Smithville High School - Fabrica Yearbook (Smithville, OH)

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CL SS PPIUPHECY tells us that it is Virginia Holderman, now pro- prietor of the concessions at the Cleveland Stadium. Every one agrees the eats are much better there now. Following her come two more figures identified as Dr. Jean 'Shisler and Head Nurse Ruth Zook. Jean and Ruth now run the Smithville clinic. Their motto is If we can't cure you, nobody can. Edna Showalter and Barbara Parsons are discovered walking toward us now, We find that they now are owners of a beauty shoppe in the heart of downtown Smithville. Two more figures clamiber down from the space ship and in due time they are identified as Jim Troyer and Lester Conrad. Jim now is head of Troyer Bros. Mfg. Co. 'They specialize in atomic potatoe slicers and graders, and jet powered conveyors. Lester, a leading farmer in the community was the first to try out his atomic slicer. The Potatoes grew so big two were a truckload. However, the conveyor was not so successful as it ignited Lester's strawstack while they were threshing Two more figures Walk toward us now, one play- fully pokes the other in the ribs. We are almost deafened by the earsplitting shriek that follows. Who else can that be but Patsy Dietrick? Pat is now a famous interior decorator. Right now she says, I'd like to decorate my interior with one of Bishop's good hamburgers. It now is quite late and it is decided to go into the spacious building for refreshments. As we turn toward the building we can see its massive outlines by the light of the full earth which. by the way, is somewhat brighter than the full moon. A little to our right we see a figure walking backwards from the building. We stop to watch and wonder a minute when suddenly 'he topples backward into a small crater that we hadn't noticed. We of course run over to help the poor fellow out of his predicament and who should it ibe but Tom Burkholder. Tom, we discover, is the famous architect who design- ed the station building. When asked about his strange actions, Tom explains, I was just stepping back to admire my work. After a hearty laugh we proceed to the build- ing. Once inside, Bill informs us that we can take off our space suits as there are oxygen generators set up in the walls to supply us with an atmosphere similar to that of the earth. Once rid of these bulky contrivances, we discover several mem-bers that we have overlooked in the excite- ment outside. Among these are Irene Zimmerly and Lois Conrad. Irene and Lois have quite an unusual occupation for two young ladies, namely, that of woman detectives. I guess we just like to live dangerously , says Lois modestly. Alice Schrock is just back from the Belgian Congo, someone tells us, and sure enough over on a corner talking to the professional skater and Roller Derby Champion, Twila Wiles and Smith- ville High's new Latin, Literature, and Speech teacher, Phyllis Ramseyer, is Alice with a coat of tan that anyone would envy. We are soon in- formed that Alice 'has been doing missionary work in the Congo for quite some time. If it can give you a 'coat of tan like that , says someone behind us I'm for it ! You can't get that brown working in a green house , says Jean Hartzler, who ought to know because she is now manager of the Yoder's Greenhouse. With Jean is the only Cowgirl in the class of 51 , Ella Mae Beck. Ella Mae left Moser's Drug Store and went west soon after graduation. She now owns the finest Dude Ranch in Arizona. We like to spend our vacations at Ella Mae's ranch. That just goes to show what good luck and success will do for a person. There is a message coming over the ultra- short-wave radio now. It is a greeting from Brigadier General, Don Holderman. Don was not a-ble to be with us in person 'because of pressing military matters. Suddenly from a darkened corridor comes the mournful strains of Frankie and Johnny . Every- one is startled, and two or three head for the out- of doors forgetting that space suits are necessary on the Moon. Someone snaps on a light to reveal Don Sheets. Don is now a hillbilly radio and recording artist. Don admits, however, that he only goes in for the money and fun he gets out of it. We finally persuade him to stop, however, and those who have gone out without their space suits are brought back and revived. We are again just one big happy family. At a call from the dining hall, there is a mild stampede for the refreshments which consist mainly of food. During the meal Bill brings the portable transmitting and receiving set into the room. 'After a bit of fidgeting and twidling with the dials, contact is made with the home of Mrs. Alta Murray, our former sponsor. Mrs. Murray, we are sorry to say, was incapacitated when an irresistable force in the form of her new Atomic 888 Oldsmobile met up with an immovable object: namely, the corner of the Wayne Co. National Bank. You have to watch these atomic errgines. Mrs. Murray, we learn, retired some time ago from teaching and doesn't have much to do except just horse around . Personally, we think this is a master understatement 'because she is quite active in everything that comes along, and helps direct the Community Theater besides. But our grand time is cut short by the realiza- tion that we must be getting 'back to Earth and once more take up our humdrum existence as 'tearthlings . So we don our space suits, bid a farewell to Bill, board our ships, and head for home. Taking a fond, last look at our fading, lunar satelite, each one of us makes a secret vow to return as soon as possible. Marilyn Murray, Ruth Zook Don Sheets, Bill Miller twenty-six

