Smithville High School - Fabrica Yearbook (Smithville, OH)

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Senior Class Will My friends, I have called you to assemble here as a solemn duty, that you, the heirs of my respected client, the class of 1953, may hear her last will and testament. May I entreat that you receive your lega- cies in the spirit of friendship. I shall now appreciate your courteous attention. We, the class of 1953, in the town of Smith- ville, county of Wayne, and the state of Ohio, being in good mental condition, do hereby make this, our last will and testament. ARTICLE I We fe'el that our brilliant record and our unusual achievement will live after us, but, not willing to take any chances, we suggest that a tablet be inscribed with our names and a few of our outstanding deeds. This should be purchased and placed in the audi- torium where all can see it. ARTICLE II In the following way do we dispose of our possessions: We give and bequeath to the Junior Class our most important properties, our self-satis- faction and our wisdom. Both of these we have in large quantities. We also leave to the Juniors our good luck. It should more than satisfy them because of what it has made us. They may also have our right and privileges as Seniors in the study hall, as well as notebooks, fountain pens, apple-cores, and any other articles we left behind in our haste. We also bequeath to the Junior Class our well known n'erve. I am sure that this will be very useful to them. We gladly give them our examination questions that have been given us in the past year. We believe that, like history, an examination repeats itself. We are very sorry that we cannot supply the correct answers at this time. To the Sophomore Class we leave our patience. They will need it to endure the Juniors. To the future Freshmen we leave our time, our talents, and our ambitions. With these they shall not remain green very long. Only the Freshman Class has been omitted in this will. We have left them nothing be- cause they will soon be Sophomores. By that time their self-evaluation will reach such heights that nothing in our possession would be regarded by them as useful. To our Superintendent, Mr. Burkholder, we bequeath the relief that we have finally graduated. We have spent four years to- gether. Any great deeds or achievements that our future contains will be the result of his 'example and counsel. To our Principal, Mr. McCay, we leave, in trust, our sense of humor. Without it, school life would have been painful. This should make all future classes more pleas- ant for both instructors and pupils. To our teachers, the faculty of Smithville High School, we give our kindest regards and our sincere gratitude for their helping aid. We bequeath them our entire store of knowledge and any other information which we have picked up during the past four years. 17

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Senior Class History QCont'd.j The following fall we found we were trav- eling second class and were a part of the group called the upper classmenf' Some of our crew changed this year. We chose Morrene Musser, President, William Hutchison, Vice President, Betty Boreman, Secretary, Doris Zimmerly, Treasurer, Gene Stuckey, Sergeant at Armsg Paula Feusier and Jim Singer as Student Council Represen- tativesg Bernice Lytle and Fritz Bland, So- cial Chairmen. Our eyes were attracted by golden rings and our class rings arrived in December. On March 21, the passengers gave a play, You Can't Take It With You, to a large audience. On April 26 we banqueted the Seniors at the annual J unior-Senior Banquet. Our Captain, Mr. Watkins, retired from the service and was given a farewell party. This, our last year on ship board was very enjoyable, for we were traveling first class with two new Co-Captains, Mrs. Becker and Mr. Rowe. We retained our same officers with the exception of Vice President, Fritz Bland, Sergeant at Arms, Darrel Indermuh- leg Student Council Representatives, Paula Feusier and Dale Shampg Social Chairmen, Bernice Lytle and William Hutchison. William Hutchison was elected Admiral of the fleet around the harbor of Smithville High School. 16 On November 14 we gave a play, Cheaper by the Dozen, to an even larger audience. On May 16, we were feted at a banquet by the Juniors. Baccalaureate Services were held in the ship's auditorium, Sunday evening, May 24. Sports played an important part in ship life. The following list of passengers received one or more letters for sports activities: Bill Buchwalter, Fritz Bland, Gene Stuckey, Dar- rel Indermuhle, Jim Singer, John Bupp, and Harold Conrad. 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. On May 28, 40 members received their de- grees of acquired knowledge and were given a 4-day shore leave to our Nation's Capital. Although our shore leave was short we must start on a new voyage of Real Life, and we realize as our motto states, Tonight we sail, where shall we anchor? we will al- ways try to keep sailing ahead. Written by Betty Boreman Doris Zimmerly Harold Conrad Willis Troyer

