McDonald High School - Roller Yearbook (McDonald, OH)

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Let our object be our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country. 3' fDaniel Websterj Through the efforts of many men and women, our country has remained the land of the free and the home of the brave. Some of these courageous Americans sacrificed their lives that others might continue to enjoy the privileges of living in this land of liberty. To these people, we are forever grateful. As a small token of appreciation, a war memorial was erected in Woodland Park. This structure is a permanent monument to those who so gallantly served their cotmtry and gave their lives to preserve peace and freedom. IN MEMORIAM John Willard Scarbrough Albert Sikora Vernon Nock William Flere George Kuchik Jack Headd Harold Lisdell, Jr. Donald May Henry Galbreath Jack Black fmissing in actionj

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ports, classes, music . . dominate 1941-1943 period. Students displayed their ability to write interesting and prize-winning essays in the annual American Legion Essay Con- test. The subject for the essay was The Attitude of the American Youth Toward Compulsory Military Training. One boy and one girl from each grade, 9 through 12, was allowed to compete. Of the eight possible winners at the local post, McDonald was awarded seven places. Three of the winners continued in county competition and won three of the eight possible positions. At the beginning of the 1945 school year, Mr. William Rea helped supervise and organize the Photography Club. This course in- clude class and laboratory work, picture-taking, developing, and printing. The class also took pic- tures o students and school activi- ties for the school yearbook. A fully equipped dark room, an Ar- gus 35 m.m. snapshot camera, a Speed Graphic, and Conway Por- trait Camera were at the disposal. of the class. Boy Scouts of 1939-1940 were under the direction of Mr. Roy Zeller, who had been the scoutmaster for a number of years. The Boy Scouts benefited the community by giving their voluntar service at all of the pubilic affairs. They met once a week at the Boy Scout Cabin, various tests were also given here. After the meetings, they generally had a period of recreation. Vocational shop courses provided the students with the basic skills and experiences needed to supply them with a better understanding of what would be expected of them when they took their place in industry. This was the steel age. The school had the equipment to contribute to the stu- dents' training in the field of this steel enter- prise. 1 i i 4

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The Y Teens were formerly known as the Girl Reserves They, like the other thousands of girls clubs in the world changed their name as a part of a world-wide movement lo mod- ernize clubs and make them more appealing to girls The new club follows even more close- ly the ideals and principles of the Young Women s Christian Association. Its purpose is: To build a fellowship of women and girls devoted to the task of realizing in our common life those ideals of personal and social living to which we are committed in their paths as Chris- tians Today the Coseho Y Teen club consists of more than 60 high school girls. These jun- ior and senior girls participate m many service progects which benefit both school and com- Nefw clubs with new icleals. McDonald has always taken pride in its fine swimming poo , the only one of its kind in the area. Under the direc- tion of Miss Constance Marion, the Royal Swan swim Club was foillmed in 1951. Com inin a variet o swim- ming strokes and Etyles, algng with pre cision timing, the irst syncronized swim show made its debut. This club sex: thle pattgrn far taie club of Eoday, w ic is un er t e irection o Miss Patricia Connelly. Participating in this club involves many long hours of hard work and determination to make the annual show a success. Bein a member of thle Royal Swlans invogves reat responsi ili g eac member is gesponsible for heiyindividual routines, music, costumes, and making and painting the scenery.