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

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PRETTY BABY ESTHER Y PHYLLIS G KAY R KATHRYN W JUDY M POLLY p

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CLASS HISTORY ln September of 1945 twenty one members of our class ventured into our school ready to start a brand new routine Under the kindly guidance of Mrs Mentzer and Mrs Lehman we became adjusted to our new life Second grade was fun although the work became a little harder Many of us formed friendships that were to last throughout our school career Miss Mentzer and Mrs War ner were our capable teachers ln our third year we were Joined by Delores McCave who has an infectious chuckle Mrs Haney guided us through arithmetic and then we were promoted to fourth grade where Miss Lehman helped us immensely Here Richard Brintzenhofe a future star in basketball Peggy Cason destined to become class secretary and Barbara Garrett who has a quiet sense of humor Joined us Mr Steiner and Mrs Griffiths were our patient teachers in fifth grade This year Richard Mellott of the charming smile Betty Coler with her leadership qualities Marilyn Dillon a future cheerleader and Betty Connaughton destined to be editor of the Lima Lite Joined us Now we were upstairs where we were separated again Some went to Mrs Brady s room and the rest to Mr Steiner s Here Roger Schlosser a future football star and Charles Firestone who loves horses entered Our class was growing rapidly At last we were in Junior high lt took us a while to get used to changing classes but it was fun Mr Himes led us safely through this year we finished the second semester with a picnic in Mill Creek Park Nespeca helped us to sponsor several activities that year Freshmen finally the best four years of our school career started now We had a skating party and other class socials Mr Burkholder helped us to start our high school years off right We were Sophomores now guided by Miss Warrick She helped us to have a very successful magazine drive We were Joined by Phyllis Grimm who brought her scho lastrc ability to our class Most of us belonged to extracurricular activities chorus sports band clubs and the school paper In our eleventh year we took up even more activities We sold refreshments at noon during the second semester and at half of the games We also set up a coat check and sponsored record hops after some of the games Don Weedon came in time to help us with the Junior Senior banquet which was a big success Mr DiGregorio was our wonderful teacher that year Seniors' ll This was our busiest most productive year It was our Job to publish the Lima Lite now Under the sponsorship of Mr Fabilli we published the Echo Our play A Date With Judy directed by Mr Kuhlman was very successful Sandra Williamson who had Joined our class from Wichita in time to become the star of the play helped us to sell candy and basketball pencils Finally the end drew near and we attended the wonderful Junior Senior banquet Mr Ward, our sponsor helped us to prepare for Baccalaureate and Commencement We had completed the cycle We shall always look back upon these twelve years as the best years of our lives In eighth grade we were joined by Bob Kuntz of the blond hair and blue eyes. Mr.

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CLASS PROPHECY You are about to get a look into the future frrends so lrsten carefully It rs the summer of 1982 the srlver anniversary of our graduatron from North Lrma Hrgh School The reunron rs berng held rn the mansron owned by James Wetter the retrred multr mrllronarre As I walk down the mrrror lrned hall I see the man who controls Wall Street Kenneth Weaver and hrs secretary Judy Morey In the drawrng room Peggy Cason a well known model and Dee McCave the Hollywood star are drscussrng therr glamorous careers There rs a person rn the drnrng room whom I recognize immediately She rs sampling the canapes rt rs Dawn Shoemaker head of the Food Economrcs De partment rn Washington She rs talkrng to two experts rn the freld of child care Dr Karen Hasness and Dr Phyllrs Grrmm Out rn the kitchen I stop to chat wrth Madame Kay Rapp designer of the new ankle length bathrng surts and Rrchard Mellott who made a career of acrobatrcs He has appeared often on the Chuck Frrestone Show Chuck has taken over Ed Srrllrvan s program As I look around the gold encrusted lrvrng room I see the former lrght of Law class Sandra Wrllramson who rs now a famous attorney She Just won a 5500 000 surt for Carl Bregar who slrpped on the rce whrle performrng hrs spectacular rce skatrng feats Over rn the den a couple of brg game hunters are drscussrng therr latest safari they are Richard Crouse who captured the tlrst Femus ldrotus rn hrstory and Don Weedon who went along for the rrde etry he rs drscussrng Ernstern s theory wrth Roy Mauch who drscovered a successful way to go to the moon QS27 50 round trrpj In the musrc room Carol Martrn the famous pranrst rs gorng over a song wrth her manager Bob Kuntz They have torrred the country wrth Norman Parish s Phrlharmonrc Orchestra As I wander over to the art gallery Captarn Robert Tovamak of the U S Arr Force stops me He is swrtchrng to rocket shrps next year I see Roger Schlosser and Kenny Brown commg my way now Roger rs a sports announcer on TV and covers all of the football games rn which Ken plays Admrrrng the prctures some of whrch were painted by Barbara Garrett the famous landscaprst are Polly Pfau all crrtrc for the New York Trmes and Kathryn Weaver professor of art at North Lrma There rs a group rn the TV room whom Irecognrze John Wrtmer who rs a retrred basketball Stal' rs talking to Rrch Brrntzenhofe who owns Isaly stores all over the natron and Marrlyn Drllon hrs busrness accountant The edrtor of LIFE magazrne Margie Lenz rs talkrng to her forergn correspondent Betty Connaughton about the srtuatron rn Zululand The last group to be found rs on the sun porch Sue Mellrnger who rs a comedrenne on Broadway rs recallrng the good old days wrth Betty Coler the head of a charn of restaurants Bther Yoder a French teacher and Helen Horst a srnger are talking rn French I wonder what they are saying? As you can see our class has been very successful rn the chosen professrons so we can return to the present, to wart for wrth antrcrpatron and regret Graduatron Day There is Professor Robert Blake of Ohio University, who teaches advanced trigonom-