Hicksville High School - Hixonian Yearbook (Hicksville, OH)

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SENIOR CLI-XSS i-IISTORY As the opening night of our enormous play draws near, we experience mixed emotions of gladness and regret. Our years of rehearsing together are soon to be ended as we approach our Commencement and prepare ourselves for a still greater production in which we shall be enacting characters of various types. When we 'tried-out' for parts in this massive production as first grade students, we knew little of what lay ahead but now we know only this--tha.t every day brought with it new experiences, joys, and enlightenments. The insignificant little programs with which we struggled, the music concerts we presented and our unforgettable operetta, 'Under the Greenwood Tree'--all of these are very dim memories but we think of them with the same tender thoughts that we will soon apply to our more important activities of the present. After passing those inevitable, fearful experiences of a Freshman, we became very enthusiastic about high school. However, this and the Sophomore year proved to be quite uneventful in com- parison to the Junior year. Our first activity was the incomparable play, 'fPeck's Bad Boy . Our next task was the editing of the Spoondrift with the aim of making it superior to previous ones. A f'Starlight Roof' was the theme we used for the junior-Senior Banquet in May which we sponsored as a farewell to the Class of '46. And thus we come to the final dramatic act--staged during our Senior year at Hicks- ville High School. From the very first we worked together harmoniously in the edit- ing of the Hixonian. On New Year's Eve we were sponsors of a formal program dance which proved to be a splendid success. This year the general trend of senior activities was somewhat changed. Instead of the customary Carnival following our traditional Coronation Ceremonies, A Senior Variety Show was presented. At our Class Play, the myster-comedy-drama, The Spider's Webf, we held the audience spell-bound and terror-stricken, throughout. The most festive of all occasions was the Junior-Senior Banquet in May. The Class of '48 sponsored a magnificent supper, program and dance for us with a theme predominating. Now we are fully prepared for the climax of this eventful production--the Graduation Ceremonies and the Bac- calaureate Services. The class valedictorian and salutatorian expressed the senti- ments of the graduates of the Class of '47 in their addresses on May 21. Before the curtain falls there is always the ffdenouementn,--the ending--and ours was a happy ending. The entire class with its sponsors and chaperons journeyed on an excursion to Chicago. The planned tours, the stage plays,--every major and minor incident are all experiences which we shall never forget. It was all a very appropriate finale for so great a production. And now as a ffcurtain call , we, the leading charac- ters of this play, wish to whole-heartedly thank each and every one of our sponsors and producers who have helped and guided us through the years with their untiring efforts. Whatever fame or success we may achieve in the future may we say Uwe owe it all to the teachers and H. H. S. Sponsored by Fidelity Printing Service

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RKOMP'l'ERS MR. PAUL DAVIS Besides being one of our Senior Class ad- visors, Mr. Davis teaches three science classes-- biology, chemistry, and physics--and is the ad- visor of our school annual, the Hixonian. He attended college at Huntington and received his B. S. degree at the University of Michigan SFNIOK CLASS ADVISORS MR. ROGER CHANEY Mr. Chaney, our other important Senior Class advisor, had -extensive training in Ohio State University where he received a B.S. degree in both Commerce and Education. Mr. Chaney teaches eighth grade civics and industrial arts. Sponsored by The Purity Bakery

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'mv was 5 Q 2 Nu-f ' -urxf' MAIN Ci-If-XI ACTERS LOIS ATEN Loey' 'fLife is a mirror, if you frown at it, it frowns back, if you smile, it returns the greeting? Track lg G.A.A. 1,4g Band 2,3,4g Chorus 1,2,3,4g Student Council 3,43 Latin Club 1,2,4g 4-H 1,23 Girl Scouts 1,25 Camera Club 2, Declamation Contest 45 Sr. Class Play, Court, Spoondriftg Hixonian. IOHN H. BAILY Jack 'fHaste makes waste. Baseball 1,23 Football 3,45 Commercial Club 43 Boy Scouts 1,2. BONNIE BAINBRIDGE 'Bonnie B' Many receive advice, only the wise profit by it. Chorus 1,3,4g Girls Glee Club 23 Commercial Club 3,4g Office Girl 33 Librarian 1, Orchestra 15 Ir. Class Play, Spoondriftg Hixonian . KARL D. BALSER 'GALLSTONEW Today is tomorrow's yesterday. Basketball 1,2,3,4g Baseball 1,2,3,4g Chorus 1,2g Com- mercial Club 4. MARY ELLEN BELL 'Mary Bell' 'fTo do a thing that's left undone, brings peace of mind to everyone. CommercialClub3,4gLatin Club 1,25 4-H 1,2,3,4g Office Girl 4, Court, Spoondriftg Hixonian. Sponsored by The Palace of Sweets . if A lr ,ufv .1 h x. Q 5 VSBIF we Q ' if vi f. ,Q Q A ,J Q , .. -Q