Wapakoneta High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Wapakoneta, OH)

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NELLE KOHLER » Our nurse comes (once a week on Tuesdays) to see that everyone passes inspection. She was very busy this year with an epidemic of measles. As usual, Dan Brown led the class by get-dug them first. LEFT TO RIGHT:—MRS. ALMA PRES A R. MRS. KATHRYN AUGSPUGER. MRS. BETTY PITTHAN, MISS RUTH SONNEDECKER. MISS LOUISE MILLER. The librarians keep the pupils well supplied with the latest scientific information as well as thrilling space stories for their entertainment. LEFT TO RIGHT: —MRS. HARRYETTE JACKSON. MRS. RUTH BAILEY, MRS. EVELYN SCHAUB, MRS. RUTH SHULER. MRS. ALMA PRUITT. It is important that a spaceman have a good diet, so Mrs. Jackson and the cooks plan and prepare appetizing and healthful meals daily for our crew. LEFT TO RIGHT:—ALFRED LUNZ. ISADORE RUCK. FRITZ SCHOFFNER, CLIFF MeCARTY, PAUL KANTNER, CLAY MYERS, WILLIAM KAECK, GUS NEIMEYER, NELSON RUCK. JOHN CUNNINGHAM. The bus drivers fly the students from the far corners of the universe to school in supersonic busses. LEFT TO RIGHT:—HOWARD ZERKLE, ESTILL HARMON. ISADORE RUCK. The janitors keep the rockets clean and neat, as well as in good working condition. 10

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HISTORY When we first entered the “Solar” school from the elementary grades, we looked forward to two years of apprenticeship on the ground. We watched the older students and longed for the day when we would receive our wings. In our freshman year we added several new students from surrounding country schools and at last were allowed to leave the earth behind and explore the universe. We will always remember the Freshman-sophomore dance that the sophomores gave us. It was a great time when our boys organized their freshman basketball squad, and by our second year we felt like old hands. But we had a lot to learn. In our sophomore year, we searched deeper into the fields of learning, electing more subjects to our own person al interests. That year we chose Nancy Metzger as sophomore attendant to the homecoming queen. We were now working lower deck on first class rocket ships. Our junior year we took our first trip to the milky way when we entertained the seniors at our prom, “Heavenly Daze.” We presented our class play, “Clementine”, in the fall, and elected Shirley Brading as homecoming attendant. Sometimes along the way, the hours seemed rather slow, and we wondered whether we’d ever become full-fledged pilots. But when we returned in the fall of '52, we took over the cockpit, and with Dan Brown as chief pilot, and Dick Veit as co-pilot, we made a complete journey through space. We touched upon all occupations in the universe by means of Career Day, and we visited many universities on College Day. Our lovely queen, Miriam Prieser, reigned at our homecoming game with stars in her eyes. As leaders, we gained a new sense of responsibility which we intend to carry with us through life. Yes, Blume High, as we stand here with our wings in our hands, we shed a tear, knowing we must leave you behind as we go OUT OF THIS WORLD, your world, and into the future ......... 12