St Wendelin High School - Foslin Yearbook (Fostoria, OH)

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On the cold morning of December 16, 1926, William Heilman first saw the light of day. He boasts of the same birthplace as that of our Principal, Father Malz-Defiance, Ohio. After trying out several towns, the Heilman family finally settled in Fos- toria, where Bill began his career in St. Wendelin grade school. He made his fifth and half of his sixth grade at Bittman, Ohio. then after a few months at Nappanee, Indiana, he returned to Fostoria Where he has since lived. During his high school he was a member of the Mission Society and the Blessed Virgin Mary's Sodality. As freshman and again as junior he stood up in the Spelling Contest finals. Twice he was in on the intramural basketball competition. He was a member of the Glee Club during the past years, and was elected Treasurer of his class in his senior year of school. He made a brief appearance in the class play. Ioanne Kinn claims election day, November 3, 1925, for her birthday. She is the only one of her family born in Fostoria. Even as a small child her troubles began. When only three, she fell into a rosebush and was badly scratched. From the age of six even to the present time, she has never been able to convince herself that she really likes school. She remembers, however, how thrilled she was When, in the seventh grade she impersonated the Im- maculate Conception in a namesday playlet for her Pastor, Father Weber. She portrayed the caustic Lydia Goucher in the class play All Gummed Up. Ioanne belonged to the Mission Society and the Sodality during her four years of high school, and to the Glee Club, during the last three years. As a sophomore, junior, and senior, she held the office of Class Secretary. She was one of the leaders in the Catholic Chronicle Campaign in both her junior and senior years, and in the 1944 Froslin advertising drive, was second highest scorer and Business Manager. She was a member of the Bonhi Club 1, 3, and 4. William Heilman, Treasurer Ioanne Kinn, Secretary Page Seventeen

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Iames Lannen, President Donald Huth, Vice President On May 13, 1926, in a little home in Fostoria, Iames E. Lannen was born. Already in the first grade of school, he was nicknamed Spike because of his diminutive size. At the age of seven he fell from a roof and fractured his elbow, and, trying the same stunt four years later, broke his wrist. In Spike's second year of high school, he served as class Treasurer, and in his last year, as class President. He belonged to the Mission Society and the Blessed Virgin Sodality all four years, to the Glee Club during his senior year, and to the Bonhi Club in his sophomore year. During the past three years he earned letters in football: last year he was chosen Captain. He also received a letter for basketball during his senior year. As a junior, Iames was the Chronicle leader for his class. During that year he was an outstanding worker for the Iunior-Senior promi At the high school dances Spike occasionally responded with vocal selections. In the class play he was Carl Hemming, who operated a candy factory. Iames passed the V-5 examination in March and is to be called into :he Service early in Iune. ' Not so many years ago a youngster at St. Wendelin grade school won a scooter in an essay contest for giving the best reasons why a particular brand of gasoline was so much superior to all others. That boy was Donald E. Huth. He was born on May 13, 1926. He.relates a rather unique occurrence of his early childhood. A group of boys were rolling old tires around, while he had between his teeth a sharp pointed stick. One of the tires struck the stick and jammed it down his throat . . . . result, a very sore throat. During all four years of high school, Don was a member of the Mission Society and of the Sodality, and he sang with the Glee Club for three years. As a senior he was class Vice-President. He was on the debating team in his sophomore year. He played basketball during his last three years and was chosen Captain of the team this year. He hobbled around on crutches for six weeks because of a fractured foot suffered during the last regular game of the season. He was Uncle Tim in the senior class play. Page Sixteen

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R-'isles BENCH Iack McMeen. Valedictorian Anna Bodart The population of the second largest city in the world was increased on December 4, 1925, when tiny Roslee Bei-ton appeared on the scene. She was born on the third floor of a New York hospital at the same time a fire was raging on the fourth floor. During her grade school days in a white middie blouse and a navy blue skirt, many exciting things occurred, such as breaking an arm, a collarbone, a nose, and a front tooth .... and acquiring a nickname Bunny. Roslee studied for two and a half years at Iamaica High in New York City before coming to Fostoria. From her school there she could see the magnificent buildings which had housed the World's Fair. Here at St. Wendelin Roslee is president of the Art Club and is prominent in all school activities. The first squeal heard from Iack McMeen was on March 4, l926, at Mercy Hospital, Tiffin, yOhio. One day after this baby had grown to be a lad of eight years, he was struck by a truck, but neither he nor the truck was seriously injured. It also happened that same year that he fell onto a steel stake which struck him directly between the eyes. This left its tell-tale scar. It was not until he was in the fifth grade that he discovered that he was blind in one eye. The doctors, however, said that he was probably so from birth. When a freshman, lack was elected Vice-President, and when a junior, President of his class. In the latter year he carried the leading part in the comedy Who Wouldn't Be Crazy? As a senior he played Roger Hemming in All Gummed Up. lack was a regular member of the Glee Club, the Mission Society, and the Sodality during all four years. He was Sports Editor of the Wendelette in his second and third years. He played intramural basketball as a sophomore and as a senior. As a junior he attended Boy's State: achieved the highest scholastic rating years two and three: was American Legion essay prize winner in his junior year. During the past year, lack sat in the press box covering all the Mohawk athletic bouts for the Review-Times. Sunday, February 28, 1926, in the bright sunshine of 10:00 A. M., Anna joined the Bodart family. Educationally she got off to a fine start by keeping a perfect attendance record during her first year in school. And then the follow- ing year brought about all the child ailments one might enumerate. She has been a member of the Camp Fire Girls since her fifth grade. Anna sang in the Glee Club during her freshman and senior years of high school and was a member of the Sodality and of the Mission Society during all four years. She is interested in the Cell Movement and also played an important part in the home economics playlet Camp Controversy. Anna has four younger brothers who hope to receive a St. Wendelin diploma. Page EQq'tteen