Smithville High School - Fabrica Yearbook (Smithville, OH)

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MCSAIC ANNUAL CLASS WILL We, the members of the Senior class of 1938, being of mature age, sound mind, memory and understanding, do hereby make, publish, and declare this to be our last will and testament in manner following: Item 1. Item 2. Item 3. Item 4. Item Item 6. 5. Item 1. Item Item 3. Item Item Item Item Item Item Item Item Item 2. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. Item Item Item Item Item Item Item Item Item Item Item Item Item 25. 26 Item Item 27. 28. 29. 30 Item Item Item . 31. Item Item 32. Item 33. Item Item Item 36. 37. 38 39 34. 35. Item Item Item . IN WI' Signed, ARTICLE I To the Juniors we will the prominent title Seniors'l and all other privileges, duties, and honors that go with it. To the Sophomores we will our ability to bluff our teachers. To the timid Freshman we will our shining examples, our brilliancy in our classes, and the first verse of the Alma Mater. To the Faculty we will our examination papers for further use. 'l'o Pop Smucker and Bill Felix we will our spotless floors and our gumless desks. To the 'tFurnace we will our grade cards, our text books, pencils, all lab. and notebooks. and all other such junk, in hopes that it will keep warm next winter. ARTICLE Il . Edson Bechtel, will my ability as a safe driver to Bill Peterman. , Wayne Conner, will my red hair and green sweater to Marceil Keslar. I, Gladys Conrad, will my bass voice to Nancy Bird. I. Robert Deluco, will my lovely mop of black hair to Floyd Leudemann. I I I, Wade Erwin, will my slender figure to Pauline Crites. I, Doris Fetter, will my shorthand ability to Ed Hatliy. I I, Matilda Gilbert, will my flirting ability to Virginia Albers. I, Martha I-Iartzler, will my ability as a Lumberjack to Karl Conrad. I, Russel Horner, will my bashfulness to Alma Schrock. , Charles Houmard, will late hours to Bob Heiks. , Evelyn Fike, will my slender figure to Rhea Hartzler. I We, Elizabeth Kriner and Kenny Miller, will our lasting friendship to Marie Emerson and Ross McFadden. I. Mary Kurtz. will my research in Physics to Wayne Murray. I, John Liechty, will my operetta romance to Keith Smith. I, Adelaide McKeal, will my physics notebook to John Roth. I, Helen Muldoon, will my well kept hair to Bill Peterman. I, Elizabeth 0'Hail, will my Specks to the first weak eyed person that needs them. I, Bernetha Ramseyer, will my good strong voice to Jeanne Mertz. I, Martha Ramseyer, will my giggles to Robert Steiner. I, Warren Ramseyer, will my popularity with the girls to Johnny Johnson. I. James Renneker, will my blushes to Julianne Gilbert. Delbert Sayre, will my ability as a Salesman to my Smaller Brother. I. I, Laverne Schrock, will my sponge cake recipes to Miss Ramseyer. I. Richard Schuth, will my half of our study hall seat to Nettie. Johnny can he wants some help with his Latin. I, Marjorie Sheller, will my dancing ability to any one who feels like dancing. Clair Shultzman, will my sleepiness to Donald Moomaw. sit with her then when I, I, Harold Snyder, will my success with the girls to Clarence Blough. I, Thresa Starr, will my ex-boy friends to Marie Musser. I, Wilma Stautfer, will my geometry test papers to Miss Wagner. I, Buelah Steiner, will my quietness to Raymond Beck. I, Josephine Winner, will my American Problems book to Mary Audet. I, Vernon Wirth, will my curly locks to Donny Wirth. I, Mary Zook, will my height to Jeannette Zimmerman. Ray Zook, will my athletic ability to Tuffy Kurtz. I, Patsy Keslar, will my artistic temperament to any other artist with a temper. I, Orie Yoder, will my ability to 'traise cain in the eighth period study hall to John Stewart. I, Pauline Moomaw, will my studiousness to Chuck Blough. I, Edith Williams, will my out of town dates to Marie Herman. I, Carl Weidman, will my mechanical ability to Duane Hartshorne. FNESS WHEREOF WE have hereunto set our hand this 20th day of May, in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-eight. published, and declared by the above named Senior Class as and for their last Will and Testament. 1,

