New Haven High School - Yellow Jacket Yearbook (New Haven, OH)

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Senior Drophzcg While doing the spring house cleaning, I came across the l953 Memories which I had put away almost ten years ago. The book fell open and Bill Van Zoest's likness stared up at me. 1 have often wondered what happened to him, I thought. I remembered his saying once that he was going to be a farmer. I'll bet that Carol Buurma knows what he is doing. I am pretty sure that shevvrltes the Celeryville news for the Willard Times. I think that I'll call her now. I hope she 1sn't specialing a patient at the hospital today. She must have been working, because no one answered the phone. I decided to call Kathleen instead. Kathleen was at home, and she invited me to her home in Celeryvllle. While we were drinking coffee and discussing NMemoriesu, Carol Fink walked in. Since she and Kathleen were secretary and treasurer respectively of the Golden Rule, they had business to complete. Carol is happily married to Jack Shaarda and has a darling little boy and girl. As I was leaving the house, Esther came running up the walk waving a letter she had received asking her to play at a concert in Carnegie Hall. While talking with Esther, I was surprised to hear that Joyce Black had finally settled down and has three children. After talking to Esther, I decided it was really time to go home because I was having dinner guests. When I arrived home, my dinner guests Ruth Buurma and Olivia Lykins, had arrived. Talking with them, I found that Ruth had been working at the Childrens Hospital in Elyria for the past five years. Olivia told us that she is married and is living in Attica. Last but not least, I found that Gilbert is the head mechanic at General Motors.

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Senior '15is-torn' In the year 1941, a new first grade entered New Haven. This spring finds only two of the original class completing high school. These are Kathleen Atyeo and Esther Bauer. Our teacher was llrs. lllcox who also helped us through the second grade. In the third year we were welcomed by a new teacher, Irs. Killer. Olivia Lykins came to our class that year. le must have been much like ordinary third graders for we seem to have attracted little notice, but we did manage to pass to the fourth grade. In the fourth grade Irs. Kitchell was our teacher and two new members were added to our group-Joyce Black and Carol Fink. Hrs. McCullough helped us through the ordeal of fifth and sixth grades. New subjects were added to the curriculum and one new boy, Gilbert llatthew struggled through them with the rest of us. The 'big shots' of the sixth grade eventually became seventh graders and went upstairs to be with the junior md senior high school people. This was our first encounter with changing classes, different teachers, etc. It was a trifle confusing, but we finally made the adjustment. Irs. Smith, our adviser in the eighth grade, helped us to clear up a few of our many problems, and we felt that we were definitely ready for high school. At last came the big day: We were Freshmen at New Haven High. We were so confused by the choice of subjects offered that some of us tried to take six: Never since that first day of high school, have we been so ambitious. Carol and Ruth hurma and Bill Van Zoest cpe to us from Celeryville, and Irs. Smith as class adviser, helped us solve the problems which came with the experience of beizg high school students. lr. Bednarczuk was our class sponsor during our sophomore year. This year we increased our efforts to add to the class treasury for we began thinking in terms of junior-senior banquet and the class trip. Our junior year with lr. Bednarcauk again acting as olass adviser, was full of activities. In December, we presented our class play, Strictly Confidential which proved a 'howling' success. Everyone who saw it said that the juniors had presented a play of which they could be proud. We sold refreshments at all home basketball games thus added to our financial resources. The climax of the year was the junior-senior banquet in lay. The entire class worked long and hard, but in the beautifully decorated gym, eating the course dinner, enjoying the entertainment we had planned, end listening to the compliments of our guests, we felt it was all worth while. 'Blossom Time was a real success. Guess what, Seniors already. Why it seems like yesterday that we all started to school. Irs. Slessmn was chosen gs our sponsor for this year and she is working just as hard to make this year a success as we are. There are nine seniors-Kathleen Atieo, Esther Bauer, Joyce Black, Carol Buurma, Ruth Buurma, Carol Fink 0 lvla Lykins, Gilbert Matthews, and Bill Van Zoest who are planning with the juniors a trip ln lay. Of course, we are all looking forward to graduation with some feeling of regret, but time passes on, and we hope to make our place in the world. In the days to come, we shall look back on our days at New Haven High as the happiest days of our lives.

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Senior will Ie, The Senior Class of New Haven High School, City of New Haven, county of Huron, Commonwealth of Ohio, being of sound mind and memory, do publish and declare this to be our last will and testament, in the manner in which it follows: Item: To Mr. Townsend, our Superintendent, we hereby give and bequeath all promised excuses from home and the reminder of the school pupils to discipline. Item To lr. Welton, our coach, all baskets that weren't made and all training rules that might have been broken. Item: To Mrs. Smith, our commercial teacher, all the shorthand notebooks filled during the year and all unused paper releases. Items To Hrs. Schantz, our English teacher, all old magazines and newspapers :Ln room 6 and any bubble gum that she may find under the seats. Item: To lr. Helmlinger, our Industrial Arts teacher, all unpleasant odors in chemistry and the eighth grade Elrls to keep him occupied. Item. To Hrs. Slessman, our Home Economics teacher, all food bought at Ph1l's when we werenft satisfied in cafeteria. Also the coming senior class to advise. Item: To Mr. Kohli, our Music teacher, the beat up piano in room 6 and the remainder of the students duo can sing as well as the seniors. Items To Cecil, our Custodian and Janitor, all pop bottles we d1dn't pick up and all papers left on the floor. Item: To the Junior Class we leave all absences and tardy slips , also our good behavior. Items To the Sophomore Class ve leave all our concessions at the basketball games. Item: To the Freshman Class we leave all empty seats they may find in room 6. Item: I, Kathleen Atyeo, leave sq height and slenderness to Ellen Hcliown. Hy job at Ted's to Shirley Zellner. Item: I, Esther Bauer, leave my ability to play the piano to Mr. Kchli, my Hawaiian cousin to anyone who likes hula dl-ncinge Item: I, Joyce Black, leave all old engagement rings to Nancy Boetcher. IU ability to skip school to nv brother Jim Item: I, Carol Buunna, leave my long hair to Janet Chapman. lly trials and tribulations to Pat Poestma. Item: I, Ruth Buurma, leave all soldier boys to anyone else that likes uniforms. IU theme song 'Ten Little Soldiers on a Ten Day Leave' to Rosemary Saunders. Item: I, Carol Fink, leave all ten minute typing tests to anyone who will type them for me. lb tardy excuses to Gerald llcKown. Item: I, Olivia Lykins, leave all trips to Attica to anyone who can beat my time. IU quietness to Arnold Risner Item: I, Gilbert Matthews, leave my friend John to anyone who will have him. ly mechanical ability to Clifford Arnold Item: I, Bill Van Zoest, leave my ability to play basketball to Ronney Postema. lb car to my sister Janet when she learns to drive it.