Harrison High School - Vista Yearbook (Harrison, OH)

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H.H.S. Alumni Histor The H.H.S. Alumni Association was or- ganized in i883 by the classes of '81 and '82 under the direction of superin- tendent E. C. Ellis. A reception was given for the Class '83 and a Reunion of Alumni and Reception for the new class have been held each year since. At every Reunion, the pro- gram has been opened with the singing of The Students' Reunion and has closed with Auld Lang Syne. Every five years, a history of the Alumni has been read. The members have kept up their interest in the school, and have accomplished many things for its welfare. ln l906 they presented a beautiful silk flag and Green and White Banner and twice since have renewed this gift. ln l9l6 in order to save the First Grade Charter, a sufficient amount of equip- ment was bought to start the Manual Training Department, and the following year, the Domestic Science Department was given its start. From that time on the school board took charge. A School Improvement Fund was raised by means of entertainment by the mem- bers and many gifts were made to the High School including additions to the H. S. Library and a mimeograph for the office. The Alumni Honor Roll containing the names of twenty-eight members who en- tered the regular service, and sixteen who ioined the Students' Training Corps in World War I was framed and hung in the Study Hall. Of this number eight were commissioned officers. The Roll also has the names of two trained nurses, Es- tella O'Rourke, l899, and Myrtle Tracey, l9l3, in service during the war. In World War ll there were two hundred thirty-three Alumni in service, of whom. i7 made the supreme sacrifice.'There was also a large number from our com- munity who served in the Korean War. Since 1881, many have received H.H.S. diplomas, and have gone to the for parts of the earth, many more have es- tablished homes in various parts of their own country. Page One Hundred One

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Harrison High School Alumni Association Founded In I883 FIRST PRESIDENT-EDITH M. CONVERSE President .............,.... Margery A. Platt Secretary .... ,.... B etty Powers Meyers Treasurer ....44...,...,. Frank B. Roudebush Committees Arrangement For 75th Anniversary Miss Mary A. Curran KHonorary Choirmanl Mrs. Alma Lawyer John Weber Russell W. Adams Ruth Zimmerman Byron Rupp Esther Stout Joseph Fisher CPubIicityJ Prggram Cgmmittee Refreshment COl11l11lttee Katherine Roudebugh Hum Catherine Yeager Roudebush Mabel Schaumloeftel MOFY Minges RC1ClClifl Vista Committee Meridel Barker Eckel lEditorl Betty Powers Meyer Martha Jacob, Program For The Day - May 28, l955 - Diamond Jubilee Celebration Buffet Supper Variety Show Business Meeting Cutting Diamond Jubilee Cake Receiving the 75th Class of 1955 Lunch and Visiting Page One Hundred

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WE WOULD LIKE TO PAY TRIBUTE TO OUR OLD- EST GRAUATE, MISS MARY CURRAN, WHO GRAD- UATED 75 YEARS AGO, BY PUBLISHING TWO THINGS SHE IS PROUD OF BEING A PART IN. The Community Recreation Center During World War l, the Community Council was organized to do welfare work for the men in service. The war ended but the Council con- tinued its good work. Realizing the great need of the schools for playgrounds, more than seven acres of ground were purchased south of Broad- way and with S1560 for its improvement were donated to the Harrison Public School District, to be maintained as a community recreation center for any purpose that would not interfere with the activities of the school. This is considered one of the most important achievements of the Council, with Mr. B. F. Riese, as president, Miss Mary A. Curran, secretary, and Mr. Val J. Meade as treasurer. To this ground the lots bordering on Broad- way were added by the Board of Education, giving Harrison one of the tinest recreation cen- ters in the County, and proving to be an im- portant factor in assuring the centralization of the schools in Harrison Township. Harrison Library In l888, K. D. Blake, Superintendent of the Harrison Public School called the attention of the people to the need ot a Recreation and Reading Room for the young people of the town. In re- sponse, volunteer solicitors under the direction of Dr. J. R. Marvin called on the citizens, and received a generous response. The use ot the Universalist Church building Know the property of the United Brethreni was secured from the Ohio State Universalist Society, at Akron, Ohio. A private library association donated a very well selected collection of books, and with the aid ot the girls in the H.H.S. graduating class of 1890 the Reading Roorn was managed for two years. The building was then purchased from the Universalist Society and donated to the Harrison Village Council on condition that they would maintain a Free Public Library. The Village Coun- Page One Hundred Two cil sold the building to the United Brethren, ana maintained a Village Library in the City Hall from I892 to I900. The Mayor acted as President of the Library Board, Dr. J. P. Marvin, a mem- ber, Miss Mary A. Curran was secretary, and Miss Nellie Curran was librarian. When in l900, the Cincinnati Public Library was given authority by the state to take over the county, a survey revealed that Harrison had one of the two Village Libraries in Hamilton County, Wyoming having the other, and those villages received the first two Cincinnati Branch Libraries. Miss Curran was retained by the Cincinnati Li- brary Board as Branch Librarian until she retired in I946. She was succeeded by Mrs. Virginia Schrieber and later by Miss Henrietta Beesley, the very efficient present librarian.