Rutland High School - Norwester Yearbook (Rutland, OH)

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Dear Classmates, can you realize, 118 time to say good-bye, To all our friends and teachers, At dear old Rutland High? We have a few pangs of regret, As our memory fondly recalls, The many busy but happy hours, We have spent within these walls. We were thrilled with our Importance, As we entered our Freshman year. But we hoped that no one else could see, How our hearts were quaking with fear. The next year found us Sophomores The word means a wise fool, And our class was unanimously voted, The wisest in the school. As Juniors we began to realize, That our task was extremely great, When we found how much work must be done, Ere a diploma we could rate. When we became Seniors, it seemed to us, The goal was coming In sight. As we started plans for a program, For our Commencement Night. To the teachers whose patience we have tried With all our school kid pranks, And to the parents who look on us with pride We owe a vote of thanks. To each of you, much credit is due, For your guidance along the way, It is your help that made possible, Our Graduation Day. When in old age we think with pleasure, Of the days that have gone by, There are none we shall more fondly treasure That those days spent at Rutland High . May we do our life's ’-rork in such a way, Tho' the honor be small or great, That in future years, you may all be proud, Of the Class of 148 '.

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CLASS PROPHECY Having a vivid imagination. I am looking forward 20 years into the future with the thought of the good old olass of 19 8 with a i960 setting. While on a shopping tour to New York City for designs for my own personal dress shop, I entered a beauty salon on Fifth Avenue and who should be the operator but my old olass chum Janet Theobald, with Jerry Minor as assistant. Va talked oonoernlng the gang of 19 8 and Janet told me that yesterday Esther Tillls had oome to get an appointment to have her hair set for a wedding. Chiess who's Her own I She was going to marry the president of Harvard University. Their honeymoon was planned for California where she was going to call on Bill Buck, an old classmate who is a pilot on the United Air Lines, Ruth Cross being a stewardess. This Incident made me think of the rest of my olassmates so while we were talking I acquired the following information: Beulah Kennedy, we learned, had Just resigned as a specialist in John Hopkin's Hospital to be married to a well-known interne there. Dana Barton is a manager of a professional basketball tea»—'the best in the league. Donald Luokadoo had Just retired from playing professional football. He had been playing under Ralph Swan who is head ooaoh of the Wolverines of Michigan. James Orueser has made a great name for himself as manager of Orueser's chain 8tores throughout the state. We learned that Leroy Kessinger is Professor of Agriculture at Ohio State University. Tommy Donahue, who had taken up Civil Engineering and is now a Chief Engineer, is in charge of the construction of a $10,000,000 rubber plant in South Africa. Betty Mae Preston has taken Edna Mae's place as seoretary at dear old Rutland High School. Max Bolen is the manager of the Bolen Dairy Farm which distributes milk throughout Meigs County. Ronald Siders is an interior deoorator having learned his trade from painting soenery at Rutland High School during our sohool days. Carl Morris has gained the position of Principal at Chester High Sohool where he is residing with his beautiful wife, the former Sue Beaver. Bill Perry has taken his father's plaoe on the sohool board. Oh, yes, I Just got word that Haeel Burney had Just broken the reoord as the world's fastest typist. This discussion of our classmates really took us back in memory to our days at Rutland High. Now that we have found what all of our olassmates are doing, we wonder what the next 20 years will have in store for us. Wouldn't it be nloe if we could all go back to Rutland High School ■ Just for a day.