Conneaut High School - Tattler Yearbook (Conneaut, OH)

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HONOR SOCIETY TOP ROW—Harry Hicks, Everett Bartone, .Jack Oruey, Richard Means, Robert Blickensderfer, .Joseph Dyloni?. Mr. Fred Sayre, Advisor. BOTTOM ROW—Ruth Rauha. Damaris Pease, Theda Hill, Eileen Beisty, Lillian Rintanen. STUDENT COUNCIL TOP ROW—Richard Phase, Joe Contino, Chester Penza, Jake Ohicatelli, Lester Plank, Robert Miller. BOTTOM ROW Kanerva Korhonen, Sylvia Wirkkala, Aili Parkomaki, Verna Beers, Patricia Maloney.

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TATTLER STAFF TO] HOW—Richard Fortune, John Holkko, Mary Loomis. Shirley Loomis, Katherine Lovell, Marian Dunn, Peggy Pinkerton, Sara House. Jane Green, Shirley Getz, Betty Stearns, John Berus. THIRD ROW—Mr. Paul Sheehan, Advisor; Virginia Benson, Aino Puhakka. Lillian Rintanen, Kina Tuominen, Norma Howard. Martha Jane Merrill, Cora Mae McKee, Peggy Donnelly. Eleanor Raines. Anne Van Beslen, Tina Kapsanis, Rebecca Ruffin. SECOND ROW—Theda Hill, Dorothy Slocum. Mary Wylie, Joan Frank, Eileen Beis-ty. Marcella Cloud. Betty Ford. Damaris Pease, Marjorie Stevens. Mary Jane Marcy, Vlo-lette Cooper, Dorothy Pearson, Evelyn Peffer, Kathryn Maxon, Theresa Natto. BOTTOM ROW—Dale Thayer, Richard Chase, Robert Blickensderfer, James Green, Emil Zappitello, Thomas Owens, Everett Bartone, Donald Brooks. LATIN AND SPANISH CLUBS TOP ROW—lack Gruey, Thomas Owens. Betty Ford, Jane Green, Marion Dunn, Shirley Getz, Marcella Cloud. Damaris Pease, Kanerva Korhonen, Sylvia Wirkkala. Ruth Steinhoff, Loren Burns. Joe Contlno, Armond Gustaferro. THIRD ROW—Eleanor Brusch, Mary Loomis, Marie Haskins. Norma Howard, Martha Jane Merrill. Ardys Mahoney, Peggy Pinkerton, Eileen Belsty, Patricia Maloney, Shirley Reger, Mary Jane Foster, Doris Brainard. Betty Stearns, Jean Babbitt, Peggy Donnelly, Miss Bigler, Advisor. SECOND ROW—Marie Tuttle, Virginia Ritola, Helen DiBaggio, Ruth Fife, Eleanor Groger, Natalie Reed, Eleanor Raines, Julia Sanford. Etna Touminen, Eleanor Purola, Kathryn Maxon, Evelyn Peffer, Mary Means, Verna Beers, Sara House. BOTTOM ROW—Calvin Rubenstein, Joseph Dylong, Richard Toomey, Keith Kiedel. Sam Narducci. James Green, Harry Hicks, Louis Johnson. Lawrence Soltis, Arnold Laine, Lester Plank.

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Music, Dramatics, Debate, Societies Such things as music, debate, dramatics, and clubs of various kinds have always been a part of our schools in one form or another. The graduation exercises in me eighties and nineties were especially prolific in musical selections, dialogues, recitations and orations. The closing exercises in 1885 had forty-two such items on the program. In the early days of our high school rhetoricals were a regular part of the program, and there was a ruling that “every student must take part in rhetoricals unless excused by parents or guardians.” At one time there was an annual Oratorical contest in the county and many Conneaut students looked forward to the event with all the fervor of a Webster or a Bryan. At one time the rhetoricals were organized into societies. The oldest of these was, probably, the Amphyction Society which met in the evening and featured the social side, as well as the educational side, of student life. About 1911 or 1912, Miss Kahler organized the literary societies on a new basis. The names of these societies will be remembered as being the Smith, The Varsity, The Oxford, The Irving, Au Fait, Der Zeit Geist, The Philomiathean, and The Clinonian. These societies played an important part in the life of the school. The Tattler was published by these societies and all ticket selling campaigns and drives of various sorts were controlled by them. Keen rivalry existed among the different groups, leading to athletic contests, debates, and the like. After the war, and with the introduction of the “roaring twenties”, the literary societies became old fashioned. In October, 1922, the old societies were dropped and such clubs as the Dramatic Club, The Stamp Club, The Science Club, The Scribblers Club and the like made an appearance. Within the last few years, the French Club under Mr. Auld, and the Latin and Spanish Clubs under Miss Bigler, have been the most prominent in the school. Debating has been a part of our school from the beginning, but it was put on a very definite basis in 1914 when Geneva, Painesville and Conneaut organized the “Triangular Debate Club.” This triangular arrangement persisted until 1929 when the club was broken up and the various members became members of the Ohio High School Debate League, a league composed of eighty-four of the leading high schools of the state. Conneaut dropped out of the league in 1931, and since that time has indulged in intramural debates as part of the Public Speaking Class work. Conneaut won the triangular debate in 1917, 18 and 19. From 1924 to 1927 inclusive, the debates ended in a three way tie, thus it may be seen that Conneaut won her share of honors. Among the leading debate coaches may be numbered Miss Lottie Peck, Mr. Homer Bail, Mr. Theodore Gnagey and Mr. Maurice Adams. In regard to the leaders of musical events in our schools, the following teachers will be remembered as being very prominent: Mr. Winchell, Mr. Tom, Miss Taylor, Miss White, Miss Tilton, Mr. Sharpe and Mr. Mackey. Others, however, have contributed materially to the success of our musical organizations. The high school orchestra made its first public appearance on December 17, 1909 under the direction of Prof. J. E. Weiser. Miss Elizabeth Ford may be mentioned as one of the organizers of the orchestra. Mr. Lloyd Heath spent several years directing the orchestra; and Mr. Carle-ton Davis succeeded him, holding the position until Mr. Mackey, our present music instructor, took over the baton. The orchestra has since its inception been an inspiring and useful organization in our school. The band, the most prominent of our musical organizations, started regular rehearsals, under the direction of Mr. Clarol B. Cross, with 28 instruments represented. In 1930 Mr. Robert Auld took over the band and new uniforms were purchased. The local Kiwanis Club helped finance this project. In 1935, Mr. Kaarlo Mackey became its director, and, after strenuous effort, has gained for our band a “Superior plus” rating. 30