Benton Township High School - Scenic Yearbook (South Bloomingville, OH)

Text from Pages 1 - 46 of the 1950 volume:

WQQW Q F2 fi Kb K db B EEEJQDM may 4? 1 6 1 Sv Q BENTON SCENIC LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL Board of Education Mack Shaw -------------------------- President Nilliam McNicho1s -------- ----- V ice-President John Eveland Charles Burns Glendon Wiggins R aymond Shaw--- -------------- -Clerk Samuel H. Dillon ---------- County Superintendent Carl C. Poling --------------- Attendance Officer Grace V. Orr ---------- County Music Supervisor THE SCENIC IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO THE ALUMN OF BENTON HIGH SCHOOL. Z C iyE?'2S 9 KJ fi Eb S db I mwmimfgzfmmriww W 42 K' FREDERICK GOOD, B. S. Ohio University Superintendent Genersl Business Shop, Mathematics GOLDA PAXTON Ohio University Whittenberg College Grades One And Two LETA SAYRE, A. B. Ohio University English. History MARY H. SMITH, B. S. Ohio University Home Economics Latin, Typing Science ROBERT SHESKEY, B. S. Ohio University American Government, Physical Education. General Science, Coach BEATRICE EARNHART, B. S. Ohio University Grades Three And Four GLENN JOHNSON Ohio University Grades Five And Six MARTHA SMITH KR UGER, B. S Ohio University Vocal Music. Orchestra Cf3?fiQUf?N15 3 6 3 X F X, NX N ' ,X mlb s Q QS J MAXINE JOHNSON Class Officer .......... Orchestra . . . Drainatics. . . Glee Club. . . . . . Sextet........... County Music Program. . . F.H.A.......... .. NORA HART Class Officer .... . . . Dramatics ........ Glee Club. ........ . County Music Program. . . . . F.H.A., ..... .. VYONNE AMERINE Drarnatics........... GleeClub......... .. County Music Program. . . . F.H.A.......... .. ANASWINE Class Officer. . . . . . . . . . Drunutics. . . . . . . . . Glee Club. . . . .... . . . County Music Program. . . 1 .H.A. .... . . . . . . . JUNE UNGER Class Officer ..... . . . . . Orchestra. . . . Dramatics. . . . . . . . . Glee Club ..... , . . . . . County Music Program. . . F. H. A .... . .... . . . GEOR GE CUL P Basketball ........... Dramatics. . , I 1 4 6 THE VALEDICTORY There Can Be No Moratorium ln Education Parents and friends, the class of 1950 welcomes you to this commencement service.. Your presence here tonight speaks of your faith in us and your interest in our school. This appreciation which you show by your presence makes us realize that you sincerely believe in our class motto, Knowledge Comes But Wisdom Lingers. Each epochal turn in the long trail of civilization has been marked by different sign- boards of education. On these signboards may be read the whole story of progress. Along the oriental routes were stones of tradition and tunnels for caste. Classical nations later built roads for statehood, which even yet are strewn with their marvelous achievements. Out of the medieval wilderness was blazed a path upon which only a few scholars who could read its mileposts were privileged to travel. The social efficiency viewpoint then opened the roads to the masses as it turned their faces toward a larger horizon. Universal edu- cation is the signboard replacing all previous ones. This principal of-educating everybody dates back to Colonial days. In order to escape the conflicts of adversity waged with ignorance, superstition, and persecution, our forefathers came to these shores and founded this free government. They soon discovered that such a government could not thrive except in an atmosphere of intelligence. So they laid the foundations for universal education by establishing common schools. The primary purpose of the school of yesterday was training for college: consequently, it served only a select group. The school of today reaches out a beckoning hand to all the children of all the people. The public high school is the great concrete expression of our democracy. Last year its enrollment, according to statistics, was over 6,460,000 pupils. The expansion of its curriculum to include vocational courses, trade and industrial education, homemaking, com- mercial departments, science, health and physical education, art, music, and social science subjects as well as classical courses, shows its constant adjustment to a more complete and balanced program in response to changing needs and conceptions. The establishing of evening schools, supervised summer playgrounds, continuation and part time classes, and classes for handicapped children marks further attempts to equalize educational opportunity American public opinion has spoken in no uncertain terms. It desires an institution of secondary school grade to minister to all American children, not to a small group of lead ers alone. The sustaining motive of public education has many phases: It has an economic phase. We believe an educated citizenship will run