Townsend High School - Optimist Yearbook (Vickery, OH)

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Page 14 HIGH SCHOOL ROLL SENIORS BLY, PHYRNE HARRISON. BENJAMIN NICHOLS, LESTER PLUE, ETHEI. CONRY, JOHN KOCHER, ARLENIC OATES, VVILLIAM SHERVVOOD, GRACE EBER, JOHN MARTIN, ROBERT OMO, BRRXICE .IIIXIORS ISARTOVV, HENRY GARDNER, GLENORA MEINICN, LYDIX RLY, ILO HYDE, SIIIQRMAN NICILSON, .IOIIN EATON. .IOSRPIIINH I.RIINI'lR'I', I9lVI'lI.YN SWABLISY, WINFIIILD BELLAMY, JEANNE BISHOP, FRANCIS ICLMRR, NIAYMIC ,IARrR,ET'l', ROBERT IZATOR Y, S'l'l'1PIIliN ISIQDIVORD, M ARJORIE II ONVRY, DONALD LUCAL. CONNIE SOPHOMORES JUMP, IRA LUCAL, CURTISS PHEIFER, RAYMOND KUHLMAN, CRYSTAL MEYICRS, MARTHA PLUE. PAUL LANDOLL, .IOSI'IPI'I NICILSON, CARRIE ROR'ARAL'Ii, FRANCIS LEHNERT, NORIVIA PIIEIFER, IRICNIC SIIERWOOD, GEORGE SHI PLE Y. MARGL'I'1RI'I'E TW ITCIIICI ,L, MILI PRED FR.ICSHMI'IN III'I.I,, C'I'IARLI'IS NIICSICNIBVRG, GICORGIC SIVAISLICY, I'IVAI.I'I'I l' KNOLL, STICLLA IVllILI,IfIR. R'IITI'I SWAIILICY, ICVIGLYN LUCAL, GLADYS PIICRUE. DEAN IVRIGHT, CATHERINE THE OPTIMIST May, 193 2

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May, 1932 -THE oPT1M1sT page 13 THE ROSE RUDIN - ROOSA MEMORIAL W' 1 ' Mr. Howard Roosa, of Albuquerque, N. ll., as a memorial to his wife, hlrs. Rose Rudin Roose, who was recently lJlll'iCll :it Townse11d, U., has just given to tl1e T o w 11 s e ll d Higl1 School, a collection of some 225 or 111ore o f miscellaneous books from tl1e li- brary of hlrs. Roosa. He has made itll in- itial advance of P5100 on a llemorial Fund l1e has in mind to es- ! tablish later for the School. The endow- ' ' ment is contemplat- ed to be large enough to yield 3100.00 annually, wl1e11 tl1e plans are completed. lt is to be placed i11 charge of a permanent trusteeship or committee, to be disbursed for the educational benefit and en- ioyinent of the scholars of Townsend High School. The details of tl1e plan are to be worked out Zilld announced later. The 96100.00 on the Memorial for this year, has already been turned over to the present temporary disbursing committees. This committee is com- posed of the nearest relatives of Mrs. Roosa, being her mother, Mrs. Frederick Rudin, of Cleveland, O., l1er sister, Melanie Rudin, of Cleveland, O., her brother, Albert Rudin, of Cleveland, O., John Rudin, of Chicago, Ill., and Charles and Fritz Rudin of Elyria, O. Mr. C. C. Taylor, Supt. of tl1e school l1as been advising alld working with tl1e committee, and is the guiding spirit i11 the detailed handling of matters. This temporary committee, with the etlicient aid and suggestions of Mr. Taylor, has already expend- ed the first 33100.00 of this Memorial Fund ill p11r- chasing a 7-Tube Philco Radio for the scl1ool, equipped with 4 loud speakers for the various class rooms, the balance to be devoted to aid in defray- ing tl1e miscellaneous expenses in connection with installation, also printing some of the annuals, shelving for the books, incidentals, etc., etc. Until tl1e details of an 6HClOVVYil6llt and trustceship plan are f11lly worked out and presented, Bfr. Roosa will Ill3.lCC flllllllill advances for the ltdemorial to the present temporary conimittce, as was 110116 for this ycar, and they will also conti11ue to act as at pres- cnt. Mr. Roosa is happy to do this in memory of Mrs. Roosa and in recognition of the debt of gratitude which he feels, she, and he also, owes to this her iirst school. lNIrs. Roosa often loved to recount to llilll her early life a11d experiences at Townse11d and Collins, Ohio, and to travel back ill thought witl1 llilll, over these roads of her girlhood days and training. The following stanzas of a beautiful poem by Teresa Brayton, are perhaps worth while quoting llC1'C as probably expressing i11 a way as this writer conceives it, the sentiment animating Blr. Roosa in this Memorial. A big road circles l'Oll11Ll the world, sure fine it is they say, But the little boreen of llly l1eart 1'llIlS lone and far awav. ar . ' . . . . I'1s winding over weary seas WVltl1 many a sign be- set, ' But Oh. of all thc roads l know, it is tl1e dearest vet. By common ways and common homes and common graves it goes, But no one knows its beauty like the soul within me knows: Its dawns are drenched with dews from heaven, its nights are tearful sweet, And sometimes one long erucihed walks there to guide my feet. It leads me down by purple hills Where fairies sport o' nights, It shows me many a hawthorn lane, the scene of dead delightsg It enkindles again with life, the face that's laid away Beneath tl1e cold of grass and mold, 1ny road of yesterdayf, O twilit boreen of Illy heart, tl1e world is vague and vast, But you are l1oly with thc balm of all my shallowed past, You thrill 111e witl1 tlltl to11cl1 of hands my hands were wont to l1old, You l11re me with the lilt of dreams I dreamed and lost of old. The big, big road of the world leads on by many a stately town, But tl1e little boreen of my heart keeps ever drift- ing down By common ways and common graves and common l1o111cs, bllt Oh! Of all the roads ill life it is the sweetest road I know. By Fritz Rudin, Elyria, Ohio

