Boardman High School - Crier Yearbook (Youngstown, OH)

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difficult to appreciate her efforts and consequently this entertaining pass-time was sorrowfully abandoned. 1948! Already we were real upper-classmen. As juniors we clearly manifested our native ability by engineering one of the best Junior-Senior proms ever attended at Boardman. Those who helped transform the gym into a rainbow-hued wonderland will never forget the tense moments when it was feared that there would not be enough material and equipment to finish the work. Norman Nichol, class presi- dent, grew quite hoarse repeatedly reminding everyone to save the crepe paper and hunt for the nails. Never to be forgotten are some of the accidents that marked the last-minute preparations. Betty Lee Buchanan literally fell through the floor when she tried to climb the steps to the throne and found to her embarrassment that they were only imitation. September again. The Class of '49 had come a long Way, for now at last We were seniors beginning the very last of twelve years of train- ing and study at Boardman School. Money, money, money! Starting with the profits from the senior play When I Was Green, the class gathered more and more money into its treasury until it was one of the largest any senior class had ever had at Boardman. The class officers who were responsible for this happy state of affairs will certainly make good business men some day. Many entertaining assemblies were enjoyed during the year, but the favorite entertainer of George Findlay and Chuck Conway was the magician who transferred a card from under Chuck's foot to the inside of another deck which George was holding tightly in his hand. The look of bewildered amazement on Georgeis face was almost more enter- taining than the trick itself. Remember how John Slough, Chuck Winkle, and Bill Lathom got tired of walking in the normal way and decided to try crutches for a while? There were so many invalids limping around the halls that confused visitors sometimes thought they had wandered into a hospital convalescent ward. Late in the year when the results from the Senior State Scholarship tests were in, the Class of '49 again came out on top. Jim Randall won first place in the countyg Bob Lackey, second, and Phyllis Williams, a very close third-the same trio who had won honors for Boardman in the eighth grade. Altogether, the scores were the highest ever made by any senior class at- tending this high school. As the year drew to a close, how busy we all were! Thinking of things to write on senior pictures kept many occupied far into the wee hours of the night. Finally, after final exams and Commence- ment, uncertain whether to be sorry or glad, the Class of '49 said good-bye to many happy mem- ories and prepared to set out into the wide world ahead. They knew that the time spent within the walls of Boardman had indeed been worth while and that during the last twelve years, they had been well trained to meet the future with strength and confidence. They had dis- covered much and had forgotten much, but never, never, they knew, would they part with E the golden memory of their priceless school days. U 27

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Glam On a fateful September morning in 1936, members of the Class of '49 looked around with wide-eyed stares and saw before them the build- ing in which they were to spend most of their next twelve years, the classmates with whom they were destined to share their secrets, and the teachers by whom many doors of knowledge were to be opened. That it was a privilege to enter this house of learning, however, was doubted by some-especially poor little Ralph VVolf. He just cried and cried. Not overly inspired by the prospect of school work, he wanted to go home! Embarrassing episodes occurred with astonishing regularity in the second grade, but LaDona Garver remembers the one that topped them all! My, that little boy was so-o-o-o friendly, wasn't he? Yes, Cupid was busy already. His arrows flew thick and fast. Whoops-bull's eye! Kenny Wilson and Phyllis Williams were such a cute couple. Ain't love grand? - In the fourth grade Marilyn Schrack gained her first taste of fame when she was proclaimed champion jacks player of Miss Riley's room. The only reason her arch rival Ardeth Carlson ever won a game iso Miss Schrack asserts? was that she had an unfair advantage-her fingers were longer! Fifth grader Virginia Biggins painfully found one day that even play time could hold hidden dangers. Being sent home from school with a gleaming shiner acquired during a fast and furious game of Red Rover was far from her idea of fun. H-m-m .... or was it? Remember how excited all the sixth grade girls were when they discovered the handsome new boy in Miss Buchanan's room? Yes, Jack Collier certainly did create a sensation. How does he do it? gloomily muttered his envious male contemporaries. Another September and the Class of '49 reached seventh grade. How proud everyone was to be in Junior High at last! Changing classes was considered oh, so very grown-up. Who will ever forget the hikes through Mill Creek Park the seventh graders used to take? What if they did limp home on painfully tender feet? They always had a wonderful time. Inspired by the Lily Whitersl' of comic strip renown, a new club was organized among the girls and called the Coal Blackersf' One requirement for membership was the wearing of unmated socks. The girls caused many an onlooker to stop and stare when they donned their colorful but confusing footwear and bravely entered classes. Bob Lackey won distinction in the eighth grade by receiving the top score in the county on the State Test. Jim Randall followed him in second place. I September arrived again, and the Class of '49 entered high school. Instead of wearing the confused and bewildered expressions by which average fresmen are customarily detected, however, this class fairly radiated poise, confidence, and intelligence. The fact that Margaret Fiffick fell off her seat in 300 Study Hall the first day is merely the exception which proves the rule! Before we knew it, our Freshman year was only a memory, and we were sophisticated, worldly-wise sophomores. Jean Ann Preston, a new arrival from Canfield, devised a clever new way to add variety to classroom activities. She had great fun drawing lovely chalk designs on the classroom floors. Certain of the teachers, however, found it 26

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Glam Wd! We, the Class of 1949 of Boardman High School, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do make, publish, and declare this to be our Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking any and all other will or wills heretofore made by us. Article I -Item 1. To Mr. Nisonger, to Mr. Tidd, and to our instruc- tors we extend our gratitude for their interest and for their understanding counsel during our sojourn in Boardman High School. Item 2. To the above-named administration and faculty we bequeath also an unbroken succession of restful nights. Article II -To the Class of '50 we bequeath our efficient new lockers and combinations. Article III -To the Class of '51 we bequeath our high percentage of berths on the honor roll. Article IV--To the Class of '52 We bequeath our sensational athletic prowess. Article V -Mindful of the many and varied talents of our several classmates and desirous of serving the highest interests of B. H. S. we with glowing generosity of spirit bequeath the following talents to our posterity, as follows: James Speirs Adie bequeaths his pearly whites to Ray Hall. James Robert Allen bequeaths his woodcraftsmanship to Tom Evans. Nancy Ruth Anthony bequeaths her curly scarlet locks to Joan Cather- man. Robert Edward Anthony bequeaths his beagle hound to Tom Mears. Robert David Baird bequeaths his elaborate Spanish pronunciations to some unfortunate Mexican. Worthington Charles Baker bequeaths his success with women to Bob Frondorf. , Sallie Mae Barton bequeaths her ability to 'fsnag the man she wants to Joen Brown. Verna Mae Bayne bequeaths her favorite recipes to Mary Miley. Arlene Hazel Beede bequeaths her mysterious air to Annette Best. Dorothy Beede bequeaths her artistic skill to Jean Hartman. Charles Raymond Beight bequeaths his brilliant answers in class to a lucky Junior. Joanne Beverly Beight bequeaths her athletic ability to Betsy Dust- man. . Margaret Lou Benedict bequeaths her ability to say no ' to Delores Pounders. n , Wilma Mae Benjamin bequeaths her concise answers in class to Jane Garver. , Clifford Robert Bentley bequeaths his brains to Myron Kaiser. Ann Terrass Bierman bequeaths her shy, demure manner to Donna Isaacson. Virginia Winifred Biggins bequeaths her understanding of human . nature to Janet Scott. Jayne Ruth Blackwell bequeaths her ability to relate tall tales to Joen Pritchard. Harry Richard Blaine bequeaths his dimples to Red Skelton. Carl Richard Borson bequeaths his poker face to Jacob Till. 28 1