Willshire High School - Willow Yearbook (Willshire, OH)

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LHS s- ILL. cow 'T I, Robert Hey, will my position on the basketball team to Arley Buckmaster, my seat to Lester Strickler, and the trash in my desk to Jim McClain. I, Evelyn Humerickhouse, will my seat in the study hall to Virgie Mae Price, my desire to drive to Marlene Trisel, my love to dance to Yvonne Voltz, and my desire to run around to Larry Marbaugh. ' I, Gene Koch, will my seat in the study hall to anyone who is fool enough to take it, all the paper and pencils that I used this year to whomever they belong, and my short hair to Sandra Hey. I, Bernard Krall, will my seat in the study hall to Tom Baker, my bashfulness to Gene y Price, and my ability to stay awake in class to Arley Buckmaster. I, Marilyn Kuhlberg, will my study halls to Marlene Trisel, my seat in the study hall to my sister, Joan, and my long hair to Sandra Hoblet. I, Kenny Lautzenheiser, will my seat to Jim McClain, my gum under my seat to Gene Price, and my curly hair to Arley Buckmaster. I, Barbara Marbaugh, will my seat in the study hall to Virginia James, my tallness to Virgie Thatcher, my blue eyes to Lois DeBolt, and my junk in my locker to Yvonne Voltz. I, Kenneth Merkle, will my seat in the study hall to whomever is assigned to it, my height to Gene Price, and my ability to keep out of trouble to Jack Bayles. I, Mary Ann Merkle, will to Marlene Harmon my ability to eat like a hog , my weight to Carol Kuhn, and my craziness to Mary Weddle. I, Helen Roehm, will my blond hair to Virgie Mae Price, my shortness to Arley Buck- master, my bashfulness to Joan Kuhlberg, my ability to open and close the windows in the study hall to any strong Junior, and the last seat in the last row in the study hall to Mary Weddle. I, Bill Schlickman, will my desk in the study hall to whomever wants a scratched-up desk, my ability to be in the office every day for the first two weeks of school to Tom Baker, my chewing gum wrappers to Don DeBolt, and my position on the basketball team to Paul Schaffner. I, Shirley Smith, will my ability to get into classes without excuse slips to Sandra Hoblet, my seat in the study hall to Kay Slusser, and my basketball ability to Lois DeBolt, I I I, Gene Thatcher, will my ability to get into the study hall in the mornings on time to Tom Baker, my seat in the study hall to my sister, Virgie, my window and blind in book- keeping class to anyone who is dumb enough to take bookkeeping, my basketball suit to .Tack Bayles, and my ability not to get kicked out of class to Larry Marbaugh. In Witness whereof, we, the Senior Class of 1952, the testators, have set our hands and seal hereto this the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and fifty two Cl952J. Signed, sealed, published, and declared for their last will and testament by the Senior Class, the above named testators, the presence of us, who at their request and in the presence of them and each other, have subscribed our names hereto at witness on the day and year last aforesaid. WITNESS WITNESS WITNESS

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In ew will 1. We, the Senior Class of 1952, being of sound minds and bodies, but of poor memories, do make, ordain, publish, and declare this to be our last will and testament. First, we will to the Junior Class our blinds and blind cords, which always caused our trying moments with the teachers. Second, we will to the Sophomore Class all our angel-like actions and our enormous appetites. Third, we will to the Freshmen Class all the tasty onions and the becoming make-up that was used on Freshmen Initiation Day. I, Beverly Agler, in semi-sound mind and body, will my title of editor of the WILL- SCRIBE to Kay Slusser and my luck in roaming around during school-time to Paul Schaffner I also will my gift of gab to anyone who will take it off my hands, my black hair to Joan Kuhlberg, and my love for skating and square dancing to Yvonne Voltz. I, Emma Allmandinger, will all my books to Mary Weddle, my long, dark hair to Anna Miller, my bashfulness to Joan Kuhlberg, my job on the WILLSCRIBE staff to Eileen Black, and, last but not least, my seat by the register in the study hall to any cold-blooded Junior. I, Gloria Alspaugh, in sound mind and good judgment, will my seat in the study hall to any person who will sand it, my naturally curly hair to Sandra Hey, my shortness to Lester Strickler, my cheerleading suit to Eileen Black, and my ability to get along with under- classmen to whomever can hold their head long enough. I, Edna Mae Bailey, will my ability to get along with the teachers to anyone who likes them, my tallness to Kay Slusser, my seat in the study hall to Virginia James, my study halls to Marlene Trisel, my extra weight to Virgie Thatcher, and my blond hair to Lois DeBolt. I, Don Baker, will my seat in the study hall to whomever is lucky enough to get it, my books, if they can find them to Paul Schaffner, my gym shoes to Jim Habegger, and my position on the basketball and baseball teams to whomever gets it. I, Donna Baker, will my red hair to Aima Miller, my tallness to Carol Kuhn, and my quietness to Sandra Hoblet. I also will my love to be stationed on the WILLOW staff to anyone stupid enough to accept it. I, Harold Brorein, will my seat in the study hall to whomever is so f'unlucky to get it, my ability to leave the laboratory equipment alone to Arley Buckmaster, the radiator knob to Tom Baker, the right to open and close the windows to Eileen Black, the right to tie knots in the blind cords to Larry Marbaugh, and my ability to leave pencils alone that don't belong to me to Don DeBolt. I, Carl Fisher, will my ability to skip classes and study halls without getting caught to Don DeBolt and Tom Baker, my ability to swipe equipment and pencils to anyone who can get away with it. I would also like for more students to get along with some of the teachers as well as I have. ' I, Bud Frank, will my seat in the study hall to Jack Bayles, my ability to get in the study hall on time to Jim Habegger, and my seat in bookkeeping to anyone dumb enough to take bookkeeping. I, Max Frye, with weakened mind, will my job as spotter of the basketball team to Gene Price, my ability to keep my car clean and in one piece iso farj to Jim McClain, my long hair to Jim Habegger, and my ability to get along with girls to Lester Strickler.

