The Brown Thrasher 1937

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The Brown

Thrasher

1937

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DEDICATION

To our parents
who have made possible
our obtaining an education
we, the class of 1937,
dedicate this annual.

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Line drawing of the school building

THE SCHOOL

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Photograph of the Brown School building

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CLASSES

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S E N I O R S

MOTTO: BE PREPARED

FLOWER: VIOLET

COLORS: BLUE AND GOLD



O F F I C E R S

PRESIDENT: BOYDSON BAIRD

VICE-PRESIDENT: GLENN T. SHEETS

SECRETARY: EVELYN WIGTON

TREASURER: GLEN A SHEETS

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BOYDSON BAIRD
"Baird"
President 11-12
Chorus 9-10-11-12
Basketball 9-10-11-12
Baseball 9-10-11-12
Track 9-10-11-12
Chairman Junior
High Council 9

"Oh, shoot!"


OPAL BASIGER
"O-Pal"
Secretary 10-11
Chorus 9-10-11-12
Baseball 11-12
Student Council 12

"Aw, heck!"


WILMA NIXON
"Squeak"
Chorus 9-10-11-12
Baseball 11
Librarian 9

"You tellin' I?"


EVALYN WIGTON
"Eve"
Secretary 12
Treasurer 11
Chorus 9-10-11-12

"Is that so?"


ALDA HATTEN
"Albert"
Treasurer 10
Chorus 9-10-11-12
Student Council 9-12
Orchestra 10-11-12
Librarian 10-11-12

"Fiddlesticks"


WALTER BALCH
"Sam"
Vice-president 11
Basketball 9-10-11-12
Baseball 9-10-11-12
Track 11-12

"Aw, gee!"


OLIVE JORDAN
"Ollie"
Willis High 9-10
Chorus 11-12
Cheer Leader 11
Orchestra 11

"O.K., Honey."


JEAN SCARRY
"Scarry"
President 9
Baseball 10-11-12
Cheer Leader 9-10-11-12
Student council 10-11

"Yes, James."

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GLEN A SHEETS
"Doc"
Treasurer 12
Basketball 10-11-12
Baseball 10

"Cut it out."


RUTH HELMAN
"Ruthie"
Ashley High School 9-10-11
Baseball 12

"Well, good!"


MARTHA SCHILLIGER
"Mart"
Baseball 12
Librarian 11
Student Council 12

"That's what you think!"


REBECCA DAWSON
"Becky"
President 10
Chorus 9-10-11-12
Chairman Student Council 12
Librarian 12

"Oh, I don't know."


GLENN T. SHEETS
"Turner"
Vice-president 12
Chorus 9-10-11-12
Basketball 9-10-11-12
Baseball 11-12
Student Council 10-11

"No, I don't mean that."


PAUL JUMPER
"Homer"
Chorus 9-10-11-12
Orchestra 9-10-11-12

"Oh! I see."


GEORGIA WARD
"Dot"
Treasurer 9
Chorus 9-10-11-12

"Oh, dear."

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Junior Class Roll

Motto: Excelsior
Flower: White Rose
Colors: Lilac and White

Mary Potter, President

Mary Potter, President 4,1
Helen Wornstaff, Vice President 5,1
Marjorie Waldron, Secretary 2,1
Geraldine Main, Treasurer 1,1

William Dunning 5,2
Earl Ferko 2,3
Dewey Fox 2,2
Bernard Hatten 4,3
Dalw Howisonn 1,2
Anna Marie Milligan 6,1

Natalie Sheets 3,1
Guy Smith 1,3
Charles Stockwell 3,2
Paul Thurston 4,3
Betty Wegaman Absent.

numbers following name indicate place in the row (left to right) followed by number (front to back)

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Sophomore Class Roll

Motto: Always Wear a Smile
Flower: Sweet Pea
Colors: Pink and Gold

Marion Cole, President 1,2
Robert Freeman, Vice-President 2,3
Betty Hunnel, Secretary 1,1
James Baker, Treasurer 5,3

Blanche Blain 2,2
Dorothy Dix - Absent
Wanda Fox 5,1
Margaret Keesey 4,2
Charlotte Leonard 5,2
James Link 3.5
Pauline McNamee 4,1
Irene McNamee 2,1
Justine McNamee 3,1
Glenna Moore 3.2
Maynard Neville 2,4
Oscar Schilliger 1,4
Donald Wells - Absent
Virginia Williams - A
Christina Wortz 6,2
Darlene Smith 1,2
Vaughn Bright 4,3

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THE PEOPLE'S STORE

YOUNG MEN'S SPORT WEAR

WEST WILLIAM STREET

DELAWARE

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Freshman Class Roll

Motto: Plan your work and work your plan.
Flower: Red Rose
Colors: Red and White

Thomas Nelson, President 1,2
John Nelson, Vice-President 3,3
Irwin Freeman, Secretary 2,3
Donald Potter, Treasurer 1,3

Doris Basignr 6,1
Edward Blair 2,2
Jarold Ferko 3,2
May Langford 2,1
Martin Kern 4,2
Betty Nixon 1,1
Frederick Scarry 4,3
Edna May Wheeler 3,1
Lawrence Wenger 5,2
Betty Wigton 5,1
Margaret Wright 4,1

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THE BLAIR-KELLEY CO.
HOUSE FURNISHERS
57-59 N. Sandusky St.
Delaware, Ohio

Furnishings - Stoves
Floor Coverings - Wall Paper
Draperies

Stoves
Wall Paper
Shades

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Eighth Grade

Motto: Work while you work and play while you play.
Flower: Sweet Pea
Colors: Green and white.

Executive Committee:
Maxine Hughes, Chairman 1,2
Earl Kunze 2,4
Donald Zerbe 4,1

Donald Akison 3,3
Gertrude Beacom 3,2
Dorothy Blain 3,1
Minnie Cackler 4,2
Edgar Caudill 1,1
Wilson Cole 4,3
Charlene Fleming 2,1
Viola Helman 2,2
Julia Mae Jordan 5,1
Jean Kern 6.2
Herbert Moore 1,3
Kathryn Potter 5,2
William Sheets 1.4
Ralph Wheeler 6,1
Harley Wornstaff 2,3
Leah Bonham 5,3

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PRICES WE CAN ALL AFFORD
ON
GUARANTEED MERCHANDISE

Auto parts and assessories, tires, oils, radios, washers,
bicycles, fishing supplies, garden tools, house and
interior paints.

