Madison High School - Cauldron Yearbook (Madison, OH)

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Class History 0N a bright and sunny day in September 1948, a group of excited and eager fresh- men entered the portals of Madison High to start their years as high schooi students. We entered with the will and determination to make a success of the years that lay ahead. Our officers elected for the year were: President, Bob Frink; Vice President, Bob Reese; Secretary, Marilyn Ferrick; Treasurer, Betty Raveling. Student Council was represented by Marilyn Woidtke, Sue Brichford, and Bob Frink. Our class colors were red and white; our flower, the red rose. Our advisors this year were Mrs. Behm and Miss Pipas. Our social events of the year were a skating party held March 15 at the Austinburg Rink, and a class party in May at Tuttle Park. Thus we come to the close of our first year at Madison High. September 1949--and again we enter the portals of Madison High, this time as sophomores. This year we elected the following officers: President, Bob Pier- felice; Vice President, Bill Pasco; Secretary, MarilynFerrick; Treasurer, Bob Frink. We elected Clifford Van Dyke, Pat Miller and Bob Pierfelice to represent us in Student Council. Miss Lothian and Mr. Moritz were our advisors for the year. Our biggest social event of the year was the Sophomore Carnival held on April 14 at Homer Nash Kimball gym. A class party was held in May at Madison-on-the- Lake. Half of our years at Madison High were now at an end. September 1950--we entered Madison High this time as upper classmen— Juniors! Our big project for this year was to raise money to sponsor the annual Junior-Senior Prom. Mr. Cover and Mrs. Custer were our advisors and we elected our officers as follows: President, Clifford Van Dyke; Vice President, Bill Swert- fager; Secretary, Marilyn Ferrick; Treasurer, Bob Frink. Representing us in Student Council were Clifford Van Dyke, Bill Pasco, Margaret Mavko, and Bill Swertfager. To meet the problem facing us--“How to Raise Money”—we sold stationery, magazines, and candy. On December 7 and 9, we presented the Jr. Play, ‘‘One Too Many”. Now our big problem--The Prom. After many discussions and meetings, we finally set the date as May 26 at The Unionville Tavern, and we think this Prom was one of the greatest one’s yet. So we come to the end of our Jr. year and we have only one more to go. September 7, 1951--again we embark upon the portals of Madison High for our last attempt to prove what we said we would do to make a success of our four years. We are now seniors—the highest rank to be achieved. What did we do this year? Let’s see--Mr. Barr, senior advisor, had charge of us. We elected the following officers: President, Bob Frink; Vice President, Peggy Jones; Secretary, Marilyn Ferrick; Treasurer, Margaret Mavko. Student Council was headed by these seniors: Peggy Jones, Martin Rand, Cliff Van Dyke, Bob Pierfelice, and Bob Frink. The problem facing us was the Cauldron, and we elected Pat Miller as editor. We all worked very hard to put out a good yearbook. We also held several class parties throughout the school year. The dates for our Senior Play were May 2 and 3. The prom this year was on May 16 and we were the guests of the Juniors, whom we thank for their grand Prom. This is now the end of the trail; we leave Madison Memorial High School behind us as we slowly march up the aisle on May 29, 1952, to receive those long awaited diplomas. Thus we close the history of our years at Madison and each of us will begin a new history of the future. Joan Shinsky Geneva BILL WENTZEL ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES Phone 2561 Rt. 20 Olds Rd. HAYDUKES SHELL SERVICE 17 Madison O.

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EDWARD WENTZEL JOANSHINSKY Mechanical minded is this guy named Ed; Maybe by inventing, he’ll get ahead. Key Club 3,4; Hall Guard 4; Librarian 4; Jr. Play Prompter; Cauldron Staff. MARILYN WOIDTKE Marilyn’s a gal that’s lots of fun, Her merry laugh is known by everyone. Chorus 1,3; Student Council 1; Service Club 2; Scholarship Club 1, 2,3,4; Hall Guard 1; Jr. Play Cast; Perfect Attendance 3; Cauldron Staff; Student Sec. 4; American Legion Essay Winner 1. Joanie is very tall and blond, She likes to skate on rink or pond. Inter. B.B. 1,2,3,4; Ser- vice Club 1,2,3,4, Pres. 4; G.A.A. 2,3; Hall Guard 3,4; Librarian 4; Jr. Play Usher; Per- fect Atten. 1; Cauldron Staff. PAUL WILLIAMS Men must read for a- musement as well as for knowledge. Jr. Play Stage Manager; Librarian 4. GARYS SUNOCO SERVICE LAWRENCE'S 5c - $1.00 STORE 16

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Prophecy (I, Robert Pierfelice, received a notice from the Economic Recovery Adminis- C- tration that I was to leave for France on July 25, 1962, to engineer a new project which the government was building. The day before we left, I went to get my hair cut by my favorite barber, Carl Nicely, who by the way is married and living in Madison. Leaving the children with their tutor, Sue Brichford, we left for Cleveland. We stopped at North Madison to get some gas at Bill Clark’s Hi-Speed Station. In Painesville we stopped at Sear’s to pick up a few last minute items. I discovered that Ed Wentzel is the new manager of the store. I stopped in Cleveland to see my lawyer, who is married to Nancy Kless. His secretary, Ruby Claypool, was one of my high school classmates. Our business settled, we left the car at Art Luhnow’s Garage for the duration of the trip. Boarding our plane for New York, we were surprised to see that Carol Cooper was the stewardess. Carol, by the way, is still looking for an eligible pilot. When her duties were finished, she stopped to talk with us about “the good old days.” She informed us that Ted Eland was piloting our plane. I asked Carol if she still had contacts with Peggy Jones. She said yes, that they had been writing regularly and that Peggy is now a nurse to Drs. Bob Frink and Bert Cochran, who have a joint office in Cleveland, Ohio. About a month before our trip Carol said that Barbara Jerome, now a registered nurse, had flown to England accompanying a wealthy convalescent. Carol also told us that Barbara Fischer had recently flown to Ireland to marry her five-year pen pal, and that Betty Raveling had married a doctor whom she had met while in training. Carol wondered if any of our classmates were still living in Madison. I told her that Anne Sabo is the physical education teacher at our old Alma Mater, Tom Flanigan is a reputed auctioneer, and Dick Harmon is a carpenter working on a housing project. I also told her that Bob Janezic owns a large dairy farm, Judy Cone is married and living in Fairport, and that Kay Donna Kurtz is a housewife caring for her three children. She wasn’t surprised to hear that Tony Malnar had made a career of the army and is now a major, but she was very surprised when I told her Martin Rand had developed a new plant which botanists have been attempting to develop for years. By now we had neared New York and Carol had to leave us to prepare the passengers for the landing. After leaving the airport, we were looking for a place to stay when we noticed a hotel that had a familiar name, “W. A.’s Hotel.” After we registered we were taken to our room by Bill Vaughn, the bell hop. We were much surprised to find him working here and he told us that Bill Swertfager owned the hotel but was down in Florida with his wife taking things easy. Then it dawned on us why the name of the hotel had sounded so familiar. EUCLID ELECTRIC Edwards St. 18 Madison O.