Wapakoneta High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Wapakoneta, OH)

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She said that Mary Rose Was now a well trained nurse; And that our friend Rex Gibbs Was driver of the hearse. 1 learned thatChester Bennett Was playing good base ball; While Florence Myers intended To visit Europe in the fall. Going up to Salt Eake City, On my quite eventful journey, I saw a sign which read, “Waid Woehler, Attorney.” I next called on Ed. Elliott Now a mining engineer. Who had gained a lot of fame In the preceding year. He told me that Harry Smith Ran a Salt Lake Bowling Alley; Sarah Waller was a doctor And lived in Utah valley. And that Edward Frank Had quite a reputation, As an anti-saloon worker, Along with Carrie Nation. He had heard from Olga Abe, Who owned a farm near by. And lived upon its profits, Which by chance were very high. Chas. Melching was posting bills In a western mining town; Donald Moore was a preacher And used to tear them down. As my mission was now ended, I returned to practice law; And I was glad I took the trip On which my friends f saw. CHAS. MELCHING. TWENTY-SIX

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We went to the performance Which was a great affair. And I vouis came out to greet us When he learned that we were there. He asked about the folks at home, And soon I told him all, How first that Naomi Blume Now ran a dancing hall. He asked for Clarence Katterhenry, And I was forced to say That Clarence and Caroline Mosler Had eloped and run away. However, Roland Rogers Was doing very well; In fact he DID most any one That in his pathway fell. ( f teachers in the schools We could boast of quite a few, Elizabeth Meyer, Jessie Crawford, And Mamia Roediger, too. Jim Anderson was head Professor, And lived in fancy style. For Helen House had consented To be his wife, the while. The Misses Rihm and Niedemire Still lived within our town. And led the best societv For many miles around. That night I traveled further west, And had no cause to fear. For I found that Melvin Steinbaugh as ndw the engineer. He said that Neal Shaw Had gone to Tennessee, Where lie had become the founder Of a new Y. M. C. A. Katherine Culleton conducted A school in matrimony, And because of her experience Was making lots of money. On reaching my destination, I visited the skating rink, Where I learned that the owner Was a Miss Edith Link. TWENTY-FIVE

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Class History of 1914 The history of the Junior Class is like the history of an individual, in that the con- temporary historian can see little in its acts and tendencies which distinguish it from the classes which have gone before or from those which are yet to come. Each year goes by and leaves us that much nearer the end. We are the same class, yet there is a difference which we distinctly feel but can hardly explain. For two years we hoped and struggled to become upper classmen and now that we are nearing the completion of our work so anxiously begun we regret that the time is so near, when we must leave behind the joys of school days, yet we still have before us the highest honor, being Seniors. “We strive to do the impossible; please everybody. Such is the aim of the present Junior Class. By our never ending efforts, we have lived up to our aim to the best of our ability. Class spirit and unity are two of our many virtues. In all school affairs the Junior Class is well represented. We lay claim to being the only class which had class unity. It would not be fair to conclude, that because there has been no mention of it, there is no social side to the life of the Junior. The facts point to the very reverse of such a conclusion, for all that is not work, is pleasure to the pupils who have observed life through the medium of two years of 11 igh School. Too numerous to mention are the pleasant social functions that have oc- curcd during our school life. In both study and recreation our ideals have been high and our purpose sincere. It is these qualities which have won us high honors, and which will aid us in gaining that pinnacle of power and greatness now hel 1 by the Seniors. Meanwhile we have not neglected that most important of all things, a little study. And with the beginning of another school year, we expect to resume a work which will make the class of 1914 known as one famed for thoroughness and high precepts. MARION STREIGHT HELEN HOUSE President ...........FREDERICK ZINT Vice President.......NORMA WINTZER Treasurer ...........JOHNNY MARTIN Secretary.................CORINNE KAHN Class Colors: White and Violet. Class Flower: Violet. TWKNTY-SIiVKN