Creston High School - Annual Yearbook (Creston, OH)

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1lQll4l4l ANNIUAXIL l CLASS HISTORY On September second, Nineteen Hundred and Forty, our class suddenly grew up and became Freshmen. There were fortyftwo of us, twentyftwo girls and twenty boys. After much confusion on our part we finally settled down and elected our class officers. Arlo Plough guided us through that year with the assistance of Mary Sacha. Donald Irvin recorded our meetings and collected our money. Donna Wright and Leland Conn very ably represented us in the Student Council. Mr. Kinney made a very good class adviser. Our irst year in high school went with a bang. Our first party was a weiner roast held at Shaw's Woods on October 25. Even though we forgot knives which made it necessary for us to spread the mustard and split the buns with our fingers, we had a delightful time. It was during this year that, since many in our class played instruments, we organized a class orchestra. We were well represented in athletics in our Freshman year. Some of the boys were on the Varsity. We were also happy to have Donna Wright and Mary Zehner chosen from our class to be school cheerleaders. They held this position during our four years of high school. However, we lost nine members from our class. The months flew by and soon our first year in high school was ended. Along with this, we were looking forward to seats in study hall the next year. When our class assembled in Nineteen Hundred and Fortyfone we had two new members added to our class, namely, Stella Yoder and Esther Beyeler. We again gave the leadership of our class to Arlo Plough and Donna Wright was his assistant. This year, Lois Meyer took down the minutes and Donald Irvin collected our hardfearned money. Our representatives on the Student Council were Mary Sacha and Milton Blough, Jr, We again chose Mr. Kinney as our class adviser. During this year, with Mr. Kinney as director, we produced a play for Chapel. It was liked by almost everyone. Lois Meyer represented Creston in the Dramatic division at the County Declamation Contest. We were again well represented in basketball and baseball, Even though we lost some members during the year, we were eager to go on to achieve our goal 4 graduation. When we came back to school in the fall of Nineteen Hundred and Fortyftwo, we were glad to find a new member in our class, Lucille Evans. Thus we numbered thirty. We changed presidents this year by electing June Blough president, and Donna Wright as his very able assistant. Mary Zehner was our secretary and Marjorie Weigley took up the duties of the treasurer. Our Student Councilers this year were Arlo Plough and Marjorie Reese. As Mr. Kinney had left Creston, we chose Miss Koehlein to advise us. N We astounded the high school by ordering class sweaters of Old Gold with black emblems. We also ordered our class rings which we were to receive when we came back to school in September. N fPage Elevemj

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IIQII44 AXNNIUAIL - CLASS SONG -M 4 4 4 4 9 a 1 Classmates dear, classmates dear, go on your way, Thru the years, without fears from June to May. Go along, sing a song, so life may he glad. Spreading your joy from the class of 44 . Classmates dear, classmates dear, recall the days, Happy days, joyous days of High School ways, Pass the word to each class striving along. Tell them to be like the class of 44 . School hells . . . ringing , . . classmates . . . singing . . . spirits . . . making, A debonair class, delightful devilfmayfcare class. Classmates dear, classmates dear, go on your way, Thru the years, Without fears from June to May. Go along, sing a song, so life may be glad. Spreading your joy from the class of 44 . -AAMary Zehner 'ff CLASS FLOWER: Blackfeyed Susan CLASS COLORS: Old Gold and Black CLASS MOTTO: Be not simply good, but good for something wir JOHN ELLISTONhA1my A11 Corps ELLSWORT'H FETZER-Army ROBERT ELLISTON-Army LOIS GANTZ-Cadet Nurse WILLIAM FISHER-Navy RUSSELL GANTZ-Navy RICHARD FOUCHE--Army CLINTON GATTSHALL-Navy EARL FULTON'-Army ROBERT GERSTENSLAGER4A'rmy fPage Tenj

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l IIQI44 ANNIUAIL lil CLASS HISTORY We contributed a number of boys to our successful basketball squad of that year. They were june Blough, Jim Slater, Arlo Plough, Junior Henry, Bob Giet, and Donald Irvin. We had several parties during our junior year. On October 14, a farewell party and hay ride was given for Mary Sacha. We did not like to lose her as she was one of the leaders of our class. In May, our class play, The Red Spider , which was directed by Miss Mcllvaine, was a real success. This was the first mystery play given for some years. Using the proceeds from this play, we gave the Seniors a banquet on May 14, at the high school building. Dancing was the activity of the evening. On September seventh, Nineteen Hundred and Fortyfthree, we assembled for our last and busiest year in high school. Our class had now decreased to twentyftwo members. Milton Blough, Jr. and James Slater had left us to join the Marines. Wallace Totten moved to Congress and Arlo Plough moved to Pennsylvania. We chose Donald Irvin as our captain and Donna Wright was elected vice president for the third consecutive time. Ena Dyck received the position of secretary while Louise Metsker handled our money, Marjorie Reese and Bob C-iet were on the Student Council. We unanimously elected Miss McIlvaine for our adviser. On December second we gave our Senior Class Play, A Lady to See You , which was directed by Miss McIlvaine. This was an acclaimed success. On December 23, we had a Christmas party and exchange at Helen Dunlap's home. We had several other parties, including some birthday celebrations for members of our class. January 5, we held Senior Day. Every member of our class was given a chance to teach or at least to assist in teaching. We gained valuable experience through this and appreciated the teachers more. As a part of our education, our Problems of American Democracy Class visited the Wayne County Courthouse at Wooster on February 24. We gave our main at' tention to the Common Pleas Court, which was then in session. We were scheduled to stay there for just a half day, but the case was so interesting that we stayed the whole day. We came back from Wooster much wiser students. During this year, we made money by our class play, by sponsoring bake sales, a rummage sale, and by collecting old rags. For our class flower we chose the blackfeyed Susan and for class motto, Be not simply good, but good for something. -Opal Fry MORRISON GIFFEN-Army JOHN HALEY-MNavy FRED GLIEM-Army RICHARD HOLDERBAUM-Navy JOHN GOEMBEL-Army WILLIAM HUFFMAN--Army ROBERT GRAFY-Navy BERNARD IEFFERS-Army Air Corps CARLYLE GRUNDER-Navy DONALD KELTZ-Army fPage Twelvej