Conneaut High School - Tattler Yearbook (Conneaut, OH)

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SOCIETY CATHERINE M. BLICKENSDERFER, Editor. FOOTBALL BANQUET. At eight o’clock Friday evening the annual C. H. S. football banquet was held in the dining room of the Hotel Cleveland. About forty members of C. H. S. were present, also their guests, Prof, and Mrs. C. M. Dickey, Miss Louise Kahler and Mrs. J. R. Freeman. After the five-course banquet was served, Captain Edmund Leahy, who acted as toastmaster, introduced Harold Ladner, Carroll Cowden, Carlton Hicks, Charlotte Andrews, Douglas Reid, Raymond Connor, Catherine Blickensderfer, Lawrence Clark, Gladys Jones, Miss Kahler and Prof. C. M. Dickey as speakers of the evening. Later a business session was held and Captain Leahy was reelected captain of the football team. This will give the captain a chance to pilot a team through an entire season, unless there is another “Flu” epidemic next year, as there were only three games played this season. This is the first time in the football history of C. H. S. that a captain has been re-elected to run the team for the following year. Toward the close of the business session Captain Leahy announced that Hall Kurtz, Douglas Reid, Granville Dickey, Arthur Benson, Harold Ladner, Raymond Connor, Carroll Cowden, Howard Splan, Edmund Leahy, Lawrence Clark, Claude Beasley, Wallace Weaver, Albert Masters, Hugh Coughlan, manager, and J. R. Free- Page Nine

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TIIE TATTLER man, coach, had been awarded the official “C” of the football squad of Conneaut High School for the season of 1918. After reading this list, the captain, in behalf of the team, presented Mr. Freeman with a white sweater with the official C in blue. Mr. Freeman was confined in bed with the influenza and Mrs. Freeman accepted the sweater for him and thanked the members of the team. This concluded the business session, and the banqueters adjourned to the hotel lobby, where dancing was enjoyed for the remainder of the evening. CHRISTMAS PROGRAM. The public speaking class of C. H. S. with George Smith as chairman, w ere in charge of the annual Christmas program. It w'as given in chapel on Friday afternoon, December 20. The following numbers were rendered: Arlene Gibbons, violin solo; Alice Breen, Jes’ for Xmas; Ruth Collinge, “A Khaki Lad; Elsie Thayer, Ring Out Wild Bells; George Watson and Miss Taylor, a duet. This program wras arranged in a hurry by the members of the public speal ing class as time for preparation wras greatly shortened on account of the Flu vacation. Nevertheless it was well given and greatly appreciated by the students and faculty. DANCE IN C. H. S. GYMNASIUM. After the basketball game betwen C. II. S. and Kingsville High on Saturday evening, December 14th, a dance wras enjoyed in the gym. It w’as attended by a large crowd from both schools and the usual good time wras enjoyed. These dances are looked forward to by all outside teams and help make the games events long to be remembered. PERSONAL MENTION Irene Barnes visited friends at Sandy Lake and Stoneboro, Pa., during Christmas vacation. Ruth Long spent Christmas day in Ashtabula. Clara Macbeth was the guest of Cleveland friends over Christmas. Hugh Coughlan spent the week end in Cleveland. Natalie Richardson, Eleanor Walker, Alice Kurtz, George Smith, Hall Kurtz and Calvin Rankin were the guests of George Saville at a New Year’s dinner at the Hotel Cleveland. Page Ten