there we nosed west toward the Pacific coast. While fiying over the plains of the West we had trouble with the motor of our plane and were forced to make a landing. Luckily we landed near a beautiful ranch house which was indeed an oasis to us, in distress. Imagine our amazement when out walked Edgar Cook, the owner and a cowpuncher. He gladly helped us repair our plane and we were soon on our way to Holly- wood. There, while visiting the Paramount studio, we came upon Arnetta Denny! who had succeeded the famous Claudette Colbert and was receiving awards for her excellent performances. This was the last of our searching so we headed back home, well pleased that we had been able to visit so many of our former '36 graduates. -Lewis Dukes Seventeen

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Sixteen Last Will And Testament Of The Class Of 1936 We, the members of the Senior Class of '36 of Mt. Cory High School, being of empty heads and unsound judgment feel that an unestimatable loss to society would result if we neglected this, our last duty as Seniors, to will and bequeath our dearly beloved characteristics and High School possessions which we shall no longer need on the rest of life's journey, to our faculty, under classmen, athletics, and to worm-like individual members of said classes. - We, therefore, bequeath to the faculty our forgiveness, any mental reservations whatsoever, their ability to fully appreciate our superior mentality. To the High School as a whole, we bequeath everything that is securely fastened to the floor. To Athletics, we bequeath new basketball suits and jackets with the hope that they shall gain county championship in the coming years. We leave our success to all future classes who are to graduate from this dear school. To the Juniors, we unwillingly bequeath as a tangible heritage, our beautifully hand carved seats and our rights which we as Seniors have had or atleast have taken. To the Sophomores we bequeath the few mistakes we have ever made and also our gayness which we have shown in the past four years. To the Freshmen we give our handsome looks, our gracious manners, our lovable dispositions and our studious habits of which they are greatly in need. To the in-coming Freshmen we generously bequeath all our note books, man- uals and book reviews. Our individual bequeaths are as follows: Aulton Wagner wills his superman characteristic to Edwin Inbody. Don't let it get you down, Ed. Maurine King wills to Willis Hartman the honor of Valedictorian. Can you use it, Tippy? Robert McVey wills his brilliancy in mathematics to Tommy Coleman. Use it freely, Tommy. Mary Katharyn Harper wills her ability to shoot long shots to Paulyne Pitizen. Make 'em count, Paulyne. Willis King wishes to will his knack of leadership to the Presidents of various classes. He would also like to have Nathan Geren take over the guardianship of a certain Sophomore girl. Watch 'er Nate. Maxine Inbody wills her romantic art to Harriet Schwab. Better go slow, Harriet. Kenneth Bowersox wills his Winsome smile to Ruth Brown. Don't break the enamel, Ruth. Maxine Light wills her ability to write love letters to Jasper Dukes. Will it come in handy? Lewis Dukes wills his curly hair and pride in taking care of it to Irvin Wood- ward. You'l1 need some finger waves, Curly. Betty Jene Carr wills to the editor of next Shamrock the art of editorship, which she has practised this year. Edgar Cook wills his record of good attendance to Leroy Thompson. Keep up the good record, Leroy. Genevieve Beagle wills her studious ability to Donald Simmons. Make good use of it Simmons. Irvin Fisher wills his ability of quickness in basketball to Eugene Schwab. Eat Wheaties, Schwab. Josephine Dukes wills her ability to fill a Hope Chest to Betty Garlinger. Better get busy, Betty. Eldon Schafer wills his tall story telling to Lynn Cupples. Better take some lessons from Eldon. Arnetta Denny wills her flirtatious nature to Esther Hamminade. Do you Want it Esther? Richard Coleman wills his sense of humor to Janette Krautter. Are you blush- ing Janette? Virginia Crow wills her ability to giggle to Dortha Powell. Better start prac- ticing, Dortha. The author of this Document wills to Wayne Westall the ability in writing class wills. In witness hereof we hereunto set our hands and seal on this twenty-eighth day of May, nineteen hundred and thirty-six A. D. Attorney, -Mafry Lfmise Whfislefr.

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Eighteen Salutatory The garden of the world is a paradise of miracles and wonders that only those who have their inner sight wide open to the infinite mysteries of life may ever recognize. Someone has written, A poppy seed, and a grain of sand -how lifeless and unlovely, yet from these came the green stalk and the beautiful flowers which were hidden in that tiny shell. The shell is just the protective covering for the delicate life which is inside the seed. We are somewhat similar to a small seed, we need protection until we are capable of taking care of ourselves. In the past few years we have had the protection of the school and we wish to thank those that have helped us in any way. Especially the school board which has done so much for us. Tonight we are pushing forth to enter into a different life. A life which is unknown to all of us. We have all been nurtured in the same spot and have grown up under similar conditions. We have all had the same soil from which to get our food. We have had the same streams to supply moisture for our larger growth, the same warm rains have fallen upon us and the same cool breezes have blown upon us to fan the spark of life into a glowing fiame. And now has come the springtime of life's eternal change. We have learned many things in life, very few of which we ourselves have proven. Now we are starting to think more for ourselves, to try to put some of the theories which we have learned into use. Most of these may be used in our everyday life. This is the hour of transplanting, the time when we will be placed in new soil, we will be transplanted to our own habitat. It is there alone that each will produce his perfect fruit. We have learned many lessons of life in God's universal garden, lessons that only a practical experience can prove. We hope that our knowledge will be sufficient to make good in this new life. My classmates have conferred on me the honor of welcoming you to be here today, I am indeed very grateful for this pleasure. We hope that this hour for which we will entertain you will be one which will long be remembered. However, I cannot but feel that the words of welcome should come from you. Is it not we who are entering into a school of higher progress? Is it not we who are seeking admission to your association and your social life? So much of our success there too will depend upon the way you receive us, and the spirit in which you respond to our enthusiasm. Is it not we, then, who should ask for the glad hand of welcome? Indeed you have shown great interest in us and we are very thankful for this. We may entertain you for one short hour at this point along the road but we must step forth and demand our share of what has been yours for so long. We truly thank you for coming and trust that you may long remember this hour, yet we feel that we must ask your forbearance and kind sympathy, and crave from you the warm handshake and cordial smile that will assure us of your joy at bidding us welcome. -Robert McVey