Van Wert High School - Excalibur Yearbook (Van Wert, OH)

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90 fxcalifur-1944 SE IIJH PHUPHEEY ,Ioan Agler is now a commercial advertiser for Chubby Tots Frocksf' a noted Paducah, lowa, concern. Sylvia Albright's smiling countenance is seen on all the bill- boards over the country. She is the leading model for Chubby Tots l7rocks. Hobert Allen has really left this world, for only two months ago he drew up the final plans for the newest rocket ship, 6'Venus, Here I Comef, He left yesterday for his first trip. Patricia Bagley now has her name in lights since Tommy Dorsey retired because of old age and turned his entire band over to her. Gerald Bailey is one of the leading stunt men for the Leo the Lioness. So far he has suffered only a few minor injuries lcompound fractures of both legs, broken neck. split vertebra, and habeas corpusl . Ruth Baltzell is the proud owner of The Purple Cow Dairyf' David Balyeat is the head buyer for Wfri- Color Ties, Inc. Donald Barber is one of the trustees for the uDear John Tractor Com- panyf' Earl Barson has really proved his worth-he is known to one and all as the sec- ond Valentino. He can currently be seen in the screen version of the stage play Roses Are Red Compared to Pink Carnationsf, Patricia Baxter finally realized her life am- bition, she appears as the Before and After for Superstrength Hair Tonic, guaranteed to make your hair grow thirteen inches every night or your money back. Robert Beams lvas been a high success ever since his book, HHOW To Be a Bachelor and Like lt,l' was published. Barbara Beard had intended to become a lawyer but after tl1e Armistice there were too many young men in the law school so she quit. She now is the manager of g'Beardsies' Pet and Fish Shoppef, Gene Bebout is the trainer of the colossal table-tennis trout, The Wallopersff Do you remember when Gale Beck was one of the highest bowling scorers in Van Wert? Well, at the present time hefs the worldis bowling champion with an average score of 993.678 per game. Joanne Bernheisells extraordinary lung power finally put itself to good use for she is now a Metropolitan Wfagnerian Star. Peg Bern- beisel is happily married, and, with her husband and six children, she has a wonderful time raising pink and white rabbits on a Montana Ranch. Handy Black deals exclu- sively in junk. His specialties are Model 4'A's,' and 1929 'LChevves. ,lack Blue works for the Fuller Mop Co. and consequently travels quite a bit. Daniel f4'Bud,,t Bricker surprised every one. He decided to study mathematics seriously and at the present is very busy carrying on where Einstein left off. i'Bob Brubaker is a professional cheerleader with the 'allog Patch Crawlers, one of the na- tionally known football teams. Rose Burley runs a super-market in the suburbs of Convoy. It is revolutionary as it is more on the order of a cafeteria. Kathryn Busch, as you know, joined the WAVES after graduation and was shipped out of the country after a few weeks, training. Well, she liked it so well in the South Pacific that she married a native, and there she is to this day. Dottie ,lean Canny always wanted a home of her own, so now she and Paul live happily in their little Mexican hacienda Casa Blaneaf, ,lack Clifton is a drum tester for '4Nibbles Musical Instruments, lncf, They say that any drum that can stand up under his playing can stand up under anything. Melville Cole is head water boy for the Chicago Blue Cloves. Loren Collins owns and operates his own open- air traveling show. His specialty number is his trained pinching bugs. June Conley, well- known for her lovely voice, recently won a National Hog-Calling contest. The judges agreed that her tones were incredible. Clyde Coon entered into stiff competition with Bing Crosby fand we donit mean musieallyj. He wants to make certain that football is continued at his Alma Mater. Bill Cotterman is one of the leading men as far as the radio industry is concerned. He is the Lone-Rangeris under-study. 5'Pud Cryer's hair finally did her some real good in that she is now the glorious f'Crown of Hairll which is seen in all the leading magazines to illustrate how wonderful Meme Shampoo is. Bob Davidson and his sax Clorrie77 are world known. Clorrie not only is Bobls musical outlet, but she is also his dummy for bis ventriloquist act. 1 ls Charlie McCarthy madll ,lack Davis lost his heart to some brunette and for the last ten years hels been following her around trying to find it. ,lim Davis' fluent speaking ability finally landed him a permanent position with station DEF as their 6'l.ucky Hit: auetloneer. Haul Dougal joined the Navy to see the world and from latest reports he s still out seeing.

