Madison High School - Cauldron Yearbook (Madison, OH)

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Coach Mr. Cover Driving V v 1 Mrs. Trescott Languages Speech Journalism Mr. Kilpatrick English Mr. Meyer Industrial Arts Mrs. Custer Home Economics 9

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Principal Mr. Tidd Social Studies Secretary Joyce Pastor Coach Mr. Moritz Psychology Mrs. Behm Science Mr. Brockett Chemistry and Physics Mr. Bristol Math Miss Farabaugh Commercial Studies 8

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tj N September, 74 frightened students met to form the Freshman class of ’47 with Mr. Raveling and Mrs. Behm as class advisors. We started the year off by electing Dick Bates as President, with Norman Nichols, Freeman Pudder and Evangeline Bobitch as our other officers. In October we held our first social event, a Halloween Party. As Freshmen we stayed as much as possible in the background until Interclass Tournaments. To our surprise and delight the Freshman girls, under the able guidance of Mr. Raveling, managed to beat the Senior girls in a closely contested basketball game. Our Sophomore year began with our hopes high and our treasury low. Evangeline Bobitch, Barbara Naughton, Betty Woidtke, and Dick Bates were our class officers and Mr. West and Mr. Moritz served as our advisors. Realizing our financial need we solved the problem with a carnival held at H. N. K. S. This proved to be a great success financially, not to mention the enjoyment shared by everyone. The Sophomores then surprised the school, as well as themselves with the Spring Hop, which was one of the best dances ever held at M. M. H. S. Incidentally, the Sophomore girls came through to win the championship again during the Interclass Tournaments. In the Junior year we called on Joan Davidson, to lead us through the strain of the Junior Play and the Prom. Dick Bates, Joanne Blackburn, and Earl Schiring assisted her, and Mr. Grafel and Miss Harding (Mrs. Custer) were advisors. We knew that the Prom would be a drain on our treasury so we set about to compensate for this by selling candy and magazines. Next we held a Skating Party which was also a success. Later we staged a Style Show and Cake Walk which filled our aud- itorium to overflowing. “Three Fingers In the Door, ” a mystery play under the direction of Mr. Grafel and Mrs. Custer, was also a great success. The Prom brought to a close our string of events and proved to be the wonderful evening we had all anticipated. This event was held on May 20th at Richmond Valley Inn. We enjoyed a most delicious dinner and danced to the music of Russ Harmon’s orchestra. This year was outstanding for another reason because both boys and girls won the Inter class Tournaments. At last our Senior year arrived--the happiest one of our school life. We started the year off by electing officers and Cauldron Editor. The Senior Class officers were Dick Bates, Eileen Ellertson, Jean Hanson, and Grace Chegwidden. Our Cauldron Editor was Frances Nash. We held our advanced Cauldron sale in October and were well pleased with the results. As it has always been traditional for the Seniors to have class parties, we started the year off in style, having a Halloween Party on October 30th. It is also traditional for the Seniors to sponsor the Homecoming Dance at which time one of our members was crowned Football Queen. The lucky person was Nancy Fischer who was escorted to the throne by Bill Jopko, captain of the football team. Her attendants were Joanne Blackburn and Eleanor Mercer, escorted by Don Robinson and Dick Bates, respectively. The girls were gowned in ballerina length dresses and carried bouquets of chrysanthemums. During the year we held three more class parties. On the 1st and 2nd of April we produced the Senior Play under Mrs. Trescott’s direction. On May 31st we received the reward for our years of work: our goal -- graduation. This diploma. I am sure, will mean much to us all our lives, and our school life at M. M. H. S. will remain a colorful page in our book of memories. 10