Kenton High School - Echo Yearbook (Kenton, OH)

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ga - Back in the fall of '43, we started out as a properous looking freshman class with George Brindley, Bob Radcliffe, and Miriam Sherman our class officers. Re- member how surprised our -country gals flda Mc2Cullough, Dorothy Modd, Mildred Steinman and Patti Kecklerl were when they saw how utterly attractive our city slickers fVernon Dyer, Richard Perine, Joe Marquart, and Nelson Temple! really were. Those were the good ole' days when: Clifford Biddinger was a quiet, serious minded chap, 'Nancy Hummel was wearing Jim Smith's Hi-Y pin. PeeWee Gust and Marie Bixler were old stand-lbys, Betty Buttolph and Wilda Goodwin were dili- gently working as reporters for the Echoette. It was during that year that Alice Gossard and Marian MdF'arlalnd won District fState Scholarship tests in English. Tom Mu-ntsinger said then that his tbest gizl was his mother, but Herbert Oberlfitner was undecided-how times have changed! ! Well, we were uS-ophomores before we knew it. We were through with getting lost in the halls. 'Cliff Biddinger, Bob Radcliffe, and Betty Buttolph were our class officers. This seemed a remarkable year for outstanding things to happen. Esther Silverstein's only men then were Valvano and Sellers. Margaret Franz and J. Rad- cliffe we-re branded as kute kouple. Betty McKinley was interested in Forestg Bill Brooks was noted for saying Ah, Phooey: Mary L. Kordenfbrock was going with B. 'Oat-es, and Borb Bailey was going with Pat O'lRourke. Phyllis Gerlach received a cash prize for being one of the best sales-women for the F. H. A. Ivadell McCumber was already interested -in Ridge- wayg Twila Bacon was interested in Mt. Victory and Ada: Dick James was interest- ed in Bellefontaine, and Bob Comer was interested in Lima. I still can't see why they all had to go out of town, gas was rationed then, too. Remember how Leila Melick and her Sophomore wolves would always show up at the Canteen. Yours truly moved from Ridgeway that year. Neil Hommel was the 'Canteen Romeo. .Doris Rodgers was interested in K. Mooney. Joan Snyder was seen around with the White lad, Mary Lou Sheldon was receiving letters from Bryan and Lee .Sheldon was going with B. Davis. Most of us came back the next fall as Juniors, we were considered upper classmen now. How nice! ! Our class officers were Herbert Oberlitner, Pat Wool- ley, and Martha Wagner. Times hadn't changed much, we still had our own little troubles-some students still insisted on going out of town for dates and other trivial matters. Mary Howard was interested in Forest, Velma Hommel was inter- ested in Mt. Victory, Barbara 'Ballinger in Ridgeway, and Pat Anderson in Lima. 'Wilbur made interval trips to Fostoria I-businessl. Martha Schlinglof insisted she would always -be interested in Dunkirk, as Bob Hall was in Findlay. Jeanne Elliot liked the town of Dola. We didn't let that worry us too much, though, because we had some pretty nice things going on on the home front, too. Marion Houser and Barbara Daniels COMPLIMENTS or THE NEWS and REPUBLICAN

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A'l'l0 AL H0 llli 0Ulli'l'Y 'k The election of thirteen members of the Class of 1947 to membership in the National Honor Society marks the tenth group to be so honored since the Chapter was instituted in 1938 . . . Selection is made from the highest portion of the scholarship list . . . From that group of students, all the members of the school faculty voted preferences based upon student courtesy in manners and school conduct, respect for the dignity of classroom instruction and the best traditions of Kenton, High School as a continuing educational force . . . Leadership in school activities is achieved mainly by the force of magnetic personality, unwavering sincerity and a devotion to the requirements ofthe tasks and duties of student organizations . . . Courtesy in manners, respect for the dignity of those in authority, leadership and service in student affairs, all combined with high scholarship have always been the marks of student honor and will so always remain . . . Those elected this year are: Left Column, Top to bottom Cliff Biddinger Alice Crossard Ragnhild johnson Marian McFarland Herbert Oberlitner Darlene Valvano Patricia Wooley Right Column. Top to bottom Barbara Daniels Mae Heilman lvadel McCumber Betty McKinley Mariam Sherman Martha Jane Wagner

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