St John High School - Blue Gold Yearbook (Maria Stein, OH)

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Benita is always studying We re sure she 11 be a success How she can be so industrious, Is hard tr- believe, we ll confess Next is Julia a good sport, Attended almost every game, Faithfully she cheered Our team to greater fame Classmates we say Farewell Which did I not mention ? Virginia Well Yes that s me To me pay no attention I have sand the most important things For the class of 1951 Except Let s be the best class From the doors of St John High to pass Valedzctory Much has been said tonight of our past life at school and I feel that there ns nothing to be added to the words that have been spoken much has likewise been prophesied fOr the future, and of that too I do not think I have anything more to say There only re main the words that are hardest of all to frame and for some reason I fxnd myself un able to say any of them at all well These are the words we must use to bid our last farewell They mean so much but seem to express so little once put into speech When we entered hxgh school as Freshmen our goal seemed far off in the very distant future, but after four busy and happy years of high school life we find our selves at the end of the trail before we realize xt Now that we have attained our goal, we are stunned at what lies before us Never before have we raced the insecurity of being on our own Never again wxll we be able to rest in the secure harbor of school activities and friendships I must take this opportunity tomght to thank everyone who has helped us reach our goal To our parents We can pay our debt to you only by trying to be a success in everything we attempt to do whether it be small or large The memory of what you have done for us shall spur us on whenever failure seems to be at hand To our teachers You have given us the education we must take with us throughout the remainder of our lives The knowledge we attain now wxll be secured from experience rather than from books We will try our best to profit by what you taught us Members of the Board of Educatxon We have used the facilities of this school only because you made them possible Without your help we could never have enjoyed the rights and privileges that were given to us Undergraduates As we bid our farewell to you we feel a tinge of sadness n our hearts We have enjoyed your companionship throughout the school years and hope that you will always feel the same about us And now fellow graduates it is time for our last farewell Not only must we say good bye to school lxfe and all that goes with xt but also to each other Always remember the days that we spent together and never forget that the friendships that we formed in school wxll be lasting ones To morrow we will not face the world as a class but as individual men and women of the world Do not be afraid but face each day with renewed strength and courage The time is here, so now in behalf of the class of Nineteen Hundred and Fifty One I bid you our last Farewell 30 ' as I l I ' l o ' ' I I 9 - ' . - u 0 f I n - D g I ' I 0 c 0 o I . . . - , - I 1 0 - .- f I . u . f O , D . . . . , - o . . s o e - . . . e I . . 9 o o . . . . . . . . . o n s . . . . . . u e ' . . ' 9 6 . . . 1. o o , n f 0 ' - . e l I Q 1 . . - - as - I ll I1 , 1

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Class Poem Only four short years ago Full of knowledge pep and fun Entered St John Hugh School The Class of 51 Esther xs our mtellxgentsna A frxendly word for everyone Wlth her charm and personality She got to be queen of the class of 51 Our mathematlcal wlnz 13 Marlene Dxstxnguxshed an her dark r1m glasses Has all the assxgnments ready To enter all her classes Celesta 15 the fastest talker of the class She haxls from down Chxckasaw way Wxth her busxness subjects She hopes to become a success someday The spokesman of the class IS Ella Mae Better known to her frxends as Skee An edltor of the Starlxghter She flts xt to a T Mary Ann xs the happy one The grrl w1th a pretty smzle Ask her a questnon about Physics She d beat you by a male The treasurer 15 Delb Wrxtxng checks IS hrs specxalty As forward on the basketball team He s the best that there could be Dolores IS the energetnc gxrl She doesn t need much rest You ll fmd her workmg all day long Tryxng to do her best Want a gurl to type stencxls ? Get Esther she s all rxght She has a pretty smile To keep all her days brxght Sports reporter as Dorothy She dxd her job just fine And playxng her flute nn the Band She always was mn t1me Viola the only gxrl from St Rosa She thanks St John s swell As bookkeeper of the school. She does her job quxte well The youngest and smallest xs Susze Witty sayxngs and jokes are her delxght Watchxng her cheer the Blu Jays Is another cheerful sxght The boy wxth glasses IS Norbert Never has too much to say Accordmg to reports He hopes to be a busnnessman someday Wxth exther the cornet or prano Ethel can wan every tlme And cheenng for the Blu Jays She also d1d just fme The tallest of the group as Charhe You d know hzm by has wavy hair. Always ready to lend a hand In school or anywhere The quxet ambxtxous girl xs Jovzta Has all the answers each day Just ask her she ll agree School work 1sn t all play Teresa another cheerleader oi the group Yodels just for the fun If you re lookmg for an artxst She would rate number one Football mxnded boy IS Alex But any sport 15 h1s arm He gets hrs poxnts honest Grves our school a good name Ruth a studxous glrl, Chose nursmg for her career We all hope Ruth Work drowns out your fears Our cheerful gurl IS Mary Ann Wxth a sparkle rn her eyes Need a secretary to do some work Take her She d wxn a prxze ln Speech Class or rn Journalxsm, Who s always the one to shme Ask any of the Semor Class, It s Norma every txme Mark IS quxte an actor He s been an all our plays Quiet, smcere and dependable He rates in many ways . . , a . . . . , , 1 n . - 0 U ' I g . Q n . . . . . - , n u o ' P ' . . n . . . . . - I , . o 1 ' I . . . o n 0 I . . g . . . n . . . ' f a u , I ' ' Bl 'U o o . . , 5 u ' - us ll - l u 4 Q u o . . g . . , , . 1 s 0 n o g u F , U 0 o 0 o l . o 4 , . . f l , s n H, 1 - . . 1 o I o . , . . o Q u e . . . . , . o o - . . F . . , , I o . . . . o o p ' . U ' o 0 g l ' . . 0 u

