Wapakoneta High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Wapakoneta, OH)

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Freshman Class Top row, left to right:—LaRue Metzger, Ernest Cornell, Vernon File, Ralph Lusk, Everett Stroh, Harold Lanning, Maurice Thrush, Frederick Ballweg, Emil Tieben, Raymond Ruppert, Emery Knoch. Second row, left to right:—Aldo Elsass, Dorothy Gutman, Pauline Duer, Wilma Barber, Bernice Davis, Jessalyn Vorhees, Wilda Zwiebel, Luetta Lynch, Alma Wortman, Carol Copeland, Leonard Koch. Third row, left to right:—Helen Duckro, Ilo Mann, Luella Ruppert, Marie Bishop, Ralph Burden, Mary Bowman, Esther Munch, Pauline Zuber, Alberta Rhoode, Florence Kantner, Dorothy Jackson. Fourth row, left to right:—Vernon Kaeck, Grace Williams, Mary Neidemire, Marjean Headapohl, Helen Wisener, Eileen Smith, Lura Wehner, Wilson Brackney, Delmar Harshbarger, Henry Distelrath. Fifth row, left to right:—Eugene Boogher, Delmar Hern, Mark Bowsher, William Kaeck, John Deigel, Ray Kantner, Ernest Brown, Rolland Market. Top row, left to right:—Paul Schultz, Harley Nelson, Darrel Woolf, Tom Cornell, Herbert Haman, Julian Hess, Junior Taylor, John Smallwood, Dean Kohler, Charles Fleming, Frederick Jacobs. Second row, left to right:—Grace Spees, June Billger, Geraldine Klopfenstein, Eleanor Jane Abe, Mary Ann Schragle, Dorothy Goetz, Mary Ruth Smith, Winifred Copeland, Donna Kauffman, June Hodges, Fenton Hamilton. Third row, left to right:—Charles Phillips, Edgar Morris, Rolland Morris, Ruth Zwiebel, Kathleen Woolf, Louise Disney, Gertrude Jarvis, Ruth Underwood, Marcelle Bimstein, Ruth Herman, John Henry Gessler, John Moser. Fourth row, left to right:—William Wellington, Edward Strobel, Wilbur Walls, Martha Carter, Virginia McCormick, Florence Kantner, Marie Naylor, Donald Seitz, David Oakley, Billy Reed, Russell Scholler, Myron Kuck. Fifth row, left to right:—Louise Fisher, Leona Boltz, Evelyn Garrison, Robert Gierhart, Bob Lamberts, William Baeumel, Alfred King, Delbert Ruck, Daniel Schneider, Don Howell, Bob Miller.

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The ‘ke faospecl Sophomore Class History When our class graduated from the elementary schools, we were all seeking a position in order that we might apply our newly acquired knowledge. Most of us answered the following advertisement: WANTED: Industrious boys and girls to work in the factory of Blume High. They must start in the lowest positiion as Freshmen. There are excellent chances for advancement. The work is not easy, but it is beneficial. For all information call at the office of Mr. Idle, the manager. One bright Monday morning in September wre all presented ourselves to the factory. We were heartily welcomed and were instructed regarding our work. At first our tasks were light and easy. After a month or two they became more difficult. Though they were hard we attended them with a good will and a grim smile. At the end of nine months we were examined to see if we had fully mastered our work. All but a few were advanced to the position of Sophomore. After three months’ vacation we commenced our new duties. Though the requirements were more difficult than the former ones, we surmounted all obstacles and again found ourselves victorious. We still have two more years of strenuous labor before us. In the far distance we see a goal of success and it inspires us with a new energy. You ask what is our salary? Some think it is small: others think it priceless. Our pockets aren’t being lined with gold but our minds are being inlaid with diamonds of education, self-confidence and determination. Added to all these valuables is a small paper announcing to the world that we are properly equipped with armor to meet and subdue all the battles and trials of life. —ROSEMARY HEIL Sophomore Class Poem Two years have passed Since you came, But in that time You’ve gained great fame. You’ve always been eager And willing to learn, The hardest tasks You never spurned. We can well feel proud Of a class like you, Your deeds are many Your faults are few. Set high your goal And then proceed; By faithful work You will succeed. —FRANCES WINEMILLER Officers: Roland Swonguer, President Eugene Webb, Vice President Elizabeth Cartmell, Secretary Rosalie Werst, Treasurer

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The V.ehospecl Freshman Class History An air of mystery had pervaded the land for many days. The warm spring oreezes had seemed to bear encouragement to us tender flowers who had grown under the snow all winter. At last all danger of failure was past, and a feeling of peace and contentment was over all, for we had successfully finished the eighth grade, and were now ready for high school. Summer came, and as each month passed slowly—slowly to us—we became more beautiful, anticipating much in the near future, and wondering about the mysteries which lay ahead. On September 2, one hundred and twenty-three of us were transplanted from our natural home to Blume Hi. Here have we shown the result of tender care, of untiring patience, and of real culture, to which our participation in the glee clubs, band, and orchestra contributed no little. Physically we grew strong, the result of certain activities, namely,f ootball, basketball, track, and tumbling. We have been denied membership in Hi-Y and Girl Reserves, for we were only Freshmen, but we are looking forward to the time when we may enter this organization. We are sure that we shall be welcomed, for we have, indeed, proved our worth. But, as we have spent only one year in our new home, only the future can reveal our greatest beauty. —RUTH UNDERWOOD Freshman Class Poem Your start is fine, keep up the work, Just meet things squarely, never shirk. The climb is hard, up to the top, Keep pushing upward, never stop! Let “Ever Upward”, be your creed; And play the game; then you’ll succeed. Set good examples, for those to come, You’ve done your best, Freshman of Thirty-one. — FRANCES WINEMILLER Officers: Frederick Jacobs, President Cornelius Loew, Vice President Marie Naylor, Secretary Robert Miller, Treasurer