Holmes Liberty High School - Oriole Yearbook (Bucyrus, OH)

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fLeft to Flghty Albert Schlfer, Rolla D Webster Supt Ezeklel Dlaber Jess Mutohler, Mllford Kennedy, Charles Splegel THE BOARD OF EDUCATION The Holmes Llberty communlty IS proud of lts school boards both past and present and the1r flne records and many aohlevements Thelr efforts, along w1th those of other members of the COmmUn1ty have caused Holmes L1b erty school to be ranked among the best 1n 1ts class The Off1C6PS of the present board, whlch began 1ts work 1n January of thls year are Presldent Ezellel Dalber Clerk Charles Splegel The board whlch served duxl the f1FSt half of the school year con S1St9d of Chester Eppley PFfS1dG1 EZ611O1 D1 ber Vlce Presldent Charles Kocher O F Sponscller Albert Sthifer, and Alma Bates Clerk . . . - , . . , - . A . 7 . 1 , . . 4 . . . . I . , - . m U , : ' . . . . . . C' ' Vice President . . . Jess Mutchler ' , 5 'l lt, 1'4 'a , ' ' , J ' ' - 'L A 1 ' V , . 4 O J

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scnoop -I-TTSTORY In 1922 the people of what 18 now Holmes Liberty ccmmun1ty kn w they were to have a new consolidated school, for lt was ln that year the long fought for bond issue carr1ed One half mile strip off the north s1de of Holmes had gone to Lykens school. The greater part of L1berty had consolidated with Jaclson at Sulphur Sprlngs Sc by the consolldatlon of Holmes townsh1p wlth a two mile strip of Liberty, a new school distrlct was founded and called Hblmes Liberty Later, the greater part of Tod went into the new district, giv1ng it forty elght square miles of territory The most suitable central location was decided and eight acres of land were purchased from W S Spiegel for the site of the bu11d1ng and the schcolds playground Work began on the building on January 13, 1923, by the Miller Brothers Construction Company It was finished and ready for occupancy on October 10 1924 However, some outside work such as walks and landscaping was completed later The Total capital outlay in the ini tial cost of our school was 8165,l7l Ol Of course, that does not in clude the add1t1onal cost of tho improve ents made later The f1TSt school buses were Rec buses, and the garage was bu1lt to house them When the Recs had to be replaced by the Ford buses 1n use now, the ga rage had to be made much larger Other improvements made since the maln bulldlng was completed are the farm shop the romodeling of the old farm shop 1Ht0 a music room, the modern llbrary the upsboedate kitchen improvements in landscaplng As was stated before Holmes Llberty school was ready for the 404 puplls who entered 1ts portals for the flrst txme on October 10 1924 Center whlle others had been attendlng Bucyrus Hlgh School so the school started w1th a Senlor class and had S1X members 1n 1tS flPSt graduatlng class 1n 1925 Thus the llttle red school houses remembered by the older res1 dents of the com unlty as Beach Grove,Brandyw1ne Crum Everhart, Carl Bash Pleasant Home, Bethel Holmes Center, Fllcllnger, Quaker Vore, Glen Eden Lemert and Oceola became a trad1t1on of the past They had to go to glve way to the advanclng demand of progress Credlt should be g1V9n to former County Superlntendent Fred B1t t1kOfGF who has been called the 'Father of COnS011dat1OD ln Crawford County for h1s untlrlng efforts ln brlnglng about the establlshment of Holmes Llberty school We must also g1VS due respect to the men who have made and kept one of the outstandlng schools ln the state P J Foltz G M Dewltt John A McKn1ght and Rolla D Webster, the four superlntendents of Holmes Llberty 1 . ' - C . 9 I Q . . , O Q I . : E n. 5 , M v e , 1 . A 1 , l Some of these pupils had started their high school work at Holmes . . .8 ' 3 I I I : l I s 1 ' Q 1 V Q a n - Q Q . . . . . . . , s ' ' . I 0 0 it o 'o . , n 'A . . , n

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r fxs M 4 . Q 1 w is E -l 1 s V ROLLA D. WEBSTER Bucyrus, Ohio Heidelberg College, AB., 1924. Ohio State University, M.A., 1934. Superintendent, Social Science, Mathematics. KATHRYN GEARHART Bucyrus. Ohio Otterbein College, AB., 1932. Ohio State University, Summer, 1937. English 3. Q. CJ if-J t tj I Q Q r E I Y t L.. MARGUERITE SNYDER Tiffini Ohio Heidelberg College, AB., 1936. Tiffi Bowling Green State University, Summer, 1937. Latin History, Social Science Public Speaking. RUTH MCMAHON Barry. Illinois Indiana State Teachers College, BS., 1938. Commerce, Girls' Physical Edu- cation. IONATHAN l. MILLER Goshen. Indiana Goshen College, 193233. Bluffton College, AB., 1936. Purdue Uni' versity, Summer, 1939. Mathematics, Science, History. Ser wmv! W RANDALL F. MOTTS Bucyrus. Ohio eidelberg College, AB., 1934. Heidelberg College, 1934-35. CO- lumbia University, Summers, 1938, 1939. Physical Education, Coach, Science, History, Galion. Ohio Capital University, B. of School Music, Certificate in Voice, 1935. Music. English. DOROTHY GETTMAN Bucyrus. Ohio n Business University, Civil vice Secretarial Course. - Office Secretary, A 67? HELEN LOVE Waterford, Ohio Ohio University, B.S., 1936. Vocational Home Economics KENNETH W. THROCKMORTON Sparta. Ohio Ohio Northern University. 1928-29. Ohio State University, B.S., 1933. Vocational Agriculture. 1 ..llWwJ9rt15ffZi7