a better government. It has a political phase. We believe it will make men more productive. lt has a strong moral motive. We believe education will help men to behave in a seemly manner and improve their chances of living together in peace. The state in promoting public education is not actuated by motives of philanthropy and charity. It is trying to provide for the economic independence of its citizens, an in- dependence which is finally won by the efforts of the individual. The state acts under the influence of self interest and hope of perpetuation. If the state is to prosper and become great, it must be sustained by the intelligence, the moral stamina, and the political sagacity of its citizens. There is no philanthropy of altruism in such an attitude. When the state invests in the public school or in public health, it is looking for sub- stantial benefits to itself, although such benefits may come indirectly. 7 The public school is an effort to enable every child born under our flag to do four things well: 1. To become an individual in his own name and right. He wants to be separate, distinct, and different from every other individual. He does not desire to be merely one of the group, or a specimen of a kind, but an entity which has a value within itself. Such an individual is steadfast and will not change his outlook as does the weathercock, with every puff of the wind. Z. To become a self determined individual. If he succeeds in this he will be able to carry his own economic load, to sustain his own moral attitude and vote his own tick- et. The old apprentice system put the individual in a groove from which he could not es- cape., except by almost superhuman effort. The public high school sets the youth on a plane of opportunity. Within the limits of his ability, he can determine for himself the direction his life will take. On that level he can free himself from economic slavery. 3. To become a co-operative individual. Co-operation implies equality. Without equality there can be no co-operation and society becomes stratified and one group sits astride the neck of another. In America we have been looking toward a different kind of a civilization, one predicated upon the Declaration of Independence, and we have set up the public school to sustain it. 4. To become a participating individual. Democracy means participation: our whole governmental fabric rests upon that basis. Every citizen has his part. This is, in brief, what Horace Mann and Thomas Jefferson said the school would do for a free people. This, too, is the philosophy which has pushed it forward and caused the Amer- ican people to pour out their money in almost unlimited millions. In all past civilizations the course of rise and decay has followed a simple, regular order. First, there has been struggle, then a rise, then decay, and finally, destruction at the hands of cruder and more rugged peoples. Such would have been the destiny of Amer- ica too, but for the two major forces controlling American lifeg namely Our democratic form of government and our determination to provide universal and equal opportunity for education. Under our democratic government every farmer's boy may see in Lincoln the con- crete proof that he may aspire to any level of eminence for which he is qualified and can properly train and prepare himself: in Rockefeller a similar proof that it is not unrea- sonable for him to aspire to power and material wealth. These are only examples that show the stiznulating opportunity offered by a demo- cratic system of education. The disproportionately large numbers of leaders and men of ability in American life of the past who have risen from less fortunate surroundings prove that training and edu- cational opportunity must be provided for all equally, so that the problems imposed by present day civilization may be met with the full force of all the intelligence of the whole nation equipped with the best known training. Nothing less will suffice to hold the tide of American civilization at flood. The story of education in America is a story of real importance to all young people who are being graduated from our free high schools. The promise of the constitution has been fulfilled by furnishing to all equal opportunity for education. We believe the permanence of our political institution, the soundness of our moral, ethical and religious principles and our material prosperity are dependent upon this equal opportunity. Let There Be No Moratorium In Education. --Norma Hart- - 8 THE SALUTATORY Challenge Of Our Day To the Board of Education, to the faculty of Benton Scenic Local School, to our par- ents, relatives, and friends, I extend the greetings of the class of 1950 We have completed the work prescribed in the curriculum of our school. We have met here