WESTERN AUTO ASSOCIATES STORE

79 Sandusky St. - E. J. Avey - Delaware, Ohio.

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Seventh Grade

Delmer Neville, President 5,1
Charles Brookens, Vice President 5,3
Ruth Anderson, Secretary 4,1
Harry Rowland, Treasurer 1,2

Douglas Blair 8,2
David Baker 1,3
Grace Cackler 4,3
Philip Coyner 7,3
Richard Dawson 2,3
Ivadelle Fox 3,1
Joseph Fox 7,1
Eugene Hatten 6,1
Henry Hughes 3,3
Richard Helman absent
Billy Link 6,2
William Miller 6,3
Billy Nixon 2,2
Robert Rea 4,2
Charles Schilliger 3,2
Howard Sheets 5,2
Robert Stegner 7,2
Robert Thurston 9,2
Merlin Vining 1,1
Russell Wenger 10,2
Robert Bonham 2,1

LEONARD BROTHERS

GENERAL MERCHANDISE

QUALITY MERCHANDISE PRICED RIGHT

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ACTIVITIES

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Photo
Row 1 Alda Hatten, Dorothy Blain, Charlotte Leonard, Paul Jumper, Natalie Sheets
Row 2 Anna Marie Milligan, Blanch Blain, Geraldine Main, Maynard Neville, Bernard Hatten, Opal Basiger
Row 3 Merlin Vining, Delmar Neville, Paul Thurston, Darlene Smith, Virginia Williams, Mr. Stevens

Photo
Row 1 Geraldine Main; Marjorie Waldron; Rebecca Dawson; Wm. Dunning; Paul Jumper; Irene & Pauline McNamee.
Row 2 Wilma Nixon; Georgia Ward; Virginia Williams; Bernard Hatten; Paul Thurston; Darlene Smith; Dorothy Dix.
Row 3 Olive Jordon, Opal Basiger, Glenn Sheets, Boydson Baird, Blanch Blain, Anna Marie Milligan
Row 4 Alda Hatten, Christine Wortz, Charlotte Leonard, Natalie Sheets, Justine McNamee
Row 5 Glenna Moore, Evalyn Wigton, Mr. Stevens.

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Music Festival

On March 26th, the Brown mixed chorus participated
with other schools in the County Festival held at Gray
Chapel.

The mixed chorus number was "God So Loved the World"
from "The Crucifixion" by Sir John Stainer.

Those taking part in the select chorus were:
Wilma Nixon, Georgia Ward, Dorothy Dix, Irene McNamee,
Boydson Baird, Earl Ferko, Glenn T. Sheets, and
William Dunning.


Orchestras

The Senior High Orchestra of Brown has had the
opportunity to show what skill they have acquired
throughout the year by playing for different activities
held at the school building. The orchestra was composed
of: Paul Jumper and Charlotte Leonard, clarinet;
Geraldine Main and Maynard Neville, saxophone;
Paul Thurston, trumpet; Alda Hatten and Ann Marie
Milligan, violin; Blance Blain, cello; Virginia
Williams, snare drum; Darlene Smith, bass drum;
Opal Basiger and Natalie Sheets, piano.

Those taking part in the Junior High Orchestra were:
Dorothy Blain, Donald Zerbe, Robert Thurston, and
Russell Wenger, violin; Merlin Vining, Delmar Neville,
and Earl Kunze, slide trombone; Maxine Salmon, Carl
Baker, and Marion Coyner, cornet; Richard Dawson,
clarinet; Phillip Coyner, flute; Charlene Fleming and
Eugene Hatton, piano.


Senior High Choruses

The Girls Glee Club was composed of the following
people: sopranos, Opal Basiger, Rebecca Dawson, Alda
Hatten, Wilma Nixon, Geraldine Main, Glenna Mae Moore,
Mary Potter, Georgia Ward, Evalyn Wigton, Charlotte
Leonard, Virginia Williams, and Christina Wertz;
altos, Blanche Blain, Dorothy Dix, Irene McNamee,
Justine McNamee, Pauline McNamee, Anna Marie Milligan,
Natalie Sheets, and Darlene Smith.

Accompanists were Opal Basiger and Christina Wortz.
Irene McNamee acted as class librarian.

The boys that took part in the Boys Glee Club were:
tenors, William Dunning, Bernard Hatten, and Glenn T.
Sheets; basses, Boydson Baird, Earl Ferko, Paul Jumper,
and Paul Thurston.

Mrs. Esther Cherington and Miss Augusta Dove were
student teachers, with Mr. Paul E. Stevens as supervisor.

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BASKETBALL SQUAD
FORWARDS: 8 Guy Smith, 11 Dale Howison, 10 Thomas Nelson,
12 Edward Blair, B1 Glen A. Sheets,
B2 William Dunning, Bernard Hatten-white Back row

CENTERS: 14 Irwin Freeman, 7 Paul Thurston, 3 Donald Potter

GUARDS: 13 Boydson Baird, 4 James Link, 9 Walter Balch,
5 Glenn T. Sheets, 6 Maynard Neville, B3 John Nelson

TOURNAMENT MANAGERS: Glen A. Sheets, John Nelson

COACH: Mr. Albert S. Hirth

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Basketball

First Team - Position - Second Team

*Boydson Baird - Guard - Glen T. Sheets
*James Link - Guard - *Walter Balch
*Irwin Freeman - Center - Donald Potter
*Guy Smith - Forward - *Tom Nelson
*Dale Howison - Forward - Paul Thurston
Names with stars in front received letters or pins this year

Reserves were: Maynard Neville, Edward Blair, John
Nelson, Bernard Hatten and William Dunning.

Boydson Baird, who was all county guard for two
years, has received four leters for his work on the
team. Glen A. Sheets, who played forward, received three
letters and Walter Balch, who played guard, received
two letters.

Brown finished second in the county league in
basketball, winning nine of the twelve games played.
Since the team lost both games in the tournament, Brown's
final average was nine games won and five lost.


Baseball

The girl's baseball team played Sunbury, Berlin,
and Orange, winning the game with Orange. The following
made up the team: Catcher, May Langford; Pitcher, Opal
Basiger; First base, Helen Wornstaff; Second base, Jean
Scarry; Third base, Margaret Wright; Short stops, Edna
May Wheeler and Dorothy Dix; Left field, Mary Potter;
Center field, Glenna Moore, and Right field, Darlene
Smith.

The boy's team won two out of three games. They beat
Harlem and Berlin and lost to Sunbury. The team was made
up of the following boys: Catcher, Walter Balch;
Pitcher, James Link; First base, Irwin Freeman; Second
base, Oscar Schilliger; Third base, Tom Nelson; Short
stop, Guy Smith; Left field, Boydson Baird; Center field,
Glenn T. Sheets; and Right field, Marion Cole.


Track

In the district track meet held at Ohio Wesleyan
University May 15, Brown's senior athlete, Boydson Baird,
by running a mile in 4:45 broke a district record of
eight years standing and later the same day won the half
mile in 2:67.00. He placed third in the javelin throw.

