Nelsonville High School - Saga Yearbook (Nelsonville, OH)

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a phe Tempus fuglt' The year IS 1955 and the most lllustllous members of the Class of 1944 have returned to thell alma mlte to wltness the actlng of one of the most famous of all Shakespearean tragedlans Thls wol ld famous actor has shown hlmself to be a lover of all Shakespeare s works from cally chlldhood lt IS wlth pleasure the Class of 1944 gather ln the Nelsonlan Academy of Dra.ma to proclalm the actlng of one of thclr classmates as Romeo the greatest lover of the world Llttle was lt known or belle ved th t thls bashful youth would become the most wldely acclalmed of the Cla s of 44 The star for whom the class havl come from far and Wlde IS the Daryl Watklns flesh from hlS tllumph The Tragedy of Mac beth Hls wlfe and hls co stal IS demure Wllma Blshop Although new ln both roles she IS cllmblng steadlly up the ladder of success 6SD9Cldlly ln the role of the for mer No one can throw a lolllng pln llke Blsh Poor D lyl' Looklng folmldable ln hls red colt and brass buttons lb Wllbur Fuller the doorman announclng the arl 1VHlb Wllbul 19 used to leave Nelsonvllle lthough he was offered a contract by Uncle Sam to serve ln the Unlted States Army The first to arrlve ls Halley Hubble lnventor o the Hubble dubble Jeeperoo a new auto that has appealed on the market Pantlng after hlm IS hls Wlfe the former MHXIHB Cope who IS Just now learnlng to keep up wlth hel ast movlllg husband These two rellly made thell leputatlon by the r danclng They re the Castles of thls generation Of course Halley wlll never be as good as Fl ed Astalre They are shown to thelr seats by Audley Coots who now makes her home ln C rbon Hlll as Mrs Jlm Daly Remember when she IQCGIV d her Ilhgq What 1 happy ddy' the toat of the world lhrollgh her m rrlage to Count Igor Hulchlson Isle of Smackywackus The theatre fills fast Most o the members of the class are present over the audlence we see Dorothy Ralne the p9lOXld9 bombshell who lng a short vac tlon from hel Broadway career She recently starred ln fl om the Glanclng lS enJoy the mus lCal comedy From a Dot to a Dllp Dot made her debut ln the All Glrl Mlnstrel by maklng Shoo shoo Baby lmmortal ln the hearts of the Amerlcan pUbl1C Near her 1S seated Don Jonas the bandleader who IS currently featured at the Stork Club Wlth hlm IS hls wlfe the former Patty Nelson After chaslng hlm across country several tlm9S Patty finally succeeded ln landlng hlm Dons vocal 1St Leta Hampton IS them IS seated Ruth braska plalns so that LOFIHIHG Jewett guessed It sallors' I who finally admltted also wlth them taklng care of Don Jr Immedlately behlnd Green Ruth marrled Charles F1Ck and settled on the Ne there would be plenty of space for the five llttle Flcks nd Wanda Coots came to the partlng of the ways over you wont say who won out that wouldnt be 'DICE Lolralne she dyed her hall lS the executlve of a large halr dye plant Wanda who stlll calls everyone Poochey and who stlll IS as temperamental and lndependent as she always was IS now a song wrlter Hel most famous tune IS Pucker Up Lll D Illhg Jack Duffy the proprletor of Duflys Tavern took tlme off from hlS nlght watches at the huge Oll well refinery C99 to attend the play Wlth hls frlend Jack Hlckman who lf you notlced palnted the advertlsements for tonlghts perfor mance Or dldnt you see the beautlful blllboard statlng The Tragedy of Romeo and Jullet by Jack Hlckman Fal back ln the theatre IS Margaret Hoce who re placed Betty Hutton on the creen You all remember how nolsy the glrl was Why once I actually heard her Chattlng Wlth her IS June Dlshong now a famous John Powers model June IS also the presldent of the Get.