tonight to mark a period of progress in our education. We do not consider that we have in any sense completed our education with this graduation. We have only com- pleted a portion of that formal training which our state provides for its youth in prepara- tion for better citizenship, and for a good life. We are alert to the fact that this day brings to youth all over the world a challenge' such as no other group of young people have faced. Whether the problems we are to meet are those of maintaining peace throughout the world, of providing a better national econ- omy, of providing new and more effective machinery, of improved soil conservation and better crop production or merely those of personal adjustment, these problems are ours and of all the other boys and girls our age all over the world. A well known educator recently made this statement in a public address, Leaders Of Men, Leaders In Ideas And Principles Are Not Emerging, And The Need Grows More Desperate. Can we of this graduating class meet the challenge of this need for leaders? The same speaker said, In Politics And ln Social Relations There ls A Clamoring For A Constructive, Dynamic Program Presented With Logic, Force, And Conviction. Can we of today's class meet this challenge by organizing a program which will pre- vent a situation whereby nearly ninety million children are allowed to live in the filth of caves and war shattered buildings with bodies shrunken and faces old from lack of food, while in other parts of the world, food is wasted by the tons? Can we of today's class help to organize a program of social welfare which will re- pudiate an indifference to the fact that we are a country spending eight and one half times as much for jewelry as for the mental health of its people? Can we of today's class untangle the snarls in world political relationships to the ex tent that some kind of world union or government can exist? Yes, these are only a few of the problems which challenge us today. The pages of history are covered with accounts of other young people who grew up to meet the challenge of their time, Columbus in his attempt to prove his ideas of the shape of the earth and to find a new route for trade: Washington at Valley Forge, Thomas Jefferson and Horace Mann in their programs for public education, Lincoln in his Emancipation Proclamation, Daniel Boone and John C. Fremont in forging through the wilderness, Marcus Whitman in his missionary work with the Indians, and many others. We may not individually stand out as these great leaders I have just mentioned, but we each have an obligation to meet our challenges just as these great leaders did, in the best way that we can. We can each lend our minds, our energies, and our prayers toward the problems ahead, toward achieving a better world, a world safe for little child- ren, a world where the aged are cared for and are busy and happy, a world where the col- or of skin or the accent in speech is not a passport to success in the adventure of living. ---Maxine Johnson--- ---June Unger--- 9 Class History On September 3, 1946, under the Superintendency of Fred Good, a smiling and bright group of boys and girls entered Benton High School. We were quite Green Freshies and in a very few days realized we had much to learn during our four years of high school. Our class consisted of: Anas Wine, Dana Rheinscheld, Maxine Johnson, June Unger, Nora Hart, Florence Eveland, Lowell Huffman, Donald Lockard, Derrill Weaver, George Culp, John Hoy, and Elmer Martin, Elmer joined our group late in the year. In the beginning of the year we learned the importance of organization and leader- ship and proceeded to elect the following class officers: Nora, President: June, Vice- President: Florence, Secretary, and Maxine, Treasurer. George became a member of the basketball team which made us very happy. June and Florence made good with their violins, and Maxine made us proud with her baritone. All the girls participated in the Christmas Cantata at Union Furnace, December 15th, and Laurelville, December 17th. We accepted a part in the Spring Festival which was held at Rockbridge in May. ln the fall of 1947 after a much needed and enjoyable vacation, we assembled as Sophomores, under Fred Good as Superintendent. This year we elected Florence, Presi- entg Anas, Vice-President: and Maxine, Secretary-Treasurer. We were sorry to lose four of our beloved classmates. John withdrew because of ill health, Dana sought employment, Derrill and Elmer moved away. But we were delight- ed over the addition of two charming new members to our class, Vyonne Amerine and Jean Amerine. We were gratified by the addition of a very efficient teacher to the teaching staff, Miss Sayre, who taught English and History. During this Sophomore year Anas and