Hicksville High School - Hixonian Yearbook (Hicksville, OH)

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Ilixonian ELL.-K lit I-1RFI'l I'-FABEIR, Mendota. Illinois A living nu-nilver. Class of lllfil Fiftieth Anniversary of lllCiGP3dl1Hli0ll of the First Class of the Hicksville High School lvhen the Class of l88l graduated. the members and their friends were undoubtedly more interested in their present iMTCOIIllJllSlllll6I1l than they were of the future work of the school. A start had been made, for the school had graduated its Hrst class. The course was limited but a group of three had gone forth well prepared and had opened the way for the many who were to follow. Since 1881, eight hundred and twenty-nine have followed the steps of these pioneers and it has meant much to society as well as to the members themselves. Boys and girls have gone forth better enabled to meet life's problems and have won thereby. Society has received them and has been helped by the new growth and the inspiration given. Now members of the alumni are scattered from the Atlantic to the Paeihc and their influence has been felt in foreign lands. In meeting on the golden alniiyersary one cannot measure the influence exerted by the Alumni of Hicksville High School.. llc-ad the following list and judge for yourself the coutributioii each has given to the world at large. 17

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a 9 SENIOR SWAN SONG Twelve years ago a group of youngsters, clad in the characteristic ging- hams and tattered trousers, embarked upon the sea of ciphers and A B Cs in the Hicksville Public School. Previous to this historical event the minds of these sturdy specimens of childhood had been instilled with somewhat hideous stories concerning teach- ers and their habits-those habits including practically everything dreadful. It was only natural that these rather timid 6'students, insistent believers of Mother Goose, should learn to fear the personage behind the desk. With this fear, in time, became coupled a sense of dislike. Throughout eight years this same group of people insisted that teachers should be disliked. Then inevitably high school opened wide its gates, the ginghams and tat- tered trousers cast aside, the group now sixty strong became Freshmen. It was then that a change became apparent. Ideas were broadened, plans were made, school life became really interesting. Above all, the Freshmen changed their ideas concerning the personage behind the desk, that was really the most important thing that happened. Teachers became human, they were not merely machines wielding books and rods. Instead they were those people to whom one could go when lessons were difficult. Wheii some trouble arose that seemed unusually heavy, it was always a teacher who was willing to relieve one of the burden. We, the Senior Class of l93l, were those who wore the ginghams and tat- tered trousersg we were the group who developed such ungrateful ideas con- cerning teachersg we were also those Freshmen who changed those very ideas. After four years of applying our newly acquired attitude toward the teachers we realize what the word teacher really means. Our high school days are soon to become merely pleasant memories and as we go we want every teacher to know how much we really appreciate their patience. their helpfulness and many little kindnesses that we have found so plentiful in the personages be- hind the desk. 16

