Union High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Van Wert, OH)

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14 '7Ae Zddafcd Looking Through the Crystal Ball Sitting in the parlor of my ranch house I decided to look into my make believe crystal ball and see if I could pick up the: trail of the classmates of my school days. At first all was hazy and dark but at last I could see a huge motor truck roaring along the road with Fred Ehman at the controls delivering some cattle to the ranch of Senator Dale McOmber. Then the scene changed to a clean hospital in Det.roit where Violet Fiock, a nurse, was caring for Ernie Rickard, a mechanic at Henry Foird's plant, who was injured when an airplane piloted by Eugene Taylor accident- ly hit him in a freak accident. Neva Mae Rice, Ernie's fiance, was hysteric- ally standing hy. Finally familiar scenes came across the hazy crystal and I see Earl De- Long teaching Vocational Agriculture and Catherine Hunter teaching Home Economics at dear old Union. As the scene shifts again I see a neatly decorated beauty salon in Con- voy with Eleanor Dumar and Alice Ehman working feverishly to get Mildred Thompsoirs hair fixed in time for her wedding to Lesrter Goings, a Master Farmer. Suddenly the vision fades and then the fog lifts and I see Betty Mace, an attractive waitress, in a clean and prosperous looking restaurant waiting upon Joann Dixon, a prominent actress from Hollywood. Now the scene changes to ther dug-outs of the Toledo Mud Hens where Robert Whitaker, a big league pitcher, is giving advice to Gerald' Reid and his boys who are seeking the National Baseball Championship. And now everything goes black and grows hazy but those memories of my pals and classmates of Union will always linger with me. By Ben Hoblet

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7fre Ztfdcfcal' I3 CLASS WILL We, the Senior class of 1941, of the Township of Union, County of Van Wert, and State of Ohio, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do make, publish and declare this our Last Will and Testament, hereby revok- ing, and making null and void all other wills and testameints made by us heretofore. Section I. Article I. We will to the Faculty our love and affection for the school, to be passed on to each succeeding cla.ss. Article ll. We will to the Junior Class our Well Worn books and ability to make conversation in class. Article Ill. We will to the Sophomore Class our appreciation. of the Faculty who helped us through school. Article lV. We will to the Freshmen Class our love for each other after the characters were picked for the play. Section ll. Robert Whitaker wills his seat in detention to David lmlerg also his abil- ity in athletics. Eleanor Dumar Wills her ability as secretary and typist to the Junior girls. Eugene Taylor wills his ability to be two places at once to Ray Reno.. Alice Ehman wills her height and giggles to Lois Ruth Borden. Ernest Rickard Wills his guitar to Robert Cooke. Jo Ann Dixon wills her quick little dance steps to Ersel Rice. Gerald Reid, tall, dark, and handsome, wills his ability to play the bass horn to Beryl Grubaugh, and his well-worn tennis shoes to Robert Barry. Violet Fiock wills her comb, mirror, and blond hair to Anna Louise Edwards. Dale McOmber wills and imparts his studious ways and good grades to his brothers. Don't crowd, boys, there is plenty for all. Catherine Hunter wills her studious ways and dark hair and eyes to Anna Jean Piehl. Ben Hoblet wills his taste in dating girls from other schools to Harold Eddy. Neva Mae Rice wills to Leola Speelman her quiet. ways. Lester Goings wills his tenor voice to Bernard Fisher, a promising young vocalist. Betty Mace wills her ability to get Diamonds to Ruth Hoaglin, and her make-up kit to Mary Woods and Nina Mason. Fred Ehman wills his ability to sleep in class to Glenn Knerr. Earl DeLong wills his ability to get along with the teachers to Paul Landrum, his toastmaster ability to Fred Smith. And I, Mildred Thompson, will my red hair to Virginia Brewer also my ability to write these wills to the person that will write them in the long, hard years to come. Section III. Article I. The members of the Senior Class, do hereby appoint Harold Eddy to carry out the exactment of this our last will and testament. Article ll. In witness whereof, we the undersigned have hereunto set our hand and seal on this twenty-first day oi' May in the year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty-One.

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'7fne Ztldclcal 15 Twp row, tlieud left tn rightj David Klcfziiittlisli, llnnttltl lletlinlter, lirthert Nlt-t'rw'. Middle row. tllvilll lE'ft tw riehtl Miss Tennvll, lmis Cress, llttrttld liddxx 1,'nl'liFtttist, Herr! Gru- baugh, Corwin Huy. lmis 'lltylttiz ' ' Bnttttin row. tliend left tu riehll Annu lmnise Ildwnrds, lluiiiizt Duinur. Luis I-luth Burden, liuth l'luae'lin, Anna liatliryn Baer, Eunice 'l'lirniipst,t1i. JUNlOR'S CRUISE This year found us starting out fin it yan-ht ettml ennueh fftr :i king. lt was lnfavely tlying our t-nlnrs, gold and blue, and our inrrttu, Yun live but ttrtt-e, sw innke the he-st ttf life, wats painted in huue hlzick letters rm her gleaming' white starbrmrcl. Our fourteen members were under the euiclunee nf Cziptnin Lois Ruth Borden: First Mute. Beryl Grubaugh: :intl Set-und Mate, llnnna Dnintir. Un honrtl nur special guest tif hmmm' was Miss Mary Tennell. Vile sailed out nf the Itttrt znnid lziuehter and the 1-ries of l-lttn Yttyxieef' We we-re till' fur the Httuth Seas, und that land nf henuty find 1-ttiiiztin-e. Sew-rztl tiines during nur vttyaiev we had tw stnp tu rt-fuel and replait-e brrtken pzirts hut that ditln't htvther ns fur there wits ztlwztys :L skzttine rink neztr :it hztntl where we t-ttuld rnake the best lnttk lu their l:n,ii'els, 1 Hut things Wrrrse thzin this were tu urine. As wt- were entering the Stiuth Soils we ent cuueht in at terrible hurricane tseinester exninsl. Our staunch little Vessel ln-:tvt-tl the stnrin wfnidt-rfully, ziltlitvueh inuny nf us were shut in nur vnliins fur at few dnt s, Svxviuil utht-r int,-re squzills pnssed nur way hut we ttmk nn nntiee of those. Finzilly we i'eatt'lietl nur dt-stinaitittn lit-riiitidn, A XYlPIllll'I'l'lll plan-e it was hut iinziggine our dismay when une nf nur imsseiiet-i's, t ttrl Fwust, wats ine-t with at tt-lvurnln telline hiin ltr take the fastest plaine bark tn the stztlvts. Many tlatlvs he had hee-n with LlS1lINlNK't'llIllt'tl tt, see hint lezive, but we gave him 21 gay farewell party :ind snw hini tn his plane. 'l'hnt left us with thirteen ineinhers. Unlucky? Nut fm- ns. VVe gut busy ztnd inatcle even the natives wundvr nt the waxy we t-ttuld plny lmsket- ball, sing' and. albttve itll, give liniitliit-ts fur whzit dn you lin1tw'.' We ins-t tinr wltl friends the svniwr class, und we were st: ulnd tu see slum-lxtttly trmn htnne that we t-iitwtniiietl tht-in rttyztlly. Thus entla-tl our trip and we were ready tu start but-k fur the iinnl t'tty:1ev thztt nl' nur seninr yt-str. By lwis liuth Btnxlen