Spencerville High School - Echoes Yearbook (Spencerville, OH)

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ECHOES 1-,.. 1941 Telev1s1on 1951 VVhen the Senlors of 1941 graduated they left to the1r sponsors MISS Deemer and Mr Branstet ter a telev1s1on set Whlch was not to be used un t1l May 26 1951 On that very evemng MISS Deemer was llsten 1ng to the rad1o The announcer was speak1ng Th1s IS your announcel Albert M1ller speakmg brlng 1ng to you each day at th1s same t1me Laurabelle Wr1ght The Slnging Secretary The program IS sponsored by the The Three Mesqu1tters 1Stan1ey Youngpeter Ray Becker and Frankhn Mueller1 For your sports equlpment be sure to buy those W1th the 3M label cn them MISS Wrlght s guest for thlS even1ng IS M1ss Carol Lannmg a noted p1an1sL At the mentlonlng of these names MISS Deemer remembered what day It was She called M1 Bran stetter and told h1m to come 1mmed1ately Upon h1s arr1va1 she hooked up the telev1s1on set F1g ures began to appear The first scene was the ma1n street of Spencerv1lle To the left was B111 W1en ken s Hardware Someone lS putt1ng a new coat of palnt on lt Its Bruce Hanley Down the street comes the Lone Elm Da1ry truck dr1ven by Tom D1llon He stops 1n front of W1erw1lle s Meat Mar ket and goes 1n Across the street IS a new store The slgn above lt reads Tw1n Dress Shop run by Martha and Marg1e Slentz A late ed1t1on of the Journal News now hashes across the screen Some art1cles ID lt read l1ke th1s Jack Roth the Veterlnaflah of L1ma 1S 1n Wash1ngton D C on buslness th1s week Helen Metzger and Mary Fen neman are Settlng up a new beauty shop here It looks l1ke some compet1t1on for Mary Allce Schwartz Donald Monfort IS mov1ng to Cleveland He bought a dalry there Vernon Metzger bought h1s farm and Robert Flsher bought hlS horses and cattle Cole Imler was made manager of the Kroger Store here 1n Spencerv1lle Gene Grear was appo1nt ed manager of one 1n Cleveland He IS leavlng next week and w1ll be met by Grace M1ller who IS a stewardess on the T W A planes out of Cleveland Another Spencervllle g1rl MarJor1e DeCamp IS also there Now our scene changes to a hosp1tal 1n Cleve land Two nurses are comlng down the hall One IS Mary FISSEI and the other Ruth Clark L1sten' They are talklng A couple of old school frlends of ours are 1n my ward sa1d Ruth Who are they? asked Mary Preston Dav1s and Robert Hampshlre a swered Ruth Preston wrecked h1s plane Whl16 do 1ng some fancy fly1ng and Robert who dr1ves a taXl here 1n Cleveland wrecked h1s car wh1le domg some fancy dr1v1ng That rem1nds m sa1d Mary I saw 1n the paper that both Paul1ne K1ll and Clara Mae Clark are marrled Gee It seems Just yesterday that we graduated remarked Ruth The screen leaves them w1th the1r reverles and goes to a new place a beaut1ful home ln Beverly H1lls Hollywood Cal1forn1a It lS even1ng a party IS golng on 1ns1de The host Clarence Zlmmerman IS standmg at the door rece1v1ng h1s guests Wlth h1m IS Hedy Lamarr looklng as young and beaut1 ful as ever Over ln the corner a group of glrls are ta1k1ng Three of them are 1941 graduates Mar garet Koemg Ruth Jones and Mary Jane Coffman They are pr1vate secretar1es to some of the mov1e stars Margaret speaks flrst Here c mes Mary Pllkerd Whos that handsome man Wlth her Thats her husband Boss sa1d Jane I mean she marr1ed her boss Her fr1end Joerdls G11ff1n IS golng to marry h1s brother remarked another g1r1 There comes Carolyn Place and B111 Stelger Has sloe declded to marry h1m yet asked Mar garet I don t know rephed Ruth but she better pretty so n before someone else grabs h1m now that he IS presldent of the Standard O11 Company Say dont look now but here comes the football coach of the UHlV6FS1ty of Cal1forn1a Paul Snlder W1th h1S fiancee Ruth Shaffer Sald Jane and be hxnd them IS Mary Purdy Wlth her Professor Some say they are marr1ed Look who IS com1ng now Sald Margaret the stars deslgner Bonn1ebelle th1ng Whos that llttle girl w1th her asked the newcomer Margene Crow her secretary and fr1end replled Jane Beh1nd them are Melv1n Trentman b1g te1ev1s1on execut1ve Wlth h1s two secretar1es Wanda Angel and Anna Stoneh1l1 As the party b6g1HS the scene changes to an other place It 1S Hlghway 117 between Spencer v111e and L1ma A b1g truck 1S speedxng