Dover High School - Swirl Yearbook (Dover, OH)

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SENIORS OF 1941 All that can happen in a thousand days. That's the way the Stage manager in the Senior-Thespian play Our Town philosophically put it. Now as Seniors we can look back on the last four years and knowingly answer, Yes, it certainly can. For indeed over 1400 days ago, approximately 240 of us falteringly stepped into the halls of a brand new adventure. Our High School career had begun. We found ourselves in the outmoded classrooms of the old high school, which is now a wing of our new building, making best of the crowded conditions. Being new to the job, not much was heard of our class until we went into partnership with the Sophomores and sponsored a most successful dance, The Frosh-Soph Hop. The Executive duties were put in the hands of five of our most capable students. Bobby Espenschied was elected President; Corkey Jones, Vice President; Lera Hart, Secretary and Treasurer; Dale Schwartz, Assembly Representative; and Peggy Warther, class historian, the latter to serve throughout our four years in high school. Already some of our fellow Froshies had started on the road to a popular career both in sports and in the classroom. You can recall that it was during this year that the first idea for outdoor graduating exercises in the form of a pageant was conceived. Our class did much toward the success of this, the first pageant. Our Sophomore year was our last year in the old building for after the alert c tizens of Dover realized the need for a larger high school, they quickly authorized the building of a new ultra modern school. Due to this, our second year in high school was a rushed affair because school was to be let out the last of April to make way for the construction of our Dream School. This cut short many of our activities; however we made up for it with our class assembly program of that year. We took the school on A tour of Hollywood which included our never-to-be-forgotten version of Cinderella. Remember Bill Weible, Dick Leaders, and Bobby Espenschied as the sisters; June Wagner as the naggy mother; Corkey Jones as the fairy Godmother, and Bobby Brucks as Cinderella herself? The school as a result of this display of talent in our program, sat up and began to notice the activities of the Sophomore Class. Responsible for our activities that year were John Lombardo, our President; Kenny Miller, Vice President; June Wagner, Secretary and Treasurer, and Dale Renner, our Assembly Representative. We looked forward with great anticipation to our Junior year, our first in the New Building! We were somewhat disappointed upon returning to school for our third year to find that the school was not yet completed. Classes were held under severe handicaps. We met in half finished rooms and partially constructed halls. It was nothing new occasionally to find one foot in a box of cement. However, by the beginning of the second semester, the school settled down to a normal routine, and we began to use the advantages of our new educational plant for our benefit. Officers this year were Gene Donato, President; John Lombardo, Vice President; Ruth Judy, Secretary and Treasurer, and Bobby Espenschied, Assembly Representative. Our most outstanding achievement of that year was the staging of our Prom. When we were told that the Prom was to be held in the every day surroundings of the girls' gym, we were taken aback, for we felt that the biggest dance of the year could not be held successfully within our own school walls. An efficient Prom committee was appointed much to the satisfaction of all. The Banquet was held in the school cafeteria after which everyone retired to the beautifully decorated girls' gym to spend the remainder of the evening in dancing. The gym was decorated like a garden complete with white picket fence, garden benches, rocks, moss and ground. Dim blue lighting reflected on dogwood, creating elusive lights and darks, completed the highly effective scene. We suddenly found ourselves face to face with our last year in school. This would be the zenith of our entire school career. None of us can doubt that this has been our most successful year. As we like to put it, Class of '41,' the most active yet. We certainly have cause to feel thusly too, for every one of our undertakings have proved most successful. On the gridiron, after a slow start, the Crimson Tornado found itself and finished the season on the Win Column. Our Senior year could have been termed a success after Thanksgiving, for we defeated our rivals, New Phi la in the annual Turkey Day Game. We then

