Ridge High School - Reflector Yearbook (Van Wert, OH)

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LAST Wlll AND TESTAIVIENT We, the Class of nineteen hundred fifty-two, do hereby make and declare this to be our last will and testament, to be read on the sixteenth day of May and was hereby witnessed by the following members of the Senior Class. Richard Evans Marilyn Ritchie Richard Goodwin Bonnie Lu Logan I, Don Davis, will my position of manager to Joe Leathers. I, Mary Ellen Ritchie, will my position as Senior Class President and my place in the sexteete to Josephine Clark. I, Ladonna Long, will my ability to tumbling to Margaret Dunifon. I, Dotty Lou Stewart, will my ability of cheerleading to anyone who wants sore joints which enter after thrilling games. I, Albert Swaney, will my seat in Study Hall to anyone that wants it. I, Arlene Perry, will my friends to anyone who has enjoyed them as much as I have. I, Marion Davies, will my laboratory table to anyone who will enj oy it as much as I have. I, Richard Putman, will my ability to drive a car to school to Walter Harris. I, Helen Demint, will my ability to stay out late and have a good time to Sandra Moorman. I, Richard Evans, will all my burned out flash bulbs to Gradon Elder who has had to sweep them up for the last three yeaI'S. I, Bonnie Lu Logan, will my position as school accompanist to Cartha .Tune Pollock. I, Richard Goodwin, will my temper on the basketball floor to anybody that can control it and my seat in bookkeeping class to anybody with a brain. I, Marilyn Ritchie, will my position as County Inter, Club Council Y Teen President and my temper to Mary Kay Poe. I, DeWayne Hyman, will my good times at Ridge School to anyone who want them. I, Betty .Io Vogt, will my ability to be able to show Aberdeen Angus Cattle only, and being able to move on a farm where there are race horses to anyone who would enjoy it as I have, and will. I, Doris Hines, will my ability to try to skate to Margaret Dunifon and my seat in study hall to Thelma White. I, Evelyn Kerns, will all the homework that I've had in the past four years to my brother, Maynard who is seldom seen carrying a book home. I will my friendship of Ridge High School to anyone who enjoys it as much as I have. To the Juniors: We leave six book's on Good Behavior fwhich some need badlyj and seventeen seats in Study Hall, although they will need only six. To the Sophomores: We leave, our favorite book, on How to Throw Eggs and Their Uses , and hope that they don't get into as much trouble as we did. To the Freshman: We leave our Good Luck and hope that they will reach the goal that we have reached To the Eighth Grade: We leave, our strong minds and bodies, for which they will need for the four years of High School. To the Faculty: We leave a peaceful school and noon hours that they can enjoy. This page sponsored by the following Van Wert Merchants. COMMUNITY GAS W. L. TANNER DULL LUMBER AND COAL CO. HENRY C. PRIOR

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PRGPHECY lt is the year 1900 and the biggest Alumni Banquet, and dance in the History of Ridge High School is in full swing. Guy L.ombardo's orchestra is playing for the big occasion in the gymnasium. Everyone of the 1952 Seniors are present. We see Richard Evans entering with his camera in one hand and three albums of his favorite trick shots under his other arm. Close behind follow his two boys and his little girls with Baby Brownies snapping shots of things around the auditorium. ln one corner we see Don Davis, an undertaker, and Dick Goodwin, head of the Van Wert Recreation Department, having a heart to heart talk. Dick who gives the boys a good workout, also gives Don a good supply of customers. Don's motto is You Kill Em: l'll Chill Em. l..aDonna and Carl Wollenhaupt are handing out small sample tubes of tooth paste to everyone. She and Carl have started manufacturing it in their new factory. They call it 'Aids in Tooth Decay Bonnie Logan enters wearing a beautiful sable coat. She and her husband pooled their money and now own one of the largest cattle ranches out West. Bonnie has a hobby of collecting rare furs. Dressed in her jungle attire we see Marion Davies, a big game huntress, who had succeeded Frank Buck in his work in Africa. She just got back two weeks ago from one of her tours in which she was hunting Rhinoceroses. We find Dotty Lou tall, lank and underfed as she opens her sample kit, we can un- derstand. She has been appointed head saleswoman of Jantzen bathing suits and her territory is Fairbanks, Alaska. Arlene and DeWayne Hyman sit chomping on a large cud of gum which they have dis- covered. lt's a new method of reprocessing gum which they find under the chairs in their restaurant. A Buick station wagon pulls up outside and soon the room is filled with 12. little bright and shining faces. Yep! none other than Marilyn and Frank. Much to their humility they explain that they had seen Cheaper by the Dozen. Evelyn Kerns who is here just came down for tonight from Washington where she was just sworn in as the first lady President of the U. S. After serving as Vice-Pres- :dent for two terms, she has finally attained her goal. We see that everything is set for the entertainment. Dick Putman after many years has turned electrician, he has a natural gift for arranging the indirect lightingg the bulbs must be well hidden. The lights dim and the band plays soft strains of music. First on the program will be a boxing and stunt act done on skates by Helen Demint and Doris Hines. They are pro's now. They made their fame by skating from coast to coast on wheels, as McGee and McGouch. A modern dancer now takes the stage and it is non other than Betty Jo Vogt. She is the only gal who has ever been known to succeed in tying herself in knots and not being able to untie herself. After succeeding in doing this. Mary Ellen Ritchie takes the stage in her Public Speaking attire. She is now Speak- er of the House Also, she is editor of the New York Time. From her recent editorial she gives the great and difficult story The Three Bears. Mr. Buck Swany, a comedian, rare wit, and playwright now appears on stage and has the audience in stitches in no time. After searching for many years, he found that this profession required the least work. Siddenly! the lights go out and we are forced to leave the Alumni Banquet and our twelve years together. Q This page sponsored by THE VAN WERT COUNTY FARM BUREAU CO-OP.