Smithville High School - Fabrica Yearbook (Smithville, OH)

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,- T , T, . CLASS WILL I, Richard Kinney, will my reckless driving to Mr. Gerber, who only instructs others to drive carefully. I, Bob Lonier, will my many bright remarks in class meeting to some dull character. I, Melf-Uwe-Lorzen, will my calisthenics ability to Dick Beaver who is just learning how to walk. I, Dick Marthey, will my dancing ability to Ralph Smucker. I, Martha Miller, will all my high honors and many awards to anyone worthy of them. I, Wilfred Meyers, will my ability to go through school in three years and to enter college when I was fifteen to Jim Beck. I, Donald Moser, will by ability to get along with all the teachers to Ray Murphy who considers this a hard task. I, Wynona Pfouts, will my ability to get an engagement ring in my Senior year to Elaine Bucher who has a good start. I, Danny Sauders will my curly, wavy hair to anyone having the patience to put it up every night. I, Darrell Schrock, will my ability to sneak out the office door during eighth period study hall and not get caught to Allen Zook who would never make it. I, Arlene Smucker, will my ability to be a twin and confuse the teachers to Helen and Ellen Hartsough. I, Pauline Smucker, will my ability to be seen and not heard to Carol Miller who makes herself heard. I, Stanley Smucker, will my hidden appreciations for girls to William Hutchison who thinks it pays to advertise. I, Paul Snure, will my glasses to next year's basketball referees so we can win the County Tournaments for once. I, Charles Steiner, will my height to Ronnie Singer who stopped growing at one end. I, Edwin Steiner, will my ability to Ice called Junior and still be a Senior to anyone attempting it. I, Glenn Swisher, will my ability to leave home at eight-thirty and arrive at school at three-twenty-five to David King who appreciates school. I, Claribel Walters, will my ability to eat only when I'm alone or with some- one to Nancy Hostetler. I, Peggy Wirth, will my ability to have a body guard at school all the time to Carol Parker who often would enjoy one. I, Ralph Woods, will my ability to drink pop and spend money and still have enough left to take my girl out to David Smucker who imbibes in nothing. I, Ivan Yoder will my debating ability to a next year's debator who could be a a blonde, also. I, Glenn Zimmerly, will my easy going ways to Philip Bishop who has hard times by trying to get through easy. I, Ruby Zimmerman, will my shorthand ability to Charles Troyer who can't even write longhand. ARTICLE IV To the Janitors, we leave our gummed-up desks and pencil marks. To the Cooks, we leave thanks for the many good meals. To Our Secretary, Ellen Donaldson, we leave our patience to help her in raising her ball team. Claribel Walters Ruby Zimmerman Sara Burkholder Paul Snure nineteen

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CLASS WILL We, the Senior Class of 1952 of Smithville High School, being of sound mind and body, do hereby make this our last will and testament. ARTICLE I To Mr. Burkholder, we leave our high scores in the intelligence tests, our over-worked text books, and our many good times. Also, we leave our many thanks and appreciation for his guidance during these last four years. To Mr. Berkey, we leave our squirt guns and Stoppette bottles to defend himself from next year's Seniors. Also, our thanks for the many jokes and quizes. To the faculty, we leave an empty ninth period as there will be no one in it now. To the Juniors, we leave our used Kleenex to mourn our departure. To the Sophomores, we leave our borrowed paper and pencil stubs. To the Freshmen, we leave our worn out teachers. You will need new ones by the time you are Seniors. To the Eighth grade, we leave four more glorious years at Smithville High School. ARTICLE II To Mr. Wheeler, our class advisor, we leave many thanks for his guidance in this past year. Also, we want to ask his forgiveness for our inconsideration and to remind him that no one is perfect, not even the Seniors. ARTICLE III I, Harold Blough, will my ability to go with blondes to t'Skeeter , who can't get away from brunettes. I, Tom Bowman, will my ability to disagree in class meeting to any Junior who always agrees. I, Donald Bucher, will my car to Indie so he and his brother will not have to squabble over their car. I, Steve Burington, will my ability to collect dues within four years to next year's treasurer. I, Mary Burkholder, will my ability to have a hard cover on the annual with little money to Doris Zimmerly. I, Sara Burkholder, will my ability to go steady and not quarrel to Donna Heiks who goes steady to quarrel. I, Frank Carney, will my ability to stay away from girls to Jim Wilson who likes to woo-woo'em. I, Gene Caskey, will my artistic ability to Shirley Fike who draws chickens with four legs. I, Bob Conrad, will my ability to get kicked out of chorus to Jim Geiser who always stays put. I, Twila Conrad, will my ability to go with boys from other towns to Emilie Miller who specializes in one town. I, Ruth Donaldson, will my pep-vitamin pills to Nita Brant, with directions to use double doses. I, Don Dravenstott, will my ability to get along with Mr. Wheeler to Harold Miller who needs a little excitement. I, Ronnie Fike, will my ability to take my girl out in a truck and still keep her to Cloyd Franks who canlt hold 'em with a good car. I, Carl Gerig, will my ability to sing in a boys' quartette, to Charles Fetter who would like to sing in a girls' quartette, I, Lucille Haley, will my dramatic ways to Phyllis Hochstettler who just isn't like that. I, Mary Ann Hostetler, will my ability to have all A averages to Esther Mc- Afee who needs this kind of help. I, Mary Jane Johnson, will my ability to take Latin, Geometry and Chemistry and still get through to Gary Miller, with hope that he will make it. I, Roger Johnson, will my typical and sportsmanlike ways to Gerald Harrison whose ways are no ways. I, Nancy Kaufman, will my ability to have a hidden sense of humor to Maxine Sheets. eighteen

