Chillicothe High School - Arrow Yearbook (Chillicothe, OH)

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, Hi gg' Q l U N I O R 3:21 J E if ? mf ss? e iw Like a tiny seed buried beneath a mountain of soil, the class of '41 was bound to push upward and outward, even in its freshman year. For did it not have 246 sturdy members to help it grow? Among the small shoots three soon became no- ticeable-one was jack llurst, elected president of the freshman classg another. Bill jones, vice-presidentg and the other, Betty Harness, secretary-treasurer. At their tirst class party the talent displayed added a touch of color to this young garden. In time young sprouts form stems, leaves and flowers. In its second yea r this class of 240 now became a tall stem. Out came many leaves-.lean Ritten- our. Eleanor Bitzer and Ann Hagemann became president, vice-president-treas- urer. and secretary, respectively, of the Sophomore Girl Reserves, Bill jones was president of the sophomore group of the Hi-Y: joe Kear was vice-p r e s i d e ntg John Clark, secretaryg and Alan Augustus, treasurer. Husky football players. such as Henry Dearth, and wiry basket-ball stars, such as John Clark. clung like tenclrils to this stem. Extra large leaves w ere David Spetnagel. sophomore class president, Jack Hurst, vice-president, and Betty Harness. secretary-treasurer. Like the sunshine needed by all growing things. beams of pleasure spread over the class partysa hilarious skit about the last day of school in a little red schoolhouse. ln its third year, buds began to form on this class plant. The class play Skidding was especially line. The east was composed of Dick Houck, Marilyn Kinley, Bill Sollars. Eleanor Bitzer. Betty Breth. Anna Grace Ehrhardt, Charles Gregg, Bill Silbangh. Martha Steele. and Dick YVeinrieh. This year Hi-Y officers were Bill Silbaugh, presidentg Don XYells, vice-presi- dentg jimmy Johnston. secretary, joe Kear, treasurer, and Bill jones. sergeant- at-arms. One lovelv bud oiened with a S0110-tXX'U songs in fact! It was Betty Kell- - - A . P 'D i. - 1, hofer and Herbert rlucker singing their way through the operetta Sylvia. An- other colorful bud was the Junior-Senior banquet where many-hued gowns worn by the girls appeared. Here the class Hurst. vice-president, and Norma Jean evidence. And an even gayer bud was year. Next year these buds will open into and their fragrance will always remain officers, Alan Augustus, presidentg .lack Klaus, secretary-treasurer. were much in the class party held near the close of the beautiful blossoms to be admired by all in the rose-jars of our memories. Eleanor Graham ALXN Al'GlfS'I'US XORMA G. KLAUS JACK HURST President Secretary-Treasurer Yiee-President ll H' I if IO 2 l l 9 it FJ i iii ,B 5 7

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Another big celebration just drifted past with soldiers and fair ladies going to the Northwest Territory Sesqui-Centennial celebration. Vlatching the junior play in the auditorium I saw llarry Yon Kennel and Helen llitt as the romantic leads. supported by ten other juniors. demonstrate their versatility as thespians in Spring Fever . another junior victory under Mr. Dnncan's direction. As I walked back along the aisle it got longer and longer until I was the only one there. Suddenly I was in a large banquet hall talking to llob Uverly, Dick lYcst. and Priscilla llodgdon whom l discovered were the junior class officers. The place proved to be the junior-Senior banquet, s u gg e s t i n g 'the accompanying thrill of knowing there was but one more year to come. The scene shifted to another banquet. This time given for the .lunior-Se- nior Girl Reserves at the Country Club. The surprise of the evening came when Carolyn XVurster. Mary Oliver, and Mary llarness were a n n on n c e d as next year's officers. Again a flashing scene which my eyes did not perceive and I was now on the first floor hall of C. H. S.-a senior at last. Thirteen senior letterlnen w e r e conversing nearby with Mr. Vernia. XValking down the hall I was niet by Major Beavers, president of the Boosters' Club who introduced me to Betty Vogel and Glenn Brown who had the leads in the operetta Sylvia . Intent as I was to hurry on I could not help hearing that Harold Stout was elected presidentg Dean Brooks, vice-presidentg and Mary Harness, secretary- treasurer of the class of 1940. Banquet time arrived again with baccalaureate, and graduation close at its heels. By this time I knew it wasn't a dream but a reality. All of those seniors I had met in my dream were real and they constituted the largest class ever to graduate from C. H. S. Our knees suddenly felt weak and we got hot and cold as one by one we walked triunlphantly to receive those symbols of the hard Hght we had won. Memories l-some painful and some happy-of our four y ears in th i s school of learning. Each year better than the last until we have arrived at the end where there are no more. XYe go our separate ways leaving it to c h an c e where our paths may cross again. Carolyn lYurster ! l 2 fl, n. I I0 . 1 jf-J 3 ' B 'I 6 5 .,,g...,....f CLASS

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