Ostrander High School - O Hi Yearbook (Ostrander, OH)

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Senior Class History On September 2, 1939, sixteen scared children, accompanied by their mothers, entered into a seem- ingly vast building and found their way to a large room with a two written over the door. As they entered the room they all shied away from a strangelooking woman who had planted hessald in front of the room behind a big desk. The vast bulldlng, of cotnse, was the Ostrander school and the strange looking woman was their teacher, Mrs. Adar. By the second year we began to learn what school was really for, and we liked school a lot better even though, due to thehand of our teacher, Miss Sheets, we would suffer for the capers we tried to cut occasionally. We only had flve different teachers in the third and fourth gades. What could be the reason? We lost four of our fellow members in the third grade and gained three new little scholars ln the fourth grade A big change came in 1944. Ostrander combined with Warrensburg to form the Scioto Local School, and the fifth and sixth grades moved to Warrensburg. Mrs. Fontanelle was our teacher during both grades at Warrensburg. There Barbara Evans, Carolyn Hardin and Bob Hayes joined our class. After two event- ful years, which everyone enjoyed because we were the blg ones, we once again attended school at Ostrander. The seventh grade was a big year for us. We were back with the high school and could no longer rule the roost. We had our flrst basketball team and it seems we had a few romances. Maybe this was due to the fact that two new boys were now enrolled. Of course the two boys were Roger Stovall and Earl Chapman. Our teacher was Mrs. McAllster and we were very glad she stayed to see us through the eighth grade. The subjects we had taken during the first seven years were always planned for Ill. ln our freshman year we were faced with the horrible task of deciding for ourselves what subjects we would take Dorls Burns happened along this freshman year of school. The social highlight of the year was a surprise birthday party we had for Joyce Hlckok. A birthday party wouldn't be complete without a cake, so Carolyn Hardin and Elaine Montgomery mixed, stlrred, baked and messed from 4:30 untll 12:00. The Cake had three layers, even and straight, and pretty plm. flowers on it. We wlll disregard the telste. ln our Sophomore year we undertook our first dramatic production, A Gay Nlnetles show. Although we were not forced to go through the agaony of a freshman initiation, we, of course, could not pass up the opportunity of initiating the wee freshmen. This was not a night of torture and agony for all, for this night marked the beginning of the Powell and Stovall romance. We recall several romances of the year. Hardin 81 Ross and Montgomery 8. Smart had a lot of good tlmes together. This ls the year Blll Stone entered the Ostrander school. For our lr. and Sr. Banquet, we hltched our wagons to a star and drove to Bun's where we enjoyed an evening of flne food, mellow muslc and fun with friends. Hectlc rehearsals, long hours of labor, and mad memorizing produced, 'Grandad Steps Out'. Besides the play, we acquired some of our hard earned money by slaving away at every home basketball game. We did not have sole control of the concession but helped the seniors. Every little bit helps so ocaslonally we had a- candy sale or bake sale. A class history lsn't complete without the romances of the Ir. and Sr. years. Barb Evans and Sonny Welch have been looking at each other starry- eyed since they lsltehed their wagon to a star'and went buzzing over to Bun's. The off and on romance of Elaine Montgomery and Ilm Mitchell had its beginning and it seems Carolyn Hardin went daffy over a guy named Jack, cl dld sher September 2, 1951, marked the last first day of school for the class of 52 . Cubberly's studio was a beehive of activity when fourteen seniors had to decide on what color of frames, what size and amount of pictures we wanted. Needless to say, the photographer had a difflcult time maklng us appear as glamour glrls and handsome fellows. Throughout the entlre year we have been working like fury trying to eam enough money to take a wonderful trip to New York and Washington D.C. If you hear doors slamming, raised volces, sarcasm, sobbing girls or if you've seen dirty looks, flying books, and Mr. Stutz's expression of disgust, it was only us. Although only five of us--lim Smart, Joyce l-llckok, Eva- bou Fontanelle, Elaine Montgomery and Douglas Smart--have remained together the twelve years, we have not regretted the rest of the gang that has joined the orlglnal five. As May 20th approaches, petty differences and old wounds are healed as we clasp our hands ln friendship on Graduation Day and start each one, our separate way. 12

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'Senior Class Prophecy .1 ,,,,-,,f51 f srfmow H OSTRANDER Rg6Ov' 5. Pl I1 , Qfff ffc 5' Good evening ladles and gentlemen! Thls ls Swanl Rlver coming to you from statlon O-S-T-R-A-N-D-E-R. There are fourteen high school senlors vlsltlng our studio tonight. Let's look into their future and see just what the 'Wheel of Fortune' will bring for this class of 1952 from Ostrander -High School, an lnstltu tion of great learning fhow to sklp classes, how to send teachers to insane asylums and how to fall testsl. . I predlct great thlngs for these young charges, so without further delay let's look into the rnysterlous tea leaves. Elaine Mongomery will be playlng the piano to keep Jim Mltchell's cows contented. Ilm Smart wlll jolqa professional tumbllng team. He served his apprentice- shlp playlngbasketball for the Pirates. Doris Burns wlll become a guide ln the Northwest. She would like to take some suckers hunting bear. lpredlct that Cubber1y's Studio will be forced to leave Delaware because of Bill Schrader's Competltlon. He will eventually become the leading photo- grapher ln these United States. Carolyn Hardin will become a great soubrette. She got her flrst experience rendering 'Medea' throughout the halls of O.H.S. Doug Mart will be a dare-devil on a motorcycle--learning to ride lt bac'k- wards'on only one wheel. Eva-Lou Fontanelle will make some lucky man a good wife. He can take lt easy whlle 'Llttle Eva' keeps house and does the chores. Blll Stone ls going to Mexico to teach the Mexicans how to roast chickens. He got his 'fireside experlence' cooking for the F.F.A. chicken roast. Bob Hayes will form his own extermlnator company. He will extermlnate anythlng from worms to husbands. Joyce Hlckok wlll become a secretary for a great opera singer. Eventually she'll marry hlm and keep hlm 'Company' on the Hammond organ. John Flnks will learn how to farm. After years of trying he'll learn that you can't pltch hay like you wildly heave basketballs at a rlm surrounded by a plece of cloth composed mostly of holes. Roger Stovall wlll become a night elevator operator. In such an effortless type of a job, he can rest all nlght and sleep all day. Earl Chapman will become a great baseball pitcher. 'Lefty' will probably add a little more gas to the St. Louls Gas House Gang. Babata Evans ls going to raise chickens. She learned to call them because of the llttle 'hen' parties she attended so faithfully at Ostrander High School. l'm sorry but that is all the time we have this evening. Tune ln next year at the same time and the same station for all accurate predlctlons concerning all the Senlors at Ostrander High School. 13