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,W ww v, .V ,M lla l PROPHECY 0F CLASS 017 52 In a quiet suburb of Lincoln, Nebraska, stands a neat little house withanice green lawn. This is the home of Ruth and Ronnie Fike. Ruth, the former Ruth Donaldson, and Ronnie, who is now head coach of a large high school in Lincoln, have just gotten word that a rich uncle has died and left them a lot of money. Immediately Ruth suggests a trip, in which they decide to hunt up their old classmates, those of the class of '52, of course. Right away they call Claribel Walters, who is in the business of selling and planning trips for people. She works on a nation wide basis and is consulted by many famous people. She lays out a splendid trip, after she has done a lot of re- search to find out how far this trip must extend, in order to catch all '52ers. According to the itinerary set up by our expert, Miss Walters, we journey first to Chicago and are entertained that evening by the Acorn String Ensemble, in which Pauline and Arlene Smucker are talented artists. We also spend an evening in Chicago at a debate between Ivan Yoder and Wil- fred Meyer. It has been rumored that this series of debates is the best since the famous Lincoln-Webster ones. Ivan and Willie are debating the subject Resolved:- That All Drips Should Stop Dripping.- Our next stop is Weilersville, where we are treated like royalty by Nancy Kaufman, who is the Stewardcss for our trip. We also see Harold Joe Blough at the Haley-Blough Store which is in connection with the railroad station there. We are to go to Smithville and visit in the home of Mary and Sie Burkholder Schrock. After catching up on a little bit of the news there, we go back to our old Alma Mater just for memorie's sake. As we enter the sacred halls of S.H.S., our ears are met with the melodious sounds of many voices blended in one great mass of choral music, under the expert and unfaltering direction of Sara Burkholder, as she prepares her students once more, for one of their well known and well loved operettas, which were famous even in the years that we were students at old Smithville High. And here, too, we find Don Moser has taken over the place once filled by Vern Sinclair. When we are about to leave the sacred halls of S. H. S., we find Stan Smucker backing up to the side door of the school, where he is about to unload the milk and ice cream for the school's use, which has come directly from his dairy. A little farther north, we find that Martha Miller is now running a country children's home and taking care of many a little angel with a dirty face. After visiting Martha, we find ourselves moving northward toward Crile Veterans Hospital at Cleveland, where we find none other than Lucille Haley. She Writes letters to Sweethearts for the Handicapped Veterans, and entertains them with songs. Then boarding the trains, we travel on to Niagara Falls for Ralph Woods, ac- cording to the newspapers, will today dare the powers that he can go over the falls in a Barrel'l of his own construction. Also, we learn that Peggy Wirth and Wynona Pfouts will be there at that time, on an anniversary trip. The anniversary is that of their double wedding. As we find that Paul Snure is a professor of Physics at M. I. T., we head for Massachusetts to see how he is coming. twenty