-women out of slacks back lnto dresses movement Apploachlng tlem IS Max Huston the most famous story teller of them all He tells bedtlme storles to all the nlce klddles who tune ln on hls radlo program Between broadcasts he entertalns the East End KldS wlth hlS lmpersonatlons o Hltlel Admlrlng eyes turn to the doorway as the Marllyn Awe makes hel way down the lsle to Jlmmy Fleer who entered the contest and won an lntervlew that lt was tlme that the Amellcan newly crowned MISS Amerlca her seat Her only attendant 1S a close second Jlmmy stated at publlc reallzed the fact that the women arent the only ones Wlth a pretty figure Enterng rlght behlnd Mafllyll and Jlmmy IS Lloyd Johnson the professor of Publlc Speaklng t the Frog Hollow Semlnary for Glrls Lloyd seems ln paln It must be that he rolled one of hls Hollywood curlers too tlght last nlght Teacher of Ballet at the semlnary IS Anna Bateman the glrl who taught Arthur Murray Jr how to dance Anna lS tempo 1 - I s 1 1 1 3:1 ' ks: I , c c V '. l' ' 1 ' ' ' I l A - u 1 N1 -xl - 1 - ' I 'l, ' - . - ' ' 1 , l . 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J1mmv F1ee1 le1vcs h1s tltle as football captam to B1ll Baxrd but No1m1 1snt gomg to let lllm le ue anythmg else beh1nd Mary J Mllltl le 1ves the ught to chem gum to Do1othv Kcatmg Marv J has vteln mmy gum ehewlng contests and h s gum deposltcd all our the bulldmf f1 om the spouts ol the fountalns to the aud1tor1um Celllflg Bob Hutchms le nes lllS posltlon on the basketball team and h1s 11ght to shoot long shots to C1e1 1ld Bl 111 ve ho seems to have 1 p1 etty good start Esther Jun1pe1 leaxes he1 Dxum Magorette Unxfolm to e1the1 Jean Coolev or Jo 1n Stl 1118 m1v the best 15111 xun The speed demons J ele Dufly md Jack Hlekman leaxe before 1t IS too late D01 othy R une le nes he1 eonstmt llUglllL1 to N1om1 Ogg., md Sls adds a fue more shouldu moxemcnts W1lbu1 Fullu le 11 cs h1s posltlon at fhst base to Bob Paxks te ho QIOTHISLS not t rn lhl too mms er1o1s Ann1 Mac OHa11 leaxcs he1 knowledge of lllSt0ly to mxone who te1l1 study s ha1d as she d1d P1ospeet Pug Adams but fhst wont someone leaxe hlm '1 penul hu seuet M'11g.,11et Hoee lenes he1 bashfulncss to Katy Locke Kate celtamlx needs same 'J M111lyn Wll on lcnes vtlthout bxeaklrg any hea1t because she g xc hers away to the Nlxy Bob Hutch1son tEgo1J reluctantly leans a part of h1s thumb to the Manual '1'1a1n1ng Department Ba1bar1 Ad mson leaxes her ablhty to catch on to Ann P1cston Harley Hubble lcavcs h1s sarcasm not that anyone wants lt but Hallev defi n1tclv has to get r1d of lt Max Huston leaves h1s husky VOICE to SDenny Steemod Ma11lyn Avee len es he1 shyness to Beltv Bennett Betty p1om1sLs falthfullx to uphold It Maxme Cope leaves her net er fa1l1ng slove ness to Janet who IS already fol lowmg ln hex s1sters footsteps. Pauhne H1tChlHgS and Audrey Coots al1e everythmg ve1th them mcludmg then 1nte1est ln Caxbon H1ll Cra1g Kmney leax es h1s Job as teleg1 am messenger to Huck so that Huck can haxe a good excuse for cormng to school late but C1312 absolutely l6fUSCS to gnc h1m Kathlyn W1lma B1ShOp leaxes hex ibll1tX to tell Jokes to Ve1a Jo Pxle and Sh1rlex Sayxes