Atwater Consolidated High School - Speedometer Yearbook (Atwater, OH)

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Grade Eleven Grade Nine Grade Seven Grade Ten Grade Eight Grade Six A.H.S. Stormed By 40 New Students Aurora- started the year 1950-51 with an addition- al 40 students from Streetsboror and four new faculty members. At the beginning of the football season the senior class sponsored a Boniire Pep Rally, welcoming the new coach and students. All of the home games were played on the new field. At the end of the season the G. A. A. and Varsity Club sponsored the annual Homecoming Dance with Ethel Lucas reigning as queen. An All Sports Ban- quet was served by the men of the P. T. A. at Streetsboro Gym where Aurora played all its home basketball games this year. The senior class, doubled in number with the com- ing of the Streetsboro students, started off the year with an Ice Capades Party followed by the annual trip to Massillon for senior pictures and a visit to the State Hospital. Looking forward to the trip, they sponsored a P. T. A. dinner and sold Christmas cards to boost the treasury. The Student Council was divided into two groups this year, one for grades seven and eight and one for grades nine through twelve, In November the Fall Festival was given for the benefit of the Ath- letic Association and for the purchase of furniture for the stage. Student Council also was responsible for the Thanksgiving and Christmas programs in addition to a series of movies and assemblies throughout the year. The Y-Teens, being anxious to interest all the new girls, gave a Coketai1 Party and later initiat- ed many of the guests as new members at a Candle- light Ceremonial. Their first project of the year was a trip to- the Cleveland Health Museum. Christmas came with the usual round of parties including the Junior-Senior Christmas Prom which this year was held at the Streetsboro Gym. Then Y-Teens joined with the Hiram Y-Teens in a Christ-Z mas Formal the same as last year. The junior class presented the three-act play, Don't Take My Penny after much conflict with the big snow. The sophomores brought forth Uheir talents by presenting two one-act plays in March, While the seniors followed with the three-act play, A Date With Judy in April. Between Christmas and the end of school, the G. A. A. and the Y-Teens kept things moving with a Mother-Daughter Tea at Streetsboro, the Valen- tine Dance, the Mother-Daughter Banquet, the an- nual trip to the Opera, and May day. At the end of the year the juniors honored the seniors with a dinner dance. The usual round of senior activities including Baccalaureate, Class Night, and the Senior Assembly preceded the long- awaited date of May 25, Commencement. A few days later the seniors were on their Way to the Smokies by way of the Skyline Drive, Natural Bridge, and many other points of interest.