Willshire High School - Willow Yearbook (Willshire, OH)

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l, Anna Miller, will my seat in study hall to Freddie Marsee, my blonde hair to Elodee Nye, and all my tattered and torn books to whoever is lucky enough to get them. l, Gene Price, will my seat in the study hall to Tom Marbaugh, my ability to get along with Mr. Black to Jack Stetler, all my stolen pencils to Rolland Luginbill, and my staying home to sleep on Monday to Larry Samples. I, Kay Slusser, will my position as editor ofthe Willscribe to Kay Clouse, my clarinet reeds to Shirley Buchanan, my ability to get along with Mr. Compton to Norma Luginbill, and my peculiarly colored glasses to Robert Merkle. l, Paul Schaftner, will to Carolyn Dull my ability to get along with the boys, the gum under my seat to Connie Marbaugh, and my seat in study hall to Rolland Luginbill. l, Les Strickler, will my stolen pencils along with the girls to Larry Samples, and my pineapple haircuts to George Schaffner. l, Virgie Thatcher, will my ability to write letters to Ruth Huston, my books to have and hold to Norma Luginbill and Shirley Deitsch. l, Marlene Trisel, will my last seat in study hall to Roland Luginbill, my cheerleading suit to Susie Caffe, my love tor typing to Dale Lautzenheiser and my drum maiorette suit to one ofthe Junior maiorettes.

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Class Will WE, the Senior Class of l953, being of sound minds and bodies, but of poormemories, do make, ordain, publish, and declare this to be our last will and testament. First, we will to the Junior Class our enormous appetites at dinner time, and also our second helpings which we most generally get. Second, we will to the Sophomore Class our ability to get in and out of detention, and our worn and torn books that we can never find. Third, we will to the Freshman Class all of our left over lipstick, make- up, and that sweet smelling perfume CORRAL NUMBER 4, from Initiation Day. I, Tom Baker, will my red hair to Slew Foot Stetler, my basketball shoes to Vernon Kuhn, ny good grades to Elodee Nye and my bashfulness to Susie Coffee. I, Jock Bayles, will my seat in study hall to Rosie Ross and the gum under it to John Hunter, my ability not to get arrested for speeding to Ed Hileman, my ability to get kicked out of school to George Schaffner, and my love for skating to Duane Krall and Larry Samples. I, Eileen Black, will my third seat in study hall by the radiator to Susie Coffee, my ability to stay out of trouble to Connie Marbaugh, my ability to get along with everyone to Colleen Weinman and my shyness to Mary Huffman. I, Arley Buckmaster, will my ability to get along with some teachers to Jack Stetler, by baseball suit to anyone who can catch better than I can, my basketball suit to Ed Hileman, and my seat to Tom Marbaugh. I, Don DeBolt, will my position as official window putter upper to any strong bodied junior boy, my ability to get along with Mr. Griffith to Jack Stetler, my blind cord to Susie caffee, and my beat-up textbooks to any iunior who has the peculiar habit of studying. I, Lois DeBolt, will my seat to Mary Byers, my curly hair to Carolyn Dull and my blue eyes to Ruby Merkle and my commercial law book to whoever is dumb enough to take it. I, Marlene Sue Harmon, do hereby will to Larry Samples my seat in study hall, my ability to keep quiet and listen at least once in awhile, to Carolyn Dull, my noisy gum-chewing habit to John Hunter, my love for school and teachers to Jack Stetler, and my maiorette suit to any one who wants to slide into it. Also my 'running around' to Wilma Schumn and my short haircut to Freddie Marsee. I, Jim Habegger, will my seat in study hall to Ed Hileman, my super deluxe paper wad shooter to Jack Stetler, the erasers in my desk to Dale Lautzenheiser, my blind cords to Gene Merkle, my ability to get along with the teachers to Robert Merkle and the chewing gum under my seat to Carolyn Dull. I, Yvonne Voltz, will my ability to get along with the teachers to Mary Huffman, my leadership ability to Robert Merkle, and my early Monday mornings to Rosemary Ross. I, Mary Weddle, will my ability to have perfect attendance to Shirley Deitsch and my love for sports to Wilma Schumn. My seat to any iunior. I, Sandra Hey, will my long hair to Shirley Deitsch, my tallness to Vernon Kuhn, my job in the cafeteria to anyone who needs money, and my love for public speaking to Mary Huffman and John Hunter. I, Sandra Hoblet, will my seat in band and ability to get along with Mrs. Vinings to Susie Coffee, my seat in study hall to any cold-blooded iunior, my bashfulness to Tom Marbaugh, and my love for school to Ed Hileman. I, Joan Kuhlberg, will my'long straight blond hair to Ruby Merkle, my 'Bashfulness' to Lincla Herron, my like of teachers and ability to get along with them to Ed Hileman, my knack for getting in and out of trouble to anyone who has said trouble, my fingernails fclawsl to Ruth Huston, my ability to get out of work and classes to Tom Marbaugh and Kay Clouse, and my LOVE for- ----- to Wilma Schumm. I, Carol Kuhn, will to brother, Vernon, the seat I occupy in study hall, my physics seat to anyone who is unfortunate enough to take physics, my brown hair and green eyes to Shirley Deitsch, and my bashfulness to Rosemary Ross and Mary Byers. I, Larry Marbaugh, will my ability to get kicked out of class to George Schaffner, my ability to play basketball to Duane Krall, my ability to run around and stay out late at night to Carolyn Dull and last but not least my seat in study hall to Gene Merkle. I, Jim McClain, will my seat in study hall to Tom Marbaugh,the right to play with the window blind to Dale Lautzenheiser, my knob to regulate the heat register to Larry Samples and all the gum under my desk to Vernon Kuhn, if he can stand to chew it the third time.