prov1d1ng thev tell W1lma all the new ones thev le'11n Betty Dewhurst leaxes her red han' fI6Ckl9S and the tempel that goes vuth them to Pammx Whlte Jlmmy Pxeston leaves h1s pOSltlOD on the basketball bench to anxone who h ks as much p tlence as Jlmmy had Good lucl1 to anyone ve ho xx ants to till h1s shoes June Mann leax es he1 xocal CllOldS to Genua L6thl1dgQ xx ho p1om1ses to do them Justxce W1tnessed tlllS tw enty fifth day of Mav Nmeteen lwndn ed and forty f0U1 bw DOROTHY RAINL EVELYN ROSS Whereof we have stamped our seal I M A NUTT M T HEAD ' , ,Q 1 , 1 1 A. i 1 I ' 1 1 11 1,1 1 -A 1 1 1 1 11 ' . 1 ' 1 1 . Z , 1 1 1' ,1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 ' ' C 7 . . A U l H 1 .1 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 1 1 A L1 11 7 11 '81 51' ' , 1 As , 1 x1 1 AL. 1' L1 1 ' -1 1 ' s 1 - . v v 1 . 1 1 1 -' - X 1 e . . ' . ' 1 . . 1 1 1 1 1' 1 1 1 1 1 - ' ' 1 ' - 1' 1 1 1' 1 z 'z 5- QA - 1: , ' ' . 1 51 11 1 B-V L 11 '1 2 1 1 '1 1 Y 11 , ' '51 , H 1 1 1' 1 12 r lk- 1 - 1 L12 Z 1 1 1 ' ,n Z L . 1 N- . , 1 ' - 11- 1215- '1 1 -1 1, 1, . . 1 '.,, o 1 '- 1 A' - ' 1 1 1 ' 1 sz 31 vxys 1 v I A 'A1 1 1 2 Vv 1 1 1' 51 vp 11. 1 . . K. , ' 4 1 A. , . 1 1 - .. , ' . x , , A - I Anna Bate1nan leaves her A s ln Senior Enghsh to any Jumor who can le-urn c1,Z- 11 1213. ,. ,S ,S 1 , 1 1 , ,A11' , , . Z .' ' S 12 1 1, 1' . x. ' 1 . 1 1 , . A. S , H . , V. . ,. , . 1 , . 1 ' 1 1 111 ' 1 .v . 1 x ' 1 1 1 1 v 1 V ' W v , .1 - 1 . 1 x ,1 ,. '. ,1 . 1 . 1 , 1 . ' . , . 1' r 1 12 1 1 1 1 '- 'B 1 1 ' 1 - , , ' ' , - 1- 1 ' 1 , .- . . K . , ' , , ' Q - ' 1 A1 1 1 1 K B1 ' 71 ' ' 1 1 1 1 l ' 1 ' v 1 ' x ' ' ' . . 1 . . 1, ,J . - Y K . ' 1 . . ' ' ' - '. A 1 . 1 . W V .1 - . L A, , . Z. H - X , A , 2 J , .. 5 L k M V ' V , x , 1' . . 1 'Ls - . . - . . 1, - . , , 1 , V 1

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ra11ly disabled because she recently broke her toe while in the process of teach ing Lloyd the intricate steps of the LaConga There axe only a few uniforms in the audience but one whom we notice is Donna Patton in the uniform of the United States Marlnes Vandegrift decided that anyone who admired the Marines s Donna does should be that leader of that glorious force With her is her fr1end Mary Jack MIDCI now n foreign cor respondent who is back from Timbuctoo with a scoop for her papex She covered the marriage of Donna Mallon who became the bride of Franklln Delano Roose vtlt III Donna felt that because of her Democratic instincts she should marry one of a family who is so influential in the Democlatic party Now being ushered to their eats are Walter Clane and Jessie Pez grin Due to an e ily influence 1n high school .Valt has established The Marzie Doats stables in the blue gr ss lQglOI'1 of Kentucky Jessie the first great woman Jockey rode to victory at the Kentucky Derby on Walts pr ze nag Nancy Jack Maurer t1l'l the quiet and unpretentxous person is now the coach of Notre Dame This University has Just comple ed its most successful season SIDCC the days of Knute Rockne Jack who was voted the person most likely to evap orate now weighs the outlandish mount of 113 lbs Next to h1m is Bob Hutchins whom we all thought would pursue a careel of sports He IS the owner of a National known flea circus By the way Ermintrude his pet flea is now at large in the theatre Ouch' Oh here she is The chief engineer of the new Nelsonville subway is Marilyn Wilson Her dcsire to remain feminine