Middlebranch High School - Memoir Yearbook (Middlebranch, OH)

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MEDAL STUDENTS The following students maintained a grade average of 3.5 or more for the year and so received scholarship medals. SENIORS Emily Rice 3.64 Virginia Parks 3.69 Virgil Lilley 3.84 Avery Sheaffer 4. JUNIORS Barbara Firestone 3.93 Clara Wolfe 3.92 Junior Weisel 3.86 June Royer 3.6 SOPHOMORES Marilyn Rubright 3.9 Loretta Capuano 3.85 Evelyn Dysle 3.64 Gloria Boydelatour 3.75 FRESHMEN Irnogene Booth 3.7 Leora Schmucker 3.72 Ruth Ann Ball 3.69 Ruth Ladley 3.65 Jean Reaser 3.55 Class Poem From pathways marked by careless yo ith, From scenes their lives have known, With faltering footsteps, furrowed minds They leave us . . . now full grown. Once scampering freshmen growing up. To learn school ' s trials and joys; Progressing with the leaves each fall, Impatient, laughing girls and boys. Four years of friendships, work, now done; Lives rich, and much in store; Look back, and sigh, and courage draw These budding seniors - - now no more. And youth ' s full eagerness and pride, With courage in its scope. Sets forth on pathways marked careers, To triumph as a world ' s one hope. Janice Lewis

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FACULTY AWARD The Faculty Award for General Excell- ence is designed to bring recognition to the outstanding member of the senior class. To determine the winner of this award, the facul ' y considers carefully the complete records of the pupils and the results of the student poll in which the pupils suggest ihoir ov n candidate. Hence the senior who receives the award mus! demonstrate to the faculty and to the student body that he possessses a marked degree of scholarship, leadership, and citizenship; that he is honest, kind, and friendly; and that his ideals are worthy. He must also show himself to be neat in ap- pearance, courteous in speech, and refined in manner. Avery Sheaffer has been awarded the Faculty Medal for General Excellence for the year 1942 and has, therefore, the privil- ege of holding the position of highest honor in this year ' s class. Climb high Climb far Your goal the sky Your aim the star. — Inscription on Hopkins Memorial Steps, Williams College. SPDRTSMAIVSHIP AWARD This year the Sportsmanship Award, a Bulova wrist watch, courtesy of Nusbaum ' s Jewelry Store, was awarded to Emily Rice. The student body was given the opportun- ity of voting for the senior they thought rated highest in the traits of sportsmanship. The qualities that were enumerated as at- tributes of a good sport were fairmindedness, consideration, loyalty, respect, sincereity, courtesy, dependability, and the ability to get along with others. Taking into con- sideration the student vote, and carefully analyzing the way in which each senior had measured up to these standards of sports- manship in his four years of high school, the faculty chose Emily Rice as the one who possessses the highest degree of ex- cellence in all the traits enumerated above.

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CLASS HISTORY Well, folks, four years have now passed. The sun ' s come up and gone down over a thousand times. Some new friends have come, some old have left. Our first year might be called A Fresh- man ' s Life. That was in 1939 -- and you know folks, there were actually seventy-one freshmen in our high school here at Middlebranch. Miss Rod- gers and Mr. Schamp ably handled them. The of- ficers they chose were Jack Humbert as president, assisted by Ruth Schmucker, Alice Johnston, and Jimmy Goldsmith. The day freshmen initia.ion rolled around was amusing. The freshmen were easily distinguished by necklaces of safety pins and books in burlap sacks. They gave their usual roller skating party, (everyone gives them) and for- got about making any money at all. They gave a play in assembly program As Others See Us. It really was a riot! Of course, there is a slight men- tion now and then of the donkey basketball game that year. There was a lot going on. The Student Council and the band were organized. There were only five freshmen in the band, and the freshmen Council members were Avery Sheaffer and Emily Rice. There were two freshmen in the high school play. And then, on June 3, they went after report cards, and so ended the first year with a picnic at Lake O ' Springs. The second year we entitled A Sophomore ' s Life. In 1939 only fifty-seven sophomores were left. You see, folks, some thought they were intelli- gent enough. They were again put under the care of Miss Rodgers and Mr. Schamp. Their officers that year were Ellamae Oyler, president; Audrey Danner, vice president; Wanda Burfield, secretary; and Alice Johnston, treasurer. They naturally held another roller skating party. And, Mrs., would you like to buy some Jello? was heard. You should have been a sophomore in ' 39. He sold Jello in seven delicious flavors. A Valentine Dance was held too. The second year Home Economics girls took a trip to the Massillon State Hospital, and they all came back. Middlebranch was accepted a member of the North Central Association of Ac- credited Schools and Colleges. All the sophomore biology students went to visit the Sanitary Milk Company. Virgil Lilley got second place in the Latin scholarship test and was sent to Kent. When spring came they didn ' t do anything except catch spring fever. And the year ended with another pic- nic at Lake O ' Springs. And then came the third year A Junior ' s Life. This time (1940) there were only forty-nine left. That year Miss Smith and Mr. Watts were advisors. Of- ficers were Emily Rice, president, assisted by Leon- ard Menicos, Wanda Burfield, and Ahce Johnston. They had to make money that year! And were they busy? Folks, remember how they used to sell candy at noon, at basketball and football games? They also had the customary roller skating party. They didn ' t want to dress up so they held a Hard Times Party, and everyone came in rags, so to speak. And I won ' t forget to mention the Middle- branch pennants they sold. In May they gave a prom for the seniors. The theme they used was a southern plantation with a setting of cotton fields. They also gave the annual junior play entitled Spring Fever. Avery Sheaffer and Leonard Men- icos were sent to Buckeye Boy ' s Sta;e. Again came the usual picnic at Lake O ' Springs, which ended the ' 40- ' 41 year. And then, folks, the curtain rose on the last and final year A Senior ' s Life. There were now forty-four left. That year Miss V ' athan was the overseer. Leonard Menicos was chosen president; George Oberlin, vice president; Wanda Burfield, secretary; and James Goldsmith, treasurer. Emily Rice was chosen editor of the year book. The year started off with selling M. H. S. caps to wear at football and basketball games. This wasn ' t very much of a success. Then around Chris;mas came Christmas cards and stationery. They sold station- ery during the entire school year. A very big job for them was the basketball concession; you know, selling candy, ice cream, and pop at the Annual Basketball Tournament in Massillon wi:h large pro- ii ' S. And again came a roller skating parly! The seniors of the county high schools were invited to hear E. Stanley Jones at the First Chrisian Church. So, of course, our seniors went. Janice Lewis, Avery Sheaffer, and Virgil Lilley won prizes in the News Essay Contest. Then the time flew so fast that it was the last month of school for those sen- iors. Some felt happy about it, while others were very sorry that their school years had come to an end. The juniors gave a new type of prom for them. There was Class Night, Baccalaureate, and then Commencement, and our seniors walked through the halls for the last time. , - - by Jeanne Gibbs