Poland Seminary High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Poland, OH)

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As we stare into the crystal ball, the mist clears, and before us we see a huge stadium. Noticing our program, we see the date is August, l967. Beneath the date in large letters is printed Mitchell Field, Poland, Ohio. There is a roar of applause, and looking up we see nine players dressed in purple trotting onto the field. Referring to our program we find that this is Coach Allen's team, The Purple Pumas, undefeated in 4673 games. The Purple Pumas are battling the Crimson Avengers coached by Squeak Davis, also undefeated in 4673 games, in a bitter contest to decide the better team. The scoreboard shows that it is the beginning of the ninth inningp the score is tied 5-5. Immediately realizing the importance of this game, we begin looking around for celebrities. At that moment the loud speaker announces that President Wayne Kelly will throw the ball out in the field for the final inning. Next to him is his bashful wife, the former Nelle Wagner, who is now six foot four. On the other side we notice lane Weese, senator-at-large from Ohio. President Kelly unwinds his beard from his right arm and amid thunderous applause throws the ball out to the umpire. We find to our amazement that the umpire is Bob Susany, better known as Shorty. His wife, known to us as Cynthia Heim, is sitting in the stands. Directly behind Home Plate we notice the famous jockey Martha Skeel sitting in the front row with her horse, who, by the way, is very well-mannered. Seated on the other side of her and holding her hoof-excuse me, her hand, is Harold Temptation Freiheit, the band leader. Also noticing their friendliness is Hudile Hadnett, the inquiring reporter from the Poland Daily Blare edited by Dorothy herself. Another employee of the Daily Blare is Bob Flashgun McCullough, who in twenty years has worked his way up from peddling papers. There is a commotion on our left as a late couple arrives. It's Marty and Bill. Dolly Benson, girl mechanic, says he is still drivingt?J Ezzie. Before sitting down, they have to detour around a crowd. No, they are not shooting crap, it's just Henry DiBlasio telling one of his jokes. It is rumored that Henry owns a dancing school for chorus girls. Looking a little further, we see, engaged in conversation, Ray Butler and Gordon Bennett, ministers of Poland Churches. Behind them we see Professor David Hill and his master craftsman, Ray Cover. You will no doubt recall that last year Professor Hill startled the scientific world with another amazing device, the eleven foot pole for the man who wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole. After many hours of study with his slide rule Ray Cover perfected this miracle of our modern world. A colorful fashion magazine catches our eye. On the front cover we recognize Barbara Brooks with the latest style. Incidentally, the fashion editor is Gail Carroll. At this time, the loud speaker breaks in with an announcement that this week's lucky number winner will receive a new model car from a recently established automotive concern owned by Phyllis Ford. The new car will bear her name. This model will be on sale Monday at Bryant Motors where the expert mechanic Bernice Reese will service your car. A helicopter made of motor scooter parts hovers over a box seat and lack Fournier slides down his rope ladder and lands in a seat next to Clemie Shimp who is currently seen in the motion picture Swing lt in which she is a South American dancer. The picture is ably directed by lack Morrow, and the leading male role is played by Dorr.inic Polito. tlt is said that Clemie has a new twist to her dancing, and this time she is putting everything she has in ith. Elmer Sakely, President Kelly's agricultural adviser, rushes excitedly over to the President's box. We find out later that there was quite a drop in the price of corn due to this article. A bit of romance is in the air as Elmer, when leaving, winks at President Kelly's bodyguards, Ruth Matte- son and Marcelle Linden. A few seats down we come to Virginia Posey and Elma Pekkanen who are now working as adjusters for Presidental Insurance Company. lt is more convenient to report their own automobile accidents than to call the insurance company several times a week. A few rows back in the stand are the co-authors of the best seller, Forever Hamburger, Olga Dunchak and Mary Evans. On the outfield fence we recognize many familiar names and slogans such as lf you have moths, don't get mad, get mad, get Mil1er's used by the Miller Moth Ball Company. We see by his motto, When you want to talk turkey, come to Strand's Turkey Farm, that Bill is still handling those drumsticks. Elberta Patrick is his business manager. This is a feather in her cap. In large black letters is printed Ina Freely's slogan for her five and ten cent store- Spend Freely at Freely's. Edith Wolz is her bookkeeper and she loves her work. Other familiar faces we see are Barbara Martin and Betty Lou Stiver who are now running a very successful date bureau. we see that Myrtle Walker has a good position in the advertising department for the Old Silver Cigarette Company. Their slogan is There's no Butts about it, Buy Old Silver. Mary Helen McNab and Ellen Paine make a boring living capturing rattlesnakes. They sell the rattles to Alton Curry who manufactures baby rattles. Alton Curry III, tsix months! seems to enjoy them as well as his father does. ' We hear by rumor that construction genius Marvin Tradler and his foreman Don Thullen are building a footwalk across the Grand Canyon for sightseers. This plan is backed by the former Barbara Schuette who is yachting in the Caribbean. It is said she has her eye on another husband. She has been back from Reno for two weeks. The familiar voice of the announcer, which we now recognize as Tommy Hoyt's, brings our attention back to the game, still in progress. Glancing at the scoreboard we see by the failing light that the score is still tied 5-5 in the thirteenth inning. Everyone is silent as the loud speaker booms out across the field: Matthew Medicus, manager of the stadium, wishes me to announce that the game is called because of darkness. Class Prophecy if Page Eighteen

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First Row-P. Swain, I. Weckbacker, C. King, S. LaVogue, I. Hollingberry, D. Olchon, B. Howard I. Puharich, V. Milisky, C. Newell, D. McFadden, R. Allen, N. Manhollan. Second Row-M. Mtllman, B. Davison, E, Shepherd, R. Shepherd, G. Campbell, C. Cooper, I. Wolfe I. Swanson, E. Baia, R. Haqberq, P. Hanson, B. Peniston, I. Sharp, I. Posey. Third Row-P. Good, C. Stelts, C. Martin, L. Thomas, O. Smith, L. Vilsack, F. Good, M. Beach, K. Cotterman D. Hill, H. Kariher, R. Betts. Fourth Row-I. Watson, I. Mochtyak, I. Conzeit, I. Repasky, R. Clapie, B. Dutton, D. Miller, R. Sprague R. Guterba, R. Clapie, R. Hoffman, C. Lumpp, E. Meeds, P. Riddle. Fifth How-C. Reichard, F. Srock, M. Lynch, G. Iones, I. King, R. Cerniga, I. Kulifay, I. Shurilla, F Cockman, T. Dale, W. Fauver. W. Hart, I. Anderson. This is a poem. Blank verse. It's about the Iuniors. See them above? Good-looking B.T.O.'s. It takes a class like this To stage such a great Prom, That All-County football dance, and Stands at the football qamesp Good food And lots of dough in the treasury. Remember: The youth niqht sponsored by the Iuniors, The Christmas dance, That hep play, A Date with Iudy. Iunior fellas on all the Teams: Clif Reichard in the Presidents chair: Vice-president was Iohn Shurilla. The girls taking the reins were Sis Smith as secretary, and Ruth Shepherd as Treasurer. Iim Kina sat in Student Council. Great thinqs done by A great class. The lunior Class Page Twenty I-lf'