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

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CLASS WILL We ,the Senior Class of 1956, of Delta High School, in Fulton County, 'in the state of Ohio, being of sane mind and sound body, do create and lawfully declare this document to be the final will and testament of the Class of 1956. To the Faculty, we set aside a fund for the founding of a sanitarium which they will undoubtedly need when they have finished trying to teach us something. ' We bequeath singly the following: I, Sandy Barker, will the dead mouse in my locker to the biology class to be dissected for a post mortem. I, Kenneth Bell, will my ability to get through Drivers' Ed without driving to Dick Mohler. I, William Bishop , will my three' years of math to anybody who thinks he can use it. I, Brenda Burris, will the home economics and agriculture teachers to the underclassmen and hope they will go easy on them. I, Carol Cass, will my gabbiness in study hall to anyone who can get away with it. I, Wilber Crosser, will my clean shaving abil- ity to Dale McQuillin. I, Gary Currier, will my ability to get in on time according to the basketball training rules to Paul DeMond. I, Carolyn Dailey, will my power to make- up', to Janet Walter. I, Kenneth Dohm ,will several old paint cans to Merrill Spiess. I, Lee Dunbar, will my ability to get picked up after the J unior-Senior prom by the State Highway Patrol to Pete Klein. I, Robert Dunbar, will all of my firecrackers to Jack Robinson. I, Louise Durbin, do hereby will my .position in the band to Judy Jackson. I, Larry Favorite, being of fairly sound mind, will my digless Dodge to anyone who can af- ford to keep oil and gas in it. I, Carol Freede, will my seat in English Class to some unlucky Junior. I ,Janice Harris, will my Drivers' Ed book to Kay Thompson. I, Mary Louise Havens, will my ability to goof up the stencils for the Green and White to whoever wants the job. I, Bill Hite, otherwise known as 'Harvey, will my ability to get along with Mrs. Johnson to next year's seniors. I, Phil Kesler, will my ability to get to foot- ball practice on time to Larry Gillingham. I, Pat Kipp, will my wool socks to the mouse in Janet and Alice's locker to keep his feet warm during the long winter months. I, Devon Kissel ,will my bashfulness toward girls to Paul DeMond. I, Jeaninne Kleck, will my loud Voice and hearty laughter to the echoing halls of Delta High. I, Sharon Leis, will my speedy little Chevy to Kathy Whitmire to help her catch Stanley. I, Harold Leupp, will my ability to sleep late mornings and not get time from Mrs. District Attorney to Terry White. I, Violet Maddock, wil my big feet to Elaine Bollman and all the other girls who will be learning new dances next year. I, Jim Masales, will my low grades to whoever wants them. I ,Bob Merrill, bequeath my good disposition to Toni Warner. I, Don Miller, will my ability to see Brownie in my rear vision mirror to Pat Chamberlin. I, Janice Norris, will my do-it-yourself kit to Kay Thompson to fix her bass horn. I, Iris O'Brien, will my diet pills to Merle Short. I, Walter Pelton, will my knowledge to miss 12th year English to Merle Short. I, Harold Rettstatt, will my natural blonde hair to Goose and Petie. I ,Julia Robb, hereby will my naturally curly hair to the home for old age poodles. I, Richard Rowe, will my quiet ways to the Junior Class. I, Janet Rupp, will Mickey, the mouse who has so much enjoyed himself in my locker this pas: year, to anyone who wants to have his books chewed up. I, Jean Schmidlin, will my many airmail stamps to the United States Postal Service. I, Alice Sharpe, will my Light and Bright to Goose to bring out the natural highlights of his hair. I, Pat Shaw, will my ability to get my carbon copies backwards to Mary O'Brien. I, Wanda Short, will my ruined and unused alto clarinet reeds to Miles' Lumber Com- pany. I, Larry Shumaker, will my ability of running 500 laps for breaking training rules in basket- ball to Paul DeMond. I, Deanna Siegel, hereby will my ability to crack gum to Linda Weaver. I, Carolyn Slee, will my 5th period library to Joan Rashley to keep quiet. I, Faye St. Clair, being of insane mind , do hereby will my ability to mess up a shorthand dictation to next year's shorthand class as they will need it. I, Charles Sunior, will my Nash to Leslie Pe body's junk yard. I, Deanna Taylor, will my naturally straight hair to Betty Howard. I, Donna Tracy, will my second-year short- hand books, all 7 of them, to Francis Mattin. I, Phyllis Wade, will my democracy book to anyone who thinks that he can get through the course. I, Grace Whipple, will my ability to keep quiet in the library to Carol Jean LaSalle. I, Dallas Whitaker, will my ability to knock out transmissions to Merrill Spiess.

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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.

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SENIOR CLASS PLAY ROW 1: Judy Robb, Alice Sharpe, Brenda Burris, Pat Kipp, Jane Schell, Sandy Barker. ROW 2: Devon Kissel, Bill Hite, Harold Rettstatt, Harold Leupp, Lee Dunbar ,Dick Rowe. The Senior Class Play, entitled Harvey , was given April 20. It was a comedy which took place in the Dowd home. Elwood Dowd, the hero ,was committed to a mental institution by his sister only after much confusion. It was here that Harvey, the imaginary six foot rabbit, makes his appear- ancef' Disorder was prevalent until everything was solved. THE CAST Myrtle Mae Simmons ........... Veta Louise Simmons .... Miss Johnson. . . Mrs. Chauvenet .... Ruth Kelly ,..... Duane Wilson. . Dr. Sanderson. . Dr. Chumley. . . Judge Gaffney. . E. J. Lofgren. .. Betty Chumley. Elwood P. Dowd .... . . Directors ...... . . . . . .Judy Robb . . .Brenda Burris ......Pat Kipp . . . . .Jane Schell . . .Sandy Barker . . . .Devon Kissel .Harold Rettstatt ........BillHite . . . . . .Dick Rowe . . . . .Lee Dunbar . . . .Alice Sharpe . . .Harold Leupp Thomas Dunford Bernadette Spillis