North Lima High School - Echo Yearbook (North Lima, OH)

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Of 1956 SENIOR CLASS HISTORY In September of 1944 twenty-One members of our class entered our school a little hesitant and frightened of our new venture Although we were in separate rooms some of us formed frtendships that have lasted throughout our twelve years of school life Under the capable guidance of Miss Swope and Mrs Mentzer we weathered our first years and became adjusted to school In second grade we were joined by Pat Lawless a future majorette and Bruce Plasket destined to star ln basketball Though a few of us continued to enter Miss Swope s room most of us were directed across the hall to Miss Cottom Then in third grade Mrs Haney instructed us in more difficult phases of arithme tic Though we all enjoyed third grade we were glad to be promoted to Miss Lehman s room Here Pat Nelson who has a keen sense of humor Joined us In fifth grade Mrs Griffiths led us through this part of our school career Here Dean Conrad entered and contributed his musical ability Then we were finally upstairs where we were divided again some going to Mrs Bradys room others to Mr Stemers This year we were Joined by Tom Mellott whose talents ranged from art to football Leonard McG nms and Jerry Morey two stars for our future athletic teams were added An expert manager for our athletic activities was gamed in the person of Richard Mentzer Loren Coler added his scholas tic ability to our class We tested our salesmanship by selling flower and vegetable seeds Finally we were 1n Junior high Nancy Garrett Joined us for the first thrill of chang mg classes Mr Himes led us through the first year of our high school career He or gamzed a safety patrol consisting of seven boys who helped to protect the pupils while crossing the street In December we were Joined by Carolyn Bauman whose lovely soprano voice has enriched our choruses We climaxed the year by a PICHIC at Mill Creek Park great talent With Mr Nespeca as our adviser we finished our eighth year of school Freshman We started four of the busiest and happiest years of our school l1fe Under the sponsorship of Mr Kuhlman we had a skating party and several class soc ials This year we gained a freckled faced redhead by the name of Gerald Huffman We moved on to tenth grade and were Jolned by Lois Anderson who proved to be a hard worker but very carefree With Miss Warrick s help we increased our class treasury by a skating party and a very successful magazine campaign Most of us were engaged in extra-curricular activities such as the school paper sports and clubs In our eleventh year we took on even more actlvities We sold refreshments at part of the home football and basketball games and durmg the second semester at the noon hour We also set up a coat checking booth at the home games We held a Jam boree and presented our class play The Perfect Idiot With the capable leadership of Mr DIGFSQOFIO we made enough money so even the Junior Semor Banquet did not break us Don Roller Joined us the second semester to round out our class Finally we filled out our last enrollment blank for North Lima School We immed lately plunged into our busiest but happlest year Our first Job was to publish the Lima Lite Then under the direction of Miss Stackhouse who always made allowances for all our activities which always seemed to be at the same time as our English class we publlshed the Echo We sold basketball pencils and candy and sponsored rec ord hops after the home basketball games Our semor play Qult Your Kidding u der the direction of Mrs Perry was a very successful project besides being a lot of fun Finally the end drew near and we attended the first of the commencement activi ties the Junlor Senior Banquet then Baccalaureate and Commencement The class of 1956 had reached its goal and though we are glad to assume our roles in the adult world we will never forget these twelve years the happiest years of our hves Page fuentx Om In eighth grade our boys played on the junior high basketball team and showed . . . , . -

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Of 1956 CLASS PROPH LCY It was a lazy evemng the klnd when you Just lxke to stretch out 1n front of a flre place and dream and thlnk about thmgs you ve done and thmgs you re golng to do A you do thls you get sleepler and sleepler and then xt happens all of a sudden especial ly when you aren t expectmg lt It was Tom Mellott Why I hadnt seen htm for over twenty years He stlll had the same smtle and that old twlnkle ln h1s eye but h1s ha1r had a llght unge of gray m xt I asked h1m what he had been domg Of course lt was h1s llfe ambltlon to become a football coach and he had been very successful ln tratmng young athletes Tom then mentloned that Kevan Crouse was asslstant coach for hls professlonal football team and was qulte a success We talked for awhlle and I asked htm lf he had seen any of our former classmates He Sald that he hadnt Then as a flash of hghtmng ln came Pat Nelson Leah Culp and Al1ce Welsenberger dressed ln whlte They dzdnt say much just looked our way and smlled but we could tell by thelr appearance that they had acqulred h1gh posltlons 1n the fleld of nursmg There was a httle pause and Gerald Huffman and Jtm Burkholder 1nt1mate sclentlsts walked through the room We gathered that they were dtscussmg a trlp to an unknown planet Agaln there was a httle haze ln the room and two well known flgures came mto vlew Jlm Cearns and Jake Vanpelt bxg game hunters who had recently returned from Afrlca on a hunt of a strange specles of elephants Almost lmmedlately Pat Lawless and Joan Shoup walked 1n and we knew at once they must have been alrlme hostesses then they left as qulckly as they had come We noticed that wlth them was Don Ackerman and by h1s umform we reallzed he must have been an atrlmes pllot Th1ngs became confused and suddenly a loud roar was heard Soon mto our mldst walked four well dressed men lmmedlately recogmzed by us as the Four Lettermen They were Dean Conrad Don Roller Dave Cllngerman and Loren Coler The four had really made a big hlt ln the muslc world and as they left we heard a few bars of thelr recent record mg Thmgs seemed vague agaxn and then the roar When thls tlme lt stopped ln walked Lee Brooke famous Dare Devtl and h1s ace mechamc Larry Houck They didnt stay long because Larry had the new brake to fxx on Lee s famous car We rea soned thls was why he hadnt stopped the flrst time Then ln walked lanky Bruce Plasket basketball star for the New York Nlckerbockers who had made headlmes all over the world Tlme passed then and after some time 1n came Phyllls Barger and Mary Brunk who were dressed m latest styles We then recalled that they owned the smartest shop on Fifth Avenue ln New York In thexr place came B111 Kreldler mllllon axre owner of Kreldler Constructlon Company and h1s Vxce Presldent John Bauman They looked handsome and dlgmfled They too left very qutckly There was a llght as brlght as a star and m walked the most promlnent actress of the t1me Judy Roller who had Just fmxshed her latest motion plcture She talked to us for awhlle but soon left After thxs dellghtful scene ln came Carolyn Bauman and Henry Nemenz who seemed to be dlSCUSSlng educatlon of the present and Leonard MCGIHDIS co-owners of Mercury Motor Company tn North Lxma Next came a personallty we both recogmzed as none other than Larry Freer star of the T V show Smllmg Larry a favorlte of all the klddles Accompanymg h1m was the producer Rlch Mentzer Thlngs became foggy agaln then clearer as Lots Anderson Karen Close and Nancy Garrett partners of the foremost restaurant 1n the Umted States came before us then vamshed A Tom got ready to leave he said What have you been domg VIary I replxed that I had been teachmg physlcal tramlng at Oh1o State Umverslty As he dlsappeared I woke up wtth a start and reallzed that lt was only a dream funny dream at that But as they say dreams come true and tlns dream dld for the Class of 56 was a success Page 'I tentx lhru 4 ' - . . . . . . S .. Y - , . . , v . ' 1 . . , . . . , 1 1 1 . . , . . - 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 , . 1 1 1 - 1 1 ' . . . , ,, ' , ' . - 1 - 1 . , . . . 1 4 1 1 ' - 1 - 1 1 - 1 Y H . . ,, . 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 , . S ' 14 - 11 - , , A . . . 1 , . '.. 1- 11 I