Florence were chosen cheerleaders: June and Maxine accepted parts in the Senior Class play entitled, Henpecked Henry. Play practice periods after school were enjoyable events with occasional interludes accom- panied by hot soup and crackers. June, Maxine, and Florence entered orchestra. The girls of our class participated in the Christmas Cantata presented at South Bloomingville, December 14th, and the Spring Festival which was held at Murray City in May. Mr. Good gave us the privilege of selling tablets, pencils, notebook filler, etc. as a means of earning money for our class fund. At the close of the year we had a balance of 318.00 in the Laurelville Bank. In the fall of 1948 we returned to school as jubilant Juniors. Our superintendent was Fred Good. Again our class had decreased. Florence decided to change her name to Mrs. Neil Brown, Donald moved away, and Lowell quit school to seek employment. Officers elected this yearawerez Maxine, President: Anas, Vice-Presidentg June, Secretary: and Nora, Treasurer. A representative from Herff-Jones Company interview- ed us early in the year and we purchased our class rings. - November 19th, we gave our class play, Mystery At Midnight. After the tax was deducted the sale of tickets amounted to 52255. Our activities in music included the Christmas Cantata presented at Union Furnace, December 19th, and Rockbridge, December Zlstg the Spring Festival which was presented at Murray City in May, and rendition of baritone solos by Maxine at various school pro- grams. Mr. Good gave all classes permission to sell candy bars and chewing gum as a means of earning money, each class had approximately nine weeks. We continued selling pencils tablets, etc. and by the end of the year our Treasurer had given Mr. Good 5160.00 to de- posit in the bank at Laurelville. Honorable Seniorsl At last we had reached the top. The year for which we had all been working and waiting. Our class numbered six this year. We lost Jean to Richland High School due to a new state ruling. Frederick Good was again superintendent. 10 CLASS HISTORY-CONTINUED Our loyal school board employed another splendid teacher, Robert Sheskey, who taught American Government, General Science, and coached our basketball team. We were proud of his team. Mr Sheskey was a good coach, differing from other teachers in that he didn't tell the boys to Do As I Say. But he showed them how and guided them in practice until they could do it. The girls of our class shared in the Christmas Cantata which was presented at Murray City and we participated in the Spring Festival which was held at Rockbridge. We sold pop, chewing gum, potato chips, and candy bars in the concessions booth at all ball games. We also sold Christmas cards, birthday greetings, and Easter cards, published a yearbook, sold magazine subscriptions, presented a play, Sunbonnet Jane Of Sycamore Lane, in April, and celebrated class night in May. This was a time set aside for student frivolitites appropriately celebrated by diverse forms of jollification, and profuse thanks to the faculty members, to the honorable Board of Education and the school district who supplied us the privileges of Benton I-li. The high light of our Senior year was graduation, next in importance was the edu- cational tour of Washington D. C. in May. Toward these goals the class had saved ap- proximately SZ65.00 by the middle of February. An Alumni Banquet at the gymnasium by members of the alumni and the community was greatly appreciated and enjoyed by all. ---June Unger--- Class Prophecy A few days ago the class sponsor of 1950 began thinking about old friends, the good times, and dear old Benton Scenic School. The more she thought about the members of that graduating class, the more determined she became to contact each one. This is 1970 and since most people travel by air, Miss Smith ventured an extended vacation by plane to obtain the following information: Mrs. Loring Thompson fMaxine Johnsonl lives in Columbus, Ohio: she is the governor's private secretary. Her duties vary from baby sitting to campaign speeches. Last week the governor gave her the hon- or of dedicating a new public library in South Bloomingville, Ohio, where Martha Hoy is librarian. A few months after graduation George Culp purchased a big dry cleaning estab- lishment in Panama, but he carried the thing too farg he was completely cleaned out! So he came back to Laurelville, Ohio and made good as a plumber, he can retire anytime now. Mr. and Mrs. George Dean flune Unger, are part of the backbone of the country, for if good farmers are not the country's backbone tell me what is. Yes, I thoroughly enjoyed .Tune's dinner of backbones and sauerkraut. George and June operate a large dairy farm near Boston, Massachusetts. Our Mrs. Jackson Ford lVyonne