The Plains High School - Yearbook (The Plains, OH)

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Class Will We, the Senior Class of The Plains High School, being of sound mind and distinct memory, do declare this to be our last will and testament. In the following manner we dispose of such items as we no longer have any use for. Betty Bryan wills her reducing pills to Sharron Stauffer. You needn’t worry, Sharron, because they never worked for Betty. Eugene Campbell wills his ability to know all of the history answers to James Ewing. We hope this helps. Gene Charney wills his Model A Ford to Lula Guess. I'll bet Mr. Guess will be relieved, now. Lois Powell wills her snappy eyes to Virginia Hughes. Don’t break too many hearts, Virginia. Jack McBride wills his ability to play hill-billy music on the harmonica to Miss Baker. At least it will be a change from her type of music. Charlotte Miller wills her boy friends to Milly Vessalo. It is only the ones she doesn’t want. Charles Sharpe wills his ability to come to school everyday to Gene McDonald. If you stay up every night, Gene, like Charles does, you never will be late. Mary Hardy wills her rides in a certain blue Frazer to Norma McHarg. At last, Norma, your dreams have been fulfilled’. There is a slight catch, though. Mary Lee wants him back. Tom Talbert wills his lightening speed to Dana Brown. We can picture you as a star football player, Dana. Pat Hanning wills her host of boy friends to Janet Stalnaker, Now, Janet, maybe they will call you up. Curtis Calendine wills his big toe to Wanda Lovsey on one condition. You must find it, first, Wanda. Donna Thompson wills her long walk to school to Lois Hartman. You will have to get up earlier, if you don’t want to be late. Bill Goodman wills his position as defensive line backer to Lloyd Thompson. Now, Bunk, get those feet rolling. Pearl Phillips wills her pleasant smile and all of her giggles to Wilma Rimmey. Cheer up, Wilma, the sun will shine. Bill Bryan wills his nickname “Coatless”, to Bruce Humphrey. You will need your love to keep you warm, now, Bruce. Virginia Canale wills her loud voice to her sister, Judy. Remember to tone it down, Judy. Richard McAllister wills his messenger route to Lorenzo Hanning. Watch the curves in Beaumont. Lucille Guess wills her job at Blackmores to Gene Novotni. Now, you may get a raise, Gene. Betty Mace wills her Nelsonville dates and “Big John” to Marian Hanning. Don’t squeeze him too hard, Marian, as he may break. Jim Nida wills his w'ly of hitting trains to Dick Shrieves. You'll have to keep both hands on the wheel, now. Bob McGee wills anything that he has to anyone that wants them. Russell Tinkham wills his ability to get along with the coach to Carl West. You’ll have to go some, to keep up with Russ, Carl. 13

