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

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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-

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CLASS WILL We the Scnror Class of 1957 knowing that our days are ended at Salem Liberty recognize our many talents and characteristics both inherited and adapted We therefore on this 31st day of May 1957 will and bequeath the followrng to our friends and classmates of Salem Liberty High School FRANCES BECKER wills her positron as School Paper Editor to next year s editor NORMA CLARK w1lls her ability to study Senior English to next year s senior Barbra Hockenberry BETTE DAVIS wills her positron as head cheerleader to Pug Gross and head majotette to Sandra Orr SHELBA GERKEN wills her wavy blonde hair and her positron as majorette to Sandra Barth JIM HALL wills his ability to play basketball to next year s team LARRY HESSON wills his hot roddrng ability to FHA fFuture Hot Rodders of Amerrcaj VERIA KIDD wills her locker to Winnie and her positron as art editor to Gary Lane GWEN MORGENSTERN wrlls het desire to have an experiment in Chemistry to blow Salem off the map to next year s Chemistry Class BONNIE RIEMENSCHNEIDER wills her temper to het cousin Judy LINDA SEEVERS wills her positron as Mr Ullman s chief nuisance to Pug Gross JACKIE SMITH wills her acting ability to Pug and her ting to Prrscilla Barth book Editor to next year s Editor JEWELL ULLMANN wills het positron of lst Chart Saxophone to Winnie and her positron as Head Librarian to anyone unlucky enough to get rt VERNA WASSON wills het positron as grades Editor on the School Paper to next year s grades Editor IRVIN WOLFERT wills his ability to stop on a dime to Dave Gerken and also h1s ability to play basketball to Dickie Davis MR ULLMANN wills hrs headaches and responsibilities of putting out school paper and yearbook to another commercial teacher namely Mr Squire MR LUCAS wills hrs good will to the 1957 Seniors To the faculty board members and our parents we want to extend out heartfelt thanks and sincere gratitude for their patience sacrifices and tireless efforts throughout our school years We wish them much happtness and success tn the future Signed and sealed by the Senior Class on this 31st day of May 1957 -Kea W muff W TW f 17.17 YK One half page sponsored by C W TAYLOR 85 SONS INC , Zanesville, Ohio DOROTHY ULLMANN wills her position as head drummer to Helen Baker, also her position as Year- I I y:W ly 82. 44.5 , asm 0 Ll 4. .65 'C'