Plymouth High School - Mayflower Yearbook (Plymouth, OH)

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rink W U Senior Class Prophecy ' nf,-,,,.f One day I decided to find what had happened to my classmates. I took a month's vacation from my nursing profession. Upon arriving in Plymouth, I found the home economics teacher was Janet Miller. The commer- cial teacher was Larry 'W?1'sErEri Tlie chemistry teacher turned out to bclloyal Eckstein. janet informed me that Plymouth now had two coaches, a head basketball coach and a head football coach. Upon seeing the coaches, I found them to be none other than Percy Dean lfootball coachj and Larry-RQ fbasketball coachl. Plymouth was now third in football standings and second in basketball. Perc and Larry seemed to be doing a great job with the teams. Janet also told me that Robert Wirth was study- ing to be a professor of English. Carol Kiess was also in college studying for her Masters Degree. While shopping in Plymouth, I met Donna Baker , who 'told me she had been married for four years and had twins. Since this was toward the end of the school year, Janet said if I would wait, she would be glad to accompany me on the trip. First, we traveled to Cleveland to visit Geor ianna Pitzen, who had become a professional ice s ater. From Cleveland, we left for New York City. When we arrived in New York, wt- went into a little shop, THE FASHION SHOP, We found the owners were Janis Taulbee and Shirley Bradford. Janis was nowlalleading lfat designerf When their models came out, we found two of them to be Harriett Ra and Sandra Trauger. Sandra and Har- 1T 1'ld-GZ they TlscThad HTeif-oivn television show. Janet decided to go into a beauty shop to have her hair set. We found one of their hair de- sioners to he Shirley lletler. by LOVCH Mc Kinney We spent a few days in New York, then flew down to Florida. At the hotel where we registered, we came upon Vir inia Bevier, who said she was living in Florida wifh' EeTfaTrily and pet monkey. Upon finding we had enough money, we flew to California. We were on a sight-seeing tour of Hollywood, when Janet thought she saw a familar face. Upon closer observation, we found it to be Alfred Par- kinson who was now a major in the air force and stationed in California. Janet and I decided to visit a movie set. When we arrived on the set, we were surprised to see David Koser. Dave told us he was now a movie star whE'had the second leading part in the movie STARS OF GLORY 'l. He told us his personal agent was RObCl't Fogleson, After five days in California, we left for home. The plane was grounded in Utah. They said it would be about an hour's wait before the flight would be resumed. Janet and I decided to get someting to eat. While on the way, we passed a sign which read MUMEA'S GARAGE. Out of curiosity we went in and sure enough it was Ronald Mumea. One of his salesmen turned out to be Iafkwiss. When we arrived home, we came upon Elsie Reber who was just going on her vacation. 'EEE was now a private secretary to an insurance firm in Cleveland. While in Columbus shopping, we met Lee Steele who told us he was assistant basketbalfrf- ach at Ohio State. We also met Ray Kleman who was in Col- umbus on farm business. He and his father farm on a partnership. It seemed that they had become a credit to PHS-

