Versailles High School - Portal Yearbook (Versailles, OH)

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JUNIOR JOSH In 1933 a small group of boys and girls entei'ed the Seventh Grade, which for the first time was united with the High School. Our purpose was to become air pilots of the airship of education. During the course of two years we were taught the fundamental facts of flying and guiding our own airships. Over this period of time we were led by the instructors of the school, who piloted us onward and upward. When the final test came for us young pilots, some failed to pass the examination, while others passed with flying colors. All the pupils have had a definite goal to reach. That goal is the Senior class, the highest altitude that can be attained in this school of lofty flying. Under the excellent leadership of Miss Landis our class adviser, we have finished the third lap of our journey without mishap. Some of the pupils will go on to an advanced school. We are gaining altitude and speed the farther we go. However, all of the time has not been spent in toil. There have been amusements and rests, also. One of our class’ main events for this year has been the Junior Class play, entitled “The Haunted Chair”. The Class of ’38 presented an assembly program, and is planning for the Junu r-Senior Reception. We are also represented in athletics and other social activities of the school. As Junior classes before have done, we sold pencils and had other schemes for making money. The class has grown since we started in the Seventh Grade. We are all experienced pilots by this time, and although some members of our class have had to stop along the journey for refueling and fixing of parts, most of us have made a non-stop flight from the beginning. As yet we can not tell what may happen to our planes before we reach the last stop. We believe that we have contributed much to the welfare of our school, and when in the spring of ’38 we complete our journey, we hope to have one of the most promising classes to graduate from Versailles High School. —Betty Blue, ’38. Page Thirty

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SENIOR SAPPINESS BROADCASTING STATION B-L-A-B Flash What a calamity! Bob Turpen and Ray Fisher have a slight attack of sleeping sickness. And Helen Simons watches Romeo most of the time. Buzz! Buzz! Who is the charming young lady with Gilbert? Remember, girls, while there’s life there’s hope. Everyone is wondering since Armella received her last diamond, who will get the girl. Yes Yes! Lillian Fiebiger makes a charming teacher. And did you know Charles Pheanis prefers to copy French on the desks? When asked why he did it, he said, “I can pass the tests easier when I do it.” Wise young man! Mary Bess Cashman has lovely eyebrows and she painted them herself. That isn’t her only talent; she can narrate amusing incidents. Beware of what you tell her, for it goes in one ear and out her mouth”. If you see an unusually funny looking face, you will know it is Dorothy Bornhorst making a snoot. Of course, it need not be related here, for you all know where Mildred Rismiller likes to spend her evenings. Have you learned how Dwight Mendenhall charms his girls? It’s that Pepsodent smile. Othur Starr must be working for some shoe company to test their new brands of shoes. He spends most of his time in bookkeeping class by walking around the room. “Amo te” is the one Latin phrase that has remained with Harrigan Hiatt. And he now finds excellent use for it. You’ve heard the poem: “He got slapped on the cheek and jailed for a week.” Russell Rhoades should have been “he”. Luemma Rismiller and Dorothy Townsend have worries—their dimples. Eva (York), we want to know who Adam is. Margie Pequignot was presented an alarm clock. Why? Don’t you know—so she can get to school on time at least once a week. Whack! Sock! Plunk! and the pugnacious Dale wore a black eye as a result of his battle. Latest! Sylvia Voisard has lost her giggle. And what a sad thing that Arthur Marker was blamed for the earthquake which occurred. Page Twenty-nine

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FIRST ROW—Marion Barton, Leota Boyd. John Barga, Odette Frantz. Miss Landis. Margaret Spillers, Beryl Ward. Florence Schafer. Marcell Ecabert. Marjorie Overla. SECOND ROW—Reva Richhart. Edith Lamey. Marcella Kelch. Betty Hole. Ruth Oehrt-man. Dorthabel Pittsenbarger. Yula Rissmiller. Margaret Ward. Elsie Apple, Roberta Pepiot. THIRD ROW—Betty Blue. Bernard Bruns. John Houser. Joe Dirksen. Lucille Rismiller, Martha Schutz. Wilfred Shockman. Robert Stover. FOURTH ROW—Ralph Johnston. Paul Cool. Henry Etter, Clarence Gerling. John Kelch. Orville Schrader. Robert Rahm. TOP ROW—Marvin Brandt. Walter Stover. John Gasson. OFFICERS OF THE JUNIOR CLASS President .....................................................John Houser Vice-President .... John Kelch Secretary-Treasurer ........................................Marcell Ecabert Student Senate .........................................Betty Blue Clarence Gerling Page Thirty-one