towards Spencerv111e Up ahead 1S a h1tchh1ker As the truck draws near It stops and the h1tch h1ker gets 1n Llsten to the1r conversatlon' Why Sugar Bow sher excla1med the h1tchh1ker 1n amazement Gordon Roberts I d1dn t recogn1ze you VVhere are you go1ng'7 the drlver asked Oh back to V1S1t the old home town answered Gordon I have a lot of t1me now that my aunt left me some money when she dled By the way have you seen any of the gang lately he contlnued Sure answered Sugar Irene Schwartz has a new sewlng shop 1n Spencervllle Bob Mullenhour 1S wanted by the Cm c1nnat1 Reds to play th1rd base George Armstrong and Kenneth Sawm1l1er went West back ln 1945 They have ranches now Well here we are home aga1n Sald Sugar Thanks a lot sa1d Gordon W1th th1S MISS Deemer SW1tCh6d off the set Well that IS all of them What a. marvelous 1nven t1on IS telev1s1on' Q Page 18 : 0101 111111111 1101011111 1 110:01 501011 1301010101011 if 1113 111111111 'Q l I 1 v - ' J V - I Y ' Y 1 - - , 1 , - . . . ,- - - A 11 ' 1 I 1 - ' 1 . , . . 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ECHOES Valedlctory THE NEEDS OF OUR SCHOOLS School IS what the communlty makes It It can e1the1 be a school w1th only a small number of subjects to choose from hnnted equlpment to vyork wlth and the attltude of not caung yyhether or not thue IS a school Ol lt can have a numerous dlX9lS1f'l6d amount of subJects sufh Clellt materlalg wlth whlch to vyork and the attltude of wantmg to make the best better The C'OI1dltl0I1 of a school hes entlrely vylth the wlshes of the communlty as a whole There are txmes when the faculty and students yyho attend school ey ery day see the need for changes addltlonal mater lals and subjects but w1thout the help of the people supportlng and financlng the schools they are absolutely powexless The future mamtenance and CO1ld1UOl1 of a nat1on IS largely deter mlned by the progress of 1tS schools When th1s country was first founded the goyernmental leadels foresaw that 6dLlC2:Lt1Ol1 would play an lmport ant part ln helpxng to make our country successful Therefore they helped support a program furtherlng the need for educatxon Today there seems to be a tendency to belleve that the schools need no further lmproyement Th1s IS not true that schools need no mole lmprovements for each year not only makes l1fe a llttle more comphcated than lt was the year before but also br1ngs forth new ldeas and methods to help meet these comph CHUOIIS There are many schools Wh1Ch have a large number of needs Un fortunately Spencelyllle IS lncluded vylth these schools A sufliclent amount of books encyclopedlas dlctlonarles and other 1eference materlal IS essentlal for the good of the student In classes questlons HFISQ that cannot always be answered by the teacher because teachers no longer are tramed m general subjects but SDGCIHIIZS m only one or two fields They of course are unable to answer many of the ques tlons because of the newness of thens Invarlably the textbooks do not conta1n the necessary knovsledge e1the1 Th1s IS only one of the many ln stances vyhere further reference mateual would be profitable Physlcal educatlon equlpment IS cons1dered one of the most 1mport ant needs OI an educatlonal lHSt1tl.1t1011 Large substantlal basketball floors faClllt1GS for showers and prlvate lockels 1n whlch the proper clothmg for physlcal culture classes can be kept are some of the thmgs vyh1ch are sorely needed 1n many of our schools These lockers would be apart from the regular ones wh1ch contam books and street clothmg The shops Wh1Ch are qulte beneficlal 1n furthermg manual arts are sometxmes almost V01d of the 1nach1ne1v needed to tram the students and to help them carry on thelr yyork Whlfll Illlghf, enable them to earn a l1v mg after they graduate Page 20 r1o1o1o1o14 101011 1o1o1n1o1oc bo101o1o1o1o1o1o1 14 101 11: 1 n . . . . 1 , ' s , v' ' .' , . 1 1 1 . I . Y Y . . . - s s x I. . . . Y Y . Y . Y 1 . . . . Y. . . . 5 Y Y Y . . - a A 1 s , . . Y . Y . Y Y Y 1 Y . . . . Y i Y . ' s , v ' ' v . . Y . Y ,, r Y Y Y. . . Y. Y . s ' ' . Y Y . . . . y '. ' 1 ' 1 x ' 1 - Q 1 - . Y - Y . . Y . - 7 'l - 1 s x 1 ' s Y . . v 9 . Y . U . . - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 111 1 11191. l1n1::1::1 1 1:1:1:x1n1::1::1 1 14