Salem Liberty High School - Stars Yearbook (Lower Salem, OH)

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l2th GRADE The 12th and frnal year of our school lrfe Thts was a busy year for us Our class was whxttled down to 15 Gwen Morgenstern Bonnre Rremenschnerder Lrnda Seevers J1m Hall Jackle Smrth Irvln Wolfert Bette Dayls Larry Hesson Jewell Ullmann Frances Becker Dorothy Ullmann Verra Krdd Shelba Gerken Verna Wasson Norma Clark We lost Davrd Ramage but we had several new teachers Mr Lucas was our sponsor Mr Ullmann our old farthful srde krck helped us out roo We had the respons1b1l1ty of getting OUI the SChO01 paper Bild y6211'b0Ok We presented a radro show Dusty Owens and a bake sale rn November We had our class play Leave It To The Grrls The sen1ors had an assembly for the student body Shelba Gerken and Bonnre Rlemenschnelder sang two duets and Dorothy Ullmann gave a short speech Mr Lucas our sponsor also gave a talk To rarse our funds we sold m1lk every day We had chtlt sales too Bonnts sold bracelets wrth Salem Lrberty letters whrch boosted our treasury In January we sold sweatshtrts and caps In February we had another rad1o show Eddre Barles and hrs Uptown Hrllbrllres We sold refreshments durrng the show Our class offlcers were Jackre Smrth Dorothy Ullmann Lrnda Seevers Shelba Gerken Jewell Ullmann Shelba Gerken Maurrce Lucas Prestdent V1ce Presulent Secretary News Reporter H1stor1an Hrstorran Sponsor We were all lookrng forward to our Senror Trrp we had been plannrng all through our hrgh school years W took the aptrtude tests grven us by the Marretta Employment Agency 1n November Gwen Morgenstern won the Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow contest that was taken by the Senror g1rls Bette Davrs was head cheerleader and drum majorette Jackre Smrth was cheerleader Shelba Gerken was servlng her frrst year as majorette F1ve others played rnstruments Our Prrde and Joy Joe Wolfert and J1m Hall played ftrst strrng on the Varstty basketball team After the Junrors fed us at the Jun1or and Senror Banquet and hearrng Mr McClure at the Baccalaureate servlces we frnally realrzed that we were at the end of our wonderful school days After recervtng our d1plomas on May 31 and as we leave dear old S L H S we wrsh to thank all of the teachers parents and anyone who helped us ln any way One half page sponsored by FOX DEN Warner Ohro I v l l U Bette Davis. ..... . . . ............ Treasurer

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PROPHECY At our weekly Brtdge Club Meetlng one of the members brought along a lady w1sh1ng to 1o1n our club As I looked at the new member she looked very fam1l1ar after talkrng a few m1nutes I reahzed who she was It was Verna Wasson an old classmate She told me how she had moved to New York marrled a r1ch man and had three chrldten rn college In the conversatron she mentloned that just recently she had recelved her 1nv1tat1on to the Alumnr Banquet In our remrnlscmg we realrzed that we hadn t seen any of our classmates slnce we graduated May 31 1957 After dec1d1ng to call all the members of our class and arrange for them to attend the Banquet we agreed to meet the next day and start makrng our calls We were surprrsed to frnd that the long dlstance operator was our classmate Norma Clark She agreed to g1ve us her help rn locatlng and callrng the remamder of our class The frrst call was to Larry Hesson who st1ll 11ved near Lower Salem He and Carolyn had three sons Then we located Bonnre Rlemenschnerder and found that she had made use of that weddlng rrng at last and that she and her husband had srx chrldren three grrls and three boys Another call led us to frnd that Shelba Gerken had marrted another classmate 11m Hall and they were lxvrng rn Texas Wllh two chlldten rn college Through another call we located Dorothy Ullmann 1n New York workrng as Elvrs Presley s prrvate Secretary handlrng all fan mall what there was of 1t at th1s ume We asked her 1f she had heard from Jackle Smrth lately She sounded surprlsed as she answered rn amazement Haven t you seen the movle mlere was held 1n Warner Our next call was to Columbus Ohro where we contacted Jewell Ullmann the flrst woman governor of Ohro and the only Republrcan Governor tn 20 years She told us that her old frtend Bette Dav1s had marrxed Davxd She had 1nher1ted several m1l11on dollars from some unknown uncle and that just recently had bought the S S Dav1s as a pleasure yacht for therr fam1ly We frnally located Frances Becker rn Lower Salem She told us that she was edrtor of the Lower Salem Da1ly Newspaper and taught at the Salem Lrberty Grade School When we questroned her about the remarnrng members of the class she sa1d Thrs rssue of the paper carrres an announcement of Verra Krdd and her husband s 25th weddrng annrversary They now operate hrs father s old DUSIDSSS and just recently had burlt a new home Another rtem was 1n honor of our former prrncrpal Mr Ullmann who IS celebrattng hrs 75th brrthday and IS the oldest actrve hlgh school prrnclpal 1n Washrngton County She also told us that another of the boys rn our class Irvan Wolfert had marrred and was managlng the Warner A and P Super Market A call to Washlngton and we found that Lrnda Seevers was Secretary of the Treasury Wh1le talk 1ng I told her I had never marrred and was teachrng Home Ec at a school rn New York Our Senxor Class sponsor Mr Lucas had retrred to hrs farm and was enjoyrng all hrs grandchrldren So all present and accounted for we showed up at the Alumnr banquet th1s year Gwen and Verna of her life? In the movie both her and her husband, Tab Hunter, portray themselves, The World Pre-