Blanchester High School - Brown and Blue Yearbook (Blanchester, OH)

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66444 qfdatafzq ton, Donald Conover, and Edna Mae Hill. The expansion of this class was slow but steady. In the second grade the additions were the Doughman twins, Doris and Dorthy, who have been with us ever since. The next year was quite an experience for this group, for at that time two rooms were added to the original building. Dur- ing the construction, the first three gr-ades were separated from the rest of the school and the Masonic Hall was used as a school house. While we were there, Thomas White from Kentucky ioined us. The next year was an enioyable one since this was the time when we moved into the new building. Lloyd Caldwell from Blanchester became a member of our class in 1939. Willodene Moore was one of the most changeable persons in the class, probably due to the fact that she moved to different schools three times in one year. In the seventh grade we had another addition, this time it was Mildred Long. And last but not least is Garland Crawford from Fayetteville, whom we acquired in the eighth grade. We gradu-ated from the eighth grade in 1944 and traveled on to Blanchester to become Freshmen. Butlerville Now we turn to Butlerville where another group of this class of 1948 was starting on the long iourney toward graduation. For two years Harold McLaughlin was the only one of this class at the old school building in Butlerville. ln 1938 a new bulld- ing was built and James Agin from Morrow and Margie Boyd from Pleasant Plaln ioined Harold here at the beginning of the third grade. ln the fifth grade Gertrude D-avis from Wallace, West Virginia, entered. Edna Logsdon from Plainfield and Jerry Wise from Stockton ioined us in the sixth grade. ln 1944, we too, graduated from the eighth grade -and iourneyed to Blanchester to become Freshmen. ln September of 1944 these three groups were united into a record-breaking class of seventy-three Freshmen in Blanchester. Besides the fifteen pupils from Edenton and Butlerville, we added to our class this year Ann lrvin from Jacksontown, Deloris Snider from Moores Fork, and Emma Wierman from Stanton, Kentucky. Our class officers for this year were Anne Dewey, President, Harold Mclaughlin, Secretary, and Treasurer. Two members of our class were chosen to be basketball cheerleaders. They were Barbara Snyder and Beverly Villars. The Senior Class chose Ann Ferneau and Betty Lou Culberson as flower girls to officiate at the commencement exercises. During the Freshman year we lost nine, but gained four pupils making our Sopho- more Class have sixty-eight. The four new-comers were .lohn Jones, from Goshen, Samuel Plear, from Wheelwright, Kentucky, Jo-an Ruscher, from Loveland, and Irene Groves, from Monroe. Donald Schram also ioined us this year, but left at the end of the school term. Our class officers for this year were Clarence France, President, Betty Jo Griffith, Vice-President, Donald Schram, Secretary and Treasurer. This year Daryl Cadwallader represented our class on our high school basketball team which 25

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Qidlfdftq S WE LOOK back upon our twelve years of trying as well as ioyous school days, we, the Senlor Class of i948, find that we have set some records and have ac- complished much. First and foremost in our record is that of being the largest class ever to graduate from Blanchester High School. Since this class is made up, not only of students of the Blanchester school district, but also of students of the neigh- boring villages of Edenton and Butlerville, we will include the history of these classes up until the Freshman year, in their own schools. Flrst, however, let us look back twelve years into the past in Blanchester. In the year 1936, fifty-three boys and girls entered the first grade in Blanchester School. Of this large class, only fourteen are now members of the Senior Class. They are as follows: Betty Lou Culberson, Anne Dewey, Richard Dewey, Ann Ferneau, Joanne Foster, Dan Garrison, Betty Jo Griffith, Donald Harness, Patricia Kelly, Bette Jane Patterson, Mary Esther Shaffer, Lewis Shank, Jimmy Joe Smith, and Beverly Villars. During our six-year stay in the old building as elementary pupils we lost many of our fellow-classmates but gained the following: Second grade-Eugene Lucas, from Woodville, Barbara Snyder from Omaha, Nebraska, Paul High, from Edenton. Third grade-Betty Ruth Sattertield. Fifth grade-Beatrice Valentine from Butlerville, Max Taylor. Sixth grade-Robert Magill, Clayton Brumfield from Edenton. Also while we were still students in the elementary grades we acquired several honors. One of the biggest of these, of which we are all proud, is that of winning Bibles and New Testaments in the fifth grade for selling pictures. In l942, we entered the new building as Junior High students in the seventh grade. During this year we acquired two new students, Harry Ledford from Butler- ville, and Vera Brown from Clarksville. Our eighth grade was increased by four people: Clarence France from Frankfort, Daryl Cadwallader from Jefferson, Pauletta Davidson from Morrow, and Willodene Moore from Edenton. In this grade we all saved our nlckles and dimes and bought a S25 war bond. Also, -as is customary, an American Legion Award was given to the girl and to the boy with the most out- standing records in this grade. Clayton Brumfield and Ann Ferneau were given these awards. Edenton Meanwhile in Edenton another part of this class was being formed. ln the little two-room school house began a class of twenty-four, of which three remain. The originals who have been together for these past twelve years are: Virginia Charles- 24

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H444 3164 won the county tournament. The cheerleaders were of course behind the team, and they were also from our class-Barbara Snyder, Betty Lou Culberson and Jimmy Joe Smith. At the Basketball Homecoming Festival, Irene Groves was an attendant to the Homecoming Queen. At last one of our most important years arrived. We were now Juniors. We added to our class this year Phyllis Burton, Mercedes Kissick, from Loveland, and John Teevan. Our class officers for this year were Clayton Brumfield, President, Anne Dewey, Vice-President, John Jones, Secretary, and Patricia Kelly, Treasurer. Blan's basketball team made a great showing this year, and Daryl Cadwallader, Eugene Lucas, and Harry Ledford represented our class. The cheerleaders were again from our class. They were Barbara Snyder and Beverly Villars. At the Basketb-all Home- coming Festivities, Beverly Villars was an attendant to the Homecoming Queen. On April 18 of this year we presented as our class play, Janie's One Track Mind. A large crowd -attended and we prospered well from it. We entertained the Seniors on May 2 at the Junior and Senior Banquet, where a delicious dinner followed by a dance was enioyed by all. At the graduation exercises of this year, Harold McLaugh- lin was chosen by the American Legion to represent the Blanchester High School at Boys' State. Now we enter our final and most important year. We acquired as classmates this year the twins, Delma and Wilma Van Natta, from Clarksville, Evelyn Fawley, from Port William, and Ronald Tucker, from Lynchburg. Our class officers are Betty Jo Griffith, President, Dan Garrison, Vice-President, Joanne Foster, Secretary, and Ann Ferneau, Treasurer. On October l7 of this year we presented A Date With Judy as our class play. A record-breaking crowd attended and obtained for usa large sum. This money made it possible for our class to back the first annual in eleven years for Blanchester High School. Our basketball season got off to a good start with Daryl Cadwallader, Eugene Lucas, and Harry Ledford throwing in the baskets for our class. Beverly Villars, Barbara Snyder 'and Ann Irvin are the Senior cheerleaders. Jimmy Joe Smith was elected president of the Athletic Association. We have faced hardships, but we have come through to make a successful climax. So we leave this class history as ia reminder to future graduates that, although it is a rough and painful iourney, school can be a happy and satisfying experience. 26