Dalton High School - Luanna Yearbook (Dalton, OH)

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1 1 1 I 1 ' i 1 [ % First Row: Laura Miller, Doris Hunsberger, Ruth Nussbaum, Marjorie Steiner, Delores Snyder Herald Hackett, Grant Egley, Mary Rexroad, Ronald Gerber, Marlene McKee, Mildred Nolt Mary Jean Smucker Second Row: Doris Eberly, Wallace Gerber, JoAnn Groff, Donna Graber, Nancy Warnock, Bea¬ trice Hines, Kathleen Lehman, Thdmas Nussbaum, John Hostetler, Roy Nussbaum, Wayne Krat- zer, James Weisgarber Third Row: Arthur Hammer, Robert Brotherton, William Ayres, David Conrad, Kenneth Lower Willis Eberly, David Monbarren, John Kelbly, Bill Shaffer, Willard Ressler. Fourth Row: Miss Dorff, Eddie Herr, Richard Stevie. Benjamin Eberly, George Shammo, Roger Mock, William Moore, Harold Lehman ii (V (Ki ft (f M President - - Vice-President Secretary - - Treasurer - - Student Senate Faculty Adviser - - Grant Egley - Gerald Hackett Marjorie Steiner Delores Snyder Mary Jean Smucker Eddie Herr Richard Stevie - - Marian Dorff The Junior Class with a membership of forty has been well represented in all school activities. There were ten Juniors in the Concert Band, twelve in the Or¬ chestra, seven in the All-Girl Band, and twenty-two in the Mixed Chorus. Four members of the class entered solos in the annual music contest at Berea. In speech work the debate team was composed en¬ tirely of Juniors; in the declamation contest, eight Juniors participated. In the field of sports, four Junior boys made the Varsity in basketball and seven in football. There was a Junior member elected for Varsity Cheerleader and two for Reserve Cheerleaders. Our annual Assembly Program featured a bird ' s eye view of Inside U. S. A. A very important all Junior function was the presentation of “The Haunted Chair, the proceeds of which financed the big social event of the .year--the Junior Senior banquet. 18

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SERVICE CLUBS MUSIC The High School Library Staff completed an enormous task this year - the recording and cataloguing of some 6,000 volumes according to the Dewey Decimal System. Miss Campbell supervised this work and both she and the librarians deserve a great deal of credit for giving so unsparingly of their time and efforts to this technical proje ct. The girls who assisted this year were: Mildred Withrich, Jean Hammer, Ruth Nussbaum, Mary Alice Baer June Gerber, Laura Miller, Patricia Lavering, Eleanor Burkhart, Carolyn Horst, Marjorie Ott, Wanda Shane, Barbara Tinsler, Marilyn Weygandt. Girls who assisted the County Bookmobile on their regular visits were: Hazeljean Sprunger, Mildred With¬ rich, and Edith Nussbaum. • The Commercial Club is under the supervision of Miss Sants chi and Is composed ordinarily of advanced students in Shorthand and Typing. This year a suffi¬ cient number of pupils were interested to form a class in advanced bookkeeping, so these students were invited to become members of the Club. The secretarial students have all helped with the preparation of the Barker and the Luanna. w They work hard for this privilege and give unsparingly of their time and effort to these two preparations. The class work is concerned with the development of a marketable skill for a beginning worker in any one or more of these vocational fields. Desirable person¬ ality traits and general office behavior are highly stressed. Student Council was the name formally adopted by the organization previously known as the Student “Senate. It has a membership roll of 18 members elected by the homerooms, each homeroom having 3 representatives, in¬ cluding the Seventh and Eighth Grades. The following officers were elected: President ---------- Eddie Herr Vice-President- ----- -Susie Smucker Sec ' y-Treas.- ----- Jeannette Miller Faculty Adviser -------- Mr. Berg The general purpose of the Student Council is to promote a feeling of democracy by permitting the stud¬ ents to have a voice in the operation of the school, and to make worth while suggestions for improvement in the school. The Student Council directed the Thanksgiving and Christmas Programs for the school, helped plan the Thursday assemblies,and assistedwith intramural basket¬ ball and volleyball games being held in tine gym at noon. THE LATIN CLUB The Latin Club is composed of 23 members who are enrolled in Latin I and II classes. The club is under the direction of Mrs. Chovan. The purpose of the club is to study Caesar ' s Gallic and Civil Wars, Roman cus¬ toms, mythology, and the Latin language. ART PROGRAM This year a new program of art was introduced into the school. It provides instruction for all grades. Art is planned as a minor course in high school and as an elective course for all students. The purpose of the art program is to aid the stu¬ dents to express themselves, to develop a cultural knowl¬ edge to intelligent, enjoyable, and profitable use of their leisure time. It is planned to develop a love and appreciation of beauty and as an exploratory experience for those students who have exceptional ability and wish to continue their study along this line. The All-Girl Band has progressed in number and in ability during the second year of its organization. The purpose of tine band is to furnish music at the half¬ time football shows. Their first appearance of the year was at the Doylestown Football Field Dedication. Major¬ ette try-outs were held and five were selected with Marlene McKee as Drum Majorette. The Band Mothers ' Club presented the majorettes with new uniforms. The band also appeared at the Dalton Halloween celebration and the Massillon Chamber of Commerce Christmas Parade. The Pep Band has done an excellent job In playing snappy marches, and keeping the spirit up at the games. This small band plays during ttie pep meetings and at all home games. The Mixed Chorus Is a group of very ambitious stu¬ dents who do a grand job of singing. They have put forth excellent performances at Thanksgiving, Christmas, at W W S T radio station in Wooster, and also in the high school operetta. The mixed chorus is composed of mostly Juniors and Seniors with a few Freshman and Sophomore boys. The Girls ' Glee Club ,comprised of the Freshman and Sophomore girls, with Janice Douglas as pianist, was late getting organized this year. They made several public appearances throughout the year including the Christmas program and the operetta. The Mixed Quartet is a newly organized group. They have sung at several different programs this year, such as: assembly. Thanksgiving, and Christmas,and numer¬ ous church services. The quartet is composed of: Ben¬ jamin Eberlv - Tenor, Ruth Nussbaum- Soprano, June Dom- er - Alto, and Marion Moser - Bass. The Junior Band and Orchestra are composed of ele¬ mentary school children from the fourth to the eighth grades. They are very ambitious and promising boys and girls, who some day will take our places in the high school groups. They have played for assembly and the Thanksgiving and Christmas programs, and also the grade school operetta. PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB President ----------- Marion Moser Vice-President --------- Eddie Herr Secretary ---------- Gerald Hackett Treasurer ----------- Grant Egley Dark Room Chairman ------- Tom McFarren The Photography Club was organized under the spon¬ sorship of Mr. Gonter a year ago and continued its sec¬ ond year with a membership of 51. The purpose of the club as stated in the Constitution is: 1. To promote appreciation of the joys and satisfaction of photography. 2. To instruct members in the different phases of photography and discuss the same. Members may be any student who is interested in photography, able to attend meetings, and abide by the rules of the club. After the club has been organized, a new member may be added only by athree-fourth affirma¬ tive vote of a quorum of the members. Any person who was a member in good standingwhile in high school, may, upon graduation, continue his membership in the club. THE SPEECH CLUB The Speech Club this year is under the supervision of Miss Marian Dorff. It is composed of twenty-two mem¬ bers from the Junior and Senior classes. On February 24, there was a Declamation Contest held in the school auditorium with teachers as judges to elect the two members from our school to represent us in Humorous Declamations. Those chosen were: Mar¬ lene McKee,Mildred Nolt, alternate - Franklin StockhamJ Dramatic Declamations, Marjorie Steiner, and Carl Sho- walter; Orations, Harry Gerber, Don Shaffer, and Mary Alice Baer; Poetry Reading, Tom McFarren, Donna Graber and Bob Snyder. Cont ' d. on p. 41 17

