Bellevue High School - Comet Yearbook (Bellevue, OH)

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I946 A Senior THE COMET NEWS Senior Supplement Peers into the Past Remember The young and scared Treshmen oT '42? Now look aT Them-digniTied seniors who are ready Tor commence- menT. Theirs is an inTeresTing suc- cess sTory. Here is how one sen- ior Tells iT FRESHMEN, RAH, FRESH- MEN, RAH ---- High school aT lasT and we were so-o-o- Thrilled To be yelling our cheer from seaTs on The TirsT Tloor insTead oT on The shelT. There weren'T any class oTTicer elecTions ThaT TirsT year, buT on every one oT our Taces was a proud expres- sion as we elecTed sTudenT coun- cil represenTaTives. Those we se- lecTed had a hand in making The STudenT Council consTiTuTion. RAH, RAH, SOPHOMORESH We were worldly-wise sopho- mores and proud oT iT-proud, Too, because our parTy was a bang- up aTTair, and everyone had such a good Time square dancing. Lowly sophs ThaT we were, sTill honors came our way. Three sophomores were chosen To be on TThe ComeT sTaTT, an honor ThaT rarely comes To underclassmen. J-J , -J-U-N - - -l-I , -I-O-R - - - Juniors already! BuT Tempus Hd- geTs, so - - - we elecTed our TirsT seT of class officers. Joe Disandis Just Horse Sense Changing horses in mid-sTream has no worries for The class of '46. AlThough one superinTendenT, F. D. SwigarT, sTayed wiTh Them Tor Their enTire high-school course, They have had Three principals in Tour years: Edward Masonbrink-lsT semes- Ter, I942-43. George Rilling - 2nd semesTer I942-'43 and I943-'44. E. S. Glasgo - I944-'45 and l945-'46. No wonder The class OT '46 didn'T horse around. was president EliazbeTh ArnholT, vice-presidenT: Jackie Young, sec- reTary7 and Norm Eger, Treasurer. Three of The Tour were Trom Miss Bates' room! SelecTing class rings was a Thrill, even Though we didn'T geT To wear Them unTil spring. Our own Vince SchlicT was a mem- ber of The TirsT Tive on The B.H.S. sTaTe championship Team! ---S-E-N---l-O-R--- SENlORSl Big Time operaTors, aT lasT. We were The envy oT The underclass- men as we Took Those middle-aisle, down-TronT assembly seaTs. The class oT '46 was The TirsT To use The nominaTing commiTTee meThod oT electing class oiilicers. IT works well, we Think. Joe was elecTed presidenT again: Tubby Lepley, vice-presidenT: ElizabeTh ArnholT, secreTary: and Dale Campbell, Treasurer. Choosing class colors, moTTo, Tlower, inviTaTions and cards, all were oTher senior duTies in which we Took pride. STill we were nosTalgic as were being TiTTed Tor commencemenT robes. Believe iT or noT, we were grow- ing up! Senior Statistics TallesT Senior-DayTon Shunkwiler ShorTesT Senior ...,....,. Tony SanToro Class Clown ...,..........,. Joe Gilmore BrainisT .............. ,..VesTa Wagner Class lnTanTs ,s,,,, Ellen Woodward, Ralph Kieser, Vince SchlichT Tv1osT GenTlemanly ....,, Ken HorTon Class Redheads ............ LeoTa Mae WeisharT, Bob Buck Class Blonde. ,,.. Joyce Korndorlier Class BruneTTe.. .... Rose Lamanna Abel esT Senior ......,,,. Alice Abel Class AThleTes ,......... Jackie Young, Vince SchlichT MosT STylish .......... Rosemary Joyce Class Twins .... RiTa and ZiTa Missler SharpesT Senior .......... Bob CanTield Class Tenor.. ...... Don lv1cClinTock -lb- BHS O '46 is War Class On Pearl Harbor Day The class oT I946 were only eighTh graders. Too young To realize ThaT mem- bers oT Their own class would be going To war beTore peace could come, They wondered aT The anxi- eTy shown by parenTs and Teach- ers. However, school soon became a iumble oT Texibooks, newspa er headlines, and newscasTs. They anxiously waTched BaTaan and Corregidor Tall. They lisTened as radio broadcasTs Told oT The in- vasion oT Europe, of naval vicTor- ies in The Paciiic, oT The ieT-pro- pelled plane, The jeep, and The aTomic bomb. Then aTTer Three long years, They observed a solemn V-E Day program. Finally came V-J Day, LusT in Time Tor The class oT '46 To ave a peace-Time senior year. Classmates Enlist ln The meanTime, The war had aTTecTed Their class membership. When They were iuniors, Joe Ar- Tino, AnThony Brugnone, lrvin Mo- yer, Maurice WaTers, RoberT Pine, Gene Gerber, and Norm Eger had enTered The armed Torces. Ken Linder enlisTed early in his senior year. From The TaculTy, Principal Ed- ward Masonbrink, Samuel Cooper, and RoberT McCoy had gone OTT To The Navy. During Their. senior year, veT- erans began To reTurn. Carl Ar- Tino, L man Brown, Jack Camp- bell, gharles Keller, Roy Paul, STeve Valko, and Joe Sly ioined The class. Mr. Cooper Took up his old posiTion. VeTerans George Nelson, Dean Fisher, and Arch Krumm came To B.H.S. as new members of The TaculTy., LiTe began To reTurn Tio normal. The removal oT gas raTio ing made iT possible Tor The class I946 To follow The Redmen To o T-of-Town games. MeaT is again served aT class parTies. Track is r sTored To The aThleTic schedule. nd some oT The more lucky girls ven have nylon hose!

