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

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Www Zum 244 Mdlbtf In September, 1947, twenty-nine bright-eyed children entered the room of Mrs. Florence Welch at Albion to begin their school career. There are now only ten of the original first grade. They are: Nancy Geiger, Pat Wandel, Bertha Blodgett, Eloise Gentry, Nancy Campbell, Louise Welch, linda Norris, jim Rowe, Dick Brooks, and Donald Hoffman. In the second grade we remained at Albion. Mary Bridgett, june Kravitz, and Louise Howman joined our class. The class was divided between Mrs. Soka and Mrs. Cupp. In the third grade 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. I-lockensmith. Kathy Weimer joined our class. In the fifth grade we were again divided, some under Mrs. Hockensmith and some went into the late Mrs. Beatrice jenkins' room. Ian Reinhardt joined our class this year. In the sixth grade we were under the direction of Mrs. Cupp. Twenty-five were in our class. 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. Eric Kirvel joined our class. During our freshman year we had Mr. Gottron for an advisor. We made money for our class by selling cards, and stationery. George McWilliams came to us from Lodi. When we were sophomores we ordered our class rings. We sold pies and cakes at noon to make money. Mr. Gottron was our advisor. During our eleventh year we had Mr. Gottron as our advisor. We presented our class play Maybe You're Wrong. We entertained the Senior Class at the annualjfr.-Sr. Prom in Ashland at the Ashland Terrace Hotel. Our theme was A Song in My Heart. In the fall of 1959 we became the second senior class to be enrolled under the name of Black River Local School, and as usual we had Mr. Gottron for our advisor. We presented for our Senior Class Play, Curtain Going Up, under the direction of Mrs. Neiswinter. We helped edit the school annual, The Echo.

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wow eww hu mdlttf In the year of 1948, 45 happy-go-lucky children entered the doors of Spencer School. Out of the 45 that entered, 19 are still in our class. They are: Donald Beach , Bill Benford, Calvin Breyley, Connie Converse, Kenneth Dalgleish, Betty jackson, Dolores Larkey, Ieanne Leiby, john McCourt, Ricky Meyers, john Nagy, Dennis Neptune, Bobby Stroup, Betty Stuart, Sandy Taylor, Mary Walkden, Warren Waltz, Robert Williams , and Larry Wolfe. Mrs. Dickason and Mrs. Clement were our teachers. In the second grade we had such a large class that we had to be divided into two groups. Mrs. Parrot was the teacher of one class and Miss Lawrence was the teacher of the other. That year, we gained Mary Ann Higgins and Robert Fitzgerald. In the third grade, our class was still divided. Mrs. Clement and Mrs. Parrot were our teachers. In this grade, we had two more additions, Carol Sutz and Artie Weidrick. In the fourth grade, we were together again with Mrs. Culler as our teacher. No changes were made in the fifth grade and Mrs. Kime was our teacher. In the sixth grade, we had Mr. Lizotte, our first man teacher. We were moved to the high school building as there was no room in the grade building. We, also, gained one more member, Sherrell Hovorka. We were very proud to be in the seventh grade. Mr. Waltz was our homeroom teacher. Our money making project was a bake sale. Mr. Marker was our teacher in the eighth grade. Carol Elliott joined us that year. As Freshmen, we decided we were pretty well grown-up because we started to change classes and have different teachers. Mr. Bihn was our homeroom teacher. During our fresh- man year, we received our school jackets. For a money making project, we sold school pins. The next year, we were happy sophomores. Again, Mr. Marker was our teacher. Our biggest money making project was the school fair. Our junior year was a very exciting year. Our teacher was , you guessed it, Mr. Marker. We had our first class play which was called The Beauty and the Beef. Mr. Marker was our director. We had a paper drive which was a big success. We ordered our class rings in the junior year. Our junior-Senior Banquet was held at the Spring Valley Country Club, May 1. Gary Weidrick became a member of our class. A sad event occurred during our junior year. One of our members, Earl Coe, was killed in an automobile accident. Well, here we are, seniors at las t, with 26 members in our class. We started our exciting year by soliciting for the annual. Brown Studio, Wellington, made our senior pictures. A paper drive was held as one of our projects. We gave as our class play, The Angell Brats, directed by Mr. South. We are looking forward to our senior trip, but mo st of all, we are looking forward to graduation night.