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I-I-I-I-2-I:g-1-I-2vI-'-A- ivf-Z-I-,-I-I-Zv1v2-Z-I-I-I-i-I-I-I-1'I-I-Z-I-I-I-I-I-2-I-Z -I-1-I-I-1 - AAA' I-lvl-I-I-A A 2-Zvi-I-Iwi-L-2-I-I-2 May, 1932 THE OPTIMIST Page 15 SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADES EIGHTH GRADE RLY, BERNARD EBER, MARY JANE I-IERDER, LYDIA NICHOLS, ETHEL CONRAD, ELEANOR FORCE. GRACE KNOLL, LANE PIIEIFER, MILDRED CONRY, RICI-I.-XRD JENKINS, GERALDINE LEI'INl'lRT, NLXBEI. SHERXVOOIJ, ELVA UONRY, JEROME GARDNER, FRANK LILES, ALICE SILCOX. MERRICK CL'RR'IEIi., JAMES IIILL, ALVIN NIc'DONALlJ, NVEIIIER SMITH, EVELYN STACEY, GEORGE JR. WRIGIHIT, JOHN J R. SEVENTH GRADE BANDELEAN, ALFRED GERTH, ALVIN MEINEN, EARL PLUE, WILSON BISHOP, ROBERT KOCHER1, LURA MCDONALD, RICHARD RORABACK, RUTH CONRY, IVILLIAM KNOLL, JUNIOR MESENBERG. XVALTER ROIVLAND. MERRICK DIPPEL, JANE LEWICKI, S'l'.'XNLEY PALMER, ROBERT SCIIAFER, EVELYN FORCE, HAZEL LINIJEN, HELEN P.-X'I'RICK, EYERETT SIIERWOOII, I4'lL'XNKI,IN IIEDRIUK. IIELEN LONGCOY, LENORE PI'IEII ER', ROY SIIIPLEY, LIICILE WEISENIBER GER. VERN.-Xl. WESTRY. LLOYD YONOVICH, ALISERT