Ashtabula High School - Dart Yearbook (Ashtabula, OH)

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Glass 950 Hocks Back l{f on jeal By Annabcllc Whalen SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS Lett to riqht: C Karlen Wiedmon. Jock Wodc. Richard Mollick. Dona Fori00vh As the class of 1950 wend their way proudly toward that select circle to receive their diplomas, a multitude of thoughts will probably sweep through their minds. For here, clad in the coveted cop and gown, they have approached the climax of one of the richest periods in life and are prepared to seek the varied opportunities of a modern world. The fleeting moments of those by-gone school days are being sadly replaced with a mature and rational outlook toward the future. With one lost pause let us look back over o year filled with pleasant memories, distinctive achievements, and momentous decisions. The advent of the biting Fall atmosphere found a determined band of Golden Panthers romping through a glorious season in true fashion to chalk up another successful gridiron record. After the fury and enthusiasm had settled following the Painesville fracos, Coach George Guarnieri discovered that Senior Lettermen Richard Ackley, George Colucci, Francis DiPietro, Peter Ducro, Dale Kaiser, Richard Mollick, Jack Wade, Ronald Weiss, Honorary Captain Ronald Westfall, Charles Wiedman, and Manager Richard Rubly had terminated a highly-touted pigskin campaign in the runner-up position in the Lake Shore league. Adding royalty and sparkling brilliance to the Erie East tilt, the squad chose Mary Sullivan to reiqn majestically with her court, Bertine Baker, Joanne Cozadd, Carol Jeffers, Barbara Maudsley, and Joan Reed, over the grid tussle. Enthusiastically instilling a competitive spirit of sportsmanship into spectators were Senior Cheerleaders Evelyn Baker, Marguerite Skullman, Shirley Soderman, Shirley Watson. With attention focused on elections, seniors named Janice Coonev, Edward Loeffel, and Robert Rav as first-semester representatives to the Senate, presided over by Ronald Westfall, president; Dale Kaiser, vice-president; and Jim Baron, secretary-treasurer. With the same seniors as representatives during the succeeding term, the Senate had at its helm Dale Kaiser, Jim Baron, and Janice Cooney in the positions of president, vice-president. and secretarv-treasurer, respectively. Trekking to the polls, seniors further proved that the woman's place is in the home. Dominating the academic and social life at AHS by virtue of their election victories were Richord Mollick, president; Charles Wiedman, vice-president; Jack Wade, secretory; and Dana Forinash, treasurer. Rinoing down the curtain on a meritorious cage season under the quidance of Coach R. A. Ball, senior hoopsters, Richard Acklev, Francis DiPietro, Dale Kaiser, Richord Mollick, Robert Notarianni, Ronald Westfall, Charles Wiedman, and manager, Charles Tod-Der, oroved to be a powerful varsity aggregation as they tied for second place in the Lake Shore League. With the return of senior thinclads, Peter Ducro. Dale Kaiser, Edward Loeffel, Richard Mollick, Jim Robinson, and Ronald Westfall, and the addition of Manager Tom Ducro, eighteen