Bluffton High School - Buccaneer Yearbook (Bluffton, OH)

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OF 1942 HAPPENINGS C. F. Bowser The Laubins George Kendell DECEMBER 'Tis the month to be angels, chillun' . . . Remember the speaker who told us how to keep our toothies clean . . . gym turned into art exhibit over night for midwinter air . . . Red Cross pro- gram and the little things Mary Mar- garet showed us . . . at last, our first school dance, a Holly Hop . . . so- ciology class visited Lima State Hos- pital . . . one defeat and three victorfes this month . . . Messiah was presented by College Choral Society . . . Thespian play A Stranger In Bethlehem . .. Vacation has come at last . . . Merry Christmas guys and gals! UM lunar JANUARY Mid-year exams are staring us in the face.. . sit tight until the grade cards come out . . . Ensign Wade Lape told us of life at Pensicola . . . Keep 'em Hying . . . The Laubins taught us Indian ways of living . . . annual two hour sit at Farmer's Institute . . . Girl Reserves entertained by Pan- dora girls. . . Miss Beery spoke to senior girls on nursing . . . Downtown Coaches gave a banquet for basketball fellows . . Victories over Grove, Carey, and Rawson. We're sure you remember.

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THE PIRATE'S LOG SEPTEMBER The first month of school . . . every- one freshly scrubbed and pressed! Re- member Russ's patriotic four-wheel ja- lopy . . . the training rules that were harder on the girls than on the boys . . . when the sophomores brought their own sandwiches to the Hi-Y potluck... two victories of the month over Grove and Ada . . . the visitors who enter- tained us. . .such as a big, brawny patrolman, Mr. Bishop . . . Edwin M. Dill pottering with his pottery . . . Egyptian archaeologist, Mr. Dendell? Remember them? OCTOBER Oh! this autumn atmosphere! . . it's good for our hard hitting grid squad . . . Pirates sank Dutch Navy . . . Hi-Y and Girl Reserves got a handout after a Hobo Hike .... iuniors. and sen- iors will never forget the mud they brought back from State . . . Girl Re- serves crashed the show .... Fred Hardenbrook lectured on Tibet . . . Bell Ringers really handle those bells... Dr. John Brown instructed us on be- ing our best . . . Mrs. Gary Myers gave seniors a confidential talking to . . . one tie and three victories to re- port this month . . . Remember? NOVEMBER The month started with a sweet talk on sugar . . Remember the Scotch singers, Jock Harris and his family... our first defeat by Behefontaine . . . Reverend Davidian spoke to us on Armistice Day . . . sophomore skating party and what followed! . . Thespian play A Modern Thanksgiving . .. Pirates of Penzance operetta was a real success . . . chalk-talk in assembly lty E. K. Lund . . . opened basketball season with a victory from Vaughns- ville . . . Do you remember? . . . Just think!..onc more month till vacation. Swiss Bell Ringers Fred Hardenbrook Kilty Trumpeteers

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WITH BLUFFTCN HIG Ruth Hankish Betty Holtkamp Marcene Stonehill Roger Howe James Gratz Bill Amstutz Robert Cooney , Marcene Stonehill Alice Oyer -i .J dai FEBRUARY We'11 view this month from a moun- tain top with C. F. Bowser . . . junior class play, Early To Bed-Early To Rise . . . remember the striped kit- tyi' . . . the victory over Ada . . . the change in time all over the nation . . . music students presented a recital... P. S. very good . . . Kilty Trumpeteers were very pretty, weren't they boys? . . . second school dance, a St, Valen- tine's celebration . . . Girl Reserves' as- sernb.y, Reverend Dahlberg spoke . . . E. C. Ramsey, international news cor- respondent, held our attention in chapel . . . Little Dan Cupid Hstrutted his stuff this month. me -1 W R ii, ' neg MARCH March came in like a lamb . . . tour- nament games at Celina . . . we came out on top and headed for Springfield . . . were nosed out in the third game by Bremen . . two hour movie, Gunga Din , was given in assembly . . . Dis- trict Music Contest . . . girls' glee club rated one plus . . . very pretty singing, Bluffton . . . bright kids get out your wits, 'cause the General Scholarship Contest is coming up soon . . . March went out like a lion.