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1 CL SS PPIUPHECY The year is 1965, the place, the Moon. The occasion, the dedication of the first service station for interplanetary and semi-interplane- tary ships. As we stand beside the proprietor, Bill Miller and watch the s-pace ships arrive and make their backward descent to the specially built landing platform, we notice a man acting very strangely. It is very difficult to recognize any- one at a distance in their pressurized outer atmo- sphere suits so we make contact with him on our walkie talkie radios. It turns out to be Dave Bishop, the owner of a chain of Bishop Diners on earth looking for a likely location for the first Bishop Diner on the moon. Followinug Dave out of the ship are Bill Bland and Janet Audet. Bill is now a painless dentist and Janet, his assistant, is now the one who makes his denistry painless. Another figure emerges from the ship and over the walkie talkie we recognize the lilting voice of Ilene Badertscher. We are informed that she is the hostess on the regular Mars to Mercury to Venus run of the Eby Space Ship Lines. 1Another space ship has just settled gently onto the platform and we promptly tune in our radios to welcome them to the new enterprise. The two figures springing towards us prove to be the two most prominent dairy farmers in the Smithville area, Lewis Baab and Tom Perret. They inform us that they are looking over the prospect of establishing a dairy farm on the Moon. The prospects, they admit don't look as good as they had hoped. However, says Lewis, 'tlf we can produce a strain of cattle that will live here we'll 'be all set. That sounds logical you must admit. Danny Burkey and Bill Burkholder have just emerged from the same plane. Danny, a Congress- man from Ohio, is the founder of the Burkey plan to wipe out Communism. Because of this bill, Communism is practically extinct. The method of elimination was very simple, he gave each person S10 and made Capitalists of them. Bill is now a test driver for the new atomic powered Fords. It they can take the beating Bill gives them they have to be good. Suddenly something lands in the midst of the group with a great deal of commotion knocking several of us down. The object turns out to be Ted Hartsough in a rather bedragled condition. After spitting out a sizable mouthful of lunar dust he informs us, in answer to our perplexity, that while experimenting with atomic fuels in his laboratory he got a bad mix . What some people won't do to save rocket fare! wisecracks someone, and all eyes turn to behold Bob Dilyard who has arrived in his convertable, unnoticed in the excitement. Bob works part time at his business, the You take it apart, we guess what it is garage in Smithville. The rest of 'his time he devotes to being a casanova and playboy around the nightspots of Holmesville and Millersburg. Another space ship suddenly comes into view doing quite a few maneuvers that are not recommended if you would live a long and prosperous life and Ndie a happy death. We all run for a nearby crater. However our precau- tions were not necessary for the ship lands safely enough. As we peek over the edge of the crater we can see more figures climbing to the ground. Tuning our radios in to pick them up we hear a silly giggle that anyone acquainted with the class of '51 knows as that of Bettie Mizer. We are soon told she is the first rocket pilot in the Army Rocket Corps. Bettie is accompanied by Katie Hoff, the former Virginia Mosier, Evelyn Odenkirk, Evelyn Zuercher and Martha Richards. Katie is now secretary to the President of the United States, having worked up quickly from a small office job in Smithville. Virginia and her husband now live in one of the 'better residential areas of Smithville along with certain other small indi- viduals with whom we are not acquainted, mid- gets no doubt. Evelyn Odenkirk, Evelyn Zuer- cher, and Martha Richards are now the head cooks at Smithville High School and are turning out meals the way Mrs. Dintamin use to. Now we feel a vibration under our feet and we again turn our eyes to the landing platform where we see an Eby Super Strato Liner in the process of landing. Many more from our class descend, first we see Ray Aspinall, the pastor of the Smithville Brethren Church. Right behind him is one of his most faithful members, Lynn Murray. Correction,-she is now the minister's wife. The manager of the Smithville Inn now strolls up in the person of Roy Bowman. Under his ex- pert management the Inn has grown to quite sizable proportions, with Inns in 46 states and Alaska. Clyde Murphy walks around the corner now and slaps us heartily on the back. Clyde is the star left fielder for the Cleveland Indians, batting an average of .42l. Incidentally he has donated his 38 Chiv' to the Smithstonian Institute, now driving a jet propelled Cadillac. Upon investigation of two figures racing around the perimeter of the crater to our left we find our two track stars Eugene Huffman and Elvin Mast. While stopping to turn up their oxygen we go over to extend a welcome. Eugene a professor of a large eastern university, has gain- ed world fame and recognition for being the first to find a fool proof method of tri-secting an angle. Elvin informs us that he is now a rich farmer from the south. He owns over half of Holmes County and several towns, Millersburg and Berlin included. Another plane lands and out steps the world famous artist Arlene Case. Arlene's pictures have won fame and high honors in every art exhibit in the world. Following Arlene comes the much lauded movie dancer .Ioan Beaverson and her expert press agent Esther Shamp. Another space suit clad figure emerges now and a closer look twenty-five

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U. CLASS COLORS Maroon and White CLASS FLOWER Yellow Rose CLASS MOTTO We build the ladder by which we rise twenty-seven