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CLASSES Our life in high school is lived in the mad rush of six different classes. The lower classmen, namely, seventh, eighth, and ninth grade, are the recipients of frequent forceful visits to the drinking fountains and the victims of embarrassing situations of being in the wrong rooms at the right time. Being novices in the routine of high school life, they sometimes find school life wearisome when heckled by the veterans of high school. The upperclassmen know, for they were in those uneasy shoes once themselves. Besides burning the midnight oil in search of higher knowledge, these youthful citizens of Dover High have stepped into the soc:al swing of things. Perhaps the most outstanding undertaking of these classes was the sponsoring of a lower classmen dance by section 8-3. A Declaration of Independence plaque, which was purchased with the proceeds of this dance, was presented to the school. We certainly appreciate this gift. The main social event of the tenth year class was a skating party. That evening many dignified Sophomores were seen quite unwillingly dusting the floor. Hats off to the Juniors! They were very active this year. Not only did they promote a splendid Prom, but they also presented a rollicking assembly program which introduced the enormous talent of their class. The Seniors, proud of their past social records, again staged two successful parties. A barn dance for Seniors, only, was a tremendous success, and the Senior Strut showed evidence of their ability to stage gay events. This class is proud of the clever decorations they have made for all their social events, and they are now looking forward to the greatest event of all—graduation. 19 Above: President of the six classes: Senior—Jack Graham, Junior—James Shea, Sophomore— Jack Swinderman, Freshman—Robert Preston, Eighth—Ralph Welsh, Seventh—Joe Richardson.

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held a hilarious Barn Party at the Clan Farm, near the close of the first semester. It was complete from straw, cider and doughnuts, to the Virginia Reel. There was 100% attendance and no one could say he did not have a good time. Our gift to the school was the presentation of an electric scoreboard, at the beginning of the basketball season. Incidentally our basketball squad was considered among the first four in the state this year by the state's sports authorities. The Senior Class and Thespian Club formed a partnership and staged the Broadway hit, “Our Town. During the past four years several of our ranks have distinguished themselves outside of our school as well as in. Margaret Rieker has repeatedly been acclaimed for her magnificent handling of the marimba. June Wagner received the honor of being placed on the All State cast at the Ohio Speech contest for her role in Auf Weidersehn. On the gridiron our Senior representatives were: Vince Pre-trella, Ray Mathews, Jack Graham, Jack Marsh, Dick Leaders, Tony Cercone, Joe Ross, Fred Barkley, Jerome Clark, Jim Willis, Don Moore, and Kenny Miller. Two of our class members were placed on the honorable mention list of the All State basketball team. They were Jim Willis and Tom Becker. Voin Boich returned to the court after an injury; Bob Jenkins, a new comer; Joe Ross, Bob Barcus and Floyd Shutt, all were members of the Varsity squad. Thus ends a chapter in our life. We have been taught, and now our job will be to go out and make use of our education. The inspiration which Dover High has placed before us will always be a dominant factor in our futures. Five classmates have been instrumental in the success of our Senior year in high school. They are Jack Graham, our President; Armand Corsi, Vice President; Kenny Miller, Secretary and Treasurer; Corkey Jones, assembly representative; and Peggy Warther, Historian. To lead us through our Senior year we searched for a capable leader and found him in Jack Graham. Graney, as he is nick-named, has been end on the varsity football squad for two years. He climaxed his football career by scoring the last touchdown of the season against New Phila in our last game of the season. He is also quite a pugilist. Jack has conducted our class meetings and has handled the executive duties exceptionally well. Armand Corsi was elected to act as Jack's assistant, and he has capably filled the position. One of our future “Louis Pastures, Armand is the possessor of a magnetic smile. He is very active in extracurricular activities and is a member of the National Honor Society. The financial secretary of the class of 1941 was Kenny Miller. Outstanding in football and particularly in basketball, Kenneth had the misfortune of being injured during the gridiron season and was forced to miss the majority of our basketball games. Each class appoints a representative to act on an assembly committee, which arranges all assembly programs for the year. The Senior representative this year was Corkey Jones. He will also be in charge of our long awaited Senior Day Assembly. Peggy Warther was elected to the position of Class Historian in our freshman year and has capably recorded every turn and move our class has made. Above, left to right: Jack Graham, President; Armand Corsi, Vice President; Robert Jones, Assembly Representative; Peggy Warther, Historion; Kenneth Miller, Secretary and Treasurer. 21