York High School - Echoes Yearbook (Bellevue, OH)

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Class Prophecy As I s1t 1n my rocker watchlng a travel f1lm on telev1s1on I remember the tr1p from coast to coast that I took back rn May of 1966 The fun began when I stopped my car to take a br1ef walk through a country woods As I came upon a clearmg I savn an art1st pa1nt1ng a lovely g1rl w1th a vnoodland brook as a background I started to move on by when the man turned and I recognrzed Verle Gardner The model was h1s beaut1ful vufe I-Ie was marr1ed soon after graduat1on from Y After a chat w1th Mable Iwas on my way As Ipulled onto the h1ghway I was startled by a huge b1ll board that read Barb s Baby Breakrng Busrness Inc Barb Freder1ck Presldent Barb had been my old classmate so I stopped for a short V1S1t Barbara was s1tt1ng 1n a rock1ng cha1r w1th a. baby on each knee She had started her buslness after she graduated from nurses tra1n1ng 1n Toledo Oh1o As I rode on the scenery grew more beautlful on one s1de of the road were beaut1ful woods On the other were lnsect pens? I declded to lnvestlgate th1s curlous srght so I drove 1nto a lane by a huge mans1on The s1gn on the door read Alan Mehle Bug Breeder To my amazement I learned that 1t was Old Mehle Bug h1mse1f I 1nqu1red and found that Alan had cap1tal1zed on h1S old n1ckname and was breed1ng the bugs to d1spose of old p1neapp1e cores Wlth 'No fuss no muss no cores' In a hurry to make up for lost trme I excelled the speed l1m1t to 65 mph I saw a flash heard the squeel of brakes and not1ced a f1gure on the road ahead As I came closer I recogmzed Dean Cfllbert on a motorcycle Dean told me he m11l1on The second 1S always easrer to make T1me passed as I moved along At noon I stopped for lunch at a small roads1de stand called W1mp's W1mp1es As I reached the w1ndow I saw the fam1lar face of Bob McConnell Then I understood the name for the place 'W1mp ' was dorng alr1ght for hlmself My hunger sat1sf1ed I cont1nued As I neared Washlngton D C I notlced campa1gn posters on every pole and post One poster part1cularly caught my eye It was pasted on the s1de of a cow grazmg near the road On lt was the p1cture of the great Senator MCKBHZIC At that t1me he was runnlng for a second term In Wash1ngton I tarrled long enough to watch an afternoon sess1on of Congress Who vas f1labuster1ng but Marc1a Meacham Woman Senator Supreme Th1s was also her second term Same old Marc1a always talkmg After I had v1s1ted the Cap1tol and was aga1n 1n the country I saw a huge sheep ranch The name of the barn struck a note 1n my m1nd Wh1te's Black Sheep I 1nvest1gated and found Jeanne Wh1te st1ll try1ng to pull the wool over everyone' eyes Jeanne told me that Just next door was the Busy Baker s headquarters She revealed that Glor1a settled down content to be her fam1ly's adv1sor She always was good w1th the bra1ns at York It was early even1ng as I stopped for d1nner at an exclus1ve restaurant I was welcomed by the lovely hostess Sandra Hartley Rathbun She was qu1te successful as a restauranteur us1ng the Home Ec learned at York Hrgh As I came out of the restaurant after a wonderful meal and a chat w1th Sandy I 'fl,Ot1CSd two pa1nters worklng on the exter1or of the bu1ld1ng It was Nelson G1ldenm1ester and Ed Weller' The boys were st1ll slopp1ng lt on th1ck and fast As I rock slowly I recall that I exther met or heard of all my classmates of 56 They were all very successful way back then Thanks to dear old York wonder what w11l happen and who I w11l see on my next tr1p Th1s page 1s sponsored by YAGER'S RADIO SHOP 104 N. Mam Phone 5211 Clyde, Oh1o , . f ' ' v , ' ' , H. S. ' fl rv ' ' . - y ., , - - I . . ,, , I 7 I i I . . , . . . . H ' ll ' ll 3 J ' 3 ,, . . . . . . . .... , . , . . U I 1 ' , . was celebrating--he had just started his second million. He gave up on the first 1 1 1 . 1 1 ' I Y ' I ' I ' I O 1 ' , ' ' ' vu vv ' . I 1 s I 1 1 1' . . . ' . . S 1 l ' 7 l Q 3 0 I 17 I 1 1 , . ll . ll . . I

