Middletown High School - Optimist Yearbook (Middletown, OH)

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Honors and Prizes, 1931 The honors have been arranged in the order of preferred groups. A student winning honors in one group is ineligible to receive honors in another, except in the groups won by contest and election. These honors were given public mention and the prizes presented at the Recognition Service held Wednesday morning, June 10. Election CHARLES R. HOOK---Foundation in Citizenship: First Honor for Girls-S15 in Gold ....,.,.....,......... Frances Schomer Second Honor for Girls-S10 in Gold ,................. Valda Wilkerson First Honor for Boys-S15 in Gold ..,....,..........s. Robert E. Getter Second Honor for Boys-S10 in Gold .............i Richard W. Hayes General Scholarship-All Grades Considered GEORGE M. VERITY-Foundation in Academic Course: First Honor for Girls--Gold Medal .,..............s.. Valda Wilkerson Second Honor for Girls-Silver Medal ...,.,,......r Virginia G. Hilling Honorable Mention .,..,..........,...,.........,......,....r Mary Ellen Congdon First Honor for Boys-Gold Medal ............... Raymond K. Hovel Second Honor for Boys-Sliver Medal .......,.......r William M. Bevis Honorable Mention ,.,,.....,..............,,. ........,.. ,..... R 1 chard W. Hayes W. O. BARNITZ-Foundation in Commercial Course: First Honor-S10 in Gold ,.......,,.......,, La Wanda Elynor Roberts Second Honor-S5 in Gold ....... ............,........ P auline R. Graham Honorable Mention .........,...,...........,.,.......,.,.. Ruth LaVerne Balser FRANK A. JONES-Foundation in Industrial Course: ,Horatio M. Barnes 5 ............,.......,.......... Second Honor-S5 in Gold ...............,,....,., Laben Thomas Mowery First Honor- 10 in Gold Special Scholarship- Four Years oi Work MRS. WILLIAM A. SMITH, Jr.-Foundation in English: First Honor-S10 in Gold .....,...,.......,....,....,.... Mary Ellen Congdon Second Honor-S5 in Gold ,...... .,,....,,.,....,.. F rances Schomer Honorable Mention .,,....,............,.....,....... Mary Gertrude Lamphier MARY E. RHONEMUS-Foundation in Latin: First Honor-S10 in Gold .........,..,,........,,.......... Robin Nell Becker Second Honor--S5 in Gold .....,.......,...,........., Frances Agnes Fisher COLIN GARDNER, Jr.-Foundation in Mathematics: First Honor-Gold Medal ...........,..........,,..........., Louis E. Schmidt Second Honor-Silver Medal ........,............,...,.. Elsie Mae Campbell W. J. BECK-Foundation in Science: ,.....,.Robert E. Getter First Honor-S10 in Gold ......... Second Honor-S5 in Gold ,..,,.......,.......,..,,,.,.... M. Gordon Duvall GEORGE H. HARVEY-Foundation in Phonography and Typing: First Honor--S15 in Gold ..,....,.........,............ Vera Eleanor Turner Second Honor-S10 in Gold ...,.... .,...., M ildred E. Gibbons A PROGRAM l D7 K P ' Superintendent R. W. SOLOMON, Presiding l I CLASS PROCESSIONAL, Power and Glory . Cobb L HIGH ScHooL ORCHESTRA l l HALITAQ' lfWild Flowerl .... F. H. Losey HIGH ScHooL ORCHESTRA 5 INVOCATION . . . Rev. J. M. Shimer i ' ANDANTE, Surprise Symphony . Haydn SERENADE, Les Millions d'Arlequin', .... Drigo VIOLIN SEXTET: Horatio M. Barnes, Dorothy Singleton, Marion Kettenacker, Kathryn Franks, Clayton F. Hill, Wilda Clendenin PIANIST: Valda Wilkerson CLASS ADDRESS ..... Dr. W. O. Thompson President Emeritus, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio D10 POSSENTE fEven Bravest Heart, '6FauSt Act IIJ . Gounod HTHE OLD REFRAIN,,, Kreisler .... Mattullath BARITONE SOLO: Mark O. Kerschbaum PIANIST: Valda Wilkerson PRESENTATION or DIPLOMAS ..... C. G. Crist President of Board of Education CLASS SONG . Class of 1931 I BENEDICTION . . . . Rev. J. M. Shimer I CLASS RECESSIONAL-- Golden Friendshipsn . Fillmore It HIGH ScHooL ORCHESTRA S l 5 ..i... Note-Will the audience please remain seated until after , the class has marched out. l

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Academic Course of Study Commercial Course of Study 'i'Milford M. Alexander Geraldine Roberta Anderson TMary Esther Anthony P. V. G. Banker, Jr. 'Robin Nell Becker 'William M. Bevis 'tFlorence Billett Mildred D. Bloch Wales E. Blood WS. Milton Blumberg 'l'tMary Ida Boesenberg 'l'Howard F. Bowers 1'IDorothy R. Brehany Helen Thomas Brosius 'l'i'FDaisy Willma Brown . TJack Ramsey Byrum 'l 'Mary E. Caldwell H? Elsie Mae Campbell Faye P. Charles Ruben G. Childs swf-l Mary Ellen Congdon 1-IHorace Cooper i'IRobert R. Crawford Ti 'Eleanor Marie Crist Dorothy A. Dagenbach Alice Dailey 't 'EveIyn L. Davis t Lucille Dearth Florence B. Ditmyer 'l'1Arthur Draut TIYM. Gordon Duvall 'HZ'fMelba Faye DuVall i'Frances Agnes Fisher 'l'i'Marjory Helen Fisher -5-Luella Mary Follmer T1 Helen Mae Frisch Georgia L. Georgopoulos T 'Robert E. Getter Russell Greer Silver Belle Hale Kenneth E. Halsey 'l 'John A. Hamm, Jr. i'Myra Harpring Marie Hasselbach 'HRichard W. Hayes 'l'Mark O. Kerschbaum 'Marion Elizabeth Kettenacker Tt Marion E. Kiester -l-Robert Kimble 'H:tMary Gertrude Lamphier 'Margaret Lamson 'tJames F. Lawrence 'HItRuth Elizabeth Liesenhoff Robert A. Litsch tBeulah Ida Long 'fWilliam R. Long 'HgDorothy Winifred Love Names J. Lummis Wilma Oveda McKee TWilliam Joseph Matthews Katherine Ernestine Miley 'fMargaret Louise Miller 'l'IJohn Montgomery Elsie M. Morgan tLuther Merriwell Morrison Julia Betty Morton Frizell Myers Mildred Cecelia Nitterhouse Martha Alice Patterson Robert W. Patton TGilbert K. Pleasant Chris A. Politz i'tGeorgia Edna Poulos tDorothy Faye Radabaugh tGladys Mae Radabaugh 'fRobert W. Raine JftDorothy May Reiner TJohn C. Riddle 'WChris Rigas JfJoe E. Ritter, Jr. Marvin Hilbert Roebuck 'l'tMax B. Russelo Vonda Louise Savage 'f 'Emily Jane Schaerges i Louis E. Schmidt it Frances Schomer i kDorotha M. Secrist tBeatrice Seibold Samuel I. Sennet 'l'i Robert G. Shane Mar aret Katherine Herndon 'l'Jg'iMarie Sigel - 8' Grace Hickey 'tHoward' Hidy T1 'Virginia G. Hilling John P. Hogan 'kDorothy Louise Singleton Betty A. Smith Ross M. Snyder Thomas E. South T'tRalph M. Hovel 'kRuth Stern 'l'I 'Raymond K. Hovel Mitchell A. Thomas Gayle Chapple Humston Robert W. Vought Anna Katherine Huntsberger illiam B. Weikal Charles Imiield 'HfMurrav S. Jacobs t Kennath A. Jefferies . Alpheus Johns Edwin Thomas Johnson tlflelen B. Jones 'Mary L. Jones , 'Doris' Elizabeth Kemp 'lIChester F. Wendt 1'3TVirgil Johnson White 1'Racheletta Wilhide 'l'ItValda Wilkerson Ruth Nell Williams Virginia G. Wilson TRoyden E. Woods Ellison Young Dorothy Grace Adrion Carrie Kathleen Bach 'l'1'fRuth LaVerne Balser 'l'1 Helen Elizabeth Bennett 'Wilbur Homer Boxwell Fannie E. Bracken Thelma