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MQSAIC ANNUAL SENIQR CLASS HISTORY It was a bright, calm autumnal day in Sept. 1934, that the good ship, Smithville High School, stood at anchor at the wharf of a new school year. Many people gazed upon it in wonder as they watched forty-three girls and boys step aboard and wondered what misfortunes would overtake them on their voyage into new and untried water. We were naturally very enthusiastic and asked many eager questions of our captain. We were young and socially inclined, so it did not take us long to get acquainted with our fellow passengers. There were cases of sea- sickness and various ones were tempted to throw such disagreeable dishes as algebra and science over-board, but calmer waters were soon reached. But the ship life is unattractive without social events, so after a few weeks we elected our otlicers to take charge of these events. We elected Kenneth Miller, President 5 Elizabeth Kriner, V. President, Martha Ramseyer, Sec'y, Pauline Moomaw, Treas.g Vernon Wirth, Student Council Rep. 3 with Miss Lanman as Class Sponsor. We had to travel fourth class, but the third class passengers, generally called sophomores gave us a recep- tion that thoroughly initiated us into the mysteries of ship life. In November, Beulah Horst gave us a Hallowe'en Party in her cabin. A good time was had by all. Elizabeth Kriner and Kenneth Miller dropped off the ship and went to Wooster for the scholastic contests. and later joined us by sea plane. So ended our voyage on the Freshman seas. In Sept. we started on a voyage over the sophomore sea. We were experienced travelers now and so felt more at ease. We tried our wiles upon the fourth class passengers, the freshmen, this voyage and had a fine time. Matilda Gilbert gave us a party during the year. During the year we entertained the other seamen by giving a Major Bowes Assembly program. The following fall we found we were traveling second class and were a part of the group called the upper- classmenf' Many of our crew were changed this year. We chose John Liechty, Presidentg Orie Yoder, V. President: Marjorie Sheller, Sec'yg Harold Snyder, Treas 5 Patsy Keslar, Sergeant at Armsg Wilma Staulfer and Warren Rarnseyer, Student Council Representatives, Miss Ramseyer, Sponsor. On Nov. 3, we gave an assembly which was an inside view of the National Conventions, presidential campaign- ing, and the elections. We adopted brown and orange as our class colors and bought sweaters which added a bit of color to the decks of the ship. Several parties were given to break the monotony of ship-life. ' On March 19, the passengers gave a play The Ghost Parade to a large audience. On May I4 we banqueted the Seniors at the annual Junior-Senior Prom. This, our last year on ship board was very enjoyable, for we were traveling first class. We retained our same ollicers with the exception of Vice President, Harold Snyder, Sergeant at Arms, Wayne Connery Student Council Rep., Lavern Schrock. . P During this time our hearts were very much saddened by the death of one of our dear ship mates, Warren rice. Beginning Oct 7, we sponsored a Lyceum Course which brought four entertainments to the passengers. On Dec. 18 and 20. we gave a play, Mountain Mumps to large audiences. The ship anchored at Mansfield and all went to land to visit the State Reformatory and the Westinghouse plant. On May 18, we were feted at a banquet by the Juniors. Class Night was held Friday evening, May 20. Baccalaureate Services were held in the ship's auditorium, Sunday evening, May 22. Sports played an important part in ship life. The following list of passengers received one or more letters for sports or for some literary activity: Bernetha Ramseyer, Matilda Gilbert, Patsy Keslar, Helen Muldoon, Richard Schuth, Kenneth Miller, Ray Zook, Wayne Conner, Vernon Wirth, John Liechty, Elizabeth Kriner, and Harold Snyder. It has been a wonderful voyage and while the billows of examination questions have sometimes tried their best to overwhelm us they have not succeeded. Although our voyage is over we must start on a new voyage of Real Life, and we realize as our motto states. The horizon widens as we climb, we will always try to keep climbing through-out life.

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W Mosaic ANNUAL CLASS PROPI-IECY During my extensive travels over the United States and Europe designing women's clothes for the Superior Dress Shop owned and operated by that eminent business woman, Josephine Winner, I have contacted many of my former school chums. Among them Mary Kurtz and Adelaide McKeal stand out as being quite important in the world of science 3 it seems they have discovered a method of eating grapefruit without getting the juice in their eyes. One day while strolling down Park Avenue in New York City my hat blew off and in the mad scramble to retrieve it I ran smack dab into John Liechty, our class president who is now one of the country's leading crim- inal lawyers. Some people say that when you're feeling down in the dumps you should buy yourself a new chapeau, so keep- ing this in mind on this particularly dreary day, I wandered into a very inviting little hat shop intent on purchas- ing a new bonnet. As I gazed around I saw a very familiar Hgure bearing down on me. Upon looking closer I saw our super alesman, Wayne Conner, now employed by the Petit Chapeau Company and doing very well indeed and living happily in the suburbs with his wife, the former Wilma Stauffer, and two children. In New York I had the good fortune to visit the Mad I-Iatten Room of the Pennsylvania Hotel where Ramon and Rosita, the famous dance team, better known to the people in Smithville as Marjorie Sheller and Russell Hor- ner, were being starred. The following day I took the New York Central to Boston. The first hour on the train brought me many surprises. I was reading a book of poems written by the celebrated poet, Edson Bechtel, when who should I see coming down the aisle with a basket on each arm and yelling, candy, chewing gum, magazines, but Wade Erwin. the boy who couldn't even sell the teachers his ideas on how to bluff through high school. I stopped him and after talking for about fifteen minutes I discovered the railroad company had heard of Charles H.oumard's,marvelous cooking ability and had immediately hired him as chief cook and bottle washer, with the able assistance of the red headed James Rennecker. On my arrival in Boston early the next morning I went directly to the Parker House Hotel where I planned to stay during my visit. Behind the large circular desk stood my old friend, Clair Shultzman, looking as impor- tant as could be. After registering my name I was escorted to my room by an exceedingly polite porter who turned out to be none other than Ray Zook who spends his spare time traveling from Boston to Maryland where his interests are settled on a little farm. About ten o'clock I was notified that a reporter from the Daily Blab wished to interview me on prevailing styles for fall -a few minutes later I opened my door and discovered my old cheer-leading girl friend, Patsy Keslar, who, after graduation had studied journalism in one of our well known colleges. Edith Williams and Bernetha Ramseyer are managing a large Beauty Salon near the Parker House, cater- ing to the elite of Boston. My heart turned a decided flip Hop when I saw in bright lights on one of the country's leading theatres, the names of two of the class of thirty-eight's outstanding pupils. They have become, during the past ten years, the greatest actors ever to present Shakespeare's immortal drama Romeo and J ulietf' It was none other than Eliza- beth Kriner and Kenneth Miller. When I left the theatre I felt rather hungry so I picked my way along the streets to a very respectable little restaurant where the very charming hostess turned out to be Evelyn Fike. During the course of the meal Gladys Conrad and her all girl orchestra played some popular selections featuring Theresa Starr, a well known blues singer, singing the refrains.