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E i lass History One warm September morning some sweet, little boys and girls started out waving good-bye to their mamas for their first day of school at the Willshire Public School. After some very tense moments waiting for the bus or the neighbor kids to walk along, these little fellows and girls found greeting them with a big smile Miss Neiferd. Well, this kind face made everyone feel at ease once more. Miss Neiferd then discovered these dear little pupils were the graduating-class-to-be of 1952. And now from the voice of experience--our fthe class of ,529 second grade teacher was Miss Lillian Weinman. In fact we managed so well with Miss Weinman that she followed us right through the third grade also. We soon found ourselves sitting in the fourth grade, proud as ever. During our fourth grade year Mrs. Esther Dellinger offered her able assist- ance. Again, as if only the next day, there we were entering the fifth grade which was one more enjoyable year to add to our education. Mrs. Bowen was our number-one help in completing that grade. We next found ourselves under Mr. Sipe and Mrs. Fisher and feeling very smart to be one of those big sixth-graders . Then came our seventh-grade year which was also under Mr. Sipe. Out of the dark we came to be known as eighth-graders. This year was under the guidance of Mr. Robert Lucas. With the year flying by, we were becoming more and more ladies and gentlemen . We went so far as to win the County Junior -High Basketball Tournament. Mr. Lucas was also the coach, so you know we really weren't too much of a problem -class. Alas! Graduation night! My, how honored we felt to be receiving our diplomas which permitted our entrance into high-school. Here it was, 1949, and we were being called Green Freshmen . We didn't mind too much, though, for just think of all the excitement taking place. There we were wandering to classes, struggling to remember all the rules--a mite bit complicated. But we had Mrs. Vining as our sponsor who protected us, rather tried to protect us, from the terrible fate which the seniors had planned for our initiation. We surprised the seniors and were very co-operative coming to school dressed--how ? ? ? '? The girls wore men's old over- alls with one leg torn off and badly shattered above the knee. We used an old hay rope as a belt for our fancy overalls. Our blouses were made of gunny sacks, with a visible adver- tisement in the back. The front decoration was a lovely corsage of green tomatoes and vines. Vlfe were very comfortable in men's boots without any socks. Now, the boys--they were very sweet-looking girls, dressed in short dresses with their slips showing. Shame! ! They were properly made-up, wore strong perfume, had their finger -nails and toe-nails painted in bright red, and, of course, their hair was in ringlets. They also were comfortable wearing one woman's high-heeled shoe and one woman's low-heeled shoe preferably with the toes out. Suddenly, we were sophomores with Mr. Manken sponsoring us. We became ffWash- ington conscious and realized that we must start on the rough road of raising finances. Our first event was a Fall Festival, which was indeed a lot of fun and also very successful. We next tackled H Chile Supper and again we were marked with success. Also during the year we served the Businessmen's Club a chicken supper. At last, our junior year! Mr. Games was our sponsor this year. We immediately set to work again. We sponsored another Chile Supper, ordered our class rings, had a paper-drive, sold Wilshire Bearcats car plates, and put on a play. Our Junior Class Play was entitled -'The Boarding House Reach . More fun! ! ! Our last event this year was the Junior-Senior Reception. We choose as our theme a farm scene. The auditorium was decorated as an imaginary barn with farmer and farmerette servers. Following the banquet and program, an old-fashioned square dance was enjoyed. Finally, after completing eleven years of schooling, we're full-pledged seniors. We were happily informed that his year we had two sponsors, Mr. Lucas and Miss Bowyer. We received our class rings the second day of school. Snazzy! ! ! ! We hadn't forgotten our initiation day so natch! arrangements were made for the freshmen of '52. By the way, they're still our friends! Now our attention is turned to planning our class trip to Washing- ton, D. C., and possibly on to the city of New York. May we now take a few words to very sincerely thank all our previous teachers for their able assistance which they have given us. Especially Miss Bowyer and Mr. Lucas for leading us through our most busy year. We hope they enjoyed working with us as much as we enjoyed working with them.