Waverly High School - Novel Yearbook (Waverly, OH)

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(Pitted. 'PtofiAecy While on my way home from graduation, I came upon a railroad station which seemed to have appeared from nowhere. I heard someone announcing that the Train of Tomorrow was ready to leave. The strange name aroused my curiosity to such an extent that I purchased a ticket and boarded the train. I had no sooner sat down than I found myself in an elaborate ballroom which I immediately learned was owned by DEANNA SHEETS and BETTY JO STULLEY. Deanna and Betty Jo were glad to see me, and proceeded to inform me of what was going on. The present occasion was the annual banquet for the outstanding citizens of the year, with ROLAND TERRELL, who had become a famous radio commentator, as master of ceremonies for the evening. Much to my surprise, I learned that every member of my graduating class had been invited and had accepted. I looked around in time to see MARY ALYCE and WADE enter. Mary Alyce informed me that she and Wade had been married for five years, and that Wade was now head coach at the University of Alabama. She then told me what had become of my former classmates. JAMES HENRY was to receive an award for his famous Historical Collections of Alma . The Mathews girls, (SHIRLEY, ALBERTA, and CORA), who had become a famous trio, had volunteered to furnish part of the entertainment for the evening. CARLENE BARRETT was to give a speech on her social work in India. MARTHA DRUM and VIVIAN BOLIN, co-owners of a famous dance studio in New York City, were to be present. GARY PARSONS is to be given an award for his cartoon, Hector the Hippo. I was surprised to learn that many of my classmates are in the circus world. LARRY WONDERLEIGH is the owner of the Wonderleigh1 s Wonder Circus. ROBERTA DEWITT and JUDY HALLO RAN are trapeze artists.CHINK Grinner BROWN, with the aid of his famous fleas (which are furnished by PAT DUNCAN'S Itchy Flea Factory ), is the world's most famous clown. BEN ROSSis now a combination fire eater and sword swallower. JERRY DODD and CHUCK BLOUNT have a famous tumbling act. JACK WORTHEN'S horses are appearing in circuses all over the country. I also learned that a number of my classmates had participated in the Olympics. HELEN PFEIFER is coach of the women's Olympic team. MARY JANE McCOY had won the mile race to become world champion. KAY McKEN-ZIE had set a new high jumping record by clearing the pole forty-five feet. MARY JANE TEICHERT had entered the trans-Altantic swimming meet —she swam half-way across, became tired, and swam back. WANDA THOMPSON had won the shot-put contest. NORMAN WARD is hog calling champion of the world. NELDA PALMER had won the Miss America Beauty Contest. SUSAN REDMAN, the famous actress, had won the academy awardfor her performance in the movie, Heart Breaker . JERI ROBINSON is the mayor of Waverly, which is now the cultural center of the universe. MAJEL WILLIS runs a barber shop for French poodles. BOBBY HOLSINGER is now the owner of the Plateau Restaurant. JERRY KNIGHT in -herited a fortune and has become a play boy. STEVE HARTMUS, the famous Safari leader, has filed suit against BILL OWENS, owner of the largest mosquito 28