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Class Prophecy for Class of 51 TIME IS 1961 I had often wondered what happened to the Class of Sl Well fxnally I got so curxous that I decided to start on a trxp I planned to start from St John and travel to Nashvxlle Tennessee to v1s1t wxth my former teacher Mr Barr Whxle passmg through St Rosa I notxced a sngn It read Clune s Paxnless I-Iospmtal Onentermg the operatmg room I saw a doctor whom I recogmzed to be Delbert Clune He was operating on a lovely handsome adorable pig He was the owner and operator of a beautxful hospxtal for ammals Delbert saxd he owed xt all to hxs wlfe whose father was a doctor and to h1s two chxldren who kept h1m gomg Contlnumng my tnp South I stopped at a store xn Greenvllle and whom drd I see? Well none other than Mary Ann Schurman She was buymg baby food for the Dreston Quadruples and trylng to chxsel the grocer because of her budget Teatthel' S salarxes aren t very hxgh Before leavmg Greenvllle I saw a Nxght Club called Maurxce and Celesta s I stopped for a mmute and to my surprise we saw Celesta Hextkamp workxng behmd the bar When I talked to her I found o ut she was marned to Maurxce Grxeshop and was now co owner of the place On the way to Dayton I p1cked up a couple of hxtchhxkers As I neared thexr house I thought I had recognxzed a famxhar face I stopped and talked to the chxld s mother Much to my surprxse xt was V1ola Selhorst Vxsxtxng the Good Samantan Hospxtal I saw Ruth Nxekamp stxckmg a needle 1n some cute guy s arm She told me she had been nursmg for years and was marrxed and had a famxly of four As I was loolung over the dresses 1n one of the large department stores I saw Jovxta Bertke who was one of John Power s most promxnent models Whxle passxng a wmdow xn C1!'lCll'L!13tl I saw Dorothy Pohlmann with a bunch of youngsters crowded around her I entered and found that she was a teacher of kxndergarten She told me that after she graduated from college she marrxed a young man from Nashvxlle and now has two l1ttle daughters On my way past Ft Knox I saw a soldzer whom I thought I recogmzed as Norb Tangeman I asked hxm what hrs rank was and to my surprise he sand he was rated hxgh as commander xn chlef of the cooks I congratulated hmm on h1s high rank and bxd hxm good bye The next day whxle admxnng the beautnful scenes an the hxlls of Tennessee my car gave a great sputter and stalled 1n the mxddle of the road I found out I was out of gas I saw a farm house a short dlstance down the road and headed for lt There on the front lawn smx plump ch1ldren were playxng I looked around and saw thexr father I was then xnvxted mto the house to fmd seated at the lutchen table a short, jolly plump woman Mrs Charles Wendeln, the former Mary Ann Homan Whale puttxng the gas mn the car I had an xnterestxng chat wxth Charlxe He told me about the brg goat farm he was now operatnng and the lot of kxds he was ransmg He had me puzzled whether the chnldren nnherxted thexr mother s plumpness or rf rf came from drxnlung goat s mllk That nxght I was approachxng the rectory nn Nashvzlle, and saw a young lady sxttxng by the w1ndow I came nearer and deczded xt was none other than Esther Dnksen workxng as cook for the Reverend Orvxlle Winner The next day contnnumg on my Journey I saw a smgn that saxd Bemta s Beauty Parlor and soon found that Bemta Broerman was runn1ng thxs place She marned Paul Staugler m 1952 and has sax small chrldren That afternoon I stopped xn at an I G A store ln Memphzs to buy a few grocerxes when a young lady stopped to talk with me I dzd not recogmze her at fnrst but soon found out that lt was Norma Bertke. now Mrs Hoot Evers She IS now runmng a board mg house 31 gg 9 99 , . U D . . . D 0 . ' . . . , ' . . . . . ,, , . . . . ,, . . . ' I 0 . 1 Q 0 O . . . . . . . . ' , . . . . . I 0 l A . . I , . . , . . . - . H . u n , Q . i . . . ' n . . . . . . . . . , . . . , . . . . . , , . . . 0 Q . . -. - . . . . . ' o ' . . . O I ' I . . . . . . . . . , . . 0 I I 0 ' l . . . . . . ' . . . . , . . . . , . 0 u . . . . . . . . . .. - . H . . . . , . . . . . . 0 0 0 ' . . 0 . . . . . . . . - . . . O