Pauline Brown 'l'Matilda M. Bruck 'l'Raymond Leslie Caldwell Mildred E. Carr T Ruby Marie Catching i'Wilda Florence Clendenin Floyd E. Cline Evelyn M. Colvin Ruth Irene Crocker 1'William Henry Dennis Rose Janet Dennis Ernestene Marie Early T1Dorothy Louise Fair Ada Mae Faulkner Bertha Finkleman tMary Kathryn Fiscus 'l'Kathryn Elizabeth Franks i'Roberta M. Franks Jack W. Frisch Virginia Fryman i'Mildred E. Gibbons 'l 'gPauline R. Graham 'l'IiRuth Kathryn Hall Harold Hogg Ann Huffman Dorothy Elizebeth Kramer 'FCatherine E. Krasnonski Albert Leak Betty Lickert Tit 'k Estelle Lowe T'tMary Lucille McCoy Esther R. McGraw Andrew H. Mehl, Jr. Eulah F. Moore T1tRebecca Morris Sarah Morris Ruth Louise Mulholland Ruth E. Phillips tEvelyn Mae Pierce Carlene Alma Price 'ltLa Wanda Elynor Roberts Ruth Eleanor Schneider Eugene W. Schul Helen M. Seibert Vera Geneva Sharits Olive Smith tEdith Virginia Stamper Roxie Stamper 't'fMary Catherine Sutphin 'T'fVera Eleanor Turner Margaret R. Upton WViola Marie Veidt Eugene Venatta TIMartha I. Warner Mary Eleanor Washington Bertha L. Watson 'l'tHelen Elizabeth Webb Marion E. Westerman Helen Marie Wetzel TMary Emma Wideman Industrial Course of Study 'tHoratio M. Barnes Maurice Earl Billman Willilam Joseph Botts Clarence S. Bowlin 1'Hester K. Brandon Everett J. Brehany James Ralph Buehl 'fLola Viola Bullard William M. Bunnell Rose Dennis Neil L. Enright Byron Charles Evans William L. Forkner 'tJeremiah Glover Frank M. Gray tWilliam Gregory Donald Robert Guthrie Charles Arthur Hansel Arthur B. Hill 'tClayton F. Hill . Francis B. Jennens Robert David Jones Ova Kash 'Upper one-third of the class :l:Not absent for four years 1'Not tardy for four years 'l'Donald Eugene Kesling Paul E. Lee 'l'1Wilbert L. McIntosh tLaben Thomas Mowery John Thomas Murphy Mary Catharine Nickell Leslie Peck ' Walter G. Peck Milford L. Pendleton 'l'Edward W. Portsmouth 'l'Geraldine Raines Cecil Bowen Richardson Raymond L. Schrock Jack Simpson J. Lloyd Smith James W. Sparks 1'iLloyd A. Sticklen Charles Elmer Van Horn, Jr Donald H. Voorhis 'tgtJames LeRoy Wagner TDortha May White Homer W. Wills

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1 t Board of Education C. G. CRIST, President DR. J. C. STRATTON, Vice President R. H. SNYDER, Clerk-Treasurer J. L. GLASS SHERMAN PERRY R. W. SOLOMON ...... WADE E. MILLER ......... VERNA W. COMPTON ...,... JEROME C. SCHULZ .,..... KATHLEEN BANKER ..... HELEN L. BARKLEY ...,. E. O. BARR ............ ANNE L. CARMAN ........ FAY CLARK .......,......... THELMA M. CLEVENGER HERMAN J. COPP ,......... MABEL E. ELDRIDGE ..... RUSSELL F. EVANS ...... ROYNER C. GREENE ...... HELEN J. HARTMAN ..... ELEANOR HAUEISEN ...,. GLADYS HOERNER ........, BEss MARIE HOOVER ELMO LINGREL .......... HELEN M. LONG ....... Superintendent Principal .......Dean of Girls Dean of Boys Mathematics History 'Printing Spanish Public Speaking Music English .. Social Science . ..........' . History History . Bookkeeping English English Physical Education Stenography and Typing VEDA MCCRAY .............,...................................... Latin ELIZABETH MCDERMOTT Stenography and Typing MARK MCMILLAN ...........,....,...............,.......,... Physics LILLIE MAIER ............ MILDRED G. MAsON ....... ANNA E. METZLER ........ OMA V. MOOMAW ..... WILBUR C. NEEL ....,.. CLYDE D. PIERSON .,..... SCOTT B. PIERSON ....,.. FLORENCE POWELL ......, Latin Home Economics French Physical Education Bookkeeping Manual Arts Biology Public Speaking GERTRUDE PRICE ..,.................. ..... M athematics ERNESTINE E. ROUDEBUSH ....... ....... E nglish ANNA MARIE SHUMAN ......... ..,.... B iology FOREST H. VALENTINE ,.,.... ...... C hemistry J. F. WINKELMAN ........., ,...... H istory F. LOUISE WOOD ........ English Special Scliolarsliip--Three Years of Work H. W. NAEGELE-Foundation in History: First Honor--Gold Medal .................,...,..,....,,......... Mary L. Jones Second Honor-S5 in Gold ........, .,......, D orothy Louise Singleton Honorable Mention ..,...,......,........,,........,...... Georgia Edna Poulos J. W. AUER-Foundation in Business Practice: First Honor-S10 in Gold .......................... Wilbur Homer Boxwell Second Honor-S5 in Gold .....,........,.......,..... Ruth LaVerne Balser FRANK SIMON--Foundation in Music: First Honor-5510 in Gold .................. Luther Merriwell Morrison Second Honor-S55 in Gold .......,.... ...,......... M ark 0. Kerschbaum JOHN KUNZ--Foundation in Art: First Honor--S10 in Gold .....,. ......,., E dward W. Portsmouth Second Honor fDividedJ- n 82.50 ln Gold ...............,....,.......................... Mildred D. Bloch 32.50 in Gold ..,...,.......,...,,....... Geraldine Roberta Anderson MRS. GEORGE M. VERITY-Foundation in Home Economics: First Honor--S10 in Gold .,....,......,.......,. Doris Elizabeth Kemp Second Honor-S5 in Gold ......,.....,..,.,... Mary Catharine Nickell W. O. BARNITZ-Foundation in Industrial Arts: First Honor--S10 in Gold .......,...............,.......... William Gregory Second Honor--255 In Gold ......,................I.,,......., Frank M. Gray Special Scholarship-Two Years of Work MARY GORDON--Foundation in French: First Honor-3910 in Gold ......................,....,......,........ Marie Sigel Second Honor-S5 in Gold ......................,.,.. Georgia Edna Poulos ALTRUSA CLUB OF MIDDLETOWN-Foundation in Spanish: First Honor fDividedJ- S5 in Gold ,.,...,,......,.,......... ,....I.,....... M argaret Lamson 355 in Gold, I...,.........,..,,..,......,............... Marjory Helen Fisher Second Honor-S5 in Gold .........,............,........ Richard W. Hayes FRANK B. PAULY-Foundation in Economics, Psychology and Bible: First Honor-S10 in Gold ...........,......,,....,..., Julia Betty Morton Second Honor-S5 in Gold ..........,................ Florence B. Ditmyer BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S CLUB- Foundation in Business Training: First Honor-S10 in Gold .....,................ Helen Elizabeth Bennett Second Honor-S5 in Gold .........,.............. Mary Catherine Sutphin Contests Z. W. RANCK-Foundation in Spelling: First Honor-S10 in Gold ,.,......,,.,....,....,...... S. Milton Blumberg Second Honor-S5 in Gold .,.,....,..,........ Mary Gertrude Lamphier B. F. HARWITZ-Foundation in Public Speaking: First Honor ....,.......,................,....,. ' .....................,.. Valda Wilkerson Second Honor .,............,......,......,....,........,............... Max B. Russelo Special Honorable Mention fRank in the upper ten per cent, but do not receive any Honor or Prizej Marion Elizabeth Kettenacker Dorothy Faye Radabaugh Helen Mae Frisch