Kingsville High School - K Lite Yearbook (Kingsville, OH)

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MAJORETTES The majorettes this year have been Betty Sword, leader. Georgene Brunell. and Bernice Shank. Betty Sword has been head majorette for three years. She was born in Ash- tabula. She came to Kingsville from Plymouth in 1946. as a seventh grader. She sang in both the girls and mixed choruses all four years and played in the band for two years. Betty was in both the Junior and Senior plays and was Junior candidate for Basketball Queen last year. Georgene was born in Ashtabula. She has been majorette for three years. Her hobby is learning new dance steps, her favorite color is black, and Johnny Ray is her favorite singer. She likes to ice skate, dance, and eat spaghetti. She dislikes getting up in the morning and going to school, and people who think they “know it all.” Bernice Shank was born right here in Kingsville. She has also been major- ette for three years and she has as her hobby, twirling. Her favorite colors are blue and gold; Elizabeth Taylor is her favorite movie star. She likes working in the lunch room and dislikes school work. She enjoys eating spaghetti. The girls led the Band on Decoration Day in North Kingsville and Kingsville, and in Andover the first Saturday in September. Next year’s majorettes will be Joan Davis and Carol Marrison with Bernice taking Betty’s place at the head. TRACK Although they placed third in the Big 7 Meet, the Kings of “51” brought back to Kingsville the County Track Title as they entered and placed in nine of the twelve events. Larry Sunbury collected two firsts, running the 440 in 53.9 and the 220 in 24.0. Roger Miller threw the discus a distance of 121 11” for another first. Sun- bury also had a third in the broadjump and Miller a second in the shot put. Other Kings vvho placed during the meet were: Bobey. fifth place tie in the high jump; Maginnis, third in the discus; Theiss, second in hurdles; and Bowdier. second in the pole vault. The total was 37Vfe points with Spencer and Edgewood collecting 36 and 35 points, respectively. BASEBALL The Kings enjoyed a very successful baseball season by defeating every team they were up against and copping the County Baseball Trophy. On October 3 in tournament play Kingsville came up against New Lyme for the second time in the season. Bowdier pitched two-hit ball and was victorious, 1-0. On the morning of October 13, the Kings defeated Spencer in the semi-finals, 3-0. The game started as a pitchers duel, but Bowdier gained the win with his one- hit pitching against Spencer’s “double no-hit” pitcher, Cowger. In the finals on the same afternoon, Bowdier pitched another two-hit ball game, and came through with the aid of his team mates to edge out Rowe 2-1. The first trophy since 1937 was presented to the team following the game. Kingsville was now the County Champions. This was Coach Ed Batanian’s first year here. GIRLS CHORUS AND MIXED CHORUS This year the glee clubs of Kingsville High School have been fortunate in having as their instructor Miss Vivian Johnston from Ashtabula. The president or manager of the Girl’s Chorus is Mary Reed, with Georgia McCausland as her assistant. The chorus has performed several times, once at a P. T. A. meeting, and at a few assemblies. In the mixed chorus this year we had only two boys. Bill Fandrich and Roy Keller. These two boys, though outnumbered probably fifteen to one, held up their part of the chorus. We used three part music in both choruses for the most part, although at times two or four parts were used. Three cheers to the chorus and Miss Johnston for a wonderful piece of work by helping show off some of the finer points of music.