Amerinel is Superintendent of Nurses at St. Francis Hospital, New York City. She met Jack, a surgeon, while in training. lt was love at first sight. Do you remember her charming blonde hair? It has changed to a beautiful red. l wonder! Anas Wine just completed a tour of the world, to forget her husband, the poor man, died. Upon her return she found that the trustees of Rio Grande College had appointed her conductor of dramatics. Anas has written several outstanding novels and her famous book of poems is just off the press. We remember Anas as our class poet. The Reverend and Mrs. John Hope fNora Hartl are missionaries in India. They own their little plane and both hold a pilot's license. lf you see a plane gliding through the air with no one in it, please do not be alarmed, it's Nora: she's behind the controls. Nora has not grown an inch taller, still four feet and eleven inches. ---Vaughna Amerine--- ---Nora Har,t---- ll Class Will We, the class of 1950, in sound mind and healthy physique, do make this our last will and testament. Our memories of high school we take with us, to cherish forever and forever. To the faculty, we bestow our regular habits and the excuses we are so good about bringing from home. To the Freshmen and Sophomores, collectively and individually, we convey our power of saying the wrong thing in the right place, or the right thing in the wrong place. Just how this is accomplished we are not able to say. Each one will need to work the matter out for himself or herself. There is no doubt that much benefit will result from the effort. To the Juniors, who will soon become the Seniors, we bestow all the mistakes, blunders, inaccuracies, and lapses committed by us during the last exciting year of our most exciting lives. Mistakes seem to be the natural portion of youth, and by acquir- ing the mistakes of others, which never hurt so much as our own, the recipient may be spared making so many himself. To Mr. Good, the unfailing good will of the entire class, we are certain he will need this in dealing with the Seniors who succeed us. To Miss Sayre, who seems too much wedded to her work as a teacher, we leave the book belonging to the girls of this class How To Win A Husband. Eventually, Heavy , why not now? To Mr. Shesky, we leave all the gewgaws that have collected in our desks. These were used for diversion from study, remember? Have fun Chessy. To Mrs. Paxton, we leave the ability and continuous success in persuading her first and second graders to eat all the balanced meal served in the lunch room. Please don't mind the few extra pounds you have gained in setting the example, Golda. To Mrs. Kruger, we bequeath all worn out sheet music, sour notes, and squeaky instruments. We enjoyed our music periods, Ma . To Miss Smith, we bequeath a snap clothespin to hold her glasses in place. We hope this keeps them from sliding off your nose, Smitty, Wonder why you didn't sug- gest tying them up with six foot shoe lace? Where's Maxine and her pal? To Mrs. Earnhart, we leave the office paddle to keep all her little Joes in line. This will save frequent trips to the office, Bea. To Mr. Johnson, we leave the empty grapefruit bags for the collection of marbles, toys, etc. These will make cool dunce caps too. To our good cooks, Ethel Shaw and Ella Eveland, we leave all the slightly used gum under the table in the lunch room. To Mr. Justice, our janitor, we leave our broken pencils, old tablets, wads of gum, and empty dixie cups. We hope you will find them all before next September, big Fred. To Donna Hampshire is left Maxine's ability to paddle her own canoe. Maxine Johnson has selected someone to paddler hers for her. To Delbert Lindsey, we bequeath George Culp's habit of spending two hours a day on his government lesson, by sitting on the book while he reads a comic magazine. To Elsie Wine, we bequeath June Unger's false teeth. This should help you chew the rag, Ding. lZ merine's teeth braces. We hope these il Bainter we bequeath Vyonne A To Mar yn , straighten you out Bainter. To Juanita Rheinscheld, we bestow Nora Hart's ability to get straight A aver- ages. You should get better grades, Maude, To Bonnie Unger, we bequeath Anas Wine's slim figure. You should begin count- ing colories, Heavy. In witness whereof, we attach the signatures of the class of l950. ---Maxine Johnson-- ---Anas Wine--- WZAJ-ale, t 7 ef J CQIPVLQ-rf' LO Q 'Qzmfav - :blog-bc mmwwmr, U Zwwui-3 i I 3-wvv-ff'-H 3 Am Wil CWL13 13 Class Poem Goodbye to high school days, And our good old teachers too. Goodbye to the fun we've had, And good old Benton's rule. We shall always remember Mr. Good, So patient and so kind, Although we sometimes Got a little out of line. But no matter what we did He kept his temper well, And now we all agree He was really swell. And