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

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THRGUGH THE YEARS Kindergarten was the most thrilling grade for the girls of the class of '56, because that was the year the Lee Romeo Dunbar tackled and kissed each girl one by one. One thing that kept him in such good shape was that we had to take naps before every recess. That was also the year that Phil Kesler was discouraged from following a career of con- struction because his thumb was a repeated casualty at our toy tool bench. We all envied Brenda Burris for living so closely to our class room. It was a long time before we found out that she was just waiting for her mother at the home economics cottage. All in all kinder- garten was a lot of fun for the students, but poor Mrs. Woody was never the same again. In the first grade we had Gary Romeo Currier with us. He sat in front of Deanna Taylor and kept turning around and kissing her hands, but Deanna knew how to take care of herself. She hauled off and hit him with her pencil so hard that the lead stuck in his back. However, Lee was not about to lose his title for Jeaninne Kleck kept falling down on the ice so that he would pick her up. By far the most outstanding social event of the year was the Tom Thumb wedding with Violet Maddock acting as the blushing bride. In the second grade Bob Merrill develop- ed a liking for travel, but it was all in one di- rection--to Mr. Welch's office. The budding artists in our midst-Brenda Burris, Janet Rupp, Jeaninne Kleck, Carolyn Daily, and Deanna Taylor decided that the school build- ing needed redecorating so they covered it with chalk and crayons. However, their artis- tic fervor waned when they had to sandpaper it off the next day. April Fool's Day was a big time in Jeaninne Kleckls life for she got to put an egg Chard-boiled! on the teacher's chair. Poor Miss Rupp!! The list of Romeos seemed to be growing. In the third grade Phil Kesler got paddled for chasing the girls. Alice Sharpe started taking violin lessons that year and Miss Clifton al- ways wanted her to play a solo, but much to the class's relief she always declined. Janet Rupp's artistic talent was not eas- ily discouraged for in the fourth grade she not only industriously carved a sailboat on her desk, but also colored it red. That work of art could only be created by a mastermind! This really set Miss Lenhart back on her heels. Vio- let Madock desiring some unusual entertain- ment put a wad of paper down Lonnie Hen- ricks' back. She was greatly entertained! For punishment she had to stand in front of the room all afternoon and stay after school to make up the work she missed. Miss Lenhart was constantly telling us that if we were go- ing to act like babies, we would be treated as babies. One day, much to our surprise, she brought to school a baby bottle and a rattle. From then on, to avoid sitting in front of the class holding the baby bottle and rattle, we were very well behaved. Mrs. Beatty suffered with us in the Fifth Grade. In the sixth grade we were honored with the presence of students from Brailey, Utah , and Raker Schools. Our operetta was Peter Picker's Plight. In the spring, Jean Schmid- lin was elected May Queen. Phil Kesler was up to his old tricks again. This time he caused Janice Norris to stand out in the hall for one- half hour when he informed Mrs. Lindhorst that she had cracked her bubble gum. Mrs. Krieger was the other unlucky teacher this year. Good ole Phil! He always relieved the monotony. In the seventh grade he got paddl- ed for shooting Bill Hite in the back of the head with a squirt gun. The high-light of our year was the seventh and eighth grade party. For recreation the girls danced and the boys sat on the sidelines and watched. Miss Schnug and Mr. Meszaros had to cope with us that year. We really started the eighth grade off with a bang. Our class was so loaded with tal- ent that we decided to put on a minstrel show. Stan Basich, Harold Leupp, Harold Rettstatt, Devon Kissel, Phil Kesler, and Kenny Bell were the only casualties of the performance. They burned their faces with the strong soap which they used to wash their black maker? off and Nurse Kipp had to come over to scho- ol and see what had caused it. Our girlsf soft- ball team received quite a blow when they traveled to York to play and really got skunk- ed. No wonder--Sandy Barker was York's pit- cher! At our seventh and eighth grade party we had cider and doughnuts. This year while the girls danced, the boys played ping pong. Mr. Cottle tried to chaperon us that year. Kenny Dohm was the play-boy our fresh- man year. He got into trouble for putting itch- ing powder on Larry Favorite. All of the ac-

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DELTA CLASSMATE ROW 1: Janice Norris, Janet Rupp, Deanna Taylor, Violet Maddock, Donna Tracy, Pat Shaw, Carolyn Dailey, Carol Cass, Alice Sharpe, Jeaninne Kleck. ROW 2: Ken Bell, Gary Currier, Harold Leupp, Lee Dunbar, Phil Kesler, Bill Hite. Not Pictured: Deanna Siegel. PIKE, YORK, SWANCREEK CLASSMATE ROW 1: Wanda Short, Mary Havens, Jean Schmidlin, Sandy Barker, Carolyn Slee, Louise Durbin. ROW 2: Leslie Peabody, Ken Dohm, Walter Pelton, Jim Masales, Larry Favorite, Dallas Whitaker, Dick Row. Not Pictured: Iris O'Brien. ,

