Walnut Creek High School - Anvil Yearbook (Walnut Creek, OH)

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THE SETTING OF OUR STORY To The Class of 1936 Greetrngs and Congratulatrons You asked me for a story rn your STORY and I shall tell my storv from storres told to me and from facts wrthrn my own lrmrts of experrence The result wrll then be a four storv affarr Srnce thrs Annual rs your contrrbutron to the school and the cornmunrty rt shall be my express purpose to tell my story of the advancement of publrc educatron rn thrs localrty Once upon a trme long ago between 1805 and 1820 after some settlers had establrshed themselves on thrs srde of the Alleghcnres rt bcc une net essary to organ rze themselves for the purpose of defense and welfare to form local governments to establrsh schools and to provrde for relrgrous vvorslrrp Res nsrble ertrzens were elected to varrous ofirces of loca government In 18,6 the town of New Carlrsle Cnow Walnut Creekj was lard out by surveyor Sam Robrnson J B Schrock Danrel Funk and George Kaser The first publrc school burldrng was located on the north srde Stutzman 'md Howard Ilershberger Ilere M K Troyer father of Al Troy er went to school One of the later teachers there was mv uncle Dr Jacob A Mast The first burldrng for s hool purposes rn the town was located on the ground of the Jonathan Troyers A two story burldrng on the srte of the present burld mg rs the one I best remember, for rt was rn thrs one that I started to school rn 18929 I often wonder rf any of the begrrrners esperrence the same feelrng I had on that frll day now so drstant 'rnd yet so fresh rn my mtmory My first teacher was Mrss Mary llochstetler srster of Reuben rn 'llrllersburg When we were able to read from N1cGuf'fcy s Fourth Reader we were per nrrtted to go up the long step to the second floor and nr my yyrll recall what brg steps these were to us to deserve such promotron One cannot recall the old chool wrthout thrnkrng of the pot bcllred stoves too hot for those near and too cold for those seated away the lunch from the basket when the homemade sausages would crack because they were frequently frozen strff from the 2 cold closet where the lunch was set rn the mommg The games were not screntrfic as now They consrsted mostly of runnrng games such as blackman, strnk base gray wolf town and long ball The evenrng lrt erarres where we recerved our first opportunity to perform rn publrc too are remembered Who can forget the shakrng knees the lumpy throat, and the many eyes armed drrectly at you who are so self conscious and yet so thrrlled Thrs burldrng was actually a fire hazard and about 1909 the top rncludrng all of the second story was removed and a new wrng was added to the southeast corner of the remarnrng first floor of the old one and another wrng to the northwest corner Now all the rooms were on one level In thrs burldrng the wrrter made an effort at teachrng Advanced subjects were taught rncludrng classes for those who were preparing themselves to pass the teachers examrnatron whrch rf one nassed he was granted a certrficate to teach Any one ever takrng thrs test wrll verrfv that these tests were any thrng except easy Thrs all seems but a short trme ago and yet I could name puprls rn the present school whose grandparents were puprls of mme then About 1915 the school was granted a thrrd grade charter thereby classrfy my rt a a two year hrgh school A few years later the hr h school was rarsed from a two year hrgh school to a first grade or four year hrgh school The drffrculty now was rnsuffrcrent room to meet state requrrements for schools of thrs rank and by vote of a mayorrty of the patrons a new burldrng was erected rn 1996 As early as 1943 thrs burldrng was rnadequate and by 1950 several rooms were added Trme and change agarn demanded more room for the raprdlv rncreasrng grade enrollment and the more strrngent requrrements by the state for hrgh schools that rt became necessary to find a solution to the problem by redrstrrctrng or consohdatron Thrs would be the means of offerrng a broader program, provrde F better equrpped school and promote better rnstruc ron W R Mast . M . . V ' V M M - V V ' ' - v ' A ' I . Y v I I '. . , . I . A 9 .' ' V Y . ' I - .' ,' ' . ' ' 5 ' ' V - I . .' .' .' 4.. .f . f ' -' l- . ' I I . . ' ' 5, ' ' a ,V ' b' , - V' V I V - 1 - A' 's' b' I Q V' V V - . ' . . ' - V ' ' ' Q Y ' I ' . p - I . n - I' L I, . I I I of the road between the present residences of Willis ' ' I ' ' . ' . . . ., 5 k ' V .. . H- -V v s G ' h ' . ' ' ' A. ' V 5 ' 'b ' - . ' ' V V V ' ' - . ' ', ' 'j ' ' .' 'ff ' Q '. .' A ' ' V . . A Vv g V V - . ' ' 2 .. . V 1 - - V V . 5 ' I I I . . F. V' ' ' ' 5 ' , . V 1. ' ' 1 . .' . ' . s

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lf? 'Q- 'Q-'N DEDICATION Richard Yoder Griewe not that I die young' Is it not better that I die Before life has lost its beauty Richard Yoder began his school career at Walnut Creek in Scntcmhcr Nh-l He was a tall thln lad with a rather nale look His alert smiling ex es were a con spurious nart of his face And It wasnt long until we knew that Richard was rcallv here to learn He said little and his health did not nermlt his participating in manv actiutics but he had a slv humor and such a keen intelligence that the power of his personality drew friends to him. And now he is gone' Gone' lt was hard to believe that death should snatch from his family and our school such a fine young man when he was onlv fif teen one who gave so much pronuse of contributing to the good of the world But he is gone But gone does not mean dead for Richard is not really dead' He is living hanpilw m a kingdom pre pared for such who have lived not for self but for the God whom thev serve and lote His life was a chal lcnge' his passing was a still greater challenge for Richard faced it courageously as he did work illness 'ind disappointment. The Junior Class wishes to dedicate this annual to the memory of a fine student and a noble life - Richard Yoder Well blest is he who has a dear one dead A friend he has whose face will never change- The anchor of a love is death. 3