Spencerville High School - Echoes Yearbook (Spencerville, OH)

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Class Prophecy 104 Park Avenue New York, New York June 30, 1947 Dear Wes: Upon going down town yesterday, who should I meet but our old schoolmate David Fisher. He is advertising manager for the Wagon Back and Haulus Circus which is owned by Messrs, Edgar and Wilbur Sawmiller. He gave me passes to the show and said that I would find many of my old schoolmates employed with the circus. Having the afternoon off I decided to attend. Arriving at the circus grounds I stopped in front of the Side Show and there lo and behold was Kenneth Davies shouting through a megaphone and pointing to the various attractions painted on the canvas. Beside him stood Olga Rohrbach and Vonda Siebert dressed in grass skirts doing a dance to the guitar accompaniment of a pure blooded Hawaiian whom I recognized as Doyle Clay with his hair dyed. Going inside the first performer 'to catch my eye was Lowell Miller who was a world reknowned fire eater. Next to him was George Swygart who did a remarkable sword swallowing act. Proceeding far- ther I could hardly believe my eyes as I discovered Lola Wagner now weighing 703 pounds, with the title Queen of the Fat Ladies . Farther on was Bob Ashton towering high above the crowd at the height of 9 feet 1116 inches, and proclaimed the tallest man in the world. The crowd now moved to the extreme end of the tent where a terrific commotion ensued. Rushing up I found one of the keepers who proved to be Bob Miller. He was feeding live rats to the wild man from Borneo Who with .blood curdling screams was catching and eating the rats alive. You can Well imagine my surprise when I found this hideous creature to be none other than my old friend Ned Roeder. The next performance consisted of a 'strong man act by Vic Seibert who lifted a 3000 pound weight with one hand. Weird music now filled the air and I beheld George Koenig with a Turban around his head blowing a queer instrument which caused a delightful assortment of cobras to twine affectionately around the neck of the snake lady Ellen Grandstaff. A dazzling group of moving pictures now caught my eye and I gazed with astonishment at the beautiful designs on Nina Hoverman the tattoed lady. I enjoyed a 'good laugh when the bearded lady Mildred Metzger lost her beard due to the use of bad glue. Since it was now time for the main show I left the side show and started towards the big ton. On my way I stopped and bought some pink lemonade at a stand run by Vera Plikerd, Mary Grassley and Alma Squires. Farther on I bought peanuts for the elephants from Leona Rockhold and Velma Wilkins. Entering the main tent I gave my ticket to Corger Squires who showed me to a reserved seat. The show opened with a parade of the entire com- Dany around the arena. The circus was on and the acts followed so thick and fast I could hardly keep up with them, one of the principle acts was a breath taking trapeze performance by Roger Reynolds, Ned Miller, and the fiying twins 'Mary and Martha Stonehill. Among a group of skilled horseback riders I recognized Marjorie Hiltv, Evelyn Failor, Mildred Fritz, and Mabel Stelzer. Jean Mack and Jean Neid- hardt were loudly applauded as they assisted a group of trained seals. Anna Scherer and Cecile DeLong thrilled the crowd with a daring wire walking performance. A juggling act by Virginia Simons. Joline Roberts, Margaret Kroeger and Ruth Har- bert received ia big hand from the audience. A clown and tumbling act featuring Kathryn Kelly, Mary Bassett, Lorna Carey, Mary Bowersock and Thelma Eley gained a hearty laugh from the circus fans. The show drew to a close with a hair-raising performance by those fearless wild animal trainers Beatty Clantz and Harold 'Buck Augsburger. Beatty narrowly escaped injury when a wild cat tried to jaguar on the bear leg. She was saved by Buck Augsburger when he grabbed a gun which 'was lion on the ground and warded off the attacks. The crowning event was the shoot- ing from a cannon of Fern Fissel the Human Cannon Ball . As the giant gun boomed and Miss Fissel 'gracefully landed in a net, the band struck up the closing number and the circus was over. As I left the big top I felt much as I had ten years ago at close of our graduation exercises. Little did I dream that I would ever find our class of '37 following the sawdust trail. If I didn't have such a nice wife and family I would be tempted to join them. Ask your wife if you can drive over to- morrow and we can attend the afternoon performance. I know you will enjoy it. ' Your old schoolmate and friend, Toby Nineteen

