Belfast High School - Memoirs Yearbook (Belfast, OH)

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CLASS HISTORY The Class of 1948 entered the first grade on September 6, 1936, with Miss Ruth Storer as the teacher. There were about fourteen in the class. Miss Storer also taught us during our second year. The class entered the third grade with Miss Dorothy Mercer as teacher. Miss Mercer taught us during the fourth grade and Mr. Lawrence Frazer was our music director during these first four years. Following Mr. Frazer, Miss Mary Muntz took over the music department and continued throughout the remaining part of our school life. We entered the fifth grade under the supervision of Mr. Donald Martin. Since the Berrysville School was discontinued, we were joined at the beginning of our sixth year by Ellis Gene West, Mary Catherine Barney, and Clarence Shoemaker. During that year we were under the efficient guidance of Mr. Harry Satterfield. During the seventh grade we made up a part of the junior high schciol. Mr. Harold Easter, Mrs. Martha Chaney and Mrs. Nellie Temple were our teachers. Robert Ernst and Charles Jackson enrolled in our class this year. In the eighth grade we were -no longer'a part of the high school. We were in one room and again we were under the efficient guidance of Mr. Harry Satterfield. There were sixteen members in the eighth grade graduating class. The class entered high school in September 1944, with seventeen members. They were Mary Catherine Barney, Paula Chaxnber, Robert Ernst, Elma Lois Frazer, Maud Green, Hugh Hart, Charles Jackson, Marvin Music, Anna Pearl McKee, Mary Katherine McClure, Charles Morgan, Raymond Palmer, Jack Roberson, Clarence Shoemaker, Alberta Storer, Ellis West, and Lucille West. Our teachers were Mr. Wayne Trefz, Miss Mildred Cornelius, and Mrs. W. H. Ford. We gained four new members that year and we lost two of our classmates. Those joining our class were Janey Hopkins, Charles Goolsby, Jean Warnock, and Wanda Newman. Those leaving our class were Marvin Music and Maud Green. One of the high- lights of the year was the Freshrnan Party which was held at the home of Elma Lois Frazer. All the girls were invited to spend the night at the home of Elma Lois fSusiej, The boys of the class were our guests and Miss Cornelius was our chaperone. One of the outstanding things of the night was the fortune-teller who was Paula Chambers. The party turned out to be a slurnber party for the girls. We continued to go home with Susie for an annual slurnber party throughout the rest of our high school life. We began our sophomore year with the sarne members and we had the addition of one new member, Gerald Newman. We lost three of our class- mates during that year. Those being Anna Pearl McKee, Wanda Newman, and Charles Morgan. Anna Pearl and Wanda left to take up married life.

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Our teachers were Mr. Wayne Trefz, Mrs.Virginia Collins, and Miss Mildred Cornelius. Our sophomore year was the first year in which we received awards for ranking high in the Every Pupil Test. This was continued throughout our junior and senior years. We began our junior year with approximately seventeen members. But as usual we had to loose one this year. This was Janet Hopkins. She also left us to take up married life. Our teachers were Mr. Wayne Trefz, Mr. Ernest Williamson and Mrs. Mazie McMahon. Of course we had a junior class play which was entitled The Nit Wits . I guess it fit us very well or maybe it was our excellent director, Mr. Williamson, because it turned out to be quite a success. Soon after our class play we gave a banquet in honor of the Seniors of 1947 which also was quite a success. Well, here it is our last year. We have a graduating class of sixteen members. We had the absence of one of our old classmates when we began the school year and the presence of a new member. Paula Chambers left Belfast to go to a preparatory school at Berea, Kentucky. Anna Lou Myers hails from Peebles High School. We have a new principal and coach. The principal, Mr. Earl Freeman whom we all like very much and Mr. Richard P- DaViS0h. Our C0aCh. who has been quite a success. Yes, we have Mrs. Mazie McMahon whom we all like very much even though I know she thinks we're quite a pest. And there is Mr. Ernest Williamson. I guess he just likes to teach chemistry and industrial arts. We selected for our class play a 3-act mystery-farce entitled Mumbo Jumbo. Mr. Davison was our director. The closing activities of our senior year were the Junior- Senior Banquet, Baccalaureate, and Commencement Exercises. Lucille West