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

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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.

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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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zaffztwaa Sfefubz Q44 ' In September of 1948, six eager children walked through the doors of Sullivan School. We, Dean Farnsworth, Ronnie Finl6Y. Rusty Grenzenbach, Okal Messmore, Linda Pifer, and Pat Shoulter, were under the direction of Mrs. Long. In the second grade Mrs. Livingston was our teacher. There were no additions or losses that year. In 1950 we entered the third grade and Mrs. Livingston was again our teacher. Betty Orcutt joined us from Sevill and Carol Mengerink from Akron. Dianne Prescantelli joined us in the fourth grade. Mrs. Hellen Cupp was our teacher. In the fifth grade we were divided into two groups. One group was under the direction of Mrs. Hassinger and the other under the direction of Mrs. Cupp. In the sixth grade both groups were united into one class again under the direction of Mrs. Clouser. In the seventh grade Emma Messmore joined us. Miss Duncan was our homeroom teacher. We had two new members join us in the eighth grade. They were jean Clinker and Virgil Berry. Mr. Bowie was our advisor. Our first big step was taken when we entered our freshman year. Norma Britt, jill Clark, Marilyn Regal, Mike Moskal, Loretta Phillips, Virginia Rollin, and Thelma Weber joined us from Huntington. Drema Britt from Wellington, Ralph Kish, from Ashland, and jim Bassett from Elyria also joined us in this year. Mr. Snyder was our advisor. In our freshman year we started our annual picnics at Finley State Park. We have had one every year since. We had a hay ride and went to Bassett's afterwards. We also sponsored several bake sales for money making projects. In our Sophomore year, Andy Liptak joined us from Cleveland. We were under the direction of Mr. Kiliany. We made scrapbooks in World History which required much work and were displayed for open house. We decorated our room at Christmas and got second place in the contest. We had a skating party on Davis' pond and built bonfires around it for wiener roasts. We held our annual picnic at Finley State Park. During our Junior year Nina Blankenship came to us from West Virginia and Stanley Ward from Belden. We were under the guidance of Mrs. Dougherty. We presented our class play, No More Homework. It was directed by Mr. Larabee and we spent many long hard hours working on it. Our girls' basketball team played Spencer two games. We decorated and were hosts for the annual junior-Senior Prom. We spent many long tedious hours and late nights making our junior-Senior Prom the success that it was. Our theme was Blue Moon and the David Rose Orchestra played. Finally we have reached our long awaited goal, our Senior year. In our Senior year we had many good times. We went on our class trip to New York and Washington. To get the money for this trip we had many money making projects. We edited the annual, sold candy, held dances and took our second step before the footlights in our annual Senior Class Plays Take a Letter and He Tried With His Boots On.