Wakeman High School - Memoirs Yearbook (Wakeman, OH)

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Class Will We, the Class of 1954, of Townsend-Wakeman school, situated in the town of Wakeman, county of Huron, and State of Ohio, being of pretty sound mind and body, and realizing that our days at T-W are swiftly com- ing to and end, do hereby assert this to be our last will and testament. The following provisions are to be carried out as indicated and are to be handled with care. I, Larry Becker, will my mustache to Ronnie Link, and to Earl Sengstock, nothing. I, my ability to keep out of Marcia Buckley, will my used C75 flute test tubes to the next matical ability to the will my beat baritone to In I, Robert Burke, I , Ri chard Bush , I, Robert Carey, Cokely. I I, I I. Lois Bonner, will my bookkeeping ability to anyone who needs it, and trouble to the Junior boys. music to Pat Eungard, my broken Chemistry class, and my mathe- General Math Class. anyone who collects scrap. will my ability to go steady with one girl to Bill Bailey. will my ability to keep the dents out of my car to Don , Ellen Dickman, will my ping-pong ability to my brother, Russy. Jim Fulton, will my ability to behave in class to anyone who wants it. , Bonny Geist, will my ability to cook and sew to Sammy Herrington. Glenn Gibson, will my voice to Cal Canfield, and my ability to stay away from girls to Bill Jackson. I, Jack Graves, will my arguments with Bach to my brother, Don. I, Richard Hadfield, will my curly hair to Charles Skinn. I, Thomas Horton, will my ability to get along with people and not to make enemies to Cal Canfield. I, Esther Hughes, will my driving ability I, Mary Lee Johnson, will use it, and my jokes I, Richard Mahl, will my ability to drive to anyone who can handle it. my ability to get good grades to anyone who can to the Jr. girls. slowly C805 to Norman Hooker. I, Jacquelyn McCardell, will my sense of humor to Carl Gerber, and my place in the cafeteria to anyone who likes to eat. I, Jean Molesky, will my short hair to Judy Stryker and Gail Mitchell. I, Mary Molesky, will my quiet disposition to four Junior girls. I, Fred Palmer, will my ability to take out girls Qhardly used! and my , basketball ability to Carl Gerber. I, Shirley Riley, will my cheerleading suit and the best of luck to the cheerleader who takes my place in the Varsity group. I I, Neale Shinsky, will my ability to play I size to Jim Robinson, I, Verna Smith, will my shorthand ability , Helen Schamp, will my place in the cafeteria to anyone who wants it. ping-pong to Clifford Sabin. , Bill Simpkinson, will my acting ability to David Fletcher, and my to Juanita Bush, and my scholas- tic ability to any laboring underclassman who needs it. It Lois Thayer, will my ability to make speeches to Charles Skinn. I, Marlene Todd, will my German book to Bette Becker, and my ability to co-operate to Donna Mitchell. I. I ' Clouse. If Junior girls, and Janet Todd, will my ability to get along with Miss Pursell to Nancy Stentz , John Treiber, will my height to Bill Shupe, and my bashfulness to Ronnie George Van Dootingh, will my ability to get along with Mr. Hill to the my chemical concoctions to anyone who is crazy enough to take them. I, Norman Welch, will my ability to get along with class, and my ability to Mona Wolfe, will the best of luck to the person I leave in the Varsity cheerleading In Bach to the Junior Ag Gov. to next year's class. that fills the vacancy group. sleep in We, the Seniors, will our ability to raise money for the class trip to the Juniors, our ability to have quick class meetings to the Sophomores, and our dignity in studyhall to the Freshmen. witnessed: Signed, sealed, and delivered, Mr. R.R. Hadfield Mr. James Boyden. The Class of '54

