Willshire High School - Willow Yearbook (Willshire, OH)

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History The sun was up and 32 little children tripped gaily and eagerly into the first grade room. We had as our teacher Mrs. Leistner, who worked with us until we were on our way to higher education. When we returned to school the next year, we had for our teacher, Miss Brookhart. From then on it was Miss Weinman as our third grade teacher, Mrs. Bain as our fourth grade teacher, Mrs. Bowen as our fifth grade teacher and Mr. Sipe and Mr. Lucas as our seventh and eighth grade teachers respectively. Being an eighth grader, that meant that we would all have the eighth grade test to look forward to and how we all dreaded that dayl But to our amazement it was not so defying at all. The summer passed and we returned as Greenies', with Mrs. Vining as Our sponsor. Completely ignorant of high school life, we lost our way to classes, and turned up at the right place at the wrong time. After a few weeks, however, everyone had recovered sufficiently, only to face 'Freshmen lnitiation.' This was a sad day, indeed, with all the becoming make-up smeared on our faces. The girls wore men's underwear backwards and bib overalls inside out, and backwards with many peculiar accessories The boys paraded around in short dresses made from gunny sacks with their slips hanging out. We were all generously treated to onions when we misbehaved. The first period after dinner the seniors took us up town and treated us to ice cream bars, which tasted very good after all the onions. This was a day that we will always remember as long as we live. All this accomplished, we were happy to turn over the iob of being Freshmen to the oncoming 'Greenies' while we journeyed on as Sophomores with little knowledge of how busy we would be. Our sponsor for this year was Mr. Manken, who ably assisted us in our activities. When we returned as Juniors, we were lucky to have Mr. Games as our sponsor, who worked untiringly with LS in proiects we undertook. At last, Seniors! As upperclassmen we were then busier than all other years put to- gether. The work was enjoyed, though, when we knew it would be our last. Finally we reached our goal ------ Commencement. Four wonderful years of fun and hard work are now gone forever, but we take with us, a knowledge of life which has laid for us a foundation as the citizens of tomorrow. As we each go on our way, the class of '53' says to you, Willshire High, 'THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES

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JACK BAYLES Boy's Glee Club .... ...... 'l ,2 Band ......... . . . 'l,2,3,4 Cheerleader .... 4 4-H ..... . . . 'l,2,3,4 LESTER STRICKLER Ba skefball ........... 'l,2,3,4 Glee Club ..... ........ 'I ,2 l'l!lfllAAA-'-ll .xbvnllilf M 1 .Q g 1' W lil ff? l A.- Sf' 1' C- MARLENE HARMON Glee Club ............ l,2,3,4 4 Y-Teens . . . . . .i,2,3, Chorisfer . ...... 'l Maioreiie . . . . . l,2,3,4 Senior Choir ..... ..... 3 Willscribe ........ . . .4 Willow Feaiure Editor . . . .4 Class Play ......... . . .3 French Club .............. 4 Distric? Scholarship Test ..... 3 VI RGI E THATCHE R Y-Teens ............. l,2,3,4 Glee Club .... .... 2 ,3 Librarian ...... . . . 2,3 Willscribe Staff ..... . . . 4 Willow Staff ......... . . 2 YWCA Basketball Team . . . . . 2 JAMES HABEGGER Baseball ............... 1,2 Class Reporter ....... l Band ...... . . . 'l,2,3,4 Cheerleader . ...... 4 Scholarship . . . . . . . .'l Class Play . . ..... .3 Choir ....... . . . 2,3,4 Senior Quartet . . . . . . 4 CAROL KUHN Glee Club ........... l,2,3,4 Y-Teens .... . . . 1,2 3,4 Willow Siaff . . .... . 4

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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.