Kenton High School - Echo Yearbook (Kenton, OH)

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ECHO STAFF The drawing at the left is from the 1926 yearbook and was ere- ated by Mr. Frederick Machetanz. The draw- ing was used as a di- vider page logo and was one of several drawings done for the 1926 book. The editor of the 1926 Echo was Miss Mary Lou John- son. Advisor C. Richard Alter Co-Editors Deanna Wolf Renee Collins Advertising Kenton High School Distributive Education Class. Air. Donald Sul I wold, Teacher Special Photography Kenton Times Mr Jim Sielicki Historical Copy Sections Kim Dickson Tony Hattery Original Art Work Charles Gerlach Student Photography Todd Tracy Todd James Jon Boyd Steve Kahler Deanna Wolf Brad Woods Design and Layout Michelle Buyer Kathy Cavin Tony Corwin Teri Denman Charles Gerlach Johnna Hatcher Todd James Mike Boehmer Welltngs Studio Richard A tier Deanna Wolf Chuck Gerlach Eric Kuck Beth Lowe Susan Pavlovic Cindi Robson Todd Tracy Tammi Wilson David Wolf

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CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS History of Kenton High School 4 School Traditions 6 Homecoming 1980 8 W.B.L. Championship Teams 12 Class of 1981 16 Fall Sports 32 Winter Sports 50 Spring Sports 66 Ohio Hi-Point J.V.S. 82 Junior-Senior Prom 86 Graduation 90 Drama Club Play 94 Clubs and Organizations 98 Music Organizations 116 Class of 1982 128 Class of 1983 134 Faculty and Staff 142 Advertising 148 Each year excited students gather to laugh and to point out pictures of each other in the yearbook. Of- ten. teasing and ribbing each oth- er along with exclamations of Hey. I remember that, accom- pany this scene. For seventy-five unforgettable years the ECHO has produced this type of scene at Kenton High School. Because the seventy-fifth anniversary makes this edition of the ECHO spe- cial to the school, the 1981 staff has planned an unusual and catchy yearbook. We would like to take our readers back in time through the past seventy-five years beginning in 1906, the year of the first ECHO. Through- out our book we will take a closer look at the history of the yearbook itself as well as the history of Ken- ton High School, its traditions, sports, clubs, homecoming events and musical groups. We hope our readers will take pride in their school by comparing the past with the present and take the opportu- nity to reflect on how their own actions will determine the future of our beloved school. The Echo staff sincerely expresses its grati- tude to the faculty and staff, stu- dents and members of the com- munity who have helped us to pre- pare this glance back onto the past and the year 1981. Our special thanks to Mr. Carl D. V. Russell. Principal Emeritus, for his help and understanding in our quest for the history of Kenton High School. With the continued sup- port of these people the ECHO will unfailingly report the hap- penings of Kenton High School for many years to come. The pictures at the left are of some of the previous 75 yearbooks that have been pub- lished by Kenton Senior High School. 2 — Homecomings of the Past

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KENTON HIGH SCHOOL 1870 to 1896 The first building to house Kenton High School was the Central Union building lo- cated at the corner of N. Market Street and W. Carroll, the present site of Oaklief School. It was an imposing structure for a city of unpaved streets, with a large cen- tral belfrey and four corner towers. The building housed all grades of the school system with the high school program be- ginning about 1865. It had a large assem- bly room on the third floor where daily chapel programs were held at the begin- ning of each school day. The first graduat- ing class was in 1870 with one graduate. Miss Martha Ellen Leighton. The curricu- lum of the new high school was one of preparation for attendance at a liberal arts college. Those students not going on to col- lege usually ended their education in eighth grade. The Central Union school cost $12,000 to build in I860 and served until the night of January 9. 1899 when it burned taking with it all records of the early Kenton school system. In the early I890's the enrollment at the Kenton High school began to grow and it was deemed neces- sary to construct a larger build- ing. The North. South. East and West elementary buildings had already been built to handle the increasing number of elemen- tary students. In 1896 the new Kenton High School was opened and the Union building became the Kenton Grammar School for grades 6 to 8. The term high school meant that a person went beyond the eighth grade. • ■HfOH UNION ICMOOll « «» 0 IMO l t«V U«IO ■» The new or second Kenton High School was opened on January 10, 1896 and was located on the comer of N. High Street and E. Columbus Street. It was built of sandstone and brick at a cost of $50,000. It was three stories tall with a large central auditorium for the daily chapel programs. While this building was used as a high school the sports program was begun with teams in football, basketball and later base- ball. track, tennis and girls basketball. In the I920’s the state of Ohio passed a com- pulsory attendance law thus keeping stu- dents in school longer than usual. To ac- commodate this large number of students the basement of the school was remodeled and four portable buildings were placed behind the building to provide more class- rooms. These portable rooms were heated with pot bellied stoves tended to by the teachers. The curriculum was expanded at this time with the addition of vocational 1896 to 1939 agriculture, woodworking, home econom- ics, business courses and later physical edu- cation and instrumental music. Physical education classes were held in the armory as there u'as no gym. Sports events were played at the old waterworks park in South Kenton. Graduation was held in the Grand Opera House in downtown Kenton. The high school received its state charter in 1922. In the middle 1930's this building was filled to overflowing and the need for another new high school was evident. 4 — History of Kenton High School