Alliance High School - Chronicle Yearbook (Alliance, OH)

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and was only two points behind the state leader. As the senior year finally arrived, the 12B class sponsored the first spring dance. A three act comedy, Growing Pains, was selected for the senior playg try-outs were heldg and on December 13, 1939 it was presented with great success in the high school auditorium. A The senior play cast party was held as a formal dance at Haggart Hall. The last chapel of the semester was presented by the seniors. Two middle aged spinsters, played by Dorothy Myers and Ruth Anne Bert, scanned the pages of the annual of their senior year. Comments about former class- mates and teachers flew thick and fastg and between reminiscences different members of the class performed. The graduates made their Hrst appear- ance in caps and gowns at the baccalaureate service. The Reverend S. D. Myers gave the baccalaureate sermon. The senior banquet was held in the Georgian room of the Woman's Club, Dr. Louis C. Wright, president of Bald- win-Wallace College, delivered the com- mencement address. Dorothy Myers and Hillis Hume received the American Legion awards during the graduation exercises. For the first time in the history of the high school the seniors received photostat copies of their four year permanent records. The final farewell was marked by the senior dance, which was held January 26. Ruth Anne Bert, the class speaker, spoke on Our Patriotic Heritagei' at com- mencement exercises. Honor Roll Ruth Anne Bert ...... Ruth Hummer ,..... Betty Shoffner ,.... Dorothy Myers ..... Neal Mosely .,............ Olivia Bartolomeo ...,... Gretchen Haltrich ....... Edythe Kocsis .,.,,.. Ruth Schmidt .,..... Julia Dosa ...,..... ...... Louis Ticich ..................... Clara Agnes Mudrick ...,... Ethelda Teel ........,.,,.,. Milo Sights ....... Robert Burrell ,...... David Cox ...... ....... 95.06 95.03 9-1.88 . 94.59 93.57 92.89 92.79 92.28 91.15 90.82 90.03 89.14 88.94 88.22 88.16 88.13

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fczmzary Smiory Efm' SM00! Carcery To Miss Martha Haldane we, the Jan- uary class of 1940, express sincere apprecia- tion and gratitude for her thoughtful guid ance, cheerful co-operation, and loyal friend- liness during our high school career. S3100 in Looking Backward In order that an organization may run smoothly and efficiently, it must select offi- cers to lead it and take care of the numerous tasks that are always present. And so the first thing done by the newly organized 10B class of 1937 was to elect its leaders. Richard Kennedy was elected president, Hillis Hume, vice president, Lois Jane Apple- by, secretary, and Ruby Arnold, treasurer. In addition to the officers, a class needs the guiding hand of a more experienced per- son for advice and counsel. Miss Martha Haldane was selected for this duty. Later the motto, HSeize the Opportun- ity, and the class colors, rose and silver, were chosen. In the fall of the sophomore year, Pat Temple was given the title of A, H. S. Foot- ball Queen ior 1937 between halves of the Alliance-Canton McKinley football game. In order to make some money for the prom, a rummage sale and a tea dance were held. David Cox, the newly elected president, began his duties in the latter half of the junior year. Other officers were Ruth Anne Bert, vice president, Helen Peterson, secre- tary, and Janet Taber, treasurer. A salt-selling and stationery-selling campaign was waged to help prom finances. And in January 1939 The Graveyard Prom was held in the gymnasium. That was the year Hilly Hume broke Larry Russell's Alliance High scoring rec- ord. Hilly piled up 144 points in ten games 4' JW:- is M Left to right are David Cox, president, lluth Ann Johnson, vice president, Helen Peterson, secretary, and Janet Taber, treasurer.

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