The relay team of Brown, Irwin Freeman, Guy Smith,
Paul Thurston and Boydson Baird took second place in the
distance medley race and tied in the two-mile relay at
O.W.U., May 1. On May 8 at Athens, Boydson Baird placed
second in the javelin throw and first in the discus.
The relay team placed first in the medley relay, first
in the two-mile relay, and established two meet records.

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HONORS 1936-1937

CLASS - HONORS - HONORABLE MENTION

Seniors - - Boydson Baird, Opal Basiger, Alda Hatten

Juniors - Bernard Hatten, Mary Potter, Marjorie Waldron, Paul Thurston

Sophomores - Charlotte Leonard, Virginia Williams - Darlene Smith

Freshmen - - Margaret Wright

Eighth Grade - Maxine Hughes - Donald Zerbe

Seventh Grade - Eugene Hatten


Senior Scholarship Test

Three seniors, Opal Basiger, Boydson Baird, and Alda
Hatten, took the senior scholarship test at Willis High
School on April 3, 1937. Only the upper 35% of seniors in
each school are allowed to take this test. All of the
Brown contestants ranked in the upper one third of this
group.

Opal Basiger ranked fourth and made the highest score
among the girls of the county. Boydson 15th, Alda 16th


State Scholarship Tests for High School Pupils

In the preliminary county contest Brown placed two
students on the all-county team that took the District
test at Ohio State University Saturday, May 1, 1937.
Virginia Williams took this test in World History and
Paul Thurston in Physics. The latter made second place
in the District County classification. This gave him
sixth place in the state, county school classification,
and placed him in a triple tie for ninth place in the
state, all classifications.

It is interesting to note that among the highest eleven
in this test seven were from county school systems and
three from city systems.


State Eighth Grade Test

On April 30, thirty-seven thousand eighth grade pupils
of Ohio took the state eighth grade test. Six of the
eighth graders, Harley Wornstaff, Jean Kern, Maxine Hughes,
Donald Zerbe, Earl Kunze, and William Sheets, placed in the
upper 25% of Delaware County. One-sixth of the county
scores were lower than our lowest.

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Social

Junior-Senior Banquet

On May fifth at six-forty-five, the junior class
entrained, bound for Bun's Ivory Room for their "See All
Amerian Excursion", with the Seniors, Mr. & Mrs. Bennett,
Mr. and Mrs. Thurston, Mr. and Mrs. Hirth, Mr. and Mrs.
Stevens, Miss Collicott, Miss Whitted, Miss Carpenter,
and Miss Miller, & Miss Worline, as guests.

It was a jolly occasion. As the girls emerged from
the anti-room, they formed a veritable rainbow of color.
The trip was thoroughly enjoyed by both hosts, Hostesses
and their guests.

The menu was cleverly camouflaged as stops were made
at Due Drop Inn, Boston Common, Yellow Stone National
Park, Pikes Peak, Grand Canyon, Cherry Blossoms,
Washington, and Mississippi River.

The party was conducted throughout the trip by Miss
Mary Potter; Passengers sand the Loyalty song; the
Statue of Liberty was visited with Mr. Paul Thurston]
as guide; The Melting Pot was explained by Mr. Boydson
Baird; Miss Edna Collicott conducted the party through
the Bright Lights; Miss Rebbeca Dawson showed the party
a day at the Little Red School House and The Good Earth
was shown by Dr. L. J. Bennett. The party went merrily
on by all singing America the Beautiful. They were then
conducted by the Junior class to a vaudeville with
All America as their stage. Then they were homeward
bound by all singing the Star Spangled Banner.


Freshmen Initiation

Sixteen shivering freshmen, clad queerly, waited for
fate in the vestibule of Brown High School on Friday
evening, October 16 while the sophomores prepared nervously
for their attack. Blindfolded and relieved of thir
shoes and stockings, the freshies were led by their
elders down cold cement steps and over stone, to the
biology room.

Here they were told to kiss a book and instead they
met a pan of coal dust. Then their toe nails were
painted with mercurochrome and the ninth graders then
were set dancing when the shoes which were placed on
their fancy feet turned out to contain live wires.

A Mixture of oysters plus everything in the kitchen
cabinet, and spaghetti fishworms, were given to them
before they were unblindfolded.

After they were given their shoes and stockings,
tied in various knots, they were told to roll a bean
across the stage with their noses in order to complete
the initiation.

A program followed and refreshments were served in
honor of the newly pledged Brown High School freshmen.

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Sketch of graduate holding a large ball

Senior Documents

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Senior Class History

The history of the class of 1937 is so interesting that
it may be viewed as a play. As dramatic critic for the
Brown Derby, I will review the play as I saw it.

Between the four acts of the play are brief and joyous
intermissions during which the high school orchestra plays.
The play was written as it was enacted under the direction
of Mr. George N. Thurston, the superintendent, and his
capable assistants, the faculty. Its production is made
possible by the Board of Education in cooperation with the
taxpayers and is given by an all-star cast. Because they
appear on the stage together, I shall give their names in
alphabetical order as follows: Boydson Baird, Helen Balch,
Walter Balch, Opal Basiger, June Brownfield, Una Butler,
Frederick Chivington, Joe Crumb, Rebecca Dawson, Ralph
Geer, Alda Hatten, Paul Jumper, Marjorie Longwell, Wilma
Nixon, Jean Scarry, Martha Schilliger, Glenn T. Sheets,
Georgia Ward, Wayne Wheeler, Evalyn Wigton, and Junior
Williamson.

This play has comedy, tragedy, history and review, being
of no specific type.

The scenes are set in the high school building, in
corridors, classrooms, study hall, and auditorium. The
settings are plain and look as though they have been in use
for a number of years. The library books, although in
neat order, ave very worn; many chairs and desks in the
different class rooms are badly in need of paint. On the
walls of the rooms are pictures, including Washington and
Lincoln.

Act I shows the cast as Freshmen, coming down the hall
with a look of timidity and curiosity on their faces. As
they explore the rooms and books, they find many things
unfamiliar buy very interesting. In one room they see
objects and instruments which they have never seen before.
Upon inquiry they find that this is the chemistry and
physics laboratory and that they are not to bother any of
the chemicals because some are harmful. The boys soon
discover that the furnace room is very popular with the
high school boys. Finally the entire class meet the
villain Study who is to spoil their fun.

Joan Scarry succeeds in becoming one of the cheerleaders,
which position she holds all through her high school career.
She is also elected class president.

The Sophomores, to introduce the Freshmen to high
school life, initiate them one evening. This is found to
be very exciting and much fun.

Study and his brother, Examinations, are defeated by
most of the cast. Boydson Baird and Opal Basiger gain
honors, Alda Hatten and Rebecca Dawson honorable mention.

At this time the amateur actors take a three months
vacation of play and work before the victorious ones return
to resume the second act of the play as Sophomores.

Officers are elected as follows: President, Rebecca Dawson,
Vice-president, Junior Williamson, Secretary, Opal Basiger,
Treasurer, Alda Hatten.

