Madison High School - Cauldron Yearbook (Madison, OH)

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M M H S SCHOOL SONG Oh M-A-D-I-S-O-N Madison, Oh sing of the praises of the victories we have won Oh M-A-D-I-S-O-N Madison, Oh that’s alright we’ve won the fight, But we must keep right on. Here’s to the blue and white of M. H. S. May she lead us to success, And may we show our fine school spirit grand, And prove ourselves a loyal band! M.M.H. S. M.M.H. S. Keep that goal in sight, Find your work and never shirk, And we will be alright. Rah! Rah! Rah! M.M.H. S. M.M.H. S. Strive on for her fame, Strive, ever strive and we will win again! 5

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 IN HONOR OF OUR FIRST WESTERN RESERVE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP, WE DEDICATE THE 1951 CAULDRON TO OUR VICTORIOUS FOOTBALL TEAM AND COACH- ING STAFF. FIRST ROW: ARTHUR FOBELL, CARL NICELY, JOHN DAVIDSON DAVE BEHM. SECOND ROW: MR. COVER, JACK AUSTIN, ANTHONY MALNAR, BILL PASCO, DALE GIBBON, MARIO IZZARELLI, BILL SWERTFAGER, CLIFFORD VAN DYKE, ROY FERRICK, DICK BATES, BILL DONALDSON, DAVID SHAHAN, MR. MORITZ. THIRD ROW: EUGENE MANN, JIM FENLASON, BILL JOPKO. BOB MADDEN. LYNN JOINER, FORREST PAINE. FOURTH ROW: ALFRED NICELY, BOB PIERFELICE, DON KEMERAIT, BILL BITTNER, DICK HARMON, DON ROBINSON, RONALD QUIRK. RAY BERUS, BOB FRINK, ALEX SIPOS. DICK BIDLACK. 4

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SEPTEMBER School daze again—back to the old grind —football with Perry and Chardon--lost our “little brown jug’ for a year-- OCTOBER Our Jr. Hi football team played Geneva, Painesville, and Riverside--Sr. Hi battled Edgewood, Geneva, and Jefferson--safety assembly on Safford St. --remember that Kirtland game?--WOW!--oh, what fun at those Halloween parties in the gym--Notice, our Choral Club sang on WICA! — NOVEMBER Jr. Hi football with Painesville--Sr. Hi against Fairport and our Homecoming game with Perry--our fighting Blue Streaks came home with the first Western Reserve League Championship in the history of Madison! -- Frederick Sjobiarn played the piano in as- sembly--proof of our appreciation, we lost ten minutes of noon period—remember how well waxed the floor was at the G. A. A. square dance--oh, those poor initiates— stuffed ourselves to the gills on Thanksgiv- ing and were thankful for bicarbonate of soda --also for the week vacation, necessitated by the unexpected snow-- DECEMBER Off to a bang with the hilarious presentation of the Jr. class play, games with Perry, Spencer, Kirtland, and Geneva--Christmas Cantata put on by the Choral Club, and very beautiful it was—Choral Club also held their annual Christmas party and went caroling-- more basketball with Mentor and Alumni-- Senior Christmas party--Christmas and New Years vacation— Commencement, before us-- JANUARY back to school, with New Years resolutions made and broken—Blue Streaks fought Wick- liffe, Thompson, and Chardon—tobogganing season in full swing with plenty of snowballs on the side--played basketball with Perry, Ashtabula Harbor, Kirtland, and Chardon-- band, choral club and Jr. Chorus all contrib- uted to a beautiful Winter Concert-- FEBRUARY basketball with Fairport, Thompson, Wick- iiffe, and Riverside--Scholarship Club Ban- quet--heard it was very nice—basketball tournaments to decide the champs of ’51-- Senior class held another party--one day off to celebrate Washington’s Birthday! — MARCH Key Club father and son banquet--movie as- sembly, “King of Kings’1-spring vacation —the pause that refreshes and reminds you to start cramming for finals-- APRIL Sr. play, our last big project we worked at as a class and we really put everything into it--gayest party of the year followed--Dis- trict Preliminary Scholarship Tests--Music Festival at Mount Union College—members from both the band, chorus participated-- assembly by the Melody Four--isn’t it ama- zing what you can do with a few bells?-- MAY gala Spring Concert—the last one for us-- finals for the District Scholarship tests-- Ashtabula and Lake County Band Festivals at Conneaut High School--PROM NIGHT-- the event we dream of all year, and are never disappointed--Memorial Day cele- bration--Baccalaureate. our boost up the hill 6