Grafton High School - Graftonian Yearbook (Grafton, OH)

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(Mass Jlistorg As the day approached for us to start to school, our Mothers willingly accompanied us to the new building, which was located at the end of Mechanic Street. Miss Tran had the trouble of teaching us the Three R’g’. During the second grade, we still gave Miss Tran nothing but trouble, but after a few months of this, she finally got used to us. This year Emery Strah withdrew from our class. In our third year, Miss Adams took the responsibility off Miss Tran’s shoulders. She taught us how to tell time and all the multi- plication tables, which were hard to understand at the time. This year we were pleased to add to our class John Reynolds and Ethel Curley. As we passed into the fourth grade, Miss Adams again was our teacher. This year Darrell Hill and Raymond Kemp entered our class. For the fifth and sixth grades we went into another room. Now, we had Miss Knechtges for our teacher. We welcomed Dorothy Drachen- berg, Thomas Blackburn, and Kathleen Totter. We said Goodbye” to Ruth Scholl, and Devona Myers, who moved to Birmingham and Ridgeville respectively, and to Darrell Hill, Raymond Kemp and at the end of the year to Kathleen Totter. Seventh grade found us kids all excited because of the fact, that we were upstairs and had the use of the lockers. We said ‘Good- bye” to Ethel Curley, and said Hello” to Theron Snyder and Joyce Butdorf. The eighth grade found us still not used to being upstairs, but gradually we got over it. During the course of the year, Joyce Butdorf entertained the class with several parties. At the close of the year we said Farewell”to the Bolte twins, Gertrude and Betty. Tom Blackburn also left us to attend St. Ignatius in Cleveland. The Freshman year found us electing class officers and discus- sing ways to make money for our class, Miss Miller was our advisor. The initiation party that was given us by the Sophomores caused much fun and to most of us embarrassment. We welcomed into our class Myron Grott, while Joyce Butdorf moved to Seville, Ohio. We gave the Sophomores a return party, for the initiation, in form of aweiner roast at Willow Park. The Sophomore year wasn’t so full of exciting things to do. We did select or class rings, and gave a playlet for an assembly program. This year Dick Porter and Sam McGrew came to our class. Dick came to us from LaGrange, and Sam came to us from Shawnee, Ohio. When we entered the eleventh grade we encountered many new activ- ities. The selling of pop and popcorn at all of our home basketball and football games kept us busy. Our dances and skating parties added to the enjoyment of us Juniors as well as our schoolmates. Then, our classplay, ‘Damsels in Distress”, which was directed by Mrs. Finlayson , was produced. Finally came our prize activity, the Junior and Senior Prom, which was held in our auditorium. The auditorium was decorated in such a fashion that it took rolls and rolls of crepe paper and many packages of straight pins. We mention these because of the great scarcity of that much needed commodity, not mentioning all the work and worry for the Juniors. The theme was “ Starlight Frolic”. The gym was divided into two parts, one was for the dining room and the other for dancing. They were made by aqua colored crepe paper for the walls and ceiling, with silver stars sprinkled here and there. Over the dance band was a Big Dipper made of our silvered stars. Our class, with Mrs. Finlayson, spent many hours during the evenings be- fore the Prom in preparation. Our own mothers prepared the delicious banquet. The Prom was held on May 17th, and was greatly appreciated and en- joyed by the Seniors and faculty, who were our guests for the evening. Music was presented for our pleasure by Henry Dolomore’s orchestra.

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|8atcalaur at ORDER of SERVICE Processional................. ............ Miss Joan Fischer Now tije Day is Over”.......................Joseph Bamby Mixed Chorus Invocation............................The Rev. P.J. Ferron Scripture Reading ................... The Rev. P.J. Ferron “Prayer Perfect ..........................Ervive j. Stenson Girls’ Glee Club AddreSS ............................. The Rev. Harold Willman “Ave Maria”.....................................Franz Schubert Theresa Cordy Benediction...........................The Rev. P.J. Ferron Recessional ............................. Miss Joan Fischer program “Hail Hornets”..................................E. Chenette Hi Ah School Band Processional..............................High School Band Invocation............................The Rev. John Foster Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag....................Audience “Spring Festival Overture”......................C. w. Johnson High School Band Introduction of Speaker . . . . . .Principal Edna F inlay son Address.....................................webs ter G. Simon “Young Africa Marcl?”...............................E. Weber High School Band Presentation of GlaSS ............... Superintendent B.B. Cox Presentation of Diplonjas.................Mr. Benjamin Smith President of Board of Education Benediction . . Honor Band Marcb Glass Reception ............. The Rev. Harold Willman .................................Weber High School Band ................ Stage of Auditorium

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At the close of the school year we said ‘Good-bye’ to Pat Spanski and Sam McGrew. Now, as Seniors, we are all surprised and happy to see that we have finally reached this goal. We look back over the years and see the brighter side of most of the incidents, that at the time were em- barrassing. The pleasure of working on the Purple and Gold for pub- lication, the dances that we held in the gym, the work on the annual was also fun. We had our individual pictures taken at Indicott’s in Elyria. The Dramatic Club play, A Credit to the Family”, directed by Mrs. Finlayson, and the Senior Class play, 'Something Old, Something New”,again directed by Mrs. Finlayson, were among our last activities. The three most important events of our last year were the Junior and Senior Prom, Baccalaureate, and the most important of all, Com- mencement Day. It was there, that we said our last ‘Good-bye’s’ to the teachers and our classmates. Remembering all of the fun and hard- ships that we have been through together in the past twelve years, and appreciating the foundation for better living which we have been helped to lay, we shall always strive for perfection. Shortly after graduation we were married. Fifteen years passed, my husband was promoted to be an executive with The Larson Foundry Company. Because my husband had to go to the West Coast on a business trip we decided to combine business and pleasure. As we were passing through Sidney, Ohio, we noticed Albaugh’s Meat Market was having a grand opening, so we stopped. As we entered the store Phyllis rushed up to greet us. After we had talked for a while we learned that she is happily married and has a nice home and two darling children. From Sidney we went down to LaGrange, Georgia, where we heard Florence Hudson is living with her husband and four sons on a huge cotton plantation. She looked quite happy and she told us that she and her husband were doing well. We may add she was quite happy to see us. When we arrived at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to stay a few days in the Capital City, we heard that one of my old classmates, Jim Anderson, has a large and thriving plumbing business. We were quite anxious to see Jim so we looked up his address in the phone book. When we ar- rived at the address we saw a beautiful store. We went in and asked for Jim. We were taken to his office which was very luxurious. Jim was very happy to see us. He told us that he has this office in the winter and in the summer he had another one in Cleveland. He said he has a lovely home and likes Baton Rouge. After a few days of site seeing we left for Sweetwater, Texas, where, Jim said, Jo Boise owns a ‘‘Dude Ranch.” When we arrived Jo asked us to be her guests. We gladly accepted her gracious invitation. She has a lovely place. We enjoyed our stay so much, for everyday there was something new to see and do. Our time was getting short and we had to leave. Jo was glad to see us and asked us to come again next year. Our next stop was Albuquerque, New Mexico, where Ken had some bus- iness matters to attend to. While we were there we attended a lecture on Pre Historic Man. To our surprise Dr. William Ward Knechtges was the main speaker. After the lecture we congratulated Ward on his mag- nificent address. He was quite pleased to see us, as we were, him.