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

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THE ECHO I IT'lI P RASCPXI S BRUCE P Page' Tzrelzty-F011 r JOAN 5 HENRY N N... MW' BILL M.

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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

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Of 1956 CLASS W ILI We the Semor Class of 1956 of North Llma School bemg of sound mxnd and havlng consldered the serlous needs of varlous students hereby resolve to bequeath asslgn surrender and declare thls our last wxll and testament ln manner and form as follows Artnclc I To the Junlors we leave our good looks and worn out books Artlclc II To the Sophomores vve leave our ablllty to somehow always get out of classes Article III To the Freshmen we leave our old desks and the ablllty to get by on tests Artlcle IV Lois Anderson wlshes to leave her blond hair and blue eyes to Rachel Wenger Lee Brooke leaves nothmg he needs all he has acquxred Phyllrs Barger walls her Job of walkmg to school each mormng to Ardell Cook To all people who don t eat Wheatxes Don Ackerman leaves hrs vlm vlgor and vltallty Judy Roller surren ders her talent of attractlng boys to Kay Rapp J1m Burkholder leaves much to the regret of all teachers Leah Culp leaves her remarkable mtellrgence to any poor Jun lor who needs lt Kevan Crouse wllls h1S physique to all future football players John Bauman somewhat reluctantly leaves Polly Pfau Carolyn Bauman Just leaves wxsh mg she had some of Don Weedens hexght Dean Conrad bequeaths all hrs h1llb1lly songs to Rlchard Crouse AIICC Welsenberger wllls her qulet way to Don Harshbarger Don Roller leaves the H1 Y Club better havmg been lts presldent Mary Brunk just leaves very happxly Larry Houck bequeaths the odds and ends of four long years to Carl Bregar Bxll Mack leaves hls qulet d1gn1f1ed manner to Gary Houck Mary Huebert wnlls her ab1l1ty to please Coach to all Jumors Jrm Cearns leaves hrs tlmely wrtty remarks to Harvey Hartley who really doesn t need them B111 Kreldler leaves wlth memorles of Government Class Jake Vanpelt leaves plannmg to bury hrs mem orxes of Government Class Davld Cllngerman bequeaths hls publlc speaklng ablllty to Phyllls Grrmm Pat Lawless and Joan Shoup leave thelr majorette ablhty to SUS16 Melllnger and Helen Horst Pat Nelson surrenders her cute bashful smlle to Delores McCave Lenny McG1nn1s says that he has nothlng but hls blond curls and those he wants But to all glrls who dream of havrng strawberry blond harr Jerry Huffman leaves hrs Hank Nemenz w1lls hrs pleasant personahty and some of hrs humor to Rlchard Mellott To hls snster Betty Loren Coler bequeaths hrs flne qualmes of leader shlp To all students who always seem ln a rush Larry Freer grves hrs calmness and slow ways Rlchard Mentzer leaves hls well kept wave to Roger Schlosser Nancy Garrett happxly surrenders her thlnness to any glrl vvexghmg over 120 pounds Bruce Pllsket agreed to leave a fevv mches of hrs helght to Norman Parlsh Karen Close leaves glad not to have anymore Home Ee classes To Rxchard Brlntzenhofe Tom Vlellott leaves hls football ablllty Jerry Morey leaves vvlth four years of knowledge ln hls head In mtness thereof we the Semor Class of 1956 have hereunto ascrlbed our name affvced our seal thls tvventy elghth dav of Mav the vear of our Lord Pam I tents Flu .V 1 . - , .' , ' , . ' . . , .' . , ,, , , , ' . ,, . .. ' , . , . , 1 ' -, . , . . H . , , . . , . . . . . , ., . , . ' - v . . , ' . N , . . . . - ' ' , . . , . - v . , . . , . . , - x . 1 . - - , . , . - . - , . , . Y. . 'Q V Y. .1 . . ls Y . ., . . , 3 v s A s y' . - . . , .' .. , ' ' . -- . . . , ., .- .. 5 4 .