and to uphold her title Swe ter Girl prompted Marilyn to transfer her attentions from mud hogs to mannequxns Marilyn is being squlred tonight by Bud Hull the boy who was voted by his cla srrat s the person most likely to go to seed Anna Mae OHa1a now a missionaiy to Ind1a h s made national headlines through her marriage to Mahatma Gandhis only son Anna Mae even crowd public that it was entirely impossible to go over Niagara Falls in roller skates By the way Craig IS be1ng treated for head 1nJur1es by the leadmg psychaitrist Betty Dewhurst Who suggested Betty hould practice what she preached? Edna Mae Shaner once Anna Maes assistant is the creator of the fuddy duddy fag which is all the rage with the American women Edna Mae felt some thing was needed to boost their morale Evelyn Ross the amazing g1rl wlth the shorthand sp ed of 500 words a minute IS absent from the gathering Evelyn is keeping up with her husband C L who is still 1n the Navy B111 Monks 15 an other person absent from the reunion Bill is now being treated ln Pauline Hllell ings modern hospital It seems that Bill tried to conserve rubber tires by taking corners on one wheel or by conserving tires entirely by leaving the road complete ly such as the nite of the prom Pauline s hospital IS a new dd1t1on in Nelsonville She felt that somethmg was needed for such persons as Bill Margaret Warren and Virginia Sklvers are dlSfUI'b1I1g the audience by their uncontrolable giggling They have established themselves as the foremost gig glers of the country We were surprised they were allowed in the auditorium Causing much dxsturbance IS Dick Hall D1ck really gives Frank S1natra stiff competition The Voice has nothing on Dick:-the girls really swoon for him June Mann a soloist in the all girl minstrel has now gone f r ahead of all sing ers She is now rated above Marian Anderson and Lena Horne June now has he own radio program The sponsor of this program is the Adamson hats a syndl cate owned by Barbara Adamson Any hour on the half hour one can hear Adamson hats Adamson hats-etc Johnny Figgms the wolf o the class of 1944 is still try1ng to compete with the Navy for Jeanette I-Ianmngs affections We advise Johnny to Join the Ma rines and may he can have the situation well in hand within five minutes But I doubt It That mlxed up threesome Roland Mender and the two Kerrs Margie and Clara Belle, are the last to enter the huge auditorium you know one of those spectacular late entrances the girls dote on You too Roland If the class remem bers correctly these three afforded the entlre school no end of amusement with their fickleness Margle IS now a. celebrated star of stage and screen vtho has Just returned from Reno for the fifth time Clara Belle has finally left her eyebrows alone Oh heck' Now we cant be entert med bv watching them 1n their ups and downs Maybe she ll invent something else Roland took up where Benny Good . 4 . I 1: , . I I l I .v 1 u 1 1 '. T v W . - ' . 9 C .1 11 I , , . . .' Q . 1 , ' h ' . L . , I ' - ze .. D ' I . - ' ' ' . . H v A v . . . , . N . . , . . v all Q . ' . 1 I 'C 'X' . v . ' ' '- v , I , .. ' -1 ed the spectacular Craig Kinney off the front page. Craig proved to the American I . s ' . , . t .. 3 . , . A . l I Y . . ., . It ' . . . . ' . Q 4 - . , . . - - . 1 - . . , . . a . . . . - 7 ' - , . . - . . ' C ' . . . Q . . , .- nA I YY , . , , A . . . . 1 A I . , . , . - . - y . v . . , I 4 . Y . ' v , F. . . . . 1 7 I ' 5