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a 9 ALUMNI 1881 S11P1iRlN'l'ENDEN'l' 'l'. Rizizsto h1lI.I.l:,0N Nora Farmer-Shepherd ldeceased P . Ella Everett-Faber. Mendota, lll. Mary Sinn-Kinlnont ldeceased t . 1882 SUPERIN'l'END1lNT T. Russia: lV.lILLIQON Viola Smith 1 deceased i . Lillie Gorgas-Pettit, Hicksville, Ohio. Ahneda Platter-Bilderback ideceasedl. Edwin L. Clay. Perrysliurg, Ohio. 1884 A SttPt:n1N'rEND1:N'r C. A. Frm: Ella Wleaver-Clay. Perrysburg, Ohio. 1885 Srnfi:inN'i'i:NnrN'1' C. W. Prn:T'rYMAN Kale M. Meek. Pasadena. Calif. Carrie G. Brown ldeceasedt. Belle Bittenour Gottfried Falls Cit Ore. ' 1 Y- Jennie Otis-Williams, Kendallville, ind. 1886 SI 1'1iR1N'l'1'IND1iN'l' C. Ptu:'r'rvm.w Angie O. NVright-Ltter. Modesto, Calif. Ada Platter-Lash tdeceasedt. Laura llarnilton-Wesner. Oberlin, Ohio. Luther Wesner ldeceased ,t . Bernice llollinger-llill, Syracuse, N. Y. Grace Correll-Baker, Pasadena, Calif. Laura Wesner, Mulberry, Ind. Georgia Brown-Millinten, Edon, Ohio. George Lily. Toledo, Ohio. .l. Sender Hull. Hicksville, Ohio. , 1893 SItri:nIT1zNln:N'r W. E. BOWMAN Minnie Bose-Thompson. Detroit, Mich. Mary Smith-Seihold, Detroit, Mich. Nellie Wilderson. Elyria, Ohio. Grace Crary-Deardorf, North Judson, 1m Fred Umbenhauer. Columbus, Ohiop 1894 Sum:RIN'1'axnr:NT W. A. SALTER Lulu .lump-Conard, Hicksville, Ohio. Effie Horn-Clark. Hieksvile. Ohio. l. Lucy Higgins-Guerney, Devils Lake, Mich. Harriet Correll'I'lawkins. Toledo. Ohio. Cornelia Davis-Griflith, South Bend, lnd. .lenny Lilly-Rowan fdeceasedi. Ella Loomis tdeceased P. Anna Martin ldeeeasedt . Nettie Nicholasvllahlewitz frletweasedl . Mary Shanklin. Waterloo, lnd. Pearl Ackley-Patterson tunknowu 1. A 1895 1881 SnPER1N'1'r:Nm:NT W. A. SALHLR SUPERlN'I'ENDENT S- S- LUTZ l n Florence Coulter-Gage tdeceasedt. Elilillbelll .l0l'd8H Clflllgh, UHIOH C1115 P3-. Mercy Wright-Deiliel, Detroit, Mich. Susie Ainsworth-Hardesty, Monrovia, Calif. Harry V' Wilsoll. Hamilton, Qmarioi Ida Correll-Culler tdeceasedi. Frank Milliman ldeceagedr, Nettie Wlilson-Xvesner tdeceasedb . 1896 1888 SUPr:tnN1'ENnENT S. S. LUTZ Olive LaRue-Austen, Angola. Ind. Della Maxwell-Hilbert. Hicksville, Ohio. Gertrude Miller-Ackley tdeceased I . Charles B. Brown fdeceasedi. Maud Meek-Hood fdeceasedft. Mercy E. Coulter-Dorsey ldeceasedi . V 1889 SlI1'1iltlN'1'ENI1ENT S. S. Lurz Anna Meek, Evanstone, lll. Carrie Meek-Huton, Evan:-stone, Ill. Edgar J. Correll. Chicago, ill. May Beadle-Glasmire, Ilicksville, Ohio. Ella Duncon-Mitchell, Columbus, Ohio. Nellie Crowl-Haney, Decatur, 1nd. Dora Batchelor-Deedley. Nvoodward. Okla. 1890 Stn'En1Ti:NDEN'r W. E. BOWMAN Samuel A. Jordan, Cincinnati, Ohio. Minnie Ridenour-Bricker, Hicksville, Ohio. Ada Conard-Hood, Alpena, Mich. Eva Nichols-Landis, Atlanta. Ga. Curtis Overholt. Ada, Ohio. . 1891 glTP1fIltl'I'ENDEN'I' W. E. BOWMAN Mable Umbenhauer-Mundhenk, Toledo, Ohio. Fordyce F. Richards, Portland, Ore. 1892 qlTPERl'l'l-INDENT W. E. Bowman: Edith Batchelor-Gregg, Liseruses, N. Mex. SIJPERINTENDENT W. A. SALT!-:R V Clara Maxwell-Mastin, Hicksvile, Ohio Minta Moore-Banks. Hicksville. Ohio. Oris Rodocker, Hicksville, Ohio. Estella Hoffman-Katzenmeyer, Bowling Green. Ohio. Williarii Dalrymple fdeceasedl . Estell A. Lilly tdetreasedt. Mary Nichols. Seattle, Wash. 1897 SIIl'l4IltlN'l'lSNUENT W. A. SAl.'l'1-LR lrene Hayes-Pinkerton. Bryan. Ohio. 1Vilberta NVilliains-Conrad, Kendallville. ind Leone Reaser-Kenison, Battle Creek, Mich. Harriet Parker-Jaineson, Battle Creek, Mich Bertha Wright fdeceased P. ' 1898 SttPr:n1N'1'r:Nm:M' W. A. SALTER IS Jessie Wetzel-Wilson, Hicksville, Ohio. 1lla Ferris-Correll, Hicksville, Ohio. Rena Wilson-Morris, Battle Creek. Mich. Mabel Wyckoff-Dixon, Wajamega, Mich Nellie Barnett-Maxwell, Racine, Wis. Herbert C. Tannehill, Muskegon, Mich. Ora Rose fdeceasedi. Carle J. Boester. St. Louis. Mo. Ethel Coulter-Smith, Rolla, Mo. Virginia Batchelor-Needles. Glendyte. Ca Martha Nicholls-Stanley, Buffalo, N. Y. Della Berger-Cole' fdeceasedl . Edna Parker-Troy. Schenectady. N. Y. lif.