Delta High School - Del Hi Yearbook (Delta, OH)

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ClaM kJill “AND SO FAREWELL. AND FAREWELL TO ALL THY HOPES. AND PROSPEROUS BE THY LIFE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. WE. THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1939 OF DELTA HIGH SCHOOL, of the City of Delta. County of Fulton, State of Ohio, being of sound mind and memory, do hereby make, publish, and declare this our last will and testament, in manner and form as follows: FIRST: To the faculty we leave our gratitude in payment of their patience with us while we indulged in pranks of various kinds to avoid doing our lessons, and our condolence for the gray hairs and furrowed brows we caused them to acquire during our attendance at Delta High. SECOND: To the student body we leave the pursuit of knowledge to be gained in the new building, and all the school organizations and activities. THIRD: To the Juniors we leave that cheerful outlook of becoming Delta High’s dignified Seniors of 1940. FOURTH: To the Sophomores we leave our pep and school spirit. FIFTH: To the Freshmen we leave three more enjoyable years at D. H. S. SIXTH: We leave the following to the certain lucky individuals: I. Robert Barron, will my business managership to whomever gets it. I. Katherine Bauman, leave my friendly smile to Margaret Krauss. I. Virginia Beck, would like to leave my desire for a good time to Arlene Mann. I, Charles Bowerman. hereby leave my tallness to Robert Ross. I. Virgil Bixler, give my bashfulness to Earl Irish. I, Miriam Buehrer, hereby give to Sadie Njaim my “jitterbug dancing ability.” I. Merlin Buyer, give to Marion Mohler my “sleeping sickness.” I. Wayne Caskey, will my impersonation of Fred Allen to Robert Nash. I. Grace Dinius, transfer my sweet disposition to Margaret Danser. I. Fermin Dohm. commend my preaching ability to Earl Harris. I. Kenneth Eicher, wish to leave my basketball ability to Clifford Leu. I, Dottie Emch. hand down my position as editor of the Green White to Mary Willey. I, Phyllis Fauble, desire to leave my pep and athletic ability with June Harmon. I, Margaret Garling, bequeath all my dates and boy friends to Lorraine Vollmer and hope she has as much fun as I did. I, Lucille Geiger, leave with Joy Lehman my secretarial ability. I. Daryl Greisinger, hereby give to Clifford Knapp my driving ability. I, Treva Harmon, will my small features to Ruth Newill. I. Robert Johnson, leave my place in the football lineup to Charles Radabaugh. I. Raymond Johnston, present my model airplanes to Kermit Hatfield. I. Leona Kistner, will my sunny disposition to Margaret Johnson. I. Helena Krauss, commit my gift of chattering to Lorraine Miller. I, Ruth LaSalle, hereby leave my way with the men to Ruth Essex. I. Max Linn, bequeath my “feminine appeal” to my brother. Dale. I. Leslie McQuillin, will my teeth to Billy Abbott. I. Mildred McQuillin, desire to leave my giggles to Lucille Vondron. I. Gerald Morr, give to Ray Sehlmeyer my green satin jacket. I. Grace Murray, will my naturally curly hair to Genevieve Bernath. I, Pauline Norris, yield my silly laugh to anyone who can imitate it. I, Rollie Osterhout, transfer my harmless flirtations to Bill Bauman. I. Hugh Palmer, give my vocabulary to Robert Churchill. I, Herbert Poorman, hereby give to Ralph Segrist my ability to make my trumpet talk. I, Willard Raker, bequeath my bright red sweater to William Sullivan. I. Marguerite Savage, will give my habit of getting into arguments in Typing class to Helen Schiavone. I, Kathryn Segrist. will my ability to tickle the iyories to Marie Whitmire. I, Verena Seiler, bequeath my “masculine appeal” to Kathryn Drum. (CONCLUDED ON PAGE 28» Twenty-seven