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Class Prophecy Have you ever gazed into a crystal a look into one such ball, and into the ball? Just for fun, 1et's brave future. Ready? Here we go-- The time is 1964. The scene is the lobby of a huge international airport in Southern California. I have ing for the plane to N.Y., where I have UPrivate'sign on a door catches my eye, of me, I peek inside. There I see none George Van Dootingh. He tells me he is port, and volunteers to show me around. a few minutes to kill while wait- a singing engagement, when the and curiosity getting the better other than my former classmate, the owner of this colossal air- In the mechanics department I see another familiar face--that of Neale Shinsky, who is the head mech- anic here. The warning comes over the loud speaker that it's time to board the superjet so I bid a fast farewell to George and Neale and start for the gate. In my haste I bump into someone--why it's Lois Thayer, who has just returned from her missionary journey to Asia and who is also bound for N.Y. On boarding the plane, we are greeted by the stewardess, Mary Lee Johnson and the pilot, Bob Carey. We take our seats only to find that sitting across the aisle are two old friends, Bill Simpkinson and Lois Bonner. Bill, now a famous T.V. star, is returning to N.Y. after a short visit with commercial artist, Glenn Gibson, at his mansion on the coast. Lois is his secretary. Looking out the window, I see below a great ranch. Bill tells me this belongs to former classmate, Jim Fulton. Near it is Nevada's largest and most elaborate gambling house, owned and operated by Norman Welch. Our plane develops turbine trouble, and we are forced to make a landing at a small college town in the midwest. While we are waiting for the difficulty to be ironed out, we decide to look over the campus, and whom should we see coming out of the college office but Verna Smith, secretary to the President of this fine institution. She is just taking a minute out for a cup of coffee, and suggest we join her. On the way we learn that three other-former classmates--Mary Molesky, Marlene Todd, and Fred Palmer--are on the faculty here. Mary is head of the English department, Marlene is the dietician, and Fred is the head basketball coach. Upon reaching the coffee shop we are surprised to see that the owner, manager, and cook is Helen Schamp. She tells us that we just missed seeing Jackie McCardsll, Bonny Geist, and Janet Todd. Jackie runs a beauty salon, and Bonny is her manicurist. Janet is married and lives not far from the shop. We hate to leave our friends but the engine has been repaired and we continue on our way once more. Not long 8-ff-er' We land. We are met by reporter, Esther Hughes. She has to cover the docking of the great Atlantic atomic cruiser, the UR.H.U owned by another T-W personality, Richard Hadfield. We get there just in time to see big-game hunter, Richard his perilous expedition in Bob Burke, returning after London, and the celebrated walked away with the world together for dinner at Tom Bush, as he returns home from the jungles of Africa, the famous band leader, a sensational engagement at the Palladeum in pro-tennis player, Ellen Dickman, who just championship. They suggest that we all get Horton's luxurious resort, situated a little ways upstate on the foot of a mountain and overlooking a lovely lake. That evening we arrive at Horton's and'are greeted by the head waiter, Larry Becker. He leads us to our table and glancing around the fabulous dining room, we spy Mona Wolfe, Shirley Riley, and their husbands, who are on a two-week vacation, and Jean Molesky, who is one of the country's foremost interior decorators. Just as they join us, we hear Nwhy hullo you allln. and striding across the room come Texas oil tycoons, Dick Mahl, and John Treiber, accompanied by private detective, Jack Graves. Just in the midst of this happy reunion, however, the crystal ball fades and van- ishes. It was all our imagination--or was lt?

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Class Histor Qne bright September morning of 1943, at the unconsolidated schools of Townsend and Wakeman, we, as a new class of first graders, were begin- ning our way up the ladder of success. Wakeman's first and second grades Here Ender the guidance of Miss Elmes, and the students of Townsend under rs. da Ross. As we advanced to the third and fourth grades, mrs. Elizabeth Merr- ilees, of Townsend, and Miss Anne Cooley, of Wakeman, did their best in trying to further our education. Next, we journeyed to the fifth and sixth grades, under Mrs. Alice Stacey as the Townsend teacher, and Miss Helen Brucker, from Wakeman. Then we were in Junior High, enjoying changing classes with the rest of the high school, under the supervision of Mrs. Chandler at Tbwnsend, and ,r. Scott at Wakeman during the seventh grade, and with Mrs. Findley and Mrs. Calnou during the eighth. As Freshmen, we continued along the way, helped bv the untiring efforts of our teachers, Mr. Burkle at Townsend, and Mr. Brumby at Wakeman. In our Sophomore year we were very excited by the news that Wakeman and Townsend had been joined together, which made our class consist of forty-five eager students, with our advisors, Miss Meacham and Mr. Jenks. An exciting day in our Sophomore year was the day we ordered our class rings. We began our Junior year by showing off our new rings. Chr play, NFinders Creepersn, was a big success. We continued through the year under the watchful eye of Mr. Eachelder to that exciting event, the Jr. and Sr. Prom, which was held at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Norwalk on May 15. Our graduating class this year contains thirty-two students. Of these, we have nine charter students of Wakeman and six from Townsend. They are: Robert Burke, Glenn Gibson, Jack Graves, Jean Molesky, Mary Molesky, Janet Todd, Marlene Todd, Neale Shinsky, Mona Wolfe, Jim Fulton, Dick Mahl, Shirley Riley, Lois Thayer, John Treiber, Bill Simpkinson. Others who joined the class along the way are: Richard Hadfield, third grade, Bonny Geist, fourth gradeg Esther Hughes, fifth grade, Lois Bonner and Jackie McCardell, sixth grade, Norman Welch, seventh gradeg Marcia Buck1ey,.Bob Carey, Helen Schamp, and Verna Smith, eighth grade, Tom Horton, ninth grade, Larry Becker and Fred Palmer tenth grade, Dick Bush and Ellen Dickman, eleventh yearg and Mary Lee johnson and George Van Dootingh, Senior year. We are now looking forward to our class trip to Washington D.C. and New York city, with our advisors, Mr. James Boyden, and Mr. R.R. Hadfield.