Hicksville High School - Hixonian Yearbook (Hicksville, OH)

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Mr. Ri}2ger instructed the seniors for the last time as they crowded the hall to find their march- ing partners. Baccalaureate and Commencement Held on May 25 LEFT: Tom Th ' iel checked Scott Cromwell ' s rose to see that it was securely fastened. ABOVE: Nancy Aieek cind Ron Poper marched solemnly through the crowd to take their places before the stage. 27

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Sixty Awards Presented to Seniors UPPER LEFT: Reverend Lloyd Tiirnbiill. President of Hicksville Parents and Teachers Association, pre- sented the PTA Scholarship Award to Marsha Fields. UPPER RIGHT: B,U Pepple iras presented a letter of commendation by PO Morse of the U. S. Navy. LEFT: S per n endent White awarded Scott Cromwell with a State Achievement Award Certificate. LOWER LEFT: Mary Camp was presented by Mrs. Wise a certificate for a scholarship sponsored by the North Western Electric Co-op. LOWER RIGHT: Mrs. Wise awarded Diane Timbrook the first scholarship spon- sored by the Business and Professional Women of Hicksville. 26

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Commencement Finalized Activities of the Class Breaking precedent, the 1969 senior class voted to have Baccalaureate and Commence- ment on the same day. May 25. Reverend E. Maynard Powell gave the Baccalaureate ser mon, entitled With an Eagle ' s Eye. The eighty-eighth annual Commencement began as sixty-nine seniors marched down the aisle for the last time as HHS students. Follow- ing the invocation given by Reverend J. Paul Hill, Kathy Phillips, junior class vice president, introduced Salutatorian Diane Timbrook. The class motto, The Future is not in the Hands of Fate, but in Ourselves, was the theme of her talk. Valedictorian Mary Camp, introduced by Jim Turnbull, Student Council representative for the junior class, spoke on the practical appli- cation of education. Honorable Charles F. Kurfess, Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives, was the guest speaker. He gave to the Class of 1969 a Pass- port to a Greater Challenge. A junior quintet sang the class song, The Impossible Dream. Mr. Harold Ringer, Princi- pal, presented the Class of 1969 to Mr. William Cleland, President of the Board of Education, who then handed the diplomas to the seniors. Pins were awarded to twelve students in recog- nition of their high academic standing. Ruth Miller, touring Europe as a member of a national cast of Up With People, was not present to receive her diploma. ABOVE RIGHT: Salutatorian Diane Timbrook spoke on the theme of the class motto. ABOVE MIDDLE: Honorable Charles F. K nfess gave to the Class of 1969 a Passport to a Greater Challenge. LOWER RIGHT: Valedictorian Mary Camp based her address on the values of education. 28