Stryker High School - Panthian Yearbook (Stryker, OH)

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MASS HISHIRY In the year l94I a great historical event occured which changed the course of the world events the beginning of the class of 53 We were welcomed into the first grade by our teacher Mrs Valrton who undertook to teach us Reading Ritmg and Rithmetrc Our of the 37 original students only I4 remained to receive their diplomas They were Charles Bailey George Beucler Sharon Clark Mary Lou Eicher Edwin Haye William Gentrt Arlene Pessefall Herb Roth Della Schmucker James Short Betty Stambaugh Carmen Sullivan Nedra Wyse and George Goll During the year Norma Hildebrandt entered our grade In the second year we were taught by Miss Vernrer Wouldn t we be wonderful writers if we had only followed her good example of writing After summer vacation we went back to the little red school house as thrrd graders After our teacher Miss Stock found couldn t learn anything else she shooed us off to the fourth grade We were welcomed with open arms by Miss Bolles As fourth graders we couldn t understand history so she discontinued t e course We were glad to have Paul Grimes Join us thrs year After working with us for nine months Mlss Bolles gladly sent us to the frfth grade During the fifth year Mary Lou Parker became one of us Mr Brrllhart tried hard to keep us on the right track At last we were sixth graders with Mrs Sta mm as our supervrsor Agarnst her better Judgement she sent us on our way to the High School building as seventh graders We found the High School burldrng a lot different from the Grade School building We had to get accustomed to the different rooms and we were all mixed up for a while Mrs Sharrock was our sponsor This year Bernadme Gaff and Alice Lorentz Joined our group In the fall we again returned only as eighth graders Mr Tracy was our sponsor this year We received our eighth grade diplomas which meant we were now in High School We were greeted into the High School by the Seniors who initiated us Another high light was serving for the Jl1I110r SCUIOF Banquet New members Joining us from Tiffin were Betty Brown Nellre Jean Gares Vernon Greutman Duane Robertson and Sec Betty Brown Treas Nellie Jean Gares Reporter Arlene Pessefall Our Sophomore year a little dull but interesting moved smoothly with Herb Roth Pres William Gentit Vice Pres Audrey Hornyak Sec Carmen Sullivan Treas Arlene Pessefall Reporter Thrs year Audrey Hornyak and Ward Stuckey Joined us Mr Oscar Toth was our sponsor High lights of our Junior year rncluded the Junior play and the Junior Senior Banquet Class officers were Pres Herb Roth Vice Pres George Goll Sec Mary Lou Parker Treas Carmen Sullivan Reporter Arlene Pessefall After three months vacation we returned to school to be the 'vlrghty Seniors There were 26 of us sharing this title Our class officers were Pres Charles Barley Vice Pres Herb Roth Sec Mary Lou Parker Treas Carmen Sullivan Reporter Arlene Pessefall Hrgh lights of this year were the Senior play Baccalaureate Commencement Junior Senior Banquet and the Alumni Banquet The class wished to thank our sponsor Mr Shuster for all he has done for us during our last year and to any others that have helped us during our years at Stryker Hrgh School To us it was all very exciting as only new experiences can be Reconcrlrrrg ourselves to this conclusion we are looking ahead to our new lives in what will undoubtedly be a new world Complrments of C CK 'X 4 CRETOR at KISSELL X To Funeral Service X X K l ,- Bryan, Ohio fsfv 'Wx Q' flllf Bl WM JN I we ' ' 1 . Darlene Rowan. Our sponsor was Mr. Stipe. Class officers for this year were: Pres. George Beuclerg Vice Pres. William Gentitg y N ' . F' . x A ' Q fs ' W - f f K X. h' 'f F L 9 X ' 12 r ,

