Waverly High School - Novel Yearbook (Waverly, OH)

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Jim, Paul, Vera Charles Class Will We, the class of 1951, being of good health and of fairly sound mind, do hereby will our worldly possessions to the underclassmen of good old Waverly High. I, Dale Anderson, will my first place in every class to any unlucky underclassman whose last name begins with A. I, Pearl Andre, will my energy to some eager beaver. I, Paul Armstrong, will ability to skip school to anyone who can do it as I have. I, Charles Annis, will my love for basketball to Earl Knight. I, Don Barch, will my love for football, women, and song to Ed Smithson. I, Jane Beninger, will South Route 23 to Portsmouth to Beverly Pfahl. I, Gloria Bennett, leave my seat in Home Economics class to Richard Murray. I, Patty Bowman, will my love for Chillicothe boys to Barbara Martin. I, Dick Brown, will my gift of gab to Ronnie Doll. I, Margene Bayhan, will my cleverness at forging teachers’ names on library permits to Cloe McKimmy. I, Margaret Collins, will my fantastic walk to Shotty Schauseil. I, Don Comer, will my seat in Government to some unlucky Junior. I, Barbara Dennewitz, will my pep to the Pep Club. I, Sherman Dixon, will my curly eyelashes to my sister, Marilyn. I, Jack Dixon, will my adorable laugh to Mr. Raidiger. I, Norma Echard, will my girlish figure to the coke machine. I, Bobbie Ezell, will my way with the boys to E. Ann Johnson. I, Carl Fleser, will my dark complexion and height to Wayne Smithson. I, Olimpiea Fleser, will my love for school to “Hardrock” Hines. I, Charolette Fultz, will my quiet ways to Jonesy. I, Juanita Gibson, will my love for Piketon and Jasper boys to Nancy Daily. I, Dick Jose, will my cute mustache to Billy Hartley. I, James Hall, will my art of driving to Mr. Teichert. I, James Howard, will my English book to anyone who can use it properly. I, Dempsey Johnson, will my driving license to a careful driver. I, Jane Johnson, will my walking space in the hall to Frank Watters. I, Leon Justice, will my nickname, “Choo-Choo”, to the D. T. and I. 22