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Lowell Miller Mary Grassley Lola Wagner Wilbur Sawmiller LOWELL MILLER LOU Here's to Lowell, Whose bright winning smile Will gather him friends For many a mile. Baseball 3-45 Intramural 3-45 Chorus 1-2. MARY ' GRASSLEY GRACE Striving onward Mary goes, Better improvement each day she shows. Operetta 3-45 Glee Club 3-45 Orchestra 3-45 Music Festival 45 Chorus 1-25 State Music Contest 45 Or- chestra Contest 3-4. VICTOR SEIBERT VIC Not tall, yet not short And a doggone good sport, Our Vic can't be beat On the Intramural court. Basketball 23 Intramural 1-2-3-45 F. F. A. 1-2-3-45 Judging Team 1-25 Chorus 1-2. VELMA RUTH WILKINS MILLIE She's prim and neat With a smile that's sweet. In the Intramural She cofuldn't be beat. Class Plays 45 Operetta 3-45 Glee Club 3-45 Intra- mural 3-45 Music Festival 3-45 Chorus 1-25 Wohelo Club 4. Eighteen Victor Seibert Velma Wilkins Ellen Grandstaff Miss Deemer LOLA WAGNER EDDIE Ever merry, a 'very good friend, A helping hand she'll always leml. Operetta 45 Glee Club 3-45 Music Festival 3-45 Wohelo Club 45 Chorus 1-25 State Music Contest 3-4. WILBUR SAWMILLER WIL,' There are some silent people who are more interesting than the best of talkers. F.. F. A. 1-2-3-4 tVice President 415 Ch-orus 1-2. ELLEN GRANDSTAFF GAY Gentle manner, full of grace, All seen with a smiling face. Class Play 45 Operetta 43 Glee Club 3-45 Chorus 1-2. MISS DEEMER SENIOR SPONSOR

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Twenty First row: R. Albright, W. Becker, F. Bitte1's, H Bowers, M. Burnett, J. Core. Second row: C. Davies, F. Davies, G. Dicus, D Fissel, M. Fryer, J. Golliver. Third row: R. Gossard, M. Graessle, V. Haunhorst D. Hayman, J. Hooker, J. Huber. Fourth row: H. Huckemcyer, J. Jarvis, B. Kennedy J. Kennedy, P. Lee, L. Lcist. Fifth row: G. Long, M. Mack, R. Mack, N. Mark M. Martin. D. I. Miller. Sixth row: D. Miller, D. Miller, D. Miller, H. Miller M. Monfolt, D. McCain. Seventh row: D. McNeal, C. Reese, M. Ride1', L Shaffer, N. Sherer, J. Sunderland. Eighth row: J. Vance, I Wilkins, P. Winans, M Zuber, R. Zuber, R. Zimmerman. Not in picture: J. Oehlhof. Sailing Along With The Juniors In September, 1936, the Junior Clipper launched on its third voyage with fifty-two members responding to the cry of all aboard . We planned a very suc- cessful trip Witih Lavern Shaffer, our President, as Captain, who was ably assisted by Mary Mack, Vice President, Pauline Lee, Secretary, Dorotha Miller, Treasurer, and Doris Fissel, Reporter g but we regret the loss of twenty-four members who have left us since our Freshman year. Our voyage was delayed while we attended the Junior and Senior Weiner roast in October and the Rabbit Supper in November, ,both of which proved to be very entertaining. On October 23 we sailed into port to present our first successful play, Lady Spitfire , to a large audience, and on November 6, our second success, George Gets Going. The Clipper experienced smooth -sailing as we were well represented in the various Athletics-Basketball, Baseball, Volleyball, and Music-Glee Clubs, Orchestra, Boys' Quartet and Ensembles. We encountered many storms in the region of Intramural Basketball, but with red and white as our ship's colors, we faced them bravely. Our Girls' 'Captain was Ruby Zimmerman, our Boys' Gerald Dicus. Again our voyage was delayed on May 14, when our class entertained the Seniors at the annual Junior and Senior Prom, which proved to be the crowning success of the year. Now as We glide slowly into port, we anchor the Clipper and leave it in the harbor until we shall complete our voyage next year as Seniors of '38, D. M. F., '38