poor Miss Sayre: What we did put her through! But she always came out tops As good teachers usually do. The pranks we pulled on herf Oh, she took them well. And we think that she too Is also pretty swell. And Miss Smith. as gentle as a lamb Was always around somewhere To lend a helping hand. We know we made it tough for her As high school people oftimes will, But being a real teacher Never failed her duty to fulfill. As advisor to our class We thank her from our hearts For being a grand person And giving us a start. And Mr. Sheskey, what shall we say for him? All in one he was our coach. Our teacher, and our friend: And a good sport in everything we did. l-le seemed to understand what it was like To be just a kid. We shall cherish his memory As the years roll slowly by And remember his year in Benton Hi. The Class of 1950. the class of Benton Hi Bids you all farewell. And a sad goodbye. ---Anas Wine--- 14 X Imp f Fkggzwsmggy 9 41 K5 K Ci CE Q Q Grades 9 - 10 - 11 ROW ONE: Charles Ebert 191. Perl Berry 191. Dorman Wheatcra!t 191. Jessie Harper 191. David Wiggins 191, Lloyd McNichols 191. Leonard Latimer 191. ROW TWO: Leo Culp 1101. Edith Garrett 191. Helen Dilhennett 191. Charlotte Brown 191. Marilyn Unger 191, Betty Shaw 191. Norma Warehime 191. Darrel Johnson 191. ROW THREE: Raymond Amerine 1101, Larry Shaw 1101, Ray Mills 1101, Joe Pollum 1101. Wayne Vorhees 1101, James Hart 1101, Lois Keck 1101, Bonnie Unger 1101, Delbert Lindley 1111, Ralph McCloud 1111. ROW FOUR: Claude Weaver 1111, Juanita Rhelnscheld 1111, Jean Unger 1111, Elsie Wine 1111. Marilyn Bainter 1111, Donna Hampshire 1111, Martha Hoy1111, Alice Kneece11l1, Maxine Hartley 1111. CLASS OFFICERS Class President Vice-Pres-ident Secretary Treasurer Sponsor 9 Charlotte Edith Garrett Marilyn Charles Leta Brown Unger Ebert Sayre 10 James Hart J oe Pollum Bonnie Larry Fred Unger Shaw Good 1 1 Els ie Wine Alice Kneece Maxine Ralph Leta Hartley McCloud Sayre 16 5 ' s 1 7 E 18 Z lyE?N93 iv FQ fi Eb K dh 5 mzfwzggzfms F FIRST ROW: Larry Shaw, Claude Weaver, Leo Culp. George Culp, Ralph McCloud, Delbert L indsey. SECOND ROW: Leonard Latimer, Darrel Johnson, Parl Berry, Charles Ebert, Raymond Mills. Joe Pollum, Jessie Harper, Lloyd McNichols, Raymond Amerine, Robert Shesky. SOUTH BLOOMINGV1LLE'S SEASON RECORD Date Opponent Benton Scenic November 18, 1949 Laurelville 26 South Bloomingville Nbilember , 1949 Murray City South Bloomingville November f 1949 Carbon Hill South Bloomingville December , 1949 Union Furnace South Bloomingville December , 1949 Gibisonville South Bloomingville December , 1949 Rockbridge South Bloomingville January , 1950 Salt Creek South Bloomingville January , 1950 Laurelville South Bkloomingville January , 1950 Murray City South Bloomingville January . 1950 Carbon Hill South Bloomingville January , 1950 Union Furnace South Bloomingville January , 1950 Gibisonville South Bloomingville February , 1950 Salt Creek South Bloomingville February , 1950 Adelphi South Bloomingville February , 1950 Rockbridge South Bloomingville Hocking County Tournament February , 1950 Rockbridge 46 South Bloomingville H T H T H H T H T H T H H T Logan ly?'XQ??33 9 F2 Ci Q Q am mcfmfyizfigs Z? ,X db x 6 I Q Orchestra FIRST ROW: Sharon Bainter, Clarinet: Betty Shaw. Clarinet: Marilyn Unger, Cornet: Franklin Iles, Mellophone: Maxine Johnson. Baritone: Virginia Mcclaud. Trombone. SECOND ROW: Damon Shaw, Violin: Leonard Johnson, Violin: Kay Pollum, Violin: Jean Unger, Ban Drum: Chester Eveland. Violin: Leland Johnson, Violin: June Unger. Cymbals: Larry Shaw: Snare Drum: Melvin Brown. Saxophone. Benton Orchestra was organized in the fall of 1943, under the direction of Martha Kruger. It consisted of twenty members, namely: Freddie Justice, Betty Harper, Dale Johnson, June Unger, Larry Shaw, Herman Burns, Violin: Jean Shaw, Marilyn Bainter, Joe Pollum, Clarinet: Betty Mowery and Claude Weaver, Trumpet: Jean Morris, Trombone: Donna Hampshire, Mellophone: Marilyn Dennis, Saxophone: Maxine Johnson, Baritone: Charlotte Brown and Betty Shaw, Triangle: Jean Unger, Cymbals: Donald Lehman, Snare Drum: Walter Wine, Bass Drum: Carol Dennis, Accompanist. Two instruments were withdrawn in 1944, three violins were added, namely: Leland Johnson in 1945, Florence Eveland in 1946, and Kay Pollum in 1948. In the school year of 1948 and 1949 a vacancy existed in the music department until January. The Orchestra was inactive,.but individual members rendered instrumental solos at various school activities. The personnel of the Orchestra has changed since Its Beginning which is true of every school orchestra. All members were new in 1949 and 1950 with the exception of Leland John- son, Kay Pollum, and Maxine Johnson. Maxine has been a member six years. The Orchestra has participated in P. T. A. M eetings, Christmas