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Class Wlll We tne party of the f1rst part be1ng of sound mlnds and bod1es do hereby oequeath to tue part1es of tne second part belng uot qu1te so sound the follow1ng To the Juuors we leave the ab1l1ty to enjoy the Prom glven for us w1thout work lllg for lt To the Sopnomores we leaxe two more years 1n school We are happy just to leave the Freshmen Barbara Freder1ck w1ll my Frencn Horn to anyone Wlth a good pau' of ear plugs Verle Gardner w1ll my temper to anyone who can control 11: Dean Gllbert Wlll my motorcycle to Roy Faulkner who 15 a professlonal r1der Nelson G1ldLIll I'lC1Ste1' w1ll my calm temper to Bob Weller Glorla L1ndsley w1ll my York Panther Splrlt to Frances Hansen Bob McConnell w1ll my Eagle eye 1n basketball to Howard Cotter1ll Bob MCKSIIZIC w1ll my ab1l1ty to get an A 1n Enghsh to Janet Andrews Marc1a Meacham w1ll my d1rty loafers to Emma K Keegan Alan Menle w1ll my place 1n the orchestra to Mlke Hayward Ed Vveller w1ll my cool headedness and clean tongue to Jlm Shaver Jeanne Whxte w1ll my Brownle' name to anyone who can take some teas1ng Tlus w1ll s hereby s1gned sealed del1vered and W1tllCSSSG by our two fore most adv1sors ,...i,,Q,,.,,.!, THIS PAGE IS SPONSORED BY THE PURE ICE CREAM 81 DAIRY Da1ry Products Bellex ue Oh1o 13 0 L . , . . . ,, ,, . I, , ' ' . I, ' 2 ' , ' . I, Sandra Hartley, will my love life to Lois Gottschall, l, , ' ' ' . I, . , . . . . . ' I, ' , ' ' ' . L , V . . I I' , . , . , . . D

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Class Ill tor W1th the com1ng of the fall of 1952 we the Class of 56 found our selves as Freshmen 1n tlae H1gh School known as York Pre s1d1ng over the class meet1ngs was Verle Gardner Wlth Dean G1lbert act1ng as second 1n command Marcla Meacham w1eld1ng the pad and penc1l Jeanne Wh1te was left hold1ng the money bag and Glor1a L1ndsley conveylng the requests of the class to the Student Counc1l After threemonthsvacat1on we returned to the classrooms as Sophomores The elected adm1n1strat1on for that year was Helen Schoen bang1ng the gavel Sandy Hartley ready to take over 1n any emergency Marc1a Meacham st1ll hold1ng the pad and penc1l Jeanne Wh1te 1n charge of our large money vaults and Glor1a L1ndsley st11l our VOICE 1n the Student Counc1l W1th the com1ng of our Jun1or year our thoughts all turned not to spr1ng but ot the m1raculous 1nvent1on money In order to get th1s we selected th1S board of experts on the subject Bob McConnel Pres1dent Sandy Hartley V1ce Pres1dent Barbara Frederlck Secretary Alan Mehle and Helen Schoen Treasurers fthere were more Treasurers than there was money? and Jeanne r1ngs had our Jun1or Play fSpr1ng Feverj sold candy and had a Prom fa great success and cost plentyl Two g1rls were chosen to be on Nat1ona1 Honor Soclety Cflor1a L1ndsley and Jeanne Wh1te fnaturallyl F1na1ly after all the years of wa1t1ng we answered to the t1tle of Sen1ors Nelson Cr1ldenme1ster 15 look1ng for mot1ons on how to make money CSt1ll No Money'J Jeanne Wh1te 1S back1ng h1m up Barbara Freder1ck 1S wr1t1ng the mlnutes for the last year of th1s class Dean Culbert lb hold1ng onto the check book and rece1pt book and Marc1a Meacham and Edd1e Weller are carry1ng our 1deas to the Student Councll In th1s the last year of the Class of 56 we w1ll do many th1ngs namely putt1ng on the Semor Play gettmg our Semor p1ctures order1ng our 1nv1tat1ons golng to the Jun1or and Semor Prom the Senlor tr1p and at last Graduat1on We are all pretty glad of lt Th1s page 1S sponsored by DANKLEFSEN TRACTOR SALES Ferguson New Idea New Holland Massey Harr1s Parts Sales Serv1ce Weld1ng Repa1r Bellevue Oh1o 15 O ' ' VI 'Y ll : . , . . . 2 , . I Y , . , 1 ' , ' , . 2 , ' : . - ' Q ' , 9 , White and Verle Gardner, Student Council. In this year we selected our class 2 I Y . . . . ,, . I I ' ' 1 , Q . ' ' ' lv ll vu . . , . . y . . , , . Y I