Along with increasing parties and duties, the arch-
enemies, Study and Examinations, are back. This time the

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tables are turned and the "Softies", as they are called,
get to initiate the "Freshies".

High honors by Opal Basiger, honors by Boydson Baird,
honorable mention by Alda Hatten and Rebecca Dawson are
used to defeat all enemies of the Sophomores.

Act III shows the players returning from the inter-
mission more dignified and proud as Juniors. You will
notice a change of cast caused by those who were unable tp
rejoin the class.

This group gave Boydson Baird the presidency, Walter
Balch was vice-president, Opal Basiger secretary, and
Evalyn Wigton treasurer.

The players are allowed a little more freedom and have
several socail activities to change the routine and con-
sequently the play.

As it was the custom of the Juniors to earn the money
which they needed for the annual Junior-Senior Banquet, it
became necessary to plan something to make it with. Thus
began plans for a community entertainment. Later on when
this one was over a second entertainment was successful.
Next plans began for the banquet which was a great success
and much fun, in spite of the man squabbles among the cast.

Boydson Baird took a scholarship test at Ohio Wesleyan
University in world history; Joe Crumb and Opal Basiger
entered the geometry group. The latter gained ninth place
in that group.

At the end of the third vacation we see the final case,
consisting of Boydson Baird, Walter Balch, Opal Basiger,
Rebecca Dawson, Alda Hatten, Ruth Helman, Olive Jordan,
Paul Jumper, Wilma Nixon, Jean Scarry, Martha Schilliger,
Glen A Sheets, Glenn T. Sheets, Georgia Ward and Evalyn
Wigton, returning more dignified and sore of themselves.
They have learned to like Study better and the promising
amateurs from Act I have certainly succeeded in becoming
stars.

Activities change and increase more than ever as the
Seniors begin their fight against Study. They have an
annual to make, commencement exercises to plan for, a play,
and minor things to settle as they continually come up.
To top this off several men start in tearing out one end
of the building to build an addition. This makes the rooms
cold and congested and requires a search for a place to
give a play. But the Seniors enjoy watching the con-
struction men's work and their progress.

All difficulties have finally been conquered and the
Seniors are proud of having met and conquered Study.

Being very glad to have obtained their education, the
Seniors express their thanks and gratitude to the audience
and graduate in all the glory due them.

Opal Basiger.

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The Crystal Gazer

This little crystal ball holds all of the past and
the future. It can reveal the hidden and make known
the secret. It can tell you what you so desire to know.
I have been asked to search its magic depths until I
discover the future of the members of the class of
nineteen hundred and thirty-seven.

I am about to read the crystal but before doing so,
may I ask your earnest cooperation? If you will remain
absolutely silent and join me in concentrating upon the
future, leaving your minds free of all conflicting im-
pressions, I can promise the information you desire.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The mist is clearing. A town appears. What! Oh, it
can't possibly be, but - it is - it's Kilbourne. My
that town has grown. The reason I'm sure that it's
Kilbourne is that I see our Educational Rendevous,
Brown High School. Let's go inside and see if we see
anybody we know. Yes, Sir, there are the boys playing
basketball. It is said that they win most of their games
and no wonder! Why - look - Boydson Baird, the star
athlete of the class of '37, has become an athletic
instructor.

The scene of the school is now blurred so that must
have been the only member of that famous class at school
because this ball never fails me.

Now I see a place of business. Well, look! The sign
reads "Ye Beauty Shoppe". A smaller sign reads "Specialty
Olive Permanents." Well, we'll take a look inside. It
sounds interesting -- Oh, now we know why the Olive
permanents are specialized. Here is Olive Jordan,
proprietress and Ruth Helman, operator, and to whom is
she giving an Olive permanent? I hardly knew her with
her head in that contraption, but it's Mrs. Sheets. She
is saying to Ruth, "Glenn must be getting absent minded
or he must be awfully tired, for the other day he tried
to sell my father a John Deere tractor and plow."

As Rebecca's words fade away so does the scene. The
cloud lifts and we see the former Alda Hatten, now a
prominent society lady, entertaining a group of guests.

The scene suddenly changes. It must be that something
exciting has happened. What's this? -- A lot of beds --
Why, it's a hospital, and there are several people
gathered around the bed. As I look down on the bed I
see a very pale girl - it's Jean Scarry. She must be
in a law-suit because there's Wilma Nixon, her lawyer,
trying to obtain the details of the accident from her.
As she speaks, in walks a comely nurse, and as she comes
closer, we see it's Georgia Ward.

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The scene becomes noisy and uproarious. It is only
a couple of tractors and the men are yelling something to
one another, but look who's driving them on! One is
Paul Jumper. He's not married but expects to be soon.
On the other tractor sits Walter Balch. I remember in
economics class, Walter said he wanted to live in the
city, but he's still on the farm. I wonder what the
matter is. Can't he make up his mind or it his wife
holding him on the farm.

And now the scene grows strange. A carnival at
Brown High School? No, it is a fair and around a race
track at that! We hear somebody say, "Boy, is that horse
a beauty!" We find the driver to be non other than the
famous race horse trainer, Glen A. Sheets.

Now we have a large room, empty but for two people
and a grand piano. A small boy with sticky fingers and a
look of agony on his face is trying to play Exercise 15,
and his teacher, gritting her teeth to keep from spanking
him, is counting one, two three, one, two three, as
mechanically and correctly as a broken record starting
to count, and getting no farther than three. At last
totally depressed, she pushed the child aside and plays
the exercise for him, making even the simple lesson
sound interesting. She is Opal Basiger, with fingers
as nimble as they are now.

More clouds and mists ... Gazing through them, I see
that we are in a large city. It is in the interior of a
large office building. Seated at her desk, acting as a
secretary to a large firm, I see an old friend, yes, and
a classmate, for it's Evelyn Wigton. I always thought
she'd make a good secretary.

As the light gradually fades we see a small and
neatly furnished home. On the porch sit a parrot and
two cats. Of course one always connects parrots and cats
with old maids and this is found absolutely correct
for we see none other than Martha Schilliger out in her
flower garden, puttering around in the flowers. She
starts toward the house and the parrot flies up on
her shoulder . . .

The crystal clouds and a purple haze covers everything
and I can see no more.

Martha Schilliger.

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Class Will

My Friends,
I hope you will pay close attention to this, the last
will and testament of the class of 1937. If any partiality
or injustice should appear to you in the distribution of
the will we hope you will pardon it. May I ask you to
receive your contributions with the spirit in which they
are given?

We, the class of 1937, in the town of Kilbourne, the
county of Delaware, and the state of Ohio, being in as
good mental conditions as usual, and in much better temper
than usual do hereby make this our last will and testament.

In this manner we dispose of our possessions.