Programs, and closing school activities. ZZ Sextette Betty Shaw, Jenn Unger, Donna Hampshire. Marilyn Bainter. Maxine Johnson, Bonnie Unger. Home Economics Girls TOP ROW: Chnrloite Brown, Edith Garrett, Norma Wai-chime, Marilyn Unger, Helen Disbennett. BOTTOM ROW: Lois Keck, Bonnie Unger, Betty Shaw. 23 Future Homemakers of America Our first home economics club was organized in 1943 with fourteen pupils The next year in 1944 our membership increased to eighteen: in 1945 we had fif teen membersg in 1946 eighteen: in 1947. twenty-four: in 1948, nineteen, and in 1949, we had twenty-one members. F. H. A. officers elected in 1949 were: Bonnie Unger, President: Helen Disbennett, Vice-President: Marilyn Unger, Secretary: Charlotte Brown, Treas- urer: Betty Shaw, News Reporter, and Ethel Shaw, Club Mother. We wish to express our appreciation to the Benton Scenic Board of Edu- cation ior providing us with one of the finest home economics department in southern Ohio. Each year our club has purchased a piece of equipment for the department. As a result we have bought sewing machines, steam iron, drapes, two canister sets, and much needed small equipment. Our goal in 1949 was a triple mirror which we purchased by selling flavorings and by collecting sales tax stamps. Each year since 1944 we have completed a project for the Red Cross or for a needy family in the community. Our project last year was making a scrap book for the mentally ill patients in the Veteran's Hospital at Chillicothe. Since 1945 we have placed an exhibit at the Hocking County Fair, which is held annually. We won some of the prizes each time too. Last year our win- ners were: Vyonne Amerine, Norma Warehime, and Bonnie Unger. Other annual activities included: The preparation and serving dinner to Benton's basketball teams, cheerleaders, managers, and coach: Christmas or Valentine Party for the Junior and Senior high school people. Z4 Rathburne Wentworth Mrs. Wentworth Barbara Cory Alma Cory Cloyd Parker Dick Lawrence Energine Washington Rasmus Washington Letty Flanders Oscar Jansen The Voice Romeo Montague Connie McNeil Rex Simmons Billy McNeil Larry McNeil Orpha Finley Rachel McNeil LaRuna Sue Forewoman Three Helpers , Jane Jasper Miranda Jasper Grace Jasper Ollie Dinklebury Nola Miller Crystal Cluett Schuyler Pell Toby Simpkins Jason Gouch Douglas Smith Marion Marsh Dramatics Mystery At Midnight Uunior Class Play 1948-l949l owner' of house on the hill his aunt an unexpected visitor her aunt her fiancee a young lawyer housekeeper of house on hill her smaller half a small town flirt the strongest man Voice of the Idol Backwoods Romeo lJunior Class Play 1949-1950, the backwoods Romeo Larry's oldest sister Larry's would be brother-in-law Larry's kid sister head of McNeil household a pretty bit of heart balm for Larry McNeil's young aunt the maid ' the insurance agent the bosses right hand man the women furniture movers Sunbonnet Jane of Sycamore Lane fSenior Class Play, 1950, fSunbonnet Janel. our charming young heroine her aunt, who is always being mortified Miranda's lovely young sister a school teacher who always has a duty to perform Jane's cousin from the city who comes to visit Crystal who loves to play pranks who has a permanent grouch a young hitch hiker a gentle woman Z5 Jean Unger Vyonne Amerine Maxine Johnson Nora Hart Leo Culp George Culp Jean Amerine June Unger Anas Wine Bonnie Unger Ralph McCloud Claude Weaver Jean Unger Ralph McCloud Donna Hampshire Bonnie Unger Marilyn Bainter Elsie Wine Alice Kneece Martha Hoy Maxine Hartley Betty Shaw Charlotte Brown Juanita Rheinschele June Unger Vyonne Ame r ine Anas Wine Jean Unger Nora Hart Maxine Johnson Ralph McCloud Herman Burns Dale Johnson George Culp Donna Hampshire yZYf??Xf5 Q F2 Q E5 X db 561270 Zz FW 52 ,, S f Q ' ' DIGGER' ' v1-:A TEAM: HAIL, HAIL, THE GANG's ALL HERE. PALS A J' OY RIDE? THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF CLASS 1950 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TIME T0 SPIT WI-lAT'S COOKIN'? Z7 WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BALL. GIRLS? WHAT A TRAGEDY! BASKETBALL CASUALT Y Youn om: AND ONLY is sz-xowmc.. TREEDI SPRING FEVER? CHUMS A JAB IN THE nw? Z8 OMEGA ALPHA FONDEST MEMORIES SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS President Maxine Johnson Vice-President Anas Wine Secretary June Unger Treasurer Nora Hart Class Colors Red, White, and Blue Class Flower White Rosebud Class Advisor, Yearbook Director Mary Smith Class Motto: Knowledge Comes But Wisdom Lingers. Commencement Speaker: Professor H. R. Cotterman College of Education, Capital University Baccalaureate Minister: The Reverend R. B. Wilson Methodist Church. Logan, Ohio Z9 Ben ton Scenic Alumni --19z6-- Davis, Nellie Johnson, Glen Johnson, Leola Kitchen, Orval