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or Class History S by 5 -2-X C hes S 1 i Carol Kress R X Imagine the strange sensation the 33 original students of this class must have felt that memorable day in '42, when they entered school. As they climbed the stairs to room- 1, some were curious, some tear- ful, some timid, and still others completely dismayed. Miss Hamilton led the class through the alphabet, reading, and arithmetic. When Larry Root broke his leg, he started a class tradition! Every year following, at least one member ofthe class was injured. In the second grade, with Mrs. McFadden for a teacher, the class became greatly interested in choral reading. The selection of poems and short stories for this purpose was one of the outstanding features of the year. The following year, we had Mrs. Huffman for a teacher. By this time, we were quite grown- up. There were two grades below us whom we considered mere children! David Koser entered our class in the fourth grade. ln a short time he obtained the label of class- comic . With Mrs. Farrar, as our teacher, we toiled continually with the multiplication tables. The next year, under the leadership of Mrs. Ervin, the class gave the play The Proud Princess. Janis Taulbee and Alfred Parkinson joined the class that year. B1ind Man's Bluff and jumping rope being our favorite pastimes, we proudly entered the sixth grade. That year on Parents' Day , several of the classmates gave their first public speeches. Carol Kiess became a member of the class that year. There's no need to describe the class as seventh graders. We were normal and typical seventh graders! Mr. McMullen was our sponsor. We were proud to participate in Sun Bonnet Sue , a very success- ful operetta. Some of our most memorable days were spent in the old study hall during our first year in junior high. When we were in the eighth grade, everyone's attention was drawn to the new shop. Mr. McMullen was again our sponsor. Mr. Mercer started our freshman year with us, as our sponsor. Later we lost him to the Eskimos and Mrs. Mock became our sponsor. When the year was over, she moved to Texas! The high points of the year were initiation into high school, Vacation Daze, four first class dancej and presenting the cantata Hiawatha at commencement. Harriett Ray was credited to our class that year. During our sophomore year, we gained Lovell McKinney and Larry Wasserman. Mrs. Southard was our sponsor. On the snowiest, most woo and begone day of the year, we sponsored the Autumn Dance. Under the direction of Mr. Bednarczuk, in our junior year, we were very successful in presenting The Briar Hop , our class dance, and the Junior- Senior Banquet, The Stork Club . Miss Patton endured some very trying experiences directing our class play, Don't Take My Penny At last we reached our destination--senior year! This year we added Ray Kleman to our class roll. Presenting our play, Jumping Jewels , and our Good Luck Dance , as well as preparing for our class trip through many activities, has kept us quite busy. Mrs. Lanius is our sponsor. Now, as we end our long and eventful years together, sixteen of the original students and eight who have joined the class since, will always remember our ups and downs together. Graduation on May 26th will send us each in a different direction. We will always remember our classmates and the numerous teachers who have led us through the narrowest sections of the path to success. 21

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I UU x 4 l F' sr JI , '10 l-lull Jr,1rI -- - We, the class of nineteen hundred and fifty- four, do hereby make, and declare this as our last will and testament, hereby revoking any will or wills here-to-fore made by us. First-- To the coming seniors, we leave our hope that they will obtain more from school than we did. Second-- To the coming juniors, we leave our ability to get into trouble. Third--To the coming sophomores, we leave our ability to get detentions. Fourth--To the coming freshmen, we leave the idea of starting early to make money for their senior trip. LThey will need all they can get.j Fifth--To the faculty, we leave. I, Donna Baker, do bequeath my position as captain of the girls' basketball team to Sue Helbig. I, Virginia BeVier, do bequeath my love of school to Alice Mumea. I, Shirley Bradford, do bequeath my cheerlead- ing position to Francis Dorion, to 'follow in the foot steps of his brother Benny. I, Percy Dean, do bequeath my position on the football and basketball Squads to whomever likes to run fsuckerj, I, Royal Eckstein, do bequeath my beard and mustache to Larry Vanasdale. I, Robert Fogleson, do bequeath my glasses to Mt. Sarpa. Senior Class Will by Shirley Bradford I, Shirley Hetler, do bequeath my job at Cor- nell's to Sandra Snyder. 1, Carol Kiess, do bequeath my position as majorette to whomever can useit to the best advant- age. I, Ray Kleman, do bequeath my Ford to whom ever will take care of it. I, David Koser, do bequeath my curly hair to John Fox. I, Lovell McKinney, do bequeath my study- ing to Pearl Lucas. I, Janet Miller, do bequeath my majorette boots to John Elliot. I, Ronald Mumea, do bequeath my ability ro keep training to Tom Marvin. I, Alfred Parkinson, do bequeath my hot rod to Mr. Sarpa. I, Georgianna Pitzen, do bequeath my stuttering to Jim Brown, who may need it some- time to keep from saying something that would get him in trouble with certain teachers. I, Harriett Ray, do bequeath my place as class cut- up to Jack McQuate. I, Elsie Reber, do bequeath- my sunny dis- position to Jean Ann Cornell. I, Larry Root, do bequeath my small basketball shoes to John Fetters. I, Lee Steele, do bequeath my tardiness to Joan Postema. l, Janis Taulbee, do bequeath my diamond ring and cheerleading position to Carol Cobb. 1, Sandra Trauger, do bequeath my ability to type to someone who can type. U can't.j I, Jack Utiss, do bequeath my way with girls to whomever wants it. I, Larry Wasserman, do bequeath my quietness to George Day. I, Robert Wirth, do bequeath my desire to have employment in photography to anyone who likes it. .