Item -- We give and bequeath to the Junior Class our well
known nerve. They will need it next year in passing tests.

Item -- To the unsophisticated Sophomores goes our varied
and surprising talent, from singing songs so the composer
would not know the song to playing basketball so the
coach doesn't know whether it is he or the boys who are
mixed up.

Item -- We give our good behavior to the eighth graders.
With the examples the Senior class has set before them
in the past, we feel that they will be a much better class
if they follow in our footsteps.

Item -- To the seventh graders goes our sympathy because
they have such a few girls. Without the girls in the
Senior class, it would never have been such an outstanding
group.

Item -- We give our entire store of knowledge to our teachers,
the faculty of Brown High School. From them it came and to
them it should be returned. To them we also give our
valuable sense of humor, without which we should have
found school life painful indeed and which will do much
to make it endurable for them.

Item -- To the history of the Brown High School, we bequeath
our illustrous deeds and our names as candidates for the
Hall of Fame.

The smaller individual bequests are as follows:

Item -- To the laziest person in the Senior class-to-be
we bequeath Martha Schilliger's ambition. If it is
combined with the laziness previously mentioned, the
result will be normal activity.

Item -- We give and bequeath Boydson'Baird's ability to
stay out of public, when escorting his girl friend, to
Guy Smith.

Item -- Glenn Turner Sheets leaves his kindness in showing
girls to classes to Charles Stockwell.

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Item -- Evalyn Wigton bequeaths her love for trucking to
Margaret Wright. Although Evalyn likes ambulances
best, she hopes Donald Potter's truck will serve the
purpose.
Item -- Opal Basiger gives her longing to hear wedding
bells as soon as she graduates to Pauline McNamee, as
Pauline's first desire is to be a housewife.
Item -- Ruth Helman bequeaths her ability in entertaining
Irwin and Bob Freeman to May Langford.
Item -- We give and bequeath Walter Balch's laugh to
Charlotte Leonard. To the combined laughs we feel
everyone will enjoy listening. We wonder how we got
along in the past without them.
Item -- Georgia Ward gives her technique in getting every
one's attention by using her soft voice to Glenna Mae
Moore.
Item -- Glen Allen Sheets gives his use of insults in
keeping the girls at a distance to Tom Nelson.
Item -- To Bernard Hatten we give and bequeath Paul Jumper's
love for staying in noons to get his lessons.
Item -- Jean Scarry leaves her ability in bluffing the
teachers to Robert Rea.
Item -- We give and bequeath Rebecca Dawson's place on
the romantic list to Betty Wegaman.
Item -- Olive Jordan leaves her love for thrilling adven-
tures to Betty Hunnel.
Item -- We give Alda Hatten's ability of singing and
watching the audience at the same time to Vaughn Bright.
Whether or not Alda missed a beat in music, she never
missed anyone in the audience.
Item -- Wilma Nixon leaves her temper to any or all who
might wish to use it.

The Class of '37
Wilma Nixon, Lawyer

Witnesses:
President -- Boydson Baird
Sponsor -- Mr. Albert Hirth

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Sketch of bust of bearded gentleman behind a stack of books

LITERARY

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When Chaos Reigned

Of all the long remembered scenes of chaos that ever
occurred in the history of our home the one which it just
underwent will be remembered the longest.

Mother said she wanted the kitchen changed around. She
wanted the sink where the cupboards were; the cupboards
where the sink was; two or three extra windows; and except
for a place for the stove, table and cabinet, she wanted
all the rest of the room furnished with closets and drawers.
In these she hoped to find room for all her dishes, towels,
dust mops, and working utensils.

She explained to neighbors, friends, ice men, salesmen,
and anyone who should happen to venture to the back door
and have a minute to spare, just what she intended to do
when our checking account ceased to be in the red.

These people praised her for her unique plans, and each
offered his or her suggestions. The ice man wanted to
install an "Easy-to-Tell" icebox; the "Burn-Rite Stove
Incorporation" seemed to have the ideal stove for her;
and a representative from a paint company wanted to demon-
strate his color schemes and show her why he thought rose
and cream would be restful to her eyes, and make working
a pleasure for her.

Mother sent off for various circulars containing infor-
mation on the kitchen problem, and the house was continually
crowded from day to day with enthusiastic salesmen from
all parts of the country.

Each night before Father could sit down and enjoy the
evening paper Mother would bring forth the numerous ad-
vertisements she had received during the day, and show
them to him trying to explain the details in a convincing
and very business-like manner.

Once Elmer and I cut up quite a few circulars from
Mother's collection, in order to furnish our doll house;
when Mother found out about it, she said that maybe a
little bodily punishment might impress upon our minds
the value of those papers.

Finally the salesmen began to fear that she was only
building air castles and their number gradually diminished.

Father was satisfied to come into the house, throw his
coat in a corner, pump some cistern water (he didn't mind
the pitcher pump), and wash; but Mother, having had the
same arrangement for over twenty years, wanted a change.

Then one evening when Father came home from work he
saw the remains of what used to be a chimney lying out
in the yard.

Last summer he had worked and slaved in the heat
trying to get the lawn cleaned up, in order to have a
place for him to practice golf after office hours.

Now what had he? Bricks embedded in the mud, where
little sprouts of grass were starting; soot and ashes
in the cups which served as holes for his golf course;
and lumber piled chest high all over the lawn. Mother
and the carpenters had started to modernize her kitchen.

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Father wasn't much of a hand for swearing, but he made
this occasion an exception. Why, of all the times to tear
out the kitchen, should she start in the dead of March?
Only that morning the weather bulletin had prophesied that
the cold wave which had been coming for the past week
would arrive before the next day. The windows in the
kitchen were out, letting a lot of cold air in the house,
and this was very hard on Father's lumbago.

Mother gave the usual excuses. She wanted to get the
kitchen in shape before she started to clean house, and
she wanted to do it before the weather got too warm, for
she had heard that carpenters couldn't do their best when
the mercury in the thermometer was more than 100 degrees
Fahrenheit.

I don't know how we lived through the terrible con-
fusion. My brother, Elmer, and I didn't mind it so much
as the others, for we really enjoyed getting outdoors and
exercising. We had fun throwing bricks at each other,
seeing who could hit the other first and make him cry.
Then we would place milk bottles from Johnson's Dairy on
a box, and see who could knock the most off with three
shots. Elmer beat me, because he has had more practice
hurling bricks than I. We stayed out of doors most of the
time after school and when darkness came we went into the
house dodging boards, for all of them either were painted
or had tools on them.

We had to eat on the ironing board in the living room,
wash dishes on the piano bench, and study anywhere we
could find room.

I think I enjoyed most not having to wash before I
went to bed, because it seemed much more comfortable to
go to bed with plastering and paint on my fingers than
to have to go upstairs, shivering from washing in cold
water. The reason I didn't have to wash was simply that
Mother didn't think I was capable of emptying the wash
pan of dirty water out of doors.

