Madison High School - Cauldron Yearbook (Madison, OH)

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Safe at first. Coach gives last minute briefings. BLUESTREAKS SHOW PROMISE When traveling, a person enjoys recreation such as sporting events. Baseball is an ideal sport for both observation and participation, and Blue Streaks are the favorite of all students here at Madison High. The 1956 season started out fairly well. We won two of the first four games and tied another. Although we lost the tournament to Rittman, we recovered nicely by coming out on top at the next game at Mentor. We won two out of three games with Perry, our top rivals. The end of the season was almost as good as the beginning and we are looking forward to a promising season next year when many of the players return. The team’s batting average was .345, showing that our players played well and while they may not have won every game, they applied co-operation and good sportsmanship. INDIVIDUAL BATTING AVERAGES Rich Roth.........................375 Ed Naughton.......................333 Jerry Bernard.....................345 Keith Groves......................579 Farrell Gallagher.................292 Steve Davis.........................100 Ronnie Bernard......................182 Dick Carl...........................286 Dennis Sholtis......................Ill Tom Coss............................400 Myron Podgurski.....................455 Bob Roth leads in the mile run. 7 Roth takes his turn at the discus throw.

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Steve Davis at bat hits a long fly. Dick Carl and Ronnie Bernard colliding at first base. MADISON FIRST IN W.R.L. TRACK MEET Madison’s Glen Harvey placed first in the High Jump at the Western Reserve League track meet in 1956. This was only one of the exciting developments in the 1956 track season. At the dual meets with Chardon and Ashtabula Harbor we won and lost respectively. A group of four boys, Chuck Urso, Glen Harvey, Jerry Bernard and Keith Groves honored our team by winning two first places at the dual meets in the 880-yard relay. Others participating in track were Terry Hamilton, Jim Hummel and Ed Moyer. The track team deserves recognition for doing a good job. Myron clears the bar. Terry Hambleton and Jim Hummel getting ready for the quarter-mile run at Perry. 6

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The never-forgotten evening was started with a banquet in the dining room. Our Boy Biggy’ prom party. M.C.’ed the post JUNIOR - SENIOR PROM HELD IN SOUTHERN MOONLIT GARDENS The 1957 Junior-Senior Prom was held at the Madison Country Club on May 18. Dinner was served at 6:30 p.m. followed by dancing in the ballroom. The ballroom was very colorfully deco- rated carrying through the theme of a Southern moonlit garden. The back drop was an old plantation surrounded by a flower garden with a stone walk running up to the spacious veranda. The garden scene can be found repro- duced in full color on the liners. King Ed Naughton and Queen Nancy Thompson were crowned and reigned over the festive affair. Dancing contin- ued until midnight. From the Country Club we proceeded to the Elk’s Club in Painsville for a Post Prom Party spon- sored by the P.-T.A. Cleveland Disc Jockey “Big” Wilson served as Master of Ceremonies. Along with “Big” came other fine entertainers. The end of a perfect evening, one which we enjoyed immensely, came with a breakfast at 3:30 a.m., after which we journeyed home, tired but happy.