Whitehouse High School - Whitonian Yearbook (Whitehouse, OH)

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I, MARILYN STEINBRECHER, being privileged to express these last desires of the class of '46, do bequeath, in their behalf, the desire for happy, abundant lives for you all. So saying, I close this last will and testament for ever. WitnesseS2 ' SENIOR PROPHECY For the first time in ten years I was to have a good, long leave, as our ship went into dry-dock in the Phila- delphia Navy Yard. It was a hot day in the summer of 1956 and I eagerly looked forward to meeting the only member of our class of '46 with whom I had kept in touch, Lawrence Wielinski,--good old WKrempM. Sure enough, outside the Navy Yard gate Kremp was wait- ing with his brand new atomic Buick which he had driven down from Wilmington, Delaware, Where he is Du Pont's chief re- search chemist. Kremp headed the car down the highway in the direction of Ohio, and good old Whitehouse. As we rode along, the car radio was playing softly, and I didn't pay much attention to it until I suddenly heard a familiar voice saying 'And now, ladies and gentlemen, this is Wilma Coon, special announcer for Maestro Jerry Kiger and his orchestra whose trumpet is better known in America than Harry James. Maestro Jerry will first play his own well- nnown composition nKiger Rag'.Vocals by the Nittes Sisters.' I had heard of Jerry's fame, and when I inquired about the Wwittes Sistersn Kremp told me that Arna and Norma had teamed up and called themselves by that name. Kremp also added that Jerry could thank his patient loving little wife the former Lois Parker, for a great deal of his success. In every large city we passed through we had no trouble finding one of Chef Jack Hall's famous restaurants which are known far and wide for fine food. While eating dinner, in Jackfs Youngstown branch, we recognized Marilyn Steinbrecher at a nearby table. We were glad to learn that she is princi- pal of an exclusive school for girls. we drove on to Cleveland for the night and as we reg- istered at our hotel who should enter the lobby but Eugene Symington,who told us that he is now a big Wall Street stock broker and was just then on his way to Chicago to close a big deal. That's all we got out of him for he still hadn't gotten over that close-mouthed way of his.

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CLASS WILL We, the Senior Class of 1946, being of sound mind and body, and of generous and courageous heart, do most solemnly and emphatically atest to this, our last will and testi- ment, which is to be executed, upon our vacating the good old halls of W.H.S., by our acting lawyer, Mr. I. M. Ernest. ToiDON BURKETTr HELEN BARNETT leaves her red hair, as she thinks nature didn't quite finish the job on his lockss To MARTHA RAPSON: the girl with the shy smile, MARTHA BLACK leaves her hearty chuckle. To MILTON RYERSON: who has re- cently turned farmer, WILMA COON leaves her knowledge of rural life. To ZELMA LEWIS: the alto half of a certain team, RUTH DENNIS, the other,half, leaves her soprano voice. To CHARLES SMITH: WILMA FORD, LEONA SZYMANSKI, and NORMA JEAN VOLLMAR each add several of their superflous inches, while to HELEN HOUSEHOLDER: the would-be stenographer, these same girls bequeath their com ercial ability. To BERNARD SMITH: owner of a Ndeepu voice, JACK HALL leaves his falsetto squeak. To all future Whitonian Editors: SHERRIE HIRSCH AND NORMA MONDRON leave sleepless nights and first-class night- mares. To DONNA KEENER: who likes to doodle , MARY IRVIN bequeaths her artistic ability. To KENNETH NOAKER: who fre- quently skips school, JERRY KIGER leaves his flimblefooted- ness. To ANN KOENIGSEKER: DICK KOENIGSEKER gives full assurance of his continuing brotherly love. To ORVILLE CART- ER: the book-worm, DAN KOSCH leaves his all-around ability in sports. To WILBUR CROSBY: a confirmed motor-bike devotee, EDGAR NESBIT leaves his flying experience, and to his brother, BOB NESBIT: he leaves the duty of paying all bills which cover repairing cost of his spectacles. To ED BIA- LECKI: RODNEY FARTHING leaves his cheer-leading ability. To DICK RITENOUR: the clerk, GORDON NEWTON leaves his interest in com ercial subjects. To DONNA REED: LOIS PARKER leaves her pert, pug nose. To HARRIET MEARS and BETTY ELENDT: GRACE RAWLINS leaves her expressive eyes. To BONNIE FISHER, and PEARL MONTION: RUTH REED leaves her love for children. To RAYMOND SAMBERGg the bachelor magician, DORIS RHOADES an NORMA WITTES leave the magic of an engagement ring on their third finger, left hand. To MARILOU AMHON: the cut-up, DON RUPP leaves his soft-spoken ways. To JANIS SULLIVAN: who is a really good student, EUGENE sifM1NGfroN leaves his nigh scholastic standing. To JIM STRAYER: DORIS SWARTZ extends her neighborly hand. To BETTY SEEL and CLAYTON KERN: DONNA TOLLES bequeaths her disarming smile. To DAVID LYBARGER: LAWRENCE WIELINSKI leaves his nkrimpyn hair. To BETTY MES- NARD: who is a good sinker of baskets, ARNA WITTES leaves her ability as a guard.

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Kremp told me that Don Rupp had won first place in Speedway races at Indianapolis the previous Decoration Day. I learned also that since women had been admitted to the track, WRookies' stiffest competition came from that daring driver Mary Irvin, who always races her car in low gear. Kremp told me that Daniel Kosch had just finished a most successful season as ping-pong coach at Monclova Uni- versity. And Gordon Newton is now Dr. No-Pain Newton, den- tist. When I remembered all his experience with teeth on the football field for good W1H.S. I understood it all. Rodney Farthing, Kremp said, is hired man on the stock farm owned and operated by Miss Norma Jean Vollmar. After a restful night's sleep Kremp and I resumed our Journey. Just outside Cleveland we stopped for a chat with the president of the Nesbit Jet-Aircraft Corporation. Edgar told us that his chief test pilot is Donna Tolles and the best aircraft mechanic he has is Wilma Ford. we decided it was no longer a man's world. Leaving Nezzie's factory and headed toward Whitehouse again I asked about some of the rest of our classmates. Miss Sherrie Hirsch is a famous lawyer and has just been admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States. Her private secretary is Miss Martha Black. I learned that Doris Swartz had married an Army lieutenant and Norma Mon- drom was the proud wife of a prominent naval officer, and moved in the best Washington circles. Ruth Dennis was the manager of the Dennis Union Insur- ance Company back in Whitehouse, and Helen Barnett is oper- ating a recreation center right next door to the exclusive shops of Miss Ruthie Reed who is engaged in the designing of space suits. Kremp said we would also see the 'Two D's Beauty Shop' which Doris Rhoades and Doris Schumacher operate in partner- ship. He also promised to take me to the Rawlin's Valentine Theater, owned and operated by Gracie Rawlins, to see that charming actress Leona Szymanski in her latest picture. I just had to know what our old class advisor, Mrs. Florence Over, was doing, and that after that hectic school year, 1945-46, she had given up teaching and had become a missionary to the Phillipines. - -------- Richard Koenigseker