Father couldn't stand it. He went to the office un-
shaven, for the sink was removed and the plumber couldn't
fix it until Mother decided whether to have a wooden or
metal back and draining boards.

Finally came the day when the carpenters packed up,
made out the bill, and left.

Now Mother practically lives in the kitchen. She
brings her rocking chair out into it and sews and reads;
and frequently she can be found complimenting herself on
the perfect plans. She seems to have forgotten the
week of construction.

But Father hasn't. Periodically we hear him audibly
worrying about when Mother will start remodeling again.
But as long as Mother rocks in the kitchen with that
pleased look on her face, we have hopes that ideas for
changing the room will not appear.

Darlene Smith.

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Another Score

It was dark -- Oh, so dark and frightening. A great
struggle was being waged by Life, pure and good, with
Death, that horrible Reaper that strikes with such violence.

The child that lay in the wide old fashioned bed was a
mere human being to Death, but the kind people that
gathered in this room in the heat of the afternoon were
to witness the same struggle between the two rivals that
had happened many times before, and usually the Reaper
added another mark in his book of victories.

Tommy was sick, desperately sick with typhoid fever.
Two days before he had been happy, playing in the creek
back of the farm. Now he was nothing but a shadow lying
on the pillow in a darkened room with the smell of
various medicines in the heavy air.

Tommie's mother hovered near, never leaving the sick
room. Worry and lack of sleep made her pale and gaunt.
If her boy wanted anything she declared that she was the
one to furnish him with it, for she knew how seriously ill
Tom was. Doctor Ward assured her that he had had worse
cases, but down deep somewhere she felt that the chance to
save him was small.

"Mother, it's so dark," wailed the lad. "I want to
see the light."

A form emerged from the shadows and raised the window
blinds. Summer sunshine poured into the room, making it
more cheerful and gay. Here was life in its brightest
colors waiting to make Tommy better, but never-the-less
Death lurked and sneered in the dark corners where the
sunshine did not fall.

On, on into the night the doctor, the parents, and
their boy fought to ward off the Specter. Daylight was
gone leaving the room dark. But life was there. It was
holding its own in the struggle.

Then the frail body weakened, grew weaker as the crisis
came on. For two hours Tommy rallied. He felt better.
Then he grew worse. Worse than ever before.

His heart grew weak, and he had a low muttering delirium.
He could hardly breathe. He was suffering. Doctor Ward
knew that the crisis was at hand and that so it would
pass. He hoped for the best and expected the best. Life
was there urging Tommy to hold on, while Death was stealing
out of the shadows, beating Life back and breathing "Now!"

One could almost hear the "Book of the Dead" open and
the leaves rustle back to an empty space on a page in the
back, with a grotesque hand poised over the page ready to
write another victory.

The awful moment, the dreaded moment was at hand.
Tommy half rose up in bed, a queer surprised frightened
look on his face. With a moan he fell back and groped for
his mother's hand. Finding and clasping it, he half
turned over and fell asleep.

Death had won.

Blanche Blain.

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Sketch of 3 people holding hands walking together

ELEMENTARY DEPARTMENT

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3 class photos of students seated on front steps of the school

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FIRST GRADE

Mary Louise Carr
Mary Janet Hughes
Virgie May Keys
Ronald Williamson
Bernis Smith
Marjorie Brookens
Karl Upchurch
Dorothy Bonham
Gene Ford

Vivian Willis
Phillis Ott
Ruth Appleman
Jeanette Hall
Lowell Sheets
Louise Mauck
Dwight Humes
Clara Blamer
Edmund Weiser

Esther Hirth
Ted Fisher
Katherine Wells
Glenn Berkosky
Juinti Hubbard
Raymond Wirick
Bobby Wells
Donald Sherburne


SECOND GRADE

Marry Appleman
Kenneth Clevenger
Georgia Murray
Norma Ribov
Wayne Stegner
Junior Cackler
Anna Veley
Ruby Hubbard

Anna Oller
Arleen Kelly
Esther Hatten
Charles Carr
Herby Trout
Elizabeth Helman
Donald Curtis
Darwin Sherbourne

Jimmy Blain
Jessie Gibbs
Joan Schwartz
Martha Shannon
Freddie Baker
Billy Mauck
Alfred Wells


THIRD GRADE

Willard Blair
Charles Cackler
Jackie Grau
Paul Jones
Walter McNamee
Yvonne Rider
Wallace Wilcox
Earl Wells

Willie Blair
Donald Dewey
Harry Hubbard
Stanley Jones
Dorothy Pittman
Jackie Shively
Joe Willis
Jessie Wells

Barbara Berkosky
Liddie Fox
Durward Humes
Leonard Keys
Barbara Murray
Bertie Schwartz
Mary Helen Wirick


FOURTH GRADE

Marjorie Stegner
Herbie Rodgers
Twila Wigton
Pricye Akison
Eileen Wigton
Maurice Shannon
Mary Keys
Elwin Bonham

Buster Trout
Patsy Jervis Dale Wells
Louise Freeman
Betty Lee Moore
Jean Terry
Albert Veley
Irene Blanton

Betty Lou Hughes
Marion Wenger
Marilyn Schwartz
Harry Glevenger
Gladys Wheeler
Jane Appleman
Betty Ott
Charles Sherbourne

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FIFTH GRADE

Eleanor Brookens
Marion Coyner
Lena Jones
Harold Miller
Maxine Salmon
Beulah Trout
Dennis Bonham

James Cackler
James Dewey
Geraldine Keesey
Everett Osborn
Charles Sheets
Grace Vining
Mary Hubbard

Kathleen Blanton
Betty Helman
Ellen Kunze
Esther Pittman
Mary Schwartz
William Bowsher
Gail Cook


SIXTH GRADE

Marshall Akison
Beulah Breece
Don Ferko
Betty Humes
Paul Milligan
Dorothy Sherbourne

Carl Baker
Elizabeth Caudill
Junior Ferko
David Kelly
Dick Ribov

Raymond Beacom
Betty Curtis
Marie Gibbs
Jim Kern
Leland Wells
Bill Weaver

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THE HESELTINE COMPANY

DELAWARE OHIO


QUALITY MERCHANDISE SINCE 1888

-DRY GOODS
-NOTIONS
-CURTAINS & DRAPERIES
-HOSIERY & UNDERWEAR
-READY TO WEAR
-CORSETS
-LINGERIE
-GLOVES
-LINENS


line art of youngster yelling into a megaphone

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line art of man holding a shiny hat

BOSTON SHOE SHINE AND HAT CLEANING PARLOR

HATS CLEANED AND BLOCKED

JOHN RAGAZOS

24 N. SANDUSKY ST.

DELAWARE OHIO

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1837 - 1937

JOHN DEERE
THE TRADEMARK OF QUALITY

THE SUPERIOR QUALITY OF JOHN
DEERE IMPLEMENTS IS TODAY RECOGNIZED
IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD, AND STANDS
AS A TRIBUTE TO THE VISION AND INTEGRITY
OF JOHN DEERE, THE PIONEER BLACKSMITH
WHO GAVE TO THE WORLD THE STEEL PLOW,
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

GUY DAWSON
N.E. OF DELAWARE ON U.S. 42

1837 - 1937

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COFFEE SHOP

DELAWARE -- OHIO


YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITATED

THE INDEPENDENT
PRINT SHOP

"PROMPT PRINTERS FOR PARTICULAR PEOPLE"

DELAWARE -- OHIO


Mr. Thurston: "It is the law of gravity that keeps us on this earth."
Glenn A.: "Well, how did we stick on before the law was passed?"


