Ossian High School - Oracle Yearbook (Ossian, IN)

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than made up the loss with the entering of Dale Amburn, Harry Ake, Vonola Barkley, Marvin Bauermeister, Vernon Bultemeier, Nila Clark, Phyllis Furthmiller, Dale Graft, Charlotte Hammon, Marjorie Iohnson, Audrey McAfee, Thelda Phillips, Donald Reed, Mary Reed, Dick Rupel, Orvil Scherrer, Marilyn Schmidt, Betsy Slain, Ruth Smith, Donald Herman, Eileen Springer, Bernice Stoppenhagen, Berna- dine Werling, Erma Werling, Phyllis Werling, Donna Rinehart, Norma Fox, and Bill Fisher. At the beginning of the year our membership was fifty-six. During the year Gene Bell joined us, but we are sorry to say that we lost Norma Fox, Edward Hatfield, and Bill Fisher before we had completed this year. At the end of the year fifty-four students were still with us. Miss Smith and Mr. Hauk were our freshmen sponsors, with Don Brown as president, Iunior Springer, vice-president: Patty Yager, secretary, and Bernadine Werling, treasurer. At the beginning of our tenth year we were glad to welcome Faye Elliott, and shortly afterward to have Barbara Mack and Pearl Suturius to join us. During the summer vacation we lost Marilyn Schmidt and Phyllis Stauffer. Now our total was fifty-six. During the school year Harry Ake, Nila Clark, Dale Graft, Richard Rupel, and Pearl Suturius withdrew, leaving only fifty-one students. Lyle Cotton was president, Vernon Bultemeier, vice-president, Vonola Barkley. secretary, Betsy Slain, treasurer. Mrs. Haiflich and Miss Logan were our sponsors. Forty-two students enrolled in our eleventh year. Robert Clark and Dorothy Wilson had joined us, but we were sorry that we lost Barbara Mack and Phyllis Werling during the summer. During the year Naomi Simerman and Raymond McGee joined us, but Shirley Bryant, Richard I-Iulvey, and Dorothy Wilson dropped from the list. Forty-one were now in our class. Mr. Hedges and Miss Hoopengardner were our junior sponsors with Vernon Bultemeier as president, Raymond McGee, vice-president, Orvil Scherrer, treasurer: and Erma Werling, secretary. In March, our class play, Sky Roads, was given with great success. Starting our twelfth and last year, our enrollment is thirty-eight. During the summer vacation we had lost Lurrel Melville, Robert Clark, and Donald Reed. Miss Glass and Mr. Benson are our sponsors this year, with junior Springer as president: Lyle Cotton, vice-president, Phyllis Furthmiller, secretary, and Dale Wilburn, treasurer. We presented Foot-Loose, our class play, with a great success. We are taking a trip East at the end of this year. BY Iunior Springer Bernice Stoppenhagen Dorothy Confer Mary Louise Reed Raymond McGee Ruth Smith Page 13

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Class History In September of 1934, there came to the Ossian School, thirtybne students willing to start our school life. After three weeks, Richard Stults entered. We were guided through our lirst year by Miss Helena Mahnensmith. The second year we dropped to only twenty-six members. We gained Shirley Bryant, Doris Dettmer, and Donna Gudakunst. Our loss was much greater with the withdrawing of Vaughn Davison, Betty lane Dunlap, Robert Hartley, Clarence Kahn, Richard Meilicke, Florence Miller, Frank Talarico, Laura Wilson, and Robert Fox. Miss Esther I-Ioopengardner served as our pilot. After a four month's vacation, we began our third year with a membership of twenty-seven. Bernice Stoppenhagen withdrew. Robert Decker, Donna Prough, Annette Wall, and Richard Coates had joined us. Then in February, Io Ann Gephart joined us, and in March, Lucille Cooper entered. Our total then was twenty-nine. Helen Archbold helped us through this year. The next fall we were guided through our fourth year by Miss Elaine Miller. Peggy Bushee moved away, but Harold Elzey and Nora Maier joined us. During the year Dale Brake and Clara lane Enlow joined us, and Richard Meilicke came back. Our membership was then thirty-two. On entering our fifth year we found that we had lost Richard Meilicke, Dale Brake. Irene McClellan. Richard Stults, and Lucille Cooper. We were glad to welcome john Flower, Richard Hulvey, Earnest Rittenhouse, and Beverly Patterson. Our total has now dropped to twenty-nine. We were piloted by Miss Marie Alsman. The sixth year of our journey was piloted by Mr. Lloyd Way. As Irene McClellan, Nora Maier, Don Brown, and Alyce Ann Hedges entered, we are sorry to say that Harold Elzey, Earnest Rittenhouse, Clara lane Enlow, Iohn Flower, Ioan Klein- knight, and Eugene Kumfer withdrew. Only twenty-seven were enrolled in our class at the end of our sixth year. Our grand total for our seventh year was thirty-one. Norman Ditmar, Robert Lewis, Robert Iohnson, Lurrel Melville, and Richard Ester were added to our list, but Irene McClellan withdrew, and Io Ann Gephart moved away in February. Our sponsor for this year was Victor Stech. On our eighth journey we had found that we had lost Richard Ester, Annette Wall, Nora Maier, and Norman Ditmar. We were glad to welcome Ianette Sowards, Anita Lindeman, Doyle Miller, Eleanor Werling, and Melvin Werling. We had a very successful year with Earl Moore. Thirty-two was our total enrollment. On entering our ninth year we found that we had lost Robert Lewis, Ianette Sowards, Doyle Miller, Alyce Ann Hedges, and Robert Iohnson. Our gain more

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