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MASS PIHIPHHIY All I Arlene Pessefall had been thrnklng about for ages had been a vrsrt to the old home town In fact that had been my one rncentrve durrng the long months of wrttrng tryrng to brrng my novel to an end It seemed this was my mam goal The trme came when my novel was a payrng thrng but I strll couldn t make up my mrnd to go home I felt an rmpellrng force to stay and sol drd One day a pamphlet was left on my porch and I curlously prcked rt up and read rt Out on the edge of town a fortune for a few da s and though I had never had my fortune read I decrded to pay her a vrsrt Just for fun teller was stayrng y She predlcted the future and looked rnto the past wrthout any help from those who came to her And as an extra bonus feature she gave one a chorce of thrngs to ask about Srnce gorng home had been uppermost rn my mrnd h I ld naturally my chotce would be along those lrnes But I had heard from my parents regularly so there wasn t anyt mg cou thrnk of to ask about them but Stryker meant frrends as well as famrly so I decrded to ask about our old class of 53 M d Zo ck named them off qurckly and then went back over the lrst and told me about them Wrllram Gentrt was a am rr an engrneer butldrng a huge dam just above Carro Illrnors on the Mrssrssrppr Rrver There would be a lake coverrng 350 square mrles and rt was thought that would take care of the floods Charles Barley owned and operated hrs own drug store rn the heart of the Stryker busrness dlstrrct and was a well known Pharmacrst Sharon Clark as I already knew had a shop of her own where her dress fashrons were sold and her desrgns patented and sold throughout the world George Goll too I had heard from my folks as he was head of the Stryker Polrce Force and malntalned headquarters rn the tower at the busy rntersectron of Defrance and Lynn Streets Ed Haye was a welder rn a factory rn Detrort and had patented a number of tools whrch were berng used unrversally There wasn t anythrng whrch Vernon Greutman drdn t know about cars she sard He was one of the head mechamcs ln the General Vlotors Corporatron marntarnrng an offrce rn Defrance where hrs was a whrte collar Job after years of grease makrng was most rmportant however Darlene Rowan combrned her homemakrng wrth televrsron lectures on the drfferent phases of her work Alrce Lorentz found trme rn her schedule Of homemakrng to conduct a school for 4 H advrsors durrng the wrnter months whrch was berng well recerved Nellre Jean Gares and her career of secretary to Vernon Greutman won over her homemakmg fame Nedra Wyse as I very well knew had gone far rn the nurse s professron though at thrs trme she was spendmg a great deal of trme on research work Accordrng to Madam Zorrck one of the frnest car dealers rn Norwestern Ohro was my old classmate Ward Stuckey whose Motorrst s Paradrse was located at the Route I5 outlet of the Ohro Turnprke Herb Roth came rn for fame he specralrzed rn purebred cattle thoroughbred horses and hybrrd crops Sort of a Jack of all specralrst Carmen Sullrvan a well known Powers model had recently opened her own agency Carmen Model and was fast wrnmng the glory away from the Powers name wrth her gurls Another farmer rn our class George Beucler had a prrze herd of darry cows second to none rn that part of Ohro Mary Lou Parker a homemaker was also a well pard secretary rn the employ of the head of the Stryker Stock Yards none other than our old frrend Paul Grrmes Audrey Hornyak had made a name for herself on the New York stage and was now rn Hollywood where she was one of the best known actresses Duane Robertson was elected Governor of Alaska whrch has been the 49th state for many years He had worked hrmself up gradually srnce he was frrst elected mayor of Defrance Norma Hrldebrandt who was rn the Women s Army Corps was now head of rt and dorng wonders for her country Betty Stambaugh was effrcrently marntarnrng the offrce of Jrm Short s Travel Agency whrle he supervlsed the hangers u of planes whrch he rented out Della Schmucker s fame was not hard to trace as every well dressed head used a Schmucker Super Sheen wave Mary Lou Ercher was head of a fleet of taxr s operatrng rn all the prrncrpal crtres of Northwestern Ohro When Madam Zorrck came to Betty Brown who sard she was tratnrng chrldren for summer theatre work she told me what her charges were and I krssed goodbye to the proceeds of the frrst 500 copres of my novel 13 ' , . . , . , . , . . - U ' . . . . . I 7 ' . . . . I , . . I . , . . .. , , A . ' . . . . . . . . . u Madam Zorick hesitated when she came to the homemakers on the list, for most all had careers. Bernadine Gaff's home- . - . . . I . , . . . . I I . 1 I Y -1 ' ' ' vu - - Y ' .. .. v I U I , I I A Q ' ' I . . . . . . . , ' , . ' l I ' . f ll ' , . ' . . . . ' ' ' . a o 0 0 O 0 I