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kJk i l4Jha sin the United dtcdei PUBLISHED 1955 WASHINGTON, D. C. Earl Whitmire, due to his ambitions as class president, is now President of the United States. Elven Van Doren is an architect. His latest project was designing a new wing for the White House. HOLLYWOOD. Ray Stevenson has taken Clark Gable’s place in Hollywood and in the hearts of American women. Ray can’t understand why he didn’t go to Hollywood sooner. Miriam Buehrer has started a jitterbug dancing class at the popular roadhouse, The Trocadero. Some of her fellow-dancers are Dott.ie Emch, Margaret Garling and Virginia Beck. Grace Murray is cast in motion pictures, famous for her spinster-type roles, while in private life she is managing her good friend, Leslie McQuillin, very well. Phyllis Pauble has gone in for giving movie stars physical education classes so that they may retain their trim figures. Several of her class include Aline Tedrow, Pauline Norris, Verena Seiler, Leona Kistner and Helen Soles. NEW YORK CITY. Kathryn Segrist is now pounding out the ivories in a Radio City studio. Another Radio City feature is the Rockettes. Those of the ’39 class of Delta are Mildred McQuillin. Grace Dinius and Treva Harmon. Daryl Greisinger is an influential banker in New York. Rumors have it that he is in love with his secretary, Lorene Stiriz. Wayne Caskey has taken over for Fred Allen. He is assisted by Lucille Geiger as Portland Hoffa. CAMBRIDGE. i Kenneth Eicher is coaching basketball at Harvard. DOG PATCH. Katherine Bauman, formerly the village school teacher, is now happily married to Fermin Dohm. the village minister. Hugh Palmer, the one and only chiropractor of Dog Patch, married his first patient. Marguerite Savage. Now Hugh takes the treatments. Dog Patch also boasts of a great heart specialist, Vainard Spiess. Ruth LaSalle and Merlin Buyer have been recent patients. DELTA. The WPA roll has been increased since the ’39 class of Delta graduated by the following members: Robert Barron. Max Linn. Gerald Morr, Rollie Osterhout and Robert Sicrcn. Kenneth Todd is happy on his farm near Delta. Although he’s been “baching it,’’ he gets along on his own cooking very well. Charles Bowerman is now superintending the Delta Public Schools. Other members of the faculty include: Virgil Bixler (agriculture). Robert Johnson (coach), Helena Krauss (home economics), Herbert Poorman (music), Mary Williams (languages), Treva Tompkins (commercial), Quentin Waite (speech). DETROIT. Willard Raker is still playing with the Detroit Tigers. He has been with them since his graduation from D. H. S. BRAILEY. Raymond Johnston has been elected mayor of Brailey. His chief ambition is to really put this fair metropolis on the map. Twenty-six

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CONCLUDED I. Robert Sieren, bestow my “Li’l Abner” shoes to Herbert Osterhout. I, Helen Soles, leave to Lois Aumend my modest, demure manner. I, Vainard Spiess, grudgingly bequeath my interest in a certain blond Sophomore girl to anyone lucky enough to get her. I. Ray Stevenson, leave my way with women to Frank Fraker. I. Lorene Stiriz, give all my blushes for which I have no earthly use, to Bernice Albin. I. Amy Taylor, leave my technique of flirting with Edith Horn. I, Aline Tedrow, give my red hair to Mildred Stiriz. I. Kenneth Todd, will my shyness in the presence of girls to Carl Bratton. I. Treva Tompkins, bestow my chic coiffures upon Norma Keesling. I, Elven Van Doren, leave my artistic ability to Dave Frank. I, Quentin Waite, will my hair to Roy Agsten. I. Earl Whitmire, give my garlic to the entire student body and to the teachers. I, Mary Williams, hand down my stupendous gift of gab to Ruth Shartzer. LASTLY: We hereby nominate and appoint L. W. BURKHOLDER, superintendent of Delta High School, to be the executor, without bond, of this our last will and testament; and we hereby revoke all former wills and testamentary instruments. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereto subscribed our signature and affixed our seal the first day of June, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty-nine. THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1939. [SEAL] Twenty-eight