Troy Township High School - Trojan Yearbook (Coolville, OH)

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 T R O .1 A N Senior Class Will Wli. the Senior Class of Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-one. realizing that our High School days are nearly over, deem it necessary to make this, our last will and testament. in the presence of our teachers and the Board of Education. We leave our instructors as executives. To the Juniors we leave the ability to get their lessons and the right to succeed us in 1932. To the Sophomores we leave the custom we have acquired of meeting all difficulties with a smile. To the Freshmen wc leave our best wishes for a happy future and our habits of good behavior. The personal bequeaths are as follows: Leo Baker bequeaths his athletic ability to Frank Jones. Mildred Bond bequeaths her plump figure to Blanche Lake. Jack Burdette bequeaths his ability as a business manager to Ward Hornsby. Mary Catherine Booth bequeaths her laugh to Elsie Goodwin. Helen Brandeberry bequeaths her ability to play basketball to Catheryn Boggs. Paul Chase bequeaths his swiftness on the track to John Jeffers. Ralph Cole bequeaths his large stature to Emmett Friend. Myrtle Callaway bequeaths her quiet mannerly ways to Doris Crandall. Roger Clark bequeaths his boxing ability to Homer Jeffers. Wendell Clark bequeaths his manner of hairgroom to Homer Friend. Ray Dunfee bequeaths his bashfulness to Vergil Berdinc. Cecil Hornsby bequeaths his light hair to John Sheets. Ruth Green bequeaths her ability as a center to Rachel McDonald. Ada Gillilan bequeaths her studious ability to Madolyn Deeter. Omah Gaston bequeaths her habit of acquiring good grades to Lucille Marshall. Mary Gibbs bequeaths her ability to get Latin to Walter McLaren. Orville Koehler bequeaths his humor to Oville Bibbee. Blanche Murrey bequeaths her slim figure to Bessie Barnhart. Harold Medley bequeaths his personal appearance to Robert Ramsburg Bethel McDaniel bequeaths her quietness to Louise Watkins Blair. Oscar Pierce bequeaths his ability as an actor to Maxwell Wheaton. Pauline Ramsburg bequeaths her blonde hair to Doris Brandeberry. Charles Smith bequeaths his ‘ways with the women to Orrin Bailey. Pcrie Stout bequeaths her practice of having her lessons to Virginia Fortney. Marquard Travis bequeaths his patent-leather hair to Ola Murphy. Virginia Tanthory bequeaths her mannerly way to Elizabeth Ballard. Clifton Ward bequeaths his shickishness to Clifford Dixon. Josephine Wise bequeaths her sunny disposition to Nina Barnhart. Bettic Yagala bequeaths her curly hair to Lennic Sharp. To the Faculty we bequeath our gratitude and sincere thanks for the interest they have shown in us during the past four years. Lastly, to our friends and the Board of Education we leave our hearty thanks and appreciation for their efforts in helping us to secure a better education. Any remaining property we leave to be used as best seems fit. In witness thereof, we hereunto set our hand and seal, this fifteenth day of May. nineteen hundred and thirty-one. (Signed) SENIOR CLASS OF 1931. Twenty -19 3 1

