Union Local High School - Unorama Yearbook (Mansfield, OH)

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THE CLASS WILL OF l95M We, the Senior Class o Hl95h of Union Hi School,of Richland County, in the State of Ohio, being of sound mind and body, do make this last will and testament to be published We, have solemnly decided to part with our beloved possessions follows Item I To the Teachers will our squirt guns Item II To the Juniors bequeath our dignity and manners Item III To the Sophomores grant our list of excuses to get out of study hall Pat Hairston wills her Marilyn Monroe figure to Joyce Bishop Caroline Hart leaves with the school the shy and scared feeling she brought with her, which was overcome by the friendliness of all the Student body Dick Holmes wills his loud ness to Ken Shaffer Sue Kissel wills her ability to get around to anyone who can top it Willard Kocsovsky wills all his brains to Floyd Culler Chuck Lambright wills his drums to Marvin Pifer Penny Mowrey wills her ability to keep out of mischief to Robert Sto ner Pauline Perry wills her brown eyes to Mildred Adams Harold Rader wills 30 pounds to Item IV To the Freshmen teachers Item V To the Janitors W leave our messed up chalk boards Item VI To whom it may concern Don Backensto wills his black, curly hair and basketball ability t Stanley Young Shirley Baker wills her diamond to anyone who has nerve enough to try to get it Nancy to cheerlead Ellen bra to Leona Blust wills her ability to Marcia Crunkilton Bowersock wills her alge Danals Paul Butenschon wills his in telligence to John McCormick Varlene Clark wills her yellow Chevs o anyone who thinks they have a prettier one Loeta Cook wills her ability to have boys call her 'Bashful' to Judy Pittenger Charlotte Danals wills her tem per to Joan Mount Bruce Edmonds wills his height to Johnny Berns Ruth Feaster wills her ability to keep her man to Carol Crunkilton Norma Fulk wills her quietness to Luana Au Jim Rakestraw wills his ability not to will anything to anyone who is willing to take his will Chuck Ritter wills his hotrod member ship card to Duane Maxwell Walter Shoup wills his Chevy to Dick Shaffer Merle Shaffner wills his ability to hit bridges to Bob Milum Gene Tennant wills his Junior girls to anyone who can get them Yvonne Thompson wills her abil ity to stay with one man to Virginia Coutts Francis Whisler wills his legs to Evelyn Garver Fred Wolf wills his Toni' to Coach Meffley In the presence of the under s1gned,we,be1ng the Senior Class, have signed our name to this our last will and testament, this Second day of June in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty Four THL SENIOR CLASS WITNESSES Jerry Lewis Gordon Howe Dean Martin I ff H de 0 8.8 - ------ : We . ----- : We ' -- : We - ----- : We will our ability to get along with the Melvin Zehner- ------ : e - O e - ' ll U J E I I

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CLASS HISTORY THE YEAR 19 O THE PLACE Union High School THE EVENT The first day of high school for 37 Proud Freshmen The first class meeting was supervised by our advisor, Miss Lonsinger The fol lowing able bodied officers were elect d Pres Yvonne Thompson V Pres Sue Kissel, Sec Gene Tennant, Treas Don Backensto, Student Council Rep Shirley Baker and Charles Ritter, News Reporter Bruce Hasenzahl The Senior Class took great pride in initiating us Yvonne Thomp son was elected class attendant for Homecoming with Don Backensto escort ing her Majorettes from our class were Norma Fulk,Penny Mowrey and Loeta Cook Don Backensto served on the Var sity team, with Bruce Edmonds, Francis Whisler, Chuck Ritter, Chuck Lambright The Girls All Star team had just one Freshmen girl, Sue Kissel Ruth Feaster was chosen attendant from our class for May Day,and Willard Koo sovsky was her escort At the end of the year we lost John Lajack, James Walker, and William Van Over The beginning of our Sophomore year,we gained M new classmates Betty Newland, Orleanis Sloane, Emma Church and James Rakestraw Class officers were Pres Willard Kocsovsky,V Pres Don Backensto, Sec Loeta Cook, Treas Francis Whisler, Student Council Rep Pat Hairston and Russell Owens Shirley Baker was elected Home coming attendant with James Rakestraw as her escort Don Backensto and also James Rakestraw were on the Varsity team, while Charles Ritter, Bruce Ed monds, John Rock, Gene Tennant, Chuck Lambright, and Francis Whlsler served on the Reserve Gene Tennant, Charles Ritter, and Don Backensto were on the baseball squad Don Backensto was also on the track team Sue Kissel and Loeta Cook were on the Girls All Star team Norma Fulk was again majorette Nancy Blust was May Day attendant with Charles Ritter escorting her During the year, we lost Orleanis Sloane, Howard Price, John Rock, Joyce Culler, and Delores Brooks Three fourth of our way thro ugh we began the year with Miss Lon singer as our advisor, and also Mr Howe Officers were chosen as follows Pres Francis Whisler, V Pres Chuck Ritter, Sec Marlene Clark,Treas Norma Fulk, Student Council Rep James Rake straw and Yvonne Thompson Sue Kissel was Homecoming at tendant with Bruce Edmonds as her es cort Don Backensto, James Rakestraw, Bruce Edmonds, Francis whlsler, will ard Kocsovsky, and Gene Tennant on the Varsity team Reserve team was upheld by Charles Lambright, Charles Ritter, Fred Wolf, and Jack Garrison On the Girls All Star was Sue Kissel, Loeta Cook, Penny Mowrey,Norms Norma Fulk, one of our major ettes, was chosen by the student body as May Day Queen, with Marlene Clark, escorted by Francis Whisler, as one of her attendants Our Junior play was held April 19, entitled 'My Cousin From Texas The most out standing activity was pre paring for the Junior Senior prom,held in the gym, May 9 with the theme of Hitch Your Wagon to a Star Our final year, for which some of us have been waiting, we have as our advisors, Mrs Kraft and Mr Howe Officers to share the responsibility are Pres James Rakestraw, V Pres Ruth Feaster,Sec Merle Shaffner,Treas Nancy Blust, Student Council Rep Sue Kissel and Don Backensto,News Reporter Francis Whisler Ellen Bowersock and Caroline Hart joined our class Nancy Blust was chosen from our class as cheerleader to help cheer the boys to victoryl Don Backensto, James Rakestraw, Bruce Edmonds, and Wtllard Kocsovsky were on the Varsity Penny Mowrey and Charles Lambright were in band all four years This year our out standing sc tivities were selling ads and working on the annual, of which Loeta Cook is editor Continued after class prophecy ----- 5 e 3 - e 2 e g Q . ' a .. 'O and Willard Kocsovaky on the Reserve. Fulk, and Nancy Blust. rf I .II I 1 ' on