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Senior Prophecy A Visit To Willshir One day in the year of l969, I decided to come back to good old Willshire to find out how things were going. It seems that Willshire has become a large city and rates third largest in the United States. As I entered the business district, I was surprised when I saw the famous 'McClain Brewery' owned by the prosperous Jim McClain, who is still a bachelor. The Brewery's head man is Lester Strickler who drinks up half the profit. Lester, by the way, married Sandra Hoblet who is now the Superintendent of Nurses in the new General Hospital. The Hospital has two very competent nurses. They are Marlene Harmon, who is in charge of the Maternity Ward, and Sandra Hey, who is a surgical nurse. There are two other new establishments in Willshire. One is the newspaper, The Willshire Babble edited by Kay Slusser, and the other is the all-modern school. One of the school's best teachers is Eileen Black. Farther on down main Street there were horns blowing and the traffic had to stop. All I could see at first was a tassel of red hair, then I noticed it was a farmer from way-back my old pal, Tom Baker, bringing in a load of corn to the Price Elevator. Gene also owns one of the largest estates in Will- shire. Farther on we came to one of the egg hatcheries owned by Jack Balyes. As I turned down Nightly Avenue, I saw the Swank 25 Club, which is owned by James Habeggar, his chef bouncer happens to be the tough Arley Buckmaster. It seems that James has the world- famous Marlene Trisel, who is known in private life as Mrs. Dave Ripley, booked for a week stand in his club. Marlene does a song and dance routine. Joan Kuhlberg is the cigarette girl. Hmmm, cute, tool Joanie, I hear pulls in a cool 52,000 nightly from the tips given hereby oil millionaires. Larry Marbaugh is James' top-notch crooner. Larry lives with his new bride in a penthouse in the Schaffner Hotel. The hotel, as I later saw, was 32 stories Hgh and is owned by Paul Schaffner, who has a chain of hotels. Conveniently located a few blocks away from the hotel is the Church of God. The minister is the Rev. Don DeBoIt. Don has a congregation ot an average of 3,000 every Sunday. Further down Nightly Avenue we see the new Broadway Star Theater. The owners are Anna Lou Miller and Carol Kuhn. The two girls are quite a success. As the day is nearing an end I decided to fill up the gas tank before leaving. I drive to ci filling station and who do I see but Mary Weddle, who runs the station. l asked Mary if she knew what happened to the last two of the Seniors of I953. She said that Virgie Thatcher is married and on a large ranch in Arizona and that Yvonne Voltz, who is married to a sailor husband, is traveling abroad. Oh! By the way, Mr. Games, the sponsor of the Senior Class was elected President in the last election on the Republican Ticket.