LUMBER -- MILLWORK

MARIETTA PAINTS
MULE-HIDE ROOFING
KEYSTONE FENCE
CASE FARM MACHINERY

THE DELAWARE LUMBER CO.

PHONE 2269

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COMPLIMENTS OF
THE OLDEST LUMBERYARD IN DELAWARE CO.

DUNLAPS
DELAWARE - 2672

ASHLEY - 1720

CALL GEORGE FOR SERVICE


FOSTERS
FOR
WALLPAPER - - PAINTS

36 E. WINTER STREET
DELAWARE OHIO


ANGUS BEAUTY SHOP
WE SPECIALIZE IN PERMANENT
WAVING $2.50 AND UP ALL WORK GUARANTEED

PHONE 5180
10 S. SANDUSKY ST
DELAWARE OH


Evalyn Wigton: "Don't you find bookkeeping tiresome?"
Martha Schilliger: "Yes, but I get exercise running up and
down the columns."


WEAR-EVER ALUMINUM
VOELRATH ENAMELWARE
CHINA WARE
HOUSEWARES OF QUALITY
HAAS DEPARTMENT STORE
50 N. SANDUSKY ST.
GIFTS -- BRIDGE PRIZES

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COURTESY
OF

GEIGER BROTHERS

PLUMBING & HEATING

LOGAN OHIO

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BUY SHELL GAS AND OIL
AT
ASHLEY OHIO
LAWTON McCURDY


WHEN IN NEED OF:
GAS
OIL
GROCERIES
BREAD OR BUNS
DRIVE RIGHT UP TO
LEONARDSBURG AND BUY AT

WILLIAMSONS GAS STATION
&
GROCERY
LEONARDSBURG - OHIO


WESTSIDE MARKET
ASHLEY, OHIO

QUALITY GROCERY & MEATS
R. C. SMITH


PHOTOGRAPHS
PICTURE FRAMING
KODAKS & SUPPLIES
KODAK FINISHING

BODURTHA

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WHEN YOU HAVE PRODUCE TO SELL
CALL

ASHLEY PRODUCE
BUYERS OF
POULTRY
CREAM
EGGS

PHONE 0510


FOR BLOOD-TESTED CHICKS AND CHICKS THAT LAY

SEE
ASHLEY BABY CHICK COMPANY

ASHLEY OHIO
PHONE 1420


COMPLIMENTS OF
DR. DENNIS WELCH - DENTIST

ASHLEY OHIO

PHONE 6510


--DUNCAN HOME CLOTHIER

CLOTHING
DRYGOODS
SHOES
MILLINERY
WALLPAPER

-- ASHLEY

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CAMPBELL PRODUCE & RED & WHITE STORE
YOUR BUSINESS IS APPRECIATED

PHONE 0820
ASHLEY -- OHIO


WHEN IN DELAWARE EAT WITH

MRS. FRED FLEMING
COUNTRY COOKED FOOD
13-1/2 N. SANDUSKY STREET

DELAWARE -- OHIO


VARIETY STORE

M. C. HEINLEN

ASHLEY OHIO


C.C. ROBINSON IMPLEMENT CO.
ALLIS-CHALMERS - NEW IDEA
AND A GENERAL LINE OF FARM EQUIPMENT

FEEDS AND PAINTS
G.M.C. TRUCKS

PHONE 7168
36 N. UNION ST. - DELAWARE, O

ALLIS-CHALMERS
TRACTOR DIVISION

MILWAUKEE U.S.A.


BLACKBURNS MENS-WEAR
DRY-CLEANING

66 N. SANDUSKY
PHONE 7421
DELAWARE


FENTON'S

SANITONE DRY CLEANING
IS GUARANTEED BY
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
31 W. WINTER ST.
PHONE 2660

CONGRATULATIONS SENIORS


LLOYD RADIO SERVICE
FAIRBANKS-MORSE RADIOS
AND FRIGERATOR

EXPERT RADIO SERVICE
14 E. WINTER ST.

PHONE 7117

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STOP! LOOK! SAVE!

QUALITY - SERVICE - SATISFACTION
RADIOS ..... WASHERS

HHOME KILLED MEATS

LIBBY'S SUGAR LOAF

STOKELY'S AND DEL MONTE CANNED GOODS

C. D. BRATCHER AND SONS
GROCERY AND MEAT SERVICE
ASHLEY, OHIO


CHICKS
UNITED STATES APPROVED
SEEDS
LIVINGSTON'S TRUE BLUE

FEEDS FOR SALE AT

DELAWARE CHICKERIES
29 E. WINTER ST.

OPP. STRAND THEATRE


Mr. Thurston, after having set up an experiment: If anything
goes wrong with this experiment, we'll all be blown to bits.
Step up closer, Walter.


COMPLIMENTS OF

WINTER STREET DRUG STORE

G.H. WAKEMAN
J.F. ROBINSON

4 WEST WINTER ST.
PHONE 2224

DELAWARE OHIO


MARICAD BEAUTY SHOP

14 W. WINTER ST. PHONE 6158

CUTTING & WAVING HAIR

MACHINELESS PERMANENT WAVES


N. SANDUSKY ST. PHONE 4149

SOWERS DRY CLEANING WORKS

WE CALL AND DELIVER

DELAWARE OHIO

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WM. P. SAVAGE
OPTOMETRIST - OPTICIAN -
EYES EXAMINED - GLASSES FITTED

PHONE 7720

112 E. HIGH ST. ASHLEY OHIO
PHONE FOR APPOINTMENT


RANDOLPH GARAGE
PHONE 8120

AUTO REPAIRING - ACETYLENE WELDING
BATTERY CHARGING - BRESTOLITE BATTERY

ZENITH & ARVIN HOME AND CAR RADIOS
AMERICAN BRAKEBLOK
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COMPLETE MOTOR TESTING EQUIPMENT
WE REPAIR ALL MAKES OF - CARS - TRUCKS - TRACTORS
34 W. HIGH STREET ASHLEY, OHIO