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Senior Class Will QConf'cl.j ARTICLE III I, Carol Miller, will my many declama- tions to Nita Brant, who thinks she can do them better. 1, Ruth McClure, will my uncontrollable giggles to Donna Beichler. I, Harold Miller, will my ability to stay away from the girls to Jon Pritchard, who has a different one every night. I, Bernice Lytle, will my ability to get a diamond while still in high school to JoEtta Haley who is making progress. I, Galen Moomaw, will my ability to get along with Mr. Levin to his pet peeve, Maxine Sheets. I, Carole Lonier, will my dark hair to Martha Wertz, who doesn't seem to like hers. I, Elton Moose, will my quiet ways to Bradley McAfee who should use them. I, Darrel Indermuhle, will my frequent absence from history class to Warren Weir- thrick who will probably need it when he gets there. I, Roy Morrison, will my car to anyone who can drive it. I, William Hutchison, will my job at Shell- er's to anyone dumb enough to take it. I, Morrene Musser, will my ability to be class president three times in a row to any worthy Freshman. I, Bob Hohenshil, will my many devilish ways to Larry Schrock. I, Arlene Odenkirk, will my many boy friends to Rosalie Baab. I, Charles Raudebaugh, will my privilege to drive a wine Mercury to David King who gets along with a 35 Chevy. I, Dale Shamp, will my self-appointed privilege to talk in any class and get away with it to Clara Lytle who doesn't get away with anything. I, Jim Geiser, will my collection of radios to Mr. Taylor. I, Jim Singer, will my short hair cut to Jim Kapluck who needs one. I, Paula Feusier, will my collection of music to anyon'e who thinks they can play it to suit Mr. Levin. I, Ralph Smucker, will my farming in- terests to Gene Kaufman whose only interest is girls. 18 I, Gerald Elliott, will my deck of cards to the teachers so they can play cards at teach- ers' meeting. I, Lonny Starcher, will my Toni Perma- nent Kit to Donny Stuckey with wishes for better success next time. I, Harold Conrad, will my corny sense of humor and jokes to Ernest Rehm. I, Gen'e Stuckey, will my ability to grow up to Ted Berkey whose dad wishes he would. I, Janice Bishop, will my motto, To talk first and think afterwards, to Margaret Hos- tetler. I, Marilyn Zuercher, will my collection of recipes to Joanne Brotherton. I, Richard Besancon, will my bashful ways to my brother Toots. I, Joanne Hartzler, will my freckles to Anita Buchwalter. I, Roger Badertscher, will my muscle building set to Marion Falb. I, Dolores Troxel, will my slender figure to Shirley Gwin. I, John Bupp, will my ability to go with two girls to Jack Snoddy who can't get away from one. I. Willis Troyer, will my innocent, little brother Charles to anyone who wants him. I, Betty Boreman, will my ability to go home after a date to Ellen Weygandt who sits and parks. I, Joan Carmony, will John Bupp to Phyl- lis Hochstetler. I, Allen Zook, will my flag-fighting tech- niques to any worthy Junior of those who follow. I, Fritz Bland, will my old Bookkeeping workbook to anyone who can make it out. I, Bill Buchwalter, will my manly phy- sique to Ernie George. I, Doris Zimmerly, will my little bottle of aspirins to Walter Stoll. I, Karen Berkey, will my dimples to my father who has only one. I, Eleanor Yates, will my ability to manage the recreation program to Gwen Thut. I, Helen Gordon, will my sewing ability to any worthy Home Ec. girl. Written by- Carole Lanier Karen Berkey Bill Hutchison Galen Moomaw