Darby Township High School - Trojan Yearbook (Derby, OH)

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CLASS HISTORY cont. September 7, 1954, found us again visiting the little red-brick structure referred to as the school. Only now we had crossed another bridge and were known as iuniors. Our class officers were: Norman Puckett, president, Earl Sollars, vice-presi- dent, Barbara Kennard, secretary, Betty Looney, treasurer, Sally Hicks, sergeant at arms, Carol Picklesimer, news reporter. We finally received our class rings, and, of course, thought they were the best looking ones ever made. We were very sorry to lose Bobby Caudill to Madison Mills. We have missed him. LaVonne Webb got married during the summer. CI hope it isn't catching.l Jerry Har- per also decided against returning, leaving us only seventeen strong. Bill Gilfillen and Bob Laywell joined, but only for a short while. For activities, we had a dance November l3, sold pop at ball games and cleared a nice profit. We also put on a class play called Two Dates for Tonight , under the direction of Mr. Bennett which was lust fair. A Student Council was organized this year and our representatives were Wayne Williams, Norman Puckett, and Ginny Hinson. Pumpkin Show time soon rolled around and our school sent Barbara Kennard os Miss Darby who was grateful for the honor. Our iunior boys again hit the sports column with Jay Hill, Earl Sollars, Norman Puckett, and Wayne Williams playing varsity. This year Sally Hicks made the grade as a cheerleader along with Barbara Ken- nard, and Ginny Hinson who are now veterans of one and two years, respectively. For the annual homecoming game, the basketball boys chose as their queen Ginny Hinson and Lucille Wickline served as her attendant from our class. Carol Picklesimer did the honors as Mistress of Ceremonies for the game. Being a class that is always trying to be different, we gave the seniors a real lrlrl. The theme was ln the Garden . lt was beautiful if l do say so myselfTCgm- plete with a real name band. Don Decker's to be sure, and nothing less than the best. We certainly enioyed it whether the seniors did or not. The iunior girls also put out a school paper, with the much needed help of ole faithful Mr. Taylor. l might add that this was the first school paper put out in quite a few years. More honors came to our class when Betty Looney and Barbara Spangler were selected to be on the Honor Society Roll. That was an honor indeed, girls, and some thing to remember with pleasure. l9

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C LASS HISTORY cont. Hill, and Ginny Hinson. Our class officers turned out to be: .lay Hill, president, Norman Puckett, vice- president, Ginny Hinson, secretary, Barbara Kennard, treasurer, Rosalie Egnor, song leader, and Beverly Nihizer, news reporter. We lost Albert Stewart mid-way thru the year and LaVonne Webb came in to re- place him. Then Eddie Rolfe gave up the struggle, leaving an even twenty. For an activity, we had a bake sale at Troutman's Grocery in Harrisburg for a small profit. Somehow bake sales never seemed to work out for us. Our initiation was mild but the skating party and wiener roast at Gold Cliff was real cool. ln the sports column, we really rated high for Green Freshmen . We had three of our boys playing varsity ball. They were: Jay Hill, Earl Sollars, and Bobby Caudill. On the queen's court, Lucille Wickline was our worthy representative. Also we had one girl, Ginny Hinson, lucky enough to be elected as a cheerleader from our class. Mr. Arnett, being our class advisor, held up very nicely thru the yearl Having attained the title of sophomores, we came back to school on September 6, l953, ready for anything. At the beginning of the year, we picked up two new pupils, namely Roger Miller and Barbara Runkle, only to lose them again. Roger withdrew via working permit while Barbara considered marriage an easier life. Again Jay Hill, Earl Sollars, and Bobby Caudill were good enough to make the varsity. Lt: and coming on the reserve team from our class were Norman Puckett, David Strawser, and Wayne Williams. The managers of the basketball team, Gene Drummond and Larry McPherson, were also from our class. Barbara Kennard was an addition to the cheering squad, also Ginny Hinson from last year. Our class officers for the year were: Norman Puckett, president, Gene Drum- mond, vice-president, Ginny Hinson, secretary, Betty looney, treasurer, and Bar- bara Kennard, news reporter. Ginny Hinson was elected to represent the sophomore class on the queen's court and was proud to accept the honor. Mr. Taylor was our advisor and a very wise one. We ordered our class rings the latter part of April and hope to get them soon after school begins in September of '54. l8

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CLASS HISTORY cont. Our advisor for the year was again Mr. Taylor. That man must be made of iron to stand up under such a strain as he's been under for the last two years. On September 6, l955, sixteen seniors returned to take that last long step toward achieving that long awaited diploma. Our class officers were: Norman Puckett, president, Earl Sollars, vice-presi- dentp Barbara Kennard, secretary, Jay Hill, treasurer, Ginny Hinson, news re- porter. As the undergrads will soon realize, seniors are always busy. First of all comes your studies which must not bogg down and then watch-out because that's only the beginning. Football was underway almost as soon as school was in progress. This was the first year for Darby's six-man team and we were very proud of our boys for tying with Pickaway and Jackson for third place in the league. Larry McPherson and WayneWilliams were in there bucking away for Darby from our class. The annual Circleville Pumpkin Show soon was upon us and the student body elected Ginny Hinson from our class to represent our school as Miss Darby . It is a wonderful honor to be chosen and Ginny was more than pleased. Basketball flew in and Darby was off to another fairly successful season. The seniors onthe varsity were: .lay Hill, Norman Puckett, and Larry McPherson. Our homecoming game found Betty Looney being elected as the charming queen from our class and Ginny Hinson as our senior attendant. Sally Hicks, Barbara Kennard, and Ginny Hinson also managed to hold down the iob of being cheerleaders for their last year. Other than giving the freshmen a wiener roast and skating party at Grove City for initiation, our activities were limited. However, we did manage to put on a very successful play entitled Whiz Kids , under the excellent supervision of Mr. Charles Meacham. lt drew a fine crowd and also money which was the main idea. Mr. Taylor was again our advisor by request and since he has done so much to help'our class through the last three years, we decided to dedicate our T955-56 yearbook to him. And so winds up the Class History of the Seniors of the 1955-56 Class. May all the remaining pupils in high school have the fun and gain the knowledge that we have acquired while attending 'dear ole Darby'. Ginny Hinson 20