Thomas, Ira Unger, May --l9Z9-- Barnhart, Orval Kitchen, Pansy Thomas, Geraldine Turner, Hattie --193z-- Burns, Charles Huffman, Anson Johnson, Ruth Melcher, Franklin Rose, Frank Unger. Edna --l93S-- Amerine, Opal Brown, Lela Campbell, Anna Durst, Ralph Oldfield, Florence Reichley, Joe Shaw, Wayne Turner, George --l938-- Davis, Olive Lehman, Mavis Melcher, Catharine Nihiser, Helen Shaw, Guy Unger, Hazel Warehime, Everett Warehime, Jane --l9Z7-- Bainter, Virgie Warehime, Violet --193o-- Shaw, Edson Shaw, Lula -- 1933-- Harper, Nellie Hill, Paul Isles, Frieda Isles, Ruby Morse, Merl Reynolds, Sam Russell, Audra Shaw, Juanita Tatman, Ada Warehime, Hulda Unger, Pansy --1936-- Burns, Claude Couden, Irene Couden, Ralph Earnhart, Carl Huffman, Clyde Johnson, Daniel Oldfield, Beatrice Tatman, Mildred Turner, Fanny --1939-- Huffman, Clarence Johnson, Freda Reichley, Claude Schultz , Pauline 30 --l9Z8-- Davis, Delbert Melcher, Helen Melcher, Ruth Thomas, Robert --l931-- Amerine, George Davis, Charles Shaw, James Shaw, Raymond Unger, John Unger, Pearl --1934-- Huffman, Kathryn Johnson, Helen Nihiser, Geraldine Shaw, Pearl Unger, Virgie Warehime, Virgil Warehime, Bessie --1937-- Amerine, Boyton --194o-- Amerine, Lloyd Justice, Freda Oldfield, Faye Pollum, Robert Shaw, John BENTON SCENIC ALUMNI- CONTINUED --1941-- --194Z-- --l943-- Hampshire, Berneta Wax-chime, Clayton Woodgeard, Mary 1944-- Brown, Bernice Dennis, Edith Eveland, Sam Hankison, Harold Hart, Laurence Tatman, Guy --1947-- Eveland, Cecil Harden, Dorothy Lehman, Patty Rheinscheld, Howard Smith, Paul Smith, Ralph Wine, Homer Arbaugh, Myrtle Brown, Norma Culp, Earl Dennis, Gene Hill, Ernest Huffman, Mary Hunter, Stella Johnson, Evelyn Johnson, Judson Jones, Thomas Kalklosch, Francis Linn, Ethel Shaw, Mack Thomas, Guy Unger, Stella --l94S-- Eveland, Lena Hampshire, Orval Huffman. Dale Huffman, John Justice, Geneva Linn, Dorothy Schultz. Helen Shaw, Boyd --1948-- Amerine, Grace Burns, Herman Dennis, Marilyn Hampshire, Gene J ohnson, Ronald Johnson. Dale Keck, Ruth Vorhees, Betty Wine, Walter 31' Justice, William Keck, Cecil Rheinscheld, Rosalie --1946-- Culp, Frances Dennis, Carol Hart, Garnet Morris, Jean Reichley, Edward Tatman, Forrest Woodgeard, Francis --1949-- Amerine, Wanda Harper, Betty Hartley, Gertrude Justice, Freddie Thurston, Clarence gfwfywm 9 F2 Ci Eb Q db I t K 0 n AWZWCPQZJZUHS75 xx 4? ' C74LLfO9 'zaflgi K?-c WALSWORTH UI!-lun A un br vumllorru lnurnnn lu.-Au.. lu. ll. I. IL L di ,J EKU' 1935 Q K Q 55 E db M Wgzgwsime xx 42 Q XL QQ , The Lourelville Groin 8g Mill Company MANUFACTURERS OF 8: DEALERS IN FLOUR - MEAL - FEED - GRAIN - COAL GENERAL TRUCKING 8: HAULING PHONE 481 ELSWORTH KEMPTON LAURELVILLE, OHIO LOGAN HOME FURNISHING Everything for the Home Terms if You Desire - Free Delivery Within 100 Miles 145 W. Main St. - - Phone 5-3125 - - Logan, Ohio Kelvinator Refrigerators - Ranges - Speed Queen Washers S H A R F F i S Wo1'nen's Apparel Circleville, Ohio Logan, Ohio C mpliments of Logon Clay Products Co Keynes Bros. F1 r a d Feeds Logan, Chi Ugg SQ Beasley FORD C T k T t Lg Oh King Lumber Co. Logan, Ohio The Adelphi Banking Company Capital and Surplus 375,000.00 Adelphi, Ohio Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Each Depositor Insured Up to 35,000.00 A Bank for All the People Logon Frozen Food Locker Ploni South Mulberry St. Telephone 5-2536 Logan, Ohio Leonard Funeral Home Ambulance Service East Second Street at Walnut Telephone 5-3028 Logan, Ohio The Farmers 8g Merchants Bank Member Federal Reserve System Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Affiliated With the BancOhio Corp. Logan, Ohio Compliments of Salt Creek Valley Bank Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Each Depositor Insured Up To 55,000.00 Laurelville, Ohio Established 1886 F. W. WEILAND, JEWELER 54 West Main St. Logan, Ohio RISCH'S DRUG STORE Sheaffer's Pens Rubenstein Cosmetics Whitman's Candies Faberge Colognes Logan, Ohio Compliments of GRANDY'S AUTO SUPPLY Automotive Parts and Accessories S Hardware - Toys - Sporting Goods Phone No. 3290 Logan, Ohio Congratulations Class of 1950 Commercial - Portroit :Sz Photo Finishing ART KRAFT STUDIO Phone 5- 3565 Logan, Ohio Remember Flowers Say it Better When You Have a Special Message Cut Flowers - Potted Plants - Funeral Work GOMPF'S GREENHOUSE Joe Gompf, Prop. - - Phone 53013 323 South Mulberry St. Logan, Ohio Compliments of THE LOGAN FOUNDRY 8: MACHINE CO. Phone 5-3114 Logan, Ohio Compliments of W 8z H CHEVROLET SALES Chevrolet --- Parts and Service --- Cadillac Logan, Ohio Compliments of LEHMAN'S HARDWARE Hardware - Plumbing Supplies - Paint - Wallpaper Phone 5-2036 Logan, Ohio .A 'Compliments of SAVING HARDWARE Phone 5-2153 Logan, Ohio WHITE HARDWARE Domon E. 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