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fxcalihlr - 1944 752151 mill zmh esizrment Of the Members of the Class of Nineteen Hundred and Forty-four VAN WERT HIGH SCHOOL Van Wert, Ohio ,,.l.1.-ii -.

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fxcalihzr-i944 91 Mary Jane Eschbach organized her own all-girl basketball team and they travel all over the country. Marjora 1, Babel Fiser married shortly after graduation and now she is the glowing parent of a batch of little f'Turtles. Gene Foreman is an engineer on the Penn- sylvania railroad. He also blows three blasts as he goes through Van Wert. Clide Ford grew about twelve inches when he was twenty and at the present time he is the strong man for Bungling Bros. Circus. Bill Fox developed a new hamburger. Yvonne Gallapoo was voted the Perfect American Secretaryu last year which goes to show that the small can be mighty. Tommy Gallaway took up farming and now he's president of the National Farmer's. Association. Philip Gluth was a Chemist but he had a little trouble with one of his formulas and blew up a rather large laboratory. Since then he has been an outcast from his profes- sion. Slie Cooke has made dress designers. Shirley Temple's beautiful clothes are all creations by Gocke. Helen Grant has a much harder time than Babe Fiser because she's trying to raise a pack of Wolves. Some job. Doris Green became so accomplished on her violin that she plays 4th violin in the Jickville Civic Orchestra. Hilda Green left town the summer after we were graduated and none of us have heard of her since. We heard she was a street car conductor. Eleanor Hall decided she wanted to be a librarian so she bought her own library and rents out books for the special rate of 351.11 per book for 24- hours. Patty Harr has her own beauty shop and we hear her mud packs are really wonderful. Mary Hofmann is Dean of Men for Plow and Harrow Agriculture School in Texas. Ruth Houser spends all her time reading and memorizing. She is determined to memorize the Encyclopedia Britannica and at the time of this writing she has only three volumes to go. Roger Humrickhouse is now staff artist for the Babes In The Woods Nursery Schoolf' Dick lreton has just been made Major General of our armed forces at Gagasto, East Africa. Catherine Johns is the new manager of the We Dye Without Mess Laundry Shoppe. just think, she has to wash twice a day. Thelma Kiehl, because of her strong voice, is a professional scrcamer for 1 Love a Mystery. Pat Kimmel, alias Dave-Said-ln-His-Last-Letter, has become a professional filibuster for Congress. Clarence Klausing struck oil out in his back yard and now is known as America's No. l Playboy. Eleanor Klewer for tl1e last eight years has been painting commercial signs in Shorthand even though very few people are able to read them. John Kreider produced a non-squirt grapefruit, and he is now called the second Burbank. Yvonne Leatherman made lifesaving her career, and she now owns a chain of outdoor swimming pools throughout Northern Canada and Alaska. Gladys Leiter is an understudy of a script girl for G. M. G. Films Inc. Frederick Lillick always had a secret admiration for trains so now he is the conductor's assistant for Pushman Cars. Ralph Lintermoot decided he liked Delphos so well that he finally made his home there. He runs a gasoline station for a living. Virginia McGrew always wanted to travel so she became a foreign missionary. When last heard of she was trying to convert the South Sea Islands. Jacqueline Mahan, always noted for her stunning clothes, now wears dungarees most of the time. She and Shorty work day and night trying to eke out a living on their two-acre farm. Rebecca Manship took a course in Public Speaking and since 1950 she has been giving lectures all over the country on Once l Too Was Shy But No More. Virgil Maxson finally settled in Kentucky where no one expects anybody else to have too much pep. James Miller liked the Navy pretty well but after the war he went prospectin' for gold in the Rockies. We hear he hasn't had much luck. Dummy Miller stuck to the Marine Corps, and now he is a hard- boiled sergeant. He gets a promotion every three or four years. Marilyn Miller became a nurse shortly after graduating and is now occupied in restoring shell-shocked war veterans back to their normal mental attitudes. Arthur Milligan took up Home Living in college, and now he is the Home Ec. teacher at his Alma Mater. James Moore has his own business concerns. He trains Seeing Eye cats for old maids. ,Ioe Morgan is happily married, and, together with his wife and family, he runs a bakery in Middlepoint. Jerald Muntzinger owns eight large farms, and a small community is being started under his name. Virginia Olberding and her husband are the proud parents of a whole set of Quiz Kids. In her spare time Ginny presides over the Ladies' Aid. Dorcas Owens was recently made the editor of the Chicago Slambune. ltis a very nice set-up because her husband is one of the candidates for mayor of Big Town.