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Prophecy On a fine spring morning in the year 1971, while we were sitting at our desk of the New York Daily, discussing world events, the copy boy, DEMPSEY JOHNSON, suddenly rushed in, yelling that we were wanted by the editor at once. When we walked into CHIEF CHARLES ANNIS’ office, he greeted us with, “How would you two like to return to Waverly?” This caught us by surprise. As we stood their gaping, he explained, “We would like a nice feature story on our own home town. Will you take it?” We readily agreed and departed at once. As we boarded the T. W. A.’s jet strata cruiser, we found that CARL FLESER, the ace pilot, was taking the newly assigned nurses, NORMA JEAN ECHARD, RUBY SMITH, and ERMALINE McDOWELL, to report to Dr. JUDI LEEVER, at the Waverly Municipal Hospital. While in flight we met our former classmate, PAT BOWMAN, who with her assistant, BERNICE POLLARD, was returning after a business trip to her job as president of the Gyp Jeep Manufacturing Company. As we landed at huge Hall Field, owned by JIM HALL, we were greeted by Flight Director, CZAR REDMAN. He agreed to show us around the big metropolis of Waverly. After sightseeing for a while we stopped at the swank “LEON’S LAZY L” Restaurant, and to our surprise MARGARET COLLINS was the manager. Looking around we met DON BARCH, President of Jasper Tech University. He told us of the appointments of CLINTON YATES as the Head Dean of History and PAUL “Hook” JOSE as the mentor for the University's crack basketball team. Don and his secretary JOANN MITCHELL, had to hurry to return to keep their appointment with SHERMAN DIXON, Treasury Agent, who was giving a lecture. After we had finished our delicious meal, we decided to attend the latest hit, “Ezell’s Escapades” starring BOBBIE LEE EZELL. The hit of the show was PAUL OYER, the Groucho Marx of ’71. The stage show included the top song hits by “Dixon’s Dixieland Band”, directed by JACK DIXON, with CHAROLETTE FULTZ, OLIMPIEA FLESER and BARBARA DENNEWITZ, the well known “Gigglin’ Gals of Song”. As we entered the Gibson Hotel, owned by JUANITA GIBSON, we were registered by DALE ANDERSON. Our baggage was carried to our rooms by bellboys CHRIS WITTKUGLE and GALE PATRICK. Later in the evening we were visited by DOLORES MARTIN and MARGENE BAYHAN, who managed the Lonely Hearts Club. They told us of the coming marriage of JANE BENINGER and REVEREND JOHN JAMES WARD. The girls told us that GLORIA SANDS and HELEN MALONE were doing fine at their modeling school for girls. As we chatted, all kinds of news came out: WESLEY WHITE and DON COMER were competitors in the automobile business; DICK BROWN’S love for grasshoppers proved valuable in his Department of the Prevention of Crop Disease; PEARL ANDRE and VERA ROWE have switched from dressmaking to the hat business; PAUL ARMSTRONG and JAMES HOWARD are still in construction work; JEAN KUHNER is enlarging her kindergarten; FRED WITTERS and JAMES STANLEY are putting on the radio show, “City Farmers” with JANE JOHNSON as the “girl from the country”; and DEAN SHEETS and DAN RHOADS of the Wolf Pro Football Team with Coach GORDON LEFFLER were home for the off season. GLORIA BENNETT, proprietor of the Southern Fried Nightclub sent us reserve ducats for the midnight show the next night, but since we had collected the material necessary for our story, we had to return to New York immediately. We, NORA LEIGH SAUTTER and FRED LOFLAND, ace (note) reporters of the New York Daily, end this report with complete satisfaction that our classmates are on the road to success. . . . Leon Jim. Charles Carl

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I, Jean Kuhner, will my ability to stay out of trouble to some lucky person who gets frequent calls to Mr. Teichert’s office. I, Judi Leever, will Route 23 to Chillicothe to my sister, Susy. I, Gordon Leffler, as I have no more use for it, will the school building to the Salvation Army. I, Fred Lofland, will my Toni curlers to Joe Cofer. I, Helen Malone, will my slow motions to Eloise Kitchen. I, Dolores Martin, will my small stature to Coach Hawhee. I, Ermalene McDowell, will my black hair to Joan Spence. I, Joann Mitchell, will my natural curly hair to Phyllis Kitchen. I, Paul Oyer, will my place as leader of men and follower of women to Fred Hughes. I, Gale Patrick, will my polka-dotted shirts to John Caldwell. I, Bernice Pollard, will my quietness in study hall to Marlene Deacon. I, Czar Redman, will the women! Take care of them until my kid brother is of age. I, Vera Rowe, will my red hair and temper to Ronnie Streitenberger. I hope he can control it as I do. I, Dan Rhoads, will my football playing to Charles Helman. I, Gloria Sands, will my “Dixie” accent to anyone who can use it as well as I. I, Nora Leigh Sautter, will my front page of the Hi-Lites to the next news reporter. Good luck! I, Dean Sheets, will my good luck in trapping, fishing, and skipping school to Bob Downing. I, Ruby Smith, will my one track mind to Nancy George, so she can have two tracks. I, James Stanley, will my bashfulness to Rollo Whaley. I, Jim Ward, will my lunch room meals to Ronnie Ridenour. I, Wesley White, will nothing to nobody. I, Freddie Witters, will my cute smile to Alan Rhoads. I, Chris Wittkugle, will my blond hair to Shotty Schauseil. I, Clinton Yates, will my Ohio History book to Don Cuckler. As witnesses to the testimonies are Mr. Typewriter, Miss Typist, Miss Paper, Miss Fingers, Mr. Time and Mr. and Mrs. Table and Chair, published by the Senior Class as and for our last will, this 17th day of May in the Year of Our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty one. 23 Vera, Gloria, Pearl Patty Jim