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Dedicated to ERSEL REED ERSEL REED gave of herself on and off the job, in and out of our school with grace, style, vigor and vitality which came to be synonymous with her name. For sixteen years she helped make lunch time less frightening for very young students, joyful and fun for junior high students and pleasant and helpful for high school stu- dents and adults. We all have vivid and lasting memories of this vivacious wonderful woman who gave of herself to everyone she met. Her personal and professional lives both are a testimony to her immense gift for compassion for and love of others. Ersel and her beloved husband Clint moved to Fine in 1952 and bought a large farm on the Harrisville road. She dedicated herself to her husband, her teenage daugh- ter Eleanor and the farm. She and her husband hunted, cut wood, and did chores together. By the time Eleanor had finished high school and moved away, Ersel had another baby girl, Barbara. When Barbara was only six months old, Ersel's husband Clint died, leaving her and her new baby very much alone. Ersel, who didn’t drive, who had never handled money, and who had never faced home and family management alone before, went into a period of several years of near hermitage, giving all of her time and talents to her daughter. In 1968, however, Ersel began to extend her energies outside of the home when she came to work in the Clifton-Fine cafeteria as a substitute. Shortly thereafter, she had an opportunity to work full-time but knew that a colleague also needed the job and gave up the chance and remained a substitute. This incident personifies Ersel's dedication to others. By 1972, Ersel had learned to drive a car and got a full-time job. A co-worker didn't have a way to work, so Ersel would leave home an hour early so she could pick her up and bring her to school. When others didn't feel well at work, Ersel did extra work to make their days easier. She made birthday cakes for students, pies and cakes for custodians and cookies and sweetrolls for teach- ers. When students organizations such as the Senior Class or French Club needed a worker for one of their fund raising activities, Ersel was always a reliable and happy volunteer. If students needed money for ice cream or po- tato chips, Ersel bought it for them. If cafeteria banking had to be done, even on the coldest days, Ersel did it. When secretaries wanted to save coins, Ersel sorted them out for them. When students lunch charge sheets had to be completed, Ersel took them home and did them rather than charge the school overtime. Outside of school, Ersel was the same. She took young people with her everywhere at any time and cleaned and mowed lawns for the elderly and less fortunate. When weddings and dances were held at the fire hall, Ersel was always there to help serve food and clean up afterwards. Both in the school and community at large, Ersel Reed's memory shines as a beacon of love, compassion and all else that is profoundly human. Just as we loved and respected her in person, so must we cherish her memory. Ersel never thought of Ersel; she always cared for everyone else—the school, its students, her co-workers and peers were Ersel's care. (Monica Shene, Cafeteria Supervisor) Dedication 3
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IT'S ABOUT TIME!! We have chosen the subject of time as the theme for our yearbook this year so you will notice it appearing frequently throughout the book. We feel this subject is appropriate because a yearbook signifies another year- gone-by full of memories of both good times and bad; the fun shared by all of us; and the friendships we have made that will last a lifetime. Time is very mysterious to most of us and no one can say exactly what it is—only that it passes on and takes a little of each of us along the way. We put so much of our valuable time into school and the many activities that our school has to offer. When we finally reach graduation we have already spent eighteen years of our lives. In years to come, we will look back upon our high school years and see what good years they really were— some of the best of our lives! We will always have our yearbooks for memories. j4s time goes on and we find ourselves forgetting some of our former friends and the great times that we had, we will be able to look through our old yearbooks and re- member. We have something to be proud of in our achievements we have made in school and the time we have put into them. The formation of a yearbook is one achievement that all of us will look back upon as time well spent. Man, throughout time, has had to deal with its passage. The time of day, the new moon, the sky, the seasons changing, all played an important role in developing primitive life. As man recognized the need to record history and communicate with one another, he de- veloped a language that used certain symbols to represent those needs. American Indians used pictures to represent many of the things that happened in their every-day lives. Samples of their picture works have been found in many different places from the tepees, caves, and houses they lived in, to ordinary poles and posts around their villages. A very good example of these pictures is the certain way the Indians had of symbolizing the passing of time. We used many of the same signs and symbols for our cover which was designed by Lisa Pryce. Since time is the theme of our yearbook this year, Lisa felt it fitting to use the part of our own heritage that we have in the Indians' writings for our cover design. The pictures appearing on the cover of the yearbook are the symbols the Indians in our area used to represent each month. The first is the January moon which is re- presented by the blowing snow. The February moon is re- presented by a starving wolf. March, April, and May are moons that show the coming of Summer with the green- grass moon, the planting moon, and the wild-rose moon. June and July represent Summer with the thunder and green-corn moons. September, October, and November each represent Fall in their own way with the harvest moon, the falling leaf moon, and the hunting moon. We finish up with the long-night moon of December. The Indians gave many things symbols to represent them and time is only one small aspect of the primitive language but it is an important part of our heritage that we take pride in using as a theme for our yearbook. 2 Theme
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