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Vo -THE CCDMET NEWS VETERANS JOIN VETERANS BACK: Joe Sly, Roy Paul, Lyman Brown, RoberT Sofzler. FRONT: Sleve Vallxo, Charles Keller, Carl ArTir1o, ArThur Baca, Jack Campbell. POST GRADUATES Mary Ellen Grimm, Pal Sullivan, Charles I-lughes. Marlin Briehl, Elia Mae Oonlilin. CLASS MOTTO: EnTer To learn: go TorTh To serve. CLASS COLORS: Blue and whiTe. CLASS FLOWER: The American BeauTy rose. CLASS GF '46 ALL SERVED IN NAVY Seven World War ll veTerans reTurned To B.l-l.S. To compleTe Their inTerrupTed school work in Time To graduaTe wiTh The class OT I946. True To Belle- vue's TradiTion as a Navy Town, all seven are ex- navy men. AlThough Their reTurn came in The second semes- Ter, Too laTe Tor The inclusion oT Tormal picTures in The annual, The ComeT is proud To presenT This in- Tormal picTure oT The graduaTing servicemen. Carl ArTino was The TirsT veTeran To reTurn To B.l-l.S. Tor graduaTion in '46. Carl enlisTed in The Navy in l942. I-le was engaged in eleven maior baTTles in The SouTh PaciTic +hea+er during a period oT TwenTy-six monThs and was oTT The coasT oT Japan Tor sixTy-eighT days beTore The signing oT The sur- render Terms. Lyman Brown and Jack Campbell leTT school in I942 and wenT Through Training TogeTher. Lyman was sTaTioned on The aircraTT carrier, Yorl4Town, Tor Two years, and Jaclc was senT To Guam Tor Tour- Teen monThs. l3oTh boys were Tire-conTrol men, Third class. Charles Keller, who leTT in his iunior year in I943, was sTaTioned in The AleuTian Islands. Roy Paul also leTT high school in l942. I-le was sTaTioned aboard ship in The SouTh Pacific as a pharmacisT maTe Tor Tour years. Joe Sly enlisTed during his junior year in I943. ATTer booT Training, he was senT To The Sou+h Pa- ciTic, and was sTaTioned on The U.S.S. HorneT as a seaman, TirsT class, Tor Two years. STeve Vallco was vice-presidenT of The STudenT Council aT The Time of his enlisTmenT in 1943. I-le aTTended diesel and submarine schools in Chicago beTore being senT To The Sourh PaciTic on an L.S.T. l-le was sTaTioned There eighTeon monThs as a mo- Tor machinisT maTe, Third class. An eighTh veTeran, Jimmie Mills, receives his cli- ploma wiTh The class oT '46, He, however compleT- ed his crediTs Tor gracluaTion by courses in The Navy and did noT reTurn Tor high school courses. Army Air Force veTeran ArThur Baca Transferred To B.I-T.S. Tor The end OT his senior year.

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BHS - THE COMET NEWS 946 Senior Supplemenf Seniors Fill Three Home Rooms . 108 Happy-go-Luclcy . . 210 Sharper than Poles . . . 117 Chuclcles, Grins . y Class Song Has Original Words Wivrnlf-: l,uL-lla Ari-lrvvvs lli-ro wi- will my. So Loma. lrioncl-i, Ami iiivo our parlinq words, Tm vnlrir illlfi lhis qronl world And do all WU Can. Some now will servo our miqhly ncliori, And some will enlcr olher schools. Yes, all will have Ei perl in rnalciriq A licllor world in which lo livo. X'Vri Know lhal we'll nlwnys do Our dulios, Onof. lhnl woro lauqlif lo ns while wo were in school. lvluiici lrri Always Chlisiri Riiinlio NKJV. NVD SKIY, lvGf3f,lQi'bYlx,.l Vlfll , AQ we leave lhis, our srhool, Whore wo have qainoci our lnowl-iclqi'-, lriw, Wliich well use To servo. This one will be cur only mollol We learn and lhen Go lorlh lo Sf-rvof' Blue and while are whnl we will honor. The rose well always wish lo bloom. YM, wo will rcrriemlbur all our fleissinnlf--4. Our class of lorly -.ix will always lw lrur-.