Sycamore High School - SIHIS Yearbook (Sycamore, OH)

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Claw W ll Fr1ends, thxs IS a solemn occasmon The class of 1954 havmg passed on to xts reward has left behlnd thls w1ll and testament I as the legal adv1sor of the class drew up thls document and 1t1s cast 1ron unbreakable and very legal L1sten attentlvely and be thankful for what you are about to recelve We the class of 1954 m the town of Sycamore Wyandot County and ln the state of Oh1o bemg of br1ll1ant mmd though a b1t fuzzy about the edges do hereby make thls our last w1ll and testament To the members of Sycamore Hlgh our rxghtful he1rs so soon to take our place not that they can f1ll lt we leave our reputat1on Grade A and spotless 1I'l our a1r of lmportance We also leave them any debts we may have left unpa1d such as accounts at the cafeterla or f1nes at the lxbrary We also leave a vast store of ldeas wh1ch we had ne1ther t1me nor oppor tun1ty to use some of them are excellent GARRY GREGG w1ll my ab1l1ty to pass everythlng off as a Joke to Patty Ward who could use a l1ttle l1fe KENNETH RISLEY w1ll my ab1l1ty to dr1ve such a n1ce lookmg car to Jerry Everhart who could certa1nly use one to go to Nevada LEON SHELL, w1ll my ab1l1ty to dmbble a basketball to Danny Bogard who has trouble keepmg track of the ball ROMAINE RIEDEL w1ll my ab1l1ty to m1lk cows to Dlane Davls so she wont have to buv a m1lk1ng machme when she gets a farm PHYLLIS RUHLEN w1ll my ab1l1ty to study to Sh1rley Jump who doesnt seem to go for It MAXINE BURKS w1ll my ab1l1ty to argue w1th Mrs Cole to anyone who thmks they can do It and st1ll manage to pass ROBERT McVAY w1ll my ab1l1ty to be a real llashy dresser to anybody who thmks they can match me LOWELL BREYLEY, w1ll my ab1l1ty to play the clarlnet to Carol Harr1s who mlght be tlred of playmg the sl1p horn VAUGHN SHELL w1ll my ab1l1ty to get m early to Hersh Connor who has trouble gomg to bed CAROLYN MCGINNIS, w1ll my ab1l1ty to go steady to anyone who can t seem to settle down MARY LOIS GRANDSTAFF w1ll my ab1l1ty to eat all I want and st1ll keep th1n to Sh1rley Montz who lsn t domg so well GENE VON BLON, w1ll my ab1l1ty to wm at poker to Wayne Mahoney who always seems to come out on the short end GEORGE GATCHELL w1ll my 1nab111ty to get along w1th g1rls to anyone who wants It JERRY HOSTERMAN w1ll my mckname to anyone who thlnks they can l1ve up to It ELEANOR HETZEL will my glft of gab to Mar1or1e Moore who never seems to have anythlng to say JOANNE GRIFFIN, w1ll my shyness to Joyce Rledel as she mlght lxke a change JANET HUFFORD, w1ll my shortness to anyone who wants It ALLEN CORFMAN w1ll my car to anyone who w1ll take over the payments IRENE WYSS, w1ll my ab1l1ty to hold a man to L1nda Wagner who seems to have a l1ttle trouble ALICELEE CLINGMAN, w1ll my ab1l1ty to get m the a1r when cheerleadmg to Judy N1ebel who seems to have a l1ttle trouble ALBERT OHL, w1ll my Ford to Fra.nc1s Tschanen so he w1ll have an opportun1ty to dr1ve a good car JIM SCHRYER w1ll may ab1l1ty to feed the g1rls a lme and get away wlth It to anyone who thmks he C211 do It VIRGINIA SMITH w1ll my ab1l1ty to pass tests wxthout studymg to Ronme Mxller who seems to have qu1te a t1me DONALD RIEDEL w1ll my ab1l1ty to flatter all the g1rls to Jlm Stever who seems to have an awful tlme LOUISE MCDERMOTT, w1ll my ab1l1ty to go w1th all the boys and never get hooked to Bell Hlatt who has settled down to one MARLIN WEAVER, w1ll my beautlful black Chevrolet to J1m M who mlght l1ke to feel safe for a change whlle behmd the wheel RICHARD BALLIET, w1ll my ab1l1ty to cut classes to anyone who wants to try SHIRLEY HANNUM, w1ll my ab1l1ty to get mto trouble easlly to Janet Gregg who has trouble gettxng mto trouble RICHARD SHELLHORN, w1ll my ab1l1ty to go to Scutch all the txme to anyone who f1nds a gal there 18 O L I, , . . . . . , I, , . . . . . . I, . . . . I, Y . . . . . . , V I, , . . . . , . . I, , . . . . . . I, , . . . . I, . . . . . . . I, y . . . . . l I, SARAH KELLEY, will my ability to be quiet to Beverly Miller who never seems to run down. I, . . . , D I, H , . . . . . . I, . . . . I, , u. .' . . . 1 I . ' I, , 1 I . I, , . . . I, . . . . . I, ' ' . I, , ' ' . I, . . . . . D I, . . . . . . . I, .... . I, , . . . . . . . I, , . . . . . . . I, 7 . . . . . I, . . . . I, . . . . . . I, . . . . I, . . . . . I, . . . . .

