Bay High School - Bay Blue Yearbook (Bay Village, OH)

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The Class of 1957-Past and Present To the tune of Pomp and Circumstance the senior class of 1957 marches down the aisle on their graduation day, following in a pattern which seems to be the natural look of caps and flowing gowns of seniors every- where. Just as fashion styles and periods have been known to change over the years, the Class of 1957 has changed greatly also since its small beginnings in kindergarten through thirteen years of school During these years they not only grew and gained in inches but also in personality, character, knowledge, and wisdom. The Carefree Look. Maypole dances, handprints of clay, toy ranches, and doll houses were all the rage in the morning and afternoon classes, composed of 27 students of the present class at Bay High School. If anyone stepped out of the set style, Mrs. Ranney provided equipment for the person to mop up his own accidents and a red table to sit under instead of the proverbial dunce cor- ner Hobby horse was a popular item this year. The Modified-Carefree Look. During this year everything occurred as the year before except that everyone felt more mature now that they had graduated from the sandbox set. Noel Cham- berlain and Barbara Brown nearly burst with pride when their Little Black Sambo portraits were chosen to adorn the bulletin board for the Parents' Open House night. At last the class learned two useful things—how to read and how to paint. The Angelic Look. Second grade was composed mainly of good behavior awards and prizes. Consequently, the class was always seen with halos perched above their freckle - faced, black - eyed heads Brownie promises and the two - finger salute were practices now performed by the girls who joined their first outside activity — Brownies. Playground fa- vorites were the monkey bars where the boys played firemen, and the woods where anyone who could portray a deer was in the Bambi Herd. There were many amazed and some- what dubious parents the day their little angels pranced home to report, The art lady has purple hair, and she makes us draw Ama- zon pictures! It still remains a mystery as to whom it was that took Ciccie Hockett's lunch money off of Miss McKenney's desk. The Gamin Look. By this time the third graders had just about enough of good be- havior awards, and they began to grow horns and tails and to carry pitchforks. Some lit- tle elf started the antics off when he—or was it she?—ac- cidently tripped Miss Bonar, the substitute teacher with the old, crank-up model Ford, on her way back from one of her many trips to the drinking fountain with a glassful of water. Mrs. Klemm used to prom- ise the class that they could go outside when they were reading Poddle-to-the-Seo on warm days — if only they would behave! Barb Brown was made a child bride when she was married by The Rev. Bill Burson to Tom Adams (now a Riverite). In the summer most of the girls attended Harkness Camp. While 16