Swanton High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Swanton, OH)

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Master Sergeants and Their Background A -K After years of hard work and a lot of fun and accomplishment the class of '43 has finally been promoted to Master Sergeants. As privates the class entered Camp Pioneer in the Fall of '39 with that grown-up feeling that being in high school .gives you, but we soon found that we were a little green. The class was soon well organized and was running smoothly with Hubert Najarian as presidentg ,Iohn Buckenmeyer. vice presidentg Sue Pilliod, secretary, and Nancy Tavtigian, treasurer. Miss Edgar, Miss Bechtolt and Mr. Faber were our sponsors. Being privates in Camp Pioneer we got all of those first thrills of high school such as joining clubs, going to pep meetings and assemblies, going to camp parties and building a float for Corn Fes- tival. The float was a green and white one of a modern design. It brought out the classes, good workmanship and won first prize. One of the outstanding students in our Freshman year was Sue Pilliod who was cheerleader. As corporals we were well acquainted with Camp Pioneer. Able to get organized and take a more active part in the school life. This year John Buck- enmeyer was elected president, Ronald Born, vict- presidentg Alicia Severin, secretary, and Wanda Mae Leist, treasurer. Miss Bechtolt and Mr. Kel- logg were advisors. Since the class was a little more camp wise this year it was possible for the students to hold offices and take a bigger part in school activities. Une of the big events of this year was the Sopho- more class play given at an assembly program. The name of the play was A Wedding in which Sue Pilliod and Bob Thacker had the leading roles. During our Sophomore year we produced an- other prize-winning float. The theme was Peace Synonymousn with Betty Jane Hassen and Cordon Light representin 'LMiss Libertyv and 'Lllncle Sam. They stoos in front of the American flag and there was a golden eagle perched on the fore part of the float. One of the social events of this year was a Pri- vate and Corporal party. The party revealed some interesting things undiscovered heretofore, such as dancing ability, personalities, dates, etc. ln the Spring of '41 we were promoted to Ser- geants, ready to take up work in the Fall. One of the first duties in the Fall was election of officers. Ellis Overmyer was elected presidentg Gerald Mill- er, vice presidentg Kathryn Elton, secretary, and Helen Parker, treasurer. This year the treasurer really gets a work out with the class play, class rings and Sgt.-M. Sgt. banquet coming up and the float, too. The float had for a theme H0rchids to Swantonf' It was covered with lavender paper and had gold letters. Betty ,lane Hassen and Clavera Krcuz rode on it holding a large orchid between them. The class rings caused much excitement among the sergeants. They were chosen early in the Fall and we received them a little before Christmas. uGrowing Painsi, was chosen as our class play. It centered around the troubles and trials of a group of adolescent young people. Sue Pilliod and jack Sloan took the leads. Mr. Kellogg and Miss Carpenter were our patient and capable di- rectors. With the money received from the class play and the candy sales, which took place in the halls at noon and night and at the basketball games, we entertained the M. Sgts. of ,42 at a banquet. The banquet was based on a patriotic theme. It was held at the Masonic Temple and then there was a dance in the gym. The temple hall and gym were both decorated in red, white and blue. The queen for the banquet was chosen from the M. Sgts. class. Louise Kauffman was crowned queen with white roses. Once more the class of '43 has been promoted, this time to Master Sergeants. The officers this year are: President, Mary Vaughang vice presi- dent, Clen Jewelg secretary. ,lean Dernlang treasur- er, Nancy Tavtigian. The sponsors are Mr. Daniels and Miss Harris. The float this year was rather modified due to the war. The Seniors were represented in the Corn Festival parade by a buggy painted red, white and blue with a dummy of Hitler hanging by a rope around his neck. There were several signs on it, one being, '5Down With Hitler. Mildred Sell was dressed to represent Uncle Samv and drove the horse. The one important thing the Seniors strive to do is to put out the biggest and best annual yet. The graduation pictures caused excitement for all of the M. Sgts. They were received in time to be used as Christmas gifts. We have picked out