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GEORGE W. ABERNATHY

ARCHITECT

211 NORTH CASINGHAM ROAD

COLUMBUS, OHIO

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FOR BEST OF WIRING REFER TO

HOLLIS ELECTRIC COMPANY

COLUMBUS, OHIO

WIRING NEW ADDITION TO
BROWN HIGH SCHOOL

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KROGER'S COMPLETE FOOD MARKET

ASHLEY

KENNETH MORELAND, MANAGER


IF IT'S ELECTRICAL SEE
HOWARD BRYAN
AT
BRYAN'S ELECTRIC SHOP
60 N. SANDUSKY ST.
DELAWARE OHIO


BUY POWER ON TIPTOE
THE
OLIVER ROWCROP TRACTOR
FOR
CLEANER CUTTING - CLEANER THRESHING -
CLEANER GRAIN - BUY -
THE
OLIVER COMBINE
FRED A. LIGGETT
PHONE 9444 SUNBURY ROAD

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GIFTS THAT LAST FOR GRADUATION

BOYS - GIRLS

Wristwatches - Diamonds
Pocket watches - Necklaces
Military Sets - Bracelets
Tie Sets - Toilet Sets
Pen & Pencil Sets - Pen Sets
Knife & Chain Sets - Silverware

REPAIRING A SPECIALTY

W. S. ROSECRANS JEWELRY

ASHLEY, OHIO


HAROLD W. DAVIS, M. D.

TELEPHONE NO 2520

ASHLEY, OHIO


Wilma Nixon: Billy will you be quiet for a bit?
Billy Nixon: I will for two bits.


COAL
GRAIN - FEED
SEEDS - FERTZ.

RED TOP FENCE

THE
ASHLEY ELEVATOR CO.

ASHLEY - OHIO


KLEINS DEPT. STORE

THE STORE FOR ALL THE PEOPLE

DELAWARE - OHIO

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AMERICA'S FINEST LOW PRICED CAR

PONTIAC
6-8

SUNBURY MOTORS CO.

SUNBURY OHIO


RICHARDSON GROCERY

TELEPHONE 1910
KILBOURNE OHIO


WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF

BUILDING MATERIALS
SIDING - MULE HIDE ROOFS

PLASTER - WALL BOARD

CEMENT

PITTSBURG'S FAMOUS SUN-PROOF PAINTS

VARNISH - ENAMELS

JACKSON LUMBRE AND COAL CO.

PHONE 7010 ASHLEY, OHIO


AS A PART OF YOUR EDUCATION

READ GOOD BOOKS

WE HAVE THE BEST ONES

THE ALLEN HOTEL

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BEST WISHES FOR YOUR SUCCESS

WESTBROOK'S HARDWARE

ASHLEY, OHIO


Boydson: A man tried to sell me a lot of material about some sort of nature.
Miss Collicott: Botany?
Boydson: No, and I'm not going to, either.


FIRESTONE SUPER SERVICE

COMPLETE ONE STOP SERVICE
DELCO AND WILLARD BATTERIES
DELCO HOME AND AUTO RADIOS
SPECIALIZED BRAKE SERVICE
PETE HINKLE IN CHARGE
BARNHART OIL CO.
HOWARD ZIEGLAR MGR.
COR. WINTER AND UNION STS.
DELAWARE, OHIO

ROAD SERVICE -- ROAD SERVICE

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JOHNSON'S GARAGE

CHEVROLET SERVICE
EXIDE BATTERIES

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PHONE 3410

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WHERE BETTER FLORAL
WORK COSTS LESS

CYRUS B. BREECE
FLORIST

POTTED PLANTS
CUT FLOWERS
FLORAL DESIGNS

PHONE 7466 -- 117 LAKE ST.

DELAWARE OHIO


WHEN IN NEED OF A
HAIR CUT -- THINK OF

YELEY'S BARBER

SHOP

5 W. WILLIAM ST. DELAWARE O.


"WE SERVE TO SERVE AGAIN"
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SHOE FURNISHINGS AND HARNESS
ASHLEY OHIO


NEW AND USED CARS
GENERAL REPAIR

C. W. BIGGS GARAGE
PHONE 0420

ASHLEY OHIO


BAUDER PRODUCE

DEALERS IN LIVE AND DRESSED POULTRY

EGGS -- CREAM

PHONE

DELAWARE - 7129

WORTHINGTON - 347712


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M. CADWALLADER
14-16 W. WINTER ST.
DELAWARE OHIO

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PEOPLE'S BUILDING AND LOAN COMPANY

DELAWARE -- OHIO

START TO PRACTICE
AT ONCE
VOCATIONS TAUGHT
EVERY DAY

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3 PERCENT INTEREST PAID ON

DEPOSITS

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THE DELAWARE FARMERS
EXCHANGE
CO.
COAL
SHERWIN WILLIAMS PAINTS
HARDWARE
McCORMICK DEERING IMPLEMENTS
FEEDS
ALWAYS IN THE MARKET FOR GRAIN

CALL US ANYTIME

DELAWARE -- LEWIS CENTER -- RADNOR

PHONES
MILL 2306 -- WESTS 2127 -- HARDWARE 2376

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CUSTOM
SAWING
AND
LUMBER

BERT POTTER


COMPLIMENTS OF

HARTERS CAFETERIA


A YEARLY NEWS ITEM

BROWN BANQUETS

AT

BUNS


CLAUDE R. LEE

FUNERAL HOME

KNOWN FOR SERVICE

ASHLEY - OHIO

PHONE 0210

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The Gray Printing Co.
Fostoria Ohio

We've Enjoyed It -

Craftsmen in the Art of Printing since 1888

The Gray Printing Company
has enjoyed being of service
to you, in preserving through
our newly developed Gray-
Lith Method, the story of
your happiest days. May
happiness continue to be ever
present through a long and
worthy lifetime.

Pictures in this book were reproduced
directly from photographs without the
expense of engravings. Gray-Lith will
wave you considerable money in the
production of your Annual.

THE GRAY PRINTING COMPANY - FOSTORIA, OHIO

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PHILLIPSBURG 55F12 -- PHONES -- DAYTON FUO46

R. F. HOCKER

PLASTERING CONTRACTOR

PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL PLASTERING

231 NORTH MAIN ST. DAYTON, OHIO


Mr. Thurston: It is the law of gravity that keeps us on on this earth.
Glen A.: Well, how did we stick on before the law was passed?


MARION WESTBROOK

PERCHERON HORSES

GENERAL TRUCKING


COMPLIMENTS OF

THE ALBERTA BTY. SHOP

ASHLEY -- OHIO
PHONE -- 4640

STELLA HALL OPR.


Wilma Nixon: Billy, will you be quiet for a bit?
Billy: I will for two bits.

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