Black River High School - Echo Yearbook (Sullivan, OH)

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mm ewbz Zu ' On a warm, sunny day in September, 1947, eleven frightened, but eager students entered the first grade of Spencer Local School. They were Jerry Armstrong, Bruce Blake, Richard Bradley, .Brenda Butcher, Tommy Davenport, Margaret Dennison, Marlene Dobson, Gary Larkey, Roberta Leach, Sandra Moore, and Neva Norris. Mrs. Dickason was our teacher that year. Our class membership remained the same during our second year of school. Mrs. Brewer was our teacher in the second grade. - Our third grade teacher was Mrs. Clement. During this year we welcomed Cathy Dewar and Billy Knepper to our class. The big event of the year was the presentation of the operetta, Rip Van Winkle, by elementary grades. We had Mrs. Culler as our teacher in the fourth grade. There were no changes in our class membership. Mrs. Kime was our fifth grade teacher. Again our enrollment remained unchanged. Mr. Parrish was our teacher in the sixth grade. The high point of the year was an operetta in which several of our class starred. The seventh grade was our first year for changing classes and class parties. Mr. Waltz was our advisor. Carol Reed and Roger Svirik joined our class during the eighth grade. Mr. Tossell acted as our advisor that year. Finally in September, 1955, we took the big step to high school. Upon calling the roll at the beginning of the year, we found that we had gained one new member, Grace Mullins. Miss Swisher was our freshman advisor. The following year we entered Mr. Marker's sophomore home room. We soon found that we had gained a new member, Carol Worcester. Our money-making projects that year included a bake sale and an ice cream social. Our junior year with Mrs. Dawley as our guide and advisor was one of the busiest and most exciting. Early in the year we ordered our class rings, which we received in March. In the spring we had great hopes of putting on our play, The Monkey's Uncle. However, because of accidents to two members of the cast, we were not able to present the play. Our Junior-Senior Banquet was the big event of the year. We treated the seniors to dinner at Mozena's in Medina and a show in Akron. We, then, returned to the school for a dance and breakfast. On September 8, 1958, the seniors returned for the final time. At this time we welcomed to our class Mark Smith, Jerry Ramsier, and Gary Ramsier, Our class, along with the seniors from the other two schools in the new Black River Consolidation, sold refreshments at our home football games. On December 12, we pre- sented our play, Grandad Goes Wild, which was a huge success. To earn money for our trip, we also made cider, had a paper drive, and sponsored a chicken dinner.

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In September, 1947 , seventeen bright eyed children entered the room of Mrs. Owen at Homer to begin their school career. In the small village of Albion, six miles away, were thirteen lst, 2nd, and 3rd graders under Mrs. Welch. There are now only seven of the original first graders from Homer and Albion. They are: Calvin Nolt, Dennis Irwin, Sherry Bordorf, Roberta Rowe, Ann Spellman, Sonja Voorhees, and Larry Wood. In the second grade the Homer students were sent to Albion to join the second graders there which made a large class of 20 students. The class was divided between Mrs. Welch and Mrs. Soka. In the third grade Anita Thompson joined our group making it 21. We were again under the guidance of Mrs. Soka. For our fourth year we were transferred to the Homer Building under the sponsorship of Mrs. Hockensmith. Myrtle Hastings and Dick Wuthrioh joined our class. In the fifth grade we were again divided. Some under Mrs. Hockensmith and the others went into the late Mrs. Beatrice jenkins' room. Laura Walder joined our class this year. We were again united in the sixth year under the direction of Mrs. jenkins. Kathleen Herrmann joined our ranks this year. Mrs. jenkins passed away during this year and Mrs. Hines and Miss Robinson were our teachers for the balance of the year. We were now ready to climb the big stairs and enter junior High School. It was quite an experience to change classes and have more than one teacher for a whole day. We all survived the 7th and 8th grades, however, and were soon ready to enter high school. During our freshman year we had Mr. Workman for an advisor. We entertained the sophomores at a party as our big event of the year. We made money for our class by selling cards and stationery. Bertha Gern came to us from West Salem. When we were sophomores we ordered our class rings. Agnes Wacker came to us from Buckeye. We sold pies at noon to make money. Mrs. Hines was our class advisor. Some members of our class started their dramatic lives by acting in the one-act play Beware the Bear. During our eleventh year we had Mrs. Neiswinter as our class advisor. We worked hard to present our class play Angel of Red Canyon. We entertained the Senior Class at the annual junior-Senior Prom in the cafeteria. Our theme was japanese Gardens. In the fall of 1959 we became the first senior class to be enrolled under the name of Black River Local School. Tom Johnson, from Lodi, joined our ranks. We presented for our Senior class play You'll Die Laughing under the direction of Mr. Workman. We helped edit the school annual The Echo, took our senior class trip to Washington, D. C. , and was graduated on May 28, 1959. Through the years we had a total of thirty different members in our class, but only twelve of us graduated together. There have been sad and happy moments in our twelve years. Only GOD knows what will happen to us next.

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' efwbz mild W One morning in September 1947 , seven members of the present 1959 graduating class , stepped for the first time into a classroom of Sullivan School to begin their education. These seven members were Tom Pifer, Bud Halada, Marilyn Hubler, Ann McConnell, Lorene Stark, Robert Bell, and Della Hawley. They were to become part of the first class to graduate under the name of Black River High School. In the first year of our schooling we were under the direction of Mrs. Fumiss. We continued our education in the second grade with Mrs. Reese as our teacher. When we reached the third grade our class was divided into two groups with one group under the guidance of Mrs. Livingston, and the other group under Miss Miller. In the fourth grade we were all together again with Mrs. Bland as our teacher. In the fifth grade we were once again divided into two groups with Mrs. Cupp and Mrs. Baker as our teachers. This year Tom Bowling joined our class and Della Hawley moved to Ashland. In the sixth grade we were once again one big class and in our last year of ele- mentary school. Mrs. Hassinger was our teacher. This was also the year that Tom Bowling left our class. We finally reached our first year in Iunior High. We were proud to think that we would be one of the first classes to use the new classrooms in the new addition to the school building. Miss Duncan was our home room advisor during the seventh grade. This year Della Hawley rejoined our class. In the eighth grade we were able to laugh at our mistakes as seventh graders. We began to plan our high school courses. Mr. Bowie was our home room teacher for this year. At last we were freshmen in high school. Although we heard the usual remarks about freshmen, we were happy to think we had come this far in our educational careers. Our class was increased by Larry Haswell, Gordon Smith, Ianet Heiffner, Betty Wacker, Dawn Wilson, Ray Rosecrans, Iohn Temple, Tom Jordon, and Tom Bowling from Hunting- ton. Glen Dawson also joined our class at this time. This was the year we met Mr. Albright, who was to be our class advisor for our last four years. In our sophomore year we gave the new freshmen as hard a time as we had, and we also began to think of increasing our class treasury. We were v-ery successful in serving a fish fry dinner. When we were juniors we tried our dramatic skills and put on our junior play, Rest Assured. This was also the year that we bought our class rings and played host to the senior class for the annual Junior-Senior Prom. This year our class was increased by two members, Iudy Guyton from Nankin, and Mike Adkins from Elyria. Our last year in Sullivan found us with a class of nineteen members, and most of us were wishing that we were freshmen again. This was the year that we selected our invitations and name cards for graduation. We also chose our class flower, class motto and class colors. We were guests at the Junior-Senior Prom this year and took a trip to our nation's capitol, Washington, D.C. After our Commencement exercises we left Sullivan School with memories of twelve happy and eventful years. We hope to live up to what is expected of us and use our class motto They Can Who Think They Can in everyday life.