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Class History In the year 1938, a group of frightened children entered the room of Miss Gochnauer. The boys made big airplanes, and altogether we made a big boat; we made flower boxes for our mothers, too. Miss Gochnauer taught us to read and write; every morning we wrote the description of the day on the blackboard. There were thirty-four of us. Miss Sproul taught us our numbers in the second grade. We studied about Eskimos and Indians; we had a chili supper. My, but it was hot’. In 1940, we walked into Miss Wahlstrom's room where we studied about cowboys and coal mining; we made a minature coal mine, and gave a cowboy play. The girls made their cowgirl suits and the boys made wooden horses. We were invited to Rufus Putnam by their third grade class, and they returned our visit. One of our classmates, Robert McGee, was seriously ill, and we wrote letters to him. Miss Wahlstrom started the baseball team. We made three friezes. Next we strutted up the stairs to Miss Cooper’s room, the fourth grade. There we were introduced to the study of geography and history; we made a big cloth map. Then the choir for the grade school was started by our music teacher, Miss Maeser. In 1942 we entered the room of Miss Elliott in the fifth grade. Here we made a library and held an exhibit of foreign articles, books, pottery and pictures. We became acquainted with fractions in arithmetic, and started writing with pen and ink. We helped with the embroidery on the screen. Now as we were getting higher up the ladder of education, we entered the sixth grade room with Miss Cooper. Here under the direction of Miss Maeser and Miss Leonard, our art teacher, we made the fresco of The Nutcracker Suite. We ’studied much geography and made poem books. We are thankful to the elementary teachers for helping us along the way to the high school. We thought we were big, as we came across the road into the seventh grade room. We walked into Mr. Kail’s room, only to be chased out by the seniors, into Mrs. Radford’s room. Changing classes every hour was very confusing to us. Our social activities began with a supper in the home economics room, given by the girls for the boys; Mr. Calvin took us to Courtney Hill for a wiener roast. We chose our first king and queen. They were Lawrence Stalder and Pearl Phillips. When fall rolled around again, we were greeted in our home room by a new teacher, Miss Pierce. In English, we gave a play, The Knave of Hearts. The girls in home economics gave a tea for the officers of the sixth grade and the high school class officers, and also the teachers of these grades. We had wiener roasts at Nice’s Park and Bell’s Cave. Our king and queen this year were Donald Young and Mary Hardy. We were now looking forward to becoming freshmen. We entered our Freshman year with great expectations; we wondered what high school held in store for us. We enjoyed an especially nice Christmas party and sponsored a Santa Claus for the school. We had a picnic at Nice’s Park and Bell’s Cave. Our king and queen this year were Jack McBride and Lois Powell. The outstanding memory of our Sophomore year was the exchange of classes between the industrial arts department and home economics department. The boys surely enjoyed cook- ing. The girls learned to use a hammer, saw, and to pound a nail and not their fingers. Rapidly approaching the top of the ladder we found ourselves ’’Saucy Juniors.” We gave a radio show and the Junior-Senior Banquet with the 49ers as our theme. We gave our class play, “Don’t Take My Penny.” We were well represented in all school activities; Christmas Play, Easter Play, Arbor Day Program, and all assemblies. In September 1949, we came to the last round of the ladder and have been steadily tread- ing the round throughout the year. We’ve worked hard to earn money for our trip to Washington and June will find us on our way. The banquet given us by the Juniors, the Senior Play, our Senior Day, and Tramp Day will long hold pleasant memories for us. Our class has consisted of: (Continued on Page 37) 12

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Don Cain wills his bet with Donna Thompson to Dean Groce. The reason he has for doing this is so that he can go back to Murray City. Ruth Tope wills her ability to play the mellaphone to Gordon Knowlton. Now. Gordon dear, let’s hear that horn play on time. Mickey Powell wills his way with the women to Arthur Brooks. You may not have the dimples, Arthur, but look at those eyes. Herbert Thompson wills his trips to the big cities on business to Joann Huseman. Just think of all the country you’ll get to see now, Joann. John Michael wills his curly hair and snappy eyes to Wendell Calendine. Now, Wendell, let’s see if they will help you to land a red-hed. Now, last but not least, we hope to prove that we have not forgotten our dear teachers. To Mrs. Maccombs, the Senior Class wills all bent rulers, worn out compasses, torn books, and a very happy future. The Senior Class wills to Miss Cone, some new recipe books, and all the food we cooked and couldn’t eat. We would like Miss Diver to have all the used play books, a carton of aspirin for her Senior headaches, and a very pleasant summer vacation. To Mrs. Rose, we Seniors will our worn out type writer ribbons and our excellent fingers. Also we will her some typing paper, to make up for the paper that we used to swipe. We will our dirty test tubes and left overs from all chemistry experiments to Mrs. Campbell. To Mr. Stauffer, we will him a championship ball team. The boys in our class thinks that he will need it, since they are leaving. We would like Mr. Humphrey to have all the over due bills, and wood shavings left by our boys. We will to Miss Baker a new chorus with which whe won’t have to quarrel much to get results. To Mr. Evans we will all of the worn out reeds and mouth pieces that he can use, and also a few that he can’t use. Signed, The Senior Class Witnesses: A wad of gum, candy wrappers, torn books, and scratched-up desks. 14