Wapakoneta High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Wapakoneta, OH)

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IN MEMORIAM To Abie's Cla ss Oh! Senior Class of Thirty-five May all your dreams come true When you shall leave Blume High School As you start your life anew. Each of us down life's path must go, And when life's work be done, There's a friend who's waiting for us With a smile for everyone. So as your years pass swiftly by With great joys in your drive May God be with you is our prayer Oh! Class of Thirty-five. Mr. and Mrs. John R. Kohler. o AND ORATOR, WAYWELEAPY. HIS PROWESS WAS SUNG BY HIS TRI-

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Orville Snyder He is a friend to all. Paul Snyder Serious? No, never. Charles Stein A tall and silent warrior. Lloyd Stiles Studiousness is a virtue. James Swink Who says little has little to answer for. Crawford Taylor Some day I'll be a Lawrence Tibbett. Helen Tester She doeth well who doeth her best. Betty Varner Her claim to fame is intelligence. Virginia Veit Achievement is her goal. Frederick Wisener Music makes the world go round. Evelyn Zerkel She has given us her best. Louetta Walker Her big brave lives out of town. Ned Young Some day he'll be president. Norma Zwiebel What more could you want? Virginia Wilkens Small and petite—a perfect squaw. ----O--- REACHED WAPA FROM A NEIGHBORING TRIBE OF A NOTED WARRIOR

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The Medecine Man Speaks If you ask me whence these stories Whence these legends and traditions Of the Seniors in the future After they have left the Redskins After they have worked and wondered After they have learned and labored In this world of fun and sorrow In this country of our father I will answer I will tell you Of the heroes and the maidens Of their victories and their failures Of their life and love and laughter. I see Norman Fogt a wise man Learned in letters and in numbers Helen Heil and Betty Varner Use their shorthand to advantage In the courts of law and justice Taking down the lengthy speeches Of the lawyer Leonard Rankin Waldo Smith and partner Meier (John) Business men of note and talent As Jack Davis and Bob Ewing Genelle Schnell and Crawford Taylor Are our idols in the movies Where Eileen Hodges writes the stories And William Crawford is director Karl Koch will head the railroads While Ethel Langhorst types his letters. An orchestra in New York City. Counts among its well known members William Martin and Fred Wisener While Art Musser croons the lyrics Written by the great Paul Snyder. Susan Seitz a charming hostess Sees her portrait in the paper Edited by Orville Snyder. I see Virginia Veit a buyer In a great department store Owned and run by Jacob Boesel Whose accountant is John Koch. Emily Garretson, secretary Makes appointments for Lloyd Stiles Who's a member of the Senate; While Evelyn Lusk is on the Cabinet. A noted chemist named Ned Young Hires Earl Clark as his assistant. Florence Howard is a seamstress While Orva Cannon models gowns In Betty Bachman's smart dress shop. Harold Claflin and John Orphal Have won honors on the gridiron. Kathleen Smith and Robert Gesler Are teachers of the Franco language. Virginia Lehning teaches typing hoseita Beery and June Biliger rteien Tester, Norma Long Ait are teachers of mathematics. Victoria Bowman and Madge Kantner Teach the culinary arts. Richard Gherlich, Harold Howard Frederick Koch and Charles Stein All are tillers of the maize fields. Robert Hiner draws cartoons For Nevelyn Jackson's magazine. Bill Howell coaches in a college At which Carroll Kuhns is dean. Kathleen Green and Zenith Hormann Dose with herbs the sick and ailing, bvelyn Zerkel types the copies Of the books by Edgar Crawford Eva Buffenbarger's married Living in a foriegn country. Louetta Walker's also married Living in the town of Buckland. Dorothy Shaw and Mary Carter Operate a beauty parlor Mary Eckenwiler works in Akron Rollin Kennedy banks our money. Virginia Wilkens, Dorothy Shuler Librarians in our old high school. Frederick Lanning, Carl Rinehart Distribute dairy products daily. Cleo Metzger governs children; Harry Pohlablen joined the navy; Byron Slgttery raises fruit; Opal Selover sells cosmetics. To Beatrice Bowsher in her smart shop Agnes Schweitzer designs dresses For the stars of Hollywood. Jimmy Swink announces programs On which Norma Zwiebel sings Daisy Hengstler, Janis Rohrbaugh Act as hostess on an airship. Howard Elsass makes the blue prints For the architectural firm Which Goldie Rostorfer finances. Thus the story of the Seniors Lives forever in this annual With their words of truth and wisdom And their works of worth and merit. They will never be forgotten By their friends and foes and teachers For in legend song and story They will linger ever more. ---o---- BESMEN AND MANY WERE THE LEGENDS OF HIS GREAT FEATS IN BAT-