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FRESHMAN INITIATION If you were at Kingsville School on the evening of September the 28, you probably heard such remarks as these from the innocent Freshmen: “Please don’t put too much lipstick on mo”, ‘‘Wow! did that last paddling hurt”, or Where did those darn Sophomores dig up such stinky perfume?”; while the superior Sopho- mores were trying out their paddles and doing all the things which they have been dreaming up for the last nine years. It was the freshman initiation and the poor little girls had to wear long johns. Their hair was in 13 pigtails with a ribbon on each one. To top it all, they had to wear high-heeled shoes. And the boys! Wow! They were decked out in sack shirts and bathing trunks with nylon hose and work shoes. The Sophcmores gladly furnished and applied the lipstick and cologne. Every Freshman had to be blindfolded and was made to crawl under tables, walk through snails (grapes) and do other things such as that. Each individual had his special punishments. Some of them were: a proposal, raw egg toss, and a “Romeo and Juliet Act . Even though the poor little victims did get quite a scare, I bet they are look- ing forward to next year when they will be Sophcmores and can take it out on the “Froshies”. THE SENIOR PLAY Friday, November 2, two days after Halloween, was the date set for the Senior play, “This Ghost Business.” As can be seen from the title this was an espe- cially appropriate time of year for this play. Joe and Laura Hardy, an ‘old married couple’ of two years played by Bob Reger and Mary Church, and Eddie and Mable Canfield, married one year, played by Leon Maginnis and Nancy Herl, buy a cottage from A. G. Stevens (Don Dunham). After moving in with their colored cook Magnolia (Mary Reed), who’s afraid of ghosts, and the French maid Marie (Georgia McCausland), who wishes only to speak to her dead uncle, the Hardy’s and Canfield’s have a visitor. Effie Forrest (Betty Sword) who brings glad tidings that the cottage is haunted. Ghosts appear, footsteps sound, and spirits knock on the door; each causing Magnolia to swear she is leaving. Eddie thinks up scheme after scheme to keep her there but each time something such as Bill, the tramp, (Roy Keller) turns up. causing her to don her coat and bonnet again. Eddie finally decides to try shooting the ghost, but oh horrors”, bullets don’t hurt him (or it) until it’s discovered someone loaded the gun with blanks. There- fore. the next time the ghost appears it sheds its sheet and hood and is revealed as Bill, the tramp. But another ghost enters while Bill stands there and they have to start all over again. Finally threatening this second ghost with real bullets, he is revealed as A. G. Stevens, the former owner, who is in cahoots with Effie Forrest (his ex-wife) and is trying to buy back the cottage at a greatly reduced price. Just when they think everything is settled, and they are trying to decide whether to send Stevens to jail or not, in floats another ghost. Magnolia, however, saves the day, when she recognizes “dem feet which are “too big for any sheet to kiver” as belonging to her boyfriend. Mose Johnson (Dick Simmons). Mose had played ghost to scare Magnolia into coming back to town where they could get married. But Eddie says they will hire Mose there at the cottage and then they can both stay at “Weary Rest.” So the curtain falls with Mose and Magnolia in each others arms. The Seniors played to an almost capacity crowd. Everyone enjoyed the play very much. The girls and boys behind the stage should be given their share of com- pliments too, for they too were very important. Congratulations, Seniors, on a job well done. JUNIOR-SENIOR PROM The annual Junior-Senior Prom for 18:1 was held April 28 at the Swallows Restaurant in Ashtabula, Ohio. The Juniors (this year’s Seniors) worked very hard all year long just for this one big night. The decorations were blue carnations placed about on the tables and white candles which burned during the meal. Robert Reger gave the welcome and Larry Sunbury the response. Reverend Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Harris supplied the entertainment by singing two selections. Mrs. Harris played the accompanyment on the piano. Music for dancing was furnished by Addison Lovejoy on the organ. The menu was: Fruit Juice Tossed Green Salad Swiss Steak Whipped Potatoes and Gravy Fresh Vegetables Preserves Warm Rolls Apple Pie Milk Although no definite plans have been made for this year’s Prom, the tentative date has been set for April 26. Buy next your’s K-Lite for more details about the '52 Prom. THE OFFICE STAFF For the year of 1S51-1952 Mr. Sprague chose as his office staff the following: Mary Reed, secretary and general office clerk; Jo Ann Bancroft and Emily Kubi- chek, attendance and elementary lunch money; John Oren, Richard Simmons, Leon Maginnis, Lois Day and Patricia Dunham, general office duties. The office staff has done an excellent job in taking care of the office this year.