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

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Senior Class History J It is now time for the class of ’54 to look back over twelve years of school and see what we have done. In the first year of school, which some were glad to see and others not so glad, I find nine who started together. They were five girls: Carol Reed, Joanne Bancroft, Bernice Shank, Emilie Kubichek and Char- lotte Rushton; and tour boys: Ray Reed, Jon Man- waring, John Oren, and Bob Ball. In the first grade we had a rhythm band in which we played castnets, triangles, and tambourines. In the second grade, where Keith Carlson joined us, we put on a play, “Collecting Scrap for Uncle Sam.' All of us were dressed as Negroes and brought in smash- ed tin cans as scrap. In the third grade we made our own puppets and put on a puppet show. I also re- member going on picnics at the end of the school year. Then in the fifth grade Marleah Thompson came to Kingsville from Ashtabula. Ohio. We had a wiener roast in back of the school this year. While in the sixth grade, we had a Junior Red Cross Council in which all grades took part. Patricia Fandrich came to us from Cleveland, Ohio. We made silhouettes of stage coaches and great big chalk pictures of dinosaurs. It was now time for a new adventure. We started junior high school, which meant changing classes. It was very exciting but the teachers still held us under their control. Ed Weaver started his first year in Kingsville after coming from Olmstead Falls, Ohio. Carol, Emilie, and Ed started playing in the band this year. We also had a hayride and then a wiener roast out at Pat’s place. It was in the eighth grade that Loretta Sowry started at Kingsville after leaving Linesville, Penn- sylvania. For arithmetic we made church windows of colored cellophane and art paper. We had some very pretty ones which we put on our home room windows. Joseph Brown, president of the class, came to Kingsville from Northfield, Ohio, and Rosa Magons, formerly of Latvia, came from Jefferson. Ohio. Pat and Bernice joined the band this year. A big event Senior Despite the superstition that Friday the thir- teenth is unlucky, the senior play turned out to be a great success. It was held on Friday, November 13. and was presented to a packed auditorium. Miss Janet Sowry was the director, and Charlotte Rushton assisted. Grandpa, who enjoyed poor health and ordering people around was played by John Oren. His only worry was how to escape the persistent Widow Wil- liams (Emilie Kubichek) who was looking for her fourth husband. Living with Grandpa were Clara (Marleah Thompson) and her henpecked husband Edgar (Ed Weaver). Then there was Louise (Pat Fandrich) his grandniece, and her prospective bride- groom, Henry Collins (Keith Carlson), who wanted Louise only if she had definite prospects of being an heiress. His granddaughter, Betty (Carol Reed) didn’t want anything from Grandpa but did want of our Freshman year was our initiation. Our candi- date for Basketball Queen was Pat Fandrich. In our sophomore year, we initiated the poor freshmen and put on a one-act play “Leave It to Joe” for a school assembly. Margaret Church also joined us from Conneaut, Ohio. Several of the girls in our class were also in the junior class play. In May we went to see the Indians play at Cleveland Stadium. As juniors we presented The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come” directed by Mrs. Konnert. Claudeen Slater, the last to join our class, came from Ashtabula. For the public, we sponsored the first “Witches’ Ball” and we also held a Christmas party. As is customary for juniors, we had charge of the refreshment sales at basketball games. Loretta Sowry was our candi- date for Basketball Queen this year. We had charge of the Junior-Senior Prom, which was held at Hotel Ashtabula on April 25. It was carried through with a Mexican theme and was enjoyed by all. In our last carefree year at Kingsville High School, we presented “Grandpa s Twin Sister” which was directed by Miss Sowry. Rosa Magons was our Queen candidate and she easily walked away with the crown. The second “Witches’ Ball” was held. In the junior year Emilie was chosen to repre- sent Kingsville in the County Honor Society; and in the senior year, Loretta and Joe also became members. Loretta will be our Valedictorian and Carol is Salutatorian. Throughout the four years of high school our boys have been very active in sports. One of the highlights of this year is the fact that our basketball team won second in the sectional competition, besides being Big Seven and County champs. Going back over the memories of the years, we remember some which aren’t too pleasant. There were the epidemics of measles and chicken pox which caused us to miss school. There were also times we were sent to the office of had to write “hundreds and hundreds” of spelling words for talking. Now we can look back on these memories and we know that we will never forget them. Graduation is before us. After that, only time will tell what is in store for the Senior Class of 1954. Play young Dr. Wyatt (Joe Brown). Maggie, the cook, who was played by Rosa Magons, paid ten dollars for a husband through a mail order matrimonial bureau and got a Scotchman Adam McPherson, (Jon Manwaring). Grandpa decided to try to settle the matter by dressing up as his own twin sister, and that was w'here the confusion started. Then, in order not to be caught, Betty had to dress as Grandpa. But the plot was discovered because there were a few too many Grandpas. The production staff included Bernice Shank, tickets and programs: Pat Fandrich and Rosa Magons, Publicity; Ray Reed and Ronnie Hanson, Properties; Joanne Bancroft, Prompter; Bob Ball, Stage Manager; Mrs. Mikolay, Make-up; Margaret Church, Loretta Sowry, and Charlotte Rushton, ushers. Music be- tween acts was furnished by Ed Weaver.

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Senior Baby Pictures FIRST ROW. to.» to bottom: John Oren. Ronnie Hanson, Bob Bull. Carol Reed. SECOND ROW: Charlotte Rushton. Joanne Bancroft. Pat Fandrich. Joe Brown. THIRD ROW: Claudeen Slater. Jon Manwariog, Keith Carlson. Marleah Thompson. Bernice Shank. FOURTH ROW; Loretta So wry, Emilie Kubichek, Rosa Magon .

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Seniors - - Then and Now FIRST ROW, left to right: Mi»» Janet Sowry, Patty Pandrich. Carol Reed. Loretta Sowry. Claudeen Slater, Mar- garet Church. SECOND ROW: Bernice Shank, Emilie Kubichek, Marleah Thompson. Charlotte Rushton, Joanne Bancroft. Rosa Magons. THIRD ROW: Ed Weaver, Bob Ball, Keith Carlson, Raymond Reed. Jon Manwaring. John Oren, Joe Brown. Ronnie Hanson.