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tivities this year had made the girls tired, so they pulled a switch and played cards at the Freshman party, instead of dancing together. Our class has always been outstanding! C75 Our sophomore year it lived up to its re- putation by setting a record in the magazine campaign for highest sales of over 352,162.40 Jeaninne Kleck, top salesman ,sold 3432.40 worth. Janet Rupp sold 25261.40 worth, and Larry Favorite was third with 3103. We were all saddened at the death of our classmate, Tom Decker, who was killed in a tractor ac- cident. In May we were allowed to feast our eyes upon the glorious festivities of the Jun- ior-Senior Prom--we served! After we received our grade cards, we ushered out the year with a big picnic at Oak Openi'ngs. We didn't let our low grades dampen our spirits too much. That year Mrs. Johnson and Mr. Burris were unlucky enough to sponsor us. Our junior year our talented class pre- sented You're Only Young Once, starring Brenda Burris and Harold Rettstatt, and di- rected by Mr. Hall. The cast is still receiving calls from Hollywood. ?? A brilliant inspira- tion for raising money for our Washington trip seized us so we decided to have a talent contest, in which we made over 8300. We were hosts for the Junior-Senior Prom in May. Our theme was Under the Seas. Everyone was excited at the prospect of staying out all night, but by the time we had decorated until late the night before, gotten up early that morning for scholarship tests ,and finished de- corating in the afternoon, the idea wasn't so exciting as it had seemed. This year our presi- dent, Sandy Barker, had to stand in the cor- ner in the front of the room in study hall. It seems that Mr. Burris took a dim view of pas- sing notes in class. A few of the hardy spirits had a picnic and swimming party at Wamp- lers Lake on the last day of school. Brrrrr!! They managed to chip us out of the ice in time to go on our Washington trip. Mrs. Bur- ris and Mr. Hill were unlucky enough to draw us for their homerooms this year. May 22, 1955, was the day we set forth for the trip of a life-time. Union Station in Toledo was our first stop. Fifty happy-go-lucky Juniors piled into the train. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Emerick and Mr. and Mrs. Don Ruple spent a sleepless night along with all of us, struggling for pil- lows and roaming through the cars. Break- fast on the train, and lunch at Carvel Hall in Baltimore, Maryland, then a morning of ex- ploring Old Fort McHenry and the U. S. Na- val Academy. After this things went so fast, we could hardly keep up. We visited Wash- ington Monument, Lincoln Memorial ,Con- gressional Library, and Jefferson Memorial. a lot of memories will be connected with the Congressional Hotel, where we met Senators, and other important people. The Bureau of Printing and Engraving, Smithsonian Insti- tute, and the White House were more build- ings we toured, and Tuesday night we went on a moonlight cruise up the Potomac River. Some of us visited the airport, while others went to the movie. Our feet were tired, but we went through the Capital Building, and the Supreme Court and Senate Buildings. Then to the bus and down to Alexandria, Virginia, Where we saw the Arlington Cemetery ,the impressive Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and Mount Vernon. We again boarded our train, all set to spend another rowdy night, but everyone was so tired, we didn't rowdy up the place much, except for a few of us. Toledo was a welcome sight, and home on the bus, to sleep with wonderful unforgetable dreams of an exciting class trip. After several weeks' rest, We all returned to normal, but President Eisenhower had a heart attack. Tempus fugit, and at long last We were Seniors. Bob Merrill very generously offered to have his mother entertain us after the Swanton football game. It was a big, big par- ty ,and everyone had lots of fun, eating, danc- ing and shooting pool. It was several days be- fore the effects of that party wore off. Two weeks before Christmas the girls decided to get everyone in the Christmas spirit. They decorated their lockerswith brightly colored ornaments. Mr. Whitcomb and Mr. Cottle were our luckysponsors this year. Our homecoming attendants and queen for four years have been: ninth, Pat Gal- braithg tenth, Jean Schmidlin, eleventh, Car- olyn Dailey and Connie Turner, twelfth, Jean Schmidlin, Carolyn Dailey, and Sandra Barker. Our class officers for four years have been Harold Leupp, Ken Bell, Janet Rupp, Tom Decker ,Harold Rettstatt, Sandra Bar- ker, Jeaninne Kleck, Devon Kissel, Pat Gal- braith, and Bill Hite.