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Clay Prophecy In the spr1ng of 1964 I Romame Rledel havmg heard that my old school chum V1rg1n1a Sm1tty to most of us was home on vacatlon after serv1ng as an 1ntern at the famed Mayo Cl1n1c, borrowed t1me from the var1ed dut1es mvolved 1n the care of a 500 acre farm to V1S1t her and remmlsce about old t1mes Smce lt was such a fme day we dec1ded to walk up tovsm and talk Wlth some of our former classmates who are now Sycamore busmessrnen Walkmg up Saffle Avenue we passed the garage owned by Gene and Albert George Gatchell 15 the1r chxef mechan1c They seem to have a f1ne busmess establ1shment Gettxng h1s car fllled at the pump 1S Kenneth Rlsley who tells us that he now oums a Hereford farm wh1ch 1S located just south of Allen Corfman s m1nk ranch Incldently the qual1ty of Allen s mmk pelts are nat1onally known Kenneth also tells us that Marlm Weaver has Just purchased afarm north of town and that Don R1edel and famxly have recently homesteaded a cla1m m Alaska After takmg leave of Kenneth we walk doum Ma1n Street and come to the grocery store owned by Jerry Hosterman We go 1n an are cordlally greeted by Jerry h1mself He modestly adm1ts that he has cha1n stores 1n several large c1t1es H1s Chlef accountant IS none other than Allcelee She also IS part t1me telephone operator wh1ch proves she st1ll has as much pep as when she was a cheerleader p1tcher catcher combmat1on for the Cleveland Ind1ans Vaughn has set a record of 35 wms and no losses U1 one season and Leon IS the only batter smce Ted W1l11amS to reach the coveted 400 mark Leavmg the store, we contmue our walk when we encounter Robert McVay who of course stops to talk It seems that he IS now head salesman for the Acme Greetmg Card Company where Gary Gregg IS the ch1ef des1gner and Phyll1s Ruhlen IS secretary to the presldent of the company Our cur1os1ty about other former classmates takes us to Upper Sandusky where many of them are employed On our way we pass Sycamore School where Janet Hufford IS teachmg the f1rst grade and Sh1rley Hannum IS cook Now she knows what we used to complaln about On the outsk1rts of Upper we come to a rootbeer stand Upon entermg we f1nd lt was owned and operated by Joanne and Maxme They tell us that the1r old pal Eleanor 1S the w1fe of a prosperous farmer and Sarah Kelly IS a wa1tress 1n an excluslve restaurant Across from the rootbeer stand we see a rambl1ng ranch house Wh1Ch Maxme tells us 15 owned by Irene Wyss and her husband Of course we stop to see her Whxle we are talk1ng to Irene we l1sten to a record recently released by Lowell Breyley s D1x1eland Band He has been currently tour1ng the country We also learn that two more classmates are workmg 1n Upper Mary Loxs Grandstaff who 15 head telephone operator and J1m Schryer who IS the new owner of the skatmg rlnk Th1s brxngs us up to date on all our old fnends except four We learn from Irene that Carolyn McG1nn1s and LOUISE McDermott are makmg homes for the1r husbands who are employees of a large factory m Tennessee Rlchard Balllet IS a capta1n U1 the A1r Force and Rlchard Shell horn 1S the chauffeur for a wealthy fam1ly wh1ch l1ves Ill New York I7 Jerry is still an avid baseball fan and he tells us that Vaughn and Leon Shell are a famous

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