Mount Zion High School - Zionian Yearbook (Bucyrus, OH)

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Class Prophecy Mr Harman, the Superintendent of Mt Zion School is, 1n th1s year of our Lord 1960, looking back and recalling old memories of a decade ago The Class of 1950 Where have they been? Where have they gone? What are they dolng? Have their ambitions been fulfilled? This is what Mr Harman is going to find out He decided to take a tour and see if he can find what became of them While waiting in the outer off1ce to see the Governor of Ohio he sees a girl who looks famlliar to h1m Upon the door to his office he reads uGovernor' Secretary Why this is one of his Seniors of 1950 It is Irene Assenheimer On this trip he stops in Insurance Company Wh1le of one of the off1ces is Clark, private secretary New York He decldes to visit the Metropol1tan Life walking through the corridor he sees that the door open Whom did he see? Why none other than Maxine to the pres1dent of the company Wh1le still 1n the east Mr Harman decides to see West P01Dt He goes to the General's office and who else is behind the desk than Glenn Hoffman As he had been to New York and other pO1DtS in the east he declded to make a tr1p by air to MGXICO C1ty He sat down 1n the plane and walted to take off on the long tr1p to Mexlco City 'Fasten your l1fe belts ' Where had he heard that vo1ce before? Turn1ng around he recognlzed Marcella Clark, A1rl1nes Hostess Upon h1s return to our nat1on's Cap1tal Washington D C h vis1ts the famed Mellon Art Institute As he stood looking at a portra1t of 'Beautlful Lady he glanced at the name of the art1st It was another 1950 student, Ruth N1Ck01SOH whose amb1t1on had been to become an artist Dec1ding to motor home on the turnplke, he stopped at a pretty farm home where they kept tourists overnight The farmer's Wlfe answered h1s r1ng and to his aston1shment the door was opened by none other than the former Martha W1nch After arriving home Mr Harman found that his automob1le was not working r1ght so he took it to the Mt Zion Garage now owned by Harold Brooks While waxting on his car, another member of the Class of 1950 comes 1D with a repair Job He is Kenneth Schifer, who states that he and his son are operat1ng a 500 acre farm near Bucyrus Kenneth also states that Daryl Murphy is operating a cattle ranch near Monnette and has a worldwide business Kenneth also informs him that Milton Miller is now the owner of a large hog farm near Wyandot That evening at home Mr Harman picked up the Mt Zion Star ' The headline read Wins at Stock Show H Further read1ng reveals that Gerald Cr1ssinger had Just won a Grand Champ1on prize on h1s cattle and another on h1s hogs at the State Fair Turning the paper over he read the comic page of current jokes and cartoons The Scoop Shovel He looked to see who had wr1tten it and to his surprxse it was Elmer Kottyan, the quiet boy of our class Scattered far and wide, as most classes, he sighed and dropped off to sleep Dreaming brought thoughts of his income tax and David Russell, who would help him with the report as he was now the most prominent Lawyer in Bucyrus 14 . . . . . . . . S n , . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . , . . . . . . Q . , . . .. ' v ' n . . , . . . . . . . . . . n 1 . . . ll ' ' . . u . ,, . . . . If ll . .

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Class H :story As the 50' Senlors come to the end of the Hgood old daysn at Mt Zion they h ve many happy memories We see the memories float before us on a Npink cloudn as if in a dream As we entered our Freshman year we were eager to s We elected our Off1C9rS as follows Pres1dent V1ce President Secretary Treasurer News Reporter Student Council Rep Advisor ee what was ahead Patty Glasner Gerald Cr1ssinger Daryl Murphy Harold Taylor Kenneth Schifer Glenn Hoffman Mr Boruff We entered our Sophomore year with a feeling of be1ng a little bigger yet so small We elected the follow1ng students as our officers President Marcella Clark Vice Pres1dent Kenneth Schifer Secretary Martha w1nCh Treasurer Joan Taylor News Reporter James Ten Eyck Student Counc1l Rep Irene Assenhe1mer Advlsor Mr Bordanaro of us As Juniors we looked forward to the many activities in which we could part1C1p3t6 as upperclassmen We gave our play on December 21 It's title was Your Money or Your Wife H We also took on several proJects to make money, among which were selling ice cream once a week and pop at basketball games The proceeds earned from these went toward the Jun1or and Sen1or Banquet, held May 13 at the school Following the banquet we motored to Upper Sandusky to attend a mov1e Officers that year were Vice Pres1dent Secretary Treasurer Student Counc1l Rep Advlsor As our last year approached we were sorry and yet last year We elected the following officers Pres1dent Vice Pres1dent Secretary Treasurer Student Counc1l Rep News Reporter Advlsor We also looked back and discovered that out 1950 ten of them started in the flrst grade Max1ne Clark, Martha W1nch Irene Assenheimer, Daryl Murphy, Harold Brooks, Elmer Kottyan and Two of our former members Joan Taylor who started this there and Robert Steinhilber 13 Milton Miller Joan Taylor Kenneth Schifer Daryl Murphy Mr Harman glad that this was our Gerald Crissinger Elmer Kottyan Martha W1nch Davld Russell Kenneth Schifer Maxine Clark Mr Harman 01 the present 13 in our class They are, Marcella Clark, Kenneth Schlfer, Milton M1ller Gerald Crissinger who also started w1th us in the first grade are year at Sulphur Springs and will graduate from who moved into the Whetstone district last year n v ' a . ll l ' . 1 ' - President ...... ' ...... .. . . . Ronald White I in ' : ' . . , . . ,

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Last W1II and Testament We, the Class of 1950 of Mt Zion High School about to leave these halls learning, hereby publish this, our last will and testament To our Alma Mater we leave proud memories of our happy days at school To our teachers we leave the responsibility of teaching the underclass men as well as you have succeeded in teaching us To the Juniors we leave the headache of putting out next year s annual Martha W1DCh bequeaths her abllxty to have a good time to James Gulnther Glenn Hoffman w11ls his helpfulness to George Fritz Irene Assenhelmer leaves her good behavior to Joyce Turney Elmer Kottyan leaves his height to Paul Dunn Maxine Clark wills her friendly disposition to Wilma Houk Milton Mlller leaves his quiet disposition to Howard Stuckman Marcella Clark bequeaths her streamlined figure to Eleanor Rostash Kenneth Schlfer leaves his farming ability to Herbert Young Ruth Nlckelson wills her artistic abllxty to Donna Snyder David Russell leaves his conceit to Dick Brookes Harold Brooks bequeaths his bashfulness to Marjorie Houk Gerald Crissinger wills his musical ability to Arnulf Beck Daryl being June, Murphy leaves his graceful walk to Robert Jeffrey hereby declare the rest of properties to the MT ZION SCHOOL, this our Last Will and Testament, signed our names on the First day of 1950 THE SENIORS 5 x 'fl 1? 50 1 the third grade Haven't we changed? C33 Why Q13 Mart and lac C23 Class of 1 U so happy Porky? C43 Us, in the fifth grade C53 Class Of 50 in the seventhagggde i6b Maxine, Marcella and Irene, shopping after getting their Senior P C Efeiorsy C77 Martha Irene and Joan KB! Maxine, Joan and Irene CWhen we were UD 15 . . . , of . . We . . I K ,, , 2 5 ,Q 2 , Q A n ig , 1, if - -2' 9 V W - . .6 'A . .U v . , - . 2 .ef ,A ., 1 l . H ' A F li , . - ' ' - m, sp AMA , Q 2 9 H H , . ' ' I ' s I n vv y I I , . . y ' '