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' i ..- iM v „ M JUt M •% | $ % I M- % First Row: Robert Domer, Marilyn Weygandt, Robert Snyder, Floyd Johnson,Carol Sommer, Jan¬ ice Douglas, Marilyn Sommer, Carl Showalter, Wanda Wertz, Carolyn Smith, Wanda Shane Christine Nussbaum Second Row: Franklin Stockham, Grace Hoover, Gerry Weisgarber, David Mangle, James Martin Robert Eggeman, Barbara Tinsler, Clark Gerber, Marjorie Ott, Mildred Steiner, Wanda McCoy Third Row: Donald Patterson, Lloyd Lehman, Ernest Horst, Doris Amstutz, Janet Brotherton Edith Nussbaum, Robert Lemon, Carolyn Horst, Patricia Lavering, Mary Alice Baer, Kenneth Steiner Fourth Row: Gene Forrer, Dale Bateman, Leonard Horst, Clark Weygandt, Don Forrer, Jim Huff Mrs. Chovan, Joe Hoobler, Donald Shaffer, Raymond Fahrni, Robert Good, Wendell Douglass Bill Bodager President ------- Vice-President - - - - - Secretary-Treasurer - - Sgt.-at-Arms ------ Student Senate - - - - - Faculty Adviser Janice Douglas Carol Sommer Marilyn Sommer Carl Showalter Joe Hoobler Dale Bateman Doris Amstutz Helen Chovan In September fifty-one students entered Dalton High as Sophomores. Our social activities included a Hallo¬ ween party at Donald Shaffer’s home in MarsLallville, and a skating party at Skateland in Canton. We pur¬ chased white sweaters with black letters in keeping with our class colors. In music we had two girls in the All-Girl Band. We had several boys in the Mixed Chorus and nearly all the girls were in the Girls’ Glee Club. We were also well represented in instrumental music. With the powerful Junior ana oenior Varsity, the Sophomores had little chance for Varsity basketball, but seven of our boys did make the Reserve team. We did have two boys out for football. Two Sophomores were Football Cheerleaders, and for basketball a member of our class was a Varsity Cheerleader, and another member a Reserve Cheerleader. Our class was active in Speech. Four members gave dramatic declamations, five gave humorous declamations, one gave an oration, and two gave original orations. 19