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

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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

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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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May 30, 1926, was more than Decoration Day in the Emerine home. It was also the day Ioanne was born. One of her first accomplishments in life was the conquest of a serious illness which troubled her for several weeks during infancy. And how well she recalls the day her finger was crushed in the car door! This little girl started first grade at the public school on McDougal street. It was during that year that her baby sister died. When Ioanne was nine years old her entire family became members of the Catholic church, and she made her First Holy Communion with the second graders two days after her Baptism. In St. Wendelin high school, loanne belonged to the Mission Society, the Sodality, and during the last three years to the Glee Club. As a sophomore she was chapel sacristan. On December 22, 1926, at Mercy Hospital, Tiffin, Ohio, there was deposited a tiny girl whom her happy parents named Regina Waltenneyer. Regina's early childhood was rather uneventful. An event during her sixth year at school was the winning of a bicycle at the Civic Theater. During her freshman year, she had a narrow escape frorn drowning. Besides being a member of the Mission Society and the Sodality, Regina was Treasurer of her freshman class, and Vice-President during both her sophomore and junior years of high school. She was also cheerleader during the past two years. Regina was given honorable mention for scholastic achievements at the close of her sophomore year. She was consistently a member of the Bonhi Club and, as junior, was the class leader of that association. She took part in the Snelling Contest finals each year. Finally, Regina played one of the leading parts in All Gummed Up. Alice Hammer celebrates her birthday on March 12. In the second grade she was the only one to maintain a perfect attendance record. Then, during the next year she was forced to miss three months of school because of illness: but she kept up with her class. Alice is great on contests. As a fourth grader she Won a wrist watch in a Foster Shoe contest. ln the fifth grade she was the leading Catholic Chronicle crusader. She gained similar recognition as a junior in high school. In fact, she has been the supersalesman in every drive sponsored by the school. The last of these, the Fros1in advertising and subscription drives were no exceptions. ln the latter, Alice garnered a total of 440 points against her nearest competitor's 215. During all four years, Alice belonged to the Bonhi Club, .the Mission Society, and the Sodalitv. She was chanel sacristan during her second year, and a member of the Wendelette staff in her junior year. Ioanne Emerine Reqifla WHIISYMSYGY, Salutatorian Alice Hammer Page Nineteen