Paradise Township High School - Tanawan Yearbook (Paradise, PA)

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So much can happen in a period of ten years. Wars begin and cease. Heroes are made. Others replace them. Classes graduate, the gradu- ates sometimes never seeing each other again. Not so for this class of 1943. Here we are all waiting to enter the dining room of Dorothy Ro rer. Since the night of our graduation, Dot has been climbing higher and higher up the ladder of success. One look at the mansion she calls home verifies this. Kenny Beane likewise has had good fortune with him. Our class Romeo is now a star in Hollywood. Maybe Sinatra made the women swoon, but Beanie-woo-woo! Over in the corner is that vivacious twosome which it seems will never be separated. They even live side by side in two little white houses, trimmed in green, in the suburbs of Strasburg. That's right. It's Pauline and Ruth but not Mowrer and Dull any longer. The other Pauline in our class has become a farmer's wife. What a family she has, Jeepers. Coming in we noticed an autogiro, and just now we've found out that it belongs to Big Willis Herr. Big Willis now manages the store that his father owns. Most startling of the changes is that of Hood Hershey. Don com- pletely revolutionized chemistry at the mere age of 27 by the discovery of the atomesse, the female atom. As we are getting ready to sit down, all of us are shocked to see who is going to ask the blessin . It is Earl Usner, with the prefix Rev. What a change from that fidgety little giggler we used to know. By the way, his fear of never being an uncle has proved useless. Sitting next to Rev. Usner is a dignified lady whom I just now recognize. She is Herb Sheaffer. They say she is now singing with the Metropolitan Opera Company. That contralto voice really took her far. Who is that Army Oflicer? Well, believe it or not, that's Bill Frew. He's a little taller now, and the string of girls that tags after him is getting longer every day. He has been separated from his old partner, Roland Danner, for the first time since 1944. Roll meanwhile has re- placed Mr. Yunninger as the owner of the largest chicken factory in Gordonville. Carl Hohman now is a pilot employed by T. W. A. I'll bet you couldn't guess who is the hostess on his plane! It's a condensed Esther Rynier. During the conversation, we learned that Gloria Feister, after havin won the crown of Miss America of 1954, is planning a Hollywood career. We learned, too, that Skee Ressler is now selling Wembleys in the basement of Sears and Roebuck. Many have taken that fatal plurlrge into matrimony, boys especially. Take Mick Benner, for instance. e plays his saxophone at night and then takes his pay check home to Arlene and the ki s. Jack Acker is busy delivering coal all day. When he goes home, he must take Jackie Jr. and little Loie a pickaback ride. Now it's little Loie who says Faster, Daddy, faster. ' From our class came that speedking of the typewriter, Mary Graybill. Just last week she typed four letters while working at the Paradise Seed Company. Speaking of keys, I forgot to mention another member of Cappy Benner's Band, gianist Jean Kellenberger. Maybe Mary can tickle typewriter keys, ut you ought to hear Jean tickle the ivones. The remaining members of the class are now teaching in various schools. Dorothy Clark came back to Paradise and is now faculty advisor of The Pioneer. Incidentally The Pioneer took first lace at the press conference the first year Dorothy took the reins. Betty Shirk is now teaching at the Pennsylvania State College. Profes- sor Shirk can keep her students under control at all times, so she says. Shortly after graduation Bob Denlinger went to Johnsonburg. The little letter correspondence started in English IV really developed into something. He is now teaching in Johnsonburg. Dinner is over and all of us have returned to our private lives to remain there till 1964 when we shall meet again. Twenty-one

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'lam We, the Class of 1944 of the Paradise Township High School, being of sound mind and memory, do make, publish, and declare this our last will and testament, hereby revoking and annulling any and all wills by us made heretofore. ' The subjoined list will be recognized as established facts which we bequeath to the rightful heirs. Item I-The seniors give their class reputation to the freshmen. Item II-To the sophomores, the seniors bequeath their good looks and neat appearance. Item III-The seniors give to the juniors their initiative which they Item IV Item will need when they are seniors. -To the janitor we leave all the chewing gum under all the chairs, desks, tables, etc. V-To the faculty, we will just leave Cthat will be plentyb. The following may be trifling bequests, but we hope that they may be accepted, not as worthless things, but as valuable assets to those who may receive them. Personal Items: 1 Jack Acker's six feet five inches to Ezra Stoltzfus. 2 Kenny Beane's senior prexy position to Ralph Homsher. 3 Mick Benner's sax playing ability to Harold Mowrer. 4 Dot Clark's position on the honor roll to James Simpson. 5 'tRoll Danner's ears to Marvin Althouse. 6 Bob Denlinger's Learn to Dance book to Joe Davis. 7 Ruth Dull's librarian position to Jane Mowrer. 8 Gloria Feister's flirting ability to Muriel Bryer. 9 Bill Frew's brains to Richard Dosch. 10 Mary Graybill's quiet manner to Betty Feister. 11 Pauline Herr's French book to Helen Coble. 12 Bill Herr's good sense of humor to Norm Groff. 13 Don Hershey's chemistry notebook to Andy Skiles. 14 Carl Hohman's looks to Monk GroH. 15 Jean Kellenberger's figure to Romaine Wasson. 16 Pauline Mowrer's kind disposition to Mary Jane Shreiner. 17 Skee Ressler's Chevy to Nancy Young for cowboying. 18 Dot Rohrer's bashfulness to Pills Bryson. 19 Esther Rynier's guarding position in girls' basketball to Virginia Louden. 20 Lois SheafTer's voice to Bill Danner. 21 Betty Shirk's attentiveness in class to Christian Brackbill. 22 Earl Usner's giggling spells to Forrest Smoker. In the witness whereof, we, the Class of 44 of Paradise Township High School have hereunto set our names and affixed our seal this first day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and forty-four. Class of 44 Witnesses: Dorothy J. Gard Arthur W. Eshelman Twenty-two