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CLASS PROPHECY Dear Penny, Having heard that you are now home on vacation, I thought I would write and bring you up to date on our fellow classmates How are you enjoy ing your job at Union, having taken over for Mr Tomasello as music in structor? I've just arrived home from a fun eral at which most of our classmates attended Can you guess who has de parted from usq Well, it was very sad Mr Howe's faithful and dependable dog Fleabait, met up with Fred Wolf, who was driving his motorcycle which he and Merle Shaffner designed in their s op, nThe Y Not Wreck It ' The funeral was held at the Lam bright Funeral Home walter Shoup, a retired pastor, had charge of the ser vice A comedy team of Donald Backen sto and James Rakestraw, successors to Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, sang the plated a movie nThe Union Globe Trot ters, which is now playing in New York On the way to the cemetery, I saw Nancy Blust and Gene Swineford, who are still waiting to get married Nancy is a private secretary for the USwine ford Body Shop U Following, was Gene Tennant Gene is an electronic in structor for the Air National Guard, lohth Bomber Squadron,at the Mansfield Municipal Airport Behind Gene was the Bachelors' Club of Union, to which be longs Bruce Edmonds, Paul Butenschon, Dick Holmes, and Harold Rader They had just returned from a convention in the west So much for the funeral Marlene Clark is now a big exe cutive for the Grange Mutual Insurance Company The other day when she went out to inspect a wreck in front of our Alma Mater, guess whose oar it was? June 2, 196k The new physical education teacher's, Sue Kissell Sue was telling Marlene that Pat Hairston is now in business for herself She runs a drug store and soda fountain I learned that Pauline Perry has a Paris Dress Shop at Five Points,Ohio and that her coproprietor is Charlotte Danals Another classmate,Ellen Bower sock, purchased her wedding trouseau for her near future marriage, from Pauline's Shop Sue also said she attended a wed ding at which Mrs Dick Curry, Cformer Yvonne Thompsonl attended the bride, Mrs Francis Whisler, lformer Ruth Feasterl Ruth and Francie spent their honeymoon with Chuck and Norma Ritter, Cformer Norma Fulkl The Ritters' are living in Florida Willard Kocsovsky has a large covered another oil well I won't be long before he can retire Loeta Cook 1 now assistant t the assistant manager at Montgomery Wards Remember our new classmate whom we received our Senior year, Caroline Hart? Well,she is an elementary teach er at Union I know we are all looking forward to sending our children to her well, Penny, that is just about all for now I was so glad to hear that you were home, I had to write Oh! I alrost forgot, you knew I had twin boys, d1dn't you? They are 6 years old now It is about time for Donnie to give them their flight les sons, so I must not make them late Hope to see you and our classmates as soon as possible Love, Shirley h - - - .' . . hymn. These two boys have just com- ranch In Texas. The other day he dis- n - - ' 0 O ' s o