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I, CYNTHIA FISH, will my ability to ask Mr. Ketter so many questions, to my sister, Melinda. I, ROLAND TERRELL, will my nickname, The Nose to anyone to in school who doesn't want it. I, VIRGIL HAVENS, will my almost perfect attendance to anyone who can keep up the good record. I, ROBERT HICKMAN, will my seat in Government to Johnny Caldwell. I, RICHARD REYNOLDS, will my ingenious mind to John Parsons. I, ROBERT HOLSINGER, will Mr. Rosenbaum to my brother, Ronnie. I, ROBERT KLINKER, will my good behavior to my sister, Loretta. I, JO ALICE PATRICK, will my love for talking to my sister, Becky. I, PATSY GWIN, will my speed in typing to John Parsons. I, NELDA PALMER, will my crown to the Homecoming Queen of 1956, with hope that she won't have as many butterflies as I did. I, MARY ROSS, hereby will my ability to never be in school to Edith Oyer. I, JOYCE REED, do hereby will my height to Buford Thompson. I, CORA MATHEWS, will my ability not to eat so much to my sister, Linda and her friend, Jean Petty. I, JERRY KNIGHT, will my laziness to Gene Stouder. I, BEN ROSS, do hereby will my razor to Bubs so he will not have to go unshaven. I, JACK WORTHEN, do hereby will my boots and saddles to Eli. I, JAMES SHERMAN HENRY, will my love for cars to John Vollmer and Davis Horsley. I, MARTY DRUM, will my ability to dance to anyone who feels free to cut a rug , especially my brother, Whitey. I, JERRY DODD, do hereby will my boils to Paul Jordan. I, DESSA WRIGHT, do hereby will my ability to skip school to Jan. I, CHUCK BLOUNT, do hereby will my sprained ankle to Tarhead. I, BUSH BOLIN, do hereby will my curly black hair to Coach Hawhee. I, BABS CLAWSON, do hereby will my dislike to Chemistry to anyone smart enough not to take it. I, BETTY LOU LYTLE, do hereby will my love for Shorthand to my sister, Rosemary. I, TOMMY HANNAH, will my ability to get along with the girls to anyone who can keep up the good record. I, GWEN HUFFMAN, do hereby will my silly giggle to Mr. Shelby. I, GUS GRIFFITH, do hereby will my red hair to Patty Kemper. 1, KAY McKENZIE, do hereby will Macbeth's head to Mr. Shrader. I, SHIRLEY MATHEWS, do hereby will my ability to get along with certain boys to my sister, Patty. I, NOLAN BEECH, will my southern accent to Mr. Ketter. I, JOYCE HEIBEL, will my experiment with chlorine to anyone that can stand the smell. I, STEVE HARTMUS, will leave nothing to anybody,so that everybody will have the same. I, ROBERTA DeWITT, will my Economics book to anyone who can get more out of it than I did. We,HELEN PFEIFER and DEANNA SHEETS, will our twelve years of friendship to anyone who can keep a friend that long. We, MARY ANNE PATTERSON, SUSAN REDMAN, JUDI WARD, and MARTHA HOWERTON, will our big mouths to the next Varsity Cheerleaders. Subscribed, sealed, published, and declared by the senior class as our last will in the presence of the following witnesses, who have hereunto subscribed their names this twenty-fourth day of May in the Year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-six. Frank Shelby Fred Bauman Charles Shrader 27

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farm in Africa. BONNIE KRITZ WISER owns a candy store. VIRGIL HAVENS has founded a cheese factory on the moon. RICHARD REYNOLDS and DAVE BOND, the mad scientists, are the proud possessors of a blue ribbon on the basis of their invention of an automatic diaper changer. MARY ROSS and DESSA WRIGHT have written a famous series entitled The Rise and Fall of the Martian Empire , based upon our war with Mars. PATTY BARTHOLOMEW andRUTHY GRIFFITH are famous fashion designers. JANICE EBLIN has been of great value in preventing juvenile delinquency, through her work with young people. JUDITH SUE WARD is now editor of Cosmopolitan Magazine. ROGER ANDRE is a missionary in Africa. JOHN BOYER has discovered the ancient Egyptian process of preserving bodies after death. JIMMY MEEKER and GWEN HUFFMAN are co-stars in the famous opera Madame Grasshopper , written by NOLAN BEECH. WILLARD HARRIS, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, is famous for his work toward a universal language. JAMES HORN is the Tiddildy Wink Champion of Omega. RONALD WHITE is the star of a new movie series. Tarzan on the Moon . TERRY KLINKER, the renowned carpenter, is manufacturing mouse houses. BOBBY HICKMAN, the racket squad leader in Chicago, has gained control of the underworld by using boxing kangaroos, furnished by PATSY GWIN and TOM HANNAH, who ride kangaroos in an Australian rodeo. CYNTHIA FISH, who dog-paddled across Pee Pee Creek inexactly two seconds, set a new township record. BABS CLAWSON, co-owner of the Fuller Brush Company, has received a fabulous order from her old friend, WILMA ECHARD, who is now ambassador to France. JOYCE REED is the manager of Luckoffs, now in a new skyscraper constructed by FRANK WILSON, the world famous engineer, who has built a swinging bridge from Los Angeles to Japan. BETTY LYTLE, typist for the Secretary of State, helped secure for JOYCE HEIBEL an appointment as a kindergarten teacher in South Africa. BETTY HALL is head of the Home Economics department in Waverly's newest college. SONNY WALTERS, who is a professional football star, raises first class boll weavels as a hobby. MARTHA HOWERTON heads the Jumbo peanut factory in Waverly. PAT HOWERTON has revised Webster's dictionary by adding basic Chinese translations. WILMA LEFLER and WILMA DAWSONtied for Housewife of the Year. JR. EALEY, who has created a drink for dogs called Pupsy Cola, is becoming wealthy meeting the demands of MARY ANNE and BUCKY, whose dog kennel has just been awarded first prize for best all-round dog at the Westminster Kennel Show. As Mary Alyce and I completed our conversation, Mr. Terrell announced that the program would shortly begin. I took a seat in the corner, intending to watcn the awards; but as the lights dimmed, I got one last fleeting glimpse of the ballroom as it faded away. I awoke from my dream, happy to have been in the future, but a little disappointed that Mary Alyce had failed to mention what the future held for me. 29 Jo Alice Patrick