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R O J A N V In the Years to Come HIS is station T-r-o-y broadcasting. Listen, members of the class of '31! You are about to hear the fate of each fellow classmate. Here tis!“ So after five years wondering what had befallen each member of the graduating class of 1931, the following broadcast brought to my ears the facts that I had long wanted to hear: Leo Baker is the athletic coach at Notre Dame University. Charles Smith is one of O. U.'s basketball coaches. Josephine Wise, the most beautiful girl at Troy School during the year 1929-30. is in Hollywood as a movie star and Mildred Bond is also in Hollywood as a second Sophie Tucker. Jack Burdette is a Coolvillc merchant. Mary C. Booth is living in New York, clerking in a ten cent store and is a spinster. Paul Chase has become the mayor of Coolville and is doing fine in his work. Ralph Cole has obtained a very good job as successor to Mr. Pailet in the Vocational Building at Coolville. Ruth Green has become a dietitian and is assisted by Myrtle Calaway in her wrork. Perie Stout has a very lovely place in Clarksburg called The Cookie Shoppe. Roger Clark has become the wealthiest farmer in Ireland. Wendell Clark is on the staff of the New York Times and is one of the most successful journalists in New York. Ray Dunfee has made his home in Texas and is one of its best cowboys. Cecil Hornsby has obtained a job as a bus driver from coast to coast and has become very successful in his work. Ada Gillilan has finished her college education and is now teaching Latin in Columbia University. Omah Gaston is teaching English in Columbia University. Ada and Omah have a small apartment where they are enjoying themselves very much. Mary Gibbs is happily married and living on a large farm where she is tending several hundred chickens as her pleasure work. Blanche Murrey has a position in Akron where she is receiving a very large salary as basketball coach for a large group of girls. Orville Koehler has become a very successful man as a mechanic. Harold Medley has been accepted as an instructor in a New York dancing school and is receiving a very good salary teaching dancing lessons. Bethel McDaniel has a very good position as a private secretary for a large corporation in one of our neighboring states. Oscar Pierce is playing a saxophone in an Illinois orchestra. He is very happy in his work and is receiving a large salary. Pauline Ramsburg is holding a very good position in Athens taking care of an old married couple. Marquard Travis is now playing the part of a drummer boy in the Hawaii Islands. Virginia Tanthorey is doing fine work in a tailor shop, as she is very handy with a needle. Clifton Ward is working at Roosevelt Field and has become a great success as an aviator. Bettie Yagala has a small shop of her own where she does some pretty work as a designer and artist. Helen Brandeberry is still working and enjoying life Lester Doan is managing a large newspaper stand in Parkersburg and is doing well. The class advisors. Miss Knecht and Mr. Kinzig. as well as the other faculty members, are----- But—‘click-dick —static was all that could be heard—so I did not learn the fate of these teachers. Sorry for the interruption—it could not be helped. This is Station T-r-o-y signing off. Father Time announcing. Goodbye, listeners!!! 19 3 1- Nineteen a

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9 9 V 9 9 9 9 • • • • • • • As Named As Known Favorite Expression Delight Failing Ambition Destiny Leo Baker Lee Oh. Heck! Basketball Torch Coach Farmer Mildred Bond Millie Oh. Well! Quarreling Mountain (Laurel) To go West Lady chauffeur Russell Burdette Jack Who cares' Margaret A clerk A business man Employer Mary C. Booth Katy What of it? Flirting The boys To be thin Old maid Helen Brandeberry Brandy Gce-for-socks! Dancing Car riding To be rich ? ? ? ? ? • • • • • Paul Chase Paul Aw-gosh! Blondes Studying Bricklayer Hen-pecked husband Ralph Cole Shorty Gee! Taking tickets Get ads Successful farmer Hired hand Myrtle Calaway Red Home? ? ? Basketball College Nurse Roger Clark Roge Great Caesar! To get (stout) Sleeping Hasn't any Farmer Wendell Clark Windy Lor Pete s Sake! English I.ate hours To get ahead ? ? ? ? ? • • • • • Ray Dunfee Dunfunny Gee Whiz! Bookkeeping Frying to be Professor Aviator Cecil Hornsby Cece You'd be surprised ! You know who A comb Aviator Flier Ruth Green Slim Oh. Heck! Basketball Johnnie Nurse A (Me) Bride Ada Gillilan Ader Oh. Shoot! Go after Ads Flirting College Teacher Omah Gaston Omah Gracious! King ’ George” Red heads The same English teacher Mary Gibbs Gibby Gee! Frowning Bashfulness Farmerette Farmer's wife Orville Koehler Tiny Oh. My!!! To have his lessons Hasn't any Marathon runner Prize fighter Blanche Murrey Babe For Cry in Out Loud! A ”Wild Man” Hard study Stenographer Office girl Oscar Pierce Ossie Good Heavens! To Tease The girls College Musician Pauline Ramsburg Polly I Don't Care! Spooning You know' who Speaker Ruling a husband Harold Medley Happy Rats! Belpre Dancing Bookkeeper Business man Bethel McDaniel Red You Don’t Say! Typing Gordon Stenographer Farmerette Charles Smith Charlie Good Lord! Dates Swearing College Coach Perie Stout Perie Oh. Murder! Powdering her nose “Eagle District H. S. College Nurse Marquard Travis Mark Blow Me Down! “The Clay’s the Thing” Reading To be tall Undertaker Virginia TanthoreyGinger Mercy Sakes! A Good Joke Books College Teacher Clifton Ward Cliff Cheese and Rice! Gathering (Ferns) Cigarettes Aviator Bachelor Josephine Wise Joe Oh. Yeah! Good books Ball games Office girl ? ? ? ? ? • • • • • Bettie Yagala Curly Darn! Clinton Talking A designer Teacher’.' wife Lester Doan Mulligan Oh—! Bellings Women Paper boy ? ? ? ? ? • 4 4 • 4